East Fife stung early by Wasps as Dick Campbell slams showing in 2-0 defeat
Dick Campbell slammed his struggling East Fife side’s concession of a goal just one minute into their Scottish League One clash with Alloa Athletic last Saturday.
The MGM Timber Bayview Stadium outfit found themselves 1-0 down after 50 seconds on home turf when Callum Burnside fired home. And Charlie Dewar’s second-half header from a corner kick then made sure of the three points for Andy Graham’s team.
East Fife still sit seventh in the table and are only five points above second-bottom Cove Rangers after a horror run, which has included only one win in twelve matches in all competitions.
“I’m annoyed,” boss Campbell told East Fife TV after the 2-0 defeat. “We lost a goal after one minute, what does that tell you about our preparation for the match? We lost a goal that was very easily stopped. I’m not going to mention names or hang anyone out to dry. But it is the best thing for Alloa, to score early here.
"We then had 57 per cent of the possession in the first half but we didn’t do anything with it or create much. The second half blew my head off. It was like a light switch. They started to pass the ball and we didn’t. One thing you have to do, when you are playing here at the ‘San Siro’, is to play and make other teams play.
“They scored two goals and we didn’t score any. It is going to be a battle for us now. We need to stay in this league.”
East Fife now host Hamilton Accies this Saturday.