East Fife win two in a row in league as interim spell comes to an end
East Fife duo Pat Slattery and Brian Easton rounded off their short stint as co-interim managers in style – with a 2-1 victory away to Montrose last Saturday making it two wins on the spin.
The Scottish League One side, who sacked Dick Campbell last month, asked the veteran pair to lead the team until an appointment was made. And former Rangers and Falkirk ace Scott Arfield has now taken the reigns as player-manager, with that news revealed on Sunday night.
East Fife now sit sixth in the table after that win at Links Park, which came courtesy of goals by Andy Munro and Cammy Ross.
The latter netted a late winner for the Fifers after Blair Lyons’ first-half leveller had cancelled out defender Munro’s early header. The striker finished superbly, scoring his fourth of the league campaign.
Speaking to East Fife TV, midfielder Slattery said: “The feeling is great, it always is when you get three points. We started well and scored a great goal through Andy.
"The goal we conceded was maybe cheap but that is harsh because it is a good strike. I said at half time that we didn’t have to go gung-ho. Montrose are sitting third and are a good team.
"We knew chances would come and Cammy stuck it in the top corner at the end.”
East Fife now have two home games at Bayview, with Peterhead up first this Saturday in what will be Arfield’s first game in charge.