Dunfermline sack Peter Grant with Pars rock bottom of Championship
DUNFERMLINE have sacked manager Peter Grant after just 12 league games with the club bottom of the Championship table.
The Pars are yet to register a league win this season and sit two points adrift of Morton.
The East End Park side raced into an early 2-0 lead at Arbroath yesterday before going down 4-2.
That proved to be Grant's final act in the dugout, with Greg Shields and Steven Whittaker to take over in an interim basis.
A club statement read: “DAFC can confirm today that is has sadly parted company with manager, Peter Grant.
“We would like to place on record our thanks to Peter for his efforts, hard work and professionalism during his time at East End Park, and we wish him and his family every success in the future.
“A fresh robust recruitment process to find a replacement for Peter to lead out club forward will start immediately.
“In the meantime, Greg Shields and Steven Whittaker have agreed to lead the team on an interim basis, and they will be supported by Sports Director, Thomas Meggie.”
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Grant was given the dreaded vote of confidence at the start of the month, with the board having a pop at the raging supporters.
Speculation mounted that the ex-Celt would be axed at a board meeting when it was called, only for sporting director Thomas Meggle to blame Covid and referees - NOT Grant,
Part of a lengthy statement read: "It is important to keep a sense of perspective at all times. Covid interruptions, bad luck with injuries and issues out with the manager’s control are not excuses, they are valid reasons.
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"Unfortunately, we lost Saturday’s game against Queen of the South when we could easily have won the match if a legitimate goal had not been disallowed. I can understand the frustration of the fans, as I am disappointed with the way the season is going as well.
"However, I see how much the team is already fighting for the club and the team, and Peter and the coaching team are working tirelessly to turn things around. I believe that we can only overcome this situation by all of us sticking together.
"Football wise, the coaching team will continue to work on the balance between defence and offense in the coming weeks in order to be able to score goals.
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"But the most important thing is to make the players believe in themselves. We are convinced that every single player has the individual qualities to help the team.
"Clearly, when you are not winning games confidence is affected, but positive encouragement rather than criticism is what we need from the stands at this moment as that will help us as a club.
"It is always easy to find someone to blame. In football, it`s usually the coach.
"But after my analysis, I believe we need time for the measures to take effect. Peter has proven in the past that he can handle such a difficult situation.
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