Source: FOOTYMAD
East Fife confirm Southend United, Dundee & Raith Rovers in pre-season tourney!
The Fifers have broken ranks and confirmed it will be the Shrimpers and boss Paul Sturrock's old rivals Dundee who join Raith in making up the numbers for a summer four-team tournament! It's on, well according to www.eastfifefc.com/ it is!That well-known Scottish side Southend United are going to take place in a quadrangular pre-season tournament at which will include the home side East Fife, near-neighbours Raith Rovers, and the Dark Blues of Dundee It's to be held at East Fife's Bayview ground over the weekend of July 16th and 17th.When Dundee United legend and present Blues boss Paul Sturrock mentioned that this was to be the case at the Shrimpers Trust Player of the Season awards last week we are told he spat on the ground!Dundee could certainly do with the dosh as on November 1st, 2010, they were given a record 25-point deduction by the SFL as punishment for going into administration for the second time in seven years, this came with a transfer embargo, and we know how that feels!Even so, Dundee then went on a 23 match undefeated streak in the first division beating the previous record set by the Champion team Dunfermline.Also involved are the other club in Fife, yes, there are two, (in fact there seem to be several!), the Rovers of Raith, and, of course, the south-east Essex 'Scottish' Shrimpers, which include Luggy as boss, his Dundee born son Blair, and skipper Craig Easton!There was a hope that Hearts would be involved but they should secure third position behind the Glasgow giants in the SPL meaning place in the Europa League at the second which takes place a few days earlier, or possibily the third which though starting on July 28th would seem too close, or they just don't want anything to do with it! Blues boss Sturrock does some recent history with Raith Rovers, lending them French-Tunisian midfielder Adam Bouzid, though they soon gave him back after only a week. The earliest known picture of East Fife Football ClubCould be some good drinking done over those couple of days, EEB promises to work out a decent pub crawl as soon as his hangover from Wycombe wears off!The Luggy Files (Whitehead!)Personal informationFull namePaul Whitehead SturrockDate of birth10 October 1956 (1956-10-10) (age 54)Place of birthEllon, Aberdeenshire, ScotlandHeight5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)Playing positionStrikerClub informationCurrent clubSouthend UnitedYouth careerBankfoot AthleticSenior career*YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†1974-1989Dundee United385(109)National team1977-1982Scotland under-219(0)1981-1987Scotland20(3)Teams managed1993-1998St. Johnstone1998-2000Dundee United2000-2004Plymouth Argyle2004Southampton2004-2006Sheffield Wednesday2006-2007Swindon Town2007-2009Plymouth Argyle2010-Southend United* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.† Appearances (Goals).Luggy's a 'notable former player' at Bankfoot Athletic FC, that's near Perth don't you know!:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankfoot_Athletic_F.C.(Manager info supplied by Wikipedia, for full the full article go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Sturrock)
