Aberdeen 3 - 1 Dunfermline

Aberdeen were looking the likelier side with Tiernan and O'Donaghue linking well in the middle and Mackie's pace causing Dunfermline problems at the back. The pressure paid off in the 31st minute when the Dons regained the lead. A neat back heel by Mackie found Tiernan. Carella met his deep cross on the right and he beat his marker to head home. Nish went close to levelling for a second time when his shot was deflected over the bar in the 35th minute. Two minutes later Clark worked hard to keep the ball in play, then cut in and tried to curl the ball into the net. His effort floated wide of the target.

McHattie who was stepping up a grade was beginning to gain in confidence and he tested Thomson in the 38th minute with a low driven shot. A minute later, Peat breathed a sigh of relief when McGarty hit an effort from wide on the right, which crashed off the keepers far post to keep the Dons lead intact at half time.

Dunfermline were having most of the play in the second period, but the 70th minute saw Terry Kidd have his first attempt on goal after good interplay with Mackie. In the 73rd minute Mackie and Ferguson were booked after an off the ball fracas. The Dons striker had the last laugh though when he extended the Dons lead a minute later. A solo run ended with the first team regular rounding the keeper and passing the ball into the empty net. Kidd almost added a fourth in the 75th minute when his shot was deflected inches over the cross bar.