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Victor Wanyama has joined Scottish Championship club Dunfermline Athletic in what was an unexpected move and here is all you need to know about them.
Former Harambee Stars captain Victor Wanyama finally secured a club after landing a short-term deal with Scottish club Dunfermline Athletic.
Wanyama was confirmed on Wednesday as the club’s latest signing, linking up with his former Celtic coach Neil Lennon, having joined as a free agent with his deal set to run until the end of the season.
Dunfermline Athletic play in the Scottish Championship, the second tier in Scotland, and are currently second from bottom on the 10-team league.
Victor Wanyama had previously opened up on a number of offers he had received but few would have expected him to sign for a club in the second tier of Scottish football.
So, what is so special about Dunfermline Athletic that might have attracted Victor Wanyama?
Dunfermline Athletic Origin & History
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Dunfermline Athletic are a football club based in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland's thirrd largest local authority area by population.
The club was initially formed in 1874, when members of Dunfermline Cricket Club decided to establish a football section, with the intention of maintaining fitness during the winter.
However, a dispute over club membership caused some members to split away from Dunfermline Cricket Club, which resulted in the creation of Dunfermline Athletic Football Club on June 2, 1885.
The club became the principal football club in Dunfermline and their first 25 years saw them compete primarily as an amateur team, until they turned professional in 1899.
The club first entered into the Scottish Football League in 1912 where they took part in the Scottish Division Two. The 50 years following the club's admittance to the SFL saw little success, with the side most frequently playing in the second tier, with occasional appearances in the top flight.
Dunfermline Athletic’s Rise & Fall
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Dunfermline's most successful spell was in the 1960s as after being appointed manager in March 1960 and saving the club from relegation to Scottish Division Two, Jock Stein – in his first managerial appointment – guided the Pars to their first major piece of silverware, winning the Scottish Cup in 1961 after 13 months in charge.
The years which followed saw Dunfermline consistently competing in European competitions, reaching the semi-finals of the 1968-69 European Cup Winners' Cup under George Farm. Although they lost by one goal on aggregate to eventual winners Slovan Bratislava, it remains the greatest achievement in Dunfermline's history.
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This followed Farm managing Dunfermline to their second Scottish Cup victory, winning the competition in 1968.
After a period of decline during the 1970s and much of the 1980s, the club returned to the top tier in 1987 under club legend Jim Leishman, although they were subsequently relegated after just one season. The following years saw a similar pattern, with a handful of promotions and relegations throughout the 1990s.
It was during this period that the club lost captain Norrie McCathie, who died on January 8, 1996 by carbon monoxide poisoning.
The appointment of John Yorkston as chairman and the involvement of Gavin Masterton in 1999 saw the club enter a period of resurgence, with two Scottish Cup final appearances in 2004 and 2007, a Scottish League Cup final in 2006, as well as two short-lived excursions in the UEFA Cup in 2004 and 2007.
However, in 2012, it emerged that the club had a number of outstanding tax bills following the financial mismanagement of the football club by Yorkston and Masterton and they were put into administration in April 2013 and after a points deduction, they were relegated to the third tier for the first time since 1986.
Following their relegation in 2013, Dunfermline Athletic were taken over by fans owned group Pars United and they steadied the ship until September 2020 when a group of German investors bought a minority stake in the club with the promise of a majority ownership in the near future.
However, the Germans did not live up to their promise and in August 2024 announced their intentions to sell their minority stake after which American outfit Park Bench SFC LLC bought full stake in the club in January 2025.
They appointed Michael Tidser as manager to try and save their season but with the club failing to score in eight games, he was dismissed on March 17, 2025 with former Celtic boss Neil Lennon unveiled four days later.
It took Lennon just five days to convince his former Celtic player Victor Wanyama to sign and the midfielder might have been excited by the opportunity to work under a coach who helped him establish his name in Europe.
Both Lennon and Wanyama signed short-term deals until the end of the season.
Dunfermline Athletic Stadium
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Dunfermline Athletic play their matches at the 11,480-seater East End Park.
What have Dunfermline Athletic won?
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Scottish Cup winners: 1960-61, 1967-68
Scottish Championship (second tier) winners: 1925-26, 1988-89, 1995-96, 2010-11
Scottish League One (third tier) Winners: 1985-86, 2015-16, 2022–23
Famous names that played for Dunfermline Athletic
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Legendary Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is among famous names that played for Dunfermline Athletic with Everton boss David Moyes, ex-Ivory Coast international Sol Bamba, and former Bolton Wanderers manager Owen Coyle the other notable figures who turned out for the club
Dunfermline Athletic Nickname
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Dunfermline Athletic are nicknamed the Pars although there is still no agreement over how the name came about with different theories pointing it to the cricket club and drinking habits of its founders.
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