The game remained goalless until Rory Macleod scored Dunfermline’s winner in the 76th minute. A one-goal margin kept an equaliser mathematically possible until the end, but the scoring log records no reply from the hosts. A clean sheet away from home does not mean the opponent had no attempts, which is why the shooting figures are presented separately.
The season table below adds dated context through points and games played. No promotion or relegation conclusion is inferred without the necessary arithmetic. The established facts are the scorer, the timing and the final result; wider season consequences require the full table to be considered.
Stenhousemuir 0–1 Dunfermline Athletic
The ESPN event record confirms the final 0–1 score in home–away order. Recorded kick-off: 2026-10-27 21:45 in Jerusalem time.
Scoring sequence: Rory Macleod, 76 — Dunfermline Athletic.
Attempts: Stenhousemuir 0 shots, 0 on target; Dunfermline Athletic 0 shots, 0 on target.
Recorded possession: 0% for the hosts and 0% for the visitors.
2026 season standings checked on 28 October, a dated snapshot rather than a final qualification decision:
Stenhousemuir — 2026-2027 Scottish Championship: position 2, 23 points from 12 games; goal difference +4.
Dunfermline Athletic — 2026-2027 Scottish Championship: position 4, 21 points from 12 games; goal difference +4.
These matches took place before this report was published; each kick-off is dated above. Figures come from the linked event records, while the interpretation is our editorial reading of those figures.
Archival cover photograph: Dunfermline’s East End Park; not an image of the current event. Photographer/creator: Exxy. Image source and metadata; CC BY-SA 3.0. The Wikimedia-supplied thumbnail is used without further modification. Image date as recorded by the source: 2015-12-19.
