East Fife FC (nickname The Fife or The Fifers) is a Scottish football club based in the Fife coastal town of Methil. The club, established in 1903, played in the Fife League, the Northern League and the Central League until 1921.  The Central League became the Scottish Second Division at the start of 1921-22 and only six years later East Fife appeared in the 1927 Scottish Cup final, losing to Celtic at Hampden Park.  East Fife won the 1938 Scottish Cup beating Kilmarnock 4–2, the first side to lift the Scottish Cup while not in the top tier. The club was promoted to the top flight of Scottish football as B Division champions in 1947-48.  This was to be the most successful period in the clubs history: East Fife  won the Scottish League Cup on three separate occasions (1947-48, 1949-50, and 1953-54) in seven seasons. A third Scottish Cup final appearance was added to its achievements list in 1949-50. After years in the top flight they were relegated at the end of the 1957-58 season.   East Fife returned to the First Division for three seasons in the early 1970s.  

In 1975 East Fife were placed in the new First Division (second tier) following the creation of the Scottish Premier Division and in 1978 they were relegated to the Second Division (third tier) after a disastrous season. They spent  six seasons in the lowest division before returning  to Division One (second tier) in 1984 where they remained for four seasons.  In 1996 East Fife returned to the First Division but finished a distant last and by the turn of the millennium they were in the Third Division (fourth tier). They won promotion in their centenary year of 2003, only to drop back into the Third Division immediately. On 15 March 2008, East Fife secured the Third Division title and returned to the Second Division (renamed League One in 2013).  They were relegated after losing the League One play-off to Sterling Albion at the end of the 2013-14 season. They spent two seasons in League Two before winning the league in 2015–16 where they have become established as a mid-table team.