For lovers of football in Scotland and beyond the news that Dunfermline Athletic have been saved from liquidation will come as welcome relief.

The celebratory note will be all the sweeter because the new owners of the Fifers are the fans themselves.

It’s impossible to overstate the community aspect. In an age of avarice and uncertainty across the professional game the club have found the most welcome mooring in the shape of the Pars United consortium who will now move to take Dunfermline out of administration.