Dunfermline manager John Potter hopes the club can now focus fully on their promotion push after solving their training facility problem.
The Pars were forced to leave their previous complex at Pitreavie last week after a lengthy legal wrangle, but the club have moved quickly to source alternative arrangements at nearby McKane Park.
The ground at McKane Park was initially donated to Dunfermline Cricket Park Trustees in 1906 principally for cricket use, but a clause in the trust deed allows for the playing of other outdoor sports provided that the cricket is not comprised.
Rugby, hockey and tennis has all been played there in the past, and now the Pars have come to an agreement that will see them use the grass pitches there for football until at least April 2018.
“McKane Park will be great for us,” Potter explained.
“It came fairly late in the day and it was an option that we had.
“We went down to see it, myself and Neil McCann, the groundsman and a few of the board members, and it’s a great area.
“I think it just needs a bit of work over the next two to three weeks to get it up to scratch but the groundsman here has worked on it before and says it will be even better than Pitreavie.
“The rugby and cricket club have been great and have given us a free reign on a patch of land.
“We can line it, put goals on it, do work to it – whatever.
“It’ll take two or three weeks before we can use it but it’s very private and close to East End where we get changed.
“We’ll still be based at East End and moving to wherever we’re going.
“The two high schools, Dunfermline and Queen Anne, have been very good to us and they’ve got brand new astroturf and grass areas we can use.
“So they’ve been very helpful and there’s good options there, but we’ll always be based at East End.
“The board have done a lot of work to get East End to how we wanted it, it’s appreciated and it’s where we want to be.”
On the pitch, Potter is still hopeful of strengthening his squad before the transfer window closes next week, although he admitted it might go down to the wire. “I’m trying and hopefully we’ll hear before the weekend about the ones who we’ve spoken to,” he continued.
“I know it’s kind of late in the day but we’re trying.
“I’ve said before that I’m not going to go out and sign anybody for the sake of it.
“I’ve spoken to a couple of people I’d like to bring in, and it might depend on other clubs bringing in other players and things like that.
“So hopefully we’ll hear before the weekend, but it might take until Monday before anything happens.
“I was hoping to get one in before Saturday earlier in the week but it’s probably taken a wee bit longer than we thought.
“There have been loads of names thrown at us, and guys who want to come here and do well, but at the moment I’m not going to jump in.
“I know the ones we’d like and I’m still hopeful.”
One player who is not headed to East End Park is former Rangers and Raith defender Ross Perry, who had been on trial with the Pars last week.
“Ross came in and trained with us for a little while, just having a look,” Potter added.
“He did OK but he’s not here at the moment and it’s not one we’re going to take any further.
“We’ll see where we are in future.
“We told him that he did OK and if he wanted to come in and train then we could have a further look, but we never offered him anything.”
Meanwhile, Potter also hopes to be in a position to fill the vacant goalkeeping coach role left by his younger brother Brian in the coming days.
“Brian’s away to Hamilton and it was obviously a great opportunity for him,” he added.
“He felt bad because I was just in the job when I left, but I told him I would sack him if he didn’t leave!
“But it’s a good opportunity, full-time football at a top six Premier League club, and it looks good on Dunfermline that they’ve come from one of our staff.
“I’m pleased for him and he deserves it.
“I wasn’t going to rush into anything goalkeeping wise but I spoke to Brian and he put me in touch with a few people.
“Hopefully we’ll get something in the next day or two.”