COWDENBEATH's board of directors have faced some new challenges over the past week away from the playing side.

The new stand, built after the disastrous fire of 1992, has been a prominent feature of the Cowdenbeath ground since the mid 1990s but over the past couple of weeks especially there has been a few costly problems developing.

Said director David Allan: "Central Park as many folks will know is 100 years-old this year.

"Its venerable age does tend to present a number of challenges but in the last couple of weeks it has been the new stand which is less than 25 years-old that has given the football club some not inexpensive repair problems, albeit the staff from the stock car set-up, GMP, have as always been a great help in tackling the problems".

He added: "The water heating boiler system firstly stopped functioning and for a time it seemed that a whole new system would be required.

"Replacement parts though were tracked down and the system is now up and running again at a more reasonable, although still significant cost.

"The central heating system then went awry and needed repaired. Matters though were exacerbated further by water ingress from the stand roof which has caused part of the ceiling in the board room to collapse plus also damaged the match officials' room, the cash room, the Manager's Office and the tunnel area. Carpets and decor have also been damaged.

"These are all unforeseen challenges that we could not foresee but have put extra pressure on our finances."