He was brought up in Fife, educated at Beath High School, Cowdenbeath, and, at the age of 15, won a scholarship to the University of St Andrews, where he studied medicine.

He was born in Cowdenbeath.

He was educated at St. Bride's and St. Columba's Schools, Cowdenbeath, and at the University of Edinburgh.

Jim Dobbin was born in Kincardine on Forth, Fife, Scotland, the son of a coal miner, and educated at the Catholic Saint Columba's High School, Cowdenbeath, and the Catholic St Andrew's High School on Overton Road in Kirkcaldy.

A 4 – 0 loss to challengers Forfar towards the end of the season was quickly forgotten as Queen's won their last five matches, clinching the Championship at Cowdenbeath on the final day of 1999 / 2000.

Cowdenbeath coach Michael Renwick was appointed new manager on 25 October 2007.

This feat was in no small part aided by Rab Walls ' 54 League goals – the second highest seasonal total in Scottish League history – as well as Daniel Swann's 87th minute winner in the last game of the season, securing the championship for Cowdenbeath.

A more professional approach was ushered in with the appointment of former Scotland defender Craig Levein, who had begun his playing career with Cowdenbeath, as manager in 1997.

The earliest indication of human activity in the immediate vicinity of the current site of Cowdenbeath was provided by the discovery of late bronze-age vessels containing incinerated human remains, in 1928.

Prior to 1850, Cowdenbeath was just a collection of farms within the Parish of Beath.

The area was divided into four districts named after local farms: Kirkford, Foulford, White Threshes and Cowdenbeath farm, located close to the present-day site of Central Park.

The eventual decision was narrowed down to either White Threshes or Cowdenbeath and Cowdenbeath was the chosen name.

The arrival of the Oakley Iron Company around 1850 was to have a long-lasting impact upon Cowdenbeath and make the name synonymous with coal-mining for almost 100 years.

Prior to this, coal had been mined at Fordell for over a century, but the discovery of the coal seams at the depth they were found came as a pleasant surprise, considering the dip in the coal strata at Fordell, as it was previously thought that the seams at Cowdenbeath would be at such a depth as to be almost unworkable.

Within the greater area, which later became the Burgh of Cowdenbeath, there was little mining activity.

Such was the upsurge in mining activity that the population of Cowdenbeath doubled ( 4, 000-8, 000 ) in the ten years between 1890 and 1900 and gave rise to the nickname " Chicago of Fife ".

Such was the extent of the importance of Cowdenbeath to coal mining at the turn of the century ( circa 1900 ) that several institutions essential to mining became established there.

The Central Works, Cowdenbeath, ( commonly referred to as " The Workshops ") were built in 1924 by the Fife Coal Company Limited in order to centralise its supervisory staff and to cope with the greater amount of manufacturing and maintenance work caused by the intensive mechanisation programme which was being introduced in its mines.

Cowdenbeath also has a golf club which was originally built as a 9 hole course on the old Dora Coal mine site.

* Dennis Canavan, the Scottish politician and Member of Parliament for Falkirk West was born in Cowdenbeath in 1942 and attended St Brides Primary School.

* Harry Ewing ( Baron Ewing of Kirkford ) was born in Cowdenbeath in 1931.

The 2008 / 09 pre-season was very quiet and few new signings were made ; rumblings of discontent and rumours of behind the scenes fighting were proved to be true as boss Jim Weir was sacked by the Board after a 2 – 1 defeat to Cowdenbeath with six months still to run on his contract.

Fife is the largest operator in the region and is responsible for urban, rural and interurban services in the towns of St Andrews, Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath, Methil, Glenrothes, Leven and Kirkcaldy.

This is one of Europe's largest Ethylene plants and is bordered by the communities of Lochgelly, Lumphinnans, Cowdenbeath and Auchtertool.

Cowdenbeath Football Club are a professional Scottish football team based in the town of Cowdenbeath, Fife.

Cowdenbeath (;, ) is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland.

Cowdenbeath lies in south-western Fife, near to the larger town of Dunfermline.

Whilst for the main part Cowdenbeath is fairly level, there are significant portions of the town which have succumbed to subsidence as a result of the network of mineshafts and tunnels underlying the town.

Cowdenbeath Leisure Centre is located in Pit Road, next to Central Park in the centre of the town and has a swimming pool, gym, indoor sports facilities and three all-weather pitches for tennis or football.

Cowdenbeath Primary School serves the southern end of the town.

For the Scottish Parliament North Queensferry forms part of the Cowdenbeath constituency which falls within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region.

Kirkcaldy forms part of the county constituency of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, electing one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system.

For the Scottish Parliament Inverkeithing forms part of the Cowdenbeath constituency which falls within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region.

She graduated from Edinburgh University and worked as a teacher in Cowdenbeath before being adopted the ILP candidate for the North Lanarkshire constituency, which she won at a 1929 by-election, becoming the youngest member of the House of Commons.

She graduated from university and worked as a teacher in Cowdenbeath before being adopted the ILP candidate for the North Lanarkshire constituency, which she won at a 1929 by-election, becoming the youngest member of the House of Commons.

Rosyth is within the Cowdenbeath constituency of the Scottish Parliament, currently held by Helen Eadie of the Labour Party, as well as the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region.

Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath is a county constituency representing the areas around the towns of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, in Fife, Scotland, in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Along with Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, the towns of Burntisland, Dalgety Bay, Dysart, Kelty, and Lochgelly and the villages of Aberdour, Auchtertool, Ballingry, Crosshill, Glencraig, Kinghorn, Lochore and Lumphinnans make up the constituency.

Most of Dunfermline East and its neighbouring constituency Kirkcaldy now make up the new seat of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.

Gordon Brown of the Labour Party is the Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.

The club shares rivalries with fellow Fife sides Cowdenbeath and Raith Rovers as well as Falkirk.

Team new boy, Norrie McCathie, signed in a swap deal from Cowdenbeath, scored 4 in his 19 appearances on his way to clocking up a club record of 497 league appearances before his death in 1996.

They managed one solitary victory over local rivals Cowdenbeath in November during this period and surrendered top spot to Alloa.

Arbroath finished 4th in Division 3 and disposed of Cowdenbeath 2 – 1 on aggregate thanks to a late extra time winner from Assistant Manager, Robbie Raeside, in the semi final.

Under Duffy Brechin made the play-offs again the following season but Duffy resigned after Brechin were beaten 3 – 0 on aggregate by Cowdenbeath.

On the 14th of May 2011, Brechin beat Cowdenbeath 4-2 on aggregate, in the 1st Division play offs Semi-Final, to set up a final with Ayr United, in which the victors secured 1st Division Football for season 2011-2012.

Cowdenbeath traditionally date their origin to the merger of two local clubs, Cowdenbeath Rangers ( formed 1880 ) and Cowdenbeath Thistle, which occurred in 1881.

However, research by the club's historian suggests the Cowdenbeath Rangers name continued to be used at this time and the founding of Cowdenbeath F. C.