Dunfermline Athletic manager Jim Jefferies remains upbeat about the cash-strapped club's survival prospects following the appointment of administrator Bryan Jackson.

Jackson has already helped Clyde, Motherwell, Dundee and Portsmouth avoid financial collapse, and the Pars boss is hopeful that he can pull off the same feat at East End Park.

"Bryan's not got a decent record, he's got a great record. He's worked at four clubs and they have survived," PA quotes Jefferies as saying.

"Hopefully the club don't let him down and the people who support the club rally round and help him. He's got a tough job to do and he will need to be as ruthless as he can but it's all about taking the club forward.

"The fans, however, have been fantastic. We just need them to stick with us. We need their support more than ever. Not just to shout us on, but more of them to pay through the gate as every penny is a prisoner."

Dunfermline, who have debts of almost £8.5m to repay to owner Gavin Masterton and other directors, were forced to enter administration due to an unpaid tax bill of £134,000.

The club faces a wave of redundancies in the coming weeks, which is likely to include numerous players.

"I don't want to lose any of them because they have been great to work with and have had a lot to deal with already," the former Hearts manager added.

"But it's not up to me, it's up to the administrators. The club has got to make cuts to survive and it's unfortunate that is what administration is about."

Jefferies added that he is "proud" of how his players have dealt with the club's plight, and revealed that he has held "fairly positive" talks about his own future there.