2013–14 Raith Rovers F.C. season

The 2013–14 season is Raith Rovers' fifth consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football[1] and the first in the newly established Scottish Championship,[2] having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2008–09 season. Raith Rovers will also compete in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Raith Rovers
2013–14 season
ChairmanTurnbull Hutton
ManagerGrant Murray
StadiumStark's Park
Scottish Championship7th place
Challenge CupWinners
League Cup2nd Round (lost to Hearts on penalties)
Scottish CupQuarter-Finals (lost to St Johnstone)
Highest home attendance4,039 (v Dundee, 2 January 2014)
Lowest home attendance978 (v Alloa Athletic, 25 February 2014)
Average home league attendance1,659

Summary edit

Management edit

Raith will be led by player-manager Grant Murray for the 2013–14 season as with the previous season.

Results & fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season edit

10 July 2013[3] Friendly Raith Rovers 1 – 2 Sheffield United Stark's Park
19:45 Spence   13' Raith Report McDonald   29'
Murphy   36'
Attendance: 1,054
Referee: McLean
12 July 2013[4] Friendly Raith Rovers 0 – 0 Hibernian Stark's Park
19:45 Raith Report Attendance: 2,050
Referee: McKendrick
17 July 2013[5] Friendly Raith Rovers 0 – 5 Heart of Midlothian Stark's Park
19:30 Raith Report McHattie   6'
B.King   42'
Walker   49'
Stevenson   63'
Oliver   88'
Attendance: 1,825
Referee: Muir

Scottish Championship edit

17 August 2013 Scottish Championship Cowdenbeath 3 – 4 Raith Rovers Central Park
15:00 Morton   9'
Adamson   43'
Stewart   65'
Adam   90'
Raith Report Spence   3', 81' (pen.), 90' (pen.)
Cardle   26'
Attendance: 837
Referee: Salmond
24 August 2013 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 0 Dundee Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Attendance: 2,603
Referee: Beaton
31 August 2013 Scottish Championship Greenock Morton 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Cappielow
15:00 Imrie   39' (pen.) Raith Report Anderson   78' Attendance: 1,545
Referee: Cook
21 September 2013 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 4 – 2 Alloa Athletic Stark's Park
15:00 Cardle   28', 90'
Anderson   48'
Elliot   79'
Raith Report Cawley   16'
McCord   62' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,397
Referee: Murray
28 September 2013 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 Anderson   2' Raith Report Faulds   90' Attendance: 1,715
Referee: McKendrick
5 October 2013 Scottish Championship Dumbarton 2 – 4 Raith Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Prunty   89', 90' (pen.) Raith Report Elliot   17'
Spence   56' (pen.)
Hill   61'
Donaldson   90'
Vaughan   90'
Attendance: 843
Referee: Colvin
19 October 2013 Scottish Championship Hamilton Academical 1 – 1 Raith Rovers New Douglas Park
15:00 Keatings   31' Raith Report Hill   34'  
Elliot   70'
Attendance: 1,113
Referee: Brines
26 October 2013 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Greenock Morton Stark's Park
15:00 Moon   44'
Smith   90'
Raith Report Novo   69' Attendance: 1,569
Referee: Salmond
29 October 2013 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 0 Livingston Stark's Park
19:45 Smith   22' Raith Report Denholm   35' Attendance: 1,304
Referee: Muir
9 November 2013 Scottish Championship Dundee 2 – 0 Raith Rovers Dens Park
15:00 Conroy   28'
Wighton   49'
Raith Report Attendance: 5,064
Referee: Dallas
23 November 2013 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Queen of the South Stark's Park
15:00 Elliot   63', 87' Raith Report Reilly   62' Attendance: 1,497
Referee: Northcroft
7 December 2013 Scottish Championship Falkirk 3 – 1 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Sibbald   4'
McGrandles   25'
Kingsley   51'
Raith Report Spence   73' Attendance: 2,934
Referee: Muir
14 December 2013 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Dumbarton Stark's Park
15:00 Vaughan   51'
Cardle   60'
Thomson   74'
Raith Report McDougall   90' Attendance: 1,351
Referee: Murray
21 December 2013 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 3 – 3 Cowdenbeath Stark's Park
15:00 Hill   32'
Elliot   60'
Booth   83' (pen.)
Raith Report Stewart   11'
Hemmings   74' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,597
Referee: Aitken
28 December 2013 Scottish Championship Livingston 3 – 0 Raith Rovers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Thomson   8' (o.g.)
Scott   45'
Scougall   62'
Raith Report Attendance: 1,322
Referee: Norris
2 January 2014 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 2 Dundee Stark's Park
15:00 Thomson   67'   Raith Report McAlister   90', 90' Attendance: 4,039
Referee: Robertson
15 February 2014 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 4 Hamilton Academical Stark's Park
15:00 Cardle   82'
Baird   89'
Raith Report Andreu   4', 32'
Longridge   39'
Keatings   43' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,436
Referee: Collum
22 February 2014 Scottish Championship Dumbarton 3 – 3 Raith Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Nish   24'
Kane   37'
Agnew   64'
Raith Report Smith   29', 61'
Baird   57'
Attendance: 786
Referee: Robertson
25 February 2014 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Alloa Athletic Stark's Park
19:45 Hill   54' Raith Report Ferns   24' Attendance: 978
Referee: Muir
1 March 2014 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 4 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 Baird   23'
Booth   28' (pen.)
Raith Report Hill   18' (o.g.)
McCracken   47'
Loy   71'
Millar   87'
Attendance: 1,729
Referee: Anderson
15 March 2014 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Greenock Morton Stark's Park
15:00 Spence   68' (pen.), 80' Raith Report Vine   18' Attendance: 1,308
Referee: Charleston
18 March 2014 Scottish Championship Dundee 0 – 0 Raith Rovers Dens Park
19:45 Raith Report Attendance: 4,561
Referee: Finnie
22 March 2014 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 4 Livingston Stark's Park
15:00 Baird   48'
Thomson   85'
Raith Report Sives   5', 54'
McNulty   50' (pen.), 90'
Attendance: 1,329
Referee: Northcroft
12 April 2014 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 3 Dumbarton Stark's Park
15:00 Smith   59' Raith Report Gilhaney   22'
Megginson   28'
Nish   50'
Attendance: 1,602
Referee: Charleston
15 April 2014 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 3 – 2 Queen of the South Stark's Park
19:45 Cardle   4'
Watson   7'
Baird   81'
Raith Report Durnan   37', 45' Attendance: 993
Referee: Aitken
19 April 2014 Scottish Championship Falkirk 2 – 1 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Loy   19'
McGrandles   23'
Raith Report Vaulks   32' (o.g.) Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Anderson
26 April 2014 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 2 Cowdenbeath Stark's Park
15:00 Spence   88' Raith Report McKeown   19'
Milne   81'
Attendance: 1,760
Referee: Colvin
3 May 2014 Scottish Championship Livingston 2 – 0 Raith Rovers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Mullen   8'
Sives   15'
McNulty   80'
Raith Report Attendance: 1,265
Referee: Somers

Scottish Challenge Cup edit

27 July 2013 Round 1 Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Stirling Albion Stark's Park
15:00 Moon   73'
Cardle   90'
Raith Report White   88' (pen.) Attendance: 1,111
Referee: Norris
20 August 2013 Round 2 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 2 Raith Rovers East End Park
19:45 Raith Report Hill   2'
Fox   65' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,765
Referee: Aitken
7 September 2013 Quarter-Final Raith Rovers 1 – 0 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 Spence   86' Raith Report Attendance: 1,565
Referee: Allan
13 October 2013 Semi-Final Raith Rovers 3 – 0 Annan Athletic Stark's Park
16:05 Weatherson   1' (o.g.)
Elliot   73', 89'
Raith Report Attendance: 2,119
Referee: Clancy
6 April 2014 Final Raith Rovers 1 − 0 (a.e.t.) Rangers Easter Road
16:05 Baird   116' Raith Report Attendance: 19,983
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Scottish League Cup edit

3 August 2013 Round 1 Raith Rovers 6 – 0 Queen's Park Stark's Park
15:00 Smith   15'
Cardle   34'
Elliot   57', 67'
Spence   70'
Vaughan   86'
Raith Report Capuano   61'   Attendance: 1,219
Referee: Finnie
27 August 2013 Round 2 Raith Rovers 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 5 p)
Heart of Midlothian Stark's Park
19:45 Fox   50'
Hill   74'
Raith Report Hamill   62' (pen.) Attendance: 3,668
Referee: Colvin
Penalties
Watson  
Vaughan  
Elliot  
Booth  
Fox  
Thomson  
Cardle  
Callachan  
  Wilson
  Hamill
  McGowan
  Walker
  McHattie
  Holt
  Smith
  McKay

Scottish Cup edit

3 November 2013 Scottish Cup round 3 East Stirlingshire 0 – 2 Raith Rovers Ochilview Park
15:00 Raith Report Smith   48'
McGowan   80' (o.g.)
Attendance: 716
Referee: Robertson
30 November 2013 Scottish Cup round 4 Dundee 0 – 1 Raith Rovers Dens Park
15:00 Raith Report Irvine   8' (o.g.) Attendance: 3,184
Referee: McLean
8 February 2014 Scottish Cup round 5 Hibernian 2 – 3 Raith Rovers Easter Road
14:00 Stanton   14'
Nelson   45'
Raith Report Moon   6'
Hill   45'
Anderson   63'
Attendance: 10,503
Referee: McLean

Player statistics edit

Captain edit

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
2 DF Jason Thomson   44 Club captain

Last updated: 3 May 2014
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad edit

[7][8]Last updated 3 May 2014
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO David McGurn 16 0 10+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   SCO Jason Thomson 44 2 33+0 2 5+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
3 DF   SCO Callum Booth 46 3 35+0 3 5+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
4 DF   SCO Paul Watson 31 1 22+0 1 5+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF   SCO Dougie Hill 38 4 30+0 3 4+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
6 MF   SCO Liam Fox 39 3 27+0 0 6+0 1 2+0 1 4+0 1
7 MF   ENG Joe Cardle 43 8 33+0 5 5+0 1 2+0 1 3+0 1
8 MF   SCO Kevin Moon 42 3 30+1 1 5+0 1 2+0 0 4+0 1
9 FW   SCO Greig Spence 36 15 14+12 11 2+3 3 0+1 1 1+3 0
10 FW   SCO Calum Elliot 40 10 28+3 6 5+0 2 2+0 2 2+0 0
11 MF   SCO Grant Anderson 42 3 28+4 2 4+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 1
12 MF   SCO Ross Callachan 33 0 16+11 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 3+0 0
14 DF   SCO Reece Donaldson 12 0 8+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
15 FW   SCO Gordon Smith 42 8 17+15 6 1+3 0 2+0 1 4+0 1
16 DF   SCO Laurie Ellis 18 0 11+2 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 2+1 0
17 GK   SCO Ross Laidlaw 16 0 12+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
18 DF   SCO Grant Murray 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 (up until January 2014) DF   SCO Kevin McCann 5 1 1+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
19 (from January 2014) DF   SCO Fraser Mullen 12 0 7+3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
20 (up until February 2014) GK   SCO Colin Stewart 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 (from February 2014) GK   ENG Lee Robinson 16 0 14+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
21 MF   SCO Lewis Vaughan 23 3 5+14 2 1+0 0 0+2 1 0+1 0
22 FW   SCO Jamie Watson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF   SCO Ross Matthews 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 MF   SCO Liam McCroary 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 FW   SCO Callum Robertson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF   SCO David Bates 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 GK   SCO Jordan Roberts 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW   SCO John Baird 16 8 14+1 7 1+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated May 2014
Nation Position Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
  GK Ross Laidlaw 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
  GK David McGurn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  GK Colin Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Lee Robinson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF Reece Donaldson 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
  DF Laurie Ellis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF Dougie Hill 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3
  DF Grant Murray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Jason Thomson 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 1
  DF David Bates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Callum Booth 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 1
  DF Paul Watson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
  DF Kevin McCann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Fraser Mullen 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Ross Callachan 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
  MF Lewis Vaughan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Grant Anderson 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
  MF Kevin Moon 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
  MF Ross Matthews 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Liam McCroary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Liam Fox 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
  MF Joe Cardle 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
  FW Callum Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Greig Spence 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
  FW Jamie Watson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Calum Elliot 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
  FW Gordon Smith 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
  FW John Baird 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Dumbarton 36 15 6 15 65 64 +1 51
6 Livingston 36 13 7 16 51 56 −5 46
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 9 16 48 61 −13 42
8 Alloa Athletic 36 11 7 18 34 51 −17 40
9 Cowdenbeath (O) 36 11 7 18 50 72 −22 40 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners

Division summary edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHA
ResultLWDDWWDWWDWLLWLWDLLDLDLLDLDWLLWWLLLL
Position955532222333334334445867887788778777
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. Source: [9]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

References edit

  1. ^ "Scottish Football League Season 2008/09". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  2. ^ "New SPFL branding is unveiled". skysports.com. SKY Sports. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Pre Season Friendly Match". Raith Rovers FC. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Glamour Friday evening friendly announced". Raith Rovers FC. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Jambos Head for Kirkcaldy". Raith Rovers FC. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  6. ^ "ICT Head To RRFC". Raith Rovers FC. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  7. ^ "First team Squad". Raith Rovers F.C. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  8. ^ "2013/14 Squad Details Announced". raithrovers.net. Raith Rovers F.C. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Raith Rovers". Sttato. Retrieved 27 June 2013.