2019–20 Raith Rovers F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Raith Rovers' third season in the third tier of Scottish football since being relegated from the Scottish Championship via the play-offs at the end of the 2016–17 season.[1] Raith Rovers also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup, the Scottish Cup & the Fife Cup.

Raith Rovers
2019–20 season
ChairmanBill Clark
ManagerJohn McGlynn
StadiumStark's Park
League 11st
League CupGroup Stage
Scottish Cup4th Round (lost to Livingston)
Highest home attendance2,907
Lowest home attendance788
Average home league attendance1,838

Summary

Management

Raith were led by manager John McGlynn for the 2019–20 season for his 2nd season at the club.[2]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-Season

29 June 2019 Pre-Season Friendly Raith Rovers 1 – 0 Stirling Albion Stark's Park
15:00 Hendry  76' (pen.) Raith Report Attendance: 793
Referee: Colin Steven
4 July 2019 Pre-Season Friendly Raith Rovers 3 – 2 Hamilton Academical Stark's Park
19:30 Hendry  24' (pen.)
Bowie  35'
Hunt  42' (o.g.)
Raith Report Oakley  55'
Mimnaugh  59'
Attendance: 823
Referee: Gavin Duncan
6 July 2019 Pre-Season Friendly Raith Rovers 2 – 0 Spartans Stark's Park
15:00 Anderson  16'
Trialist  37'
Raith Report Attendance: 689
Referee: Gavin McNab
9 July 2019 Pre-Season Friendly Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Cowdenbeath Stark's Park
19:45 Allan  16'
Anderson  40'
Raith Report Cox  3' Attendance: 643
Referee: Steven Kirkland

Scottish League One

3 August 2019 League One Dumbarton 0 – 1 Raith Rovers C&G Systems Stadium
15:00 Raith Report Anderson  79' Attendance: 870
Referee: Duncan Williams
10 August 2019 League One Raith Rovers 5 – 2 Clyde Stark's Park
15:00 Hendry  13' (pen.)
Bowie  23'
Anderson  49'
Victoria  63'
Smith  79'
Raith Report Goodwillie  78'
Love  89'
Attendance: 1,707
Referee: Euan Anderson
17 August 2019 League One Stranraer 3 – 2 Raith Rovers Stair Park
15:00 McManus  16'
Dangana  83'
Elliott  85'
Raith Report Miller  48'
Spencer  70'
Attendance: 404
Referee: Greg Aitken
24 August 2019 League One Raith Rovers 3 – 0 Montrose Stark's Park
15:00 Bowie  80'
Gullan  84'
Trialist  90'
Raith Report Attendance: 1,437
Referee: Scott Lambie
31 August 2019 League One East Fife 4 – 2 Raith Rovers Bayview Stadium
15:00 Dowds  19'
Higgins  57'
Wallace  65'
Agnew  90'
Raith Report Allan  10'
Gullan  84'
Attendance: 1,792
Referee: Craig Napier
14 September 2019 League One Raith Rovers 4 – 0 Peterhead Stark's Park
15:00 G.Anderson  7'
Miller  29', 67'
Vaughan  52'
Raith Report Attendance: 1,436
Referee: David Lowe
21 September 2019 League One Airdrieonians 0 – 1 Raith Rovers Penny Cars Stadium
15:00 Raith Report G.Anderson  55' Attendance: 1,132
Referee: Steven Reid
28 September 2019 League One Forfar Athletic 1 – 2 Raith Rovers Station Park
15:00 McLean  45' Raith Report Vaughan  51'
MacDonald  90'
Attendance: 847
Referee: Gavin Ross
5 October 2019 League One Raith Rovers 2 – 2 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 Miller  60'
Armstrong  78'
Raith Report Longridge  3'
Sammon  17'
Attendance: 2,750
Referee: Scott Lambie
19 October 2019 League One Clyde 2 – 2 Raith Rovers Broadwood Stadium
15:00 Goodwillie  54', 68' Raith Report Bowie  11'
Gullan  29'
Attendance: 1,202
Referee: Peter Stuart
26 October 2019 League One Raith Rovers 1 – 1 East Fife Stark's Park
15:00 Spencer  35' Raith Report Boyd  25' Attendance: 2,907
Referee: Barry Cook
2 November 2019 League One Peterhead 2 – 0 Raith Rovers Balmoor Stadium
15:00 Leitch  35'
Fraser  74'
Raith Report Attendance: 610
Referee: Gavin Ross
9 November 2019 League One Raith Rovers 3 – 1 Stranraer Stark's Park
15:00 Gullan  45', 60'
Baird  49'
Raith Report Stewart  75' Attendance: 1,364
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
26 November 2019 League One Raith Rovers 0 – 0 Forfar Athletic Stark's Park
19:45 Raith Report Attendance: 975
Referee: Kevin Graham
30 November 2019 League One Montrose 0 – 1 Raith Rovers Links Park
15:00 Raith Report Spencer  68' Attendance: 780
Referee: Barry Cook
7 December 2019 League One Raith Rovers 1 – 0 Airdrieonians Stark's Park
15:00 Matthews  42' Raith Report Attendance: 1,823
Referee: Greg Aitken
14 December 2019 League One Falkirk 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 McManus  58' Raith Report Gullan  37' Attendance: 4,024
Referee: Gavin Ross
21 December 2019 League One Raith Rovers 0 – 2 Dumbarton Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Crossan  28'
McGeever  40'
Attendance: 1,504
Referee: Alan Muir
28 December 2019 League One East Fife 3 – 5 Raith Rovers Bayview Stadium
15:00 Agnew  28'
Dowds  61'
Wallace  71'
Raith Report Gullan  8', 90'
MacDonald  21', 37'
Tait  54'
Attendance: 1,998
Referee: Don Robertson
4 January 2020 League One Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Peterhead Stark's Park
15:00 Tait  9'
Gullan  24'
Raith Report Lyle  11' Attendance: 1,807
Referee: Gavin Ross
11 January 2020 League One Forfar Athletic 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Station Park
15:00 Forbes  9' Raith Report Baird  72' Attendance: 832
Referee: Duncan Williams
25 January 2020 League One Raith Rovers 4 – 3 Montrose Stark's Park
15:00 Matthews  8'
Bowie  25', 42'
Tait  66'
Raith Report Johnston  55'
Niang  58'
Quinn  76'
Attendance: 1,717
Referee: Gavin Ross
1 February 2020 League One Airdrieonians 0 – 1 Raith Rovers Penny Cars Stadium
15:00 Raith Report Matthews  4' Attendance: 1,296
Referee: David Dickinson
8 February 2020 League One Stranraer 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Stair Park
15:00 Stevenson  54' Raith Report Baird  36' Attendance: 327
Referee: David Lowe
22 February 2020 League One Raith Rovers 1 – 0 Clyde Stark's Park
15:00 MacLean  78' Raith Report Attendance: 1,527
Referee: Mike Roncone
29 February 2020 League One Dumbarton 1 – 0 Raith Rovers C&G Systems Stadium
15:00 Carswell  90' Raith Report Attendance: 804
Referee: Kevin Graham
3 March 2020 League One Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Falkirk Stark's Park
19:45 MacLean  47' Raith Report McManus  69' Attendance: 3,225
Referee: Peter Stuart
7 March 2020 League One Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Forfar Athletic Stark's Park
15:00 Armstrong  9'
Baird  76'
Raith Report Coupe  90' Attendance: 1,551
Referee: Alan Newlands

Scottish Challenge Cup

13 August 2019 Round 2 Ross County Colts 2 – 3 Raith Rovers Global Energy Stadium
19:45 Keillor-Dunn  55'
Gallagher  83'
Raith Report Allan  32', 35'
Matthews  89'
Attendance: 264
Referee: Graham Beaton
7 September 2019 Round 3 Raith Rovers 2 – 0 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 Hendry  17' (pen.), 50' (pen.) Raith Report Attendance: 1,771
Referee: Greg Aitken
12 October 2019 Round 4 Raith Rovers 3 – 1 Glenavon Stark's Park
15:00 Bowie  15'
Armstrong  32'
Allan  90'
Raith Report Marshall  24' Attendance: 1,301
Referee: Bryn Markham Jones
15 November 2019 Quarter-Final Raith Rovers 3 – 2 Elgin City Stark's Park
19:45 Bowie  6', 25'
McKay  56'
Raith Report Hester  35'
Sutherland  84'
Attendance: 1,108
Referee: Euan Anderson
14 February 2020 Semi-Final Partick Thistle 1 – 2 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
19:45 Mansell  83' Raith Report Benedictus  31'
Hendry  74'
Attendance: 2,196
Referee: Alan Newlands

Scottish League Cup

Matches

13 July 2019 Group D Raith Rovers 0 – 3 Dundee Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Nelson  14', 29' (pen.)
Curran  75'
Attendance: 2,584
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
20 July 2019 Group D Inverness CT 4 – 1 Raith Rovers Caledonian Stadium
15:00 White  6'
Donaldson  56'
Doran  58'
Todorov  90'
Raith Report Allan  50' Attendance: 1,054
Referee: Gavin Ross
23 July 2019 Group D Raith Rovers 3 – 1 Peterhead Stark's Park
19:45 Bowie  4'
Miller  21'
Allan  80'
Raith Report Armour  88' Attendance: 788
Referee: Chris Fordyce
27 July 2019 Group D Cove Rangers 3 – 0 Raith Rovers Balmoral Stadium
15:00 Masson  45'
Antoniazzi  52'
Glass  73'
Raith Report Attendance: 791
Referee: Craig Napier

Scottish Cup

23 November 2019 Round 3 Raith Rovers 1 – 0 Peterhead Stark's Park
15:00 Bowie  3' Raith Report Attendance: 1,306
Referee: Steven Reid
18 January 2020 Round 4 Livingston 3 – 1 Raith Rovers Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Lawless  77' (pen.), 90' (pen.)
Dykes  78'
Raith Report Attendance: 1,725
Referee: Alan Newlands

Fife Cup

20 August 2019 Quarter-Final Burntisland Shipyard 0 – 4 Raith Rovers Recreation Park
19:00 Burntisland Shipyard Report Trialist A  5'
Trialist B  75'
Anderson  85'
Tait  88'
Attendance: 250[3]
Referee: Scott Lambie
  • Note: The Challenge Cup final is currently postponed as a result of the coronavirus situation.[4]

The Fife Cup was declared abandoned on 22 March 2020 & league matches were declared over on 15 April 2020.[5][6]

Player statistics

Squad

[7]Last updated 7 March 2020
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague 1Challenge CupLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Robbie Thomson 605+001+000+000+00
GK David McGurn 13010+101+001+000+00
GK Ross Munro 22013+103+003+002+00
GK Kyle Bow 000+000+000+000+00
DF Kyle Benedictus 36126+104+013+002+00
DF Iain Davidson 33022+004+104+002+00
DF David McKay 21110+303+112+002+00
DF Jamie Watson 1005+201+001+100+00
DF Kieran MacDonald 39328+034+104+002+00
DF Michael Miller 26519+043+002+111+00
DF Fernandy Mendy 400+000+002+200+00
DF Steven Anderson 1208+002+100+001+00
MF Ross Matthews 29418+233+014+002+00
MF Regan Hendry 31422+014+034+001+00
MF Tony Dingwall 2107+901+200+001+10
MF Dylan Tait 2039+433+100+201+00
MF Grant Anderson 31414+743+102+200+20
MF Brad Spencer 34323+333+103+001+00
MF Daniel Armstrong 1836+823+010+001+00
MF Quinn Coulson 000+000+000+000+00
FW Lewis Vaughan 322+020+100+000+00
FW Jack Smith 710+611+000+000+00
FW Kieron Bowie 35919+644+033+111+11
FW Joao Victoria 1210+710+002+200+10
FW Lewis Allan 22610+312+234+020+10
FW Jamie Gullan 18714+470+000+000+00
FW John Baird 25513+644+000+002+01
FW Steven MacLean 725+121+000+000+00
  • Squad numbers are not compulsory in Scottish League One.

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated March 2020
Nation Position Name League 1 Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
GKRobbie Thomson 0000000000
GKDavid McGurn 0000000000
GKRoss Munro 0000000000
GKKyle Bow 0000000000
DFKyle Benedictus 5100100061
DFIain Davidson 4200101062
DFDavid McKay 1100001021
DFJamie Watson 1000000010
DFMichael Miller 2000100030
DFFernandy Mendy 0000100010
DFSteven Anderson 1100000011
MFKieran MacDonald 5010000060
MFRoss Matthews 2110101051
MFRegan Hendry 4020100070
MFTony Dingwall 1000000010
MFDylan Tait 2000001030
MFGrant Anderson 2010000030
MFBrad Spencer 90001000100
MFDaniel Armstrong 5010000060
MFQuinn Coulson 0000000000
FWLewis Vaughan 0000000000
FWKieron Bowie 1000000010
FWJoao Victoria 0000000000
FWLewis Allan 0000000000
FWJamie Gullan 1000000010
FWJohn Baird 0000000000
FWSteven MacLean 0010000010

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Promotion, qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Raith Rovers (C) 28 15 8 5 49 33 +16 53 1.89 Promotion to the Championship
2 Falkirk 28 14 10 4 54 18 +36 52 1.86
3 Airdrieonians 28 14 6 8 38 27 +11 48 1.71
4 Montrose 28 15 2 11 48 38 +10 47 1.68
5 East Fife 28 12 9 7 44 36 +8 45 1.61
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]

League Cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DND ICT PET COV RAI
1 Dundee 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 10 Qualification for the Second Round 1–0 p0–0
2 Inverness CT 4 2 0 1 1 7 4 +3 7 3–2 4–1
3 Peterhead 4 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 6 p0–0 2–1
4 Cove Rangers 4 1 0 1 2 6 5 +1 4 0–0p 3–0
5 Raith Rovers 4 1 0 0 3 4 11 7 3 0–3 3–1
Source: [9]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[10]

Management statistics

Last updated on 7 March 2020
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
John McGlynn 25 September 2018 44 27 8 9 061.36

Notes

  1. Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References

  1. "Raith Rovers : History 1975 to date". Statto. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  2. "New Management Team Announced". raithrovers.net. Raith Rovers F.C. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. "Raith Rovers draft in trialists for Fife Cup win over Burntisland Shipyard". fifetoday.co.uk. Fife Free Press. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  4. "JOINT RESPONSE GROUP UPDATE 16/03/20". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  5. "Club Statement". burntislandshipyard.co.uk. Burntisland Shipyard F.C. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  6. "SPFL RESOLUTION APPROVED BY CLUBS IN ALL FOUR DIVISIONS". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  7. "Raith Squad details". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  8. "Dundee Utd, Raith & Cove win titles and reconstruction talks start after Dundee vote". BBC Sport. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  9. "Summary - League Cup Group D". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  10. "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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