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2014–15 Raith Rovers F.C. season

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Raith Rovers
2014–15 season
ChairmanTurnbull Hutton
(until 14 November)[1]
Alan Young
(from 19 December)[2]
ManagerGrant Murray
(Until 27 April)
Laurie Ellis (Caretaker)
StadiumStark's Park
Scottish ChampionshipSixth place
Challenge CupFirst round, lost to Dunfermline Athletic
League CupSecond round, lost to Dundee
Scottish CupQuarter-Final, lost to Inverness CT
Highest home attendance6,250
Lowest home attendance788
Average home league attendance2,598

The 2014–15 season was Raith Rovers' sixth consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[3] Raith Rovers also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

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Management

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Raith were led by player-manager Grant Murray for the 2014–15 season as with the previous season, having extended his contract in December 2013, until 2016.[4]

Results & fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

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9 July 2014[5] Friendly Edinburgh City 2 – 2 Raith Rovers Meadowbank Stadium
19:30 Gibson 33' (pen.)
Allum 41'
Raith Report Elliot 25' (pen.)
Nadé 54'
Attendance: 240
Referee: Stuart
12 July 2014[6] Friendly Raith Rovers 1 – 1 St Johnstone Stark's Park
15:00 Nadé 7' Raith Report Wotherspoon 50' Attendance: 1,103
Referee: Clancy
15 July 2014[7] Friendly Raith Rovers 0 – 4 York City Stark's Park
19:45 Raith Report Coulson 4'
Straker 24', 33'
Hyde 62'
Attendance: 838
Referee: Beaton

Scottish Championship

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9 August 2014 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 3 – 1 Dumbarton Stark's Park
15:00 Watson 56'
Conroy 78'
Nadé 81'
Raith Report Agnew 90' Attendance: 1,642
Referee: Beaton
23 August 2014 Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 4 Heart of Midlothian Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Keatings 13', 28', 58'
Oliver 90'
Attendance: 6,105
Referee: Charleston
12 September 2014 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 4 Rangers Stark's Park
19:45 Raith Report Clark 16'
Black 38'
Law 39'
McCulloch 73' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,250
Referee: Colvin
20 September 2014 Scottish Championship Livingston 0 – 1 Raith Rovers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Raith Report Scott 18' Attendance: 1,309
Referee: Madden
27 September 2014 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 0 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Attendance: 1,871
Referee: Roache
4 October 2014 Scottish Championship Hibernian 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Easter Road
15:00 Robertson 44' Raith Report Nadé 68' Attendance: 9,954
Referee: Beaton
10 October 2014 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 3 – 4 Queen of the South Stark's Park
19:35 Stewart 59', 78'
Nadé 62'
Raith Report Baird 7'
Reilly 50'
Holt Red card 73'
Lyle 74'
Russell 90'
Attendance: 1,552
Referee: Muir
18 October 2014 Scottish Championship Rangers 6 – 1 Raith Rovers Ibrox Stadium
15:00 McCulloch 8'
Law 36'
Miller 55'
Boyd 63'
Daly 84', 90'
Raith Report Scott 54' Attendance: 33,956
Referee: Robertson
25 October 2014 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Alloa Athletic Stark's Park
15:00 Anderson 34' Raith Report Buchanan 14'
Benedictus Yellow card 81' Red card
Attendance: 1,541
Referee: Anderson
8 November 2014 Scottish Championship Hearts 1 – 0 Raith Rovers Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Öztürk 5' Raith Report Attendance: 16,372
Referee: Allan
15 November 2014 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Cowdenbeath Stark's Park
15:00 Moon 58'
Nadé 71'
Raith Report Oyenuga 35' Attendance: 1,779
Referee: Colvin
6 December 2014 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 5 Livingston Stark's Park
15:00 Perry Red card 2'
Anderson 45'
Raith Report White 3' (pen.)
Burchill 23'
Glen 44'
Mullen 78'
McKenna 88'
Attendance: 1,385
Referee: Allan
13 December 2014 Scottish Championship Dumbarton 2 – 1 Raith Rovers Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Agnew 20', 88' (pen.) Raith Report Stewart 63' Attendance: 764
Referee: Madden
20 December 2014 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 3 Hibernian Stark's Park
15:00 McKay 40' Raith Report Cummings 44'
Fontaine 78'
Malonga 81'
Attendance: 3,166
Referee: Robertson
27 December 2014 Scottish Championship Falkirk 0 – 1 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
17:30 Raith Report Conroy 79' Attendance: 3,358
Referee: Dallas
31 January 2015 Scottish Championship Hibernian 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Easter Road
15:00 Boyle 46' Raith Report Nadé 90' Attendance: 9,024
Referee: Anderson
14 February 2015 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 2 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 Vaulks 60' (o.g.)
Callachan 90'
Raith Report Baird 23' (pen.)
McCracken 68'
Attendance: 2,092
Referee: Cook
20 February 2015 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 2 Rangers Stark's Park
19:45 Conroy 70' Raith Report Murdoch 35'
Boyd 54'
Attendance: 4,604
Referee: Charleston
17 March 2015 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 3 Hearts Stark's Park
19:45 Barr 43'
Nadé Red card 65'
Raith Report McHattie 27'
Walker 79'
King 85'
Attendance: 4,760
Referee: Salmond
28 March 2015 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Hibernian Stark's Park
15:00 Stewart 53'
Vaughan 84'
Raith Report Fyvie 56' Attendance: 3,183
Referee: Muir
4 April 2015 Scottish Championship Falkirk 1 – 0 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Vaulks 62' Raith Report Fox Red card 45' Attendance: 4,032
Referee: Robertson
8 April 2015 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 3 Cowdenbeath Stark's Park
19:45 Stewart 88' Raith Report Nish 33', 61', 80' Attendance: 1,350
Referee: McKendrick
12 April 2015 Scottish Championship Rangers 4 – 0 Raith Rovers Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Clark 6'
Vučkić 27'
Law 72', 88'
Raith Report Attendance: 31,427
Referee: Finnie
25 April 2015 Scottish Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 4 Livingston Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Fordyce 19'
Sives 49'
Mullen 55'
Barr 71' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,766
Referee: Graham

Scottish Challenge Cup

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26 July 2014 Round 1 Dunfermline Athletic P – P Raith Rovers East End Park
15:00 BBC Report Referee: McLean
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

Scottish League Cup

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2 August 2014 Round 1 Raith Rovers 4 – 2 (a.e.t.) Forfar Athletic Stark's Park
15:00 Conroy 34'
Elliot 65' (pen.), 103'
Young 118' (o.g.)
Raith Report Denholm 25', 75' Attendance: 1,143
Referee: Colvin
26 August 2014 Round 2 Dundee 4 – 0 Raith Rovers Dens Park
19:45 Stewart 3'
McGinn 43'
MacDonald 59'
Boyle 70'
Raith Report Attendance: 2,645
Referee: Clancy

Scottish Cup

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1 November 2014 Round 3 Linlithgow Rose 0 – 2 Raith Rovers Prestonfield
14:00 Raith Report Conroy 68' (pen.)
Watson 86'
Attendance: 2,250
Referee: McKendrick
8 February 2015 Round 5 Rangers 1 – 2 Raith Rovers Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Vučkić 62' Raith Report Conroy 54'
Nadé 75'
Attendance: 11,422
Referee: Madden

Fife Cup

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Player statistics

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Captain

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
2 DF Jason Thomson Scotland 43 Club captain

Last updated: 2 May 2015
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

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[10]Last updated 2 May 2015
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 Scotland SCO Kevin Cuthbert 10 0 7+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Jason Thomson 43 0 36+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Ross Perry 16 0 10+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Paul Watson 43 2 36+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 1
5 DF Scotland SCO Dougie Hill 12 0 10+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 MF Scotland SCO Liam Fox 29 0 22+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Grant Anderson 37 4 22+9 3 0+0 0 0+2 0 4+0 1
8 MF Scotland SCO Kevin Moon 27 1 18+5 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Mark Stewart 41 10 26+8 10 1+0 0 2+0 0 3+1 0
10 FW Scotland SCO Calum Elliot 18 3 11+5 1 0+0 0 1+0 2 1+0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Martin Scott 32 2 21+5 2 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+1 0
12 MF Scotland SCO Ross Callachan 31 2 21+4 2 0+1 0 0+2 0 2+1 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Conroy 42 9 29+6 6 1+0 0 2+0 1 2+2 2
16 MF Scotland SCO Lewis Vaughan 26 7 12+9 7 1+0 0 1+1 0 0+2 0
17 GK Scotland SCO Ross Laidlaw 7 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW Scotland SCO Dale Carrick 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
19 MF Scotland SCO Barrie McKay 25 2 16+7 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
20 GK Scotland SCO David McGurn 26 0 22+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
23 DF Northern Ireland NIR Rory McKeown 43 0 36+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
24 DF Scotland SCO Laurie Ellis 7 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
25 DF Scotland SCO Grant Murray 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW France FRA Christian Nadé 33 7 16+11 6 1+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 1
29 MF Scotland SCO Liam McCroary 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 FW Scotland SCO Callum Robertson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 MF Scotland SCO Ross Matthews 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 DF Scotland SCO David Bates 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 MF Scotland SCO Kieran Campbell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 FW Scotland SCO Jonny Court 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 GK Scotland SCO Scott Law 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 DF Scotland SCO Elliot Ford 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
55 DF Scotland SCO Craig Barr 13 1 12+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated May 2015
Nation Position Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
Scotland GK Ross Laidlaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK David McGurn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Kevin Cuthbert 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Scott Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Laurie Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Dougie Hill 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland DF Grant Murray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Jason Thomson 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 0
Scotland DF David Bates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Paul Watson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Scotland DF Craig Barr 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Northern Ireland DF Rory McKeown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Ross Perry 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 1
Scotland DF Elliot Ford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Ross Callachan 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Scotland MF Lewis Vaughan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Grant Anderson 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland MF Kevin Moon 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Scotland MF Ross Matthews 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Liam McCroary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Liam Fox 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Scotland MF Martin Scott 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
Scotland MF Kieran Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Ryan Conroy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Barrie McKay 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Callum Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Calum Elliot 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
France FW Christian Nadé 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Scotland FW Jonny Court 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Mark Stewart 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Dale Carrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
4 Queen of the South 36 17 9 10 58 41 +17 60 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5 Falkirk 36 14 11 11 48 48 0 53
6 Raith Rovers 36 12 7 17 42 65 −23 43
7 Dumbarton 36 9 7 20 36 79 −43 34
8 Livingston[a] 36 8 8 20 41 53 −12 27
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Livingston were deducted 5 points due to failure of tax payments.

Division summary

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAHAHHAHAAHA
ResultWWLWLWDDLLDLWLLLLWWWWDDDLWLLWWLLLLLD
Position124333334545556777666666666666666666
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: [11]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

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Last updated on 2 May 2015
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Grant Murray[12] 26 July 2014 Present 43 16 6 21 037.21

Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ "Val McDermid and John Sim Join RRFC Board". Raith Rovers FC. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. ^ "New Chairman Appointed". Raith Rovers FC. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Raith Rovers : History 1975 to date". Statto. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Raith Rovers manager Grant Murray extends his contract". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Further Pre Season Friendly Confirmed". Raith Rovers FC. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Cup Winners to face Cup Winners!!". Raith Rovers FC. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  7. ^ "First Friendly for 14/15". Raith Rovers FC. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  8. ^ "More Friendly Fun …". Raith Rovers FC. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Raith Rovers Results". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Raith Squad details". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  11. ^ "Raith Rovers". Statto. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Grant Murray Managerial Stats". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 August 2014.