2013–14 Raith Rovers F.C. season

Raith Rovers
2013–14 season
Chairman Turnbull Hutton
Manager Grant Murray
Stadium Stark's Park
Scottish Championship 7th place
Challenge Cup Winners
League Cup 2nd Round (lost to Hearts on penalties)
Scottish Cup Quarter-Finals (lost to St. Johnstone)
Highest home attendance 4,039 (v Dundee, 2 January 2014)
Lowest home attendance 978 (v Alloa Athletic, 25 February 2014)
Average home league attendance 1,659
Home colours
Away colours

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.

Summary

Management

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

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season

Scottish Championship

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captain

No. P Name Country No. Games Notes
2 DF Jason Thomson Scotland 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

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

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated May 2014
Nation Position Name Scottish Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
Scotland GK Ross Laidlaw 1000001020
Scotland GK David McGurn 0010000010
Scotland GK Colin Stewart 0000000000
England GK Lee Robinson 2000000020
Scotland DF Reece Donaldson 2200000022
Scotland DF Laurie Ellis 2000000020
Scotland DF Dougie Hill 3200011043
Scotland DF Grant Murray 0000000000
Scotland DF Jason Thomson 2110200051
Scotland DF David Bates 0000000000
Scotland DF Callum Booth 4100002061
Scotland DF Paul Watson 0000100010
Scotland DF Kevin McCann 0000000000
Scotland DF Fraser Mullen 2010000030
Scotland MF Ross Callachan 2000001030
Scotland MF Lewis Vaughan 0000000000
Scotland MF Grant Anderson 1020001040
Scotland MF Kevin Moon 6000000060
Scotland MF Ross Matthews 0000000000
Scotland MF Liam McCroary 0000000000
Scotland MF Liam Fox 80100010100
England MF Joe Cardle 91100000101
Scotland FW Callum Robertson 0000000000
Scotland FW Greig Spence 0010001020
Scotland FW Jamie Watson 0000000000
Scotland FW Calum Elliot 70201000100
Scotland FW Gordon Smith 5010000060
Scotland FW John Baird 1000000010

Team statistics

League table

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Dundee (C) (P) 36 21 6 9 54 26+28 69 Promotion to the 2014–15 Scottish Premiership
2 Hamilton Academical (P) 36 19 10 7 68 41+27 67 Qualification to Premiership play-offs Semi-final
3 Falkirk 36 19 9 8 59 33+26 66 Qualification to Premiership play-offs Quarter-final
4 Queen of the South 36 16 7 13 53 39+14 55
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 Scottish Championship play-offs
10 Greenock Morton (R) 36 6 8 22 32 71−39 26 Relegation to 2014–15 Scottish League One

Updated to games played on 18 May 2014.
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHA
Result L W D D W W D W W D W L L W L W D L L D L D L L D L D W L L W W L L L L
Position 9 5 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 8 6 7 8 8 7 7 8 8 7 7 8 7 7 7

Last updated: 3 May 2014.
Source: [9]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

References

  1. ↑ "Scottish Football League Season 2008/09". Scottish Football League. 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.

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