2020–21 Raith Rovers F.C. season

Raith Rovers
2020–21 season
ChairmanJohn Sim
ManagerJohn McGlynn
StadiumStark's Park
Championship3rd
League CupGroup stage
Scottish Cup3rd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Daniel Armstrong (6)
All: Manny Duku (10)

The 2020–21 season was Raith Rovers' first season back in the second tier of Scottish football after being promoted from Scottish League One at the premature end of the 2019–20 season.[1] Raith Rovers also competed in the League Cup & the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Management

Raith were led by manager John McGlynn for the 2020–21 season for his 3rd season at the club.[2]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

15 September 2020 Pre-Season Friendly Dundee United 1 – 2 Raith Rovers Tannadice Park
40' Raith Report Hendry
Duku
19 September 2020 Pre-Season Friendly Raith Rovers 2 – 6 Falkirk Stark's Park
14:00 Coulson 11'
Hendry 53' (pen.)		 Raith Report Dowds 15', 57'
Morrison 28' (pen.)
Connolly 66'
Keena 85'
Leitch 90'
22 September 2020 Pre-Season Friendly Raith Rovers 5 – 2 Stenhousemuir Stark's Park
19:30 Tumilty 22'
Duku 31'
Anderson 63', 87'
Armstrong 64'		 Raith Report Spence 24'
Blair 26'
26 September 2020 Pre-Season Friendly Raith Rovers 4 – 0 Berwick Rangers Stark's Park
14:00 Duku 9'
Tait 28', 61'
Coulson 48'		 Raith Report
3 October 2020 Pre-Season Friendly Brechin City 0 – 5 Raith Rovers Glebe Park
15:00 Raith Report Duku 20'
Armstrong 28'
Ross 35'
Coulson 63'
Page 71' (o.g.)

Scottish Championship

Main article: 2020–21 Scottish Championship
17 October 2020 Championship Raith Rovers 3 – 0 Arbroath Stark's Park
15:00 Armstrong 31'
Tumilty 36'
Hendry 44' (pen.)		 Raith Report Referee: Gavin Duncan
24 October 2020 Championship Queen of the South 2 – 5 Raith Rovers Palmerston Park
15:00 Dobbie 5' (pen.)
Obileye 60'		 Raith Report Matthews 2'
Duku 12', 85'
Armstrong 27'
Tait 69'		 Referee: Euan Anderson
31 October 2020 Championship Dundee 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Dens Park
15:00 Adam 41' Raith Report Musonda 86' Referee: Alan Newlands
7 November 2020 Championship Raith Rovers 5 – 0 Greenock Morton Stark's Park
15:00 Armstrong 20' (pen.)
Musonda 24'
Matthews 48', 54'
Mendy 82'		 Raith Report Referee: Willie Collum
21 November 2020 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 0 Raith Rovers Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Keatings 19'
Allardice 68'		 Raith Report Attendance: 300
Referee: Alan Newlands
5 December 2020 Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic Stark's Park
15:00 Duku 28'
Musonda 65'		 Raith Report F.Murray 73'
McManus 74'		 Referee: Euan Anderson
11 December 2020 Championship Ayr United 0 – 0 Raith Rovers Somerset Park
19:45 Raith Report Referee: Alan Muir
26 December 2020 Championship Alloa Athletic 2 – 5 Raith Rovers Indodrill Stadium
15:00 Buchanan 75', 89' (pen.) Raith Report Duku 17'
Armstrong 33'
Lokotsch 84'
Ross 90', 90'		 Referee: Steven McLean
29 December 2020 Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 2 Queen of the South Stark's Park
19:45 Raith Report Shields 18'
Goss 90'		 Referee: Barry Cook
23 January 2021 Championship Heart of Midlothian 2 – 3 Raith Rovers Tynecastle Park
15:00 Boyce 58', 90' Raith Report Ugwu 5'
Duku 47' (pen.)
Tumilty 52'		 Referee: John Beaton
26 January 2020 Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 4 Heart of Midlothian Stark's Park
19:45 Raith Report Boyce 36'
Henderson 39'
Gnanduillet 84', 90'		 Referee: Euan Anderson
30 January 2021 Championship Raith Rovers 3 – 1 Dundee Stark's Park
15:00 Benedictus 22'
Tumilty 54'
Kennedy 60'		 Raith Report Sow 5' Referee: Craig Napier
3 February 2021 Championship Dunfermline Athletic 4 – 1 Raith Rovers East End Park
19:45 McManus 44'
Comrie 51'
F.Murray 66', 87'		 Raith Report Spencer 64' Referee: Colin Steven
6 February 2021 Championship Greenock Morton 0 – 1 Raith Rovers Cappielow
15:00 Raith Report Davidson 12' Referee: Chris Graham
20 February 2021 Championship Arbroath 1 – 0 Raith Rovers Gayfield Park
15:00 Doolan 60' Raith Report Referee: Greg Aitken
27 February 2021 Championship Raith Rovers 3 – 1 Alloa Athletic Stark's Park
15:00 Davidson 68'
Hendry 84'
Gullan 90'		 Raith Report Cameron 14' Referee: Steven Kirkland
9 March 2021 Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 0 Ayr United Stark's Park
19:00 Raith Report Referee: Scott Lambie
12 March 2021 Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 0 Raith Rovers Caledonian Stadium
19:45 Raith Report Referee: Steven McLean
16 March 2021 Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Stark's Park
19:00 Raith Report D.MacKay 50' Referee: Colin Steven
20 March 2021 Championship Ayr United 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Somerset Park
15:00 Muirhead 72' Raith Report Benedictus 57' Referee: David Dickinson
27 March 2021 Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 0 Greenock Morton Stark's Park
15:00 Gullan 82' Raith Report Referee: John Beaton
30 March 2021 Championship Raith Rovers 5 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Stark's Park
19:05 Hendry 17'
Vaughan 31', 40'
Gullan 48', 77'		 Raith Report O'Hara 22' Referee: Euan Anderson
10 April 2021 Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 2 Arbroath Stark's Park
15:00 Armstrong 29', 70' Raith Report J.Hamilton 72'
Little 84'		 Referee: Gavin Duncan
13 April 2021 Championship Queen of the South 0 – 1 Raith Rovers Palmerston Park
19:00 Raith Report Ugwu 17' Referee: David Dickinson
17 April 2021 Championship Alloa Athletic 1 – 2 Raith Rovers Indodrill Stadium
12:00 Cawley 23' Raith Report Ugwu 56' (pen.)
Tait 61'		 Referee: Greg Aitken
24 April 2021 Championship Dundee 2 – 1 Raith Rovers Dens Park
15:00 Cummings 13' (pen.)
Fontaine 34'		 Raith Report Benedictus 88' Referee: Willie Collum
30 April 2021 Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 4 Heart of Midlothian Stark's Park
19:45 Raith Report MacKay-Steven 11', 73'
Henderson 57'
Naismith 70'		 Referee: David Munro

Scottish Premiership play-offs

4 May 2021 Quarter-Final 1st Leg Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 0 Raith Rovers East End Park
19:00 Raith Report Referee: Steven Kirkland
8 May 2021 Quarter-Final 2nd Leg Raith Rovers 2 – 0
(2 – 0 agg.)		 Dunfermline Athletic Stark's Park
15:00 Vaughan 64'
Ugwu 89'		 Raith Report Referee: Greg Aitken
12 May 2021 Semi-Final 1st Leg Raith Rovers 0 – 3 Dundee Stark's Park
19:45 Raith Report McGhee 22', 55'
Sow 84'		 Referee: Nick Walsh
15 May 2021 Semi-Final 2nd Leg Dundee 0 – 1
(3 – 1 agg.)		 Raith Rovers Dens Park
19:45 Raith Report Vaughan 21' Referee: Don Robertson

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Scottish League Cup

Matches

10 October 2020 Group A Raith Rovers 2 – 1 East Fife Stark's Park
15:00 Hendry 45' (pen.)
Duku 87'		 Raith Report Newton 15' Referee: David Lowe
13 October 2020 Group A Heart of Midlothian 3 – 1 Raith Rovers Tynecastle Park
19:45 Wighton 2' (pen.), 40' (pen.), 87' Raith Report Duku 54' Referee: Craig Napier
10 November 2020 Group A Raith Rovers 3 – 3
(3 – 2 p)		 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Stark's Park
19:45 Duku 11', 90'
Devine 59' (o.g.)		 Raith Report Sutherland 24'
Keatings 67' (pen.)
MacGregor 69'		 Referee: Steven Reid
Penalties
Hendry soccer ball with check mark
Matthews soccer ball with check mark
Armstrong soccer ball with check mark
Spencer soccer ball with red X		 Todorov soccer ball with red X
Keatings soccer ball with red X
Deas soccer ball with check mark
Allardice soccer ball with check mark
Kennedy soccer ball with red X
14 November 2020 Group A Cowdenbeath 0 – 1 Raith Rovers Central Park
15:00 Raith Report Duku 36' Referee: David Lowe

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Scottish Cup
23 March 2021 Round 2 Stirling Albion 0 – 2 Raith Rovers Forthbank Stadium
19:45 Raith Report Ugwu 45'
Tait 70'		 Referee: Alan Newlands
3 April 2021 Round 3 Livingston 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Raith Rovers Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Fitzwater 70'
Poplatnik 109'		 Raith Report Vaughan 13' Referee: Bobby Madden

Player statistics

Squad

[3]Last updated 15 May 2021
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup Scottish Cup Premiership play-offs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Jamie MacDonald 34 0 26+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Reghan Tumilty 37 3 27+0 3 4+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Kieran MacDonald 29 0 22+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Iain Davidson 22 2 14+2 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
5 DF Guinea-Bissau GNB Fernandy Mendy 12 1 4+3 1 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Kyle Benedictus 34 3 25+0 3 3+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Daniel Armstrong 35 6 23+3 6 3+1 0 0+2 0 3+0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Regan Hendry 34 4 25+0 3 4+0 1 1+0 0 4+0 0
9 FW Netherlands NED Manny Duku 28 10 12+8 5 4+0 5 0+1 0 0+3 0
10 FW Scotland SCO Lewis Vaughan 17 5 7+3 2 0+1 0 1+1 1 4+0 2
11 - left on 20/10/20 MF Scotland SCO Grant Anderson 3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 - joined on 27/10/20 FW Germany GER Lars Lokotsch 7 1 2+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 - joined on 29/01/21 FW England ENG Timmy Abraham 8 0 2+5 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
12 MF Scotland SCO Ross Matthews 25 3 15+2 3 4+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
13 MF Scotland SCO Brad Spencer 31 1 14+8 1 3+0 0 2+0 0 3+1 0
14 DF England ENG Frankie Musonda 25 3 17+4 3 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF Scotland SCO David McKay 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW Scotland SCO Jack Smith 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 GK Scotland SCO Robbie Thomson 5 0 1+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Dylan Tait 31 3 17+6 2 3+0 0 2+0 1 0+3 0
19 FW Scotland SCO Luke Mahady 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 GK Scotland SCO David McGurn 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Kai Kennedy 19 1 14+2 1 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
22 - joined on 02/10/20 MF Scotland SCO Ethan Ross 15 2 9+2 2 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 - joined on 31/03/21 DF Scotland SCO Nathan Cooney 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW England ENG Gozie Ugwu 19 5 9+4 3 0+0 0 1+1 1 1+3 1
25 MF Scotland SCO Aaron Arnott 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF Scotland SCO Adam King 13 0 5+5 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
27 MF Scotland SCO Quinn Coulson 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 GK Scotland SCO Kyle Bow 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 FW Scotland SCO Jamie Gullan 18 4 7+5 4 0+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated May 2021
Number Position Nation Name Championship League Cup Scottish Cup Premiership Play-offs Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 GK Scotland Jamie MacDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Scotland Reghan Tumilty 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
3 DF Scotland Kieran MacDonald 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
4 DF Scotland Iain Davidson 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2
5 DF Guinea-Bissau Fernandy Mendy 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
6 DF Scotland Kyle Benedictus 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
7 MF Scotland Daniel Armstrong 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
8 MF Scotland Regan Hendry 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
9 FW Netherlands Manny Duku 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
10 FW Scotland Lewis Vaughan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
11 - left on 20/10/20 MF Scotland Grant Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 - joined on 27/10/20 FW Germany Lars Lokotsch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 - joined on 29/01/21 FW England Timmy Abraham 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
12 MF Scotland Ross Matthews 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
13 MF Scotland Brad Spencer 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6 0
14 DF England Frankie Musonda 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
15 DF Scotland David McKay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW Scotland Jack Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 GK Scotland Robbie Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Scotland Dylan Tait 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
19 FW Scotland Luke Mahady 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 GK Scotland David McGurn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Scotland Kai Kennedy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
22 - joined on 02/10/20 MF Scotland Ethan Ross 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 - joined on 31/03/21 DF Scotland Nathan Cooney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW England Gozie Ugwu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Scotland Aaron Arnott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Scotland Adam King 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
27 MF Scotland Quinn Coulson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 GK Scotland Kyle Bow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW Scotland Jamie Gullan 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Heart of Midlothian (C, P) 27 17 6 4 63 24 +39 57 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Dundee (O, P) 27 12 9 6 49 40 +9 45 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Raith Rovers 27 12 7 8 45 36 +9 43 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Dunfermline Athletic 27 10 9 8 38 34 +4 39
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 27 8 12 7 36 31 +5 36
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

League Cup table

Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HOM RAI ICT EFI COW
1 Heart of Midlothian 4 4 0 0 0 8 3 +5 12 Qualification for the Second round — 3–1 1–0 — —
2 Raith Rovers 4 2 1 0 1 7 7 0 8 — — p3–3 2–1 —
3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 0 6 — — — 1–0 p0–0
4 East Fife 4 1 0 0 3 5 6 −1 3 2–3 — — — 2–0
5 Cowdenbeath 4 0 0 1 3 0 4 −4 1 0–1 0–1 — — —
Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.[6]

Management statistics

Last updated on 15 May 2021
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
John McGlynn 25 September 2018 37 18 8 11 048.65

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "ARBITRATION PANEL HANDS DOWN UNANIMOUS JUDGEMENT". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Management Agree New Deal". raithrovers.net. Raith Rovers F.C. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Raith Squad details". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  4. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group A". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Format". SPFL. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.