2016–17 Raith Rovers F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Raith Rovers' eighth consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football having been promoted from the then Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[1] Raith Rovers also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Raith Rovers
2016–17 season
ChairmanAlan Young
ManagerGary Locke
(until 7 February 2017)
John Hughes
(from 10 February 2017)
StadiumStark's Park
ChampionshipNinth Place (Relegated via play-offs)
Challenge CupThird Round
League CupGroup stage
Scottish CupFourth Round
Highest home attendance5,899 v Dunfermline Athletic, League One, 2 January 2017
Lowest home attendance1,147 v Montrose, League Cup, 19 July 2016
Average home league attendance2,631

Summary

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Management

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Raith were led by manager Gary Locke for the 2016–17 season for his 1st season at the club.[2]

On 7 February 2017 Locke parted company with the club.[3]

3 days later, John Hughes was appointed the new manager.[4]

Results & fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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28 June 2016 Friendly Forfar Athletic 2 – 0 Raith Rovers Station Park
19:45 Cox   34'
Hay   74'
Raith Report Attendance: 339
Referee: Stephen Finnie
2 July 2016 Friendly Brechin City 0 – 2 Raith Rovers Glebe Park
14:00 Raith Report Johnston   34'
Vaughan   78'
Attendance: 207
Referee: Graham Beaton
9 July 2016 Friendly Arbroath 0 – 4 Raith Rovers Gayfield Park
14:00 Raith Report Vaughan   33'
McHattie   38'
Trialist   46'
Trialist   82'
Attendance: 395
Referee: Craig Charleston

Scottish Championship

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6 August 2016 Championship Ayr United 0 – 2 Raith Rovers Somerset Park
15:00 Raith Report Callachan   19'
Matthews   75'
Attendance: 1,550
Referee: Euan Anderson
13 August 2016 Championship Raith Rovers 3 – 1 St Mirren Stark's Park
15:00 McManus   17', 51'
Callachan   50'
Raith Report Hardie   63' Attendance: 2,140
Referee: Kevin Graham
27 August 2016 Championship Dundee United 2 – 2 Raith Rovers Tannadice Park
15:00 Flood   17'
C.Smith   23' (pen.)
Raith Report Thompson   38'
McHattie   72'
Attendance: 7,434
Referee: Craig Thomson
10 September 2016 Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 2 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Baird   30'
Taiwo   72'
Attendance: 2,320
Referee: Euan Anderson
17 September 2016 Championship Queen of the South 3 – 1 Raith Rovers Palmerston Park
15:00 Dobbie   52', 68'
Brotherston   80'
Raith Report Mvoto   90' Attendance: 1,864
Referee: Gavin Duncan
24 September 2016 Championship Raith Rovers 3 – 2 Dumbarton Stark's Park
15:00 McHattie   15'
Callachan   34'
Roberts   35'
Raith Report Stevenson   71'
Thomson   77'
Buchanan   89'  
Attendance: 1,636
Referee: Steven Kirkland
15 October 2016 Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 0 Hibernian Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Bartley   38' Attendance: 3,753
Referee: Stephen Finnie
22 October 2016 Championship Falkirk 2 – 4 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Baird   18'
Miller   75'
Raith Report Davidson   17'
Stewart   37', 79'
McManus   72'
Attendance: 4,773
Referee: Barry Cook
22 November 2016 Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Ayr United Stark's Park
19:45 Coustrain   17'
Benedictus   36'  
Raith Report Cairney   57'
Harkins   88'
Attendance: 1,241
Referee: Craig Charleston
10 December 2016 Championship St Mirren 1 – 0 Raith Rovers Paisley 2021 Stadium
15:00 Morgan   47' Raith Report Attendance: 2,630
Referee: Barry Cook
17 December 2016 Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 0 Dundee United Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Toshney   55'   Attendance: 4,361
Referee: Steven Kirkland
24 December 2016 Championship Hibernian 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Easter Road
13:00 Boyle   88' Raith Report Mvoto   49' Attendance: 15,409
Referee: Greg Aitken
7 January 2017 Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 4 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 Johnston   9' Raith Report Hippolyte   16'
McHugh   25'
Sibbald   38', 48'
Attendance: 2,202
Referee: Andrew Dallas
14 January 2017 Championship Greenock Morton 2 – 0 Raith Rovers Cappielow
15:00 Forbes   27'
Shankland   67'
Raith Report Attendance: 1,957
Referee: Gavin Duncan
28 January 2017 Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 3 Dumbarton Stark's Park
15:00 Hardie   27' Raith Report Nadé   49'
Harvie   57'
Buchanan   63'
Attendance: 1,413
Referee: Mat Northcroft
4 February 2017 Championship Dundee United 3 – 0 Raith Rovers Tannadice Park
17:15 Mikkelsen   45', 53'
Andreu   48'
Raith Report Attendance: 5,232
Referee: Stephen Finnie
7 February 2017 Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 1 Greenock Morton Stark's Park
19:45 Raith Report Kilday   53' Attendance: 1,161
Referee: Gavin Duncan
18 February 2017 Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Hibernian Stark's Park
15:00 Stevenson   52' Raith Report Cummings   60' Attendance: 4,172
Referee: Craig Charleston
25 February 2017 Championship Queen of the South 2 – 1 Raith Rovers Palmerston Park
15:00 Rankin   7'
Lyle   36'
Raith Report Mvoto   60' Attendance: 1,484
Referee: Barry Cook
28 February 2017 Championship Ayr United 1 – 0 Raith Rovers Somerset Park
19:45 El Alagui   62' Raith Report Attendance: 1,103
Referee: Willie Collum
8 March 2017 Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 0 St Mirren Stark's Park
19:45 Hardie   74', 80' Raith Report Attendance: 2,124
Referee: Crawford Allan
18 March 2017 Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Dundee United Stark's Park
15:00 Barr   41'
Hardie   49'
Raith Report Murray   81' Attendance: 2,192
Referee: Craig Charleston
1 April 2017 Championship Falkirk 1 – 0 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Miller   71' Raith Report Attendance: 4,823
Referee: Nick Walsh
15 April 2017 Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 0 Greenock Morton Stark's Park
15:00 Barr   28'
Matthews   59'
Raith Report Attendance: 1,720
Referee: Alan Newlands
26 April 2017 Championship Hibernian 3 – 2 Raith Rovers Easter Road
19:45 Keatings   41', 90'
Holt   81'
Raith Report McManus   67'
Hardie   85'
Attendance: 13,604
Referee: Greg Aitken
29 April 2017 Championship St Mirren 5 – 0 Raith Rovers Paisley 2021 Stadium
15:00 Mallan   27', 59'
McManus   39' (o.g.)
Loy   48'
Morgan   87'
Raith Report Attendance: 4,937
Referee: Kevin Clancy
6 May 2017 Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Ayr United Stark's Park
15:00 Penksa   4'
Court   37'
McManus   90'
Raith Report Docherty   70' Attendance: 3,064
Referee: Steven McLean

Scottish Championship play-offs

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13 May 2017 Championship Play-Off Semi-Final 2nd Leg Raith Rovers 3 – 3 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 4 agg.)
(3 – 4 p)
Brechin City Stark's Park
15:00 Mvoto   68'
McManus   90+1'
Hardie   101'
Raith Report Caldwell   51'
Trouten   84'
Watt   115'
Attendance: 2,932
Referee: Alan Muir
Penalties
Handling  
Thompson  
B. Barr  
McManus  
Robertson  
Dyer  
Watt  
McLean  
Trouten  
Love  
Jackson  

Scottish Challenge Cup

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3 September 2016 Round 3 Forfar Athletic 3 – 2 Raith Rovers Station Park
15:00 Milne   31'
Peters   37', 57'
Raith Report Stewart   19'
McManus   67'
Attendance: 690
Referee: Alan Newlands

Scottish League Cup

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15 July 2016 Group D Cove Rangers 1 – 2 Raith Rovers Station Park
19:45 Stott   32' Raith Report Benedictus   36'
Vaughan   56'
Attendance: 362
Referee: Graham Beaton
19 July 2016 Group D Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Montrose Stark's Park
19:45 Johnston   12'
Vaughan   87' (pen.)
Raith Report Bolochoweckyj   58'
Templeman   88'
Attendance: 1,147
Referee: Colin Steven
23 July 2016 Group D Ross County 1 – 1
(3 – 4 p)
Raith Rovers Global Energy Stadium
15:00 Graham   75' (pen.) Raith Report Čikoš   18' (o.g.) Attendance: 1,173
Referee: John McKendrick
30 July 2016 Group D Raith Rovers 0 – 1 Alloa Athletic Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Spence   34' Attendance: 1,674
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Scottish Cup

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22 January 2017 Round 4 Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Hearts Stark's Park
13:05 McManus   89' Raith Report Walker   37' Attendance: 5,036
Referee: John Beaton
25 January 2017 Round 4 Replay Hearts 4 – 2 (a.e.t.) Raith Rovers Tynecastle Stadium
19:45 Currie   35'
Martin   94' (pen.)
Walker   105' (pen.)
Johnsen   114'
Raith Report Barr   14'
Hardie   101'
Attendance: 10,740
Referee: John Beaton

Fife Cup

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31 August 2016 Semi-final Raith Rovers 1 – 1
(5 – 4 p)
Dunfermline Athletic Stark's Park
19:45 Trialist   59' Raith Report El Alagui   28' Attendance: 500
3 May 2017 Final Cowdenbeath 2 – 1 Raith Rovers Stark's Park
19:45 Trialist   48'
Muirhead   54'
Raith Report Stevenson   82'

Player statistics

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Squad

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[5]Last updated 13 May 2017
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship Championship play-offs Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Kevin Cuthbert 23 0 17+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF   SCO Jason Thomson 30 0 23+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 0+1 0
3 DF   SCO Kevin McHattie 34 2 27+0 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
4 MF   SCO Ross Callachan 38 3 31+0 3 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF   FRA Jean-Yves Mvoto 41 4 34+0 3 2+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF   SCO Kyle Benedictus 39 1 30+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 1 2+0 0
7 MF   SCO Chris Johnston 34 2 20+7 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 3+1 1 1+1 0
8 MF   SCO Scott Robertson 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   SCO Mark Stewart 36 6 12+17 5 0+0 0 1+0 1 1+3 0 2+0 0
10 FW   SCO Lewis Vaughan 17 2 5+7 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 4+0 2 0+0 0
11 MF   SCO Bobby Barr 36 2 23+5 1 0+1 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 1
12 MF   SCO Ross Matthews 32 2 23+1 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
14 MF   SCO Iain Davidson 35 1 25+1 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
15 FW   GHA Yaw Osei 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
16 MF   IRL Joel Coustrain 9 1 1+5 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
17 GK   AUS Aaron Lennox 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF   SCO Scott Roberts 19 1 5+12 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
19 MF   CZE Rudi Skácel 29 0 10+14 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
20 FW   SCO Declan McManus 41 9 28+6 5 2+0 2 1+0 1 2+0 0 1+1 1
21 MF   NIR Jordan Thompson 32 1 26+3 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
22 (until January 2017) DF   SCO David Bates 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 (from April 2017) MF   SCO Danny Handling 7 0 4+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 GK   NIR Conor Brennan 11 0 6+2 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 (until December 2016) MF   SCO Robbie Crawford 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 (from January 2017) DF   SCO David Syme 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF   SCO Liam Smith 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 FW   SCO Jonny Court 6 1 1+3 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF   SCO James Berry 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF   SCO Ryan Stevenson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 DF   SCO David McKay 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 MF   DEN Andreas Thorsen 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 MF   SCO Kyle Bell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 GK   SVK Pavol Penksa 10 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
52 FW   SCO Ryan Hardie 22 8 11+7 6 1+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 1
55 DF   SCO Craig Barr 18 2 15+1 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
66 MF   SCO Ryan Stevenson 9 1 6+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
-- MF   SCO Craig Easton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated May 2017
Nation Position Name Championship Championship Play-offs Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                       
  GK Kevin Cuthbert 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Aaron Lennox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Conor Brennan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Pavol Penksa 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  DF Jason Thomson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
  DF David Bates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Craig Barr 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
  DF Kyle Benedictus 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
  DF Kevin McHattie 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 13 0
  DF Jean-Yves Mvoto 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF David McKay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Liam Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF David Syme 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Ross Callachan 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
  MF Ross Matthews 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
  MF Iain Davidson 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 0
  MF Scott Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Bobby Barr 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
  MF James Berry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Ryan Stevenson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Chris Johnston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Joel Coustrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Scott Roberts 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Rudi Skácel 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
  MF Andreas Thorsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Jordan Thompson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
  MF Craig Easton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Robbie Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Ryan Stevenson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Kyle Bell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Danny Handling 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  FW Lewis Vaughan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Jonny Court 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Mark Stewart 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Yaw Osei 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Declan McManus 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
  FW Ryan Hardie 0 0 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
6 Queen of the South 36 11 10 15 46 52 −6 43
7 St Mirren 36 9 12 15 52 56 −4 39
8 Dumbarton 36 9 12 15 46 56 −10 39
9 Raith Rovers (R) 36 10 9 17 35 52 −17 39 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Ayr United (R) 36 7 12 17 33 62 −29 33 Relegation to League One
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

Division summary

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAAH
ResultWWWDLLWLDWWDDDLLDDLLLLLDLLWLWDLLWLLW
Position111233445433448545556788887877887899
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: [6]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

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Last updated on 13 May 2017
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Gary Locke[7] 20 May 2016 7 February 2017 30 9 8 13 030.00
John Hughes[8] 10 February 2017 Present 15 4 3 8 026.67


Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ "Raith Rovers : History 1975 to date". Statto. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Gary Locke Appointed Manager". raithrovers.net. Raith Rovers F.C. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Club Statement". raithrovers.net. Raith Rovers F.C. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  4. ^ "John Hughes Appointed Manager". raithrovers.net. Raith Rovers F.C. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Raith Squad details". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Raith Rovers". Statto. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Gary Locke Managerial Stats". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  8. ^ "John Hughes Managerial Stats". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 February 2017.