2020–21 Raith Rovers F.C. season

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.

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)

Summary

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Management

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

Results & fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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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

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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
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
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
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
20 March 2021 Championship Ayr United 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Somerset Park
15:00 Muirhead   72' Raith Report Benedictus   57' Referee: David Dickinson
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
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

Scottish Premiership play-offs

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Scottish League Cup

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Matches

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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
14 November 2020 Group A Cowdenbeath 0 – 1 Raith Rovers Central Park
15:00 Raith Report Duku   36' Referee: David Lowe

Scottish Cup

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23 March 2021 Round 2 Stirling Albion 0 – 2 Raith Rovers Forthbank Stadium
19:45 Raith Report Ugwu   45'
Tait   70'
Referee: Alan Newlands

Player statistics

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Squad

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[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   SCO Jamie MacDonald 34 0 26+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
2 DF   SCO Reghan Tumilty 37 3 27+0 3 4+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
3 DF   SCO Kieran MacDonald 29 0 22+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
4 DF   SCO Iain Davidson 22 2 14+2 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
5 DF   GNB Fernandy Mendy 12 1 4+3 1 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
6 DF   SCO Kyle Benedictus 34 3 25+0 3 3+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
7 MF   SCO Daniel Armstrong 35 6 23+3 6 3+1 0 0+2 0 3+0 0
8 MF   SCO Regan Hendry 34 4 25+0 3 4+0 1 1+0 0 4+0 0
9 FW   NED Manny Duku 28 10 12+8 5 4+0 5 0+1 0 0+3 0
10 FW   SCO Lewis Vaughan 17 5 7+3 2 0+1 0 1+1 1 4+0 2
11 - left on 20/10/20 MF   SCO Grant Anderson 3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 - joined on 27/10/20 FW   GER Lars Lokotsch 7 1 2+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 - joined on 29/01/21 FW   ENG Timmy Abraham 8 0 2+5 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
12 MF   SCO Ross Matthews 25 3 15+2 3 4+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
13 MF   SCO Brad Spencer 31 1 14+8 1 3+0 0 2+0 0 3+1 0
14 DF   ENG Frankie Musonda 25 3 17+4 3 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF   SCO David McKay 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW   SCO Jack Smith 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 GK   SCO Robbie Thomson 5 0 1+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF   SCO Dylan Tait 31 3 17+6 2 3+0 0 2+0 1 0+3 0
19 FW   SCO Luke Mahady 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 GK   SCO David McGurn 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF   SCO Kai Kennedy 19 1 14+2 1 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
22 - joined on 02/10/20 MF   SCO Ethan Ross 15 2 9+2 2 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 - joined on 31/03/21 DF   SCO Nathan Cooney 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW   ENG Gozie Ugwu 19 5 9+4 3 0+0 0 1+1 1 1+3 1
25 MF   SCO Aaron Arnott 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF   SCO Adam King 13 0 5+5 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
27 MF   SCO Quinn Coulson 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 GK   SCO Kyle Bow 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 FW   SCO Jamie Gullan 18 4 7+5 4 0+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

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

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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

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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

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

References

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  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.