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

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
Matthews
Armstrong
Spencer 		Todorov
Keatings
Deas
Allardice
Kennedy
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 TotalChampionshipLeague CupScottish CupPremiership Play-Offs
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK  SCO Jamie MacDonald 34026+002+002+004+00
2 DF  SCO Reghan Tumilty 37327+034+002+004+00
3 DF  SCO Kieran MacDonald 29022+002+001+004+00
4 DF  SCO Iain Davidson 22214+222+001+003+00
5 DF  GNB Fernandy Mendy 1214+313+000+001+10
6 DF  SCO Kyle Benedictus 34325+033+002+004+00
7 MF  SCO Daniel Armstrong 35623+363+100+203+00
8 MF  SCO Regan Hendry 34425+034+011+004+00
9 FW  NED Manny Duku 281012+854+050+100+30
10 FW  SCO Lewis Vaughan 1757+320+101+114+02
11 - left on 20/10/20 MF  SCO Grant Anderson 300+100+200+000+00
11 - joined on 27/10/20 FW  GER Lars Lokotsch 712+510+000+000+00
11 - joined on 29/01/21 FW  ENG Timmy Abraham 802+500+000+100+00
12 MF  SCO Ross Matthews 25315+234+000+004+00
13 MF  SCO Brad Spencer 31114+813+002+003+10
14 DF  ENG Frankie Musonda 25317+432+002+000+00
15 DF  SCO David McKay 000+000+000+000+00
16 FW  SCO Jack Smith 100+100+000+000+00
17 GK  SCO Robbie Thomson 501+202+000+000+00
18 MF  SCO Dylan Tait 31317+623+002+010+30
19 FW  SCO Luke Mahady 000+000+000+000+00
20 GK  SCO David McGurn 000+000+000+000+00
21 MF  SCO Kai Kennedy 19114+210+002+001+00
22 - joined on 02/10/20 MF  SCO Ethan Ross 1529+223+100+000+00
22 - joined on 31/03/21 DF  SCO Nathan Cooney 200+200+000+000+00
23 FW  ENG Gozie Ugwu 1959+430+001+111+31
25 MF  SCO Aaron Arnott 000+000+000+000+00
26 MF  SCO Adam King 1305+500+001+100+10
27 MF  SCO Quinn Coulson 200+100+100+000+00
28 GK  SCO Kyle Bow 000+000+000+000+00
32 FW  SCO Jamie Gullan 1847+540+002+004+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated May 2021
Number Position Nation Name Championship League Cup Scottish Cup Premiership Play-Offs Total
1GKJamie MacDonald 0000000000
2DFReghan Tumilty 5000002070
3DFKieran MacDonald 3000001040
4DFIain Davidson 1210001032
5DFFernandy Mendy 2000001030
6DFKyle Benedictus 3020000050
7MFDaniel Armstrong 7020000090
8MFRegan Hendry 4100100051
9FWManny Duku 4000000040
10FWLewis Vaughan 1000001020
11 - left on 20/10/20MFGrant Anderson 0000000000
11 - joined on 27/10/20FWLars Lokotsch 0000000000
11 - joined on 29/01/21FWTimmy Abraham 2000000020
12MFRoss Matthews 6010002090
13MFBrad Spencer 3000102060
14DFFrankie Musonda 2000000020
15DFDavid McKay 0000000000
16FWJack Smith 0000000000
17GKRobbie Thomson 0000000000
18MFDylan Tait 7120000091
19FWLuke Mahady 0000000000
20GKDavid McGurn 0000000000
21MFKai Kennedy 2000000020
22 - joined on 02/10/20MFEthan Ross 0000000000
22 - joined on 31/03/21DFNathan Cooney 0000000000
23FWGozie Ugwu 0000000000
25MFAaron Arnott 0000000000
26MFAdam King 1000000010
27MFQuinn Coulson 0000000000
28GKKyle Bow 0000000000
32FWJamie Gullan 2000101040

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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (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. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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