2016–17 Raith Rovers F.C. season

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

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.

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
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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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
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
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 Yellow card 89' Red card
Attendance: 1,636
Referee: Steven Kirkland
15 October 2016 Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 0 Hibernian Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Bartley Red card 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 Yellow card 36' Red card
Raith Report Cairney Red card 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 Yellow card 55' Red card 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
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
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
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
1 April 2017 Championship Falkirk 1 – 0 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Miller 71' Raith Report Attendance: 4,823
Referee: Nick Walsh
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

Scottish Championship play-offs

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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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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 Red card 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

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 Scotland SCO Kevin Cuthbert 23 0 17+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Jason Thomson 30 0 23+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 0+1 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Kevin McHattie 34 2 27+0 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
4 MF Scotland SCO Ross Callachan 38 3 31+0 3 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF France FRA Jean-Yves Mvoto 41 4 34+0 3 2+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Kyle Benedictus 39 1 30+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 1 2+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Chris Johnston 34 2 20+7 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 3+1 1 1+1 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Scott Robertson 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Mark Stewart 36 6 12+17 5 0+0 0 1+0 1 1+3 0 2+0 0
10 FW Scotland SCO Lewis Vaughan 17 2 5+7 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 4+0 2 0+0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Bobby Barr 36 2 23+5 1 0+1 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 1
12 MF Scotland SCO Ross Matthews 32 2 23+1 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Iain Davidson 35 1 25+1 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
15 FW Ghana GHA Yaw Osei 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
16 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Joel Coustrain 9 1 1+5 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
17 GK Australia AUS Aaron Lennox 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Scott Roberts 19 1 5+12 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
19 MF Czech Republic CZE Rudi Skácel 29 0 10+14 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
20 FW Scotland SCO Declan McManus 41 9 28+6 5 2+0 2 1+0 1 2+0 0 1+1 1
21 MF Northern Ireland 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 Scotland 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 Scotland SCO Danny Handling 7 0 4+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 GK Northern Ireland 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 Scotland 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 Scotland SCO David Syme 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF Scotland SCO Liam Smith 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 FW Scotland SCO Jonny Court 6 1 1+3 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF Scotland SCO James Berry 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Stevenson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 DF Scotland SCO David McKay 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 MF Denmark DEN Andreas Thorsen 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 MF Scotland SCO Kyle Bell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 GK Slovakia SVK Pavol Penksa 10 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
52 FW Scotland SCO Ryan Hardie 22 8 11+7 6 1+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 1
55 DF Scotland SCO Craig Barr 18 2 15+1 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
66 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Stevenson 9 1 6+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
-- MF Scotland 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
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
Scotland GK Kevin Cuthbert 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Australia GK Aaron Lennox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Ireland GK Conor Brennan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovakia GK Pavol Penksa 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Scotland DF Jason Thomson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Scotland DF David Bates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Craig Barr 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Scotland DF Kyle Benedictus 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Scotland DF Kevin McHattie 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 13 0
France DF Jean-Yves Mvoto 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland DF David McKay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Liam Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF David Syme 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Ross Callachan 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Scotland MF Ross Matthews 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
Scotland MF Iain Davidson 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 0
Scotland MF Scott Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Bobby Barr 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
Scotland MF James Berry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Ryan Stevenson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Chris Johnston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Republic of Ireland MF Joel Coustrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Scott Roberts 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Czech Republic MF Rudi Skácel 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Denmark MF Andreas Thorsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Ireland MF Jordan Thompson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
Scotland MF Craig Easton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Robbie Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Ryan Stevenson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Kyle Bell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Danny Handling 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland FW Lewis Vaughan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Jonny Court 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Mark Stewart 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Ghana FW Yaw Osei 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Declan McManus 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Scotland 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.