2015–16 Raith Rovers F.C. season

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Raith Rovers
2015–16 season
ChairmanAlan Young
ManagerRay McKinnon
StadiumStark's Park
Championship4th
Challenge Cup2nd Round (lost to Stenhousemuir)
League Cup3rd Round (lost to Celtic)
Scottish Cup4th Round (lost to Hibernian)
Highest home attendance6,943 (v Rangers, 2 April 2016)
Lowest home attendance1,064 (v Alloa Athletic, 12 January 2016)
Average home league attendance2,317

The 2015–16 season was Raith Rovers' seventh consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football having been promoted from the 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[edit]

Management[edit]

Raith were led by manager Ray McKinnon for the 2015–16 season for his 1st season at the club.[2]

Results & fixtures[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season[edit]

4 July 2015[3] Friendly Raith Rovers P–P Brechin City Stark's Park
15:00
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch[4]
7 July 2015[5] Friendly Raith Rovers 0 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Stark's Park
19:45 Raith Report Oliver 54'
Walker 78'
Attendance: 1,983
Referee: Crawford Allan
21 July 2015[8] Friendly Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Celtic XI Stark's Park
19:45 Anderson 12' Raith Report Thomson 59' Attendance: 955
Referee: Willie Collum

Scottish Championship[edit]

15 August 2015 Championship Falkirk 1 – 0 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Kerr 80' Raith Report Benedictus Yellow card 71' Red card Attendance: 3,753
Referee: Stephen Finnie
29 August 2015 Championship Hibernian 2 – 0 Raith Rovers Easter Road
15:00 Keatings 22'
Cummings 50'
Raith Report Attendance: 8,484
Referee: Alan Muir
5 September 2015 Championship Rangers 5 – 0 Raith Rovers Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Wallace 4'
Tavernier 45'
McKay 55'
Waghorn 64' (pen.), 69' (pen.)
Raith Report Attendance: 44,050
Referee: Brian Colvin
18 September 2015 Championship St Mirren 1 – 2 Raith Rovers St Mirren Park
19:45 Shankland 45' Raith Report Craigen 12'
Anderson 87'
Attendance: 2,877
Referee: Euan Anderson
26 September 2015 Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 0 Dumbarton Stark's Park
15:00 Toshney 56' Raith Report Attendance: 1,440
Referee: Barry Cook
24 October 2015 Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 2 Hibernian Stark's Park
15:00 Daly 64' Raith Report McGinn 4'
Cummings 26'
Attendance: 4,114
Referee: George Salmond
7 November 2015 Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 2 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 Stewart 39' Raith Report Alston 42'
Baird 60'
Attendance: 2,160
Referee: Nick Walsh
24 November 2015 Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 1 St Mirren Stark's Park
19:45 Stewart 39' Raith Report Mallan 88' Attendance: 1,264
Referee: John McKendrick
2 January 2016 Championship Hibernian 1 – 0 Raith Rovers Easter Road
15:00 Cummings 50' Raith Report Anderson Yellow card 90' Red card Attendance: 10,994
Referee: George Salmond
23 January 2016 Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 0 Dumbarton Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Attendance: 1,397
Referee: Stephen Finnie
2 February 2016 Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 1 Rangers Stark's Park
19:45 Raith Report Halliday 44' Attendance: 5,493
Referee: Euan Anderson
13 February 2016 Championship Falkirk 2 – 2 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Alston 14'
McCracken 20'
Raith Report Craigen 16' Attendance: 3,956
Referee: John Beaton
20 February 2016 Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 0 Livingston Stark's Park
15:00 Stewart 37'
Connolly 48'
Raith Report Attendance: 1,617
Referee: Willie Collum
5 March 2016 Championship Raith Rovers 4 – 3 St Mirren Stark's Park
15:00 Hardie 3', 53', 55'
Stewart 24'
Raith Report Watson 41', 76'
Clarkson 61'
Attendance: 1,888
Referee: John Beaton
19 March 2016 Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Hibernian Stark's Park
17:15 Toshney 38'
Stewart 53'
Raith Report Stokes 25' Attendance: 2,386
Referee: John McKendrick
22 March 2016 Championship St Mirren 1 – 2 Raith Rovers St Mirren Park
19:45 Cooper 43' Raith Report Connolly 22'
Callachan 36'
Attendance: 2,381
Referee: Barry Cook
23 April 2016 Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 2 Falkirk Stark's Park
17:15 Thomas 7'
Hardie 70'
Raith Report Sibbald 56'
McHugh 88'
Attendance: 2,602
Referee: Bobby Madden

Scottish Premiership play-offs[edit]

Scottish Challenge Cup[edit]

25 July 2015 Round 1 Cowdenbeath 0 – 1 Raith Rovers Central Park
15:00 Raith Report Vaughan 23' Attendance: 711
Referee: Kevin Clancy
18 August 2015 Round 2 Stenhousemuir 2 – 0 Raith Rovers Ochilview Park
19:45 Cook 67'
Stirling 71'
Raith Report Thomson Red card 90' Attendance: 449
Referee: Greg Aitken

Scottish League Cup[edit]

23 September 2015 Round 3 Celtic 2 – 0 Raith Rovers Celtic Park
19:45 Commons 32'
Johansen 87'
Raith Report Attendance: 13,591
Referee: John McKendrick

Scottish Cup[edit]

28 November 2015 Round 3 Elgin City 1 – 2 Raith Rovers Borough Briggs
15:00 Halsman 90' Raith Report McCord 39' (pen.)
Anderson 54'
Attendance: 853
Referee: George Salmond
9 January 2016 Round 4 Raith Rovers 0 – 2 Hibernian Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report McGregor 61'
Malonga 64'
Attendance: 5,203
Referee: Willie Collum

Player statistics[edit]

Squad[edit]

[9]Last updated 7 May 2016
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Premiership play-offs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Kevin Cuthbert 45 0 36+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Jason Thomson 33 1 25+1 1 2+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
3 MF Scotland SCO Darren Petrie 6 0 2+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF Scotland SCO Ross Callachan 32 2 21+4 2 1+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 2+0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Lewis Toshney 36 2 31+0 2 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Kyle Benedictus 38 5 30+0 3 1+0 0 3+0 2 2+0 0 2+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Grant Anderson 32 3 14+12 2 2+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Ryan McCord 26 2 17+2 1 2+0 0 2+1 0 1+1 1 0+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Mark Stewart 37 8 26+3 8 1+1 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+2 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Lewis Vaughan 2 2 0+0 0 1+0 1 1+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 (until January 2016) FW Scotland SCO Mitchel Megginson 21 1 4+12 1 1+0 0 2+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
11 (from January 2016) FW Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN Harry Panayiotou 16 2 8+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 1
12 MF Scotland SCO Ross Matthews 18 0 4+10 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Iain Davidson 36 1 27+2 0 1+0 0 2+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
15 FW France FRA Joël Thomas 9 1 2+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
16 (until January 2016) FW Republic of Ireland IRL Jon Daly 19 1 13+2 1 0+0 0 0+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
16 (from February 2016) FW Scotland SCO Ryan Hardie 12 6 7+3 6 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
17 GK Scotland SCO Ross Laidlaw 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 (from January 2016) FW Scotland SCO Aidan Connolly 17 5 13+3 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
18 (until January 2016) FW Scotland SCO Craig Wighton 21 1 7+9 1 1+1 0 2+1 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 0+0 0
21 (from January 2016) FW Scotland SCO Louis Longridge 15 1 9+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
21 (until January 2016) FW Scotland SCO Callum Robertson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF Scotland SCO David Bates 15 0 7+3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF Northern Ireland NIR Rory McKeown 44 2 36+0 1 1+0 0 3+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
24 DF Scotland SCO Laurie Ellis 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF Scotland SCO Elliot Ford 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 FW Scotland SCO Jonny Court 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF Scotland SCO Kieran Campbell 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF England ENG James Craigen 42 9 31+3 9 1+0 0 2+1 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
29 DF Scotland SCO Sean Mackie 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 MF Scotland SCO Scott Robertson 21 1 17+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
31 GK Scotland SCO Scott Law 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
55 DF Scotland SCO Craig Barr 14 1 11+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
-- DF Scotland SCO David McKay 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top Goalscorer[edit]

Includes all competitive matches

Ranking Nation Number Name Total
1 Scotland

Disciplinary record[edit]

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated May 2016
Nation Position Name Championship Challenge Cup 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 Yellow card Red card
Scotland GK Ross Laidlaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK David McGurn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Kevin Cuthbert 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland GK Scott Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Laurie Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Jason Thomson 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Scotland DF David Bates 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland DF Craig Barr 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Northern Ireland DF Rory McKeown 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland DF Elliot Ford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Sean Mackie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Kyle Benedictus 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 2
Scotland DF Lewis Toshney 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Scotland DF David McKay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Ross Callachan 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
Scotland MF Lewis Vaughan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Grant Anderson 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Scotland MF Ross Matthews 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland MF Kieran Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Darren Petrie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Ryan McCord 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
England MF James Craigen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Iain Davidson 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
Scotland MF Scott Robertson 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland FW Callum Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Jonny Court 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Mark Stewart 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Mitchel Megginson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland FW Craig Wighton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Republic of Ireland FW Jon Daly 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Louis Longridge 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland FW Aidan Connolly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Kitts and Nevis FW Harry Panayiotou 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Ryan Hardie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
France FW Joël Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Team statistics[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Falkirk 36 19 13 4 61 34 +27 70 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-finals
3 Hibernian 36 21 7 8 59 34 +25 70 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round and for the Premiership play-off semi-finals[a]
4 Raith Rovers 36 18 8 10 52 46 +6 62 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-finals
5 Greenock Morton 36 11 10 15 39 42 −3 43
6 St Mirren 36 11 9 16 44 53 −9 42
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

Division summary[edit]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAAHAHHAHAHHAHAAHAAHHAHHAHAHAHAAHA
ResultWLWLLWWWWWLLLDDLDWLLWDWDWWLWDWWDWWDW
Position144465332244455444444445444444444444
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. Source: [10]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics[edit]

Last updated on 7 May 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Ray McKinnon[11] 23 May 2015 Present 45 23 8 14 051.11

Transfers[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.
  2. ^ Liam Fox moved to a coaching role at Heart of Midlothian.

References[edit]

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