2020–21 Raith Rovers F.C. season

Raith Rovers
2020–21 season
Chairman	John Sim
Manager	John McGlynn
Stadium	Stark's Park
Championship	3rd
League Cup	Group stage
Scottish Cup	3rd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Daniel Armstrong (6); All: Manny Duku (10)
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	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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.

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
	File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'	Raith Report	Hendry File:Soccerball shade.svg Duku File:Soccerball shade.svg

19 September 2020 Pre-Season Friendly	Raith Rovers	2 – 6	Falkirk	Stark's Park
14:00	Coulson File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Hendry File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' (pen.)	Raith Report	Dowds File:Soccerball shade.svg 15', 57' Morrison File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' (pen.) Connolly File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' Keena File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' Leitch File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'

22 September 2020 Pre-Season Friendly	Raith Rovers	5 – 2	Stenhousemuir	Stark's Park
19:30	Tumilty File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Duku File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Anderson File:Soccerball shade.svg 63', 87' Armstrong File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'	Raith Report	Spence File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Blair File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'

26 September 2020 Pre-Season Friendly	Raith Rovers	4 – 0	Berwick Rangers	Stark's Park
14:00	Duku File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Tait File:Soccerball shade.svg 28', 61' Coulson File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'	Raith Report

3 October 2020 Pre-Season Friendly	Brechin City	0 – 5	Raith Rovers	Glebe Park
15:00		Raith Report	Duku File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Armstrong File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Ross File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Coulson File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' Page File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' (o.g.)

Scottish Championship

17 October 2020 Championship	Raith Rovers	3 – 0	Arbroath	Stark's Park
15:00	Armstrong File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Tumilty File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Hendry File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' (pen.)	Raith Report		Referee: Gavin Duncan

24 October 2020 Championship	Queen of the South	2 – 5	Raith Rovers	Palmerston Park
15:00	Dobbie File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' (pen.) Obileye File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'	Raith Report	Matthews File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Duku File:Soccerball shade.svg 12', 85' Armstrong File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Tait File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Referee: Euan Anderson

31 October 2020 Championship	Dundee	1 – 1	Raith Rovers	Dens Park
15:00	Adam File:Soccerball shade.svg 41'	Raith Report	Musonda File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Referee: Alan Newlands

7 November 2020 Championship	Raith Rovers	5 – 0	Greenock Morton	Stark's Park
15:00	Armstrong File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' (pen.) Musonda File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Matthews File:Soccerball shade.svg 48', 54' Mendy File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Raith Report		Referee: Willie Collum

21 November 2020 Championship	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2 – 0	Raith Rovers	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Keatings File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Allardice File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'	Raith Report		Attendance: 300 Referee: Alan Newlands

5 December 2020 Championship	Raith Rovers	2 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic	Stark's Park
15:00	Duku File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Musonda File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	Raith Report	F.Murray File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' McManus File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 75', 89' (pen.)	Raith Report	Duku File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Armstrong File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Lokotsch File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' Ross File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Goss File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Referee: Barry Cook

23 January 2021 Championship	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 3	Raith Rovers	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Boyce File:Soccerball shade.svg 58', 90'	Raith Report	Ugwu File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Duku File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' (pen.) Tumilty File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'	Referee: John Beaton

26 January 2020 Championship	Raith Rovers	0 – 4	Heart of Midlothian	Stark's Park
19:45		Raith Report	Boyce File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Henderson File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' Gnanduillet File:Soccerball shade.svg 84', 90'	Referee: Euan Anderson

30 January 2021 Championship	Raith Rovers	3 – 1	Dundee	Stark's Park
15:00	Benedictus File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Tumilty File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Kennedy File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'	Raith Report	Sow File:Soccerball shade.svg 5'	Referee: Craig Napier

3 February 2021 Championship	Dunfermline Athletic	4 – 1	Raith Rovers	East End Park
19:45	McManus File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Comrie File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' F.Murray File:Soccerball shade.svg 66', 87'	Raith Report	Spencer File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'	Referee: Colin Steven

6 February 2021 Championship	Greenock Morton	0 – 1	Raith Rovers	Cappielow
15:00		Raith Report	Davidson File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'	Referee: Chris Graham

20 February 2021 Championship	Arbroath	1 – 0	Raith Rovers	Gayfield Park
15:00	Doolan File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'	Raith Report		Referee: Greg Aitken

27 February 2021 Championship	Raith Rovers	3 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Stark's Park
15:00	Davidson File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Hendry File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' Gullan File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Raith Report	Cameron File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'	Referee: Colin Steven

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

27 March 2021 Championship	Raith Rovers	1 – 0	Greenock Morton	Stark's Park
15:00	Gullan File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Raith Report		Referee: John Beaton

30 March 2021 Championship	Raith Rovers	5 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Stark's Park
19:05	Hendry File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Vaughan File:Soccerball shade.svg 31', 40' Gullan File:Soccerball shade.svg 48', 77'	Raith Report	O'Hara File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'	Referee: Euan Anderson

10 April 2021 Championship	Raith Rovers	2 – 2	Arbroath	Stark's Park
15:00	Armstrong File:Soccerball shade.svg 29', 70'	Raith Report	J.Hamilton File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' Little File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Referee: Gavin Duncan

13 April 2021 Championship	Queen of the South	0 – 1	Raith Rovers	Palmerston Park
19:00		Raith Report	Ugwu File:Soccerball shade.svg 17'	Referee: David Dickinson

17 April 2021 Championship	Alloa Athletic	1 – 2	Raith Rovers	Indodrill Stadium
12:00	Cawley File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'	Raith Report	Ugwu File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' (pen.) Tait File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'	Referee: Greg Aitken

24 April 2021 Championship	Dundee	2 – 1	Raith Rovers	Dens Park
15:00	Cummings File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' (pen.) Fontaine File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'	Raith Report	Benedictus File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Referee: Willie Collum

30 April 2021 Championship	Raith Rovers	0 – 4	Heart of Midlothian	Stark's Park
19:45		Raith Report	MacKay-Steven File:Soccerball shade.svg 11', 73' Henderson File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Naismith File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Ugwu File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 22', 55' Sow File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 21'	Referee: Don Robertson

Scottish League Cup

Matches

10 October 2020 Group A	Raith Rovers	2 – 1	East Fife	Stark's Park
15:00	Hendry File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' (pen.) Duku File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Raith Report	Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg 15'	Referee: David Lowe

13 October 2020 Group A	Heart of Midlothian	3 – 1	Raith Rovers	Tynecastle Park
19:45	Wighton File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' (pen.), 40' (pen.), 87'	Raith Report	Duku File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'	Referee: Craig Napier

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

Scottish Cup

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

3 April 2021 Round 3	Livingston	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Raith Rovers	Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00	Fitzwater File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Poplatnik File:Soccerball shade.svg 109'	Raith Report	Vaughan File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'	Referee: Bobby Madden

Player statistics

Squad

^[3]Last updated 15 May 2021

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Premiership play-offs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Scotland SCO	Jamie MacDonald	34	0	26+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
2	DF	Scotland SCO	Reghan Tumilty	37	3	27+0	3	4+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
3	DF	Scotland SCO	Kieran MacDonald	29	0	22+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
4	DF	Scotland SCO	Iain Davidson	22	2	14+2	2	2+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
5	DF	Guinea-Bissau GNB	Fernandy Mendy	12	1	4+3	1	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
6	DF	Scotland SCO	Kyle Benedictus	34	3	25+0	3	3+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
7	MF	Scotland SCO	Daniel Armstrong	35	6	23+3	6	3+1	0	0+2	0	3+0	0
8	MF	Scotland SCO	Regan Hendry	34	4	25+0	3	4+0	1	1+0	0	4+0	0
9	FW	Netherlands NED	Manny Duku	28	10	12+8	5	4+0	5	0+1	0	0+3	0
10	FW	Scotland SCO	Lewis Vaughan	17	5	7+3	2	0+1	0	1+1	1	4+0	2
11 - left on 20/10/20	MF	Scotland SCO	Grant Anderson	3	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11 - joined on 27/10/20	FW	Germany GER	Lars Lokotsch	7	1	2+5	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11 - joined on 29/01/21	FW	England ENG	Timmy Abraham	8	0	2+5	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
12	MF	Scotland SCO	Ross Matthews	25	3	15+2	3	4+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
13	MF	Scotland SCO	Brad Spencer	31	1	14+8	1	3+0	0	2+0	0	3+1	0
14	DF	England ENG	Frankie Musonda	25	3	17+4	3	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	Scotland SCO	David McKay	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	FW	Scotland SCO	Jack Smith	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	GK	Scotland SCO	Robbie Thomson	5	0	1+2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	Scotland SCO	Dylan Tait	31	3	17+6	2	3+0	0	2+0	1	0+3	0
19	FW	Scotland SCO	Luke Mahady	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	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
21	MF	Scotland SCO	Kai Kennedy	19	1	14+2	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
22 - joined on 02/10/20	MF	Scotland SCO	Ethan Ross	15	2	9+2	2	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22 - joined on 31/03/21	DF	Scotland SCO	Nathan Cooney	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW	England ENG	Gozie Ugwu	19	5	9+4	3	0+0	0	1+1	1	1+3	1
25	MF	Scotland SCO	Aaron Arnott	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF	Scotland SCO	Adam King	13	0	5+5	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
27	MF	Scotland SCO	Quinn Coulson	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	GK	Scotland SCO	Kyle Bow	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	FW	Scotland SCO	Jamie Gullan	18	4	7+5	4	0+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated May 2021

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

Team statistics

League table

2020–21 Scottish Championship

League Cup table

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

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

References

↑ "ARBITRATION PANEL HANDS DOWN UNANIMOUS JUDGEMENT". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
↑ "Management Agree New Deal". raithrovers.net. Raith Rovers F.C. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
↑ "Raith Squad details". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[note3-4] Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

[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.

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10 November 2020 Group A	Raith Rovers	3 – 3 (3 – 2 p)	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Stark's Park
19:45	Duku File:Soccerball shade.svg 11', 90' Devine File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' (o.g.)	Raith Report	Sutherland File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Keatings File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' (pen.) MacGregor File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Referee: Steven Reid
	Penalties
	Hendry soccer ball with check mark Matthews soccer ball with check mark Armstrong soccer ball with check mark Spencer soccer ball with red X		Todorov soccer ball with red X Keatings soccer ball with red X Deas soccer ball with check mark Allardice soccer ball with check mark Kennedy soccer ball with red X

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Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland West of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA East Premiership ~~SJFA North Superleague~~ ~~SPFL Reserve League~~ Women's Premier League '20 '20–2021 Women's Championship '20 '20–21
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Group stage Final ~~Challenge Cup~~ South Region Challenge Cup ~~Junior Cup~~ ~~Youth Cup~~ Women's Cup ~~'20 '21~~ Women's Premier League Cup '20 ~~'21 (spring)~~
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