2007–08 Raith Rovers F.C. season

September 2020 Raith Rovers 2007–08 John McGlynn David Somerville Irn-Bru Second Division 3rd Scottish Cup Fourth round CIS Insurance Cup Second round Challenge Cup First round Graham Weir (10) Graham Weir (12) 2,357 (vs Cowdenbeath, 3 November) 1,454 (vs Peterhead, 22 December) 2006–07 2008–09 Raith Rovers finished the 2007–08 season third in the Scottish Second Division with 47 points. Graham Weir was the top scorer with 12 goals. The club were involved in the Scottish First Division play-offs against Airdrie United with the second leg on 3 May ending 2–2. Raith lost the home leg 2–0 on 30 April. Match results Raith Rovers have played a total of 42 competitive matches during the 2007–08 season,.http://www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=2102&seasonid=137 Raith 2007/2008 results and fixtures Soccerbase 1 May 2008 The team finished third in the Scottish Second Division and are currently involved in the Scottish First Division play-offs. In the cup competitions, Rovers lost in the second round of the CIS Cup to Motherwell. St Johnstone knocked Rovers out of both the Scottish Cup and Challenge Cup, in the fourth and first rounds respectively. Legend WinDrawLoss All results are written with Raith Rovers's score first. Irn-Bru Second Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 4 August 2007 Airdrie UnitedA1–01,645Andrews 11 August 2007 Berwick RangersH3–12,020Tod, Borris, Andrews 18 August 2007 AlloaH2–11,978Fleming (o.g.), Tod 25 August 2007 CowdenbeathA0–11,953 1 September 2007 Queen's ParkA5–21,015Weir (3), Silvestro, Hislop 15 September 2007 Ross CountyH0–22,101 22 September 2007 Ayr UnitedH2–31,760Hislop (2) 29 October 2007 Brechin CityA1–0668Carcary 6 October 2007 PeterheadA1–0855Sloan 20 October 2007 Airdrie UnitedH2–11,729Weir, Sloan 27 October 2007 AlloaA1–21,053Sloan 3 November 2007 CowdenbeathH2–02,357Hislop, Goodwillie 10 November 2007 Queen's ParkH0–21,860 1 December 2007 Ross CountyA3–22,729Hislop (2), Weir 8 December 2007 Brechin CityH1–11,475Andrews 15 December 2007 Ayr UnitedA3–01,044Andrews, Campbell, Sloan 22 December 2007 PeterheadH2–21,454Goodwillie (2) 26 December 2007 Berwick RangersA1–2570Davidson 29 December 2007 AlloaH3–21,896Goodwillie, Sloan, Hislop 2 January 2008 CowdenbeathA4–11,896Sloan, Hislop, Templeton, Weir 5 January 2008 Ross CountyH0–12,319 19 January 2008 Queen's ParkA1–0743Templeton 26 January 2008 Berwick RangersH3–01,466Campbell, Hislop, Weir 2 February 2008 Airdrie UnitedA0–31,252 9 February 2008 Brechin CityA2–3656Walker (o.g.), Carcary 16 February 2008 Ayr UnitedH1–21,513Templeton 23 February 2008 AlloaA0–2712 1 March 2008 CowdenbeathH3–21,607Goodwillie, Davidson (2) 8 March 2008 PeterheadA0–1751 15 March 2008 Airdrie UnitedH1–01,458Goodwillie 22 March 2008 Ross CountyA3–22,973Templeton, Goodwillie (2) 29 March 2008 Queen's ParkH0–11,836 5 April 2008 Ayr UnitedA1–01,212Carcary 12 April 2008 Brechin CityH1–11,955Weir 19 April 2008 Berwick RangersA5–2545Weir (2), Carcary, Sloan, Bryce 26 April 2008 PeterheadH2–51,349Goodwillie, Bryce Playoffs DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 30 April 2008 Airdrie UnitedH0–22,841 3 May 2008 Airdrie UnitedA2–22,077 Scottish Cup DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 24 November 2007Threave Rovers A5–0629Davidson, Carcary (2), Hislop (2) 15 January 2008 St JohnstoneA1–32,113Weir Match vs St Johnstone rearranged (postponed from 12 January) CIS Insurance Cup DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 7 August 2007Clyde A3–0892Tod, Carcary, Weir 29 August 2007 MotherwellA1–33,571Carcary Challenge Cup DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 14 August 2007 St JohnstoneH1–13,114Tod St Johnstone won 5–4 on penalties Player statistics During the 2007–08 season, Rovers have used 26 different players on the pitch. Craig Wilson is the only player to have played in every match. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=2102&seasonid=137 Raith 2007/2008 player appearances Soccerbase 15 March 2008 After 2008-03-15: Irn-Bru Second Division Scottish Cup CIS Insurance Cup Challenge Cup Michael Brown GK Scotland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Fahey GK Scotland 18 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 Kieron Renton GK Scotland 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Marvin Andrews DF Trinidad and Tobago 19 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 Mark Campbell DF Scotland 21 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 Iain Davidson DF Scotland 25 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 Joe Dingwall DF Scotland 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Todd Lumsden DF Scotland 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Marco Pelosi DF Scotland 14 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 Andy Tod DF Scotland 19 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 Tolley DF Scotland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Craig Wilson DF Scotland 30 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 Ryan Borris MF Scotland 23 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 Jason Darling MF Scotland 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 John Helley MF Scotland 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Niall Henderson MF Northern Ireland 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Silvestro MF Scotland 13 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 Robert Sloan MF Scotland 27 6 2 0 2 0 1 0 Allan Walker MF Scotland 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mark Whatley MF Scotland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Craig Winter MF Scotland 21 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 Derek Carcary FW Scotland 21 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 David Goodwillie FW Scotland 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Hislop FW Scotland 28 9 2 2 1 0 1 0 David Templeton FW Scotland 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Graham Weir FW Scotland 27 7 2 1 2 1 1 0 |} Goalscorers Thirteen players have scored for the Rovers first team with the team scoring 70 goals in total so far. The top goalscorer is Graham Weir with 12 goals. NameLeagueCupsTotalGraham Weir 102 12Steve Hislop92 11David Goodwillie90 9Derek Carcary44 8Robert Sloan footballer 70 7Marvin Andrews40 4Iain Davidson 31 4David Templeton 4 4Andy Tod22 4Lee Bryce 2 2Mark Campbell Mark Campbell (footballer) 2 2Ryan Borris 1 1Chris Silvestro 1 1Own goals 1 1 Discipline During the 2007–08 season, three Rovers players have been sent off and 18 have received at least one caution. In total, the team have received three red cards and 52 yellows. NameCautionsDismissalsGraham Weir 5 1Ryan Borris 3 1Chris Silvestro 1 1Mark Campbell Mark Campbell (footballer) 7Iain Davidson 7Steve Hislop 6Joe Dingwall 4Allan Walker Allan Walker (footballer) 3Craig Wilson Craig Wilson (footballer) 3Craig Winter 3David Goodwillie 2Niall Henderson 2Robert Sloan footballer 2Marvin Andrews 1Chris Fahey 1Marco Pelosi 1Kieron Renton 1Andy Tod 1 Team statistics League table RAI Transfers In Raith Rovers signed three players on loan during the season: Loans in Date Player From Until 2 January 2008 SCO David Goodwillie Dundee United 31 January 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/raith_rovers/7075683.stm Goodwillie makes Kirkcaldy switch BBC Sport 2 January 2008 21 January 2008 2 January 2008 SCO David Templeton Heart of Midlothian 31 January 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/raith_rovers/7168610.stm Templeton moves to Kirkcaldy BBC Sport 2 January 2008 21 January 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080108133658/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/raith_rovers/7168610.stm 8 January 2008 live 19 January 2008 SCO Niall Henderson Gretna End of seasonhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/g/gretna/7197918.stm Gretna farm out youth duo BBC Sport 19 January 2008 21 January 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080129010353/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gretna/7197918.stm 29 January 2008 live Out Raith loaned out one player during the season: Loans out Date Player From Until 15 December 2007 SCO Michael Brown Michael Brown (Scottish footballer) East Stirlingshire 31 January 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/east_stirlingshire/7146099.stm Rovers' Brown heads for Firs Park BBC Sport 15 January 2008 21 January 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080102225942/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/east_stirlingshire/7146099.stm 2 January 2008 live Playing kit _redborder _thinwhitesides _redborder 121436 121436 121436 121436 121436 Home colours _thinredsides FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Away colours References 30em External links Official site Club stats BBC Sport Soccerbase: Results Squad stats Transfers Category:Raith Rovers F.C. seasons Raith Rovers