2009–10 Raith Rovers F.C. season

Raith Rovers
2009–10 season
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Raith Rovers competed in the Scottish First Division, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup, Scottish Challenge Cup & the Fife Cup during the 2009–10 season.

Results and fixtures

*Note: Musselburgh Athletic, Cupar Hearts, Tynecastle, Civil Service Strollers & Whitehill Welfare friendlies were a Raith XI.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Raith Rovers scorer(s)	Match Report
11 July 2009	Stark's Park	Airdrie United	2–0	F	Williamson (2)	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
14 July 2009	Stark's Park	Norwich City	0–1	F		Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
18 July 2009	Ainslie Park	Hamilton Academical	2–2 (1-4 on penalties)	Spartans Tournament	Williamson (2, 2nd pen)	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
19 July 2009	Ainslie Park	Blyth Spartans	4–2	Spartans Tournament	Bryce (2), Ferry, Walker	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
21 July 2009	Stark's Park	Hibernian	1–0 (Match abandoned)	F	Williamson	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
22 July 2009	Olivebank Stadium	Musselburgh Athletic	0–1	F		Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
25 July 2009	Forthbank Stadium	Stirling Albion	1–2	SCC	Walker	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
26 July 2009	Duffus Park	Cupar Hearts	7–3	F	McKechnie (3), Mackie (2), Elder, Bryce	Raith Rovers Official Site
28 July 2009	Stark's Park	Kilmarnock	1–1	F	Bryce	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
29 July 2009	Peffermill	Tynecastle	2–0	F	Mackie, Beveridge	Raith Rovers Official Site
1 August 2009	Bayview Stadium	East Fife	3–2	SLC	Walker, Tadé, Williamson	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
2 August 2009	Muirhouse	Civil Service Strollers	3–1	F	Bryce, Mackie (pen.), Trialist	Raith Rovers Official Site
5 August 2009	Ferguson Park	Whitehill Welfare	2–2	F	Bryce, Trialist	The Scotsman (No official site reports from either side)
8 August 2009	Palmerston Park	Queen of the South	1–1	First Division	Walker	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
15 August 2009	Stark's Park	Dundee	2–2	First Division	Williamson, Ellis	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
22 August 2009	Victoria Park	Ross County	1–0	First Division	Hill	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
26 August 2009	East End Park	Dunfermline Athletic	1–3	SLC	Williamson (pen.)	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
29 August 2009	East End Park	Dunfermline Athletic	2–0	First Division	Murray, Casalinuovo	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
3 September 2009	Central Park	Cowdenbeath	1–1 (3-4 on penalties)	Fife Cup	Ferry	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
12 September 2009	Stark's Park	Partick Thistle	1–1	First Division	Casalinuovo	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
19 September 2009	Stark's Park	Greenock Morton	3–0	First Division	Tadé (2), Ferry	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
26 September 2009	Somerset Park	Ayr United	0–1	First Division		Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
10 October 2009	Excelsior Stadium	Airdrie United	2–1	First Division	Williamson, Davidson	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
13 October 2009	Stark's Park	Inverness CT	0–1	First Division		Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
17 October 2009	Stark's Park	Queen of the South	1–0	First Division	Russell	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
24 October 2009	Dens Park	Dundee	1–2	First Division	Smith	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
31 October 2009	Firhill Stadium	Partick Thistle	2–1	First Division	Wallace, Sloan	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
7 November 2009	Stark's Park	Dunfermline Athletic	1–2	First Division	Campbell	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
14 November 2009	Cappielow	Greenock Morton	0–5	First Division		Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
21 November 2009	Stark's Park	Ayr United	0–0	First Division		Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
28 November 2009	Stark's Park	Peterhead	0–0	SC		Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
1 December 2009	Balmoor	Peterhead	4–1	SC	D.Smith (2), K.Smith, Simmons	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
12 December 2009	Caledonian Stadium	Inverness CT	0–1	First Division		Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
15 December 2009	Stark's Park	Airdrie United	1–1	First Division	Amaya	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
16 January 2010	Stark's Park	Partick Thistle	1–0	First Division	K.Smith	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
23 January 2010	Stark's Park	Greenock Morton	1–2	First Division	K.Smith (pen.)	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
25 January 2010	Stark's Park	Airdrie United	1–1	SC	Smyth (o.g.)	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
27 January 2010	Excelsior Stadium	Airdrie United	3–1	SC	K.Smith, Tadé, Russell (pen.)	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
6 February 2010	Stark's Park	Aberdeen	1–1	SC	Williamson	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
13 February 2010	Stark's Park	Inverness CT	0–4	First Division		Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
16 February 2010	Pittodrie Stadium	Aberdeen	1–0	SC	Tadé	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
6 March 2010	Victoria Park	Ross County	0–1	First Division		Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
9 March 2010	Stark's Park	Ross County	2–1	First Division	Walker, Tadé	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
13 March 2010	Dens Park	Dundee	2–1	SC	Simmons, Ellis	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
16 March 2010	East End Park	Dunfermline Athletic	1–2	First Division	Walker	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
20 March 2010	Stark's Park	Dunfermline Athletic	1–2	First Division	Tadé	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
23 March 2010	Cappielow	Greenock Morton	1–1	First Division	Murray	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
27 March 2010	Stark's Park	Ayr United	1–1	First Division	Simmons	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
3 April 2010	Caledonian Stadium	Inverness CT	3–4	First Division	Williamson, Tadé, Mole	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
7 April 2010	Somerset Park	Ayr United	2–0	First Division	Murray, Williamson	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
11 April 2010	Hampden Park	Dundee United	0–2	SC		Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
14 April 2010	Excelsior Stadium	Airdrie United	0–3	First Division		Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
17 April 2010	Palmerston Park	Queen of the South	0–3	First Division		Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
19 April 2010	Firhill Stadium	Partick Thistle	0–0	First Division		Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
21 April 2010	Stark's Park	Dundee	1–0	First Division	Hill	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
24 April 2010	Dens Park	Dundee	0–2	First Division		Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
26 April 2010	Stark's Park	Airdrie United	0–1	First Division		Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
28 April 2010	Stark's Park	Queen of the South	0–0	First Division		Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}
1 May 2010	Stark's Park	Ross County	4–1	First Division	Armstrong, Russell (3)	Raith Rovers Official Site^{[dead link‍]}

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
5	Ross County	36	15	11	10	46	44	+2	56
6	Partick Thistle	36	14	6	16	43	40	+3	48
7	Raith Rovers	36	11	9	16	36	47	−11	42
8	Greenock Morton	36	11	4	21	40	65	−25	37
9	Airdrie United (R)	36	8	9	19	41	56	−15	33	Qualification to the First Division play-offs

Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
First Division play-offs: The 9th place team will be entered into a play-off with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th places of the Second Division. The winner gets a place in the 2010-11 First Division
(R) Relegated

References

^ Raith Rovers' score is shown first.

[Raith_score-1] Raith Rovers' score is shown first.

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