Author: Alan Russell

Fixture Rescheduling 9

Fixture Rescheduling

Working closely with our counterparts at the Livi For Life trust, we have sent a joint letter to the SPFL expressing our concerns at the rescheduling of this season’s final set of fixtures. Whilst the financial impact of this particular decision is greater for Livingston than for us, this is part of a greater...

Raith Rovers fan to cycle from Kirkcaldy to Contalmaison 6

Raith Rovers fan to cycle from Kirkcaldy to Contalmaison

Well-known Raith fan (and member of the Raith TV commentary team) Davie Hancock is cycling from Starks Park in Kirkcaldy to Contalmaison in France this summer, to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. The ride will take place in June/July 2016 and will allow Davie the opportunity...

Supporters Direct Scotland Launch Club Development Scotland 0

Supporters Direct Scotland Launch Club Development Scotland

Supporters Direct Scotland announces the launch of a new consultancy unit, “Club Development Scotland”. The new service will provide legal, financial and governance support to community groups who are seeking involvement in club projects, from grassroots community clubs, through to professional teams competing in the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). Club...

Supporters Direct launches its ‘Manifesto for the Scottish elections 2016’ 1

Supporters Direct launches its ‘Manifesto for the Scottish elections 2016’

Sign the petition at https://www.change.org/p/scottish-government-manifesto-for-change-within-scottish-football to add your support to this campaign. Supporters Direct Scotland has been a major force in Scottish football in recent years, successfully challenging the political parties and football authorities to introduce real reform for the benefit of the fans. With these crucial elections in May...

Ally Gourlay (1962-2016) 49

Ally Gourlay (1962-2016)

Like all Raith Rovers fans, and many others from across Scottish football, we were saddened to learn of the death of Ally Gourlay in the early hours of Sunday morning. Ally was one of those rare people whose infectious enthusiasm for life rubbed off on everyone he met; and since...

A Fan’s A Fan For A’ That 6

A Fan’s A Fan For A’ That

The Raith Trust hosted their second annual Burns’ Night at the Victoria Hotel in Kirkcaldy last Saturday. In the capacity crowd were Rovers manager, Ray McKinnon and coaches Laurie Ellis and Grant Johnston, Scottish actor and renowned Burns reader Tam Dean Burn (brother of the late Philip Burn, former Rovers...

RRFC Supporter-Director: Nominations Sought 0

RRFC Supporter-Director: Nominations Sought

Nominations for the position of Supporter-nominated Director are now being sought. The role, which sees the successful candidate appointed to the board of the football club’s holding company, New Raith Rovers, may also lead to the person being appointed to the board of the football club. The position exists because...