{"id":1402,"date":"2012-01-26T17:44:56","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T16:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2012-01-27T16:24:03","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T15:24:03","slug":"tribute-to-frank-connor-and-rovers-legends-of-the-1987-promotion-season-and-beyond-friday-2nd-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/?p=1402","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to Frank Connor and Rovers legends of the 1987 Promotion season and beyond! &#8211; Friday 2nd March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/RDS.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RDS\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/RDS.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/RDS-96x72.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/RDS-38x29.jpg 38w, https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/RDS-128x96.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Raith Rovers Former Players&#8217; Association and Rovers Down South have got together to organise a unique tribute to former manager Frank Connor and the players of the successful 1987 promotion winning team, and Frank&#8217;s players up until 1990 in a reunion event to be held on Friday 2nd March, the day before Rovers Down South sponsor the match against Morton.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Connor who did so much to lay the foundations for Jimmy Nicholl&#8217;s glory years, will be joined by a host of stars &#8211; Hamish McAlpine, Gordon Arthur, Jock McStay, Paul Sweeney, Gary Voy, Eric Archibald, Shaun Dennis, Billy Herd, Colin Harris, Andy Harrow, Gordon Dalziel, Ian Gordon, Ian Ferguson, Billy Spence, John Wright&#8230; with more to be confirmed in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Ally Gourlay said <strong><em>&#8220;This occasion is very unique, and while most people regard the &#8217;94 Cup Winning side as the greatest ever, and rightly so, it should also be remembered as a culmination of what Frank Connor started back in 1986.  Never in 25 years have Frank&#8217;s charges got back together, and who knows when it may happen again.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The event takes place at the Abbey Hotel, Milton Road, Kirkcaldy from 7.00 pm. There are a limited number of tickets available for supporters to say thanks to these great club servants. The \u00a320 ticket includes a 3 course meal, a Q&#038;A session, and an auction of Rovers memorabilia. There may also be video footage of Frank&#8217;s Rovers on display on the night. Any proceeds will go towards RDS sponsorship of the U17s and Rally Round Rovers.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are sure to sell fast &#8211; to reserve your seat or if you have any queries please contact <a href=\"mailto:roversdownsouth@hotmail.co.uk\">roversdownsouth@hotmail.co.uk<\/a>. Tickets should also be available via the various Supporters&#8217; groups that make up RRR.<\/p>\n<p>So join us and a host of Rovers legends for a special night out. Let\u2019s Rally Round The Rovers, past and present!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raith Rovers Former Players&#8217; Association and Rovers Down South have got together to organise a unique tribute to former manager Frank Connor and the players of the successful 1987 promotion winning team, and Frank&#8217;s players up until 1990 in a reunion event to be held on Friday 2nd March, the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fundraising"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raithtrust.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}