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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v t e 2009–10 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League East of Scotland League South of Scotland League Scottish Premier Under-19 League Women's Premier League 2009 2010
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup 2009 2010 Women's League Cup 2009 2010
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	Results 2010 World Cup qualifying (UEFA Group 9)
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrie United Ayr United Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Queen of the South Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Ross County
Second Division	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion
Third Division	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers East Stirlingshire Elgin City Forfar Athletic Livingston Montrose Queen's Park Stranraer
List of Scottish football transfers 2009–10 2009–10 in Scottish reserve and youth football