Raith Rovers 0 – 1 Dundee

4:15PM | Sun 26th March

Hamilton Academical

Falkirk Stadium

Raith 6-1 Cove Rangers

Sat 18th Mar (Home)

Sun 26th Mar (Away)

Hamilton Academical

Sat 1st Apr (Home)

Queen's Park

Tue 4th Apr (Home)

Hamilton Academical

Sat 8th Apr (Away)

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

	Team	Pd	GD	Pt
1	Queen's Park	29	20	54
2	Dundee	29	15	50
3	Ayr United	29	15	46
4	Partick Thistle	29	10	45
5	Morton	29	6	43
6	Raith Rovers	28	2	38
7	Inverness CT	28	-2	36
8	Cove Rangers	29	-28	26
9	Arbroath	28	-16	25
10	Hamilton Academical	28	-22	25
Updated: 21st Mar

Saturday August 6th 2022

Rovers welcomed Dundee to Stark’s Park for the first home fixture of the league season with manager Ian Murray hoping they could make amends for the opening day defeat at Cove Rangers last week.

The match got off to a lively start but it was the visitors who got the first real chance, and they made it count, with Josh Mulligan firing a Jordan Marshall cross into the bottom corner past MacDonald.

Sam Stanton was twice denied by tremendous saves from Harrison Sharp as Rovers searched for the equaliser, a shot from the edge of the box looked like it was going high into the net but the keeper got a touch on it enough to send it wide, and soon after Stanton’s clever side-foot forced an outstanding save from the goalie.

Sharp saves to deny Stanton

Mulligan nearly doubled his and Dundee’s tally in the second half but the best chance of the half fell to Ethan Ross when Sharp slipped and the ball fell to Ross who looked to have the easiest of tasks to round the keeper to equalise but he snapped at the shot and the ball went agonisingly wide with the goal gaping.

Morton are the visitors to Stark’s Park next week when Rovers will be hoping to get their first points on the board.

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Welcome to today’s first home league game where we host Dundee. Start today for newest loan signing O’Riordan. Also coming into the starting lineup is Ngwenya. Easton and Connell start on the bench
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Ground is filling up nicely with a healthy away support. Weather is overcast with a wee breeze.
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Dundee get our first home league game underway way… Raith shooting towards the McDermid stand this half
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Second free kick to Dundee in as many minutes
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Defence do well to keep on the  back of Rudden
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Freekick Raith after a foul on Stanton just over the halfway line
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Ross takes it, gets the ball into the box but Dundee head clear
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McMullan cuts the ball back but thankfully Dundee aren’t organised to make an impact
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O’Riordan does well to stave off Rudden, gets the ball back to MacDonald who boots the ball out the danger area
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Dundee score… Mulligan scores
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MacDonald has to get down and save from the feet of Rudden. The latter is offside and the linesman eventually flags
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Corner Raith after Stanton has a pop
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From the corner Sharp punches clear
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Ngwenya and Liam Dick work well with the latter getting the ball into the box for Gullan but ball is cleared for a corner to Raith (which didn’t come to anything)
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Gullan to Ngwenya who gets the ball into the box but Dundee mop up
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Ross to Liam Dick who again gets the ball into the Dundee box but again Dundee clear
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Millen this time with the ball to the far side of the Dundee box to Ngwenya. He heads back but no one there
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Foul on Gullan but ref just lets play carry on
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O’Riordan does well to win the ball from Mulligan near the byline and gets the ball away
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Ross does really well to keep control of the ball, he looks up and see Ngwenya but his cross into the box doesn’t payoff
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Raith 0 Dundee 1(Mullugan 12’) it would be fair to say Dundee have edged this half so far but Raith are trying
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Marshall gets a dangerous ball into front of the Raith goal but Nolan clears
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Connolly with the long ball upfield to Ross but he’s judged to be offside
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God play at last from Raith, Ngwenya gets the ball into the box and Stanton is close to scoring
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Teams taking a water break as Jakubiak receives treatment
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Dundee sun off Jakubiak and bring on McCowan
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Ref having a word with O’Riordan, next time might be booking
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Marshall heads over the Raith bar
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Kerr out paces Ngwenya but Nolan there to chest clear for a Dundee corner
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Millen is booked
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McCowan is booked for protesting a lot to the ref re a fouls he feels he should have got
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+1 Dundee foul deep in Raith half
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+2 MacDonald gathers as the ref blows for halftime 
Raith 0 Dundee 1 (Mulligan 12’) 
Raith need to up the pace for the second half
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Raith getting the second half underway
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Raith sub off Ngwenya and bring on Easton
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Corner to Dundee
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Byrne with a shot but it’s blasted high
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Play stopped as Nolan has a head knock, hee back in his feet
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Good ball from Easton into the Dundee box but Sharp collects
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Byrne booked for foul on Easton at the halfway line
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Dundee sub off Byrne and bring on McGowan
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Connolly with a good cross to Gullan who is inches away from scoring
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Good save from MacDonald as Dundee have a powerful shot
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Sharp slips and the ball is loose, Ross is there but he shoots wide
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Freekick Raith as a Easton is fouled
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Brown booked
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Freekick Dundee…McCowan takes it, it gets round the wall but straight to MacDonald’s hands
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French for Dundee booked
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Raith are let off as Brown pushes in the box and Dundee player goes to ground
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Raith sub off Stanton and bring on Connell
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Good play from Briwn as he turns, gets a long ball to Gullan but it’s a bit heavy
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Corner Raith
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Risky play from Connolly as he passes back to MacDonald with Rudden breathing heavily on the heals of Connolly
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Booking for Sweeney as he holds Connell
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Dundee sub off Anderson and Rudden and bring on Ashcroft and Robinson
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Raith sub off Gullan and bring on Zanatta
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Gullan with strike but Sharp gets down and saves
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Raith sub off Millen and bring on Coulson
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Attendance today is 3222
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O’Riordan is the match app man of the match as voted by the fans
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Ref blows for full time Raith 0 Dundee 1  (Rudden 12’)

Next weeks game is at home next week against Morton

Raith Rovers: MacDonald, Dick, Millen, Nolan, Connolly, Gullan, O’Riordan, Ngwenya, Stanton, Brown (C), Ross

Subs: Thomson, Zanatta, Connell, Easton, Mahady, Arnott, Mitchell, Coulson, Masson

Dundee: Sharp, Kerr, Marshall, French, Sweeney (C), Jakubiak, Byrne, Mulligan, McMullan, Rudden, Anderson

Subs: Legzdins, McGowan, McGinn, Ashcroft, Robinson, McCowan, Cameron, Strachan, Fisher

All Tony & Jim’s action pictures from the match against Dundee and, if you were at the game, have a look and see if you were caught on Cameron’s Camera.