Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Morton

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 13th 2022

First League Victory For Rovers

After a slow, and sometimes boring, first half Rovers finally got their first points of the league season on the board with an improved second half performance and a 2-1 victory against Morton.

Raith created the best chance of the first half with Jamie Gullan’s left footed volley being well blocked with only 16 minutes on the clock, and they continued to put Greenock Morton under the cosh with a few long range shots going wide of the visitor’s goal.

Midway through the first half the teams had a water break, which has become standard practise in recent weeks due to the hot weather even though Saturday’s conditions could hardly be regarded as a heatwave.

The break seemed to give Raith Rovers more energy, as they began to turn the screw but Morton managed to survive the added pressure of the first half and the score remained 0-0 at the break.

Rovers started the second half in the best possible fashion with an early well worked team goal finishing with a cross from the right by Aidan Connolly finding the head of man of the match Liam Dick who sent a fantastic header past Schwake in the Morton goal.

….GOAL!!!…Liam Dick heads past Schwake to put Rovers ahead…

The opening goal, and something to celebrate, was just what the fans had been waiting for, and they were on their feet and singing, and they wanted more.

The second goal duly came in the 66^thminute, when Jamie Gullan sent a lovely ball across the 18-yard box for the inrushing Aidan Connolly to fire the ball first time into the goal keeper’s top right corner.

GOAL!!!…..Aidan Connolly rifles the ball home for number 2…..

The game was becoming a bit scrappy, with the referee dishing out multiple bookings for both sides, and after another water break, which seemed to re-energise Morton, the men from Greenock got themselves back into the game when a pinpoint cross from a free kick was met by the head of number 8, Cameron Blues who flicked the ball over Jamie MacDonald and into the Rovers net.

The Rovers back line defended excellently for the remainder of the match, and Ian Murray’s men came away with their first league win under the new manager.

Raith Rovers’ next match is against Hamilton at the Superseal Stadium on the 20^th of August.

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Teams are out for this afternoons Cinch Championship between Raith Rovers and Greenock Morton
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Looks as if Raith lost the toss as they’re shooting  into the traditional home end in the first half.
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Easton kicks off for the Rovers.
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Morton players shiut for a handball. Play on says the ref.
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Morton with first chance. Header over the bar from a dangerous cross.
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Ball drops to Gullan in the box. Marked well by the defence. Comes to nothing.
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Not a lot to report just now!
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Ball falls to Gullan 20-yards out. He turns and drills a shit straight at Schwake
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Millen in a bit of discomfort.
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Corner Raith.
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Raith 0-0 Morton
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Lovely cross from Millen on the right. Morton keeper does well to punch clear.
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Water break at Stark’s!
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Game restarts.
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Bit of a stoppage for a Morton injury on the halfway line.
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Dick with the ball in the left. Low cross whizzes past all players. No takers.
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Corner Morton. No danger in the end.
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Raith 0-0 Morton
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Looked like Easton with the half chance in the box. Too many Morton defenders in the way. (might have been Gullan)
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Booking for Dick. Clatters his opponent!
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Corner Morton.
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Mistake from Gullan, allows Blues a decent chance. He shoots well, but MacDonald saves weller
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Half time: Raith Rovers 0-0 Greenock Morton
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Teams out for the second half.
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Blues gets the second half underway for Morton.
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Dick with the half chance from a long cross. Not a million miles away.
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GOAL RAITH!
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Connolly goes on a mazy mission into the box. Chips a lovely cross to DICK, who heads home high to the top right corner!
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Gillespie shoots from just outside the box. Hits a Raith defender. Not a huge shout from the Morton teams, so nothing doing…
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Almost disaster for Rovers. Short pass back sees MacDonald rushing out. His clearance whacks Quitongo off the bahookie, but luckily sails over the bar.
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Foul to Morton just outside the Rovers box.
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Nolan booked for the foul.
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Muirhead curls one over the Rovers wall, but straight into MacDonald’s arms.
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Good work from Quitongo. Wins a corner for Morton.
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Raith 1-0 Morton.
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Strapp replaced by King.
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Brown booked for a challenge.
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GOAL RAITH!
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CONNOLLY hits a beauty with his left foot from Gullan cross. Ball flies into the top corner!
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O’Riordan takes a harsh booking for kicking the ball away.
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MacDonald doesn’t hold a cross. Fools Muirhead who heads out for a goal kick.
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Gillespie booked near halfway line.
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Water break!
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Game restarts.
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Baird get a yellow for a challenge on Stanton.
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Raith 2-0 Morton.
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Foul on Quitongo. Out by the Railway Stand.
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McGrattan replaced by Lithgow
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Goal Morton!
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Lovely free kick from the right. Blues flick an impressive header into the far corner.
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Gullan replaced by Connell.
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O’Connor with the important clearance. Out for a Rovers corner.
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Quitongo with a booking. Not his finest moment.
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1,600 at Stark’s Park today.
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Fair bit of expected Morton pressure…
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MoM Liam Dick.
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Not the best clearance in the Raith box. Shot flies over
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Quitongo runs and runs and runs… the ball out for a goal kick.
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Full time: Raith Rovers 2-1 Greenock Morton
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Huge win for the Rovers. Needed that.

Raith Rovers
MacDonald, Dick, Millen, Nolan, Connolly, Gullan, O’Riordan, Stanton, Brown, Ross, Easton. Subs: Thomson, Zanatta, Ngwenya, Connell, Mahady, Arnott, Mitchell & Coulson

Greenock Morton
Schwake, Pignatiello, Strapp, O’Connor, Baird, Kabia, Blues, Muirhead, Quitongo, McGrattan, Gillespie. Subs: Green, Hynes, Garrity, Easdale, King & Lithgow

A first win of the season for Rovers and the goals can be seen in Tony and Jim’s pictures from the match against Morton, and if you were at the game you might just find you’ve been caught on Cameron’s Camera.