Raith Rovers 3 – 1 Motherwell

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

Sunday February 12th 2023

Fantastic Raith reach Cup Quarter-Finals

Starks Park was absolutely packed with an attendance of 4436 – the Raith players brought the confidence from the win against Dundee, and so did the home supporters who were singing and shouting even before kick-off.
Raith started very fast, putting Motherwell under extreme pressure, With Motherwell having to make some last ditch challenges and some important blocks, the pressure finally paid off with only 16 minutes gone.
Jamie Gullan’s shot was blocked by the hand of Callum Slattery resulting in the awarding of a penalty for Raith, which was smashed down the middle of the goal by Jamie Gullan, hitting the back of the net. GOAL RAITH 1-0.

GOAL….JAMIE GULLAN SCORES FROM THE SPOT

Raith continued to pile on the pressure after taking the lead with a couple of shots just going past the post and being blocked.
Raith soon doubled their lead in the 38th minute, when Jamie Gullan’s shot was deflected resulting in the Motherwell goalkeeper fumbling the ball into the path of the fans man of the match, Sam Stanton and he poked the ball into the goal. GOAL RAITH 2-0. HT.

GOAL….SAM STANTON GETS THE BALL OVER THE LINE FOR GOAL NUMBER 2

The second half started with a slightly slower tempo from Raith struggling to get any real possession and Motherwell took advantage of this with a deflected goal beating Jamie MacDonald from Kevin Van Veen in the 51st minute. GOAL MOTHERWELL 2-1.

Raith soon took control back of the game without creating any clear cut chances – they also brought on new signing Goncalves for his debut, replacing Jamie Gullan in the 58th minute.
Not much happened until the 83rd minute when Dylan Easton played a perfect pass through to Isma Goncalves, who smashed the ball past Liam Kelly to ensure the win for Raith. GOAL RAITH 3-1. FT.

GOAL…..ISMA’S SHOT HITS THE NET

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New loan signing, Isma Gonçalves is on the Rovers bench for this afternoon’s Scottish Cup tie v Motherwell.
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Martha and the Vandellas blaring out the tannoy at Stark’s. Will Rovers fans be Dancing in the Streets this evening?
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Both teams walking out the Main Stand and onto the pitch. It’s almost game time!
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Motherwell kick off. Shouting into the South Stand goal.
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Nice and noisy in the stands today! Superb.
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Brown with the early cross into the box. Danger headed away.
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Spencer loses possession near the danger zone. Low cross is kicked out for a Motherwell corner.
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Stanton shuffles his way into the box. Sees an opportunity and shoots hard and low. Deflected out for a Rovers corner.
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Penalty Raith!
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Goal Raith!!!
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GULLAN with the strike right down the middle!
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Gullan crosses from the right. Stanton heads backwards and it needs a save from Well keeper to put it out for a corner.
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Raith Rovers 1-0 Motherwell.
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Slattery was booked in 17 minutes for the handball in the box that led to the Rovers penalty.
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Nolan with huge tackle on Danzaki just outside the box. That was a chance and a half.
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Raith Rovers 1-0 Motherwell
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Corner Motherwell
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MacDonald punches clear.
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Goal Raith!
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Keeper seems to sclaff the ball in mid air and gets involved in a tussle with STANTON, who reacts quickest a slides ball into net from very close quarters.
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2 minutes of added time.
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Half time - Raith Rovers 2-0 Motherwell.
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Connolly kicks off the second half!
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Crankshaw replaces Danzaki
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McKinstry replaces Obika
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Johnston replaces O’Donnell
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Goal Motherwell.
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Van Veen with the left foot shot near the penalty spot. Ball deflects off Nolan and spins into the net.
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Lang with a deserved yellow for a robust challenge.
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Gullan clears for a Motherwell corner.
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More Well pressure. Connolly has to head out for a corner.
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Another Motherwell corner. MacDonald easily collects.
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Decent spell for Well here.
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Gullan replaced by Gonçalves.
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Easton booked for a foul in the centre circle.
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Raith Rovers 2-1 Motherwell
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Dick is booked. Free kick Motherwell 30 yards out.
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Spittal looks up, tries for the top right corner. Close, but not close enough.
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Nolan tries to clear with his thigh. Ball goes backwards and lobs over MacDonald. The crossbar saves the day!
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Attendance: 4,436
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Quick throw in to Stanton in the box. He turns and shoots low to keeper’s left. Kelly saves.
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McBride replaces Connolly.
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Raith Rovers 2-1 Motherwell.
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Butcher holds back Gonçalves. He receives a yellow.
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Aitchison replaces Spittal
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Corner Raith
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Raith App MoM - Sam Stanton.
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Goal Raith!
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GONÇALVES races through. He hits a powerful shot from the right and it boasts through the keeper and into the opposite corner.
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Race is on between keeper Kelly and McBride. Motherwell win that one.
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Goss replaces Slattery
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Ngwenya replaces Stanton
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Also… it’s a Raith corner.
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5 minutes of added time.
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Lang with a sare wan there.
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Full time: Raith Rovers 3-1 Motherwell

Raith Rovers
MacDonald, Dick, Millen, Nolan, Spencer, Connolly, Gullan, Lang, Stanton, Brown, Easton. Subs: Thomson, McBride, Ngwenya, Young, Masson, Gonçalves

Motherwell
Kelly, O’Donnell, Casey, Butcher, McGinn, Slattery, Spittal, Tierney, Danzaki, Obika, Van Veen. Subs: Oxborough, Crankshaw, Aitchison, McKinstry, Cornelius, Johnston, Furlong, Goss, Ross