Raith Rovers F.C. season 2007-08

Infobox Football club season
club = Raith Rovers
logo =
season = 2007-08
manager = John McGlynn
chairman = David Somerville
league = Irn-Bru Second Division
league result = 3rd
cup1 = Scottish Cup| cup1 result = Fourth round
cup2 = CIS Insurance Cup | cup2 result = Second round
cup3 = Challenge Cup | cup3 result = First round
league topscorer = Graham Weir (10)
season topscorer = Graham Weir (12)
highest attendance = 2,357 (vs Cowdenbeath, 03 Nov)
lowest attendance = 1,454 (vs Peterhead, 22 Dec)

Raith Rovers finished the 2007-08 season 3rd in the Scottish Second Division with 47 points. Graham Weir is the top scorer with 12 goals. The club were involved in the Scottish First Division playoffs against Airdrie United with the second leg on 03 May ending 2-2. Raith lost the home leg 2-0 on 30 April.

Review and events

Chronological list of events

Match results

Raith Rovers have played a total of 42 competitive matches during the 2007-08 season,cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=2102&seasonid=137|title=Raith 2007/2008 results and fixtures|work=Soccerbase|accessdate=2008-05-01] . The team finished third in the Scottish Second Division and are currently involved in the Scottish First Division play-offs.

In the cup competitions, Rovers lost in the second round of the CIS Cup to Motherwell. St Johnstone knocked Rovers out of both the Scottish Cup and Challenge Cup, in the fourth and first rounds respectively.

Legend

cottish Cup

St Johnstone won 5-4 on penalties

Player stats

During the 2007-08 season, Rovers have used 26 different players on the pitch. Craig Wilson is the only player to have played in every match. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=2102&seasonid=137|title=Raith 2007/2008 player appearances|work=Soccerbase|accessdate=2008-03-15]

"After 2008-03-15:"

Goalscorers

Thirteen players have scored for the Rovers first team with the team scoring 70 goals in total so far. The top goalscorer is Graham Weir with 12 goals.cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=2102&seasonid=137|title=Raith 2007/2008 player appearances|work=Soccerbase|accessdate=2008-05-01]

Out

Raith have loaned out one player this season.

Loans out

Playing kit

References

External links

* [http://www.raithroversfc.com Official site]
* BBC - [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/raith_rovers/club_stats/default.stm Club stats]
* Soccerbase - [http://www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=2102&seasonid=137 Results] | [http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=2102&seasonid=137 Squad stats] | [http://www.soccerbase.com/transfers_by_team.sd?teamid=2102&seasonid=137 Transfers]