2025–26 Raith Rovers F.C. season

Raith Rovers
2025–26 season
ChairmanColin Smart (interim)
ManagerBarry Robson
(until 11 November)
Paul Hanlon
(interim player/manager)
Dougie Imrie
(from 25 November)
StadiumStark's Park
Championship6th (ongoing)
League CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Dylan Easton (7 goals)
All: Dylan Easton (12 goals)
Highest home attendance6,511
Lowest home attendance596
Average home league attendance3,898

The 2025–26 season will be Raith Rovers' sixth season back in the second tier of Scottish football after being promoted from Scottish League One at the end of the 2019–20 season.[1] Raith Rovers will also compete in the League Cup, Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Management

Raith were led by manager Barry Robson until the 11th of November when he was relived of his duties after a poor run of form..[2]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

28 June 2025 Friendly Linlithgow Rose 2–1 Raith Rovers Prestonfield
14:00 McMartin 78'
Maguire 83'		 Raith Report Vaughan 17' Referee: Iain Snedden
1 July 2025 Friendly Raith Rovers 4–1 Alloa Athletic Stark's Park
19:45 Vaughan 6'
Chin 44'
Rowe 53'
Mullin 70'		 Raith Report Trialist 84' Referee: Alastair Grieve
5 July 2025 Friendly Falkirk 4–2 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
14:00 Ross 41'
Graham 59'
Spencer 80'
MacIver 83'		 Raith Report Vaughan 36'
Doherty 69'		 Attendance: 1,204
Referee: Ross Hardie

Scottish Championship

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish Championship
2 August 2025 1 Raith Rovers 1–1 Queen's Park Stark's Park
15:00 Easton 81' (pen.) Raith Report Ruth 10' (pen.) Attendance: 3,391
Referee: Duncan Nicolson
9 August 2025 2 Ayr United 0–1 Raith Rovers Somerset Park
15:00 Raith Report Easton 1' Attendance: 2,570
Referee: Kevin Clancy
22 August 2025 3 Raith Rovers 2–0 Dunfermline Athletic Stark's Park
19:45 Stevenson 2'
Vaughan 78'		 Raith Report Attendance: 6,511
Referee: David Dickinson
30 August 2025 4 Partick Thistle 3–2 Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
15:00 Watt 7'
Fitzpatrick 13'
Chalmers 75'		 Raith Report Easton 22' (pen.)
Matthews 36'		 Attendance: 3,871
Referee: Peter Stuart
6 September 2025 5 Greenock Morton 0–1 Raith Rovers Cappielow
15:00 Raith Report Easton 52' Attendance: 2,004
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
13 September 2025 6 Raith Rovers 0–2 St Johnstone Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Sidibeh 29'
McPake 88'		 Attendance: 5,163
Referee: Chris Graham
20 September 2025 7 Airdrieonians 0–0 Raith Rovers Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Raith Report Attendance: 1,502
Referee: Ryan Lee
27 September 2025 8 Raith Rovers 3–0 Arbroath Stark's Park
15:00 Hanlon 47'
Chin 65'
Hamilton 88'		 Raith Report Attendance: 3,323
Referee: Grant Irvine
4 October 2025 9 Ross County 2–0 Raith Rovers Victoria Park
15:00 Thomson 73'
Hale 90'		 Raith Report Attendance: 2,675
Referee: Colin Steven
11 October 2025 10 Raith Rovers 0–2 Ayr United Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report McKenzie 12'
Murphy 32' (pen.)		 Attendance: 3,448
Referee: Duncan Nicolson
17 October 2025 11 Dunfermline Athletic 2–0 Raith Rovers East End Park
19:45 Stewart 19'
Kane 79'		 Raith Report Attendance: 6,753
Referee: Nick Walsh
25 October 2025 12 Raith Rovers 2–0 Partick Thistle Stark's Park
15:00 Easton 55'
Hanlon 67'		 Raith Report Attendance: 3,776
Referee: Grant Irvine
1 November 2025 13 Raith Rovers 1–1 Greenock Morton Stark's Park
15:00 Hamilton 39' Raith Report Moore 90' Attendance: 3,141
Referee: Colin Steven
8 November 2025 14 Queen's Park 2–1 Raith Rovers Lesser Hampden
15:00 Fowler 13', 78' Raith Report O'Connor 22' Attendance: 867
Referee: Calum Scott
15 November 2025 15 Raith Rovers 0–3 Airdrieonians Stark's Park
15:00 Raith Report Gallagher 38'
Henderson 53'
Mochrie 63'		 Attendance: 3,331
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
22 November 2025 16 Arbroath 0–0 Raith Rovers Gayfield Park
15:00 Raith Report Attendance: 1,688
Referee: Chris Graham
6 December 2025 17 St Johnstone 0–0 Raith Rovers McDiarmid Park
15:00 Raith Report Attendance: 4,113
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
13 December 2025 18 Raith Rovers 6–0 Ross County Stark's Park
15:00 Brown 8'
Easton 14' (pen.), 49'
Rowe 37'
Nsio 77'
Hamilton 83'		 Raith Report Attendance: 3,001
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
20 December 2025 19 Partick Thistle v Raith Rovers Firhill Stadium
15:00

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish League Cup
12 July 2025 Group F Elgin City 1–5 Raith Rovers Borough Briggs
15:00 Murray 54' Raith Report Easton 10' (pen.), 60' (pen.)
Rowe 37'
Vaughan 38'
Mullin 72'		 Attendance: 1,025
Referee: Sean Murdoch
15 July 2025 Group F Raith Rovers 2–4 East Kilbride Stark's Park
19:45 Rowe 69'
Vaughan 87'		 Raith Report Healy 48'
Robertson 89', 90' (pen.), 90'		 Attendance: 1,728
Referee: Iain Sneddon
22 July 2025 Group F St Johnstone 3–1 Raith Rovers McDiarmid Park
19:45 Gullan 27'
McPake 51'
Kirk 80'		 Raith Report Hamilton 57' Attendance: 3,358
Referee: Greg Soutar
26 July 2025 Group F Raith Rovers 5–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Stark's Park
15:00 Easton 5', 7' (pen.), 64' (pen.)
Hamilton 36'
Savage 90' (o.g.)		 Raith Report Wotherspoon 58' Attendance: 1,032
Referee: Ross Hardie

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish Challenge Cup
9 December 2025 Round 2 Raith Rovers 5–2 Hamilton Academical Stark's Park
19:45 O'Connor 5'
Brown 51'
Rowe 58', 81', 87'		 Raith Report Cameron 40', 79' Attendance: 596
Referee: Graham Grainger
6 January 2026 Round 3 Raith Rovers v Queen of the South Stark's Park
19:45

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish Cup
29 November 2025 Round 3 Raith Rovers 1–0 Alloa Athletic Stark's Park
15:00 Doherty 29' Raith Report Attendance: 1,405
Referee: Ross Hardie
18 January 2026 Round 4 Aberdeen v Raith Rovers Pittodrie Stadium
14:30

Player statistics

Squad

[3]Last updated 13 December 2025
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  SCO Josh Rae 23 0 18+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF  ENG Jai Rowe 14 6 6+2 1 4+0 2 0+1 0 1+0 3
3 DF  SCO Ewan Wilson 8 0 4+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
4 DF  SCO Paul Hanlon 24 2 18+0 2 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF  SCO Callum Fordyce 14 0 10+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF  IRL Darragh O'Connor 10 2 8+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 1
7 DF  MAS Richard Chin 9 1 1+5 1 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF  SCO Ross Matthews 21 1 15+0 1 3+1 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
9 FW  SCO Jack Hamilton 22 5 12+4 3 1+3 2 1+0 0 0+1 0
10 FW  SCO Lewis Vaughan 9 3 2+3 1 3+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW  SCO Callum Smith 8 0 1+5 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
14 MF  SCO Josh Mullin 22 1 8+8 0 2+2 1 1+0 0 0+1 0
17 FW  SCO Lewis Gibson 2 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW  SCO Paul McMullan 22 0 13+3 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
19 FW  WAL Josh Gentles 7 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
20 MF  SCO Scott Brown 24 2 18+0 1 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 1
21 MF  SCO Shaun Byrne 12 0 8+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF  IRL Jordan Doherty 24 1 18+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 1 0+1 0
23 MF  SCO Dylan Easton 24 12 18+0 7 4+0 5 1+0 0 0+1 0
24 GK  SCO Aidan Glavin 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
25 MF  SCO Kai Montagu 9 0 1+3 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
26 DF  SCO Lewis Stevenson 19 1 14+2 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
27 DF  SCO Callum Hannah 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 MF  ENG Paul Nsio 8 1 5+1 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
30 MF  SCO Logan Raeside 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated December 2025
Number Position Nation Name Championship League Cup Scottish Cup Challenge Cup Total
1 GK Josh Rae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Jai Rowe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Ewan Wilson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 DF Paul Hanlon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 DF Callum Fordyce 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 DF Darragh O'Connor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 DF Richard Chin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Ross Matthews 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
9 FW Jack Hamilton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 FW Lewis Vaughan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW Callum Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Josh Mullin 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
17 FW Lewis Gibson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW Paul McMullan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 FW Josh Gentles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Scott Brown 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
21 MF Shaun Byrne 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 DF Jordan Doherty 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
23 MF Dylan Easton 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
24 GK Aidan Glavin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Kai Montagu 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
26 DF Lewis Stevenson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
27 DF Callum Hannah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF Paul Nsio 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
30 MF Logan Raeside 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
4 Ayr United 18 5 9 4 22 20 +2 24 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5 Dunfermline Athletic 18 6 5 7 24 18 +6 23
6 Raith Rovers 18 6 5 7 20 18 +2 23
7 Greenock Morton 18 4 9 5 17 19 −2 21
8 Airdrieonians 18 4 5 9 16 26 −10 17
Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2025. Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[5]

League Cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STJ RAI ICT EKB ELG
1 St Johnstone 4 4 0 0 0 15 2 +13 12 Qualification for the second round — 3–1 — — 8–0
2 Raith Rovers 4 2 0 0 2 13 9 +4 6 — — 5–1 2–4 —
3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 2 0 0 2 9 8 +1 6 0–1 — — — 2–0
4 East Kilbride 4 2 0 0 2 11 12 −1 6 1–3 — 2–6 — —
5 Elgin City 4 0 0 0 4 2 19 −17 0 — 1–5 — 1–4 —
Source: [6]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[7]

Management statistics

Last updated on 13 December 2025
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Barry Robson 29 December 2024 11 November 2025 21 8 3 10 038.10
Paul Hanlon (interim) 11 November 2025 25 November 2025 2 0 1 1 000.00
Dougie Imrie 25 November 2025 4 3 1 0 075.00

Transfers

Notes

  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References

  1. ^ "ARBITRATION PANEL HANDS DOWN UNANIMOUS JUDGEMENT". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Welcome Barry Robson". raithrovers.net. Raith Rovers F.C. 29 December 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Raith Squad details". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  5. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Summary - League Cup". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  8. ^ "WELCOME, JAI ROWE!". Raith Rovers FC. 7 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  9. ^ "WELCOME AIDAN GLAVIN!". Raith Rovers FC. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  10. ^ "WELCOME BACK JOSH RAE!". Raith Rovers FC. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  11. ^ "WELCOME RICHARD CHIN!". Raith Rovers FC. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  12. ^ "WELCOME PAUL MCMULLAN!". Raith Rovers FC. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  13. ^ "WELCOME JOSH GENTLES!". Raith Rovers FC. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  14. ^ "WELCOME EWAN WILSON!". Raith Rovers FC. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  15. ^ "WELCOME DARRAGH O'CONNOR!". Raith Rovers FC. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  16. ^ "Welcome, Paul Nsio!". Raith Rovers FC. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  17. ^ "Sam Stanton Joins St Johnstone". Raith Rovers FC. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  18. ^ "Lewis Gibson Loan Move". Raith Rovers FC. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  19. ^ "Logan Raeside Loan Move". Raith Rovers FC. 11 September 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  20. ^ "Callum Hannah Loan Move". Raith Rovers FC. 3 October 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
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