# 2018–19 Raith Rovers F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Raith Rovers' second consecutive season in the third tier of Scottish football since being relegated from the Scottish Championship via the play-offs at the end of the 2016–17 season. Raith Rovers also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Management

Raith were led by manager Barry Smith for the 2018–19 season. This was his second season at the club.
On 4 September Smith resigned from his position at the club.
On 25 September, John McGlynn was appointed as the new manager for second spell with the club.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish League Cup
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HOM | INV | COW | COV | RAI |
| 1 | Heart of Midlothian (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 9 | Qualification for the Second round | — | 5–0 | 5–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | | — | — | — | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 6 | | — | 2–5 | — | 1–0 | — |
| 4 | Cove Rangers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | | 1–2 | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | | 1–1p | — | 0–2 | — | — |
* ↑ Heart of Midlothian were deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player against Cove Rangers on 18 July 2018.

#### Matches
### Fife Cup
## Player statistics
### Squad

    Last updated 18 May 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ENG | Dean Lyness | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Sam McGuff | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Robbie Thomson | 30 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Kieran Wright | 10 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kyle Benedictus | 36 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Callum Crane | 30 | 1 | 28+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Iain Davidson | 40 | 2 | 33+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | David McKay | 25 | 1 | 16+3 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Euan Murray | 47 | 5 | 37+1 | 4 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Ryan Stevenson | 8 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Euan Valentine | 9 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jamie Watson | 18 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Daniel Armstrong | 9 | 5 | 9+0 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jamie Barjonas | 19 | 2 | 16+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | James Berry | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Kieron Bowie | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tony Dingwall | 11 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Nathan Flanagan | 39 | 3 | 23+11 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Grant Gillespie | 37 | 1 | 26+3 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Regan Hendry | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ross Matthews | 43 | 3 | 28+7 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Craig McGuffie | 14 | 3 | 5+9 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Lewis Milne | 20 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dylan Tait | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Nat Wedderburn | 43 | 1 | 35+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Liam Buchanan | 42 | 13 | 26+11 | 12 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| | FW | AUS | Chris Duggan | 23 | 2 | 5+10 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jamie Gullan | 12 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Kevin Nisbet | 46 | 34 | 37+1 | 31 | 4+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Lewis Vaughan | 13 | 9 | 8+4 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Jack Smith | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
* Squad numbers are not compulsory in Scottish League One.

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated May 2018
| Position | Name | League 1 | League 1 | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Robbie Thomson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Kyle Benedictus | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| DF | Callum Crane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Iain Davidson | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| DF | Euan Murray | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| DF | David McKay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Jamie Barjonas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Nathan Flanagan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Grant Gillespie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| MF | Ross Matthews | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| MF | Craig McGuffie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Lewis Milne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Nat Wedderburn | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| FW | Liam Buchanan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Chris Duggan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Kevin Nisbet | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Arbroath (C, P) | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 70 | Promotion to the Championship |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 63 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 74 | 48 | +26 | 60 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Montrose | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 51 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Airdrieonians | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 48 | |

### Division summary

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | D |
| Position | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

### Management statistics

    Last updated on 18 May 2019
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Barry Smith | 5 August 2017 | 4 September 2018 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 040.00 |
| John McGlynn | 25 September 2018 | Present | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 044.44 |