Big Marv signs on at Starks until 2009.

http://www.raithroversfc.com/cgi-bin/latestnews.cgi?id=2051

Zidane is next in our hit list

But seriously great signing and hopefully more to come.

Methinks you'd have done better by trying to get Hank or Lee (or even Julie).

o rly?

very happy at this: light at the end of the tunnel from what we've had before. Praise the lord

you should make him captain

one step at a time. We need to get him and Armand shorts that fit !!

Anything other than Lumsden, even though he's been improving a little Marvin would be a much more respectable captain.

Quality signing, I'd have taken him at Easter Road before we got Big Rob and Shelton.

Just off the phone to my brother and he reminded me of some of Marvins early games for us.
At that time he made Paul Browne look like a decent defender.

Sometimes I'm very cynical and come across as a pessimest however, on this occasion I will allow for this: YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He was hopeless when he first signed, he looked like he would get red carded every week.

Sorry if this has already been answered, but where are Raith getting the money to pay Andrews and Levein from?

We took DL's empties back

Great to have the big man back!!

Expect Rooney and Shevchenko next then?

Your don`t expect us to answer that?were asking the same question

who knows? alan thompson next and nacho for the other side

Levein isn't being paid. Not sure where they are getting the money for Andrews though.

Aye right.You don`t think he`s work for feck all?

I was under the impression he was.

He's not working under contract, pretty sure he will be getting a wage though.

Derrick Brown is funding it

Ah, I see. I don't think Levein will be getting a massive wage though, he's doing it mostly for the love of the club, helping them out a bit.

Levein isn't getting a wage. He is on a non-contract basis

Massive for Levein - No
Massive for a 2nd division part time football team - Yes

If he can stay fit this is a cracking(cheek bone cracking) signing for Raith.

My main memory of Andrews(except for smashing Marvyn Wilsons cheek bone when he was at Livi)was a midweek game against us at Somerset when Marv had Gary Teale in his pocket all night.Think Raith won 1-0 but cant be sure.

And?

Not having a contract does not mean he isn`t getting paid.If you think Levein isn`t getting paid you need to check yourself in.

So is Lee Wilkie coming aswell? Wilkie and Marv at the back .

Wilkie should be sitting down with Brew to discuss a contract just now...pay as you play more than likely...watch this space...

Mind you...imagine it...Wilkie and Andrews...2 cruciates between them...

Everyone sees Rovers as having really low money and With Dazzas Budget getting dropped wasn't down to actuall money i dont think, im sure it was down to not giving him much and gettin him out the club.


well so ive be told

My only memory of Andrews was his vicious and unprovoked assault on Marvyn Wilson that left him hospitalised. Still can't believe the police weren't involved. The man is an animal.

Ayr tinted specs on I believe. If you had ever met Marv you would know that there is absolutely no chance on earth he would hurt another human being intentionally. Bad challenge maybe, vicious and unprovoked assault is nonsense!

Over the moon he's back

There are late challanges, and there are mis-timed ( oops ) challanges and there are 'deliberate late challenges' and then there is Andrews challange on Marvyn Wilson.

No tinted specs, 20-20 vision at 35 yards.

Sure he was playing for Livingston at the time, and if Leishman was the boss he'd have been under orders.

I think everybody is under that impression. Board didnt trust him to bring in players but couldnt get rid of him cause of his salary which must have been higher tham most people thought.

Anyway great signing and he is home.

http://www.raithroversfc.com/cgi-bin/latestnews.cgi?id=2052

If somebody had said two months ago we would have Levein & Andrews they would have been locked up for your own good.

You can read about Marvin, and Jim Leishman's visit to hear him preach in Cardenden - and also about Craig Levein, in the forthcoming book, Helicopter Dreams: The Quest for the Holy Grail. It'll be on sale at the Cowden v Raith game on 4th November.

That is a great signing for Raith.

Even just from a mental pov. To line up in the 2nd division with such a big name could def cause a few teams a problem even before a ball is kicked.

Really looking forward to coming to Starks for our next game. Think that Raith will be a totally different force now. Always enjoyed going to Starks (as we've got good results more than anything else) so will watch their progress with great interest.

I really do hope for your sake he's "pay per play".

The reason he didn't go to Reading or the 2/3 Championship sides down in England is that he refuses to have a recommended knee operation on religious grounds. Apparently repairing his knee would interfere with "God's plan" for him. This is the reason he's been punted from Rangers and the reason Reading backed away at the last minute after agreeing terms.

If he is fit enough to play he'll still be on a dodgy knee and without the operation it can only get worse.

Mon the Rovers. We will make the play-offs...god wills it.

A good and a bad signing for Rovers. As a player, at this level, he is going to be a mountain in defence and will no doubt chip in with the odd headed goal. An excellent move by Levien.

However, there is a dark side to this man's character. He is a narrow minded religious bigot who makes his opinion clear regardless who is in attendance or who it offends. He is also living in cloud cookoo land when it comes to injuries and his ability to recuperate.

As I say, a real split decision imo. Then again Rovers haven't had their troubles to seek so I hope it works out for you lot.

From my information that is simply not true.

While I will admit (and I said as much in my last post) he is in a fantasy land regarding his injuries, but the main reason he did not move south was his reluctance to leave his parish. This is one of the reasons the RR move is so convenient.

I could have sworn that was the reason given at the time by Sky and the BBC.

He's not all bad though.




off his tits!

Either way big Marv will claim that God told him to go Rovers and not to other clubs..



Hmmm... yes...

How come it's always God that did it when he wins, but God's nowhere in sight when he loses?

Like God would go to Govan...

I can see some comedy fancy dress being the order of the day for fans when playing RRFC.

I have to say I'm staggered at the length of contract he's been given. I imagine RRFC will have him heavily insured. They won't want to be paying for a three year contract two and a half years after God decides he has more important things to see to, than making big Marv fit for Recreation Park.

If he has any kind of fitness he could be a good signing. I have a feeling Raith mean business now. Does it makes sense to fork out lots of cash just to get beaten in the play-offs though? I hope they know what they're doing.

He already has. His work at Ibrox was done. Now he must take on an even bigger challenge with the Fife heathens.

That includes xome new project to get the youth aff the drink and drugs.

Good job Dazza's left.

welcome home