The New Raith Rovers Thread

[Ancient Mariner]

On 10/21/2018 at 14:46, Broken Algorithms said:

One notable thing from the warm up yesterday was with McGlynn sitting with our back four and playing high balls and one twos with them. It's good to see after some of the shambolic defending under Smith that it's something we're working on.

Smith did this exact thing  every warm up 

[Broken Algorithms]

Guess I didn't get there early enough to games under Smith...

[Specky Ginger]

12 hours ago, Scary Bear said:

 

We played QoS at Starks on October 29th 2016, the week after we had pumped Falkirk 4-2 away from home. The crowd was 1244.

 

 

In fairness that game was live on BBC Alibaba with a 5.30 kick off. 

Probably took at least a couple of hundred off our gate and possibly as many as 100 Queens fans. 

I know it was a manky day on Saturday, but I was surprised at the drop off in our support. I know the Arbroath game was a top of the table clash and McGlynn’s homecoming, but Saturday was well down on the Forfar and Montrose gates. 

The Queens Park game last November was immediately after we were knocked out of two cups and pumped 3-0 by Ayr in the space of a week. 

At least we're honest with our gates - look at the Pars highlights from Saturday and tell me there was anywhere close to the reported 4400 crowd. 

Edited October 22, 2018 by Specky Ginger

[Ro Sham Bo]

Nice wee article about Graham Robertson on the Rovers website. I watched the reserve side fairly regularly back in the glory days of the mid 90s and Robertson scored for fun but just couldn't quite make the breakthrough at 1st team level.

[Frank conner]

2 hours ago, Specky Ginger said:

In fairness that game was live on BBC Alibaba with a 5.30 kick off. 

Probably took at least a couple of hundred off our gate and possibly as many as 100 Queens fans. 

I know it was a manky day on Saturday, but I was surprised at the drop off in our support. I know the Arbroath game was a top of the table clash and McGlynn’s homecoming, but Saturday was well down on the Forfar and Montrose gates. 

The Queens Park game last November was immediately after we were knocked out of two cups and pumped 3-0 by Ayr in the space of a week. 

At least we're honest with our gates - look at the Pars highlights from Saturday and tell me there was anywhere close to the reported 4400 crowd. 

They've been doing that for a while! They apparently count season ticket holders who don't turn up. In reality they didn't sell as much as they actually claim. 

[L. Brilliant]

Nice wee article about Graham Robertson on the Rovers website. I watched the reserve side fairly regularly back in the glory days of the mid 90s and Robertson scored for fun but just couldn't quite make the breakthrough at 1st team level.

Scored the winner in the fife cup final once maybe? Against a 3/4 strength dunfermline

[Stellaboz]

They've been doing that for a while! They apparently count season ticket holders who don't turn up. In reality they didn't sell as much as they actually claim. 

Our board publicly said we'd be doing that this season. I'm not a fan of it, it's just another level of crowd w**k.

[Scary Bear]

In fairness that game was live on BBC Alibaba with a 5.30 kick off. 

Probably took at least a couple of hundred off our gate and possibly as many as 100 Queens fans. 

I know it was a manky day on Saturday, but I was surprised at the drop off in our support. I know the Arbroath game was a top of the table clash and McGlynn’s homecoming, but Saturday was well down on the Forfar and Montrose gates. 

The Queens Park game last November was immediately after we were knocked out of two cups and pumped 3-0 by Ayr in the space of a week. 

At least we're honest with our gates - look at the Pars highlights from Saturday and tell me there was anywhere close to the reported 4400 crowd. 

 

When the crowds fall to that 1000-1200 mark it’s usually a midweek game or there is some other factor. It wasn’t terrible weather on Saturday, so I’m assuming it was towards the end of the school holidays, not quite the end of the month, and everyone was skint.

[Rovers_Lad]

Ross County are another club that inflate their crowds.Dont know why unless its an attempt to attract or keep sponsors

[Broken Algorithms]

1 hour ago, Rovers_Lad said:

Ross County are another club that inflate their crowds.Dont know why unless its an attempt to attract or keep sponsors

A good number of their sponsors are part of global energy group, which is run by McGregor. A club who've managed well above their means due to the oil business in the area.

[RRFC2711]

On 10/21/2018 at 18:50, kirkcaldybanjo111 said:

poor crowd yesterday.cant remember it being so low for a league game for a while.

I think the 2300 at the flyers top of the league clash may have had something to do with it sadly........... and i can see why watched the webcast fantastic stuff

[Rovers_Lad]

I cant

[Hank Scorpio]

The Flyers is fucking dung.

[Scary Bear]

I know a few folk who have given up the Rovers for the Flyers since they became an Elite League club again. Probably helps that Flyers are, well, flying.

 

When I say a few, I mean 4 people. And one of those only goes to Rovers/Flyers a couple of times a season these days.

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[rrfsee]

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[RRFC2711]

On 10/23/2018 at 19:33, Scary Bear said:

I know a few folk who have given up the Rovers for the Flyers since they became an Elite League club again. Probably helps that Flyers are, well, flying.

 

When I say a few, I mean 4 people. And one of those only goes to Rovers/Flyers a couple of times a season these days.

As a sporting spectacle Rovers V Stranraer was not in the same class The Flyers game had skill, goals, fights ,player getting stitched on the bench and a momentous meltdown by the Panthers coach. Just superb to watch. I dont understand why the haters hate. I support both sports, in the town as do many Rovers fans whats wrong with that. The energy and effort cant be matched, It must have a reflection on our gate if a family go to watch them.

[1320Lichtie]

As a sporting spectacle Rovers V Stranraer was not in the same class The Flyers game had skill, goals, fights ,player getting stitched on the bench and a momentous meltdown by the Panthers coach. Just superb to watch. I dont understand why the haters hate. I support both sports, in the town as do many Rovers fans whats wrong with that. The energy and effort cant be matched, It must have a reflection on our gate if a family go to watch them.

 

What's entertaining about watching someone sit down on the bench getting stitches?

[CALDERON]

Each to their own, but anyone who chooses ice hockey over football should be banned and never ever let back.  

[RRFC2711]

28 minutes ago, CALDERON said:

Each to their own, but anyone who chooses ice hockey over football should be banned and never ever let back.  

Im a langtonian i want the rugby club ,cricket club, chess club, and whoever represents us to win. I have been a Rover and a Flyer for many years and i know a great many of us who are, whats wrong with that. Its bad when your trying to make a rivalry between two entirely different sports in the town. The high attendances at the Ice Arena has to reflect on our attendances for family entertainment,  many mums and dads cant afford both. If we were out of the seaside league and successful, our crowd would dwarf the flyers ,but thats not the case as it stands just now, the entertainment factor in the arena being a top of the table clash on Saturday, meant Flyers had an attendance double ours. And like it or not thats a fact.