Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Raith Rovers boss Ian Murray in ‘don’t do a Dunfermline’ warning to players as he hails pre-season efforts

Murray let his side make the decision after the coin toss.
Murray let his side make the decision after the coin toss.

Raith Rovers boss Ian Murray has warned his players the unforgiving Championship is no place to let standards slip.

The new Stark’s Park gaffer has been delighted with the performances of his players in the first week of pre-season.

But he pointed to rivals Dunfermline last season as a dire example of what can happen if application isn’t 100%.

After beginning last season as one of the favourites for promotion, the Pars endured a terrible campaign that eventually saw them relegated to League One via the play-offs.

“You look down the league and as to what the league looked like last season, with that fixture list, there are no easy games,” he told the Raith Rovers website, following the release of the SPFL fixture list.

Raith Rovers have announced the signing of Scott Brown (left) and the appointment of Scott Agnew (right) as assistant to Ian Murray.
Earlier this month, Raith Rovers announced the signing of Scott Brown (right) and the appointment of Scott Agnew (left) as assistant to Ian Murray.

“No team is any easier than any other and they’ll all match each other on paper too.

“We just need to look at Dunfermline last season, they were widely tipped for the title before a ball was kicked and after fixtures were released.

“That shows us we’ve got to keep our eye on the ball and not let our standards slip.

“The standards set in pre-season so far have been nothing short of brilliant.”

‘Hopefully the stands are rocking’

Rovers kick off the campaign with a trip to League One champions Cove Rangers before a home double-header against recently-relegated Dundee and last season’s seventh-placed team Morton.

Reacting to the opening fixtures, Murray added: “Cove will obviously be unveiling their champions flag so hopefully it’ll be a capacity crowd.

“There will be plenty excitement about the game as well with them having won the league last season and getting promoted.

Raith Rovers host Dundee in their first home league fixture of 2022/23.

“It’s a place I know well from going with Airdrie over the last two years but we’ll look forward to coming back for our first home game in the league too and it will be another exciting one with Dundee coming to town and not travelling too far.

“With the way season ticket sales are going, which have been fantastic, we’re well over a thousand now so it’ll hopefully mean that the stands are rocking for that first home game.

“Dundee will travel well too, I’m pretty sure.

“If both teams get off to a winning start, then it will only generate more interest and publicity around the game.”

Conversation