Raith midfielder Kevin Moon hailed the club’s never-say-die spirit after the dramatic injury-time win over bottom of the table Morton on Saturday.
Substitute Gordon Smith struck in the 93rd minute to seal the points for Raith after Nacho Novo’s header had cancelled out Moon’s opener.
Moon was forced to retire from the game early in the second half due to feeling unwell, but he was delighted the team managed to grind out the victory.
“It didn’t look like the winner was going to come, but that shows the spirit we’ve got in there,” he said.
“We play until the end and that comes from the manager and the boys having a never-say-die attitude. We deserved it in the end.
“I wasn’t feeling great and I didn’t have much energy so the last thing you want to do is put the boys in it. I felt I couldn’t carry on, but thankfully the boys went and did the job.
“Hopefully I’ll be fine for the Livingston game on Tuesday.”
There was little to separate the sides in a scrappy first half that was constantly interrupted by fouls. Novo went close for Morton on 25 minutes when he shot just wide with a powerful half-volley.
Raith dictated possession but struggled to find a way through a compact Morton defence until Moon struck a well-crafted opener a minute before half-time.
Right back Jason Thomson spotted the midfielder’s run into the box with a nicely floated pass, and Moon sent a first-time chip over the head of the advancing goalkeeper Nicolas Caraux for his second goal of the season.
Grant Anderson had a chance to extend Rovers’ lead early in the second half but Caraux made a brilliant block to deny the winger.
Morton looked most threatening from Dougie Imrie’s dead ball deliveries and it was from one of his free-kicks that the visitors drew level.
Imrie swung a superb ball to the back post where Novo escaped his marker to bullet a header past David McGurn.
The Raith goalkeeper’s game was over soon after as he was stretchered off the pitch after appearing to fall awkwardly on his ankle, replaced by Ross Laidlaw.
Calum Elliot went close to restoring Rovers’ lead with a couple of near misses from the edge of the box.
A draw at home to a struggling Morton side would have been considered a disappointing result for Raith but, with just seconds to go, left back Callum Booth embarked on a terrific run down the line before crossing for Smith to steer the ball past Caraux with a side-foot finish.
Raith boss Grant Murray beamed: “Sometimes team spirit and character win you games of football and that’s what happened.”