BRECHIN 0 - 1 RAITH
Matchday report by Allan Traynor
After 2 dreadful home defeats, Raith hit the road again hoping to lift spirits at the club with a win against Brechin to keep us in at the top of the table.
A mixture of circumstances led to a more subdued Fife's Finest squad setting off for the match, with many of the bus regulars having to miss the game and a few empty seats on the bus.
The mood in Brechin lifted on realisation of Thommo's mistake on the correct scores sheets for next week by misspelling Raith as 'Riath' , which led to an hour or so of Riath songs to take the piss. I'm sure we've not heard the last of them! Despite the 5 minute stroll from the pub to the ground, one or two lazy bastards (namely Mags, Alan Jnr and Stelios) still got the 30-second bus trip up to the ground.
Brechin's ground goes back to the good old days of no segregation where you could swap end at half-time, so first half we were at the back of the goals in the terracing, outnumbering the home fans and certainly outsinging them in the usual way.
A torrant of abuse at Brechin's 'keeper Craig Nelson possibly helped with Rovers winning goal, the 'keeper making a howler of a passback by fumbling it into the path of Del Carcary to score an easy winner. As if we needed any more fuel to vent at Nelson! To the tune of 'Brown Girl in the Rain':
| "Nae mirrors in yer hoose, tra-la-la la-la Nae mirrors in yer hoose, tra la-la-la-la-la Nae mirrors in yer hoose, tra-la-la la-la You look like a fucking ugly cunt, (cunt cunt)!" |  |
Second half we managed to fit the whole 'squad' into the all-seater stand at the back of the goals and get the atmosphere going, with many more Raith fans joining in. Some great banter at half-time with Rovers club captain Todd Lumsden warmed the crowd up, and the support for Stevie Hislop when he was subbed was greatfully acknowldeged. The backing given from Fife's Finest was acknowledged by Chariman Dave who spoke with Stelios and Quinny after the match to pass on his thanks and gratitude (although no doubt someone will find something to moan about us on Fantalk).
The afternoon was almost a disaster for Stelios though as he lost his engagement ring during the 'barmy army song' which Chubby found and hid as he went crawling all over the stand to try and find it.
So a 1-0 vicotory to set us down the road in happy spirits (despite Craigyboy's continual farting). Although fuck knows what Burza was all aboot as he went walkabout in the middle of the road looking for the bookies to get his winnings!
Roll on Peterhead!