Rally Round Rovers
Submitted by WG on Sat, 15/10/2011 - 05:33
A community campaign called Rally Round [Raith] Rovers has been established to provide additional backing for the financially stricken club. It has attracted the support of former prime minister Gordon Brown who is the MP for Kirkcaldy.
The club has debts of £1.35m. With attendances falling, a projected surplus of £40,000 this year is now a £40,000 deficit. Revenue from the Scottish Football League will fall by 30 per cent this season after a recent court case over pools revenue. Raith can't even raise any money by selling players from a threadbare squad with an offer of just £5k being made for one promising player.
