Starks Park a ground that eluded me in Raiths Premier years. Finally made it. The battle of the Rovers.
Got oot the the car (right outside the front door) and was hit with an Arctic blast. So the recommemded boozer was substitited for the closer Estuary. Spoke to a couple of guys regarding the Colts teams and its apparent Raith will vote against it. Good guys.
Got to thw ground and decided nae to sit in the wonky L shaped Turnbull Huttton stand and chose the behind the goal South Stand so i could see the weird one. The only places i remember seeing similar shaped stands are Tannadump and Polo Park ex home of Stoneywood.
First half was a tight affair. Probablly 50/50 ball possession and both teams did try to get it down and played some good fitba. But the highlight was the awesome steak pie. Up there with Forres Mechanics. Stappit full of excellent steak. I laughed at the sign at the pie stall saying "supporters be aware hot drinks are made from boiling water". I thought folk from Kirkcaldy must be a bit special. Turns oot boiling water down there is infact lava. Im sure the enamel is gone from my teeth and the skin from my upper mouth. F@ck me that was painful. Anyway RR went in 1 up at half time
The half time draw was done by a dude doing what ive set out to do but is better than me as he completed it tonight as Starks was his 42nd. Well played. Even more well played as hes from Es***. The announcer asked him his favourite and he said "the three big Glasgow grounds are impressive structures bit Arbroaths my favourite. To which the announcer said" really well at least you didnt say East End Park"
Second half started with an Albion equaliser but Raith came out and comfortably won the game 3-1.People think the negativity on here is bad. The Raith fans arround me were f@cking brutal. Many many bizarre shouts tearing strips when they were winning. My favourite at 3-1 with ten mins to go the keeper (ex Don Aarron Lennox) kept the ball at his feet to eat up time and did the old draw the striker in routine. The boy behind me lambasted him "oi ye f@cking d@ck, what the f@ck you playing at, we are 3-1 up, stop being a f@cking d@ck". Brilliant. Bit there are too many to list. Constant slagging. Throughout.
Anyway decent enough game