Raith Rovers Hall of Fame 2023

Players and managers inducted at 2023 show at the Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy

Transcript

00:00 Hello and welcome to the Adam Smith Theatre here in Kirkcaldy where tonight is the 2023

00:09 Race Rovers Hall of Fame. Even that old Adam Smith behind me is wearing a Rover scarf tonight

00:14 as indeed he should be. The show is the first since 2019, since the pandemic, and the organisers

00:19 have pulled out all the stops to make it a memorable one. We have special guests coming

00:22 in tonight including John Barnes, Gary McAllister and Pikito, the Rover's legend who's flying

00:26 in from Gran Canaria especially for the occasion. And there's a number of inductees to be honoured

00:32 on stage this evening including Danny Lennon, Jason Thompson, Grant Murray, Tommy Hislop

00:37 and Gordon Arthur. And one of them will also become the Gourley inductee which is presented

00:42 in honour and in memory of Ali Gourley, one of the founding members of this event who

00:46 sadly passed away several years ago. It's a promise to a night to remember, lots of anecdotes,

00:51 lots of humour and it's to be in front of a packed house once again. Former race star

00:57 Pikito flew in from Gran Canaria especially to be part of the night, only to be surprised

01:02 with a secret induction into the Hall of Fame. He made 122 appearances for the club and was

01:07 part of a memorable promotion winning side. Tommy Hislop was unveiled as the Gourley inductee

01:13 in memory of the late Ali Gourley. Tommy made 268 appearances between 1965 and 1975. A lot

01:21 of inductees was Kirkcaldy-born goalkeeper Gordon Arthur who played 222 games with Rovers.

01:27 His last season also saw him celebrate promotion back to the top division of Scottish football.

01:33 Also into the Hall of Fame, Jason Thompson, the captain of Race Rovers Ramsden's Cup winning

01:36 side of 2014. And along with him, Grant Murray, inducted in recognition of his role as a player

01:44 and as the manager at Starks Park when they won that trophy against Rangers at Easter

01:49 Road. And the final inductee, Danny Lennon, the club's leading scorer in European games.

01:55 His tally of four included the famous goal against Bayern Munich.

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