'Five of us were crammed into a Corsa': Raith Rovers star's hilarious 'car school' tale

And, listening to Rovers defender Euan Murray talk about a hilarious 'car school' story recounting a drive to and from training in Kirkcaldy this week - also involving team-mates Aidan Connolly, Scott Brown, Kai Montagu and Lewis Jamieson - it is clear to see that the laughs, banter and togetherness among this hugely likeable squad seems as prominent as ever.

Murray, 30, who initially drives from his Ayrshire home to meet the Glasgow-based quartet at the neutral venue of Cumbernauld prior to their morning drive to training at Stark's Park together, told the Fife Free Press: "Five people is a lot of guys to fit in a car, especially when we were in Kai's wee Corsa the other day!

"Five of us were crammed in there and my shoulders were nearly popping out the window.

"You wouldn't believe it, wee Aidan Connolly - the smallest man on the planet - was sitting in the front with the recliner on and I was crammed in the back with the other two.

"That journey there and back was brilliant as you can imagine! I went in for another shower when I got home because I had been sweating for an hour and a half.

"Broony has signed a new deal so he's got the big Audi just now, so I wouldn't mind being in his car every day.

"As long as it's not me because I'm having to fill my tank up every other day. I drive a Mercedes. It's ok but it's a hairdresser's motor to be fair!

"I can't complain too much if Kai's car is used again in the near future because this car share saves me driving the miles I was doing last year.

"It's not so bad when I'm in the front, but - as I say - if you've got the smallest man on the planet sitting in the front and he's got the seat all the way back and he's sleeping in the seat with the recliner on, that's something else.

"But it's a good laugh to be fair. It's a good car school, I enjoy meeting the boys every day as it breaks the journey up.

"It's a brilliant dressing room. I come into my work every day looking forward to coming in and seeing the boys and it's a good staff as well to come in and work for.

"On that front everything's good.”

While Murray faces a lengthy daily trip which starts from Ayrshire before getting he is transported from Cumbernauld to Kirkcaldy, at least his four Raith mates don’t face as formidable a journey.

"I think wee Aidan lives near enough Hampden,” Murray added. “I think Broony’s Cumbernauld, Kai’s East Kilbride and I think LJ is like me, a wee council boy, I think he lives in Govan.

"When we meet at Cumbernauld that’s about an hour away from Kirkcaldy, so once we meet we get a good hour’s patter in the car and then get the serious head on when we get in.”

Raith visit Greenock Morton in the league this Sunday in a 3pm kick-off.