Raith Rovers blow as Dougie Imrie reveals latest on Lewis Vaughan fitness

The 30-year-old striker, whose replacement Kai Montagu scored twice in the win over the Diamonds, rolled his ankle and was taken off as a precautionary measure.

Speaking exclusively to the Fife Free Press earlier today, Rovers gaffer Dougie Imrie said: "I don't think Lewis will be fit for Partick Thistle, no. So it gives somebody else a chance.

“It’s unfortunate for Lewis but these things can happen, it's football.

"We can only see how he reacts to treatment. He rolled the ankle last week as well, never trained all week, trained on Friday and made the Airdrie game.

"So, hopefully it's not too serious and he might be available for Friday against Ayr United.”

When asked what was different about his team against Airdrieonians compared to a recent run when they’d failed to win their previous five league games, Imrie said: “Goals. The boys are working ever so hard to make sure we pick up wins.

"But I just thought on Saturday there was a calmness. I thought the performance from the first minute to the 90th minute was assured.

"We looked comfortable on the ball. Even when we went 1-0 down, I still thought there was a calmness throughout the group.

"Maybe a bit more experience in the team helped that.

"And it was pleasing to see them come back from a goal down, because the team hadn't done that all season.

"When you go 1-0 down, you think the worst. But I thought the group galvanised itself along the way.

"I thought the support were excellent all game. Especially when we went 1-0 down.

"But I thought we scored three great goals with a lot of fine individual performances as well throughout the team.

"Kai came off the bench and scored two great goals. Richard (Chin) came off the bench again, very good impact.

"Dycey (Callum Fordyce) in his first 90 minutes in a number of months as well. I thought him and Paul (Hanlon) at the back were superb.”