Raith Rovers' Callum Fordyce reflects on winning five trophies in fine career
The career of a professional footballer can seemingly flash past very quickly, but Raith Rovers defender Callum Fordyce has at least made the most of his after 15 years of senior action serving six different clubs.
For, in helping his current Kirkcaldy employers win the KDM Evolution Trophy with a 4-1 victory over Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the final at Firhill on April 5, centre-back Fordyce landed the fifth title of what has been a silverware-laden career.
Prior to joining Raith in May 2024, the now 33-year-old was twice a Scottish League One winner (with Livingston in 2010-2011 and Dunfermline Athletic in 2015-2016) and a two-time previous Challenge Cup champion (with Livingston in 2014-2015 and Airdrieonians in 2023-2024).
Fordyce, whose solid displays at the heart of the Raith defence recently have been a key aspect in the club’s improvement in form, told the Fife Free Press: “Winning all these trophies has been great.
"Ever since you turn professional, you want to win as many trophies and leagues as you can.
"I'm lucky that I've won five through my career, which is quite special.
"The 4-1 scoreline in the final against Inverness obviously makes it look like a comfortable win. I don't think it was ever as comfortable as what people might think.
"It's probably a credit to ourselves, we've taken our chances when they came.
"I thought Inverness, especially when they got back in the game at 1-1, caused us real problems.
"Half-time probably came at the right time for us, if we're being totally honest.
"But, I think second half we came out and set traps for them to kind of play into. We nicked the ball in good areas and took our chances when they came.
"Inverness are a really good side and had us moving about, but we managed to contain them.
"The celebrations afterwards were good. We went back to the hotel in Glasgow with our families and we got a chance to kind of enjoy ourselves in each other's company.
"We’d had our pre-match stuff in that Glasgow hotel. Post match, the club put on a function there for our family and friends which was nice.
"We were off on the Monday but then right back to work on the Tuesday.”