Raith Rovers: Club looking for new North Stand sponsor to replace previous backer Val McDermid

The Stark’s Park outfit’s former management team and board had previously incurred the wrath of lifelong Raith fan and prominent board member and shirt sponsor McDermid, 68, in January 2022 by signing David Goodwillie, who was ruled a rapist in a high-profile civil court case.

After the Goodwillie signing, McDermid – whose late dad Jim was the scout who discovered Jim Baxter and brought him to Stark’s Park – announced that she would be withdrawing her support and sponsorship of Raith Rovers.

The author said that the thought of Goodwillie’s name appearing on a Raith shirt with her name on it made her feel “physically sick”.

It turned out that Goodwillie never played a game for Raith after an outcry which saw the Kirkcaldy outfit’s women's side sever ties with the main club and rename themselves McDermid Ladies after the writer, who moved her sponsorship to them.

Raith eventually released Goodwillie from his Rovers contract on September 30, 2022.

In a post on their official Facebook page, Raith Rovers stated that the club is now looking for a new North Stand sponsor

Rovers said this opportunity offered ‘huge brand exposure to home supporters on match day, the naming rights means your brand is on every away ticket sold, and your brand is visible to a TV audience’.

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