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Watch Sportscene Pollock slides Raith Rovers into lead on break midway through first half Hanlon connects with cross to back post to extend lead Rovers move up to fifth in Scottish Championship, four points off the play-off places Dunfermline Athletic remain second bottom, seven points above Airdrieonians Charlotte Cohen Raith Rovers 1-0 Dunfermline He's back off again for more cleaning up duty, Dunfermline seeing out this half with 10 men currently. Raith Rovers 1-0 Dunfermline Amy Canavan BBC Scotland at Stark's Park That's a stoater on Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen's face. The blood is gushing down his shirt - which he's now changed - and onto his boots. Michael Tidser is incandescent as to how long it took for the defender to be allowed back on. .. Raith Rovers 1-0 Dunfermline Chilokoa-Mullen looks ready to come back on sporting a rather invasive bandage/tissue combination. Raith Rovers 1-0 Dunfermline Play is back under way but the Dunfermline man is still being treated off the field. Raith Rovers 1-0 Dunfermline Chilokoa-Mullen has taken a sore one to the face, the stray boot of Finlay Pollock catches him square in the nose. Ouch. There's a wee break in play while he gets some treatment. Raith Rovers 1-0 Dunfermline It bobbles around the box before the visitors get it clear. Raith look to go again but Dunfermline hold firm again. Raith Rovers 1-0 Dunfermline Chris Hamilton is penalised for a challenge on Jordan Doherty. Dylan Easton stands over the free-kick just inside the Dunfermline half. Raith Rovers 1-0 Dunfermline Raith Rovers 1-0 Dunfermline Archie Stevens launches a ball forward for Lewis Mc Cann who picks up on the left. He cuts it back towards the middle but sends his pass into no man's land and Raith clear. Raith Rovers 1-0 Dunfermline Amy Canavan BBC Scotland at Stark's Park Tell you what, that's a belter of a ball from Dylan Easton. The Penman Family Stand are having a party to my left. Finlay Pollock He makes no mistake this time though! The ball from Dylan Easton is sensational! He pings it forward from inside his own half and Pollock latches onto the end of it, rounds the Dunfermline keeper and slots it home. Raith Rovers 0-0 Dunfermline A great block from Chris Hamilton stops Finlay Pollock from getting a shot off inside the Dunfermline box. Raith Rovers 0-0 Dunfermline Raith are turning things up a notch but they're just lacking a bit of composure in front of goal - a wee bit scrappy at the minute. Raith Rovers 0-0 Dunfermline Dunfermline's turn to put a bit of pressure on now with a throw-in level with the 18-yard line which Lewis Mc Cann launches into the box, Raith deal with it easily. Raith Rovers 0-0 Dunfermline Moments later Pollock is down clutching his face after colliding with Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen. Another Raith free-kick and another cracking ball in from Jamie Gullan. No takes in the box and Dunfermline clear. Raith Rovers 0-0 Dunfermline Dunfermline have a free-kick just on the centre circle with David Wotherspoon standing over it. He launches it towards the hosts' penalty area but they get it clear before winning a free-kick for Ewan Otoo's challenge on Finlay Pollock. Raith Rovers 0-0 Dunfermline Dunfermline intercept a Raith throw in and try to mount an attack of their own but they're struggling to get out of their own half. The ball then makes its way back to Oluwayemi and then out for a Raith throw in. Raith Rovers 0-0 Dunfermline Michael Stewart Former Hearts midfielder on Sportscene It starts to look a little bit ominous if Dunfermline don't start to get some points, it could become a real pressure situation for them. Raith Rovers 0-0 Dunfermline Dylan Easton sends a searching ball for the onrushing Josh Mullin but Dunfermline intercept and send it out for a Raith throw in. Mullin eventually lofts a pass towards the Dunfermline box but the visitors hold firm. Raith Rovers 0-0 Dunfermline What a start! They win a free-kick about 30-yards from the Dunfermline goal, Jamie Gullan stands over it and lashes it towards Oluwayemi's goal only for it to smash the crossbar. This video can not be played Watch the goals as Raith Rovers triumph in Fife derby Raith Rovers kept their promotion play-off hopes alive with a dominant derby victory over Dunfermline Athletic in the Scottish Championship. On-loan Heart of Midlothian midfielder Finlay Pollock latched on to a lovely outside-of-the-boot threaded pass from Dylan Easton to slot Barry Robson's Rovers into a deserved first-half lead. The hosts had nearly been in front inside the first minute as Jamie Gullan cannoned a ferocious 30-yard free-kick off the crossbar. It set the tone for a night when Michael Tidser's struggling Pars failed to trouble their Fife neighbours. It was a matter of when, not if, for Rovers' second and it came through an unlikely source as former Hibernian centre-half Paul Hanlon stabbed home his first goal for the Stark's Park club. The win takes Rovers to within four points of fourth-placed Partick Thistle - who they meet next week, live on BBC Scotland - in the final play-off spot. Dunfermline's woes continue and they remain in the relegation play-off position, seven points ahead of bottom side Airdrieonians and one point behind eighth-placed Hamilton Academical, having played a game more than both. Raith Rovers head coach Barry Robson: "I think we performed well. We looked like we were going to cut them open a lot in the first half. "Finlay Pollock has done great, we've got the best out of him now and hopefully he can keep scoring goals. We've done well, we've been a bit inconsistent at times, but a lot of our performances have been good. " Last Updated 14th March 2025 at 21: 40 Please Note: All times UK. 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