Now I do tend to take a slightly cynical view of politicians who claim to follow a team, but Gordon Brown’s support is genuine, down even to Ayr United’s programme printing photo of him wincing as “The Honest Men” scoring their winner! Leitch died from a heart attack in London in 1980 at the age of 53. But they won't be dancing in the streets of Raith, as it's not a town, the Football Club are based in Kirkcaldy. He was impressed that I knew how to pronounce his hometown's name - something like "kerr-coddy" I'd say. Elliot pounced on a scrap when Foster slipped but having shaped his body for a shot to curl inside the far post he overhit the effort and put it well wide. The ground is named after councillor Robert Stark, who both owned and ran the park when Raith moved there. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Careful where you step, there's history under there.......... one massive pile of work interspersed with supernoodles! Entry £14. DANCING IN THE STREETS OF RAITH. I like reading your stuff its interesting, Thanks for that mate. The lovely G was a great devotee of the 'Links Market' funfair that came every year.Impressed by the pronunciation by the way!cheers....Al. Greig Spence thought the headlines were his but Cammy Bell saved his shot and the rebound fell to Baird, who was on it like a flash to bury the winner. Change ). The ground is famous for its Archibald Leitch stand. “They’ll be dancing in the streets of Raith tonight!” is often described as “Colemanballs” even if it was the BBC’s Sam Leitch that said the line. Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sam_Leitch&oldid=876153004, Articles needing additional references from December 2014, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 31 December 2018, at 14:19. ( Log Out /  Raith Rovers 1 Rangers 0: they'll be dancing in the streets of Raith all over again. “Rebus” author Ian Rankin is a fan  and the club do pop up in the crime novels, and another crime author Val MacDermid sponsors the North Stand. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments. RAITH ROVERS 0. It was originally used in the 1960s by Scottish commentator Keith Leitcher who commented, 'they'll be dancing in the streets of Raith Rovers tonight,' after one victory for the Kirkcaldy outfit. This was seen as a display of ignorance since Raith Rovers play in the town of Kirkcaldy. I wondered whether the then incumbent Prime Minster would be there. Att 4,426. Of course Raith Rovers are from Kirkcaldy, Fife. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. It’s seven years now since the man with the golden voice finally laid down his famous microphone. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Arbroath, Football, groundhopping, Kirkcaldy, Raith Rovers, Scotland, Stark's Park. Nearly caught up with Scotland now, but still a few crackers to go. He was the editor of Match of the Day at the British Broadcasting Corporation for some years. Scarves were thrown in disgust. But they won't be dancing in the streets of Raith, as it's not a town, the Football Club are based in Kirkcaldy. His response was so cynical as to make me smile. Michael Grant. “They’ll be dancing in the streets of Raith tonight!” is often described as “Colemanballs” even if it was the BBC’s Sam Leitch that said the line. This was seen as a display of ignorance since Raith Rovers play in the town of Kirkcaldy. I jumped off the coach from Glenrothes 5 minutes from the centre, only to discover Google Maps was lying and it was more like 25. These days its a public park with Kirkcaldy RUFC using a small piece of it, but Raith Rovers moved from there to Stark’s Park in 1891, and became the first Fife club to be elected to the Scottish League in 1902. Behind each goal are two modern cantilevered stands, rather dwarfing the aptly named Railway Stand dating from the 1980’s it was unused save for ballboys and photographers, but now has seating on its southern end. Samuel James Leitch (1927–1980) was a British journalist and television sports presenter.