Kilmarnock's ultimate match of the season merely bought in the way in which of a celebration within the away finish.
Ayrshire followers headed as much as Kirkcaldy of their hundreds because the Rugby Park aspect noticed out their season with a 1-1 draw at Raith Rovers after successful the league towards Arbroath final week.
It isn't usually supporters can head to a match understanding the result's irrelevant, however with the fixed singing from the primary whistle, it is honest to say the sport wasn't the primary factor on followers' minds.
Oli Shaw scored a shocking second-half lob which cancelled out Aidan Connolly's opener.
Rugby Park boss Derek McInnes mentioned: “We didn’t play with any edge within the first half. Raith performed as if there was one thing there for them.
“Within the second half we put in a correct Kilmarnock efficiency like we’ve seen over the past wee whereas and scored an excellent purpose.”
McInnes made six adjustments to the Killie XI with Chris Burke named as captain and teenager Charlie McArthur making his first league begin with Killie.
Raith got here out firing as Zach Hemming was compelled to save lots of from Dario Zanatta and Matej Poplatnik.
The hosts bagged the opener as Connolly’s strike took a deflection off league-winning hero Alston and wrongfooted Hemming.
It might have been extra as Poplatnik noticed one other header saved earlier than being compelled off with a knock whereas Connolly turned a strike large of the submit with the purpose at his mercy.
McInnes determined to make adjustments at first of the second half with skipper Chris Stokes and Kyle Lafferty rising for the second 45 minutes whereas Burke got here off one minute after the restart for Dan Armstrong.
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The adjustments made a right away affect as Lafferty performed his half within the equaliser.
Dean Campbell stepped infield and neat interaction between Lafferty and Alston noticed Shaw clip the ball over Jamie MacDonald. The previous Killie goalkeeper had made a improbable save seconds earlier to disclaim Shaw from a rebound after the primary try had struck the crossbar.
Fraser Murray and Stokes nearly linked with a high-quality set play to the again submit whereas Shaw lashed at a volley to place the ball over the bar.
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