Jimmy Woods was himself a player in the olden days when the Anfield Junior Soccer League first upped their posts on the "soon to be" hallowed turf of Stanley Park - way back in 1972, playing for league founder members ABBEY UNITED - (who are they...)
"I have a dream..." as most dads do of their sons playing for a Premiership club and walking out at Wembley Stadium.
Anyway, at the age of 8yrs old, son number one with his band of merry men from a local school joined together to form a football team - then known as Richmond Rovers, originating from the local public house the Richmond Arms - on Breck Road.

The Raith part of the name didn't actually come into existance until the following season - when looking to take on board a new "proper club" badge, an innocuous letter to Raith Rovers was sent to the Scottish club requesting the usage of their "RR badge".
The reply is now history - and todays name was then born in 1998.

Actual Raith Rovers replica strips were sent down for the kids to play in and visits have been made to Dumfries playing matches over the years against Cowdenbeath & Raith Rovers junior sides at Starks Park ground.

The club has increased its membership over recent years, bringing in two new teams (both u10s) at the start of the 2001 campaign.

One of those (now u16s) is still in existence but the other lasted just two seasons, albeit winning the u10's Championship in their second season and going down 1-2 in the final of the Hillsborough Cup. Most of those lads now perform for another successful junior side called Millennium Boys.

In 2004 the Veterans side surfaced its head over a couple of pints of beer in a local establishment, The Claremont, and to be honest have probably surprised themselves more than their supporters (their children) with a wee smile on each others faces most Saturday afternoons.

LCFA Cup Winners in 2005/06 the Vets are proud to be the Silverware Kings of the Club.

In 2007 Richmond applied for membership of the West Cheshire 3rd division and were duly elected members with the majority of the vote beating 4 other clubs!

A number of players have left the Rovers to go on to much bigger and brighter opportunities no one more so than two of our most talented females who've shown they can certainly surpass even the best of the lads..

FAYE McCOY (Liverpool Ladies & ENGLAND -2001)
JESSICA MOORE (Liverpool Ladies & ENGLAND u16's -2001/2003)
DALE JENNINGS (Liverpool FC -2001)
KARL CLAIR (Liverpool FC 2001/2002)
DAMIEN EASTHAM (Man City-Everton-Tranmere-Huddersfield 2001)
NICKY MOORE (Wigan-Bury-Accrington Stanley 2001/2002)

Damien EASTHAM has recently been awarded a YTS with HUDDERSFIELD TOWN, which we at the club are very proud to be associated with and wish him and the rest of the players every success for the now and the future.
As far aw I am aware all of the ex-RRR players are still with their clubs and hopefully in a couple of years we'll be seeing a lot more of each of them on Sky Sports...