David Goodwillie has been released from his contract at Raith Rovers eight months after his controversial signing in February.
The Starks Park club were hit with widespread backlash after signing Goodwillie from Clyde at the end of the January window. Former Dundee United player Goodwillie, who was deemed a rapist by a civil court judge in 2017, was handed a two-and-a-half year deal which led to club sponsor Val McDermid withdrawing her support while First Minister Nicola Sturgeon also called on Raith to realise their responsibility as a prominent football club.
Rovers initially doubled down but two weeks after, they took fans' concerns on board and issued a grovelling apology. They announced that Goodwillie would not play a game for the club, and they've made good on that promise with Goodwillie not featuring since he returned from a loan spell back at Clyde.
