Scott Agnew and Ian Murray’s competitive streak runs so deep, the Raith double act can’t finish a training session without a wager on a penalty shoot-out. And assistant Aggy says Rovers fans can bet on their team working overtime in a bid to outlast the Championship opposition.
Where one goes, the other follows with Stark’s Park now their fourth destination together. Murray took Agnew with him from Dumbarton to St Mirren then Airdrie, where he also gave him the No.2 gig. The 34-year-old’s left peg is renowned for set-piece precision but it’s his presentation skills gaining greater ground in football circles.
As the owner of a personal trainer business, he’s been out talking to kids with Andy Robertson ’s AR26 Charity and back at the Buddies helping boys going part-time. From classroom to dressing room, finding a way to get the best out of a group that watched the play-offs unfold last season is driving the former Rangers youth on.