Rovers dodge blame after probe into derby blackout

RAITH ROVERS have revealed an investigation has cleared them of blame for the lighting failure that caused Friday’s Fife derby with Dunfermline to be abandoned. The live TV encounter had to be halted after just 13 minutes following earlier failure with their new floodlights and further issues with the local electricity supply. A Rovers statement read: ‘An independent electrical investigation has confirmed that the power failure which led to the abandonment of the game was caused by an external power surge from the mains, which tripped our system at Stark’s Park and in the surrounding areas. ‘We can confirm that there is no evidence whatsoever of the outage being attributable to any systems in the football stadium and that had the floodlights not been renewed, they would not have restarted so quickly.’