DOHERTY'S HAPPY TO BE ROVER HERE

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JORDAN DOHERTY kept a straight face as he declared “I’ve lived in both and I definitely prefer here’.

‘And hes equally serious being schooled in the Florida heat will help him cope in the Kirkcaldy cold.

The Irishman is into his first full season at Stark's Park, having become an official Raith Rovers player on New Year's Day.

Doherty swapped the US, working under Robbie Neilson at Tampa Bay Rowdies, for Scotland after Neill Collins recruited him.

But Collins was off before hed made his debut, going the other way to the US in the four weeks between Doherty being unveiled and registered.

It could have unsettled some, yet the defender has started every game bar Barry Robson's dugout debut since.