After last week’s embarrassing FA Cup exit to non-league King’s Lynn, Rovers made the short trip to the seaside as they travelled to Cleethorpes to take on Grimsby Town.
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It’s not often you come away from a Rovers home defeat pleasantly surprised, but this 1-0 reverse against Stevenage was one such occasion.
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After losing midweek’s must-win game against the basement boys Hartlepool United, Rovers welcomed table-topping Leyton Orient to the Eco-Power.
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A disappointing night for Rovers, as the last of the three ‘must win’ games was lost to a Hartlepool side who came into the evening off 20 league games without a win.
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The second of three ‘must win’ games saw Rovers travel over the Pennines to Rochdale, who occupied bottom place in League Two, but had won their last two competitive games.
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The first of three seemingly must-win games for Gary McSheffrey began with an home fixture against Crawley Town, and a changed team and formation included the returns of Kieron Agard and Joseph Olowu, and Ben Close back for his first league game in over a year.
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After losing two games in a row and running out of luck, Rovers fans sensed a much changed starting eleven and a change of fortune. Unfortunately whilst we got the former we didn’t get the latter.
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There was a sense of intrigue and optimism before Doncaster’s home game against Mansfield Town, something which is going to take time to get used to.
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A very wet Eco-Power Stadium was home to more late drama as Rovers took a deserved three points from a great performance against a fancied Stockport County side.
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It’s twenty years since Rovers first wore squad numbers, which means it’s also twenty years since we received our favourite ever letter. Reprinted here from issue 20, first published in the fanzine October of 2002.
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