Beleaguered Rovers manager Danny Schofield made five changes to his squad for the last home game of the season, including dropping Jonathan Mitchell in favour of Louis Jones.
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Typical, you wait ages (well, a couple of days) for a match report and then two come along at once. Thanks to our editor’s terrible memory, both Danny Dickinson, and first Katy Bateman wrap up Rovers latest defeat.
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In truth there were few surprises here. Stevenage were hunting automatic promotion against a Rovers side not looking like they have a win in them, with an injury list as long as this wretched season has felt.
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Pre-match there were two topics of conversation on the away terrace. One, the realisation that the twitter hashtag for the match was #hardon, the other a swell of optimism as Danny Schofield appeared to be absent. There was an audible dismay as he walked to the bench just before kick-off.
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After a poor run of form, Rovers needed to win. Hopes weren’t high, but they had the first chance; Kieran Agard controlling and firing, but Max Crocombe saved.
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Since the fixture list was released last June, this was a game I’d been looking forward to.
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April 2023 marks 25 years since popular STAND fanzine was first foisted on unsuspecting Doncastrian punters who were trying to mind their business in The Park Hotel. And though the pub in which this ‘zine first appeared may be no more, there’s mercifully no sign of us being turned into an Italian restaurant… not yet.
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Doncaster Rovers visited the Peninsula Stadium for the first time to face Salford City, and the first half began in a frantic fashion with a couple of chances for the home side.
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Playing with a level of urgency akin to a condemned man eating his last meal, Rovers accidentally sent Uncle Bulgaria and chums back to SW19 on the end of a 2-1 defeat.
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Doncaster Rovers welcomed Harrogate Town to the Eco-Power Stadium in this rearranged fixture. This was the first ever league meeting between the two sides and that’s about as interesting as it got.
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popular STAND fanzine 