Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report

Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report

Rovers travelled over the Pennines for what, on paper, looked the toughest away day of the season against promotion favourites Blackburn. How Doncaster fared would give a good indication of how the season ahead may pan out. Continue reading “Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”

popular STAND fanzine issue 89

popular STAND fanzine issue 89

A new season. Lush green grass, freshly marked lines. Short-sleeved shirts and cold pre-match beers. Optimism and hayfever in the air. Isn’t it? Wasn’t it? Marvelous. And if you weren’t already flush with excitement at the prospect of a new season, we’ve also got a new fanzine out as well. What a time to be alive. Issue 89 of the FSF Award winning fanzine popular STAND is on sale at Doncaster Rovers’ home match with Gillingham on Saturday.

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podular STAND podcast: the team of the century episode

podular STAND podcast: the team of the century episode

No transfer rumours for us. No detailed analysis of walk-in-the-park pre-season friendlies. Instead we decided to spend the summer getting our teeth into something more meaty. So, in episode nine of the podular STAND podcast we try and pin down The Definitive Doncaster Rovers XI of the 21st Century. Not the Best XI to have represented Rovers since the year 2000, but the players who most encapsulate what Rovers are about, and have been about in those seventeen years. Continue reading “podular STAND podcast: the team of the century episode”

podular STAND podcast: the 2016-17 season review episode

podular STAND podcast: the 2016-17 season review episode

Finally, at long last the disappointment, the frustration and the indifference felt at Doncaster Rovers’ whimpering end to the 2016-17 season has subsided enough, for us to speak of it. And so, round about two weeks later than planned, we finally bring you the much anticipated eighth episode of the fanzine podcast, podular STAND. Continue reading “podular STAND podcast: the 2016-17 season review episode”

podular STAND podcast: the promotion episode

podular STAND podcast: the promotion episode

Promotion. That seems as good a reason as any to record a podcast, that and the fact the fanzine’s three London exiles were all in the same country for once. But let’s focus on the former, and wade between the popped champagne corks and discarded sponsor-backed ‘We are going up’ banners to bring you episode seven of the premier Doncaster Rovers podcast. Continue reading “podular STAND podcast: the promotion episode”

podular STAND podcast: the butterscotchmen episode

podular STAND podcast: the butterscotchmen episode

I’m not sure how you’ve done it, but somehow, with an iron will and steely disinterest, you’ve managed to go all of six weeks and more without hearing the thoughts of popular STAND’s London exiles. Well, go without no longer, for the good fanzine doth provide a sixth episode of the Doncaster Rovers podcast, podular STAND, for your enjoyment. Continue reading “podular STAND podcast: the butterscotchmen episode”