‘Past his sell-by date’ and ‘living off his reputation for far too long;’ just a couple of early season observations of James Coppinger that were blown out the water against Yeovil. On his 498th appearance the club captain delivered a vintage performance to spur Rovers on to a third successive win. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 4-1 Yeovil Town: 250 word match report”
Good news; the football season is back! The bad news for Rovers fans however is that it’s specifically the 2015-16 season that has returned. A missed penalty and the consolation of a late winner bringing a feeling of deja-vu to those who travelled to the Crown Ground. Continue reading “Accrington Stanley 3-2 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
Hundreds of miles from home, fenced in on a crumbling, open terrace. Cold. Soaked through. I’d just watched my team lose 2-0. It was the best night of my life.
In October, Wales qualified for Euro 2016. The only dream I’ve ever allowed myself to have, realised in front of my eyes. In a football sense, nothing that followed was going to come close to topping that, nor frankly, was it going to matter. Continue reading “How I watched football: 2015-16”
Before the solace of the summer, the last act in a tragic-comedy as Rovers took the curtain to mumble through an epilogue against Burton Albion. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Burton Albion: 250 word match report”
‘You’re having a laugh aren’t you?’ some fella shouted at me as I tried to sell fanzines after the match. ‘No mate,’ I replied, ‘I’m a Rovers fan’. Fifteen games without a win offers little mirth, and after Friday’s capitulation at Colchester hope was on similarly short supply. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Blackpool: 250 word match report”
‘Like butter through a knife, butter through a knife,’ yelled the fella behind me as Colchester ambled through the Rovers defence to score their fourth goal. Whilst Rovers had not quite been so bad as to reverse the laws of physics, they had plumbed new depths of awfulness in a torrid ninety minutes in which they managed to make the third tier’s worst club look like Barcelona. Continue reading “Colchester United 4-1 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
I’ve found it hard to write this editorial, and I think it’s ultimately because I’m so tired.
I’m physically tired because, as I write this sentence, it’s 1:40am Wednesday morning and this isn’t even the last thing I have to do for the fanzine before sending it to the printers, only after which can I go to bed. Ready to get up for work at 7am.
But I think I’m also tired of football. Maybe, and hopefully, not the actual game, but I’m tired of so many aspects of it. Continue reading “Editorial: On being tired of football”
When facing a top-flight team I usually hope for just one thing; avoidance of embarrassment. Or, as it’s known round here, ‘another Bolton’. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Stoke City: 250 word match report”
‘The complete performance’ is how Darren Ferguson described this win, and it’s hard to disagree. Continue reading “Southend United 0-3 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
When the shops have already begun their January sales, and the lampposts have been wound in twinkling lights since October it can be easy to forget the true joy of Christmas. That of course, is defeating Scunthorpe on Boxing Day, but until that moment comes, we can instead be festive through the spirit of giving. Continue reading “popular STAND fanzine donates £1,000 to Doncaster charities”
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