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”
There are many words you could use to describe watching Rovers under Darren Ferguson, but dull most certainly isn’t one. Continue reading “Burton Albion 3-3 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
‘I’d expect them to sit back now,’ said Dave after Crewe went ahead, ‘but I don’t see how they can go back any further’. He had a point; Rovers had dominated the opening quarter but somehow found themselves behind to Marcus Haber’s tap-in. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 3-2 Crewe Alexandra: 250 word match report”
In my first year of university I met a girl from Cambridgeshire. ‘I’ve been up north once,’ she said, ‘it was weird, the houses were joined together’. That’s the difference between the home counties and us – they view terraces as a novelty. I try not to hold judgements, but arriving in Cambridge Sunday I saw a mime artist ordering a crepe. It really is a different world. Continue reading “Cambridge United 1-3 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
Some thoughts and words on what James Coppinger means to me, on the day he becomes Doncaster Rovers all-time record appearance holder. Continue reading “On watching James Coppinger”
Seven minutes in, 2-0 down, and very much architects of our own downfall. Continue reading “Millwall 2-0 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
Sunday 11 October, 10:30pm
Your eyes blink open to dull equidistant yellow flashes of street lamps dancing across the steamed up window. You wipe away the condensation and peer through the raindrops to see the familiar stark brutalist tower-blocks of New Belgrade. You’ve been here before. Continue reading “Zen, Zenith, Zenica; Losing and Winning with Wales in Bosnia”
There’s no better way to win a local derby than an undeserved last minute winner. It means you get to not only enjoy the opposition fans’ disappointment, but their crushing sense of injustice too. ‘You’s dint deserve that’ said one, leaving the ground. ‘Aye,’ I grinned, ‘I know’. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Barnsley: 250 word match report”
Last summer, as I sat down to attempt to write an article for this fanzine, a retweet appeared in my twitter timeline. It had a picture on it, a picture of a grin in a suit, pointing at a massive yellow screen, smugness and glee smeared over his face like birthday cake on a toddler, as he gestured at a number. Continue reading “On Deadline Day, Banter and all-out Greed”
There’s something gloriously Rovers about trying unsuccessfully to score for 90 minutes, before finding the back of the net the one time you don’t intend to. The length of time Harry Forrester had to spend protesting his innocence to Bury’s players, after his punt back to Christian Walton had sailed over the ‘keeper’s head, really belied Rovers ineffectuality in the final third to that point. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Bury: 250 word match report”
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