In the classic Hollywood good versus evil trope; the good guys wear white, the bad guys wear black. Rotherham dressed for their role. Big, brutish, and ultimately heart-breaking; they duly nailed it. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Rotherham United: 250 word match report”
Trying to cram a match report on an eight goal thriller into 250 words is no easy feat, especially when you waste 18 of them telling you that, and 10 telling you that. Continue reading “Ebbsfleet United 2-6 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
Rovers travelled to Bury, with the season panning out to be one of consistent inconsistency. In their ‘win-one lose-one’ sequence Rovers were due a victory. Following last week’s debacle, anything else would prompt serious questions. Continue reading “Bury 0-1 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
Typical. You spend time crafting a reasoned, balanced fanzine editorial on how managers need time and things aren’t really that bad, then on the day it gets read your team forgets what football is. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 0-3 Walsall: 250 word match report”
Depleted Rovers secured their fourth League win of the campaign, beating Portsmouth in a game that contained enough drama for its own mini-series. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Portsmouth: 250 word match report”
Seven minutes in. It’s rare that you can pinpoint the exact moment that your hopes and dreams fade, but that was the time at which James Coppinger limped from The Valley pitch, and you just sensed it was all going to be uphill from there.
Continue reading “Charlton Athletic 1-0 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
There was no repeat of the season’s earlier Valley Parade cup heroics for Rovers, who came into the game desperately needing to break their losing habit, but ultimately came up short in ways that felt all too familiar. Undone by two headers, whilst failing in front of goal on a day when several former players found the net for their new clubs. Continue reading “Bradford City 2-0 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
With a return to winning ways at Plymouth at the weekend, and the everlasting sense of pride at the performance at the Emirates, the Keepmoat had a more confident feel about it on a misty Tuesday night. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Shrewsbury Town: 250 word match report”
Having run Arsenal close at the Emirates in midweek, players and fans alike pitched up at Home Park with decidedly more spring in their step; and the reignited confidence showed as Rovers rolled over Plymouth. Continue reading “Plymouth Argyle 0-3 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
Ten minutes in I feared a hiding. Ian Lawlor had already been called upon to make two smart saves, and a bloke behind me had just decreed two consecutive Rovers touches in Arsenal’s half of the field worthy of a song and dance. Continue reading “Arsenal 1-0 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
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