A first Saturday home league game since 29 October 2022 brought the visit of lowly Hartlepool to the Eco-Power Stadium.
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It’s really tempting to write ‘very’ 249 times and ‘bad’ once. But that could all too easily be a template for many a Rovers performance, in what has been a rather underwhelming campaign.
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Ultimately how you view Rovers trip to face the League Two leaders depends on whether you’re an optimist, a pessimist, or an ornithologist.
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Six days can be a long time in football, especially at this time of the season. Jeered off after a Boxing Day battering at Tranmere, Rovers earned a standing ovation on New Year’s Day after beating in-form Carlisle United 2-1. It was perhaps Rovers’ best display of the season to date.
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Like Boxing Day Rovers started brightly against Rochdale; but thankfully that was where the similarities with Monday ended, as by 10 minutes Doncaster were already two goals ahead.
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At the Prenton Park ticket desk pre-match a supporter was arguing his case to be allowed to buy a ticket for the away end. The staff were unmoved and he left ticketless. The lucky bastard.
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Crumbling rail service, freezing weather, World Cup on the telly, and two inept Rovers on the bounce. There were plenty of reasons not to be in Newport, but those who wouldn’t ever contemplate being anywhere else were given just reward for their endeavours; a much-needed win.
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This match represented everything that has been wrong with Rovers over the last two years.
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Rovers found themselves on the A12 lay-by for a Saturday afternoon clash with Colchester United. Ahead of the game, a friend had asked whether we were worth a nudge in his accumulator. I said we’d bagged a comprehensive win last weekend and were facing a team languishing at the bottom of the table. So, no.
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After last week’s embarrassing FA Cup exit to non-league King’s Lynn, Rovers made the short trip to the seaside as they travelled to Cleethorpes to take on Grimsby Town.
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