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”
Oldham away, in the middle of winter. Is there anything more League One than that? Continue reading “Oldham Athletic 1-2 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
As far as Boxing Day fixtures go, Rovers vs Scunthorpe shaped up to be a late Christmas cracker for the locals. Instead, it was more like the poor joke you get inside. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Scunthorpe United; 250 word match report”
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”
Travelling to the Ricoh unchanged for the third game in a row, Rovers had the brighter start, with Harry Middleton closest to opening the scoring; a speculative effort testing Reice Charles-Cook in the Coventry goal. Continue reading “Coventry City 2-2 Doncaster Rovers; 250 word match report”
Despite the weekend’s disappointment and an ever-growing injury list, Rovers named an unchanged starting eleven for the visit of Chesterfield and former manager Dean Saunders, still yet to convince the Spirite faithful. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 3-0 Chesterfield; 250 word match report”
As fixtures go, this tends to be one of those used as a precautionary tale to scare higher league footballers of the horrors of relegation. However, given Rovers good form there was a buzz of anticipation and optimism, despite the bitterly chilly afternoon prompting the season’s inaugural outing of The Big Coat. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 0-2 Rochdale; 250 word match report”
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