Rovers travelled to the DW stadium looking to build on the good point gained at Fleetwood. Continue reading “Wigan Athletic 3-0 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
Wigan Athletic 3-0 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report
Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Rotherham United: 250 word match report
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”
Ebbsfleet United 2-6 Doncaster Rovers: 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”
Editorial: When did we become so intolerable of averageness?
‘F***ing shit’ shouted the bloke in front of me as we traipsed out of The Valley last Saturday. ‘Absolute garbage’. I wasn’t so sure. Frustrating I’d grant you; disappointing likewise, not quite good enough, sure. But what I’d just watched hadn’t been ‘shit’ – and I’ve supported Rovers long enough to know what ‘shit’ is. Continue reading “Editorial: When did we become so intolerable of averageness?”
Why ‘churnalism’ will be the death of club reporting
Oscar Wilde once wrote ‘there is only one thing in life worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about.’ As Rovers fans filtered out of the Emirates Stadium after last month’s League Cup clash there’s reason to believe we’d just witnessed what Wilde was talking of first hand.
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Bury 0-1 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”
Doncaster Rovers 0-3 Walsall: 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”
popular STAND fanzine issue 90
Been thinking ‘it’s been a while since the last fanzine’? That’s because it is, but worry no longer, as to celebrate Rovers remembering how to win at home, we’ve got a new issue of popular STAND out. Yep, issue 90 of the FSF Award winning fanzine popular STAND is on sale at Doncaster Rovers’ home match with Walsall on Saturday.
Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Portsmouth: 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”
Charlton Athletic 1-0 Doncaster Rovers: 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.
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popular STAND fanzine 