Swindon is the biggest town in Wiltshire, a boast akin to being the tallest of Snow White’s seven dwarves. However until the 19th century it existed only as a small market town, which dealt primarily in barter. Stand down, Richard Keys, we said barter.
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Rovers came into Tuesday night’s game on the back of three straight defeats; not ideal form with which to welcome the team that comprehensively defeated them on Boxing Day
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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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The fourth most famous Mansfield, after Jayne, Keith and Bitter, the town of Mansfield has existed as a settlement since Roman times.
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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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As cranes tower over the city as far as you can see and luxury apartments are demolished to make way for even more luxury apartments, the centre of London ceases to be a city in its own right, one where people actually live, and instead evolves into a cross between an old boys club and a duty free lounge. But whilst London becomes anywhere, Leyton is very much London.
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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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