From our short-lived, yet enjoyable series of guides to Rovers away trips, here’s all you need to know about Yeovil. Continue reading “Go Away! Yeovil Town”
Go Away! Yeovil Town
Can You Remember The First Time?
Those of you familiar with the print edition of popular STAND, or indeed with long enough memories to recall Viva Rovers’ first online incarnation, will be familiar with our statistician. The man who goes by the name of Dutch Uncle, the self-proclaimed only Plaid Cymru voting Rovers fan in the Netherlands. From his underground bunker in Den Haag, Dutch churns out fascinating Doncaster statistics, hewn from the finest annuals money can haggle for on eBay, and if we’re lucky enough, he allows the fanzine to serve as a medium for them. And if we’re not as lucky, he posts them on the forums. Continue reading “Can You Remember The First Time?”
Double Headache; Rovers 0-1 Crawley Town / Belles 0-4 Arsenal
Selling the fanzine over the course of a season gets you many things; sunburn, pneumonia, ignored, to name but three, but it also gets you an insight into the mood of supporters. Standing outside the ground for an hour and a half watching the day’s attendance drift by you are able to gain a sense of the fans’ prevailing mood. Saturday, was the first time in a year I had sold popular STAND to generally happy people. Yorkshire folk aren’t known for showing their emotions, but still, the overall optimism and enthusiasm brought from starting a new campaign with back to back wins was clearly evident. Continue reading “Double Headache; Rovers 0-1 Crawley Town / Belles 0-4 Arsenal”
popular STAND fanzine issue 59
popular STAND‘s 59th issue went on sale ahead of Rovers’ match with Crawley Town at the weekend. Sales went very well, but we still have a handful of copies left so if you want one get in touch, via email, twitter or the comments box at the foot of this page. To whet your appetite, here’s the contents page for the 36 page edition which featured submissions from John Coyle, Mike Follows, Chris Kidd, Alan Patching, David Waugh and Brian Witherden as well as Editor Glen Wilson. Continue reading “popular STAND fanzine issue 59”
The 50yard Shoot-Out: Cotterill vs Utley
The half-way line. A very distinct marking on a football field, with its exact position evident in its name. It is a white line dividing the two halves of the field, stretching between the two touch-lines, equidistant from the two by-lines. And yet, when it comes to long distance goals this strip of white paint takes on a much more fluid state. You can score a goal from the half-way line so long as you are within ten metres of the marking, sometimes even further away. Continue reading “The 50yard Shoot-Out: Cotterill vs Utley”
New Season, New Stock
We’ve decided to celebrate a new season with a new range of stock in the popular STAND shop. Added to the classic long-standing Viva Rovers designs and the Keep Calm pastiche purchased by Ian Duerden himself, comes The Bernard Range. Inspired by the star of our masthead ‘Bernard Glover from Wheatley’ we now boast a range of clothing and merchadise featuring his familiar unimpressed gaze. And that’s not all, we’ve also got fanzine mugs and bags available to purchase too. So stop wasting time reading this, and get yourself to the shop now. Quick. Click on this bit of text.
Playing Away: Bridlington Town vs Whitley Bay
We’re men of the world here at popular STAND, and so we realise that on occasion, there comes a time when you feel the need to seek alternate pleasure. Football sadly is not solely a game played by men (or women) in red and white hoops and so sometimes circumstances dictate that we must watch other people play. Rather than see this practice go underground we’ve taken steps to ensure it can be controlled and so have come up with a feature in which it can exist in small doses. In Playing Away we recount our tales of watching others play, starting with Editor Glen Wilson‘s trip to the seaside. Continue reading “Playing Away: Bridlington Town vs Whitley Bay”
Out of Love – On Finding it Hard to Follow Your Club
Valentines Day. I suppose that’s as good a day as any to realise you no longer feel the attraction you once did. On Valentines Day Matt and I sat at the back of the West Stand and held something of a mid-match confessional. Whilst below us Gary Taylor-Fletcher, who looks more like the proprietor of a fish and chip shop at an out of season seaside resort than a footballer, meandered through the Rovers defence as if picking his way through pensioners in a shopping centre, we sat and confided to one another that we weren’t really enjoying this any more. Continue reading “Out of Love – On Finding it Hard to Follow Your Club”
Paul Raven’s Newsround 06.07.12
A week of comings and goings , well goings at least, to recap for Paul Raven in his Newsround this week. Also featured this week Dean Saunders auditions for the Big Top, and the Belles are in Euro action. Continue reading “Paul Raven’s Newsround 06.07.12”
Belles Ring Out at Euros
Three members of the Doncaster Rovers Belles squad tonight featured in their second match at the UEFA Women’s Under 19s Championships in Turkey. Sadly for the England trio of Mary Earps, Beth England and Jess Sigsworth (pictured above from left), their fixture against Spain ended in defeat, following on from an opening match loss to Sweden at the start of the week. Continue reading “Belles Ring Out at Euros”
popular STAND fanzine 