Playing with a level of urgency akin to a condemned man eating his last meal, Rovers accidentally sent Uncle Bulgaria and chums back to SW19 on the end of a 2-1 defeat.
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A sweltering summer’s day in the capital set the scene for Rovers’ third league match of the campaign. An unbeaten AFC Wimbledon proved tricky opponents in a game that ultimately felt like a win.
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Underground, overground, the 163; all of these lead you to Wimbledon in south west London where a settlement has existed since the Iron Age, prior to which the land had been seen as too creased to inhabit.
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Jack Peat set out to tackle this season’s most pressing question; why weren’t Rovers relegated sooner?
In all my years of watching Rovers, I can recall only a handful that have felt as abysmal as this one. Indeed, off-field matters excluded, this has probably been the worst. Performances both home and away have been uninspiring. Players have struggled to gel. Any positive moments have been fleeting and all too often dissipated in the same puff of smoke in which they appeared. It has been tough, and few people reading these pages will need reminding of that, but what has been most perplexing of all in my view is that we weren’t put out of our misery sooner.
Continue reading “The Bottom Six”In an alternate take on our 250 word match report, Jack Peat channels his inner Brian Bilston for Rovers comeback draw at AFC Wimbledon.
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After the upheaval Doncaster Rovers went through during the summer, it’s hardly surprising this performance was so incredibly disjointed. Only one player (Tom Anderson) had featured in the starting XI last season, and a pre-season filled with injury setbacks, Covid-19 cancellations and trialists galore was only ever going to lead to one thing; a squad that simply hasn’t had time to gel.
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There are many reasons to like AFC Wimbledon as a club, but there plenty to dislike it as an away day; chiefly you can’t see a bloody thing from the away terrace, and not since Kingstonian were primary tenants have Rovers really performed at Kingsmeadow. Continue reading “AFC Wimbledon 2-0 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
This was the type of fixture that would normally carry expectation of an easy win and a goal glut; AFC Wimbledon with three wins in 17. Unfortunately our form of the last month has been no more impressive. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 2-1 AFC Wimbledon: 250 word match report”
I suppose when one team needs a point to ensure League One survival and the other one has failed to score in their previous three games that a 0-0 draw represents the most likely outcome. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 0-0 AFC Wimbledon: 250 word match report”
Sun in the sky, beer in the belly, feet on a terrace. This had all the makings of a great football away day. It’s just a shame, no-one told Doncaster Rovers. Continue reading “AFC Wimbledon 2-0 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
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