One word sums up Rovers’ performance in the first twenty-five minutes of this game – awful. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 2-2 Burton Albion: 250 word match report”
Doncaster Rovers 2-2 Burton Albion: 250 word match report
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Wycombe Wanderers 3-2 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report
Rovers have never taken so much of a point away from Wycombe’s Adams Park, but when Tommy Rowe put them 2-0 up with twenty minutes left, it seemed they were certain to finally leave this corner of Buckinghamshire with the points. Continue reading “Wycombe Wanderers 3-2 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
Preston North End 1-3 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report
High among your fellow townsfolk, all in song; arms aloft, fists clenched, scarves twirling in the floodlight air, whilst down below your team – every one of them beaming – celebrate humbling loftier opposition. How could anyone ever suggest there’s no magic left in the FA Cup? Continue reading “Preston North End 1-3 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
Doncaster Rovers 5-0 Rochdale: 250 word match report
Doncaster Rovers began 2019 with an almost flawless victory against Rochdale which can scarcely be described in just 250 words. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 5-0 Rochdale: 250 word match report”
Gillingham 1-3 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report
If Kent truly is the Garden of England, then Gillingham is the bit down the side of the shed. The bit you forget about and cover sight of with a big plant pot. I hate it. Continue reading “Gillingham 1-3 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
Fleetwood Town 3-0 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report
It was a Boxing Day slog in the fog for Rovers who were beaten 3-0 by Fleetwood Town at a misty Highbury. The win gave the Cod Army the double over Rovers on the season, with a combined score of 7-0. Continue reading “Fleetwood Town 3-0 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
Doncaster Rovers 2-2 Oxford United: 250 word match report
Another match, another milestone for James Coppinger as the influential midfielder made his 600th Rovers appearance. On the 26th minute the stadium rose as one to applause his achievement and sing his name. Had this been a Hollywood production then it would’ve ended with Coppinger winning the match with a wonder goal, but alas this isn’t the movies, this is League One. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 2-2 Oxford United: 250 word match report”
Doncaster Rovers 3-0 Scunthorpe United: 250 word match report
I’m a complicated soul; I like orange juice but not oranges; dark beer but not Guinness, and though I consider Rotherham our biggest rivals, anticipate games against Scunthorpe more eagerly. So after flogging fanzines in the sort of wind that would have had Captain Scott deciding on a duvet day, I was grateful for the warming sensation that came with rattling in two early goals against the daft metallic bastards. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 3-0 Scunthorpe United: 250 word match report”
Bristol Rovers 0-4 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report
A wet and windy Memorial Stadium welcomed travelling fans for a game that, in cricket speak, would be determined by the coin toss. Continue reading “Bristol Rovers 0-4 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
Charlton Athletic 0-2 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report
I was having a pre-match pint when I read James Coppinger wasn’t in the squad. I contemplated staying put and ordering another. A text from a friend conveyed similar thoughts; ‘When I heard Coppinger wasn’t playing I almost went home’. Continue reading “Charlton Athletic 0-2 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
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