After successive away wins Rovers wrapped themselves in a nice fluffy blanket, hit the snooze button and went to sleep. Sadly they were three down before realising the ringing in the background was the alarm going off and they needed to get up and go to work. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 1-3 Port Vale; 250 word match report”
So, if it didn’t already need confirming, Doncaster Rovers and Harry Forrester do actually “score when they want”.
In one of the least interesting games of football you’re ever likely to experience, Rovers scraped through to the second round of the League Cup in dramatic, if not fortuitous fashion. Continue reading “York City 0-1 Doncaster Rovers; 250 word match report”
It began in untypical opening day fashion with Rovers looking lively from the off. This attacking style was rewarded on eight minutes as Harry Forrester slotted Curtis Main through to coolly dink the ball over the onrushing keeper for 1-0. Continue reading “Yeovil Town 0-3 Doncaster Rovers; 250 Word Match Report”
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”
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