It’s almost 13 years since Doncaster Rovers moved to the Keepmoat Stadium, and yet, whenever I’m prompted to think about watching Doncaster Rovers, my mind still goes to Belle Vue. Continue reading “podular STAND podcast: the Belle Vue episode”
What makes a good football ground? That’s the key question addressed by Glen Wilson and Jack Peat in the 15th episode of the popular STAND podcast, podular STAND, as they discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of UK football grounds.
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Promotion. That seems as good a reason as any to record a podcast, that and the fact the fanzine’s three London exiles were all in the same country for once. But let’s focus on the former, and wade between the popped champagne corks and discarded sponsor-backed ‘We are going up’ banners to bring you episode seven of the premier Doncaster Rovers podcast. Continue reading “podular STAND podcast: the promotion episode”
So, you’ve read popular STAND fanzine. You’ve seen our finely tuned and edited thoughts set out on a page, but, you’ve probably never asked yourself, what do these people sound like? Continue reading “podular STAND podcast: the first episode”
Theo Streete played just ten matches as a professional footballer. His is the sort of blink and you miss it pro career that in most instances would fade away everywhere but a listing in a tattered Rothmans Annual. Not Streete however, instead he has an eternal residency as a footnote in South Yorkshire sporting history. That is because one hour into a match in late December 2006 he took an ambitious pot shot on goal from out on the right wing, and through doing so became that last ever goalscorer at Doncaster Rovers’ Belle Vue ground.
Continue reading “Moving the Goalposts: Last and First Stadium Goalscorers”
I’ve mentioned this before in these pages, but a couple of years back I was in a pub when I noticed the television above the bar showing a Rugby League match. There was no sound, but the anchor and pundits were rolling through their pre-amble in front of backdrop of red seats and newish concrete; I gazed for a good couple of minutes wondering where they were; Salford perhaps? Maybe St Helens. Wakefield? One wide-panning shot later I clocked it. They were at the Keepmoat. Continue reading “Stadium Tedium; 10 Things That Modern Stadia are Missing”
