Any thoughts that a looming FA Cup 5th Round tie this coming Sunday might cause Rovers to take their eye off the ball were dispelled by a professional performance as they completed a League double over Southend United. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 3-0 Southend United: 250 word match report”
The key to a good five-a-side team is having a good keeper, a good centre forward and enough players in between to get in the way, I told Popular Stand editor Glen Wilson on the way up to Southend after my work team won their first game of the season. And so it was the case for Rovers in their opening game of the season. Continue reading “Southend United 2-3 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
The tide was in when we got to Southend seafront; no matter, someone had helpfully repositioned the beach between Roots Hall’s four gloriously antiquated stands. Continue reading “Southend United 0-0 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
‘The complete performance’ is how Darren Ferguson described this win, and it’s hard to disagree. Continue reading “Southend United 0-3 Doncaster Rovers: 250 word match report”
The glorious nostalgia relating to this fixture prompted me to splurge a quid on another Coppinger hat-trick at 100-1. This kind of optimism is why bookmakers drive expensive cars. Continue reading “Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Southend United: 250 word match report”
