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| January 31, 2006 |
Rovers confirm Ryan departure |
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Doncaster Rovers have
confirmed that Tim Ryan has left the club by mutual consent. Ryan has not
played for the first team since last September owing to an ongoing Achilles
tendon injury, and had an operation on the injury just before Christmas. |
| January 30, 2006 |
Brabin joins Southport |
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Former Doncaster Rovers midfielder Gary Brabin has signed for Conference bottom club Southport on a contract until the end of the season as they bid to avoid relegation. The 35-year old, who began the season at Halifax Town, watched Southport in their home defeat to Kidderminster on Saturday. He has previously been assistant manager at Witton Albion, and played for Runcorn, Boston United, Chester City, Hull City and Blackpool as well as being assistant manager at Witton Albion and Welsh club Total Network Solutions. |
| January 31, 2006 |
Seremet stays on |
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Goalkeeper Dino Seremet has extended his loan spell at Tranmere Rovers for a further two months. The 25-year old keeper joined Tranmere at the beginning of January after leaving Belle Vue in December when his one-month loan at Doncaster expired. He has apparently been in outstanding form for Tranmere since arriving, keeping four clean sheets in his five appearances so far. The new loan will keep him at Prenton Park until the end of March. |
| January 30, 2006 |
Rovers reunion dinner |
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The third "reunion
dinner and charity ball" will be held by Stephen and Beverley Lister's
"Sincere Support" charity at the Earl of Doncaster Hotel on Saturday,
February 18th. A number of former Rovers players will be guests of honour
at the event, which will include a cocktail reception, four course meal and
"live" entertainment. |
| January 30, 2006 |
Youth Team 0 Bradford City 1 |
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Doncaster Rovers' youth
team lost 1-0 at home to Bradford City on Saturday morning, eventually going
down to a late goal by Bantams' skipper Paul Denvers, who bundled the ball
over the line with only a few minutes to go. |
| January 30, 2006 |
Campbell tries his luck north of the border |
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Andy Campbell, who spent a month on loan at Belle Vue last season, has signed for Dunfermline Athletic for the remainder of this season. The move to the Scottish Premier League club followed his release from Cardiff City earlier this month. He made his debut for Athletic on Saturday when he came on as a second half subsitute in their 1-1 home draw against Motherwell, a result that keeps his club deep in the relegation battle. |
| January 30, 2006 |
Around the goals |
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We've only noticed a couple of former Rovers players scoring goals this weekend - firstly we must mention Ben Saunders, who celebrated his return to Worksop Town by scoring for them in the seventh minute as they went on to win their home game against Stalybridge Celtic 2-1 in the Conference North. In the Conference National, ex-Rover Rod Thornley, more famed these days for being a masseur for the England squad, scored twice as Altrincham won 5-1 at home to Aldershot to ease their threat of falling into the relegation mire. |
| January 30, 2006 |
Butler back - again! |
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The evergreen former Rovers goalkeeer Lee Butler has been pressed into service yet again following Halifax Town's already depleted squad being hit by Birmingham City's decision to recall goalkeeepr Adam Legzdins from his loan spell at The Shay. Butler will be in goal for the Halifax first team for the forseeable future, although he admits that he is not the answer to boss Chris Wilder's goalkeeping problem. Halifax are having to work within tight financial constraints, and will be limited to loan signings and free transfers to maintain their challenge for promotion. Their play-off place bid was strengthened on Saturday when Butler played a large part in their 1-0 home win over Forest Green Rovers, which sees them move into third place, eight points behind leaders Accrington Stanley. |
| January 29, 2006 |
Barnsley tickets now on sale |
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Tickets for the Rovers'
next home game, against Barnsley on Saturday 11th February, are now on sale
from the ticket office at Belle Vue and from the Club Shop in Priory Walk.
However, students in full time education must buy their tickets from Belle
Vue, and must bring a valid student (or college) card with them as proof. |
| January 29, 2006 |
Cornforth looks after Gulls |
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Former Rover John Cornforth
has been appointed as caretaker manager at Torquay United following the departure
of Leroy Rosenior from the club by mutual consent earlier this week. Cornforth
has previously managed Exeter City (successfully guiding them away from relegation
to the Conference) and Newport County. |
| January 29, 2006 |
Darren to Derby |
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Darren Moore, who played for Doncaster Rovers during the period from 1995 to 1997, has been transferred from West Bromwich Albion to Derby County. The transfer fee will be up to £500,000, with some of this being dependent on performance of both Moore and Derby. Moore has made just nine starts this season, and has moved in search of regular first team football. He has signed a three and a half year contract with the club. |
| January 29, 2006 |
Reserves match rearranged |
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Doncaster Rovers' Pontins Holidays League game against York City has been rearranged, and will now be played on Tuesday, 14th March. The match will kick-off at 2pm. |
| January 28, 2006 |
Aberdeen midfielder on trials |
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Aberdeen's official web site has reported that midfielder Gary Dempsey has travelled down to Rovers for a two day trial. Dempsey has made just nine starts for the Scottish Premier League club, and boss Jimmy Calderwood is trying to revitalise his squad ahead of Tuesday's UEFA transfer deadline. Dempsey is 25 years old and was born in Wexford, Republic of Ireland. He started his career in Scotland with Dunfermline in 2001, staying there until April 2005, when he moved to Aberdeen. Since then he has made 9 starts and 9 substitute appearances out of Aberdeen's 23 League games. |
| January 28, 2006 |
Farewell Ben |
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Young Doncaster Rovers
striker Ben Saunders signed for Conference North side Worksop Town on Thursday
for an undisclosed fee. Ben signed for Rovers from Southwell City last summer,
but has spent most of the season at Worksop on loan, although he returned
just before the end of December to move to Bury on loan. However, he only
played two games for them before returning early to Rovers. |
| January 28, 2006 |
Laws denies Ryan move |
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Scunthorpe United manager
Brian Laws has denied that he is interested in signing Rovers defender Tim
Ryan, partly due to his recent Achilles tendon injury. Laws recently signed
central defender Steve Foster from Rovers after he left Belle Vue by mutual
consent, and with Ryan also being believed to have also left the club, speculation
in some circles suggested that Ryan, a former Iron player, would make the
same move. |
| January 28, 2006 |
Richards moves in |
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Former Doncaster Rovers
defender Steve Richards has recently been appointed as manager of Northern
Counties East league club Hall Road Rangers, and since his arrival at the
club earlier this month, a large turnover of players has already resulted
in Rangers registering their first win of the season. |
| January 28, 2006 |
Fixture change reminder |
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Finally, we would like
to remind you that this afternoon's scheduled League One fixture against
Colchester United has been postponed, and will now be played on Tuesday,
21st March (kick-off 7.45pm). The postponement has been caused by Colchester's
involvement in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup, which is being played this
weekend. |
| January 27, 2006 |
Man of the match voting results |
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With an unsurprisingly
reduced number of people voting for the "Man of the Match" for
Tuesday evening's game at Blackpool, on-loan striker Ross McCormack emerged
ahead of the pack to win the vote. With eight Rovers players receiving nominations,
the leading votes were cast as follows: |
| January 27, 2006 |
Rovers and Iron face FA charge |
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Doncaster Rovers and
Scunthorpe United have both been charged by the FA after the melee that developed
in the incident that led to the sending off of Rovers' James Coppinger and
Scunthorpe striker Steve Torpey in last Saturday's game at Glanford Park. |
| January 27, 2006 |
Sean in charge |
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Following the news earlier
this week that AFC Telford United manager Bernard McNally has left the club
by mutual consent, the club have confirmed that former Rovers defender Sean
Parrish will become caretaker manager at the club, with assistance from former
Telford player Anton Joseph. |
| January 27, 2006 |
League investigate linesman |
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The Football League
are investigating Neil Yates, who was a linesman in Tuesday evening's game
at Bloomfield Road, after he described Blackpool as a team of "donkey
lashers" on "Burnley Mad"'s messageboard. The incident has
also been reported to the FA, with various messages by Yates criticising
the conduct of both sets of supporters. |
| January 27, 2006 |
Autograph time |
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The Rovers players will be at the club shop in Priory Walk this lunchtime, and will be available to sign autographs, have photographs taken and meet the supporters. The event will begin at 1pm. |
| January 26, 2006 |
Scunthorpe Reserves 1 Rovers Reserves 2 |
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Rovers registered a
second 2-1 victory at Glanford Park in less than a week last night when the
reserves beat a strong Scunthorpe reserve side, with Rovers having omitted
most of the players who had featured in the League One game at Blackpool
the previous evening. Rovers gave Jermaine McSporran another run-out as he
continues to recover from injury, and the fact that he was substituted just
seven minutes from time suggests that his return to fitness is going well. |
| January 26, 2006 |
Penney demands better from defence |
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Rovers manager Dave Penney has criticised his defence for their performance during Tuesday's disappointing defeat at Blackpool, and is hoping that they will use the ten days until the next first team game to solve those problems. He said: "We had a mad two minutes just before half-time which killed the game off. We looked at the goals, the first came from a long throw and a free header, then a silly free kick, then we don't deal with the bounce and their lad scored an easy goal. There was some poor defending amongst that." |
| January 26, 2006 |
Coin Trail update |
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The Viking Supporters' Co-operative have reported that their collection at half-time at the Blackpool game raised £72.80, a reasonable sum considering the disappointing performance and half-time score. This takes the running total to £43,882.15. |
| January 26, 2006 |
Mulligan named in All-Whites squad |
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Doncaster Rovers defender
David Mulligan has been named in New Zealand's squad for their forthcoming
"A" internationals against Malaysia in Christchurch on February
19th and in Albany on February 23rd. However, because these fixtures are
not within the FIFA "international window", clubs are not obliged
to release the named players, which are planned as the first preparation
towards their bid to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. With
eleven European-based players named in the provisional 38-man squad that
will be cut down to 20 players for the matches against Malaysia, the full
All Whites 2010 World Cup squad is: |
| January 25, 2006 |
Blackpool 4 Rovers 2 |
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In a game which was
widely agreed as being the poorest performance of the season, Rovers went
down 4-2 at Bloomfield Road to a struggling Blackpool side. Blackpool played
the conditions better than Rovers, and their physical size seemed to prove
that Rovers need to look around for some bigger players if they are going
to consistently compete with these sort of sides. Rovers went behind in the
19th minute as a long throw into the box was headed home in style by Butler
at the near post. Rovers equalised nine minutes later with a penalty from
McIndoe after a Blackpool player handled a powerfully hit cross, but the
game was lost when the home side scored twice in 90 seconds just before half
time thanks to some poor Rovers defending. |
| January 25, 2006 |
Campbell leaves Cardiff |
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Andy Campbell finally
departed from Cardiff City yesterday after agreeing a package to pay off
the remainder of his contact at the club. Campbell became a hero at Ninian
Park after scoring the play-off final goal that took Cardiff into the Championship
in 2003, but since signing on a full transfer during that summer, failed
to justify the £950,000 fee paid to Middlesbrough. He played a month
on loan at Rovers, but failed to make any impact - and earlier this season
spent a loan period on loan at Oxford, but similarly failed to make a major
impression. |
| January 25, 2006 |
Retford Branch Karaoke Night |
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The Retford branch of
the Rovers Supporters Club are holding a Karaoke night at the Rovers Return
on Saturday, 11th March (the day of the home game against Port Vale), starting
at 6.30pm. |
| January 24, 2006 |
Price signs for Rovers |
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Hull City midfielder
Jason Price has been transferred from Hull City to Doncaster Rovers for what
is described as a nominal fee. The 28-year old Welshman has signed on a two
and a half year contract, and leaves the KC Stadium after being part of theri
squad that has enjoyed successive promotions in the last two seasons. |
| January 24, 2006 |
Blackpool v Rovers - team news |
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Tonight's
teams: |
| January 24, 2006 |
Rovers team news |
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Rovers are likely to
make minimal changes to their squad for this evening's away game at Blackpool,
with Ricky Ravenhill completing his two match ban after picking up ten yellow
cards so far this sason. Dropping out will be James Coppinger, who starts
a three match suspension after being sent off for violent conduct at the
end of Saturday's away game at Scunthorpe. |
| January 24, 2006 |
Blackpool team news |
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Relegation-threatened
Blackpool are strengthened by the arrival of Njazi Kuqi and Marcus Bean at
the club. Kuqi arrives on a month's loan from Birmingham City, and Bean completed
his permanent switch to Bloomfield Road from Queens Park Rangers on Monday.
Danny Warrender, who has been on loan at the club from Manchester City, has
now signed a full transfer. |
| January 24, 2006 |
Graeme's the winner |
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Centre back Graeme Lee,
no doubt aided by the memories of his late "wonder-goal", swept
to a clear victory in the "Man of the Match" voting for Saturday's
away game at Scunthorpe United, gaining just short of half of all the votes
cast. With a total of nine Rovers players receiving nominations, the leading
votes were cast as follows: |
| January 24, 2006 |
Two leave? |
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We understand that left
back Tim Ryan has left Doncaster Rovers "by mutual consent", although
an official statement has yet to be released. Ryan re-joined Rovers in the
year 2000, and has been a popular player during his time at Belle Vue. He
has, however, been absent with an achilles tendon injury for much of this
season, and was not expected to return to playing for another few weeks. |
| January 23, 2006 |
Penney delighted with win |
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Rovers manager Dave Penney spoke of his delight on registering the "double" over near rivals Scunthorpe United on Saturday afternoon, and felt tht his side were "good value" for their win. Praising the performance of debutant Ross McCormack and skipper Michael McIndoe, he also said: "We are delighted with three points. I always thought we looked more likely to snatch the winner. We are on the right path and we now need to build up our momentum which had slipped after the Arsenal game. To come here and get a result like this is great. The late flare up (Coppinger and Torpey's red card incident) is what you can expect in a local derby." |
| January 23, 2006 |
Buses to Blackpool |
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The Supporters
Club are running coaches to tomorrow's away game at Blackpool. Coaches will
leave Retford at 3pm, Bawtry 3.15pm, Hare & Tortoise 3.20pm, Punches
3.25pm, Infirmary 3.30pm, Belle Vue 3.45pm, Harworth Pit 3.05pm, Rossington
Styrrup 3.15pm. |
| January 23, 2006 |
Save the Silkmen |
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You may have read a
recent story in the news that League Two club Macclesfield Town have been
hit by an order from the FA to pay in the region of £300,000 in relation
to offences of previous owners of the club for money received to build a
new stand at Moss Rose. |
| January 21, 2006 |
Scunthorpe 1 Rovers 2 |
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Doncaster Rovers completed
their second"double" of the season today (the first was over Swansea
City) after a late goal grabbed all the points, when at one time it looked
likely that Rovers would leave Glanford Park empty handed. An even first
half ended with both sides not troubling the goalkeepers unduly, although
the home strike partnership of Sharp and Keogh did cause the Rovers defence
some problems. Rovers gave on-loan striker Ross McCormack his debut at the
expense of Lewis Guy, and the young Glaswegian showed glimpses of very promising
things to come. |
| January 22, 2006 |
Youth team 0 Lincoln City 0 |
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Doncaster Rovers' youth
team fought out a goalless draw with Lincoln City yesterday morning, with
many of the players who had played in the reserve team game between the two
sides during the week taking part again - although Rovers were without Anthony
Griffith and Craig Nelthorpe, both of who made the trip to Scunthorpe with
the first team squad. |
| January 22, 2006 |
Mulligan in NZ call-up? |
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New Zealand are to play
a couple of international fixtures next month, their first at home in more
than three and a half years! New Zealand last played at home in July 2002
when they defeated Australia. They aim to play as many as ten inernationals
a year in the lead-up to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and are hoping
to play games at Crystal Palace in July, as well as against a number of sides
who have qualified for the World Cup. |
| January 22, 2006 |
Goals time |
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It's a brief list of former Rovers players scoring goals yesterday - but we'll start in League Two, where Ben Futcher scored in the 80th minute on his debut for Grimsby Town as they drew 2-2 at Torquay. In the Conference, Guy Ipoua scored Hereford United's winner as they won at home 2-1 against Crawley Town, and in the Conference North, former youth team player Michael Rankine scored for Alfreton in their 2-1 home win over Worksop Town. |
| January 21, 2006 |
Sold out! |
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Doncaster Rovers have sold all their allocation of tickets for this lunchtime's away match at Scunthorpe United. The match is all-ticket, so no-one without a ticket will be able to obtain one at either ground today. This means that Rovers will be supported by about 2,100 fans today, where they will probably see the Rovers debut of Rangers striker Ross McCormack - and the Scunthorpe debut of ex-Rovers skipper Steve Foster. |
| January 21, 2006 |
Rovers team news |
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Doncaster Rovers are
likely to name a virtually unchanged squad from the Chesterfield game for
this lunch-time's away game at Glanford Park - with just young striker Ross
McCormack added, who was signed on loan from Rangers during the last week,
and will stay at Rovers for the rest of the season. |
| January 21, 2006 |
Scunthorpe team news |
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Scunthorpe
are giving little away about their likely team for today's game against Rovers
- apart from the fact that ex-Rovers skipper Steve Foster is virtually certain
to play. Foster's place in the team is assured with centre-back Andy Butler
ruled out for almost the rest of the season with a knee injury suffered at
Bristol City last weekend. The Iron expect to have midfielders Ian Baraclough
and Jim Goodwin back in the squad today. With four out of Scunthorpe's next
six games being at home, they will be hoping to turn their recent sequence
of five draws into victories to ease their relegation fears. |
| January 21, 2006 |
Doolan to Rochdale |
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Former Doncaster Rovers midfielder John Doolan has been allowed to go on loan to League Two side Rochdale, and is set to make his debut for them this afternoon at Mansfield. Doolan, who left Rovers last summer, has only started fifteen games for the Seasiders this season. |
| January 20, 2006 |
Rovers eye Clingan? |
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The Doncaster Free Press
has reported that Dave Penney has made enquiries about signing Wolves' midfielder
Sammy Clingan. Clingan has just completed a very successful loan spell at
Chesterfield, playing the final match of his loan against Rovers last Saturday. |
| January 20, 2006 |
Campell shock move |
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Andy Campbell, who joined
Rovers on a month's loan last season, has moved for Newport County on loan
from Cardiff City, after his fortunes at Ninian Park continue to plummet.
A more recent spell at Oxford United failed to jump-start his career, and
he returned to Cardiff after Christmas. Whilst the move to Newport is on
loan, it is understood that Cardiff are willing to pay up Campbell's contract,
and the move could become permanent. |
| January 20, 2006 |
Search for oldest and youngest fan |
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A photography student
at Manchester Metropolitan University, John Tunnicliffe, is undertaking a
project about the unique bond between supporters and their football clubs
for the final year of his degree. |
| January 19, 2006 |
Foster to Scunny |
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Scunthorpe United's official web site have announced that they expect to sign former Rovers skipper Steve Foster later today on an 18-month contract. Foster left Rovers last week - and is set to make his Iron debut on Saturday against the Rovers. |
| January 19, 2006 |
Foster in Iron switch? |
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Both the Doncaster and Scunthorpe evening newspapers yesterday reported that it is likely that former Rovers captain Steve Foster, who left Rovers "by mutual consent" last week, will sign for Scunthorpe United. Scunthorpe have been hit by an injury to central defender Andy Butler, who is likely to be ruled out for the next two or three months and it is possible that Foster may be signed in time to face Rovers in the local derby at Glanford Park on Saturday. |
| January 19, 2006 |
Lincoln City 3 Rovers Reserves 1 |
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With the first team
struggling to name sixteen players on Saturday, it was no surprise that Rovers
included a number of youth team players in their squad for yesterday's reserve
team game against Lincoln City. |
| January 19, 2006 |
Barrick leaves Hucknall |
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Former Doncaster Rovers
left back Dean Barrick has left his position as manager of Hucknall Town
after a meeting between Barrick and Hucknall's chairman, Brian Holmes. |
| January 19, 2006 |
McCormack aims high |
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Rovers' new on-loan
striker Ross McCormack has expressed his delight at coming to Doncaster for
the rest of the season, and hopes to score several goals for the club. McCormack
commented: "I'm here to try to score goals for Doncaster and shoot them
up the league. I'm not guaranteed a place but I want to score and do well
for myself and the club. When I heard about the interest I wanted to come
down straight away. I know what the club is all about - they're a good football
club and I can't wait to start training." |
| January 18, 2006 |
New fixture dates |
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Rovers have agreeed
a new date with Colchester United for the game at Belle Vue, which was originally
due to be played on 28th January, but had to be postponed due to Colchester's
continuing involvement in the FA Cup. |
| January 18, 2006 |
Darby to be released |
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Ex-Rovers striker Duane
Darby has been told that he will not be offered a new contract for next season,
as he does not feature in manager Gary Peters' long-term plans. |
| January 18, 2006 |
Turnbull to Southport |
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Former Rover Lee Turnbull
has been appointed as assistant manager at Conference National's bottom club,
Southport. Turnbull replaces Neil Whalley, who resigned earlier in the season
- the appointment marks his return to football management after being sacked
as manager at Nationwide North club Barrow earlier in the campaign. |
| January 18, 2006 |
Newell to meet FA |
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Former Rovers striker
Mike Newell, now manager at Luton Town, is due to meet FA officials today
to follow up his allegations that illegal payments are being made in many
transfer dealings. Whilst sticking to his claims, Newell admitted: "It's
word of mouth. It's in my head, so I don't know if it's going to be any use
at all." |
| January 17, 2006 |
Man of the Match |
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Rovers' leading goalscorer,
Paul Heffernan, won the latest "Man of the Match" vote this week,
gaining a little over 40% of all votes cast. A total of nine Rovers players
received nominations, but the following three were the only realistic candidates,
gaining over 88% of all the votes between them. |
| January 17, 2006 |
Rankine moves on |
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Former Doncaster Rovers youth team striker Michael Rankine has moved clubs again, and has signed for Nationwide North club Alfreton Town from Armthorpe Welfare. Rankine, 20, left Rovers to join Nationwide North club Barrow, before being given his big chance at Scunthorpe United, but failed to hold down a regular first team place, and spent the earlier part of this season back at Barrow. |
| January 17, 2006 |
Coin trail |
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The Viking Supporters'
Co-operative havve announced that they raised a total of £518.92 for
the "Coin Trail" at Saturday's game against Chesterfield, with
£244.84 being raised in the Viking Bar, and £274.08 inside the
ground. This means that the total raised for the Coin Trail, which is helping
to contribute to the costs fo running the Rovers youth team, is now £43,809.35. |
| January 17, 2006 |
Falana leaves |
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Ex-Rovers striker Wade
Falana, who played four times for the club in the 1992/93 season, has left
Bromley after what is described as a "post-match incident in the dressing
room" following the Lillywhites' 3-1 defeat at Chelmsford. Manager George
Wakeling refused to be drawn on the nature of the incident, saying, "We
will keep that in house. Wade helping us gain promotion and has also been
a vital figure for us this season. I wish him all the best." |
| January 16, 2006 |
Rovers sign McCormack |
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Doncaster Rovers have
signed 19-year old striker Ross McCormack on loan from Glasgow Rangers. He
has made three starts and eight substitute appearances this season in the
Scottish Premier League, with two SPL goals to his name. He played in last
Saturday's Scottish FA Cup game against Peterhead, and scored one of Rangers'
five goals that day. |
| January 16, 2006 |
Penney rues lost points |
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Dave Penney reflected
on Saturday's 1-1 home draw against Chesterfield, and thought that his side
were unlucky not to pick up all the points. He commented: "Things are
not going our way at the moment and it's not the first match where we've
not been able to build after opening the scoring. But we can't afford to
become anxious. We just need to get back to winning ways as quickly as we
can. I thought we should have had a couple of penalties and just edged the
game but it wasn't to be. The problem was that although we were on top we
didn't really create enough chances to trouble their keeper." |
| January 16, 2006 |
It's goals time |
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Our look at former Doncaster
Rovers players finding their way onto the goal scoring lists over the weekend
begin in League Two, where Richie Barker scored from the penalty spot for
Mansfield, as they went down to a 2-1 defeat at Grimsby Town. Also in League
Two, Kevin McIntyre scored for Macclesfield Town as they drew 1-1 at home
to Oxford United. |
| January 16, 2006 |
Miller turns down move |
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Former Doncaster Rovers skipper Barry Miller has turned down what has been described as a "lucrative offer" from Ilkeston Town to stay at Conference North club Worksop Town. After the Derbyshire club expressed an interest, Miller spoke to them, but confirmed afterwards that he would be staying at Sandy Lane. |
| January 16, 2006 |
Youth team 2 Scunthorpe 1 |
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The youth team picked
up another win in the Football League Youth Alliance on Saturday when registering
a 2-1 win over near rivals Scunthorpe United at Cantley Park. Despite having
two early goals disallowed due to offside decisions, Rovers went in front,
when a cross in from the right by Liam Green was diverted into his own net
by Scunthorpe's Jack Francis. Rovers increased their lead three minutes before
the break when Adam Brown latched onto a through ball from Liam Green to
slot the ball past the advancing keeper. |