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| June
30, 2006 |
Marples
completes move to Chester |
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Doncaster Rovers defender
Simon Marples completed his transfer to Chester City yesterday, and signed
a two year contract with the club. He joins a growing ex-Rovers contingent
at the club, which could rise to six if Ricky Ravenhill agrees personal terms
with the club - and keeper Andy Warrington joins on loan, as has been reported
this week in the Chester Daily Post. |
| June
30, 2006 |
Scunny
kick-off changed |
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Scunthorpe United announced yesterday that their home game against Doncaster Rovers on Saturday, 30th September has been brought forward to a 12 noon kick-off following a request by Humberside Police. The match was originally scheduled for a 3pm kick-off. |
| June
30, 2006 |
Keith
scores again |
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Former Doncaster Rovers left back Keith Foy scored another goal from a free kick in Monday evening's surprise 3-1 victory for Sligo Rovers over Derry City. Foy was the victim of a heavy tackle early on in the game which resulted in Gareth McLynn being sent off - his goal came in the 58th minute when a thunderbolt of a free kick flew through the Derry wall to put Sligo ahead. |
| June
30, 2006 |
Price
joins Harrogate |
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Former Rover Jamie Price
has joined Conference North club Harrogate Town after being released by Conference
National side York City at the end of last season. |
| June
29, 2006 |
Warrington
set for Deva? |
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Andy Warrington is set to go on loan to Chester City. The Chester Daily Post has reported that Chester City are considering an offer to take Warrington on a loan basis, with a view to a permanent signing. City chairman Stephen Vaughan commented: "I have spoken to the Doncaster chairman John Ryan, and Andy is available for transfer. Mark (Wright) is extremely interested in the player." |
| June
29, 2006 |
Ravenhill
set for Chester for five figure fee |
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In what appears to
be a gathering of former Doncaster Rovers players at Chester City, Chester
City chairman Stephen Vaughan announced yesterday that they will be signing
transfer-listed Rovers midfielder Ricky Ravenhill if they can agree personal
terms with the player. Vaughan said: "I have agreed a five-figure fee
with John Ryan for Ricky Ravenhill and now Mark Wright will discuss personal
terms with the player and his agent." |
| June
29, 2006 |
New
pre-season game |
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Another pre-season match has been announced by Doncaster Rovers. They will travel to Worksop Town on Friday, 14th July, with the match starting at 7.30pm. This now means that Rovers have eight matches lined up as part of their preparation for the new season. |
| June
28, 2006 |
Crichton
moves to Cambridge |
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Former Doncaster Rovers
goalkeeper Paul Crichton has been transferred from Gillingham to Conference
National side Cambridge United. Crichton, who only played one first team
game for the Gills last season, has joined Cambridge on a player-coaching
deal. |
| June
28, 2006 |
Flying
high up in the sky.... |
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Thirty Rovers fans have
the chance to fly to the first game of the season at Carlisle on 5th August.
The package, which costs £150 (including match ticket), consists of
breakfast and coffee at the Rovers Return, minibus transfer to Doncaster
Airport, the flight to Carlisle, minibus transfer to Brunton Park - and similar
arrangements for the return journey (apart from breakfast!).. |
| June
28, 2006 |
Fixture
change |
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Rovers have announced that the date for the away game at Port Vale has been changed. The match will now be played on Sunday, 3rd September, with a 4pm kick-off. The match is now being shown live on Sky Sports. |
| June
27, 2006 |
Marples
to join Chester? |
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Simon Marples, who was released by Doncaster Rovers at the end of last season, is reported to be considering a contract offer from Chester City. Chester manager Mark Wright is said to be awaiting a reply from the player this week. Should he sign, he will join former Rovers players Gregg Blundell, Jermaine McSporran and Kevin Sandwith at the Deva Stadium. |
| June
27, 2006 |
Former
players in Ireland |
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Former Doncaster Rovers
defender Colin Hawkins was part of Shelbourne's side as they eased into the
second round of the Intertoto Cup as they defeated Lithuanian side FK Vetra
4-0 on Saturday evening to complete a 5-0 aggregate victory. The Lithuanians
made it hard for themselves by having three players sent off in the second
leg - the first coming after just four minutes of the match. Shelbourne will
now face Odense BK of Denmark, with the two-legged tie to be played in the
next two weekends. |
| June
27, 2006 |
Shirt
sponsors presentation |
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Doncaster Rovers have announced that they have provisionally arranged a presentation evening for last season's shirt sponsors for Thursday, 13th July. Further details will be announced in due course, but all shirt sponsors will receive a personal invitation when the details have been confirmed. |
| June
26, 2006 |
Players
back today |
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The
Rovers squad will report for the first day of training after the summer break
today, which will be the first opportunity for all of the new signings to
meet their new team mates. The players will be training at Cantley Park this
week, before going to an army camp prior to playing the first of their pre-season
fixtures on 11th July. |
| June
26, 2006 |
Pre-season
game admission prices |
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Doncaster
Rovers have announced the admission prices which will apply for the pre-season
matches against Middlesbrough and Real Sociedad. Both matches will be £10
for adults and £1 for children. Prices for other matches will be announced
in due course. |
| June
26, 2006 |
Macca
investigated |
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Doncaster
Rovers winger Michael McIndoe was the subject of an article in the "Sunday
Mail" yesterday, alleging an assault on a pensioner at Cannons gym in
Doncaster. The incident is supposed to have taken place on June 6th as a result
of unwelcome harassment by Roy Greenslade as he pestered McIndoe's girlfriend,
Helen Dainty, in the gym, where she worked. Neither Helen or McIndoe were available to comment to the newspaper, with McIndoe's agent stating: "We can't say anything at the moment because of the investigation." North Yorkshire Police confirmed that both McIndoe and Greenslade were under investigation. "There are allegations on both sides and we have a duty to investigate both." said PD Joanne Moss. Cannons gym have confirmed that, whilst no official complaint was made at the time of the alleged incident, one has subsequently been received, and they are now investigating the matter. |
| June
25, 2006 |
Buy
a "Fans wall of fame" brick for new stadium |
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Doncaster Council have
announced details of a scheme where all fans can have their name put on a
brick in a specially designated part of the new Community Stadium. Each brick
will cost £40, with dimensions of 215mm x 65mm. This will allow two
lines with up to 15 characters per line (but spaces and punctuation marks
count as characters. |
| June
25, 2006 |
Rovers
club open for England game |
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Doncaster Rovers will again be opening the Rovers Return club house this afternoon so that fans can watch the England game against Ecuador on the giant TV screens. Whilst the England game does not start until 4pm, the Rovers Return will open at 12 noon, as the Doncaster Lakers have a home game this afternoon that kicks off at 1pm. |
| June
25, 2006 |
Atkins
not for Carlisle |
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Former Doncaster Rovers
manager Ian Atkins has confirmed that he will not be applying for the manager's
job at Carlisle United, despite continued media speculation linking him with
the post. Atkins, who took over the reins at Torquay United late last season,
successfully guiding them away from relegation to the Conference, has since
been named as Torquay's permanent manager, and is looking forward to a successful
season with the Gulls. Atkins said:"I have just become the manager at
Torquay and want to build a winning squad here. I am flattered to have had
my name connected with Carlisle but I think Torquay can push for promotion." |
| June
24, 2006 |
Leo
bound for Rushden |
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Doncaster Rovers striker
Leo Fortune-West has signed for Conference National new-boys Rushden &
Diamonds after being released at the end of his contract at Belle Vue. Fortune-West,
who scored 23 goals in 71 starts for Rovers during a three year stay, has
signed a two-year contract at Nene Park. |
| June
24, 2006 |
Another
pre-season game confirmed |
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Grimsby
Town have announced that Doncaster Rovers will travel to Blundell Park for
a pre-season match on Monday, 17th July. The match will kick-off at 7.30pm. The latest fixture means that seven pre-season matches have now been confirmed, with the latest list being: Tuesday, 11th July - Retford v Rovers (kick-off 7.30pm) Monday, 17th July - Grimsby Town v Rovers (kick-off 7.30pm) Wednesday, 19th July - Rovers v Hull City (7.30pm) Saturday 22nd July - Rovers v Real Sociedad (kick-off 3pm) Tuesday 25th July - Notts County v Rovers Friday, 28th July - Rovers v Middlesbrough (kick-off 7.30pm) Saturday, 29th July - Gainsborough Trinity v Rovers (kick-off 3pm) Admission prices for the Grimsby game will be £5 for adults, £2 for concessions. |
| June
24, 2006 |
Kevin
for the Deva |
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Ex-Rovers central defender Kevin Sandwith has completed a transfer from Macclesfield Town to Chester City. Sandwith has signed a two year contract at Chester after joining Macclesfield last summer after leaving Lincoln City. |
| June
23, 2006 |
Wright
for Saints |
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Former
Doncaster Rovers winger Jermaine Wright is set to sign for Southampton after
being released by Leeds United. Wright was released by Leeds "by mutual
agreement", will be joining George Burley's squad for pre-season training
on Monday with a view to signing a permanent deal. Wright started fourteen
games for Southampton during a three month loan stay last season, and will
join up with George Burley for a second time - the pair previously worked
together at Ipswich Town. Wright played ten times for Rovers during the 1996/96 season after being brought in on loan from Wolves by Sammy Chung. |
| June
23, 2006 |
Weaver
for drop to non-league? |
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Ex-Rovers
defender Simon Weaver looks likely to drop into non-league football next season,
with Kings Lynn launching an ambitious bid to sign the 28-year old . Weaver
played at Scarborough last season, who were relegated from the Conference
National in the summer, but his contract at the McCain Stadium has now expired,
enabling him to seek a new club. Weaver made two appearances for Rovers whilst on loan from Sheffield Wednesday during the 1997/98 season, and has also played for Ilkeston Town, Nuneaton Borough and Lincoln City. |
| June
23, 2006 |
Community
courses |
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Rovers
in the Community are again running some soccer training courses during the
school summer holidays. They will be operating at the following venues: Tranmoor Lane Primary School, Armthorpe - Mondays and Fridays from 24th July to 25th August Hall Cross Lower School, Bessacarr - Three-day courses, Tuesday to Thursday, from Tuesday 25th July to Tuesday 29th August West Road Primary School, Thorne - Wednesdays, 26th July to 23rd August Kirk Sandall Primary School - Mondays and Fridays from 24th July to 25th August All courses run from 9am to 12 noon each day, and will cost £2 a day - payment can be made in advance or on the day. To book a place, please phone Eric or Richard on 01302 370250, or emailing them on drfc_community@hotmail.com |
| June
22, 2006 |
Rovers'
2006/07 season kicks off at Carlisle |
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The
fixture list for the 2006/07 season sees Rovers away for the opening match
of the season, at newly promoted Carlisle United. Two home matches, against
Crewe Alexandra and Tranmere Rovers follow on Tuesday 8th and Saturday 12th
August. Both post-Christmas matches are away - Bradford City on Boxing Day, and Blackpool on Saturday 30th December, with a home match against Huddersfield Town on 1st January. With the scheduled hand over of the new stadium being 12th December, the first match at the new ground looks likely to be on Saturday 16th December against Yeovil - with Nottingham Forest in town the following Saturday! Barring a home FA Cup draw (which in recent years is unlikely!), the last home game at Belle Vue looks set to be against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday, 25th November. Of course, it will take until much closer to the moving date for these scenarios to be confirmed. The season finishes with a home match against Northampton Town on Saturday, 5th May 2007. |
| June
22, 2006 |
League
fixture list out today |
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The
Football League will be releasing the full fixture list for the 2006/07 season
at 10 o'clock this morning, with the first matches scheduled to be played
on Saturday, 5th August. Please check back on this site later this morning
for further news. Pre-season matches confirmed so far are: Tuesday, 11th July - Retford v Rovers (kick-off 7.30pm) Wednesday, 19th July - Rovers v Hull City (7.30pm) Saturday 22nd July - Rovers v Real Sociedad (kick-off 3pm) Tuesday 25th July - Notts County v Rovers Friday, 28th July - Rovers v Middlesbrough (kick-off 7.30pm) Saturday, 29th July - Gainsborough Trinity v Rovers (kick-off 3pm) The fixture against Halifax Town, scheduled for 25th July, appears to have been cancelled. A further match against Hatfield Main has been agreed, but no date has yet been confirmed. |
| June
21, 2006 |
Carling
Cup - Rovers at home! |
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Doncaster Rovers have been drawn at home to Rochdale in the first round of the Carling Cup, with the full draw being made at midday today. The tie will be played in the week commencing Monday, 21st August. |
| June
21, 2006 |
Spanish
giants set for Belle Vue |
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Spanish
club Real Sociedad are bound for Belle Vue as part of their pre-season English
tour. The Spanish Primera Liga club, who finished in 16th place last season,
are set to play Doncaster Rovers on Saturday, 22nd July after leaving Spain
the previous day. Their British tour will then take in Huddersfield Town (25th
July), Leicester City (28th July) and West Bromwich Albion (30th July). |
| June
21, 2006 |
Hull
match back on |
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Hull
City have today confirmed that the pre-season friendly at Belle Vue will take
place on Wednesday 19th July, with a 7.30pm kick-off. Adult tickets will cost
£10, concessions £3. The match was originally arranged for this
date, but was cancelled in the period before Hull manager Peter Taylor left
the club. |
| June
21, 2006 |
Another
pre-season match |
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Notts County have announced
that they have added Doncaster Rovers to their pre-season list of matches,
with Rovers due to visit Meadow Lane on Tuesday, 25th July. However, this
is the date that Rovers have previously announced that they will be playing
Halifax Town, so it is likely that this fixture will be altered. The match
will see ex-Notts players Nick Fenton and Paul Heffernan return to face their
former club for the first time since leaving in 2004. |
| June
21, 2006 |
Carling
Cup draw today |
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The
draw for the first round of the Carling Cup is due to take place at midday
today, with all 72 of the Football League clubs being involved at this stage.
Premiership clubs do not enter the competition until the second or third rounds. Clubs are firstly divided into north and south sections, then half of each geographical section are seeded, with Rovers being a "seeded" club in the northern section. Rovers will, therefore, be drawn against one of the eighteen unseeded clubs from the northern section. Ties for the first round will be played in the week beginning 21st August, with extra time and penalties being played if necessary.
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| June
21, 2006 |
League
fixtures out tomorrow |
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The fixtures for the 2006/07 season will be released tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The opening day of the season is set for Saturday, 5th August, with the Premiership starting two weeks later. |
| June
20, 2006 |
Watch
the England match in Rovers Return |
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The "Rovers Return" club house at Belle Vue will be opening this evening to show the England v Sweden match from the World Cup on a giant 42-inch plasma screen. The club house and the bar will open at 6pm, so why not go down and watch the match in the company of fellow Rovers fans? |
| June
20, 2006 |
Sam
keeps the Blues waiting |
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Sam Oji, who was at the Rovers for a month on loan last season, is keeping Birmingham City manager Steve Bruce waiting over the new contract which has been offered by the club. With two departures and Stephen Kelly having an injury that will keep him out until well into the autumn, Bruce is having to rebuild the defence of City, who were relegated from the Premiership at the end of last season. |
| June
20, 2006 |
Player
of the season |
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Over the weekend we
revealed the players that were voted into positions 16 to 20 in the "Player
of the Season" for 2005/06, which was compiled from all of the "Man
of the Match" voting from every first team match. Today we reach positions
11 to 15, which are listed below. In the next few days, we will let you know
the top ten, including who YOU have voted as your player of the season. |
| June
19, 2006 |
Penney
eyes promotion |
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In a new approach for
Dave Penney, no longer is his goal fifty points - this year he is eying promotion!
The usually publicly cautious Rovers manager said to BBC Radio Leeds: "I
have been in charge for over four years which is a long time. This is a big
season for us, we have pushed on every year and have been there and thereabouts.
We have added to the squad and as long as we do not get too many injuries,
if you look at it on paper we are probably third favourites for promotion." |
| June
19, 2006 |
Cramb
keeps them waiting |
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Scottish Third Division club Stenhousemuir are still waiting to hear whether they will have former Doncaster Rovers striker Colin Cramb in their ranks next season. Cramb, the Warriors' top goal scorer from last season, along with two of his team mates, has been offered a new contract for next season, but has yet to give manager Des McKeown a decision. The striker played no part in the last five matches of the season, during which time Stenhousemuir dropped out of the promotion places, after being told to stay away from Ochilview following an alleged incident during a league game at Berwick Rangers. |
| June
19, 2006 |
Breckin
goes to Rovers |
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Former Doncaster Rovers
left back John Breckin has been appointed as assistant manager to Ronnie
Moore at Tranmere Rovers. Tranmere become the third club at which Moore has
been manager and Breckin his assistant. The duo first worked together at
Rotherham United, and last season at Oldham Athletic. |
| June
18, 2006 |
Oscar
Hold |
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News has finally been
released that one of Doncaster Rovers' managers from the 1960's, Oscar Hold,
has died just days before his 87th birthday. He died from bladder cancer
in the Victoria Lodge nursing home in Sunderland last October. |
| June
18, 2006 |
Rigo
in talks with Shrimpers |
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Morecambe are still in talks with former Doncaster Rovers midfielder Adriano Rigoglioso over a contract for next season. Adriano re-joined Morecambe during last season after being released from his contract at Belle Vue. A highly anticipated arrival from Morecambe at Rovers in November 2003, sadly for him he never held down a regular first team place, making just seven first team league starts and 22 substitute appearances in two and a half years. |
| June
18, 2006 |
Player
of the season |
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In our review of the
"player of the season" for last season, which has been compiled
by taking all of your votes of the "Man of the Match" throughout
the season, we have now covered all players up to Neil Roberts in 20th place.
Today we cover the next five players, covering 16th place to 20th place. |
| June
17, 2006 |
Season
tickets going well |
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Rovers have reported
that the sale of season tickets are going well, with around 3,500 sold so
far towards their target of 5,000. Included in this figure is the news that
all of the hospitality boxes in the new stadium have now been sold, along
with fifteen at Belle Vue. |
| June
17, 2006 |
New
deals for former Rovers duo |
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Former Doncaster Rovers
striker Duane Darby has signed a new one year contract extension at Nationwide
North club Nuneaton Borough. Darby joined Nuneaton during last season after
being released by Shrewsbury Town. |
| June
16, 2006 |
Schofield
gets Imps job |
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Jon Schofield has been
named as head coach at League Two club Lincoln City. He was named at a press
conference yesterday morning, with John Deehan being appointed as "director
of football". Schofield was named as being in charge pending the naming
of the new manager when Keith Alexander left the club in late May. |
| June
16, 2006 |
Ryan
welcomes Macca back |
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It looks like Rovers
winger Michael McIndoe will report back for pre-season training later this
month along with the rest of the Doncaster Rovers squad. McIndoe spent the
latter part of the 2005/06 season on loan at Derby County after handing in
a transfer request, hoping that he would get a permanent move to a Championship
club. However, no approaches have been made, and Derby have not followed
up their interest due to a change in manager during the summer. |
| June
16, 2006 |
Penney
looks forward to new season |
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With five significant
signings already confirmed, and Jonathan Forte expected to join the club
on a long term loan at the beginning of July, Rovers boss Dave Penney sees
the quality of those new players as an indication as to the expectation of
success at Rovers next season. |