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| November
15, 2006 |
Warrington
returns |
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Rovers
goalkeeper Andy Warrington played his first match after recovering from
an ankle injury when he featured in last night's reserve team game at
Rotherham. Warrington has not played a first team game for 14 months after
breaking his leg in the Carling Cup game against Manchester City last
September. He then injured his ankle in a pre-season game at Gainsborough
Trinity, but he has impressed the new Rovers management team with his
application since returning to training last week. |
| November
15, 2006 |
Rotherham
7 Reserves 4 |
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Rovers
paid the penalty for fielding an inexperienced defensive line-up for last
night's reserve team game, finishing on the losing side despite scoring
four times. The game did mark Andy Warrington's return to action, as well as the return of James Coppinger and Sean McDaid after injury. Rovers went behind after just six minutes, and went further behind in the 20th minute. Two goals in reply from James Coppinger looked to see Rovers go in level at the interval, but an injury time goal by Rotherham saw Rovers go in 3-2 down at the break. Rotherham restored their two goal cushion in the 52nd minute before McDaid equalised from 25 yards five minutes later. Another goal followed for Rotherham in the 60th minute, with Paul Heffernan reducing the arrears again in the 66th minute. Two late goals by Rotherham saw the home side to an amazing 7-4 victory. Rovers: Warrington, Noble, Pacey, Hulme, L Green, Griffith, Thornton, Wilson, McDaid, Coppinger, Heffernan Substitutes: Boyce (for Pacey, 31), Fairhurst (for Noble 46), Bythway (for Coppinger, 79), Richardson |
| November
15, 2006 |
Wilson
returns |
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Doncaster
Rovers confirmed that they have signed midfielder Mark Wilson on a two
month contract. Wilson has impressed manager Sean O'Driscoll in training,
and in his performance in last week's reserve team game, and has been
given the opportunity to earn a longer contract. Wilson previously played
for Rovers during the 2004/05 season when on loan from Middlesbrough,
but he failed to impress then-boss Dave Penney and he returned to Boro.
A spell in the United States, playing for FC Dallas, finished in the summer,
since when he has been trying to get back into the game in England. |
| November
15, 2006 |
MOTM
voting results |
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Lewis
Guy was voted as your "Man of the Match" for his performance
in Saturday's away game at Brentford. He came home narrowly ahead of fellow-striker
Mark McCammon, who was denied a goal on Saturday in bizarre circumstances
after TV replays clearly showed his header going into the goal. A total of nine Rovers players received nominations, with the players receiving most votes being as follows: 1 Lewis Guy (24.0%) 2 Mark McCammon (20.83%) 3 Adam Lockwood (12.0%) Thank you to everyone who voted. The next vote will open on Saturday evening following the away game at Millwall. |
| November
13, 2006 |
FA
Cup draw - away again |
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Unsurprisingly,
Doncaster Rovers were drawn away in yesterday afternoon's draw for the
second round of the FA Cup. Rovers will travel to League Two club Mansfield
Town, with the next round due to be played on Saturday, 2nd December. |
| November
13, 2006 |
McCammon
set for international action |
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Mark
McCammon looks likely to fly out to represent Barbados in the Digicel
Cup this week, which will mean that he will miss the away game at Millwall,
and probably the home game against Brighton. The Barbados matches in the next stage of the tournament are: 19th November - v Bahamas 21st November - v St Vincent & Grenadines 23rd November - v Bermuda |
| November
13, 2006 |
Steve's
men denied in spot kick shoot-out |
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Former
Rovers defender Steve Nicol's side New England Revolution were denied
victory in yesterday afternoon's MLS Cup Final, going down 4-3 in a penalty
shoot-out after 120 minutes saw the match finish level at 1-1. A goalless
first ninety minutes was followed by two goals in two minutes - Revolution
going in front through Taylor Twellman in the 113th minute, but the equaliser
came a minute later from Brian Ching. Whilst unsuccessful in this match,
Nicol does have the remarkable record of having reached the semi-finals
in every season since taking over at New England Revolution five years
ago - reaching the final on three occasions. |
| November
13, 2006 |
Leo's
next move |
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Former
Rovers striker Leo Fortune-West moved on loan to Shrewsbury Town last
Wednesday, making them his third club of the season. Fortune-West joined
Rushden & Diamonds in the summer after being released by Rovers, but
then spent just over a month at Torquay United on loan, before cutting
short the stay so that he could move to Shrewsbury. Fortune-West has initially
signed on loan, but there is an option to extend his stay at Gay Meadow
until the end of the season. Leo was a non-playing substitute in Saturday's FA Cup match against Hereford United. |
| November
11, 2006 |
Brentford
0 Rovers 1 |
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Rovers progressed
to the second round of FA Cup today with a 1-0 victory over Brentford.
The only goal of the game was scored by Lewis Guy after 32 minutes,
which increased Brentford's winless run to fifteen games, with the game
ending with the Bees' supporters calling for the dismissal of manager
Leroy Rosenior. |
| November
12, 2006 |
The
goals round-up |
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Our
review of former Rovers players scoring goals this weekend begins in the
FA Cup, where Gregg Blundell scored for Chester City within five minutes
of having come on as a substitute for their FA Cup tie at Clevedon Town.
He scored City's fourth goal as they eased into the second round by a
4-1 score-line. Richie Barker scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot as Mansfield edged past fellow League Two club Accrington Stanley at Field Mill. The pride of place goes to former Rovers youth team striker Michael Rankine, who scored two goals as Conference strugglers Rushden & Diamonds produced one of the shocks of the first round by beating League One highflyers Yeovil Town 3-1 at Nene Park. North of the border, the prolific Richard Offiong scored again for Hamilton as they beat Airdrie United 2-1 at home to draw level with leaders Gretna in the Scottish First Division. It was his sixth goal of the season. In the Scottish Second Division, ex-Rover Dene Shields had an eventful day for Stirling Albion. He opened the scoring in their 2-1 victory over Morton, but was sent off in the last minute of the game for a second bookable offence. |
| November
12, 2006 |
Steve's
men in final |
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Former
Rovers defender Steve Nicol steps out with his New England Revolution
side later today in the MLS Cup Final against Houston Dynamo. The match
is being played at the Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas, with the match kicking
off at 2.30pm Central Time. New England Revolution make their second successive appearance in the final - with 13 of the 14 players used in last season's final being named in the squad for today's match. The game marks Revolution's third final appearance in Nicol's five years in charge - and they have reached the semi-final stage in every season under his leadership. Houston are making their first appearance in the final, and whilst New England may be more experienced in MLS Cup Finals, the two clubs have had more or less identical seasons this year, with just two league points separating the clubs - the narrowest margin between two finalists since 2003. |
| November
12, 2006 |
Carla
gets England call-up |
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Doncaster
Rovers Belles' teenage striker Carla Cantrell has been named in the England
Women's Under-21 squad for their match being played on November 22nd at
Exeter City's St James' Park ground. Her international debut for the Under-21's
was in May, with Rovers Belles manager John Buckley believing that she
can book a place in the English squad for next year's World Cup. |
| November
11, 2006 |
Rovers
team news |
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Today Rovers travel to Brentford in the first round of the FA Cup. Last season's run to the third round was Rovers best for twenty years and will be hopeful of a similar run this season. Definitely unavailable are Alan Blayney, Andy Warrington, Graeme Lee, Kevin Horlock and Bruce Dyer with Jan Budtz, Sean McDaid and Theo Streete all major doubts. With the way that substitutes Thornton, Heffernan and Coppinger improved the team against Leyton Orient last weekend we would expect all three to start today. Adam Lockwood will captain the side in Graeme Lee's absence. |
| November
11, 2006 |
Brentford
team news |
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Brentford's team news centres on two players formerly on Rovers' books. Keeper Stuart Nelson is unavailable due to an ankle injury meaning that 19 year old Clark Masters will be in goal. Their other news is that they have signed former Rovers trialist Fola Onibujie on loan from Swindon Town. Onibuje scored for Cambridge against Doncaster last season. He had a trial at Belle Vue and was offered a contract before signing for Barnsley without informing Rovers of his decision. He made just three substitute appearances at Barnsley before free transfers to Peterborough, Cambridge and Swindon. |
| November
11, 2006 |
Kirby
the manager |
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Former Rovers full back and friend of David Beckham, Ryan Kirby is the new manager of Harlow Town. His first game is today against AFC Hornchurch in the Ryman League Division One North. We wish him luck in his new role. |
| November
10, 2006 |
Warrington
on the way back |
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The work commitment of Andy Warrington has been noticed by Sean O'Driscoll. Warrington hasn't played a competitive game since the Carling Cup game against Manchester City last season, but O'Driscoll has hinted that he may be given a reserve game in the next two weeks having said that he was impressed with how hard Andy is working in an effort to get fit as soon as possible. With Alan Blayney and Jan Budtz still out, Barry Richardson has been back up to young Ben Smith in recent games. |
| November
10, 2006 |
Lakeside
Stadium match day prices |
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Rovers have announced the prices for seats at the new stadium. On a match basis the prices are as follows. Category A seats
will be £ 21 adults, £15 concessions, £ 15 under 11's. |
| November
10, 2006 |
Accy's
date |
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Accrington Stanley site has listed the Johnstone's Paint fixture at Belle Vue as being on Tuesday 28th November with a 7.45 kick off. This is likely to be Belle Vue's last ever night match. |
| November
9, 2006 |
West
Stand |
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Doncaster Rovers have stated that everyone that has a season ticket for the West Stand in the new stadium should now have received a letter asking them to make arrangements to select their seats. If anyone who has requested their season ticket in that area hasn't received their letter they should call the club on 01302 539441 between 9am and 6.30pm. Please be aware that this is only for existing season ticket holders that have requested that they sit in the West Stand. The East and South stands will be allocated in due course. |
| November
9, 2006 |
Rovers
youth's victory |
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Doncaster Rovers youth side beat Rochdale 2-0 last night. The goal scorers were Noble and Fairhurst. Rovers will now be at home to Hartlepool in the next round in the week commencing 25th November 2006 |
| November
9, 2006 |
Barnwell
quits Town |
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Former
Doncaster Rovers striker Jamie Barnwell has left Bridlington Town due
to " the effect the travelling was having on his family life".
Barnwell has impressed the club with his ability, and had formed an effective
partnership with Jack Wilkinson. Barnwell was signed by Rovers on the transfer deadline day of the 1998/99 season, and played in the Endsleigh Final that season. He made seven league starts for the club. |
| November
8, 2006 |
Offiong
extends stay |
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Former
Rovers striker Richard Offiong has agreed a new deal at Scottish Division
One side Hamilton after impressing with his performances so far this season.
Offiong was released by Rovers in the summer by Dave Penney after a twelve
month stay at Belle Vue, but has become a big hit at the Accies, scoring
four goals so far this season. He has signed an extended contract which
keeps him at Hamilton until May 2009. |
| November
8, 2006 |
Reserves
last night |
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Rovers Reserves went down 3-2 to Sheffield United last night. A goal from trialist Mark Wilson and an own goal from Chris Robertson. United won the game thanks to a penalty that was harshly given for handball against James Coppinger, who played 70 minutes of the match. Rovers had to play the last 25 minutes without Anthony Griffith who was sent off for two bookable offences. He played the game at centre back and may be used in that position at #Brentford on Saturday as it unlikely that captain Graeme Lee will be fit. There is also still a doubt on the fitness of loanee Theo Streete. |
| November
8, 2006 |
Youth
game tonight |
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Rovers youth team entertain Rochdale tonight in the first round of the FA Youth Cup. The winners will play the winners of the Blackpool v Hartlepool match also being played this evening. |
| November
7, 2006 |
Reserves
in action tonight |
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Rovers Reserves entertain Sheffield United reserves at Belle Vue tonight with the kick off at 7pm. Goalkeeping coach Barry Richardson, who has retired from the game twice already is expected to play following his recovery from a broken leg last season . Rovers are also expected to feature Mark Wilson, who had a loan spell with Rovers some time ago. Paul Heffernan,Sean Thornton and James Coppinger who all appeared as second half substitutes on Saturday, start the game in a team that also includes Mark McCammon and Anthony Griffith. |
| November
7, 2006 |
Mystery
virus keeps Ross out |
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Ross McCormack, who impressed during his loan spell at Belle Vue last season, continues to be kept out of action by a mystery virus. Now at Motherwell after being transferred from Rangers in the summer, he stated the season well, but has now been absent for some time, with club doctors referring him to another specialist to resolve the problem. |
| November
7, 2006 |
The
"last match" ticket package |
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Rovers have decided,
in order to make sure that as many Rovers fans get to see the last match
to be played at Belle Vue, the match against Nottingham Forest will
be all-ticket, and must be bought as a package with a ticket for the
Yeovil game. Both matches will therefore be all-ticket, with no tickets
being on sale on the day of the game. |
| November
6, 2006 |
Wilcox
joins Owls |
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Former Doncaster Rovers captain Russ Wilcox, who was Assistant Manager to Brian Laws at Scunthorpe United, has joined Sheffield Wednesday alongside Laws. Andy Crosby another former Rovers centre half is assisting Nigel Adkins at Scunthorpe as a successor to Laws and Wilcox is sought. Laws replaces Paul Sturrock who left Sheffield four games ago. |
| November
6, 2006 |
Brentford
ticket news |
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Due
to building work, Doncaster Rovers have only received an allocation of
650 tickets in the seating area for Saturday's FA Cup tie. No terracing
is available. Tickets are on sale to season ticket holders at the rate
of only one per person, and any remaining unsold will go on general sale
on Tuesday. Ticket prices for the match are: Adults £19.00, Senior Citizens/Students £13.00, Juniors £5.00 |
| November
6, 2006 |
Winstanley
gets York youth job |
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Former
Rovers youth team manager Eric Winstanley has signed a new deal to stay
at Conference National side York City as the Head of Youth Development
after initially arriving on a trial basis in September. The Minstermen's
youth system has brought on many players into the first team, with is
something Winstanley is keen to continue. "In the past I've always admired the set-up at York. It was a small club who brought young lads through, and there have been some very good players come through the system at York and go on to big things. I want to see young players coming here from the York area, get a chance to get a foot in football, and progress enough to get into the first team and take York higher up the leagues. Winstanley is perhaps best known as a player at Barnsley, and then returning to joining the coaching team at Oakwell after a four year stay at Chesterfield. He later became technical advisor for the St Kitts and Nevis national team, and coached in Zanzibar before arriving at Rovers in 2004/05. |
| November
5, 2006 |
Two
join Rovers board |
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Doncaster
Rovers revealed that Terry Bramall and Dick Watson have joined the board
of Doncaster Rovers. The pair were announced to the crowd at yesterday's
home game against Leyton Orient, with chairman John Ryan saying: "To
be able to attract top quality business people like this on to the Board
just shows what strides we have made because they wouldn't have touched
us with a barge pole a few years ago. They are great signings for Doncaster
Rovers and, as well as strengthening the Board, it will help us secure
the future of the club." Terry Bramall and Dick Watson are major shareholders in the privately owned construction group Keepmoat, with Bramall being included in the "Sunday Times 2006 Rich List" to be estimated to be worth £200 million. Keepmoat began as Bramall & Ogden in the Doncaster area in 1931 by Terry's father, George, who was apparently a Rovers fan. The company grew and now employs 3,000 people and 1,500 subcontractors throughout the country. |
| November
5, 2006 |
Redfearn
passes 1,000 milestone |
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Former
Doncaster Rovers midfielder Neil Redfearn played his 1,000th senior appearance
when he turned out for Bradford Park Avenue in their FA Trophy second
qualifying round match against Solihull Borough on Saturday. Whilst the
level of football may not be as high as earlier in his career, Redfearn's
hunger for the game remains undiminished. In his recent autobiography,
he said: "I'll never give up on football. Football will have to give
up on me." "I'm enjoying every minute - I feel good and hopefully I can add a bit of quality here and there. Obviously the standard at this level is lower than anything I experienced in the full-time game, and it's pretty physical, but that's never been a problem for me. My long-term aim is to go back into coaching and management eventually but, until an opportunity comes along, I'm totally committed to helping Avenue climb back after a couple of relegations." "I grew up in the city, so I suppose that if I could have picked a club at the end of my career then Bradford Park Avenue would have been the perfect choice - and here I am." Avenue made a special presentation of a salver to Redfearn, marking his achievement, before the kick-off on Saturday. The game witnessed by a crowd of 250 saw Park Avenue progress to the next round. |
| November
4, 2006 |
Rovers
0 Leyton Orient 0 |
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A
dire game witnessed by 5,447 spectators was seen t Belle Vue this afternoon.
A poor referee and poor opposition had an effect on Rovers and they quickly
adapted to that level after a decent start to the game. The game saw Ben
Smith make his home debut in goal and he along with the bandaged Steve
Roberts were probably the only players in the starting eleven that can
honestly admit to having played well. The game improved with the use of
substitutes Thornton, Heffernan and Coppinger and Sean O'Driscoll must
surely start with Heffernan at Brentford next week. Rovers best efforts
were a Thornton knee height header that ended up hitting the woodwork
after a deflection and a Steve Roberts shot from distance. The game was
Rovers fifth 0-0 of the season and sixth draw in nine home league games.
If Rovers want to start climbing the table they will have to improve on
today's performance and start using more width as Orient were able to
read the Rovers tactics very easily and only struggled when Rovers remembered
what the wings were for. The "Man of the match" voting will be open until 7pm on Monday. As usual, please click on the logo to the left if you would like to take part. |
| November
4, 2006 |
Rovers
team news |
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Doncaster Rovers
look likely to be without Sean McDaid and Bruce Dyer due to injury for
this afternoon's home game against Leyton Orient, with Theo Streete
also a doubt after picking up an injury in Tuesday's match. John Filan
will also not take part - his loan period expires at the weekend in
any case, and has reportedly been recalled by Wigan Athletic as one
of their goalkeepers is ill. |
| November
4, 2006 |
Orient
team news |
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Leyton Orient winger
Derek Duncan could make his first league start after impressing in the
cup in midweek, but Craig Easton has a foot injury and will miss the
match. will be missing. The struggling side will also be missing Adam
Tann and Echanomi due to injury, and have a doubt over winger Peter
Till, who came off injured in the 3-1 midweek defeat at Bristol City.
Shane Tudor will probably replace him after recovering from an ankle
injury. As with Rovers, the O's are likely to make several changes from
the midweek Johnstone's Paint Trophy match during the week, and are
likely to play with two wingers this afternoon (Duncan and Tudor). |
| November
4,
2006 |
Cup
draw this morning |
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The
draw for the regional quarter finals of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy will
be made on Soccer AM on Sky Sports this morning. The remaining other clubs
in the northern part of the draw are: Port Vale, Accrington Stanley, Chester
City, Mansfield Town, Crewe Alexandra, Darlington and Chesterfield. The
matches are due to be played in the week commencing Monday 27th November. |
| November
3, 2006 |
Paul
wins the vote |
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Paul
Heffernan, who scored twice within a minute during the second half of
Tuesday's Johnstone's Paint Trophy game at Hartlepool, was voted as your
clear "Man of the Match", winning over half of the votes cast.
With a low attendance being reflected in a much lower number of votes
than usual, seven players received nominations, with the top two players
(after an attempt at a multiple vote being discounted) being voted as: 1 Paul Heffernan (57.14%) 2 Sean Thornton (19.04%) Thank you to those that took the time to vote. The next voting will open following Saturday's home game against Leyton Orient. |
| November
3, 2006 |
Schofield
wins award |
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Former Doncaster Rovers skipper John Schofield has been named as the "Manager of the Month" for October in League Two. He beat Walsall's Richard Money, Bury's Chris Casper and Stockport's Jim Gannon - winning after his Lincoln side won all of their four League games during October, scoring five goals at Barnet and seven at home to Rochdale. |
| November
3, 2006 |
Leo
ends loan |
| |
Leo
Fortune-West will end his loan period at Torquay United after Saturday's
game against Walsall. He will return to Rushden & Diamonds next week,
but the BBC report that he is set for another loan love. The former Rovers
striker has started just two games for Rushden & Diamonds since joining
them in the summer. |
| November
2, 2006 |
Nicol
after job as national team coach |
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Former
Liverpool and Rovers defender Steve Nicol, currently manager at New England
Revolution in Boston, has confirmed that he is interested in succeeding
Bruce Arena as national team coach of the USA. Nicol has impressed during
his time in the United States, but many feel that the opportunity may
have come a little too early for him. Reports suggest that Jurgen Klinsmann,
who took Germany to the World Cup final this summer, is the favourite
for the job. Nicol said: 'I'd be crazy not to be interested, but I may not get the nod on this occasion. Hopefully my time will come, but I won't be sitting up worrying about it. I'm a real believer in getting on with the job you have - anything that happens in the future is dictated by what you do now." |
| November
2, 2006 |
Brentford
Cup ticket information |
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The
forthcoming FA Cup First Round match at Brentford is all-ticket due to
some building work being done at Griffin Park. There will only be 650
tickets available in the seating area; no terracing is available due to
the building work. Tickets go on sale this morning to season ticket holders only, with one ticket per per person. Any tickets that may be remaining on Tuesday, 7th November will go on general sale. Prices: Adults: £19.00, Senior Citizens/Students: £13.00, Juniors: £5.00 |
| November
1, 2006 |
Hartlepool
1 Rovers 3 |
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Doncaster Rovers
progressed through to the regional quarter finals of the Johnstone's
Paint Trophy last night, thanks to two goals in a minute from Paul Heffernan,
and a late goal from Jason Price. Hartlepool scored a consolation goal
deep into injury time at the end of the game. |
| November
1, 2006 |
Trophy
update |
| |
Doncaster
Rovers are in the quarter finals of the northern section of the Johnstone's
Paint Trophy, where they will face one of the following remaining teams:
Port Vale, Accrington Stanley, Chester City, Mansfield Town, Crewe Alexandra,
Darlington, and the winner of the Oldham v Chesterfield match which is
played tonight. The draw for the next round is due to be made live on Sky Sports' Soccer AM this Saturday, 4th November, with matches to be played in the week commencing Monday, 27th November. |
| November
1, 2006 |
Last
night's goals |
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Former
Rovers striker Chris Brown scored for Sunderland in the Championship last
night as the Black Cats went down to a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of
leaders Cardiff City. In the southern section of the Johnstone's Trophy, ex-Rover JJ Melligan scored for Cheltenham as they beat Barnet 3-2, a Chris Beardsley double helped Mansfield through to a 3-0 home win over Grimsby Town, and Gregg Blundell scored for Chester City as they also won 3-0, against Stockport County. |
| November
1, 2006 |
Warrington
returns! |
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Goalkeeper
Andy Warrington has returned to full training this week after recovering
from torn ankle ligaments in a pre-season match at Gainsborough Trinity
in the summer. We hope that this will mark the end of a horrific 13 months
for Andy who, when injured, had just recovered full fitness after having
broken his leg in the Carling Cup game against Manchester City last September. His return to fitness will help ease the goalkeeping crisis at the club that seems to have been a regular occurrence in the last couple of years - at the moment on-loan keeper John Filan is still being treated for a dead-leg back at Wigan, Jan Budtz has had a precautionary scan on a groin injury, and Alan Blayney continuing to be absent with an elbow injury, which may need an exploratory operation to find out what the continuing problem is. In recent matches this has left young Ben Smith as first choice keeper, with coach Barry Richardson providing cover on the bench. |