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| November
30, 2006 |
New
stadium Question & Answer session |
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Rovers'
fans have understandably got a lot of questions about the new stadium,
including about ticketing, smoking, car parking, shuttle buses, bars,
etc. SMC Chairman, Ian Spowart, has kindly offered to field questions
from fans at a special Question and Answer session to be held in the Rovers
Return next Thursday night (7 December) at 7.30 pm. Everyone is welcome,
and you can ask any questions you like. However, if you have the time
to let us know the questions in advance, it will help Ian prepare, which
will ensure he has the full facts at his disposal if there are issues
he needs to investigate. Please send any questions to me at andy.liney@virgin.net.
This is a fantastic gesture by Ian, and a great opportunity to find out
all the details you need to know to make your move to the new stadium
that much more enjoyable and hassle free, so please do your best to attend.
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| November
30, 2006 |
Voting
results |
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The
most votes in the voting for the "Man of the Match" for the
Accrington Stanley match went in favour of two players who have not regularly
featured in the first team of late - Paul Heffernan and Sean Thornton.
With ten players receiving nominations, the leading votes were cast as
follows: 1 Sean Thornton (33.33%) 2 Paul Heffernan (23.81%) 3 Mark McCammon (11.90%) Thank you to everyone who took part. The next vote will open following Saturday's FA Cup match at Mansfield Town. |
| November
30, 2006 |
O'Driscoll
happy to be through |
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Rovers
manager Sean O'Driscoll spoke of his pleasure in progressing to the next
round of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy following Tuesday's victory over
Accrington Stanley - the first meeting between the two sides since 1962.
He was disappointed to have picked up two bookings, but the injury to
Sean McDaid was what concerned him most. Speaking of the sending off of Accrington's Sean Whalley, he said: "I think the sending off was fair. The lad went in with the intention to foul and whether he made contact or not, his foot was up. If it had have been one of my players I'd have expected the red card." |
| November
30, 2006 |
McDaid
blow |
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Rovers have confirmed
that they will be without defender Sean McDaid for around three months
following a horrific challenge by Accrington defender Robbie Williams
on Tuesday. McDaid suffered medial ligament damage and is having to
have his leg heavily strapped to allow recovery. |
| November
29, 2006 |
Streete
stays on |
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Defender
Theo Streete signed on for a third month on loan from Derby County yesterday.
The 19-year old defender made his ninth appearance for the club in last
night's victory over Accrington Stanley, and his loan extension will mean
that he will remain at the club until 28th December, meaning the last
match he will be available for will be the Boxing Day clash at Bradford
City. |
| November
29, 2006 |
Wilson
cleared to play |
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Former Middlesbrough midfielder Mark Wilson received international clearance yesterday afternoon, enabling him to make his debut in last night's Johnstone's Paint Trophy match. He made his second Rovers debut as a late substitute in last night's game. |
| November
29, 2006 |
Tykes
powerless to stop Macca move |
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It
has emerged that Barnsley were powerless to stop former Rovers winger
Michael McIndoe moving to Wolves on loan last week. McIndoe only moved
to Barnsley four months ago and has impressed since being at Oakwell,
but Barnsley revealed that he had a clause in his contract allowing a
transfer should he wish to join another club. Barnsley have confirmed that they will make a profit on the transfer, which is understood to be in excess of £125,000, when it goes through in January, but they will also receive 10% of any future profit that Wolves may make if/when McIndoe moves on. McIndoe said of the move: "I'd be a fool to turn the offer down. They are a bigger club, I'll have a better chance of getting into the Scotland squad." |
| November
28, 2006 |
Rovers
Return open |
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The
Rovers return will be open on Saturday from 11.00 am for the convenience
of fans waiting at Belle Vue for buses to the Mansfield match. Everyone
is welcome, including children, whether they wish to partake of refreshments
or just shelter from the inclement weather. Buses depart at 1.00 pm. |
| November
28, 2006 |
Rovers
2 Accrington 0 |
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Rovers
moved into the regional semi-finals of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy this
evening with an assured performance against an Accrington Stanley side
that finished with ten men - and were lucky not to be reduced to nine
when a horrendous challenge on Sean McDaid went unpunished due to the
match officials not seeing the incident. Rovers opened the scoring after
quarter of an hour when Paul Heffernan latched onto a ball in from the
left before spinning round to fire home from six yards. The second goal
came on the half-hour, with Sean Thornton fired home with a low shot.
After that, on the whole, Rovers were in control, although there were
a couple of periods when they had to defend determinedly to repel Accrington's
attempts at reducing the deficit. The semi-finals of the northern section now comprise Rovers, Darlington and the winners of tomorrow's games Chesterfield v Chester and Port Vale v Crewe. The draw for the semi-finals will be made on Saturday, 2nd December. The "Man of the Match" voting has now closed. Thank you to everyone who has taken part. The result will be announced on Thursday evening. |
| November
28, 2006 |
Rovers
v Accrington Stanley team news |
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Rovers
will make a number of changes to their line-up for this evening's Johnstone's
Paint Trophy match against Accrington Stanley. Defenders James O'Connor
and Steve Roberts will miss out due to injury, but Bruce Dyer, James Coppinger
and Sean McDaid look likely to return after absences due to injury. Also
set to return will be Ben Smith in goal, along with Paul Heffernan and
Sean Thornton. Accrington will be without Jay Harris (suspended), Rommy Boco, Andrew Tretton and Peter Cavanagh due to injury, and Adam Dugdale, who is cup-tied. David Mannix and Leam Richardson are also doubtful to play tonight. They will also be without Rikki Bains, who has just joined Leek Town on a one-month loan. Reduced admission prices apply this evening. |
| November
28, 2006 |
Adam
off as Reds crash |
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Adam
Collin, who was at Rovers on loan for a short time a couple of seasons
ago (but only featured on the bench), was sent off whilst playing for
Workington Town on Saturday during their 4-2 defeat in the FA Trophy at
the hands of UniBond Premier League side Gateshead. Collin now faces a
one match ban, which will be served when Workington face Harrogate on
December 9th. |
| November
28, 2006 |
Voting
results |
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Adam
Lockwood was the clear winner of the "Man of the match" voting
for Saturday's home game against Brighton & Hove Albion, with the
defender gaining a shade over half of all votes cast. With ten Rovers
players receiving nominations, the leading votes were cast as follows: 1 Adam Lockwood (50.63%) 2 Mark McCammon (12.66%) 3 Jason Price (11.39%) 4 Neil Sullivan (10.13%) Thank you to everyone who voted. The next poll will open following this evening's home game against Accrington Stanley. |
| November
27, 2006 |
Rovers
v Accrington |
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Tomorrow's
home game against Accrington Stanley will have reduced admission prices
as Rovers play what is likely to be their last evening game at Belle Vue.
The match is not all-ticket, although tickets are available in advance.
Those adults who buy a ticket before 5pm today can receive a free under-16's
ticket. Admission prices are: Adults £10.00, Concessions £5.00. Under-16's who are paying on the night will pay the concessionary rate of £5.00. |
| November
27, 2006 |
Ernie's
out |
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Former Doncaster Rovers striker Ernie Moss has resigned as manager of Belper Town after suffering their fifth defeat in six matches in the UniBond League Division One. Moss had a discussion with the chairman, with his departure described as a "mutual decision". Ernie has been manager at Boston United, Gainsborough Trinity and Leek Town, and assistant at Kettering and Boston. His long playing career took in Chesterfield, Peterborough United, Port Vale, Lincoln City, Stockport County, Scarborough, Rochdale, Doncaster Rovers and Kettering Town. |
| November
27, 2006 |
Neil
for Oakwell? |
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Former
Rovers midfielder Neil Redfearn is reported to be one of the favourites
for a job, possibly that of manager, at Championship club Barnsley, along
with former Rovers youth team manager Eric Winstanley. With a growing
list of contenders for the job, Redfearn looks to be a popular choice
to land some position at Oakwell, although his lack of managerial experience
at Football League level may count against him being made manager. Redfearn
is still playing, and passed the 1,000 senior games mark in his career
when playing for Bradford Park Avenue earlier this month. |
| November
25, 2006 |
Rovers
1 Brighton 0 |
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Mark
McCammon scored the only goal of the game just short of the half hour
mark of this afternoon's game against Brighton & Hove Albion. The
Seagulls had been impressive on their travels of late, but rarely looked
like breaking through the Rovers defence. Periodic pressure may have pushed
Rovers back, but Brighton failed to test debuting goalkeeper Neil Sullivan
until a late rally. The goal came from a great cross in from the left
by Jonathan Forte, which was headed home at the far post barely three
yards from the goal-line. Rovers could have extended the lead but for some desperate defending by the Albion players, throwing bodies in the way on occasions. The win pushes Sean O'Driscoll's men into the top half of the table for the first time in a month, and hopefully sets things up for a successful farewell to Belle Vue. The "Man of the Match" voting has now closed. Thank you to everyone who took part. The result will be announced on Tuesday morning. |
| November
26, 2006 |
Goals
review |
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Former
Rovers strikers Colin Cramb and Dene Shields fired Stirling Albion into
the second round of the Tennent's Scottish Cup as Albion registered a
comfortable 2-0 victory over East Stirling at Firs Park. The rest of the review comes from LeagueTwo, starting at Shrewsbury, where Gregg Blundell scored for Chester City to put his side ahead after just eight minutes. Two second half goals from the Shrews consigned City to a 2-1 defeat, with Derek Asamoah, who was on trial at Rovers in the summer, winning a penalty when his shot was handled. Ben Futcher scored one of the Peterborough goals as they ran out easy 5-2 winners at home to Torquay United, and John Doolan bagged Rochdale's second goal four minutes before half time as they softened up Rovers' FA Cup opponents next week, Mansfield Town. Finally, Kevin McIntyre scored from the penatly spot as bottom club Macclesfield Town drew 1-1 at Stockport County. Macclesfield remain the only team in the Football League not to have won a match this season - although they did, rather surprisingly, win their FA Cup replay during the week. |
| November
26, 2006 |
Atkins
to move "upstairs" |
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Former
Doncaster Rovers defender and manager Ian Atkins, currently manager at
Torquay United, is set to be named as their new Director of Football tomorrow.
The Gulls are set to appoint a former Czech Republic international as
their new manager, who Torquay chairman Chris Roberst is reluctant to
name at the moment. Atkins is said to be "seriously considering"
the offer of the Director of Football role. The only clues as to the new
manager is that "He is a former Czech player of pedigree and has
featured in the World Cup as well as winning many caps for his country." |
| November
26, 2006 |
Wade's
next club |
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The
greatly travelled former Rovers striker Wade Falana added yet another
club to the long list last week when he scored on his debut for Beckenham
Town in the Kent Football League, which moves his new club into sixth
place in the table. |
| November
25, 2006 |
Rovers
team news |
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Goalkeeper
Neil Sullivan will make his Doncaster Rovers debut this afternoon, to
become the fifth goalkeeper used by the club in league games this season.
Sullivan signed on loan from Leeds United on Thursday after it became
apparent that Jan Budtz was further away from a return to full fitness
than had been anticipated. Defender James O'Connor is a doubt after picking up an Achilles tendon injury, but better news comes with Steve Roberts having recovered from a facial injury, and James Coppinger has recovered from injury and illness. Striker Mark McCammon will be facing a former team for the third successive game, and after being most unfortunate not to have his "goal" allowed last Saturday, the Barbados international will be out to make sure he gets his name on the score sheet today. |
| November
25, 2006 |
Brighton
team news |
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On-loan
striker Dean Bowditch is struggling to be fit for this afternoon's game
at Belle Vue after suffering from a groin injury this week. the Seagulls
are boosted by the return to fitness of Georges Santos, with new signing
Alistair John likely to be handed a debut after arriving at the club this
week on loan from Charlton Athletic. Brighton have found Yorkshire a happy
hunting ground so far this season, with victories at Rotherham, Huddersfield
and Bradford so far, and have won their last four away games, so are likely
to be a tough test to the stuttering league form of the Rovers. A key
member of the Brighton side is striker Jake Robinson, who has scored two
hat-tricks in four days recently, and has already hit double figures for
his goal tally. An interesting situation arises with defender Andrew Whing, who is on loan from Coventry City. He was on three yellow cards for the season when he arrived at Brighton, and picked up a fourth in his debut for the club at Scunthorpe last month. A booking today would be his fifth of the season, earning him a one-match ban. Whing has been refused permission to play in next weekend's FA Cup tie against Stafford Rangers, so if he were to be booked today, he would be suspended for a match that he couldn't play in anyway! Not, of course, that we would suggest that a player would deliberately get himself booked!! |
| November
25, 2006 |
O'Driscoll's
late bit for Gowling turned down |
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It
has emerged from the Bournemouth press that Rovers boss Sean O'Driscoll
made a late bid to sign Bournemouth defender Josh Gowling on loan. However,
new manager Kevin Bond refused the approach, despite Gowling not being
in the team for the last couple of weeks. Bond commented: "I want
to strengthen and improve us but that isn't a signal for every player
in my club to head for the exit door as soon as I bring in somebody else.
With all due respect, that isn't the kind of attitude I'm looking for.
What I'm looking for is for somebody to say I'm going to work a bit harder
because he isn't going to take my place. I just don't buy it when people
think as soon as somebody else comes in, they want to go. I'll let them
go when I want to, not when they want to." With the arrival of Matthew Connolly at the club this week, and the return to fitness of Karl Broadhurst and Eddie Howe, Gowling's chances of an early return to first team action at Bournemouth look slim. |
| November
25, 2006 |
Mustafa
on the move again |
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Former
Doncaster Rovers defender Tarkan Mustafa has left Nationwide South club
Thurrock to join Eastleigh as new manager Hakan Heyrettin, another former
Rover, made several changes to his side, who have struggled at the bottom
of the table for much of the season. Heyrettin's changes worked, with
a battling 5-3 win against Fisher Athletic last weekend. Mustafa played for Rovers on loan from Rushden & Diamonds and made five starts in the 2002/03 season when deputising for Simon Marples. Impressive displays saw Rovers offer him a full contract, but he elected to stay down south and joined Dagenham & Redbridge - playing against Rovers in the Conference Promotion Final at Stoke City's Britannia Stadium. Since then, he has gone around a number of non-league teams in the south-east. |
| November
24, 2006 |
McIndoe
to Wolves! |
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In a suprise loan move on the loan deadline day, Michael McIndoe, who only left Belle Vue for Barnsley in the summer, has moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers. The move is initially on loan and described by both clubs as being with a view to a permanent move in January. McIndoe has made 20 appearances so far this season, scoring four five. |
| November
24, 2006 |
JJ
wins vote |
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Jason Price has
emerged as the clear winner of the "Man of the Match" voting
for last Saturday's away game at Millwall. Price headed the list with
almost half of all votes cast - with six players nominated, the leading
votes were cast as follows: |
| November
24, 2006 |
Supporters
Game |
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A team of Doncaster Rovers fans will be facing their counterparts from Brighton in a "Fans United" match tomorrwo morning. Subject to numbers, the Rovers hope to field a different team in each half. The match, to be played at Cantley Park, will kick-off at around 11.15am, with each half being approximately 35 minutes per half. |
| November
24, 2006 |
Flitney
can leave |
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Goalkeeper Ross
Flitney, who spent the latter part of the 2004/05 season on loan at
Doncaster Rovers as goalkeeping cover, has been told that he can leave
League Two club Barnet. Flitney missed the start of the season due to
injury, and though he reclaimed his place to make eight appearances,
lost his place to 35-year old Lee Harrison, who was initially brought
in as cover and a mentor to Flitney. |
| November
24, 2006 |
Half-season
tickets |
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With
half-season tickets being due to go on general sale on Monday morning,
today marks the last opportunity for existing season ticket holders to
select their seats at the new Keepmoat Stadium. Whilst season ticket holders
will still be able to select seats, they will only be able to select from
the seats still remaining. Half season tickets go on sale from 10am on Monday, 27th November, which will cover all eleven Coca Cola League One matches to be played at the new stadium, beginning with the match against Huddersfield Town on New Year's Day. Prices for half season tickets are as follows: Category A - Adult £200, Concession £140, under 11 £140 Category B - Adult £160, Concession £110, under 11 £15 Category C - Adult £110, Concession £70, under 11 £15 |
| November
23, 2006 |
Leaving
Belle Vue in loan deadline deals |
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There
have been several Rovers players on the move on the last day that loan
transfers are allowed until the New Year. Goalkeeper Andy Warrington has joined League Two club Bury until January 1st as he bids to regain match fitness after his long injury lay-off. Antony Griffith has joined Darlington on loan, also until January 1st, where he joins up with former Rovers boss Dave Penney. We reported last week that Craig Nelthorpe has moved on loan to Gateshead for a one-month loan. |
| November
23, 2006 |
Arriving
at Belle Vue in loan deadline deals |
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Rovers
have moved to sign Neil Sullivan on loan until 1st January as goalkeeping
cover. With Andy Warrington joining Bury to gain some match fitness, and
the continuing absence of Alan Blayney and Jan Budtz, Sean O'Driscoll
has signed the experienced keeper from Leeds, where he has fallen out
of favour with new boss Dennis Wise. He is third in line at Elland Road,
but Leeds have insisted on a 24-hour recall clause, and also prevented
him from appearing for Rovers next weekend in the FA Cup. Brian Stock has signed on for a third month on loan from Preston North End - his final month's loan will last until December 23rd - the date of the final match at Belle Vue. |
| November
23, 2006 |
Sarge
to re-join Penney! |
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Former
Rovers manager Dave Penney has moved into the loan market to strengthen
his injury-hit side, with Antony Griffiths joining Darlington until January
1st. Also joining the Quakers, a little more surprisingly, is former Rovers
central defender Mark Albrighton, who makes the move from Boston United
until the end of the year. The Rovers connection at Darlington may well increase further by the end of the day, with central defender David Wheater expected to sign for Penney's side from Middlesbrough. |
| November
23, 2006 |
Youth
Team 1 Hartlepool 1 |
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Doncaster
Rovers' youth team edged into the third round of the FA Youth Cup last
night as they defeated Hartlepool United 12-11 on penalties after the
game had finished 1-1. |
| November
22, 2006 |
Stadium
sponsorship announced |
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The
Stadium Management Company confirmed yesterday that they have signed a
long-term sponsorship deal with Keepmoat plc, which gives it naming rights
for the new stadium. Rovers' home will be known as the Keepmoat Stadium,
with the first match still scheduled to be the League One fixture against
Huddersfield Town on 1st January 2007. It was also confirmed that the opening ceremony will take place on 17th December, with everyone then being given the chance to look around the stadium between 1pm and 4pm. |
| November
22, 2006 |
Forte
set for the top |
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Rovers
boss Sean O'Driscoll has praised on-loan striker Jonathan Forte after
seeing him claim the first of Rovers' two goals in Saturday's 2-2 draw
at Millwall. O'Driscoll said: "He has got a great left foot and has all the attributes to be a top, top player. Having players in our squad of the calibre of Forte allowed us to earn an important point." |
| November
22, 2006 |
Hynes
sacked |
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Irish First Division
title contenders Dundalk have announced that striker Peter Hynes has
been sacked due to "a breach of club discipline". The former
Aston Villa trainee joined the club from Dublin City two years ago and
has had a regular place in the team this season. Hynes played for Rovers
for a short time on loan from Aston Villa in the 2003/04 season, making
five appearances. |
| November
22, 2006 |
Brighton
ticket information |
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Saturday's home
game against Brighton & Hove Albion is not all ticket, but tickets
for all areas of the stadium can be bought in advance. |
| November
21, 2006 |
Nelthorpe
to Gateshead |
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Gateshead
have confirmed that they have signed Rovers' left-winger Craig Nelthorpe
on a one month loan deal. The move was completed on Monday, and he was
be in the squad for their game against Fleetwood Town on Tuesday. Gateshead
report that they have been trying to sign Nelthorpe since the summer -
their manager, Tony Lee, is Rovers' skipper Graeme Lee's father. Craig has just returned to Rovers after completing a month's loan at Kidderminster Harriers. |
| November
21, 2006 |
Wheater
goes back |
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Centre back David Wheater, who was at Rovers on loan last season, has returned to Middlesbrough after cutting his loan period at Wolverhampton Wanderers short after making only one appearance. |
| November
21, 2006 |
Lewis
to Abingdon |
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Mickey
Lewis, who was Rovers' assistant manager earlier this season, has been
appointed first team coach at Southern League Division One (South &
West) club Abingdon United. Lewis has been brought in to improve Abingdon's
fortunes, with their defence having conceded 13 goals in the two matches
before he arrived. His arrival at the club almost produced instant dividends - their frist match, against high-flying Swindon Supermarine, saw his charges winning 3-0 - then the floodlights went out in added time at the end of the match, leaving the referee with little alternative but to abandon the match. The league will have to determine whether the result will stand - with Abingdon so far ahead and the match so near to the end, they are unsurprisingly hoping that will be the case. |
| November
21, 2006 |
Falana
released |
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The
much-travelled former Rovers striker Wade Falana has been released by
Croydon Athletic following a change of management. Falana played for Rovers
for two games in the 1992/93 season, but has played for most of his career
in non-league football in the south-east of England. In his career, he
played most league games for Chesterfield, also in the 1992/93 - when
he made four starts and one substitute appearance, without scoring a goal. |
| November
20, 2006 |
Rovers
youth in home cup clash |
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Doncaster
Rovers' youth team face Hartlepool United in the second round of the FA
Youth Cup at Belle Vue on Wednesday evening (22nd November). The match
kicks off at 7pm, with the winners being drawn at home to Derby County
in the third round. Admission prices for the match are £3 for adults and £1 for concessions. |
| November
20, 2006 |
Goals
review |
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There
were not too many former Rovers players scoring goals at the weekend,
with the only instance in the Football League being Andy Crosby, whose
incredible success rate from the penalty spot for Scunthorpe continued
to gave them a 1-0 victory over Northampton, and lifiting the Iron into
second place in the table. Dropping into the Conference, Dino Maamria scored for Southport in their 2-2 draw at Aldershot, and John McGrath scored a 17th minute equaliser for Tamworth, who went on to record 3-1 home win over Woking. Finally, ex-Rover Neil Campbell scored the only goal of the game as Durham City beat Sheffield FC in the second round of the FA Vase, although the local press in Sheffield are adamant that Campbell was yards offside as he tapped the ball in from close range. |
| November
20, 2006 |
Turner
signs for Palace |
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Goalkeeper
Iain Thruer has signed on a one-month's loan for Crystal Palace, and looks
likely to keep regular Palace custodian Gabor Kiraly out of the side,
His current club, Everton, are wanting Turner to gain more first team
experience, with previous loan moves taking him to Chester City, Wycombe
Wanderers and Doncaster Rovers. |
| November
18, 2006 |
Millwall
2 Rovers 2 |
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Rovers
were pegged back twice in this afternoon's game, with Jonathan's superb
opening goal on 16 minutes being cancelled out five minutes short of the
break, then Jason Price's 50th minute goal being followed by another Millwall
goal nine minutes later. Graeme Lee came on as a second half substitute
after Steve Roberts had to go off with a head injury. The result was Rovers' 9th draw of 18 League matches played - and they drop one place in the league table to 18th. The "Man of the Match" voting has now closed. Thank you to everyone who has taken part; the result will be confirmed on Tuesday morning. |
| November
18, 2006 |
Millwall
v Rovers team news |
| |
Graeme
Lee and Sean McDaid are expected to return to the starting line-up for
this afternoon's game at Millwall after recovering from injury which kept
them both out of last weekend's match at Brentford. However, James Coppinger
and Theo Street are rated as doubtful and we do not expect either to play. Whilst Andy Warrington made a successful return to action in the reserves during the week, he will not be considered for today's game. Millwall have doubts over striker Ben May and midfielder Marvin Elliott, who both picked up injuries in last week's FA Cup game against Havant & Waterlooville. |
| November
18, 2006 |
Player
news |
| |
New
signing Mark Wilson is unlikely to play in this afternoon's match at Millwall,
as Rovers are still waiting for international cleareance, as the last
club he played for was in the United States. Midfielder Brian Stock will play the last match of the second month on loan at the club this afternoon, and Theo Streete's loan expires in a week's time. |
| November
18, 2006 |
FA
Youth Cup draw |
| |
Doncaster Rovers
have been drawn at home to Hartlepool United in the second round of
the FA Youth Cup. The match will be played on Wednesday, 22nd Novemer
at Belle Vue, and kicks off at 7pm. |
| November
18, 2006 |
Thieves
take Neil's memento |
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Thieves
have broken into the social club at Bradford Park Avenue's Horsfall Stadium
and stolen a signed football which was presented to former Rovers midfielder
Neil Redfearn on the occasion of his 1,000th senior appearance against
Solihull Borough a fortnight ago. A memorial to Len Shackleton, one of
Bradford's sporting legends, was also damaged in the burglarly - Shackleton
played for Bradford before going on to play for Newcastle, Sunderland
and England. Bradford Park Avenue have been the vicitims of a series of incidents which are having a serious impact on the club, who are now fearful that they could be demoted from the UniBond Division One if their ground deteriorates any more. |
| November
17, 2006 |
Skipper
to return tomorrow |
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Doncaster Rovers'
skipper Graeme Lee is set to return to the side for tomorrow's away
game at Millwall. Lee missed last weekend's FA Cup game with an ankle
injury picked up in the home game against Leyton Orient, but has made
a good recovery. Unless he experiences an adverse reaction to training
yesterday, he is expected to be restored to the side for tomorrow's
tricky away fixture. |
| November
17, 2006 |
Nelly
returns |
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Doncaster
Rovers winger Craig Nelthorpe has returned to Rovers after completing
a month on loan at Conference side Kidderminster Harriers. He played his
last game for them in last Saturday's 2-1 FA Cup defeat at Morecambe,
and started five games for the club, scoring the first goal of his professional
career in the FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round over Droylsden. |
| November
17, 2006 |
Kirkwood
moves to Matlock |
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Former
Doncaster Rovers striker Glenn Kirkwood has completed a transfer to UniBond
side Matlock Town. He has missed much of this season with injury, and
has only played a couple of substitute appearances recently. However,
due to injuries at Matlock, Kirkwood looks set to start tomorrow's game
away at newly promoted Kendal Town. |
| November
17, 2006 |
Snodin
in trouble |
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Former
Rovers assistant manager Glynn Snodin has been charged with "improper
conduct" by the Football Association after being sent to the stands
during Southampton's goalless draw against Hull City on 4th November.
Snodin has until 24th November to respond to the charge. |