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| October
15, 2006 |
Goals
review |
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Our
review of former Rovers players scoring goals this week starts in League
Two, with Richie Barker scoring for Mansfield Town as they drew 1-1 at
Boston United, which leaves both clubs uncomfortably close to the relegation
zone. Former Rover Neil Roberts scored for Wrexham, but they still went down to a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Milton Keynes Dons. Dropping into the Conference, Steve Burton scored from the penalty spot for Tamworth, but they went down 3-1 at Halifax Town. There was only one match in the Conference North yesterday owing to the third qualifying round of the FA Cup, but a former Rover scored in that game. Ben Saunders scored for Worksop as they eased their relegation fears by registering a 3-1 home victory over Hyde. The only ex-Rover scoring a goal in the FA Cup yesterday won't want reminding of it. Steve Brodie scored an own goal whilst playing for Stalybridge Celtic at marine yesterday - that goal proved to be the one that put his side out of the competition, despite a late Stalybridge goal a minute from time. The match finisehd 3-2 to Marine. Finally, Neil Redfearn scored the 200th goal of his career yesterday in Bradford Park Avenue's 7-3 victory over Clitheroe in th UniBond League Division One. He is due to reach another notable milestone shortly - yesterday was his 992nd senior appearance. |
| October
15, 2006 |
Bad
day for Fozzie |
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Former Rovers skipper Steve Foster had a day he'll want to forget yesterday. He was received a straight red card in the 17th minute for a "violent challenge" on Brighton's Sam Williams. His current side, Scunthorpe, went down to a surprising 2- 1 home defeat. |
| October
15, 2006 |
Sean
welcomes first win |
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Rovers
manager Sean O'Driscoll was impressed with the way that his side played
yesterday at Cheltenham, which saw Rovers pick up three points for the
first time since he arrived at the club. "The first half was as good as we've played, and we showed a lot of character in the second," he said. "Everyone knew what they were trying to do and worked extremely hard for each other. But I think we can improve. If we take the first 45 minutes from today and do it for the whole game, we'll be nearly there. |
| October
14, 2006 |
Rovers
team news |
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Injury-hit
Doncaster Rovers travel down to Cheltentham for this afternoon's League
One game, hoping that they can get their first League win since Sean O'Driscoll
took over as manager. O'Driscoll has won once against Cheltenham this
season as Bournemouth won at Dean Court just three weeks before he left
to join Rovers, so let's hope that he is equally successful today. For
all the lack of wins, Rovers have only lost one out of the last six games,
but that sequence sees them start the day in 21st place. Rovers will welcome Bruce Dyer back into the squad after successfully coming through Tuesday's reserve team game against Lincoln City, and will be included in the squad. Alan Blayney is likely to be on the bench today after recovering from his elbow injury, but on-loan keeper John Filan will keep his place. Mark McCammon may also take some part in today's game after resuming full training this week, but a decision on James O'Connor will be made this morning, but has struggled with a neck injury during the week. Definitely missing will be James Coppinger (groin) and Gareth Roberts (knee), who have both had MRI scans this week. There is a slight doubt over striker Paul Heffernan, who fell on his shoulder in training on Thursday. Brian Stock plays the last game of his current loan today, but the Rovers boss is hoping that Preston will agree to another month's extension. |
| October
14, 2006 |
Cheltenham
team news |
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Cheltenham Town
have their captain, John Finnigan, available for this afternoon's match
after completing a three match suspension. Also returning will be Grant
McCann, who has been on international duty with Northern Ireland this
week, and Shane Duff, who has recovered from injury. |
| October
14, 2006 |
Cheltenham
travel information |
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For those of you
travelling down independently today, you may be interested in a free
"Park and Ride" that will be in operation this afternoon.
The service will run between Cheltenham Racecourse and Whaddon Road,
with buses leaving the Racecourse at 1pm, 1.20pm, 1.40pm, 2pm, 2.20pm
and 2.40pm. |
| October
14, 2006 |
Horlock
- injury update |
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Midfielder Kevin Horlock had the operation on his knee on Thursday, and physio Baz Windle has reported that the operation went according to plan. As reported during the week, Kevin is now likely to be out of action for three to four months as he recovers fitness. |
| October
14, 2006 |
Mystery
virus KO's Ross |
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Former
Rovers striker Ross McCormack will miss Motherwell's match against Dunfermline
this afternoon, suffering from a mystery virus which has struck for the
second time this season. Boss Maurice Malpass has confirmed that the club
doctors have no idea when the 20-year old will be fit again, saying: "Ross
is suffering from a viral complaint again, and we have had to send him
back for further tests to see what it is. He will not take any part in
the game against Dunfermline and we will just have to wait and see what
the doctors have to say. It's disappointing for the lad as, even though
we have never pushed him on his fitness, he has never really had the chance
to recover." |
| October
13, 2006 |
Horlock
out for four months |
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There
is a fear that Rovers midfielder Kevin Horlock will be out of action for
up to four months after news emerged yesterday that he has had a knee
operation, which is similar to the one that Leo Fortune-West had a couple
of years ago. The injury was discovered during his recent routine cartilage
operation, but after taking advice, Rovers elected to see if the problem
would be resolved if Horlock cut back on training and playing. That option
does not seem to have worked, and an operation was then decided. Rovers hope that Kevin will be back playing before the end of the season. |
| October
13, 2006 |
More
injury updates |
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The
injury situation at Rovers appears to be easing slightly with news that
James O'Connor is expected to be fit for tomorrow's away game at Cheltenham,
despite a neck injury recurring in training earlier this week. Bruce Dyer will be avaialble for selection after successfully playing an hour of the reserve team game against Lincoln City. Despite reports to the contrary elsewhere, a back injury is not serious enought to prevent him from training, although he is receiving further treatment. However, left back Gareth Roberts and winger James Coppinger both look unlikely to play on Saturday. Both have had MRI scans for kee and groin injuries respectively, and the outcome of those scans will confirm how long both will be absent for. Alan Blayney has resumed training, and may be included in the squad for the Cheltenham game. |
| October
13, 2006 |
Buses
to Cheltenham |
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The
Supporters Club still have around twenty places left on the coaches to
Cheltenham for tomorrow's game. Please telephon Paul Mayfield on 01427
880154 or 07740 453066, or Len South on 01302 817347 if you would like
to book a seat. The coaches will depart from Retford at 8.45am, Harworth 8.50, Bawtry 9.00, Infirmary 9.15 and Belle Vue at 9.30am. |
| October
13, 2006 |
Rufus
gets new deal |
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Former
Rovers defender Rufus Brevett has agreed a new contract with Oxford United
after initially joining on a short-term contract last month. He has now
agreed a contract that will run until the end of the season after impressing
enough in his eight appearances to earn an extended stay. He commented: "It's nice to be part of a successful team so I'm delighted to stay and try and help." |
| October
12, 2006 |
Sean:
players may be jettisoned |
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With
Rovers falling into the relegation places for the first time this season
following Friday's 1-1 draw, manager Sean O'Driscoll has warned his players
that those who don't show the right attitude may be shown the exit door.
He said: "You have got to do it on the pitch and so far we haven't really done that. We are where we are because of our results and we need to improve and that was the case before I even got here." O'Driscoll has yet to win his first League match with Rovers, with the players struggling to recreate last season's form. "There have been lots of changes that I didn't expect to have made when I took over and a lot of things that I thought would be in place are not," he said. "We have got to move forward as a club, but we've got to do it together. I don't really want to drag the players along with me and the ones who don't show the right attitude will be jettisoned." |
| October
12, 2006 |
Jones
to the Accies |
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Former
Rovers striker Graeme Jones has become the new assistant manager at Scottish
First Division club Hamilton Academical. The 36-year old retired from
playing last season, takes over after Stuart Balmer left the clubfor St
Mirren in the summer. Manager Billy Reid said: "He has many contacts, particularly in the north east of England, and has bags of experience to benefit our young squad. Jonesy has been involved in coaching in the past and helped out sometimes last season when he wasn't playing." |
| October
12, 2006 |
Guy
shown the door |
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Former Rovers striker Guy Ipoua has left Forest Green Rovers after being told that he did not feature in new manager Jim Harvey's plans for this season. Ipoua had been with the club on non-contract terms. |
| October
11, 2006 |
Reserves
2 Lincoln 3 |
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The
first reserve team match in just over a month saw Rovers go down to their
second defeat of the season in their Pontins Holidays League match at
Belle Vue yesterday evening. They went behind to an 8th minute goal by Martin Gritton, with Lincoln having the majority of possession in the first half, and it came as no surprise when they increased their lead when Ryan scored in the 35th minute. Rovers then began to play a bit better, and a through ball from Thornton enabled Di Piedi to beat the offside trap to reduce the half time deficit to one goal. Lincoln restored their two goal lead within a minute of the restart, with Gritton's second goal of the evening putting them 3-1 ahead. Jason Price gave Rovers a chance by scoring in the 51st minute, but despite good pressure by Rovers, they failed to get the equaliser, despite testing the Lincoln woodwork, and the Imps having to block a number of goal-bound shots. Rovers: Ben Smith, Matt Noble, Rob Pacey, Theo Streete, Gerard Alonso, Jason Price, Antony Griffith, Sean Thornton, Liam Green, Michele Di Piedi, Bruce Dyer Substitutes used: Wade Fairhurst (for Dyer, 67), Craig Sutton (for Di Piedi, 74), Liam Nelthorpe (for Alonso, 88), Andrew Boyce, Michael Guilliat |
| October
11, 2006 |
Rovers
want more Stock |
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Doncaster
Rovers' boss Sean O'Driscoll is to ask Preston North End's manager Paul
Simpson to extend the loan deal of midfielder Brian Stock for a second
month. O'Driscoll confirmed that Stock is happy to stay at Rovers, having
played little first team football since moving to Deepdale in January.
Should the loan be extended, Preston will have the option of recalling
him on 24 hours notice. |
| October
11, 2006 |
Rigo
scores again |
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Former
Rovers midfielder Adriano Rigoglioso scored the only goal of the game
for Forest Green Rovers last night in their home win over Burton Albion,
a win which lifts the club off the bottom of the Conference league table.
In a full Conference fixture list last night, Neil Grayson scored the
second goal for Stafford Rangers as they won 4-1 at Gravesend. Ex-Rovers
midfielder John McGrath opened the goal scoring for Tamworth last night
as they beat Grays Athletic 4-2. Finally, Craig Neltho In the preliminary round of the FA Trophy on Saturday, veteran ex-Rovers striker Wade Falana opened the scoring for Croydon Athletic in their match at Hastings United, but his side went down to a 2-1 defeat. Finally, Craig Nelthorpe made his Kidderminster debut last night. He didn't score, but he did get booked on the stroke of half time of their goalless home draw against league leaders Oxford United. |
| October
11, 2006 |
Injury
update |
| |
Bruce
Dyer looks to have made a successful return from injury after playing
just over an hour of last night's reserve team game, and looks set for
a recall to the first team on Saturday at Cheltenham Town. Kevin Horlock
looks likely to be missing for a while longer, however. He played in last
week's reserve game, but suffered an adverse reaction from his first game
after knee surgery. Winger James Coppinger has had an MRI scan on Friday, is not likely to play on Saturday, although he may return to training in the next few days. Left back Gareth Roberts has resumed training, and the Rovers management are hopeful that he will be available for selection on Saturday. Keeper Alan Blayney is continuing to recover from his elbow injury, but whilst making progress, is unlikely to feature at Whaddon Road this weekend. |
| October
10, 2006 |
Nelthorpe
to Kidderminster |
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Young
Doncaster Rovers winger Craig Nelthorpe joined Kidderminster Harriers
yesterday on a month's loan, and will be available for their Nationwide
Conference game this evening against league leaders Oxford United. Kidderminster
have revealed that Nelthorpe will be joining for "a month initially".
Craig, who played twice for the Rovers first team last season, has not
featured in the first team squad at all this season. |
| October
10, 2006 |
Makepeace
testimonial |
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John
Ryan has announced that the very last match to be played at Belle Vue
will be a testimonial match for Rovers hero Brian Makepeace. The match
is due to take place on December 28th, with the two sides being a Rovers
XI against a Fans XI. The Rovers side is likely to feature players such
as Mark Rankine, Colin Douglas, John Buckley and Paul Raven. This match will follow the last Rovers first team game at the ground, which is against Nottingham Forest on Saturday, December 23rd. |
| October
10, 2006 |
Youth
team 0 Grimsby Town 3 |
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Doncaster
Rovers' youth team bowed out of the Football League Youth Alliance Cup
on Saturday after going down to a 3-0 home defeat against Grimsby Town.
With the wind against them in the first half, Rovers went behind in the
16th minute, with a second being conceded on the stroke of half time.
Determined defence by Grimsby in the second half successfully kept Rovers
from reducing the deficit, and Grimsby added a third after a quick break
out of defence. Rovers: Michael Guilliatt, Andrew Hawksworth, Matt Noble, Andrew Boyce, Gerard Alonso, Jordan Lodge, Craig Sutton, Liam Nelthorpe, Craig Fletcher, Luke Bythway, Wade Fairhurst. Subs used - Ben Ritchie-Smith (for Fletcher, 60), Jack Moldoon (for Lodge, 64), Alex Harrison (for Fairhurst, 70)Luke Duffy, Josh Lowcock |
| October
10, 2006 |
Graeme
wins the vote |
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Rovers
skipper Graeme Lee was the clear winner in the "Man of the match"
voting for Friday evening's game against Oldham Athletic, winning almost
half of the votes cast. With ten players receiving nominations, the leading
votes were cast as follows: 1 Graeme Lee (45.0%) 2 Brian Stock (13.3%) 3 Jonathan Forte (11.7%) 4 Bruce Dyer (10.0%) Thank you to everyone who voted. The next vote will open following Saturday's away game at Cheltenham Town. |
| October
9, 2006 |
Cup
tickets |
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Tickets
for the Johnstone's Paint Trophy game at Huddersfield Town on 17th October,
and the Carling Cup game at Wycombe Wanderers a week later are now on
sale at the Rovers ticket office. Both matches are not all-ticket, but to enjoy concessionary rates, some categories of tickets need to be purchased in advance. For the Huddersfield game, family tickets can only be bought in advance, and students can get tickets for only £1 if bought in advance - you will need to produce suitable proof of eligibility. Match day prices are: Adults £10, Senior Citizens £5, Under-16's free For the Wycombe game, season ticket holders can get a discount, either by buying their tickets in advance or by showing their season ticket at the turnstile on the day. Admission prices for that game are: Season ticket holders: Adults £14, Senior Citizens £11, Students (ID required) £10, Under-16's £7 Tickets bought in advance: Adults £15, Senior Citizens £12, Students (ID required) £11, Under-16's £8 Match day price: Adults £17, Senior Citizens £14, Students (with ID) £13, Under-16's £10 |
| October
9, 2006 |
The
coin trail |
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The
Viking Supporters' Co-operative have reported that they collected £217
in the Viking Supporters' Bar at the Oldham match and £124.76 in
the ground - a total of £341.76 on the day. That means the total amount raised by the "Coin Trail", which is put towards the cost involved in running the youth team, now stands at £54,224.22. |
| October
9, 2006 |
Deane
role as Blades link with Africa |
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Former
Doncaster Rovers striker Brian Deane is taking part in Sheffield United's
drive to develop links with clubs in Africa as a way of tapping into footballing
talent from the continent. Dean, along with Blades' chairman Terry Robinson
and coach Mick Jones, have met with representatives in the Ivory Coast,
Togo, Mali and Benin to investigate the merits of a recruitment drive
in those countries. United have already set up links with top Chinese
side Chengdu Blades, which has proved to be very successful, with the
club looking to make similar arrangements in Africa. |
| October
6, 2006 |
Rovers
1 Oldham 1 |
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Sean
O'Driscoll is still looking for his first win as manager of Doncaster
Rovers after Bruce Dyer was mysteriously denied a last minute winner.
A 25 yard free kick by Brian Stock was fumbled by the goalkeeper, the
ball ran free to Dyer, who rifled the ball into the net from only a yard
out - only to see the offside flag raised. How you can be offside when
the goalkeeper was the last to touch the ball baffled most in the ground
- someone must have been offside at the moment the free kick was taken.
A win would have perhaps flattered Rovers, who showed glimpses of the
form we know they are capable of, but for periods of the game looked like
a side lacking in confidence. It took the introduction of Jason Price
in the 66th minute, and Bruce Dyer a few minutes later to spark Rovers
into life - the frustrating narrow line-up was suddenly stretched as Price
went out wide on the right - and suddenly Rovers looked like a potent
attacking force. The evidence looked clear - Rovers were happiest doing
what they are familar with - playing with wingers who could supply balls
into the penalty area for the strikers to feed off. Price was very unlucky
with only a few minutes to go when a thunderous left-foot drive rattled
the crossbar from 20 yards, which visibly shook with the ferocity of the
shot. The draw saw Rovers drop a place to 20th, due to Cheltenham's victory at in-form Yeovil Town. The "Man of the Match" voting has now closed, and the result will be announced on Tuesday morning. |
| October
8, 2006 |
The
goals review |
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This
week's review of goals scored by former Doncaster Rovers players is rather
shorter than usual - just the one, and that has rather unfortunate circimstances
to it. Bridlington Town striker Jamie Barnwell scored, but not before
their opponents, Stocksbridge Park Steels, had scored four times. Bridlington's
day didn't get off to a good start, conceding after three minutes before
having a man sent off in the first quarter hour for a professional foul.
Bridlington goalkeeper Gavin Kelly was sent off later on in the first
half to leave Town with only nine players. The match, played at Bridlington,
saw a 6-1 half time scoreline in favour of Stocksbridge - it ended up
9-1 at full time after easing through the second half, it taking until
the 70th minute to add to the half time score. Barnwell also ended up being voted "Man of the Match". Apart from that, the only former Rovers news came from Bristol, where Boston United travelled to Bristol Rovers. Boston lost 1-0, and had former Rover Tim Ryan sent off in the 90th minute for a second bookable offence. |
| October
8, 2006 |
Penney
- latest job link? |
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Former
Rovers manager Dave Penney seems to be getting linked with most of the
managerial vacancies at the moment. The latest club to supposedly be interested
in Dave is Millwall, who sacked Nigel Spackman recently. Their local press
report: "Other fans want a manager who has operated with success
in the lower leagues. Dave Penney, the ex-Doncaster manager, has gained
a lot of support after the success he gained while operating with a small
budget at, with all due respect, a tin-pot club. Indeed, Penney seems
to have the greatest support among supporters but that is mainly down
to the internet message board phenomenon as most fans had never heard
of the bloke before this week." Ex-Millwall manager Mark McGhee has been installed as the bookmakers' favourite. |
| October
7, 2006 |
Cheltenham
ticket information |
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Next
Saturday's away game at Cheltenham Town is not all ticket, with all admission
being payable at the turnstiles. Admission prices are as follows: Adults: £16.00 Senior Citizens: £11.00 Juniors: £7.00 Students: £11.00 |
| October
7, 2006 |
JJ
scores |
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Former Rovers midfielder JJ Melligan scored two minutes from time last night to give Cheltenham Town victory over in form Yeovil Town, and also ended his side's run of six successive defeats. The win took Cheltenham above Rovers in the League One table - the two clubs meet at Whaddon Road next week, with both sides hoping to climb away from the relegation zone. |
| October
6, 2006 |
Rovers
sign Filan on loan |
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Doncaster Rovers
have today signed Wigan goalkeeper John Filan on one month's loan following
news that Jan Budtz, the only remaining fit senior goalkeeper, is struggling
with a toe injury. Andy Warrington and Alan Blayney, the other senior
keepers at the club, are out with ankle and elbow injuries respectively,
leaving youngster Ben Smith as the only fit keeper on the books. |
| October
6, 2006 |
Rovers
team news |
| |
Doncaster
Rovers have a number of injury concerns ahead of this evening's League
One game at home to Oldham Athletic. Physio Barrie Windle has reported
that the following are uncertain to be fit enough to play this evening:
James O'Connor (muscle strain), Gareth Roberts (back), James Coppinger
(grion), Adam Lockwood (back), Jan Budtz (toe). Goalkeepers Andy Warrington and Alan Blayney will continue to be absent, although Blayney should be back in training soon. Budtz's injury is not reported to be serious, with his bruised toe not expected to prevent him from playing this evening. However, Bruce Dyer, Kevin Horlock and Michele di Piedi have recovered from injury and played in Tuesday's reserve team game at Darlington, but there is no word as to whether they will be considered for selection today. Skipper Graeme Lee will return to the side after completing a one-match ban after being sent off against Bradford City. It is possible that up to two loan players may be signed to cover for the injured players in time for this evening's match, both are understood to be with Premiership experience. |
| October
6, 2006 |
Oldham
team news |
| |
Oldham
manager John Sheridan looks likely to name an unchanged squad for this
evening's match at Belle Vue, with only minor knocks being reported after
last weekend's game. Sheridan reports healthy competition for places int
he side, but he predicts a difficult game this evening. Stefan Stam suffered a slight strain earlier in the week, but is expected to be fit to play this evening. Definitely missing will be former Rovers midfielder Paul Edwards, who is still a week away from resuming training due to a thigh injury. |
| October
6, 2006 |
Martin
moves back to Town |
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Much-travelled
former Rovers striker Martin Paul has rejoined Chippenham Town after just
over a season at Bath city. Paul scored 36 goals in just over two seasons
in his previous stint at Chippenham, and has moved back to his old stamping
ground on non-contract terms. Their manager has confirmed, however, that
his main concern remains in defence following an embarrassing FA Cup defeat
at Hellenic League club Slimbridge last weekend. Martin Paul was one of a huge number of players signed by Rovers in the mid-90's, but moved on to Bath City without making a first team appearance. |
| October
5, 2006 |
Two
Premiership players bound for Belle Vue |
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To
cover for the current injury crisis, we understand that two players, currently
with Premiership clubs, are set to join Doncaster Rovers on loan. As far
as we know, they will both be available for selection tomorrow evening.
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| October
5, 2006 |
Wall
of fame |
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Doncaster
Rovers have now reached an agreement with the Council to have their own
exclusive "Wall of fame" in the south-west corner of the new
stadium, which will be located between the new sports bar and the club
shop. The area will be for 540 bricks, which will cost £40 per brick
- exactly the same as the Council scheme, except that Rovers will receive
some of the proceeds. As the club expect that demand will exceed 540 bricks,
they have taken up an option on a second wall. Bricks will be 215mm by 65mm, which will allow to lines of text with up to 15 characters (including spaces/punctuation) per line, and purchasers will also receive a "Certificate of Authenticity". The decision was only reached yesterday, so the bricks are not yet on sale. We will let you know when sales are due to start. |
| October
5, 2006 |
Penney
speculation |
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Former
Doncaster Rovers manager Dave Penney is reported to be on the short-list
of four for the managerial vacancy at Bournemouth, but his name is also
being mentioned as a candidate for the new vacancy at Norwich City, following
their sacking of Nigel Worthington following their 4-1 home defeat by
Burnley. Reports yesterday suggested that he has applied for the job.
He is, however, not in the group of favourites for the job, with the Norwich
fans seeming to name Alan Curbishley as their favourite choice. All the
major bookmakers name Mark Bowen (currently at Blackburn) as the favourite,
with Dave Penney being listed at no better than 14/1. |
| October
5, 2006 |
Tickets
for the "last match" |
| |
Unless
there are any unexpected delays, the home game against Nottingham Forest
on 23rd December will be the last match to be played at Belle Vue, with
the first match at the new stadium being against Huddersfield Town on
1st January 2007. Rovers have decided that, to give Rovers fans the best chance of attending the match, the match will be all-ticket AND you will have to buy a ticket for the Forest game as part of a package that will involve buying a ticket for the Yeovil game the weekend before. There will be no tickets for the seated area of the main stand - but tickets will be available for the Main Stand Terrace, Town End and Popular Stand. Tickets for these two games will go on sale on Monday, 9th October at 10am. Prices for the package of two games are: Adults: £30 (i.e. £15 per game) Concessions: £16 (i.e. £8 per game) All concessions will need to provide proof of eligibiliity. |
| October
4, 2006 |
Campbell
in goal shock! |
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Former
Rovers striker Andy Campbell has broken his goal drought - over two years
since his last senior goal. His 37th minute goal for Halifax Town in their
Conference game against Kidderminster was his first since 24th April 2004,
when he scored for Cardiff City in a 2-2 draw at Preston North End. The
shock didn't do Halifax too much harm - they went on to win last night's
game 2-0. Several other former Rovers players scored in Conference action last night. Steve Burton scored Tamworth's first goal in the 43rd minute of their game at Aldershot - another ex-Rover, defender Simon Weaver, scored a second for them on the stroke of half time. The match ended in a 3-3 draw. Dino Maamria scored twice for Southport in their 2-2 draw at leaders Oxford United, and the evergreen Neil Grayson scored for Stafford Rangers. Rangers lost 2-1 at home to Dagenham & Redbridge in their Conference match, which was shown 'live' on Sky Sports. |
| October
4, 2006 |
Darlington
0 Reserves 1 |
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Rovers
turned out a strong team for last night's reserve team game at Darlington.
Rovers had much of the possession for the game, and really ought to have
won by a much larger margin, but some good play by Stockdale, the Darlington
keeper, prevented the deadlock being broken until well into the second
half. Rovers' possession succeeded in saves or corners, and it took until
the last twenty minutes for what proved to be the only goal of the game.
An over-hit cross went to McCammon on the right of the Darlington penalty
area, who returned a lofted ball into the far post for Dyer to crash home
in style. Darlington responded for the last ten minutes by attacking,
but they couldn't find a way through the Rovers defence, with Rovers running
out as deserved victors. Rovers: Ben Smith, Antony Griffith, Theo Streete, Matt Noble, Liam Green, Jason Price, Sean Thornton, Kevin Horlock, Jonathan Forte, Bruce Dyer, Mark McCammon Substitutes: Michele Di Piedi (for Forte, 51), Andrew Boyce (for Streete, 64), Gerard Alonso (for Price), Barry Richardson |
| October
4, 2006 |
Penney
in final four |
| |
Dave Penney is reported to be one of four candidates on a shor list for the manager's job at Bournemouth. Bournemouth chairman Abdul Jaffer has said that he expects to announce the new manager at Dean Court early next week, with the Cherries being managerless since Sean O'Driscoll left for Belle Vue earlier this month. Over 20 applications are understood to have been received, with Jaffer saying: "We will have three or four people on the shortlist, probably three experienced managers, and one who was a good solid player. I'm very certain that our aim is to have a new man in place by the early to middle part of next week." |
| October
3, 2006 |
"Man
of the Match" voting results |
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Debutant defender
Theo Streete came out as the clear winner of the "Man of the Match"
voting for Saturday's away game at Scunthorpe United, despite (or is
it because of) being substituted just after half time. Apart
from Streete, the voting was spread amongst eleven further players -
the players receiving the most votes were as follows: |
| October
3, 2006 |
Darlington
v Rovers Reserves |
| |
The reserves will be in action this evening for the first time in over a month when they travel to Darlington for a match in the Pontins Holidays League. After no match for five weeks, there will now be reserve team fixtures for the next three weeks. Tonight's match kicks off at 7pm. |
| October
3, 2006 |
England
bus |
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On Saturday, Andy
Liney will be running a bus to Old Trafford for the England versus Macedonia
game (5.00 pm kick off). The fare is £10 return. |
| October
3, 2006 |
Scott
on the move |
 |
Former Doncaster
Rovers youth team player Scott Willis has signed for UniBond Premier
League club AFC Telford United. Telford maanged to sign Willis from
Nationwide North side Leigh RMI, where he was last season's "player
of the year", despite reproted competition from a number of Football
League clubs. He made his debut on Saturday, scoring in the 5-1 victory
over Leek Town. |
| September
2, 2006 |
A
little good news..... |
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Doncaster Rovers'
youth team beat Mansfield Town 3-0 at Cantley Park on Saturday, which
should maintain their top half placing in the Youth Alliance table.
No further details are currently available. |
| September
2, 2006 |
Jermaine
on target |
 |
Another former Rovers player scored at the weekend, in addition to the details we gave yesterday. Jermaine Wright scored for Southampton in the third minute of their game against Queens Park Rangers. However, QPR came from behind to claim victory. |
| September
2, 2006 |
Belles
third |
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Doncaster Rovers Belles moved up into third place - only behind the top two (Arsenal and Charlton) on goal difference yesterday as they beat Fulham 3-1. The Doncaster goals were scored by Carla Cantrell, Becky Lee and Michelle Walsh. Doncaster and Arsenal are the only two sides in the Women's Premier League to retain a 100% record this season. |
| October
1, 2006 |
Goals
review |
 |
Former Rover Richard
Offiong scored yesterday for Hamilton in the Scottish First Division
as they drew 1-1 against Queen of the South, despite only having ten
men for the last half hour of the game. Amazingly, that was only Queen
of the South's second point of the season! (That's still better than
poor Elgin City, rooted to the bottom of the Scottish Third Division
with NO points, having now played all other teams in their division!) |
| October
1, 2006 |
Oldham
ticket information |
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Friday evening's
home game against Oldham Athletic is NOT all-ticket, but tickets for
all areas are now on sale from the Belle Vue ticket office. |