For the eighth in our series of great football league teams down the years, we turn to the Doncaster Rovers of 2003-4, courtesy of Glen Wilson, curator of one of the leading club sites on the world wide web, Viva Rovers. Donny are currently enjoying a protracted glory spell in historical terms and Glen looks back to the early days of the revival. Half a decade. That’s how long it took Doncaster Rovers to rebuild and return having been dumped into non-league by football’s most notorious arsonist. Five long years which featured ‘derbies’ with Leek Town, piped-in crowd noise at…
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The Monday Profile: Jordon Mutch
Max Gradel would have been an obvious choice for today’s Profile, but given that we’ve already pretty much covered the West African wide man, I thought that a consideration of Jordon Mutch, who caught my eye in Watford’s televised win at Loftus Road 10 days ago, was more appropriate.Currently on a six-month loan at Vicarage Road, the leftpegger looked a bit tasty in the centre of a sterling Golden Boys midfield. Despite a widely reported slow start which saw Mutch struggle to gain an understanding with his new teammates, he now appears to be striding forwards with meaning; deft, confident…
Sharing with the Oval Ball: the Cons
In last month’s print edition of When Saturday Comes, the ever reliable Roger Titford analyzed the pros and cons of sharing one’s ground with purveyors of the oval ball. The piece sounds a note of warning: my fellow blogger Scarf is rightly incandescent at Stockport’s unequal alliance with Sale Sharks and if Reading’s relationship with London Irish is better, there is still unease among the Royals’ support.Most annoying is the local media’s occasional comparison of the clubs’ respective gates and Titford enlarged upon this in his missive, showing how rugby crowds have grown encouragingly while football league attendances have declined….
The next 5 to grace the Premier League?
While the phrase “since the advent of the Premier League” is enough to make me come out in hives, the monetary advantages associated with appearing in said competition are such these days that it has become the consensus that 1992 is now some kind of Pol Pot-style Year Zero, although, unlike the people of Cambodia, we are yet to be liberated.Since the first strains of Alive and Kicking blared out of our TV sets, 43 clubs have appeared in the EPL, enough for two whole divisions (although I wouldn’t mention that in front of Phil Gartside). Of those yet to…
The Thursday Preview: Doncaster Rovers Vs Leeds United
Already identified as the game of the weekend by Sky Sports, tomorrow’s Yorkshire clásico has taken on greater significance after a simply apocalyptic Tuesday night. If Doncaster Rovers fans weren’t anticipating this one enough given the local connections and events the last time they met, Leeds’ capitulation two days ago, also within the boundaries of South Yorkshire, coupled with Rovers’ own ascension to a club best fourth in the table will have sent the Keepmoaters into a frenzy.Viva Rovers’ Glen could hardly contain his excitement on Twitter the other night and the table has been gleefully cut and pasted at…
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