Doncaster Rovers: Flynn is coy on future
BRIAN Flynn is in no rush to discuss a new contract - even if he guides the club to promotion as early as this weekend.If results go their way, Doncaster could be promoted back to the Championship at...
View ArticleWe’re not getting excited - Brown
Having established a seven- point cushion in the automatic promotion places all the talk now is of just when Rovers will cross the finishing line.That could be on Saturday, should two wins this week be...
View ArticleDons to visit Super League Vikings
Doncaster’s reward for a 52-22 win at South Wales Scorpions on Saturday is a trip to Widnes Vikings in the fourth round of the Challenge Cup.The tie will be played over the weekend of 20-21 April.
View ArticleJunior football: Epworth Colts unable to tame Tigers
Epworth Colts were hit by a Park Tigers treble in the second half.The visitors, second in the league, to Carrside were keen to keep the pressure on top of the table Bottesford Excelsior and so the...
View ArticleMatch report: Doncaster Rovers 0 Carlisle 2
DESTINATION Championship? Doncaster and Carlisle are two places famous for their railway heritage - and the Cumbrians did their best to de-rail Rovers’ promotion journey with a shock win.On such an...
View ArticleLaws: Shape up, or we will go down
Scunthorpe United have four games left to seal their League One status - and manager Brian Laws admits they have “no chance” if they do not start to perform.United went down 3-0 to Preston North End on...
View ArticleFootball: Results from the Isle
Here are our area’s results from the weekend’s games in the TSW Printers Scunthorpe and District Football League.For more fixtures and results, see this week’s Epworth Bells (out every Thursday).TSW...
View ArticleFootball: Sunday league results
Here are the results for the Gainsborough and District Sunday League on April 7.For more fixtures and results, see this week’s Epworth Bells (out every Thursday).Sporting Club Cup quarter...
View ArticleDoncaster Rovers’ full back worry
ROVERS are faced with a right back crisis as they head into another key weekend in the promotion race.Brian Flynn confirmed that on-form Andy Griffin was complaining with a sore lower back and upper...
View ArticleDoncaster v Featherstone: Dons hope to find scoring touch on TV
The Dons hope their free-scoring Challenge Cup win in Wales will stand them in good stead for tonight’s screen test at home to Featherstone Rovers (7.30pm).Doncaster are the second lowest scorers in...
View ArticleDons: Cooke demands more graft
Paul Cooke says more graft on the training ground is the way to reverse the club’s Championship reality check.The Dons go into tonight’s televised visit of Featherstone Rovers (7.30pm, Keepmoat...
View Article2013 Doncaster Free Press Sports Awards: Vote for town’s top junior star
Who will be crowned Junior Sports Personality of the Year at this year’s Doncaster Free Press Sports Awards?This year the choice is yours. There are ten nominees vying for the prize:1. Joe Sutherland:...
View ArticleKeys on Wroot to cup final
Cross Keys Wroot managed to keep their nerve from the penalty spot to book a place in the Junior Trophy semi-final.Drawing 2-2 with Misterton United, Wroot proved more clinical from 12 yards and...
View ArticleSupporting Rovers is not good for your health!
This promotion thing is not good for Rovers fans’ blood pressure! All we needed to do was win on Tuesday night, and the pressure would have been slightly off. On Saturday against Tranmere we held firm...
View ArticleFootball: Wroot one step away from cup final
Cross Keys Wroot face a semi-final bout against Tuxford WMC this weekend following their penalty shoot-out success over Misterton United.Here are this Sunday’s fixtures in the Gainsborough and District...
View ArticleCup final looms for hockey club
Undefeated Epworth Ladies Hockey Club could add a cup to their league title with victory on Sunday.The squad, who have won Women’s Division Six with 20 wins and two draws from 22 in the Humberside...
View ArticleDoncaster Rovers: Crewe a cut above - Flynn
DRIVEN by the challenge of building Doncaster Rovers from the bottom up, Brian Flynn is full of admiration for the ‘Crewe way’. Flynn is thought to be keen on resurrecting Rovers’ reserve team next...
View ArticleAmerican football: Mustangs set for big kick-off
New head coach Steve Rains takes charge of Doncaster Mustangs for the first time on Sunday in their BAFNL opener against Nottingham Caesars at the Keepmoat Stadium.The former Great Britain youth coach...
View ArticleCOMMENT: A club united - why Doncaster Rovers are better together
Hands up. Who watched Portsmouth relegate Rovers a year ago this weekend and dared to dream about an instant return to the Championship? Nope. Not many of you. A divided dressing room and summer exodus...
View ArticleBoxing: Gavin McDonnell will do his talking ‘in the ring’
Gavin McDonnell may have found his name on the lips of many a rival but he is not about to join the big talk brigade.The Hatfield super bantamweight will meet Chester’s Paul Economides in a British...
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