Doncaster Rovers v Swindon Town Matchday Thread

[Jimmy Quinn]

Doncaster Rovers 2 Swindon Town 1 att: 7,280 (565 away)

[Audrey]

Already sold 500+ tickets.

[Steak supper]

 i am going to temper my expectations on this occasion. I going for a 4-2 win tomorrow.

[Boydy]

Both teams in good form at the moment. I doubt it'll be as madcap as the Salford game. Think they'll probably just have enough to squeak a win. 2-1 late on again for Donnie. 8096 (613 gutted town fans).

[adje]

I just get the feeling we're not gonna lose this

[UTR]

Heart says 2-1 win

Head says 1-0 defeat

As long as we keep the last few games alive and not dead rubbers then that’s good enough for me (depressing to say. Any season we’re in this division snd not challenging for automatics is still failure, or should be)

[Ides of March]

Doncaster not a happy hunting ground for us in my mind, but could be wrong. Can only remember wins under Mark Cooper in 14/15 and Lindsey in 22/23. Getting major Notts County away vibes from this but did not expect us to get a result at Walsall, so who knows.

[Wobbly Bob]

Pre match in The Gate House baht ‘at.
No need for headgear on a fine spring morning is there.
So, this is more like it, on the road (or rails in this case) for just after 6am & now settled in the pub at a civilized hour.

Thought about giving up beer for Lent, for about 1 zeptosecond.
Ditching some of the non-essential nonsense like food might help to shift some of the accumulated timber around the midriff.

Always a pleasure to visit the Gateway to Cleethorpes ahead of the big GNR v GWR derby.
Good for the step count and a very good selection of ale options by the market & the local Minster is an impressive erection.

Not a great record overall against this lot, but the only two away wins have come in the last 5 visits with only 1 defeat.
Would err towards a narrow loss today or maybe nick a point which would be more than acceptable.

Looking at the table a top 10 finish would not be an unrealistic target to aim for.
Would provide some momentum going into next season with key players still contracted, hopefully Holloway gets to finish baking his cake over the summer, maybe even with some icing sugar and nice packaging & 102 points here we come.

The owner may well shit himself if we got promoted. Top of the range expertly plumbed thunderbox required.
Anyway, a win against Dunny, sorry Donny, would make for a very happy trip home.

Speaking of happiness, the contrast of feelings between following this team in the dark days of early December (& before) and now is very welcome.

It's great for the main object of the escapsim to be better than the shit being escaped from for a change.
Well, maybe not outright happiness, but relative contentment for the moment.

Then again, five minutes of mingling with the misery guts locals has put paid to some of the contentment.
Must remember that they smile on the inside up here.

Hope that we can get a result.

[Wormholes of Time]

Good to see the railway reference in the previous post. It's not just Crewe is it in 'The Battle of the Railwaymen'? Talking of which, I'm involved in the 80th anniversary of the first Rev Awdry railway story (he lived down the road from us in Stroud) and discovered that Sir Topham Hatt (The Fat Controller) started his railway career as an apprentice in the Works in Swindon in 1894. To think that my great grandfather might have worked with this fictive character. A good rune: 2-1 to the GWR V GNR today.

[Peter Venkman]

I have a bad feeling about this game I think it will finally spell the end of any possible thoughts of a push for the play offs, however remote they are in reality.

We have only ever won away at Donny twice losing 8 times in 15 meetings.

A point would be brilliant.

Interesting that we have only lost 2 more games this season than Doncaster but they have won 7 more than us.

That said they are "only" 6th in the home league table and have the same amount of home clean sheets so far as Swindon have got and have scored 4 goals less at home than we have.

A win would truly be a statement but Doncaster is always a very difficult place to visit.

[adje]

Good to see the railway reference in the previous post. It's not just Crewe is it in 'The Battle of the Railwaymen'? Talking of which, I'm involved in the 80th anniversary of the first Rev Awdry railway story (he lived down the road from us in Stroud) and discovered that Sir Topham Hatt (The Fat Controller) started his railway career as an apprentice in the Works in Swindon in 1894. To think that my great grandfather might have worked with this fictive character. A good rune: 2-1 to the GWR V GNR today.

The "spirit of Reg". Alive and well

[adje]

Remember a midweek, Iffy's first game in charge. Mex and me arriving in his open topped sports car like a couple of film stars! Dismal 1-0 defeat and I think I remember an umpteenth red card for Jerel

[Peter Venkman]

Good to see the railway reference in the previous post. It's not just Crewe is it in 'The Battle of the Railwaymen'? Talking of which, I'm involved in the 80th anniversary of the first Rev Awdry railway story (he lived down the road from us in Stroud) and discovered that Sir Topham Hatt (The Fat Controller) started his railway career as an apprentice in the Works in Swindon in 1894. To think that my great grandfather might have worked with this fictive character. A good rune: 2-1 to the GWR V GNR today.

Thats an interesting story mate, I was the 5th generation to work in the Railways works the first, my great great grandfather moving to Swindon around 1850 specifically to work in the works.

So I too may well have releatives that worked closely with "the fat controller" character too.

Swindon was always a way better establishment than Doncaster, Crewe, Derby or Eastleigh anyway

Doncaster (and Crewe and Derby FWIW) works used to instate brand new locomotives with the same mechanical tolerances as Swindon works would refurbish at the same tolerance, working to far tighter and way better quality than any other railway works in the entire world.

[Wobbly Bob]

Time for another beer soaked topical railway reference.
The Mallard may be a lot quicker but let's not forget that the kick ass Robin is Britain's national bird.

[Peter Venkman]

Time for another beer soaked topical railway reference.
The Mallard may be a lot quicker but let's not forget that the kick ass Robin is Britain's national bird.

Mallard was quicker just the once and then immediately fell apart