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Post by newby on Apr 20, 2024 19:22:58 GMT
Doncaster I thought had blown it going 2 goals down at home to Barrow. I should have known better 4-2 in the end and the brilliant run continues.
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Post by donnylad on Apr 20, 2024 20:02:48 GMT
err ...... yes, I had that feeling too. Other clubs were all doing the right thing for us and at 0 - 2 with 5 minutes left I thought 'Oh well' and turned to the cricket which is another story.
Shriek from Mrs Donnylad .. suddenly 2 - 2 and then another 3 - 2! Spent 5 minutes wishing the ref would just blow the whistle and in went a fourth goal!!!
My 'wish' for 4 wins with 4 goals scored and half the other teams crumbling is now half way there. Can I copoe?
I am off to a dark room to recuperate ... but do you know, Rovers are unbeaten when playing at Wembley .......
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Post by hawke on Apr 21, 2024 5:34:23 GMT
Well done York City and good luck to Donny R. Even Bradford City have woken up! Sheffield Wed ned to stay in their division. I think the pressure has been telling on the Championship clubs. WBA missed chances at nervy Leicester yesterday I read.
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Post by newby on Apr 21, 2024 16:13:02 GMT
Good win by Sheffield Wednesday today takes them out of the relegation places, two games to go and their fate is in their own hands as they say with two games to go.
They have let in a lot of goals so they don't want to finish level on points with either Birmingham or Plymouth.
FA cup second semi simmering now with two goal for Coventry making a game of it, 2-3 at the moment.
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Post by newby on Apr 22, 2024 9:50:42 GMT
Leeds United go to Middlesbrough tonight, not sure what to expect. Boro have no chance of making the play-offs now but I'm sure they will give a good account of themselves on what is always a big occasion.
Leeds have the capability to win but do they have the nerve! I've hardened my heart for the play-offs, but 3 wins in the last 3 games would take away a lot of stress.
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Post by donnylad on Apr 23, 2024 20:48:06 GMT
... My 'wish' for 4 wins with 4 goals scored and half the other teams crumbling is now half way there. Can I copo? I am off to a dark room to recuperate ... but do you know, Rovers are unbeaten when playing at Wembley ....... ... make that 3/4 of the way there and everyone else is chipping in helpfully. Rovers win 4-1 again and now lie in 5th place .. it is starting to look like we will be in the play-offs - 10 wins in a row and a point on Saturday could well be enough ...... someone needs to get the Paint Pot Trophy (Sorry Johnstones Paint Trophy) out of the cupboard and give it a polish. I am starting to believe ...I read through the postings about the Middx match on the 'other place' whilst the second half was on .. couldn't bear watching the score. Interesting that it has taken some posters there a lot longer to see where the club problems arise - not worthy Colleagues of the Corridor but others with very odd names!! WAFTR RTID
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Post by newby on Apr 23, 2024 21:11:54 GMT
Champion stuff, never in doubt even going a goal down early on. 10 on the trot aiming for 14, why not.
Bradford City too have caught the winning habit and have a chance of the play-offs if things go their way on Saturday.
Good luck to all.
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Post by Hit Wicket on Apr 24, 2024 8:58:25 GMT
Bradford City too have caught the winning habit and have a chance of the play-offs if things go their way on Saturday. In recent weeks Newport seem to have perfected their role of stooges. I suspect Bradford's chief worries will be results elsewhere. Doncaster though. What a story this would be.
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Post by hawke on Apr 24, 2024 9:09:13 GMT
Yes Donny Rovers run is amazing. Having seen Bradford C lose at home a few weeks ago and heard the crowd reaction and felt the general gloom, then losing 3-0 at Harrogate, their 5 wins out of 6 is highly surprising. Highly. Totally unexpected. The BC chairman even issued an apology for the season after the Harrogate match. I see Barrow have lost 5 out of 6 which has helped give everyone else hope.
Oh and Farsley Celtic managed to avoid relegation though unfortunately Bradford PA did not at the level below.
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Post by donnylad on Apr 24, 2024 11:10:36 GMT
If Rovers had started this season like this we would have been where Stockport are at the moment!
It was the year I was born when they managed this sort of run under the leadership of Clarrie Jordan - my Dad used to rave about him.
A miner, he had guested for teams during the war, signed for Rovers (from Upton Colliery) and then scored 42 goais in the season 1946/47 as Rovers won Div 3 North by a street. He scored 3 hat-tricks in 4 games that season and scored in 10 consecutive games. He continued to work in the pit and would often play after finishing a shift. After 50 goals in 67 appearances he transferred to Sheff Weds for £6000 + a player in exchange.
At the time, that fee would have bought 10 houses of the type I was born in. Things do change ... if Clarrie was transferred today. on the same proportion ...... £75 million ... probably cheap at that price.
Saturday is going to be stressful!
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Post by Hit Wicket on Apr 24, 2024 14:35:18 GMT
Sadly Clarrie Jordan's Wikipedia entry makes no mention of his coaching career.
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Post by donnylad on Apr 24, 2024 15:37:57 GMT
Clarrie retired from playing (knee injury) after the start of the end of the 1954/5 season when Wednesday were in the old First division, a match against Sheffield United being his last game.
He then became landlord of the Schoolboy pub in Upton ... I can't find any reference to coaching anywhere including in Rovers history.
Please share any info!
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Post by newby on Apr 27, 2024 9:24:12 GMT
Football not going well from a Leeds United point of view, watching them play just lately I'm not sure they deserve promotion no matter how much some of us would like it.
Good luck to all your teams today.
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Post by newby on Apr 27, 2024 13:56:15 GMT
Barnsley have done their bit and have managed to end up in the League 1 play-offs. They look in poor form and I doubt anyone is getting carried away about their chances, but you've got to be in it! as they say.
Doncaster coming up.
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Post by donnylad on Apr 27, 2024 19:06:09 GMT
Well it was all going so nicely, 2-0 up and swanning it .... goalie sent off for hands outside the box.
Still it is a club record AND we are in5th place and in the playoffs. I have got to say I do fancy us to go up .... but then again ...... famous last words is a phrase that comes to mind.
Monday 6 May 2024 15:00 League Two A 1st Leg (7th v 4th) Crawley v MK Dons Monday 6 May 2024 17:30 League Two B 1st Leg (6th v 5th) Crewe Alexandra v Rovers
Thursday 9 May 2024 20:00 League Two A 2nd Leg (4th v 7th) MK Dons v Crawley Friday 10 May 2024 20:00 League Two B 2nd Leg (5th v 6th) Rovers v Crewe Alexandra
Sunday 19th May 2024 TBC League 2 Play Off Final at Wembley.
Rovers are pf course unbeaten at Wembley ...... RTID WAFTR
Out of respect for various Gentlemen of the Corridor and mt son, and me, more than a but, I will not mention LUFC
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