The magic of the FA Cup… isn’t our concern this week. As the gaze of most League Two sides averts towards the world’s oldest marketed competition (or something), we’re making up ground. Like us, Doncaster Rovers would have been twiddling the thumbs this weekend but for some surprisingly common sense thinking …
A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 46: More than a week into a New Year and the Old Toffee team have returned to the studio. It hasn’t changed much – Steve Watkins, Dean Thompson and Mark Hollis are still the ragamuffins that hold it together. Special guest this week …
Unless biblical floods have swept half of South Yorkshire away by the time you come to read this, it looks like the Boro’ will finally be getting underway in 2014 at the lovely Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster this weekend. In case you forgot under the weight of festive pies and …
A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 16: The ALOOT bandwagon shows no signs of letting up yet, with this second episode of 2013 ready and waiting to stimulate the senses. Steve Watkins returns with Dean Thompson, although Mark Hollis misses out due to an unfortunate injury. Or illness. The …
Unless we’re mistaken, there is the hint of a feel good factor back in the air among Boro’s supporters courtesy of last week’s win at Crewe Alexandra. Now we contemplate our first home game of the New Year, and Doncaster Rovers’ first appearance at Broadhall Way in nearly nine years. …
A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 15: ‘Twas the season to be jolly but now January brings us the season to be gloomy about returning to work. Here at Old Toffee HQ, we’re aware you may need some light, Boro-related relief; so Steve Watkins has returned from his Xmas …
“We’ll be top by five o’clock” we sang. But almost in an ironic sense; while it was certainly possible for the mathematics to work in such a manner, it couldn’t happen. Surely? But it did transpire that, for a mere 20 glorious and sunny minutes, we were top of the …
It’s the end of a long week and we cannot be bothered to come up a better pun than that. It is no doubt possible to reach a more satisfying conclusion playing with Donny, but do refer back to the “we cannot be bothered” issue. We digress from the point …
Sometimes you just need to pinch yourself to make sure that it’s really happening. After an unexpected appearance in the playoffs last season, we here at BoroGuide had been looking for a nice calm season. One in which we consolidated our position and ensured we are now considered a bone …
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