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How many current Football League clubs can you name that have Rovers never played or never beaten in Football League Competition?
How many of these have Rovers beaten in other National Competitions?
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I know Doncaster have never played Chelsea in a league game what so ever
The two teams have played each other in the facup
and then there was that pre season friendly at BV against chelsea in the late 1980s .
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Chelsea,AFC Wimbledon
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We've never beaten Wycombe Wanderers in any competition.
We've played Chelsea in the FA Cup and League Cup and lost both times.
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All correct so far:
Chelsea, AFC Wimbledon never played in FL
Wycombe - never beaten in any national competition
More to come in both categories
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How many times have rovers played wycombe ?
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How many times have rovers played wycombe ?
3 in the League (drawn 1 lost 2) and once in the FL Cup (lost on penalties)
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So at what point do we class them as a bogey team ?
Hope this issue is fixed at the league game in the wycombe neck of
the woods that's comming this season.
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Newcastle United
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So at what point do we class them as a bogey team ?
Hope this issue is fixed at the league game in the wycombe neck of
the woods that's comming this season.
IMHO we have a long way to go before they overtake Reading as our bogey team. On the other hand te Yeovil jinx seems to have been mitigated
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Newcastle United
Correct - our League record against Newcastle reads W0, D1, L7
Never played in FL: Chelsea, AFC Wimbledon
Never beaten in FL: Wycombe, Newcastle
Still more to get in both categories
Edit: My mistake, the never played list is complete
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Reading > > > 4got all about that set of barstewards .
Recall going their when they pissed the division we was in back then ,could have been div3 .
Sure it was a re arranged game at their old ground elm park.
A shit load of Portsmouth lads turned supporting rovers that day for sole reason during a game that season somewhere on the south coast
the rovers goal keeper had a brilliant game as a handfull of Portsmouth lads went to the game.sure it was a mid week fixture.
A certain Portsmouth lad was so impressed with the goal keeer of rovers display that night ,that he got onto the rovers team coach shouting * ** * for England.
I can't recall who the keeper was,but the Portsmouth lads promised rovers players on the team coach that they would come back and watch Doncaster again.
Turned out about 20 of them were at the reading game on strength of above .
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Arsenal and Everton, have we ever played either of them in the league? They've both been top flight for donkeys years so my expectation is that we haven't, though I know we've played them both in cups.
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Arsenal and Everton, have we ever played either of them in the league? They've both been top flight for donkeys years so my expectation is that we haven't, though I know we've played them both in cups.
Apologies - Chelsea and AFC Wimbledon are actually the only current League clubs we have never played in FL competition. I just noticed we played Arsenal in 1901-2 and 1902-3 (including one win), so this category is completed. We also have 2 league victories over Everton in the early 1950's.
I reckon there are still 2 or 3 more we have never beaten in the FL.
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Burton, have we beaten them in the football league?? Two draws last season but I think they were the first league games between us, although we did win in the FL trophy a couple of seasons ago at their place..
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Excellent IDM. We also beat them in Conference games.
Never beaten Newcastle, Wycombe and Burton in FL.
1 or 2 more to go.
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Sunderland?
Only remember playing them in eighties one year they won league lost 3-1 at their and think may have took lead through Burke and lost 2-0 maybe last game season
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Is it buxton utd and Boston utd ?
Sure we have played both these in the league and I know one of them in the facup but I get the two teams mixed up all the time as I went to the facup game I think.
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None of them are current league teams
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Leeds Utd, oh wait........
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Sunderland?
Only remember playing them in eighties one year they won league lost 3-1 at their and think may have took lead through Burke and lost 2-0 maybe last game season
Correct. Those are the only 2 occasions we have played Sunderland in the League. We did have a famous victory over them in the FA Cup in 1953-54
So never beaten in the League:
Newcastle
Sunderland (Have FA Cup win)
Wycombe
Burton (Have Trophy and Conference wins)
The only other possibility, and the reason for posting this now, is Accrington Stanley.
It depends whether a Phoenix club is deemed to be the same club, and carry forward its history. I believe AFC Wimbledon does not carry the old Wimbledon's history (at least the Sky Annual does not recognise it), although I am sure that is highly contentious. Certainly MK Dons do not carry that history, either it is with AFC WImbledon or no-one. On the other hand The Sky Annual does give Newport and Accrington Stanley credit for old history and records, so maybe we do have victories against Stanley from way back - 20 to be precise. Let's hope that is a moot point after tomorrow. :scarf:
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Was just about to say accy!!!
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Got the fcuker it was rushden and diamonds as they dicked us in facup ,had to go to kiddminster on the train then get a taxi to the ground ?
Or do I get this mixed up with some other non league grounds/ team
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What about bolton they always seem to beat us in recent times. May have done in the past but I'm not 30 yet so no idea if they have?
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Got the fcuker it was rushden and diamonds as they dicked us in facup ,had to go to kiddminster on the train then get a taxi to the ground ?
Or do I get this mixed up with some other non league grounds/ team
The interesting thing is that we have never played either Rushden & Diamonds or Dagenham & Redbridge in a Football League match - only Conference (and FA Cup for R&D)
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This is doing my head in as rushden diamonds are not a present league team
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No AFC Wimbledon are no more a continuation of the original Wimbledon either, as they formed a year before the original side closed down and Mk Dons were allowed to reform and take their (franchise) place in the league.
But morally AFCW hold the higher ground..
Anyway, never mind that!
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Got the fcuker it was rushden and diamonds as they dicked us in facup ,had to go to kiddminster on the train then get a taxi to the ground ?
Or do I get this mixed up with some other non league grounds/ team
The interesting thing is that we have never played either Rushden & Diamonds or Dagenham & Redgridge in a Football League match - only Conference (and FA Cup for R&D)
What gets on my tits is that you even know that I get rushden diamonds and dagerham and red bridge teams mixed up without me saying a word
Go and jump off a cliff somewhere in holland please Dutch
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What about bolton they always seem to beat us in recent times. May have done in the past but I'm not 30 yet so no idea if they have?
Our record against Bolton in FL matches is W3, D1, L4
I well remember in, Dave Cusack's era, two 3-0 wins at OBV in 1986-7 over Christmas when we beat Bolton and Rotherham both 3-0 in a couple of days - the Rotherham match being the one where Tommy Gaynor scored his wonder goal. I think those 6 goals must account for most of Rovers goals scored at OBV in Cusack's entire reign as manager.
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Reading > > > 4got all about that set of barstewards .
Looks like you forgot about the match when we beat them 7-5 too.
But then it appears that football for you was never about what happens on the pitch, I've never seen you once talk about it..!
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Got the fcuker it was rushden and diamonds as they dicked us in facup ,had to go to kiddminster on the train then get a taxi to the ground ?
Or do I get this mixed up with some other non league grounds/ team
The interesting thing is that we have never played either Rushden & Diamonds or Dagenham & Redgridge in a Football League match - only Conference (and FA Cup for R&D)
What gets on my tits is that you even know that I get rushden diamonds and dagerham and red bridge teams mixed up without me saying a word
Go and jump off a cliff somewhere in holland please Dutch
Not too many of those cliffs over there................never found one in my 35 years there
but I can see a few out of my window over here in Northern Ireland
No offence meant pal, and I think many many people mix up DRFC, D&RFC and R&DFC :)
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Torquay united away on a Tuesday night when rovers won 2-0 I think.
Got the train down from donny and had to stay in hotel on the Tuesday night as no train back after the game.
Colin Douglass handed over the whole DRFC complimentary match ticket allocation to me as no rovers players wives or girlfriends went to the game.
after passing out the tickets to the 8 ddr lads on the train ,we passed out rest of the tickets left over to the one rovers coach load of rovers fans that turned up for this game.
Turned out there was far more rovers fans sat up In torquay seats along with us than rovers fans left on the terrace that night.
Then I had to buy Colin Douglass a few beers in torquays club bar after the game before team coach left .
This game was about 25 years ago I say .
Throw a game up from conference years or before and we can talk about it Glynn if I was there
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What about bolton they always seem to beat us in recent times. May have done in the past but I'm not 30 yet so no idea if they have?
I was mascot against Bolton in about 84. Won 2-0 early season and Glynn Snodin definitely got one.
Our record against Bolton in FL matches is W3, D1, L4
I well remember in, Dave Cusack's era, two 3-0 wins at OBV in 1986-7 over Christmas when we beat Bolton and Rotherham both 3-0 in a couple of days - the Rotherham match being the one where Tommy Gaynor scored his wonder goal. I think those 6 goals must account for most of Rovers goals scored at OBV in Cusack's entire reign as manager.
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The missing answer to this has to be a backward type of answer as I have been trawling throu shit loads of last day home programmes from which ones I have got and I can't find the answer .
I guess the Dutch mick uncle is sat with a pint of Kilkenny pissing
himself as he drags us throu the mill
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The missing answer to this has to be a backward type of answer as I have been trawling throu shit loads of last day home programmes from which ones I have got and I can't find the answer .
I guess the Dutch mick uncle is sat with a pint of Kilkenny pissing
himself as he drags us throu the mill
Not sure which answer you are still looking for Oslo - we have them all.
Never played in the FL - Chelsea and AFC Wimbledon
Never beaten in the FL - Newcastle, Sunderland, Wycombe and Burton, with a maybe/probably not for Accrington Stanley
I did apologise higher up the thread when I had thought there was another 'never played' - thinking it was Arsenal but then I saw we played Arsenal in 1901 and 1902. So sorry again if that is why you are still looking.
As for the Kilkenny ....I wish, I really do. I am having trouble shaking off the worst vomitting bug I have ever had - it will be a few days yet I think. :(
By the way, just to add to the confusion, I am actually Welsh - my wife (who I met in my 35 years living in the Netherlands) comes from Northern Ireland. All my secondary schooldays were in Donny. To hijack the Carling advert ......... I am
'probably the only Dutch Speaking, Plaid Cymru Voting, Doncaster Rovers supporter living in Bangor, County Down' :silly:
And I really love Norway - I have been there many many times, including the far North.
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Looks like I was looking for the answer that had already been answered ,no wonder I was pulling my hair out.
As for far north of Norway I recommend anyone that's near svolvaer on the loften islands to try the loften war museum
http://www.lofotenkrigmus.no/e_omuseet.htm
Iam up in that neck of the woods now and again as I have a daughter and grand daughter who live up there .the scenery wind rain sun or shine or even snow is unreal.