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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: swintonrover on June 09, 2025, 03:15:23 pm
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Makes sense to have a centralised place with all the fixtures.
Fri 4 July - Retford Utd (a) 19:30
Tues 8 July - Alfreton (a) 19:00
Fri 11 July - Thorne Colliery (a) 19:30
Sat 12 July - Stamford (a) 12:00
Sat 12 July - Peterborough Sports (a) 15:00
Tues 15 July - Gateshead (a) 19:45
Weds 16 July - Rossington (a) 19:45
Sat 19 July - MK Dons (@ Dunstable) 15:00
Sat 26 July - Blackpool (h) 15:00
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Screaming out for a Saturday game at home/localish. Got a six year old who's wanting to go to his first match
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I saw on Ricky Charlesworth's x that Rovers were in talks with a Championship club over the possibility of a friendly at the Eco....could still materialise?
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You would like to think most of these games are to look at trialists. Hopefully the more challenging games are to come after.
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They’re following a similar pattern to last season.
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Thanks. I didn’t know about the Gateshead one
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Presumably we’ll want a home friendly against decent opposition (eg Championship) on Sat 26 July?
Then EFL kickoff Sat 2 Aug the weekend after.
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Presumably we’ll want a home friendly against decent opposition (eg Championship) on Sat 26 July?
Then EFL kickoff Sat 2 Aug the weekend after.
I think that's the plan, heard one of the Sheffield clubs is likely but the uncertainty around both their managers doesn't help.
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I believe the Owls are second choice for Saturday 26th but there are other plans which would be a lot better
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I'm fancying Everton at the moat. We've given them 2 tough games in recent times so you'd think they would want a more competitive one too.
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Well, if we’re getting Crew back, what about the possibility of Leeds?
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I believe the Owls are second choice for Saturday 26th but there are other plans which would be a lot better
PSG? Premier League? Tottenham so they can drop Craig off. Leeds (ditto Crew). Everton (recent history and Snod). Newcastle, Liverpool…
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Thing is Ptem clubs aren't going to be sending their stars. We're better off with a top end Championship club. I thought the Middlesbrough game was one of the best I've seen. It was competitive and they put out their probable first X1. It was a very good test for us.
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Sunderland at home maybe?
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Don't Premier League clubs charge a fortune for a friendly?
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Definitely not Newcastle, with their history of crocking our players.
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Sheff Utd would be brill for us and Billy of course, with or without Wilder.
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I am hopeful it won’t be a highly competitive no-holds-barred match like the one against Newcastle turned out to be and left us with long-term injury worries '
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Sheff Utd would be brill for us and Billy of course, with or without Wilder.
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They’re at Chez on 26th. They could put 2 decent teams out on same day though I guess.
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Blackpool at home completes the set. A bit underwhelming but it is a pre season friendly afterall to test the players readiness.
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Playing teams in the same league is daft when we could hypothetically play them in the league the week after.
A source I'd heard from had mentioned a foreign team at home on the 26th. Clearly that's fallen through.
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Championship clubs are probably charging too much for friendlies this year.
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Playing teams in the same league is daft when we could hypothetically play them in the league the week after.
A source I'd heard from had mentioned a foreign team at home on the 26th. Clearly that's fallen through.
Oh dam stadium would have been a lot fuller
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Not the most challenging of fixtures for a pre season. Maybe Grant wants to build confidence and momentum with hopefully a fair few victories and that he can try a few things. Nobody in the media will be getting excited if we beat some of these sides. It allows us to go under the radar.
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Apologies if I have missed it but are tickets available for the away friendlies
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Yep
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Error
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https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2025/june/20/tickets--alfreton-town-v-rovers--08-07-25-/
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Makes sense to have a centralised place with all the fixtures.
Fri 4 July - Retford Utd (a) 19:30
Tues 8 July - Alfreton (a) 19:00
Fri 11 July - Thorne Colliery (a) 19:30
Sat 12 July - Stamford (a) 12:00
Sat 12 July - Peterborough Sports (a) 15:00
Tues 15 July - Gateshead (a) 19:45
Weds 16 July - Rossington (a) 19:45
Sat 19 July - MK Dons (@ Dunstable) 15:00
Sat 26 July - Blackpool (h) 15:00
Unusual not to have a higher profile preseason . Respect to Blackpool for taking on this game being in the same League .
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Possibly we had a friendly against Sheff Wed penciled in for 26th July. As they aren't playing any and don't even have anywhere to train it couldn't happen.
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It looks like Barry Bannan has ended his stay with Wendies.
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Along with the MK Dons and Blackpool naturally, the Alfreton game stands out as very interesting, it will be very different.