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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: not on facebook on March 26, 2010, 02:04:06 pm
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my memory is not that upto scratch on rovers players past and present who were born in
doncaster and played for the rovers.
i will throw a couple in to kick things off
1.....RHODES/SAMWAYS
2.....MELL
3.....ATKINS
4.....uzelac/LISTER
5.....brookes/HIRD
6.....MAKEPEACE
7.....
8.....rankin/RAVENHILL
9.....BROWN
10....elwiss
11....HARLE
12....LEE
13....BURTON
14....BATES
15....LIMBER
16....WEAVER
17....MUIRHEAD
18....JONES
manager....JOHN BIRD
HAVE ADDED MY NON SELECTIONS VIA BIG LETTERS
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Steve Lster, Sam Hird
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Chris Brown
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Ben Muirhead
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Ricky Ravenhill
Mark Atkins
Steve Burton
Simon Weaver
Nicky Limber
David Jones (the one in the conference)
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Mick Bates
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Gary Lee
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Robert Betts
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was john bird the former york manager,played for newcastle, doncaster utd..
did he not play for rovers and was born in doncaster
if so he can be put in as manager
who was burton,lee,bates,betts and what position did they play aqnd what era
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Craig Nelthorpe
(and by cheating on wiki....)
Stuart Mell
Wilf Bott
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oslorovers wrote:
was john bird the former york manager,played for newcastle, doncaster utd..
did he not play for rovers and was born in doncaster
if so he can be put in as manager
who was burton,lee,bates,betts and what position did they play aqnd what era
Steve Burton was a striker, played the last season in the conference after being released by Ipswich and a few games in L2.
Betts was the 15 year old midfielder who played towards the end of the relegation season 97/98 and moved to Coventry not long after.
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oslorovers wrote:
was john bird the former york manager,played for newcastle, doncaster utd..
did he not play for rovers and was born in doncaster
if so he can be put in as manager
who was burton,lee,bates,betts and what position did they play aqnd what era
Mick Bates Leeds [player from the Revie era
Gary Lee left back from Bremner days and understudy to Glyn Snodin
Robert Betts, sold to Coventry when the fire starter was here, some relation to Maurice Setters, i think
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betts did coventry not pay or say they did not have to pay for said player
to which what was thwe outcome
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I think compensation laws were more of a grey area then but I think we got a few grand for him in the end.
Andy Rhodes - keeper.
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recall sturat mell
but who was wilf botl???
andy rhodes how did i forget him went to barnsley i think
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Wilf Bott was born in Edlo in 1907 apparently.
John Ryan ;)
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Would you class thrybergh as being in the Doncaster Borough as its close enough anyway? if so both snods.
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One more cheat from Wiki - Barry Swallow - early 60's.
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SkellowRover wrote:
Would you class thrybergh as being in the Doncaster Borough as its close enough anyway? if so both snods.
Theres a few Mexborough and Conisborough born as well I think.
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Steve Reed edlo.
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Graham Hyde
Kevin Keegan.
Oh and Malc webster and the Arsenal under age sex guy ( name eludes me ).
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Stuart Cannell Graham Cawthorne Billy Mordue
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3 more local born lads are:
Alan Warboys - Goldthorpe
Billy Whitehurst - Thurnscoe
and of course the legend that is:
Peter Kitchen - Mexborough
Also i know its not doncaster but it is fairly local and our all time greatest player:
Alick Jeffrey - Rawmarsh
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Reece Nicholson - speedy winger from late 50's/early 60's
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kitchen yes as mexboro is doncaster in my book
as for rawmarsh,glodthorpe,thurnscoe i think the book is still open.
as for hyde and keegan they did not ever play for rovers iam sure
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oslorovers wrote:
kitchen yes as mexboro is doncaster in my book
as for rawmarsh,glodthorpe,thurnscoe i think the book is still open.
as for hyde and keegan they did not ever play for rovers iam sure
Jesus did you NEVER see a DRFC 11 play in Friendlies Oslo. :( :( :( . Actually i admit i am stupid. I didnt read thread title properly. :blush: :blush: :blush:
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Alick jeffrey ... born Rawmarsh but hey!
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irishcontingent.....no worrys fella, i type of said to me sen that you more than
likely miss read the thread
alot worse happens at sea
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Willie Watson, John Flowers,Barry Staton,
Brian Makepeace, Ray Veal, John Meredith, Freddy Taylor,Steve Uzelac, Stan Brookes.
Was Darius Henderson born in Rosso. Graham Rix was I think.
:)
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Anyone know want they are up to now?
Nicky Limber is a sports teacher at Danum school I know that
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The legend Peter Kitchen (Mexborough)
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Mark Rankine, Sean Joyce & Paul Raven.
As for non-Rovers players, Denaby & Mexboro have a good record
Ian Banks - Barnsley
Kevin Eley - Rotherham & Chesterfield
Alan Sunderland - Cup winner and famous blasphemer at Arsenal.
Mick Prendergast - Sheffield Weds.
I once read that S Yorks had the highest per capita number of pro footballers born and bred in it's boundaries of any English county.
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Hows about David Harle from Edlo, i think he works for Donny Council now.
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STILL NO ANSWER TO ME QUESTION
was john bird born in doncaster and did he play for rovers
i know he was at doncaster united and think he went to doncaster rovers then onto
newcastle....later on he manager of york city
if above is correct he can be manager
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John Bird was born in Doncaster and he did play for Rovers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bird_%28footballer%29
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I'm sure that he was. Think he came from Bentley.
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John Bird definitely played for the Rovers.
Dave Cowling as manager... he was one of the several managers we had during the 97/98 season
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Steve Spriggs Cambridge United played against Rovers and was a Donny lad
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DONNYWOLF wrote:
Steve Spriggs Cambridge United played against Rovers and was a Donny lad
Stainforth lad actually :laugh:
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Mark Atkins Ashley Tomlinson.
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dont forget scott maxfield..... :P
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Beaglehole.
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Mark Samways? Pretty sure he was a local boy! Went to Intake Middle and Danum so definitely stakes a claim for Donnyite, not sure if he was born round here tho!'
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Filo wrote:
DONNYWOLF wrote:
Steve Spriggs Cambridge United played against Rovers and was a Donny lad
Stainforth lad actually :laugh:
I hesitated to say Stainy lad as even though I knew him well from my time in that paradise of a Pit village his dad a Builder erected a big pad (still the first house on the left on the way in from Barnby Dun) but I had a feeling they moved in from elsewhere
The dad, Gordon I believe used to play himself for Askern Welfare (guess guess guess - not a fact)and so I have him as coming from there and so Steve may have arrived into Stainy on 2 legs rather than dropping onto 2 legs if you know what I mean
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Al4475 wrote:
Mark Samways? Pretty sure he was a local boy! Went to Intake Middle and Danum so definitely stakes a claim for Donnyite, not sure if he was born round here tho!'
Sammy was brought up down Clay Lane somewhere. I know that 'cos he went to Curlew primary to start with where my Dad happened to be Headmaster at the time. Dad always liked Sammy - both as a person and as a goalie.
Cheers
BobG
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Marks is Donny born and bred.
MARK SAMWAYS
Born: Doncaster d.o.b: 11 November 1968
Position: Goalkeeper
Teams Seasons Apps. Gls.
Doncaster Rovers 87-92 121 0
Scunthorpe United 91-97 180 0
York City 97-98 29 0
Darlington 99-00 34 0
to Matlock Town
Totals 364 0
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ANybody put Rod Belfitt down or is that a Pitch inspection 11 am job ?
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I'll go with two lads from my year at school, Adie Moses and Neil Illman. Moses was on schoolboy terms at Rovers and was deemed not good enough and was sent packing. Played for England U21s and for Barnsley in the Premier league, so yeah, well done Jim Golze!
Illman started at Middlesborough and became a bit of a journeyman, never really fulfilling the promise he had shown in his youth.
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Martin Harris. Winger, left Danum in 1972. Didn't play for Rovers, but started off at Grimsby and ended up at Workington. He played for them that time we beat 'em 7 something.
Cheers
BobG
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did steve gaughen not have a short stint at rovers as in the gaughen who was at sunderland and halifax
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BobG wrote:
Martin Harris. Winger, left Danum in 1972. Didn't play for Rovers, but started off at Grimsby and ended up at Workington. He played for them that time we beat 'em 7 something.
Cheers
BobG
From Rosso I believe and got me a ticket for Workington v Rovers with a mega crowd of 892 ? A 1-1 draw ? It was cold and the pitch was half covered in Frost (not Mr Frost) throughout the game
Guessing a lot tonight but mid 70;s 75 76 ?
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RON FLOWERS
Edlington born and a Wolfie !!!!
Played for Eng - er - land loads of times at Right Half and was an ace penalty taker in the days when England used to play against Teams like Mexico and drub them 8-0 and the Manager probably Walter Winterbottom was probably quoted as saying \"there are no hard games in International Football\"
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Sounds right Wolfie. He was indeed from Rosso. And he would have been playing for them about that time. He was in the same class as me too :) Wonder where he is now.........?
Cheers
BobG
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The two greatest players, by general consensus, Alick and Ian, to have ever played for us are from Rotherham. Good.
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shaun flannagan...lee rodgers who went on to play for chesterfield for many years ,david moss,
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Gav Worboys
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eastender wrote:
Marks is Donny born and bred.
MARK SAMWAYS
Born: Doncaster d.o.b: 11 November 1968
Position: Goalkeeper
Teams Seasons Apps. Gls.
Doncaster Rovers 87-92 121 0
Scunthorpe United 91-97 180 0
York City 97-98 29 0
Darlington 99-00 34 0
to Matlock Town
Totals 364 0
Still living in Donny too.
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George Bailey. Mickey Nesbitt.
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BST heres one for you what about a conisborough denaby born player who captained England?
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...that rings a \"Belle\" (sic)
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as a kid played on baxter avenue with the likes of mark rankine and steve gaughn, good old days...
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Male Mr Wolf!
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DONNYWOLF wrote:
RON FLOWERS
Edlington born and a Wolfie !!!!
Played for Eng - er - land loads of times at Right Half and was an ace penalty taker in the days when England used to play against Teams like Mexico and drub them 8-0 and the Manager probably Walter Winterbottom was probably quoted as saying \"there are no hard games in International Football\"
His younger brother, John Flowers, played for Rovers. He was in the 68-9 Div 4 Championship side and was in the first Rovers team I watched (69-70). He later played for Port Vale and settled in Stoke where he had a pub. He was married to Maureen Flowers, the darts player, who left him to shack up with Eric Bristow.
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roversron wrote:
BST heres one for you what about a conisborough denaby born player who captained England?
Jack Barker- of Derby County. Clearly another one who slipped off our radar!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Barker
Going back to the previous item about Ron/ John Flowers. Didn't Wolves have a scouting network and a nursery club based on Donny? I'm sure that's how Ron Flowers ended up at Molineux.
Edited- just found this about Peter Knowles (who came from Frickley). The Wolves nursery was Wath Wanderers.
http://www.thewolvessite.co.uk/old_gen.htm