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by Adam Stubbings

The game is up barring a miracle but Rovers still have one more chance to earn three points before a summer of change ahead of our inevitable drop into League Two.

The Sky cameras will be on hand to witness our final game of the season as promotion hopefuls Burton visit the Keepmoat. The Brewers have been in the top two for most of the season and can seal a second successive promotion by avoiding defeat.

These two sides drew 3-3 in one of the most exciting games of the season back in December, with Rovers unfortunate not to come away with more from a pulsating contest at the Pirelli Stadium. Former Rover Mark Duffy broke the resistance with a late equaliser after we had put in a sterling performance to almost earn a deserved victory against the league's best team at the time.

Things would only go alarmingly downhill from there of course and soon after the winless run that has ultimately cost us our place in League One began. The defensive calamities that have plagued us throughout the year were on show even back then, but we clearly had more fortitude to compete in games at the time as well.

The defeat to bottom club Crewe last Saturday confounded all of our problems and all but sealed our fate, meaning this game will serve as nothing more than a futile exercise in an uncomfortable atmosphere for Rovers, especially because the visitors are all set for the biggest party in their history.

It would not be unlike our club to pull off a surprise win in this game to make our relegation all the more agonising, as we may end up down only by virtue of goal difference for the second time in three seasons, but a win could also scupper Burton's hopes if a three-goal swing comes about from a Walsall win at Port Vale, and the Saddlers leapfrog them instead.

We know a thing or two about last day drama but none of it will engulf us this Sunday. Instead Darren Ferguson will look to put out a team of players set to stay and fight for an immediate return to the third tier next season. The manager revealed this week that he has already swung the proverbial axe and informed the players of his intentions for each of them.

Starting at the final whistle this weekend, change is afoot at Doncaster Rovers. We must now wait to see what kind of squad the gaffer can assemble to right this desperate wrong of relegation.
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