Who's the (second) best Rovers supporter on this forum (after me)?

[drfchound]

Me and Tommy Watson from Edlington once hitchhiked to Norwich to watch us lose a cup game. We managed to get down there relatively easily but the return journey was a complete disaster. The folly of youth.

During the same season I think, I risked life and limb going to watch us at Millwall where I was belted around the head with a beer bottle by Christ knows who. Claret pouring everywhere, seeing stars for a week after and had to get stitched up by the St John’s Ambulance mob.

The following year I went to every England game at the World Cup in Spain proudly
displaying my Union Jack bearing Doncaster Rovers across the middle. Promoting our club to the world.

So the debate is over. I’m the best Rovers fan.

Hitch hiking!
Me and a mate started doing it when we were 15 years old and went to loads of Rovers away games that way.
Noteably the first game of the season at Torquay in 1969 and we were allowed on a supporters bus for the ride home.
We hitched to Grimsby and got a lift there  and back with the match referee who also got us complementary tickets.
Rochdale away saw us stuck waiting for a lift on the Woodhead Pass. We had our Rovers scarves on and once again a supporters bus stopped and gave us a lift there.
We had to thumb it home that time though.
Fulham away was another adventure back then, thumbing it both ways.
Thinking back about how dangerous it must have been we were lucky to have got through it all unscathed.
Happy days though.

[Avsuptem]

I first went to BV in early 1962 and the result was also a goalless draw.
Colin Booth scored the first goal I saw.
I might get a top six finish for this.

Just beat me Hound - 24 November 1962, lost 1-4 to Tranmere in FA Cup, and we had a man carried off with a broken leg. But like you, the first Rovers goal I saw Rovers score was by Colin Booth. No surprise - he scored 38 out of our 71 goals (all comps) that season.

Thst was my first game too Uncle.
Was that you standing behind me shouting eloquent advice at the referee?

[RoseTInteD]

What a wonderful post, BB. We should have more like it.

Not me, anyway.
First game was 11 Sept 1973 when we beat Barnsley 1-0 at home.
Followed ever since.

[Dutch Uncle]

I first went to BV in early 1962 and the result was also a goalless draw.
Colin Booth scored the first goal I saw.
I might get a top six finish for this.

Just beat me Hound - 24 November 1962, lost 1-4 to Tranmere in FA Cup, and we had a man carried off with a broken leg. But like you, the first Rovers goal I saw Rovers score was by Colin Booth. No surprise - he scored 38 out of our 71 goals (all comps) that season.

Thst was my first game too Uncle.
Was that you standing behind me shouting eloquent advice at the referee?

Not sure I was tall enough to be behind anyone or old enough to be eloquent 

[Barmby Rover]

1964, can't remember the opposition, but King Alick scored and scared the crap out of me when I was sat on the wall at the Cowshed end, I thought the ball was coming through the net!

[Hounslowrover]

1958 I think, first year of the new Divisions 3 and 4.  We were in Div 3 I think, I saw Rovers v Rochdale , I think we lost 0-1 and eventually relegated.  I would have been ten.  Interestingly, my first away match was at Rochdale.

[tommy toes]

1960, I was 7, my older cousins took me.
Rovers 3 Millwall 0 iirc.

[turnbull for england]

1988 89 season sure is was Rotherham at home . Sheff Utd in FA cup  few games later .All from main stand before transfer to pop side for 89/90

[Bentley Bullet]

The first Rovers game I attended was with my brother, my dad, and my dad's mate, Scawsby Steve.

It's a pity I was too young to remember any details of the game.

[richtherover]

I reckon getting up at 3 a.m. every Sunday morning for 30 years to listen to or watch Rovers, usually ending in disappointment must be the definition of commitment, (or madness)! 

[number19]

Knew the game, just checked the date.
Home vs Emley, FA Cup 4th Round Qualifying Tie 28th Oct 2001.

[scawsby steve]

The first Rovers game I attended was with my brother, my dad, and my dad's mate, Scawsby Steve.

It's a pity I was too young to remember any details of the game.

Wolfie was there as well. Apparently he'd been given a complimentary ticket by his workmates as a retirement present.

[ForsolongaRover]

Although my BV experiences date back to the late 40s, actual matches that I can quote I remember going to were not till the early 50s - Man City and the famous  4-3, Tommy Lawton scoring for Notts County, Everton at Christmas and Brian Makepeace’s debut at right back close to my position on the Rossington end wall behind Ken Hardwick’s goal. Before that, I remember Peter Doherty and the massive rivalry with Raich Carter and his team Hull City for whom Rovers was their local derby - hence the record BV crowd. In fact my memories are of Rovers players at the time rather than who they were playing.

But I cannot claim the kind of continuous active support comparable to most of you. Without the internet and away from Doncaster for 20 years until the return to the league, it was only when the WWW provided the links we can now enjoy that I was able to become properly involved again.