vs Doncaster Match Thread
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Hey guys. Donny supporter here.
Thought you guys deserved the win tonight. What your side lacked in quality, they more than made up for in effort and hunger to win, and I think you should be encouraged by that for the season ahead. Our players really didn't have the desire to win the game tonight, and it was clear that the Accy players wanted it more. I can understand why we played so badly though, as we have a small squad which is currently decimated by injuries, so we had a team of strangers out there tonight, and even had to fill the bench with four 17 year olds from the youth team. We ended up with a centre-back in midfield, quite a few players making their first ever appearance and Brooker up front who hasn't played any football for 18 months due to a long-term injury. However, it was still a team that I would have expected to win the game, so your players did very well to come out on top tonight.
If your players keep putting in the hard work that they did tonight, then you should be in for another decent season.
Also, well done to the 150 or so Accy fans that made the journey down tonight. I have to credit you for the backing you gave your team.
Good luck in the next round and all the best for the rest of the season.
EDIT - Got to add, if the stories that some of your fans got ambushed are true, then I can only apollogise on behalf of every decent Doncaster supporter. Every club has their idiots, and we're not all like that. Once again, good luck for the season.
Thought you guys deserved the win tonight. What your side lacked in quality, they more than made up for in effort and hunger to win, and I think you should be encouraged by that for the season ahead. Our players really didn't have the desire to win the game tonight, and it was clear that the Accy players wanted it more. I can understand why we played so badly though, as we have a small squad which is currently decimated by injuries, so we had a team of strangers out there tonight, and even had to fill the bench with four 17 year olds from the youth team. We ended up with a centre-back in midfield, quite a few players making their first ever appearance and Brooker up front who hasn't played any football for 18 months due to a long-term injury. However, it was still a team that I would have expected to win the game, so your players did very well to come out on top tonight.
If your players keep putting in the hard work that they did tonight, then you should be in for another decent season.
Also, well done to the 150 or so Accy fans that made the journey down tonight. I have to credit you for the backing you gave your team.
Good luck in the next round and all the best for the rest of the season.
EDIT - Got to add, if the stories that some of your fans got ambushed are true, then I can only apollogise on behalf of every decent Doncaster supporter. Every club has their idiots, and we're not all like that. Once again, good luck for the season.
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What a night! Contrary to what Coley said, for me one of the most impressive parts of our play was the composed way we played the ball out of defence when Donny put us under pressure. That's what I have been waiting to see from my team for a long time. How does Coley turn cast-offs and journeymen into such impressive winners? The trouble at the end was when some Donny fans tried to ambush us as we made our way back to the coach. At least one bottle was thrown but fortunately there was a high mesh fence in the way, but it could have been a bit nasty. It's an obvious ambush spot and the police should have been aware of it beforehand.
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Good to see the full match report on fishy so quickly.
Cheers Cashman - I've just been on to tidy up one or two errors from doing it in the heat of the moment, but given the hour and all I can't guarantee that it's my finest work!
BBC report:-
"Craig Lindfield grabbed an extra-time winner to earn League Two Accrington a shock victory over Championship side Doncaster in the Carling Cup. Having dominated the first half, the hosts took the lead after the break when Josh Payne drilled in the opener.
However, Stanley substitute Chris Turner fired in from 12 yards against the run of play to force extra time."
Whoever wrote that wasn't watching the same match that I was!
"Craig Lindfield grabbed an extra-time winner to earn League Two Accrington a shock victory over Championship side Doncaster in the Carling Cup. Having dominated the first half, the hosts took the lead after the break when Josh Payne drilled in the opener.
However, Stanley substitute Chris Turner fired in from 12 yards against the run of play to force extra time."
Whoever wrote that wasn't watching the same match that I was!
Thanks to the two Doncaster fans for their comments, (but I bet they wouldn't have let us borrow their shorts if they'd known we were gonna beat 'em
Yeah I was quite suprised with that descision? if it was a case of ur black socks n shorts clashing....why didnt we war our white shorts n socks lol??? strange game!
as a follow up our guy who was carried off has a ruptured Hamstring and is out for up to 4 months! our injury list grows
lots of raving reviews on our forum about your support last night! do your lads fancy coming to our next home game if your not playing to show our miserable lot how to do it?
Absolutely magnificent performance both on and off the pitch. The team played superbly well from start to finish against a pretty decent Championship outfit.
The Ultra's were "different class". None stop for 120 minutes (135 minutes actually, they carried on under the stand at half time).
The night could have been spoilt by a handful of adolescent chavs in Doncaster shirts after the match, but they soon scarpered once they realised they weren't actually old enough to intimidate anyone. No need for it though. They embarrased Doncaster Rovers for that.
Brilliant night though and a real season setter upper!! Roll on Saturday, a trip to The Cobblers is now a must.
The Ultra's were "different class". None stop for 120 minutes (135 minutes actually, they carried on under the stand at half time).
The night could have been spoilt by a handful of adolescent chavs in Doncaster shirts after the match, but they soon scarpered once they realised they weren't actually old enough to intimidate anyone. No need for it though. They embarrased Doncaster Rovers for that.
Brilliant night though and a real season setter upper!! Roll on Saturday, a trip to The Cobblers is now a must.
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It will be after tonights matches because they have to wait to see who gets seeded.
Here's the options;
Seeded Group: Everton, Birmingham, Blackburn, Stoke, Fulham, Sunderland, Bolton, Wolves, Wigan, West Ham, Newcastle, West Brom, Blackpool, Burnley, Hull, Portsmouth, Leicester, Swansea, Middlesbrough, Ipswich, Watford, Preston
The three other seeded clubs will be Cardiff, Reading and Sheffield United should they win through but should any of them lose the seeded places will be taken, in priority, by Scunthorpe, Crystal Palace and Norwich.
Unseeded Group: Leeds, Millwall, Sheffield Wednesday, Peterborough, Huddersfield, Southampton, Colchester, Brentford, Milton Keynes Franchise,, Leyton Orient, Tranmere, Notts County, Rochdale, Southend, Morecambe, Port Vale, Northampton, Shrewsbury, Bradford City, Accrington, Crewe, Oxford
The three unseeded clubs to be added will be Scunthorpe, Crystal Palace and Norwich, although they will be replaced in this group by Burton, Torquay and Hartlepool should any of them win their games tonight.
They did they had lost a man through injury after using all subs. "9 men" you mean.
Match report from the Sheffield Star:
Rovers: Another fine mess you got us into Stanley - The Star
Rovers: Another fine mess you got us into Stanley - The Star
Originally Posted by Dan
By the way, the Doncaster line up shows seven changes from their win over Preston at the weekend. Squad rotation or disrespect? That is the big question at this stage.
Won't be 7 changes next time
Seeing as I'd already registered I thought I'd better revisit. Congratulations on last night which you more than deserved, regardless of our shortcomings of which there are many and which are being disected on the Rovers board.
As for the quotes above, please don't take it as a sign of disrespect. Four of the starting eleven (Sullivan, O'Connor, Friend and Lockwood) started at Preston while Sheils, Fairhurst, Payne, Dumbaya, Hird and Brooker were on the bench at PNE. Martis and Hayter also started at Preston but started on the bench last night. Of the others a mixtures of injuries (Coppinger, Oster, Wilson), suspension (Gillet), international call ups (Stock) and resting some who either hadn't had a full pre-season or who had injuries at the end of last season and weren't ready for three games in a week (Sharp, Woods).
Last night just shows that at Championship level we can compete with our first team, but our reserves are nowhere near the level required and were rightly put to the sword by a clever, hard working and attractive league two side. The fact that our bench was full of youth teamers and an unfit Hayter just goes to show our lack strength in depth having invested in quality (Stock and Sharp being the headliners) rather than bodies for the squad.
Good luck in round two.
Just thought I'd mention (because I don't think anyone else has - I could be wrong) the stewards.
Well done! They didn't enforce the "sit down" rule and, as far as I know, they didn't hassle the Ultras or anyone else at all. Thoroughly pleasant chaps. The only times they had anything to complain about were when our supporters were standing on seats, which is fair enough.
So, well done again!
Well done! They didn't enforce the "sit down" rule and, as far as I know, they didn't hassle the Ultras or anyone else at all. Thoroughly pleasant chaps. The only times they had anything to complain about were when our supporters were standing on seats, which is fair enough.
So, well done again!
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Any links to the Donny Rovers messageboard? I'd like to have a look at what they are saying about Stanley. I can only find the footymad site which doesn't have much traffic and a Viking site? that tells me I'm forbidden to access.
Edit: I've found it now, It is the Viking site, available at:
http://www.drfc-vsc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=57
Edit: I've found it now, It is the Viking site, available at:
http://www.drfc-vsc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=57
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A fantastic night, and well worth the journey. In recent years, I've seen us raise our game against supposedly superior opposition (Watford, Wolves, QPR, Fulham - I missed Leeds) only to be disappointed with the final outcome. Happily that didn't happen last night.
I too would disagree with Coley. I thought we played some excellent football. It's difficult to single out individuals in such a great team performance but Phil Edwards had to be the Man of the Match for me. Ray Putterill was a close second but I think Luke Joyce also deserves a mention. He was always in the right place at the right time and his distribution was excellent.
I agree with the comment about the excellent stewards. Maybe the Cheltenham safety officer should visit the Keepmoat and see how stewarding SHOULD be done.
I too would disagree with Coley. I thought we played some excellent football. It's difficult to single out individuals in such a great team performance but Phil Edwards had to be the Man of the Match for me. Ray Putterill was a close second but I think Luke Joyce also deserves a mention. He was always in the right place at the right time and his distribution was excellent.
I agree with the comment about the excellent stewards. Maybe the Cheltenham safety officer should visit the Keepmoat and see how stewarding SHOULD be done.