Rovers to buy Dons

[the dons]

I keep hearing stories about the Rovers buying the Dons,anyone else know anything.?.

[RedRover45]

I heard the Dons had a £40k tax bill they couldn't afford to pay so the Rovers paid it to keep them going. Don't know the terms and conditions of it though.

[MartinB]

We are gonna put two of there biggest lads at left and right back alongside or current Centre back pairing teams will be too scared  to attack us!

[BillyStubbsTears]

Nah. We're going to put them up front then bang 70 yard balls to them. THAT's the kind if football I want to see.

[jonnydog]

(In the voice of SoD)

You are a hard-bitten miner and I claim my £5!!

[since-1969]

I keep hearing stories about the Rovers buying the Dons,anyone else know anything.?.

Sounds like wish full thinking on the Dons .

[Donnyjim]

 Why have the dons crowds dwindled so much in recent years? When I used to watch them at tattersfield in the late 80's they used to get 2000 plus.

[newyankee]

 Dave Parker wrote a piece for his Rugby League column in the Sun last Friday that the Rovers were buying the Dons for 40K and it was to pay the tax bill.  Since then the Dons have a statement on their website refuting this.

 There is often no smoke without fire and there could be an element of truth to this.  Look at other clubs who have joined together, Huddersfield Town and Giants, Wigan Athletic and Warriors, Leeds RL and Leeds Carnegie RU.  The same owners with one staff working for both teams.

  Parker must have got a whiff of something from somewhere, he does after all work for John Ryan and the Rovers as well as his work for the BBC, Sun , Brighouse Echo and Rugby Leaguer magazine.

 If you don't want him to print something, then don't tell him, he does get paid for the stories he writes.

[Donnyjim]

Remember this place? The main stand was once described as a ship wreck by a journo.

[newyankee]

The Dons attendances have dropped over the years for two reasons. Firstly they moved away from Bentley to Stainforth and then Belle Vue prior to the Keepmoat and the level at which they have been playing has been low.

The point regarding the move is that most of the Dons supporters were based on the north side of town in Bentley Scawthorpe Askern , Skellow  etc. When the team left Tattersfield they felt abandoned and decided NOT to go with the team. In many cases they did not have the ability to travel, therefore their kids who would have stayed with the Dons now don't.

[bedale rover]

Dave Parker wrote a piece for his Rugby League column in the Sun last Friday that the Rovers were buying the Dons for 40K and it was to pay the tax bill.  Since then the Dons have a statement on their website refuting this.

 There is often no smoke without fire and there could be an element of truth to this.  Look at other clubs who have joined together, Huddersfield Town and Giants, Wigan Athletic and Warriors, Leeds RL and Leeds Carnegie RU.  The same owners with one staff working for both teams.

  Parker must have got a whiff of something from somewhere, he does after all work for John Ryan and the Rovers as well as his work for the BBC, Sun , Brighouse Echo and Rugby Leaguer magazine.

 If you don't want him to print something, then don't tell him, he does get paid for the stories he writes.
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You are partly right except the giants and town are separate entities as are athletic and warriors
Leeds are owned by the same owner

[newyankee]

 Sorry to tell you that Ken Davy was the saviour of both Town and the Giants and although he may not be Cghairman of both his money is involved.

As for Wigan, Dave Whelan again has a foot in both camps.

[newyankee]

Just to set the record straight. Ken Davy led a consortium that bought Town and was Chairman for several years.

Dave Whelan owned 89% of the shares in Wigan Warriors, but sold out to Ian Lenergan in 2007.  However it was joint ownership which helped both teams.

 Leeds RLFC and RUFC are as you say owned by the same man Caddick, and they have my old pal Gary Heatherington as CEO.

[Hag]

The point regarding the move is that most of the Dons supporters were based on the north side of town in Bentley Scawthorpe Askern , Skellow  etc. When the team left Tattersfield they felt abandoned and decided NOT to go with the team. In many cases they did not have the ability to travel, therefore their kids who would have stayed with the Dons now don't.

But the powers that be wont' get that! ... at all.

[BobG]

The crowds at the Dons were pitiful in the 70's though. 200 to 300. I used to go along with IanH and some other lads. Despite getting beat every week (you ever seen 'Sunday, Bloody Sunday'?)  it was the best value for money entertainment I have ever seen. Anywhere.

I've just checked. Looks like these links will still work. I think it's well worth the time to watch

BobG

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjaTYQAuPFk

Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOYupXndS7I

Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zfVBw0R1cQ

Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXFoxGA0Ybk

Part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC2owiFNx3o

Part 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns2brVDygTA

[newyankee]

The crowds were that bad that if you didn't turn up they sent you a get well card.
 
It was also when they trained against dustbins and the dustbins won.

[moses]

In free Press today according to Twitter.

[The Red Baron]

In free Press today according to Twitter.

http://www.epworthbells.co.uk/sport/local-sport/exclusive-doncaster-rovers-set-to-take-over-doncaster-rlfc-1-6198163

It's a "Free Press understands" one so in other words it is the usual mix of ill-founded speculation and pub gossip.

[DubaiRover]

 Dons twitter repl

'In response to Dave Parker's recent comments in the The Sun newspaper, the Dons would like to state on record that it has not changed ownership and can confirm that the club has not encountered any problems paying its tax bills'

[not on facebook]

The crowds at the Dons were pitiful in the 70's though. 200 to 300. I used to go along with IanH and some other lads. Despite getting beat every week (you ever seen 'Sunday, Bloody Sunday'?)  it was the best value for money entertainment I have ever seen. Anywhere.

I've just checked. Looks like these links will still work. I think it's well worth the time to watch

BobG

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjaTYQAuPFk

Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOYupXndS7I

Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zfVBw0R1cQ

Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXFoxGA0Ybk

Part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC2owiFNx3o

Part 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns2brVDygTA

Fantastic watch is that,transport me back to them days please .

One question Its called RUGBY but why in the half time team talk was the coach saying ....lets play football...?

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[The Red Baron]

One question Its called RUGBY but why in the half time team talk was the coach saying ....lets play football...?

My grandad was a rugby league man and to his dying day he referred to rugby league as "football" and to football as "soccer." You have to remember that both games are descended from "folk football" and that in that game hands as well as feet could be used to move the ball. It was only in the 19th century that "association football" became a variant of the game in which hands could not be used- other than by the goalkeeper (and later Diego Maradona!)

People tend to think of "soccer" as an Americanism, but it was used extensively in the 19th and early 20th century (sometimes spelled "socker") to distinguish the game from rugby football (or "rugger")- "soccer" being an abbreviated form of "association." It was only with the predominance of the association game in popular culture that "football" became an accepted name for the association form with rugby as the accepted name of the handling codes.

In areas where the dominant game in popular culture remained rugby (for example, parts of the West Riding), that code retained the name "football" with "soccer" or "association" for the "other" game.

[not on facebook]

One question Its called RUGBY but why in the half time team talk was the coach saying ....lets play football...?

My grandad was a rugby league man and to his dying day he referred to rugby league as "football" and to football as "soccer." You have to remember that both games are descended from "folk football" and that in that game hands as well as feet could be used to move the ball. It was only in the 19th century that "association football" became a variant of the game in which hands could not be used- other than by the goalkeeper (and later Diego Maradona!)

People tend to think of "soccer" as an Americanism, but it was used extensively in the 19th and early 20th century (sometimes spelled "socker") to distinguish the game from rugby football (or "rugger")- "soccer" being an abbreviated form of "association." It was only with the predominance of the association game in popular culture that "football" became an accepted name for the association form with rugby as the accepted name of the handling codes.

In areas where the dominant game in popular culture remained rugby (for example, parts of the West Riding), that code retained the name "football" with "soccer" or "association" for the "other" game.
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They say ypu learn something new everyday

Thanks for that fella .

[Lifelong supporter]

In free Press today according to Twitter.

http://www.epworthbells.co.uk/sport/local-sport/exclusive-doncaster-rovers-set-to-take-over-doncaster-rlfc-1-6198163

It's a "Free Press understands" one so in other words it is the usual mix of ill-founded speculation and pub gossip.

...or inside information on the lines of 'yes, but you didn't hear it from me'...

[DRNaith]

In free Press today according to Twitter.

http://www.epworthbells.co.uk/sport/local-sport/exclusive-doncaster-rovers-set-to-take-over-doncaster-rlfc-1-6198163

It's a "Free Press understands" one so in other words it is the usual mix of ill-founded speculation and pub gossip.

...or inside information on the lines of 'yes, but you didn't hear it from me'...

Or, "I've read it on the vsc forum and I'm short of stories..."

[the vicar]

One question Its called RUGBY but why in the half time team talk was the coach saying ....lets play football...?

My grandad was a rugby league man and to his dying day he referred to rugby league as "football" and to football as "soccer." You have to remember that both games are descended from "folk football" and that in that game hands as well as feet could be used to move the ball. It was only in the 19th century that "association football" became a variant of the game in which hands could not be used- other than by the goalkeeper (and later Diego Maradona!)

People tend to think of "soccer" as an Americanism, but it was used extensively in the 19th and early 20th century (sometimes spelled "socker") to distinguish the game from rugby football (or "rugger")- "soccer" being an abbreviated form of "association." It was only with the predominance of the association game in popular culture that "football" became an accepted name for the association form with rugby as the accepted name of the handling codes.

In areas where the dominant game in popular culture remained rugby (for example, parts of the West Riding), that code retained the name "football" with "soccer" or "association" for the "other" game.

it is actualy called Rugby football league

[The Red Baron]

The official titles of the rugby bodies are "Rugby Football Union" and "Rugby Football League" respectively.