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Why playing at a stadium like the Keepmoat hurts
OFF to Doncaster at the weekend for a South Yorkshire derby game in the Northern Rail Cup at the Keepmoat Stadium. The clubs play in different divisions of the Championship so competitive games don’t come around often – which for me is fine.
Lots of punches and hard knocks but no Leeds ‘KO’
DONCASTER Rovers slumped to their first home defeat in six league games against Blackpool on TUESDAY night as the Seasiders completed a league double with a 3-1 win in the return at the Keepmoat Stadium.
Is fate building us up for a derby day turn-around?
IT feels like someone or something is setting things up, as though the football fates are planning a special surprise.
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Rich Pickings
SHEFFIELD Wednesday’s defeat at Chesterfield and United’s victory over Preston sparked scenes of undisguised jubilation from Blades fans on the forums.
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It’ll be a contrast in style - if only on the touchline!
THE atmosphere surrounding the little tete-a-tete coming up in S6 a week on Sunday is building nicely.
High time football got real over its finances
IT proved a second successive blank weekend for Doncaster Rovers and their fans.
Clark sacking casts new light on Owls progress
IF Huddersfield can sack Lee Clark then other managers must be wondering who is safe.
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United’s home form can lead them to promotion
As expected Sheffield United picked up an easy three points last weekend and in the process accumulated 23 shots and 70 percent possession. To say that Wycombe came to park the bus would be an understatement!
Richard Fidler talks sport with
Former Sheffield Sharks star Todd Cauthorn is now Liaison Officer for England Basketball.
Even those who despised Danny will be happy now
TUESDAY night’s superb result was a perfect way to silence any recent negative comments against Sheffield United.
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League sponsorship deal a lorry-load of nothing
I HAVE to warn you that Sheffield Eagles are staging a race night for their fans soon. This will cause the cups to rattle as the suits at the Rugby Football League sit down to afternoon tea.
More still to come from Millers hit-man Harrad
SHAUN Harrad endeared himself immediately to the Rotherham United faithful by scoring on his debut at Southend United.
Richard Fidler talks sport with
Former Silverdale school pupil and Junior Sharks player Devon Van Oostrum is a key part the Great Britain men’s basketball team. Currently playing for Tarragona in Spain,
Rich Pickings: The best of this week’s sport on the web with Richard Fidler
APART from the Millers’ match last night there’s not been much football around with the recent cold snap.
Time we all remembered football’s a contact sport
IT is one of England’s great footballing mysteries.
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Could Fabio’s farewell be a nice bonus for Harry?
IT was one of those little teasers that people throw out around this desk now and again.
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Promotion double would be perfect for Steel City
RON Atkinson used to say that he preferred local rivals to be in the same division as whatever team he was managing - so long as his side were beating them and above them in the table.
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Knights hope to avoid another wasted journey
DONCASTER Knights had a completely wasted Saturday last weekend.
‘Match-off’ headaches of the programme editor
DONCASTER Rovers’ media manager Steve Uttley has more reason than most to hope that Tuesday’s home game against Blackpool goes ahead.
Bank on Wednesday to see off shot-shy Grecians
SHEFFIELD Wednesday couldn’t make it past Championship Blackpool in the fourth round replay but they can now concentrate their energies on the season’s primary objective of promotion from League One.
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No hoof at the Lane, just neat, progressive football
‘Nobody here is guaranteed a place.’
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Sub-zero, so it must be time for summer rugby
Get the thermal underwear on, it’s time for summer rugby league’s kick-off … in the coldest month of the year.
Diouf’s message of hope
Thursday: No sooner had I returned to the office after attending Doncaster Rovers’ weekly press conference, during which manager Dean Saunders said that he hoped to be completing the signing of former Premier League star El Hadji-Diouf later that day, than I was summoned to another press conference at the Keepmoat Stadium, where he actually did.
Fighting spirit of Steel City girl is reason Jess can win
The Aviva Series 2012 is under way, and for Britain’s best track and field athletes the countdown to this summer’s London Olympic Games has really begun.
Johnson double act tops the bill in comeback win
THE two Johnsons were the stand-out performers in Sheffield Wednesday’s come-from-behind victory over Yeovil Town.
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only three of our local teams were in action this weekend with the biggest winners, both literally and figuratively, being Wednesday after defeats for both Barnsley and Chesterfield.
N-ice and easy does it for multi-million city bonanza
Just days after one of the biggest and most spectacular sporting Championships came to Sheffield, the city has unveiled a multi-million pounds sports, culture and leisure events programme for the rest of the year.
Knights well-equipped to impress in the play-offs
IT was a very relieved crowd at Castle Park last Saturday after Doncaster Knights had beaten Esher and gained a bonus point to confirm their place in the promotion play-offs that start in March.
Empty feeling in arena with more gaps than fans
MY first visit with Wednesday to stadiummk (yes it is a football ground and not a Russian ice rink) was a strange affair.
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Unlucky 13 for kid star who’s no Michael Owen
WHEN Theo Walcott scored that hat-trick against Croatia in Zagreb, becoming the youngest England international ever to do so, it almost seemed like a Michael Owen moment.
Bosses reluctant stars of window pantomime
WHEN pictures of Jim White, Sky Sports’ high-spirited Scot, bounding up an escalator after arriving at the channel’s west London HQ were beamed across the nation on Tuesday evening, the following image formed in my mind.
Next few weeks will be crucial for our future
WITH no game last Saturday I thought we may be in for a quiet few days with a bit of transfer speculation thrown in. How wrong could I be.
FA bosses face cash scramble
FOOTBALL chiefs are determined to close a £700,000 black hole that has appeared in plans for a prestige football and community project in Sheffield.
Fixture pile-up threatens to wreck Owls aspirations
It WASN’T a weekend to celebrate for Sheffield in the FA Cup with neither team progressing to the fifth round, where the competition really begins to heat up.
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Richard Fidler talks sport with Dean Downing
DEAN Downing, aged 37, from Rotherham has been one of the Britain’s leading cyclists since turning professional in 2005. The Rapha Condor Sharp rider is the reigning Elite Series Criterium champion - a stage of which will be in Sheffield city centre on the evening of Wednesday, July 25.
Credit to United for not losing players in window
The aftermath of the big transfer deadline day...
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Worth the admission to back a great pro like Dons’ Colton
wednesday: Doncaster Rovers were rocked by the resignation of two of their three major shareholders, Terry Bramall and Dick Watson.
Too much of a bad thing has football spellbound
WHEN it comes to feuds and football fall-outs it seems we just can’t have too much of a bad thing.
Whole-hearted Batth set for influential Owls role
YOU get the feeling Danny Batth is going to be a pivotal player in the coming weeks for Sheffield Wednesday.
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Sheffield United’s mauling at the hands of Birmingham and the late drama which tied Sheffield Wednesday’s game at Blackpool provided lots to talk about for legions of internet junkies.
Rich Pickings: Best of this week’s sport on the web
a TALE of two strikers this week has got fans of the Blades and the Owls posting feverishly on the star.co.uk, writes Richard Fidler.
Torch hope at supermarket
customers at Sainsbury’s, Edenthorpe, Doncaster, have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to carry something a lot more exciting than their shopping - the Paralympic Flame.
How city’s big two can make promotion history
NO, they haven’t. In short that’s the answer to a question that cropped up my way again this week and has done so now and again in recent months.
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Bookings for celebrating are nothing shirt of daft
ANYONE who has ever scored a goal knows the elation that it brings.
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A fan doesn’t use his loaf as well as Wenger does
ARSENE Wenger, who boasts five league titles and a Double on his managerial CV, doesn’t know what he’s doing? Well knock me down with a crusty baguette.
Pigeon set the standard for another bad day . . .
I JUST knew it was not going to be our day, when just ten minutes after leaving Retford en-route to Bristol, the front windscreen of the bus shattered by a pigeon.
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