The Doncaster Rovers Post
Squad17 Aug 2026
7 saves: Mark Gillespie was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A move James Maxwell would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. James Maxwell is living that version at Doncaster Rovers, and it tends to show in the first month.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Doncaster Rovers go back to the board over Rio Kyerematen
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $360.4K — a club that wants Rio Kyerematen enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Doncaster Rovers make their move for Rio Kyerematen
$340.0K on the table at Tottenham. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Market17 Aug 2026
James Maxwell comes home
The shirt still fits. James Maxwell is back at Doncaster Rovers, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Doncaster Rovers
2 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Doncaster Rovers
Janoi Donacien was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Timothy Graham joins the Doncaster Rovers first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Timothy Graham is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Doncaster Rovers promote Harry Walker from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Harry Walker has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Match Stevenage take the points off Doncaster Rovers
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Squad The formation has left Cristhian Medina behind