The Doncaster Rovers Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Matty Pearson
41 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Doncaster Rovers lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Alex Cairns 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. Alex Cairns is living that version at Doncaster Rovers, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Joeri Heerkens rejects the move
Doncaster Rovers had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Ajax, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $75.0K for Lenni Cirino
Doncaster Rovers have gone to Gillingham with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ethan Hodgett in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Doncaster Rovers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alex Cairns stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Alex Cairns and Doncaster Rovers agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Queens Park Rangers tell Doncaster Rovers: Rumarn Burrell is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Nathan Grant joins the Doncaster Rovers first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nathan Grant is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Andrew Lawrence joins the Doncaster Rovers first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andrew Lawrence is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Jonathan Hill joins the Doncaster Rovers first team
- Market One of our own: Daniel James joins the Doncaster Rovers first team
- Transfer targets Doncaster Rovers ask about Ahmed Abdullahi