The Doncaster Rovers Post
The dugout16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Joel Coleman
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words at Doncaster Rovers training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Iván Pomba is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Owen Bailey 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.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Glenn Middleton gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Glenn Middleton is on it.
Looking ahead16 Nov 2026
Jack Taylor goes back to face Peterborough United
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Jack Taylor’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Doncaster Rovers needing him to play as if none of it matters.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Iván Pomba knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Doncaster Rovers, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Brad Collins a promise
- Squad Jamie Sterry has seen what the next man earns
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to Peterborough United
- Squad Jay Dasilva is training like a man with a point to make