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In March I stood by the halfway-line on a cold, dark terrace and watched a tall defender clumsily amble forwards before taking an optimistic pot-shot at goal from a distance unlikely to bring reward. Both the defender and I had been in this situation, and this proximity, before. On this occasion the ambitious effort of Alfreton Town’s Theo Streete flew into the canal behind Worcester City’s St Georges Lane ground, but just over four years ago the outcome was much different. In December 2006, from a similar range, Streete tried his luck with a long-range hit and hope that somehow swerved beyond the grasp of Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Paul Smith and found the back of the net, the last time a ball would do so at Doncaster’s Belle Vue ground. Continue reading
A double header of international Rovers based fun this week. Having watched Brian Stock in midweek it seems only right to tread down this path. And given that Brian played so well in the Millennium Stadium we thought we would bring you not one video, but two. And the first of these is of Brian Stock’s performance for Wazles in midweek. As has been documented Stock came close to making a sensational start for Wales with a great effort early on. Those who missed it can see it again at the start of this video, and also revel in how well Brian Stock translates to German. Continue reading
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