On The Home Front
Next up at Hillgrounds…
Opponent AFC Dunstable
Competition League
AFC’s Current League position 7/20
Last Time They Were Here… Josh Crawley’s goal was not enough as AFC won 2-1 back in April
AFC’s Current League Form (six games) LLDLWL
Did you know… We may know it as Dunstable today, but in Roman times the settlement was known as Durocobrivis.
Several legends surround the origin of the modern name, but we like this one;
Legend tells that the lawlessness of the time was personified in a thief called Dun. Wishing to capture Dun, the King stapled his ring to a post daring the robber to steal it. It was, and was subsequently traced to the house of the widow Dun. Her son, the robber, was taken and hanged to the final satisfaction that the new community bore his name
In the bar Join Matty Vine to watch his beloved Charlton take on Sheffield Wednesday in the lunchtime game from the Championship (Newcastle vs Manchester City will also be on) and then after full time for Rovers, join us for a beverage to watch Southampton take on Watford in a relegation six pointer.
On this day in Rovers history… The earliest game in our archive on this date is in 1901, when Rovers drew 2-2 at home with a side called Southend Juniors.
There was controversy in 1912, Rovers won 4-0 away to Goldington, the result stood in the table but the points were awarded to Goldington after Rovers fielded an ineligible player.
Most recently on this date, in 2013, Rovers beat Sleaford Town 2-0 at home. Goals on that occasion coming from Richardson and an own goal, in front of a crowd of fifty five