{"id":62607,"date":"2024-04-22T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=62607"},"modified":"2024-04-22T15:59:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T14:59:02","slug":"a-possible-plot-twist-for-doncaster-rovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/04\/22\/a-possible-plot-twist-for-doncaster-rovers\/","title":{"rendered":"A charge to the line for Doncaster Rovers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After 29 games, Doncaster Rovers were 22nd in League Two. The risk of being dragged into a fight to stay in the English Football League was becoming serious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, however, their fortunes could not be more different. The Vikings are currently on a nine game win streak, including beating already-promoted Wrexham 1-0 earlier this month, and scoring eight goals in their last two games at the Eco-Power Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their latest match saw them score three times late on to overturn a two-goal deficit to play-off hopefuls Barrow and win 4-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A win against Colchester United tomorrow night would see them equal their best run of form in the club&#8217;s 145-year history. What&#8217;s more, they will be only one point away from securing their own spot in the play-offs &#8211; something which seemed impossible back in January.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfa5 | You&#39;ve seen the highlights &#8211; now have a look with home commentary<br><br>Take it away <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobbieAndrews8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RobbieAndrews8<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexgibbings?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@alexgibbings<\/a> <br><br>\ud83d\udd34 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/drfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#drfc<\/a> \u26aa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yuICUhwbiA\">pic.twitter.com\/yuICUhwbiA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Doncaster Rovers FC (@drfc_official) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drfc_official\/status\/1782016440725606689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 29 games, Doncaster Rovers were 22nd in League Two. 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