Doncaster Rovers' December 27 game still on despite club joining growing list of Covid-19 call-offs

By Stuart Rayner
Published 23rd Dec 2021, 14:44 BST
Updated 23rd Dec 2021, 16:26 BST
Doncaster Rovers' December 30 match against Cambridge United has been postponed because of Covid-19 but as things stand their game on December 27 will go ahead.

With a five-figures crowd which will include a healthy away following and the television cameras in attendance, Doncaster will be desperately hoping their home match against Sunderland does not join the growing list of matches postponed in the round after Christmas.

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Leeds United, Barnsley, the two Sheffield clubs, Bradford City and their scheduled hosts Harrogate Town have all lost Boxing Day fixtures because of coronavirus infections. So have Conference side Halifax Town.

POSTPONEMENT: But Doncaster Rovers are still hopeful they will be able to host Sunderland on December 27POSTPONEMENT: But Doncaster Rovers are still hopeful they will be able to host Sunderland on December 27
POSTPONEMENT: But Doncaster Rovers are still hopeful they will be able to host Sunderland on December 27

The Bantams have also lost their match at Walsall on the 29th.

In the case of the December 30 game, the postponement has been caused by illness in the Cambridge camp.

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Doncaster's last scheduled game before Christmas, at Lincoln City, had to be postponed because of problems in the Rovers camp, but they seem to be through the worst of it now. Sunderland played in the League Cup quarter-final at Arsenal on Tuesday.

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