Doncaster Rovers Virtual Museum

DRFC programme archive:
www.doncasterroversfcprogrammes.com

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MEMORABILIA covers: Tickets. Autographs. Mugs. Boots. Balls. Rattles. Rosettes. Football cards and sticker collections. Toys. Games. Soft furnishings.
All other collectables and
ephemera…etc.

KIT covers: Every set of playing kit ever worn by the team, home and away. Shirts. Shorts. Socks. Goalkeepers. Officials. Training kit. Shirt sponsorship. Shirt manufacturers. First 100 years of kit. Replica kit era (late 1970s to date). Design. Fabric. Colours…etc.

PROGRAMMES covers: Every first team match programme home and away. Teamsheets. Reserve team. Youth teams. Other games (e.g. charity matches, schools, local cup finals, internationals). Other events at DRFC stadia (e.g. concerts)…etc.

FANS covers: Official Supporters’ Club. Viking Supporters’ Co-operative. Fanzines. Websites and social media discussion. Travel. Social events. Food. Drink. Ball boys and girls. Mascots. Donny Dog. Pre-match and half-time entertainment. Lotteries.
Engagement. Protest…etc.

STADIUMS & BUILT ENVIRONMENT covers: Plant Works. Deaf School. Hall
Cross. Salutation. Racecourse.
Intake. Bennetthorpe.
Belle Vue. Keepmoat/Eco-
Power/Lakeside.
Cantley Park. Stadium fabric
& equipment (goalposts,
nets, corner flags, turnstiles,
seats, terracing, gates, bricks, walls, doors)...etc.

OFFICIAL CLUB HISTORY covers: Foundation. Club documents.
Ownership. Stats of every
match, player, manager, coach.
Scores. Goalscorers. Attendances. Records. Heritage
numbers. Hall of Fame.
International caps. Other key people. Library (DRFC-specific books, football histories, biographies)…etc.

What will be in the museum? Potentially ‘Everything DRFC’. To simplify the task we’ve split it into 6 ‘content groups’. Whatever there is can be filed under at least one of these general headings:

1. Official Club History
2. Stadiums & Built Environment
3. Fans
4. Programmes
5. Kit
6. Memorabilia

We are proud to confirm that a group of supporters have banded together to create the In Rovers We Trust Community Interest Company, with the aim of delivering change and initiatives of value for fellow fans and the club

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Supporters launch the In Rovers We Trust CIC

Here on Bluesky we will provide updates on the project and discuss ideas. We will mainly use Instagram to display ideas for potential museum content, usually photos with brief descriptions.

While exploring funding options to support the project in the long-term, we are also making a start on an online presence now using Instagram and Bluesky.

After extensive discussions and research, the group developed a plan to take the project forward under the wing of ‘In Rovers We Trust’, the community interest company formed to support fan engagement in DRFC.

A digital resource has no limits on space in the same way as a physical museum with walls and a roof. The only limits on what can be included are the available computer storage capacity and the resources needed to find, process, classify and display the digital content in an appropriate way.

DRFC was founded in 1879. In November 2023, following an appeal for volunteers on the Viking Supporters Co-operative’s online discussion forum, a small group of fans met to consider the idea of founding a virtual DRFC museum under the ‘In Rovers We Trust’ fan engagement banner.