DONNY AND HULL DERBY AND SOME CROSS COUNTRY "DIAGONALS"

Doncaster Rovers (4th in League One) 3 Hull City (3rd ) 3...Doncaster has played three fewer games than Hull and are 4 points behind their Yorky neighbours!

Following on from Friday's interesting "Derby" blog (thanks to the handful who visited the recent Liverpool v Everton appreciation), there are a few more "geographically close" matches this weekend; 

Donny rescued their point through hero, James Coppinger. On his 800th career appearance, in his 17th season with the club, the 40 year old scored a curled free kick at 90+12 minutes to bring parity. He has played nearly 600 matches. He flirted with Newcastle Utd, Exeter, QPR, Hartlepool and Forest, landing with the Rovers.

Hull were 0-2 up (19' and 24' both Wilks), then 1-2 (33' James); Hull's Greaves at 38' scored, to stretch his team's lead to 1-3. Donny's Bogle with a pen at 68' made it 2-3 and then Coppinger notched well into over time with that "Worldy". Donny had 68% of possession, 15 v 11 shots but only 4 v 6 on target.

In the same division is the "Railway" Derby: Swindon Town 2 v 1 Crewe and a goal ridden Midland affair, Milton Keynes Dons 4 v 3 Northampton, a close encounter between clubs only 15 miles apart.

"Locals" include the Premier Division clash today: West Ham 2 v 1 Tottenham and the famous A23 derby Brighton v Crystal Palace on Monday. The Morecambe Bay derby ended Barrow 1 v 2 Morecambe. I guess Tranmere 2 v 2 Oldham doesn't count. Notts County met Chesterfield (0-1) in the National League but poor old Yeovil had to travel diagonally to Hartlepool for a 2-1 defeat. Torquay went to Halifax-good game 2-3. Aldershot hosted Wrexham and sent them back to Wales with a 3-0 defeat.