Doncaster concede embarrassing goal in sleepy pre-season draw with Blackpool

Doncaster concede a reasonably embarrassing objective in what performed out to be a sleepy pre-season draw with Blackpool on Saturday.

Blackpool tweeted: “26′ – Ashley Fletcher opens the scoring for the Seasiders, capitalising on a mistake on the again by the hosts.”

They then mentioned of their match report: In a reasonably uneventful first-half, the Seasiders went one up by means of a mistake by Rovers goalkeeper Thimothee Lo-Tutala, who allowed Ashley Fletcher to dam the ball into the objective, regardless of one of the best efforts of Lo-Tutala to make up for his error.

“In fairly weird vogue the Seasiders took the lead within the twenty sixth minute by means of striker Fletcher. The quantity 11 blocked a clearance by Doncaster keeper Lo-Tutala earlier than the ball trickled over the road regardless of one of the best effort of the keeper to maintain it out.”

Donny membership captain Owen Bailey did managed to stage the scoreline, bundling the ball into the online from a nook that the guests did not clear.

The “strike” that places us forward on the break.

One for the Doubtful Targets Panel… 🧐

🍊 #UTMP pic.twitter.com/90p0CyEXbY

— Blackpool FC (@BlackpoolFC) July 26, 2025

That is why Pep has ruined soccer…

Doncaster making an attempt to play like Man Metropolis finally ends up like this 😂😂😂pic.twitter.com/9i4rrSbywF

— The 44 ⚽️ (@The_Forty_Four) July 26, 2025

Doncaster: Lo-Tutala, Sterry (Nixon 72), Grehan (McGrath 62), O’Riordan (Pearson 62), Senior (Maxwell 62), Bailey (Sbarra 73), Broadbent (Shut 73), Gotts (Clifton 62), Molyneux (Ajayi 72), Sharp (Hanlan 62), Gibson (Middleton 62)

Doncasters subs not used: Lawlor, Oram, Ironside, Westbrooke.

Blackpool: Peacock-Farrell, Imray (Lyons 68’), Casey (Sassi 89’), Horsfall, Ihiekwe (Husband 68’), Coulson (Ashworth 68’), Honeyman (Bondo 89’), Evans (Knight 83’), Brown, Ennis (Finnigan 75’), Fletcher (Kouassi 75’)

Blackpool subs: Ravizzoli, Bardsley, Lyons, Sassi, Elder, Ashworth, Husband, Finnigan, Upton, Knight, Richardson, Bondo, Kouassi

Twitter customers reacted after Doncaster concede an embarrassing objective within the sleepy pre-season draw with Blackpool…

@KnightTangerine: Fletch the brand new objective machine 💪 😂🍊🧡

@CraigDHoare: I blame Pep Guardolia

@DJAllen04: Courageous or overplaying???

@AShewy13: Seems like an og to me

@Clascid: Couldn’t deal with Fletchers Aura. 😤🔥

@mattparaice4: High banter from Donny at this time 😂 #bcafc #drfc

@LM6tweets: Ashley Fletcher strikes such concern in to the guts of the opposition that they’d merely stick the ball in their very own objective reasonably than must cope with him.

@SteveUnofficial: Goalie so determined to not let Fletcher rating he places it within the internet himself.

@jgriff2332: Groups that do that deserve all the pieces they get ffs

@adam_e87: Timmy Lo-Tutala with an absolute howler. Poor man.

@Athers83: Good job it’s only a pleasant or I’d be fuming if I had been a Donny fan! Jeez

@wpiootbgw: Many are conversant in “Holy Rollers” – the #WPIOOTBGW equal of a baseball excellent recreation or a 9 darter. It’s failing to get objective kick sequence out of your personal 6 yard field, then conceding. It’s uncommon & an enormous deal. Doncaster simply delivered a Holly Curler🚨

@ColinPep1: Whilst major college youngsters again within the 90s we wouldn’t play with such dangers. It was all about scoring and never conceding. Was about making it as tough as potential for the opponent to attain. Not handing them objectives on a plate

@niko1asr: The issue is groups considering they’re Metropolis, after they’re not they usually’re fucking shit, making an attempt to play like Pep’s groups. That’s what has ruined soccer, in the event you’re not adequate to it, recognise it, and don’t fucking do it

@Swifty862: I’ve been saying this for ages! Each week all through the soccer league, there are errors like this, pep has undoubtedly ruined soccer.

@SmithChristian4: This isn’t Pep. That is on the managers who can’t recognise the gamers at their disposal aren’t able to doing it persistently nicely… if they might they’d play greater. Follow what your good at, play the odds and also you’ll win extra video games as a rule 🤷🏾‍♂️

@PrescottRamseyX: Trendy Soccer 👇💩 #DRFC #thegamesgone

@mattparaice4: High banter from Donny at this time 😂 #bcafc #drfc

@AndyMoo287: Why I hardly ever watch soccer lately. That Tippy Tappy shit is boring to look at and barely works, apart from Pep’s groups. Can’t recall an extended objective kick ever ensuing a workforce conceding a objective? However present Coaches are satisfied there’s just one solution to play soccer lately. 😧

@StokeyyG2: This isn’t on Pep. That is on managers considering their gamers are at a adequate high quality to play like Pep’s gamers.

@streathamdave: You’re taught at school to not cross throughout an open internet. That’s surprising to be honest. Let’s hope it’s learnt from.

@TheLeonKearney: Golf equipment at our ranges enjoying soccer like this 🤦‍♂️ Like asking a child who’s simply handed their take a look at, to drive a race automotive.

@Rupee92: Yeah fuck that absolute pointless routine off 😂 I do know WHY groups do it, i simply don’t agree. #drfc

@JohnLeslieCoyl1: It’s an absolute horror story. I suppose friendlies are the place you get stuff like this out of the system. #DRFC

@murphystanacc: And so they say they’re staying up 🫣