The Rovers moved away from the last place in the table in this nine goal encounter, with the Rovers being 3-0 down within half an hour. Doncaster had conceded three by the time that Glenn Kirkwood had scored to make it 3-1. The Rovers had a difficult second half to play, and Dave Penney made it 3-2 soon after the break with a long range effort. Then, Dino Maamria scored 15 minutes from the end to draw the teams level. Dover then regained hte lead 4 minutes later, only for the Rovers to gain an equaliser from an own goal. Then, 6 minutes from time, Glenn Kirkwood cracked in a winner for the Rovers to gain a win which looked difficult after 30 minutes of the game.