| The phase where the rovers landed safely on the planet called for a parachute, aeroshell and retro-rockets. |
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| Nasa has announced further evidence of a watery history on Mars, from both its rovers. |
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| Both Mars rovers came into their landings faster than expected, only just decelerating in time even with the benefit of braking thrusters. |
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| The program would start with lunar orbiters, which would be followed by landers and rovers, and eventually sample return missions. |
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| Two NASA rovers were to be launched this month and next, for Mars, and are scheduled to land in January near the planet's equator. |
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| The round rocks were spotted on Mars five days after Opportunity, one of the two Mars rovers, landed. |
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| Chemical, visible, and geological evidence collected by the Spirit and Opportunity rovers tell us that both landing sites were once wet. |
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| The very first number one was a key forward but, since then, rovers and ruck rovers have held most of the top positions. |
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| They also thought that teleoperation of robotic rovers should be integrated into operations planning. |
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| After successful test runs, both rovers are preparing to turn their instruments on nearby targets on the Martian surface. |
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| Since the rovers began sending pictures back, helpful members of the public have been calling and emailing NASA with news of their discoveries. |
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| Both rovers report positive indications that water flowed on the surface of the planet. |
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| A successful outcome could ultimately lead to its use in autonomous planetary rovers and robot aircraft. |
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| There are notions, of course, of base camps, hikes through the terrain, and rovers for longer-range expeditions from the landing site. |
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| Finally he saw a convoy of four large, roofed skimmers surrounded by rovers and floating turrets set out from the shuttleport. |
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| The two rovers will land on opposite sides of the planet and investigate the geology of regions where liquid water might once have been present. |
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| This smart software can be used on all kinds of spacecraft, including orbiters, landers and rovers. |
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| Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity will spend another six months crawling over the surface of the red planet and sending data back to Earth. |
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| Both rovers are in strong positions to continue exploring, but we can't give you any guarantees. |
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| Two rovers are scheduled to descend to the surface and fetch some samples in our ongoing search for life on Mars. |
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| Instead, they could be interstellar rovers captured by the Sun's gravity. |
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| They may involve several independent elements, such as orbiters, sub-satellites, landers, rovers, penetrators, airborne robots, planetary ascent vehicles or re-entry vehicles. |
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| In many ways, Kansas City is a leaving town, a place for pioneers and rovers with an eye on the distant horizon. |
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| Instead of roaming the surface like the rovers Spirit and Opportunity, it has a robotic arm that will dig into the Martian surface to collect samples for analysis. |
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| This inactivity could be thought of as weekend sunbathing, as it will give the rovers a chance to recharge their photovoltaic cells after a low energy winter. |
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| As the science of robotics advances, the search for resources and signs of life on distant planets and moons will be carried out increasingly by rovers and other robots. |
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| Bound down on every side with many bands because it shall not run at rovers. |
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| The crew, along with the equipped rovers, will spend 14 months to explore the Martian surface. |
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| Yet Pompey the Great deserveth honour more justly for scouring the seas, and taking from the rovers 846 sail of ships. |
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| But the blanket ban on off-peak tickets and day rovers at teatime could be counter-productive. |
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| The North Sea rovers were traders, colonisers, explorers and plunderers. |
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| April will be a relatively quiet month for the rovers and orbiters that we've sent to Mars, thanks to a conjunction between the the sun and the neighbor planets. |
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| The 23-year-old right-back was released by Doncaster Rovers in the summer following a seven-month injury lay-off. |
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| A handful of the buildings are complete town houses, but most are upmarket conversions with Jeeps and Range Rovers parked outside. |
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| After the restart Rovers still had the upper hand although it was actually City who had the better scoring chances. |
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| Blackburn Rovers fans can meet one of their heroes in the flesh at a special signing session this afternoon. |
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| Before the new season Rovers will play up to eight friendlies, including games against Premier League teams Hearts and St Mirren. |
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| Rovers are expected to be clean minded, clean willed and able to control intemperance and lead morally upright lives. |
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| And Parkes is fully aware of what's riding on the outcome of the next eight games as Rovers battle for Premiership survival. |
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| After York failed to take a high bomb, Rovers moved the ball out to Gavin Molloy who was awarded a try despite appeals for a forward pass. |
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| Meanwhile, the Rovers midfielder is due to step up his comeback from injury with a run-out in the reserves' game at Middlesbrough tonight. |
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| The keen swimmer and fanatical Rovers fan taught thousands of people, young and old, to swim within the 10m teaching pool. |
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| Two clean sheets and back-to-back wins for the first time this season are a fair reflection of the difference Short has made to this Rovers side. |
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| Once again Rovers players showed how mentally fragile they are by switching off at key moments and accepting second best all too easily. |
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| But Graeme Souness wants the former Liverpool star to act as a talent spotter for Rovers. |
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| For Rovers it was Clifford Tommy who registered majors with one in the second and then the third quarter. |
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| Bristol Rovers had tasted the magic in the third round, of course, with that stunning 3-1 win at Derby. |
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| Rovers opened like a house on fire, but for all the speed and accuracy they showed, they could not find a breach in the Blues' defence. |
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| Police then moved the exercise to Stormont, swarming up to the home of the power-sharing government in a train of armoured Land Rovers. |
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| With several other clubs waiting in the wings, however, Rovers know there's still some way to go before a deal is formally in the bag. |
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| Rovers were poor on the night and can count themselves lucky not to have surrendered maximum points on the night. |
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| Former Albion Rovers, Meadowbank and Shrewsbury player who once overturned a teammate's car on the way to buy a paper. |
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| Barnet midfield player John Doolan has become the latest new arrival at big-spending Conference promotion chasers Doncaster Rovers. |
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| The operation has allowed him to walk again and to join his wife, Bernice, on hikes with the Rochdale Rovers walking club. |
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| In what was described as a chapter of accidents, firemen had to break office windows to gain access to three Land Rovers at the terminal. |
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| Whatever the future holds, the one thing he can be certain about is how much he will miss Blackburn Rovers. |
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| Since most of them drive Range Rovers or big Mercs this makes negotiating my own street extremely difficult. |
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| Rovers boast an excellent record in the competition having reached the final on two previous occasions in recent years. |
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| Nowadays he resembles a bulky Roy of the Rovers, but what he lacks in pace he more than makes up for in persistence and effort. |
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| The home team were comfortable winners over Fahy Rovers on Sunday and they will provide Erris with a severe test in the next round. |
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| Eight-year-old divas on the VWs and Rovers, pounding up and down to test the bendability of the metal. |
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| Rovers win should not surprise as they have built up a very strong forward line over the off-season. |
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| Talks will continue in the next couple of weeks with a view to McBride linking up with Rovers once the January transfer window opens. |
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| But, disappointing as that decision was, Rovers shouldn't let it take the shine off what was an otherwise fantastic night. |
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| The senior team played a blinder in a division 1 game against Trumera Rovers on Sunday November 30th. |
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| However, it was a triumphant night for Rovers, despite the rain which made for gruelling conditions at Villa Park. |
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| After weeks of speculation, Rangers finally showed their hand when they faxed a formal offer to Rovers yesterday afternoon. |
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| The ex-Darlington dreadnought returned against Forest Green Rovers but did not train for much of last week after aggravating the injury. |
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| It's starting to feel like Groundhog Day after every Rovers game these days. |
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| And to rub salt in the wound Rovers completed the job at the Reebok Stadium after drawing the first game at Prenton Park. |
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| Indeed, the only disappointment in the hearts of Rovers fans as they funnelled out the gate was that there were not more goals. |
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| Birmingham City made the claim in a statement yesterday after turning down a second bid from Rovers for the want-away Welsh midfielder. |
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| They also go into the game on the back of some good form that has seen them dispose of Champions League qualifiers Everton and Blackburn Rovers. |
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| That gave Rovers renewed impetus and Baggio nearly scored a brilliant goal with a thunderous drive that bounced back off the crossbar. |
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| I think it was quite fitting that Blackburn Rovers brought down the curtain on this season with a goalless draw at Tottenham on Sunday. |
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| The victory over Rovers marked City's first three-point haul of September and lifted the Minstermen back up to fifth in the Division Three table. |
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| Even then, Rovers did not ease back and Burns got the ball in the net again only to be adjudged offside. |
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| The new Deel Rovers Community Sports Centre is in an advanced stage of its completion. |
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| Rovers started the season with a bang, thumping Wolves 5-1 on the opening day of the new campaign. |
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| But Rovers levelled through Mick Gosling, who was denied a winner in the last few minutes when his shot hit the woodwork. |
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| The Rovers midfielder's two-foot lunge on Trond Egil Soltvedt after 53 minutes prompted a red card to match the red mist. |
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| The Rovers Return, being a soap opera pub, has seen its fair share of fisticuffs and flouncing out. |
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| I've also got X-ray vision, Super breath, and can leap four Range Rovers in a single bound. |
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| Anne has made Irish stew and cabbage and bacon and hired band The Wild Rovers for the night. |
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| For the second time in as many months the Sligo Rovers boss was sent from the sideline for remonstrating with a match official. |
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| Michael McGloin from the Garrafrauns area, a staunch supporter of Manchester United, attended their recent league game against Blackburn Rovers at Old Trafford. |
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| In the second half at Bolton in particular, every man jack in that Rovers team gave every ounce of effort to preserve that lead in the face of a continual aerial bombardment. |
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| Blackburn Rovers gave themselves a terrific chance of reaching a second successive Worthington Cup final by holding Manchester United to a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford last night. |
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| At a ceremony to be held in the Sligo Park Hotel next September a group of local players are to be honoured by Rovers in recognition of their services to the club. |
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| At the other end Rovers best chances came on 57 minutes, Nolan's shot hit the woodwork and on 78 minutes when Mark Nolan had his attempt go just wide of the upright. |
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| The players retreated down the tunnel briefly before re-emerging for the final act as Rovers captain Michael McNamara lifted the cup and the party began. |
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| Although the exact sums are being kept under wraps, a five-figure deal for an England Under-21 squad player makes Howarth an absolute snip for Rovers. |
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| The connection here is that Joe is related through marriage to former Celtic player Willie McStay, who of course also managed Sligo Rovers very successfully. |
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| Caley Thistle came into the match on thumping good form after thrashing Raith Rovers, but have the knack of yo-yoing from spectacular results to disappointment. |
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| And now the collapse of a proposed move to Blackburn Rovers has left his club career in limbo as he concentrates on the vital role of Australia's over-age captain in Greece. |
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| We sit backed up in traffic behind Range Rovers, BMW roadsters and other upscale cars headed to the new ferry terminal connecting northern Jersey and lower Manhattan. |
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| More than 80 Land Rovers, trucks and all-terrain vehicles, ambulances, forklifts and bulk fuel carriers have been marked in regiment colours for the deployment. |
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| After last week's great win over Camlough Rovers, Bessbrook United were brought down to earth with a bang when Kilkeel Athletic held them to a 3-3 draw. |
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| In the Gaelic football stronghold of Erris, local clubs Erris Utd, Bangor Hibs, Kilmore and Valley Rovers have performed miracles promoting soccer in the barony. |
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| Rovers striker Jon Stead hit the post and thundered another good opportunity over the bar before Jason Euell ran on to a Di Canio flick-on to jab the ball past Friedel. |
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| Julie is currently playing in Norway with semi-pro side Skeid and for the past few seasons has been a member of the all conquering Shamrock Rovers squad of Dublin. |
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| When I was at Tranmere Rovers, I spent eight months on the transfer list. |
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| Once the Blackburn Rovers boss began talking in terms of helping Cole achieve his one unaccomplished ambition, there was no going back for the 30-year-old. |
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| On top of that, he's also something of an unknown quantity in Premiership terms, just like Stead was when he first joined Rovers from Huddersfield a year ago. |
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| It was a tense last few moments but Rovers kept their nerve. |
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| Brannan was unfortunate to see his square ball cannon off the referee, allowing Rovers an unexpected break but Fitzpatrick bent his shot just wide. |
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| While Rovers sweeper Luke McAnelly capped a fine season by winning the man of the match award, coach Al Duroux refused to single out any star performers. |
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| When Sligo Rovers defeated Galway I thought to myself that one swallow does not make a summer and the game against Dundalk would be the acid test. |
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| Defences were certainly on top during an uneventful opening 45 minutes in which Rovers were often guilty of trying to over-complicate things going forward. |
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| Sadly it wasn't quite enough to break down the watertight Rovers defence and as the play ended, the hooter signalled the end of a quite remarkable encounter. |
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| The Blackburn Rovers boss saw his side collapse to a 4-0 defeat in an Anfield horror show that sucked them further into a fight for Premiership survival. |
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| United, nine times winners of this competition and the red hot favourites to retain their crown again, simply couldn't live with the scorching tempo set by Rovers on the day. |
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| With Rovers currently hovering dangerously near the relegation zone, it's vital the players are not distracted from the task of trying to secure a priceless away win. |
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| While their local rivals were scoring seven goals, York RI were on their way to conceding that amount in their 7-2 defeat by Ossett Common Rovers. |
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| Buoyed by that, Rovers flung themselves into the contest again. |
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| Albion Rovers danger man Iain Diack raises his arms in triumph after putting his side in front in only the third minute of their Scottish Cup tie with Queens Park. |
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| The Rovers did not miss Peter's signal, and their mood seemed to darken. |
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| Further afield, the club has a rivalry with Bristol City, known as the Severnside derby, and to a lesser extent, Bristol Rovers. |
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| Garry Kenneth is back from a ban for Rovers but loanees Cian Bolger and Matt Lund have left and Dave Clarkson is out. |
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| Benitez is going to sound out Rovers with an opening offer as he looks for an out-and-out right-winger. |
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| Other prominent clubs of the era were Blackburn Rovers, Sunderland and Preston North End. |
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| And White Hart Lane was stunned when Rovers scored just five minutes after the restart in front of their away following. |
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| Bromsgrove Rovers can book their place in the Southern League Cup semi-finals when they travel to B anbury United. |
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| Rovers failed to clear their lines amida scramble in the box with a Martin Harty effort rebounding before Nelson stepped up to score the winner. |
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| Darren Young netted the decider on his debut as player-manager to earn Rovers their first victory in Airdrie in 41 years. |
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| County had to use Clevedon Town's well-appointed ground to stage what should have been a home friendly against Rovers. |
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| Tottenham survived a scare as they fought back from 1-0 down to run out comfortable winners against Shamrock Rovers in the Europa League. |
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| The Mars Exploration Rovers will act as robot geologists while they are on the surface of Mars. NASA site. |
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| She sponsors the McDermid Stand in Stark's Park, Raith Rovers ground in Kirkcaldy. |
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| Wainwright was a lifelong Blackburn Rovers fan and a founder member of the Blackburn Rovers Supporters Club. |
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| A failure to beat West Ham United on the final day of the season saw them lose the Premier League title to Blackburn Rovers. |
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| These included Everton, Sunderland, Oldham Athletic, Swansea City, Leeds United and Tranmere Rovers. |
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| Other rivalries Wrexham also have rivalries with Shrewsbury Town and Tranmere Rovers due to geographical proximity. |
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| Since then, Dean Saunders has taken over the management of Wrexham, with his first game against Forest Green Rovers ending in a victory. |
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| To a lesser extent, Swansea City's other rivals are Bristol City, Bristol Rovers and Newport County. |
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| The village's football team, Wroxeter Rovers, currently compete in the Mercian Football League. |
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| Other rugby league clubs in West Yorkshire are Batley Bulldogs, Dewsbury Rams, Featherstone Rovers, Hunslet Hawks and Keighley Cougars. |
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| Senior football returned on 16 August 1919, and Aberdeen resumed with a fixture against Albion Rovers. |
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| Sligo Rovers 1 Cork City 1 OWEN HEARY turned the air blue after the Bit O'Red were left feeling green around the gills at the Showgrounds. |
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| Aberdeen dropped out of competitive football, along with Dundee and Raith Rovers. |
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| The ambitious Rovers star has switched agents after failing to secure a move away from Ewood Park last summer. |
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| Whiteleas Rovers scored a 4-1 success over Icestorm thanks to four strikes from the impressive Cork, Amess notching for Icestorm. |
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| Icestorm are on a roll and did their title chances a power of good with a 9-2 win over an under-strength Whiteleas Rovers. |
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| It all comes out in a new book about the longrunning comic strip cartoon that followed the fortunes of Roy Race, the star of Melchester Rovers. |
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| Rovers forward Roque Santa Cruz headed against the post after a flick-on by towering defender Chris Samba. |
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| Flanny came closest for the wee Rovers with two 18-yard efforts which flew inches wide. |
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| Fon Williams joined the Scottish Cup holders following his release from Tranmere Rovers in May. |
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| That setback left Blackburn stuck in the bottom three and raised the suggestion among fans that some Rovers stars are nervous wrecks. |
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| Sharp was sacked in July 2015 and took up the role of Head Coach at Featherstone Rovers. |
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| They travel 10 miles to take on local rivals Threave Rovers at Meadow Park with Simpson at the helm after Jim Thomson resigned two weeks ago. |
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| Featherstone Rovers, Halifax, Leigh and Widnes all failed to attain a licence. |
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| It's also derby day at Islecroft Stadium where Dalbeattie Star host Threave Rovers. |
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| The British Army has used various armoured Land Rovers, first in Northern Ireland but also in more recent campaigns. |
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| Originally RAFMRS Land Rovers had blue bodies and bright yellow tops, to be better seen from above. |
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| Rovers are looking for a fifth Ewood Park success on the bounce, have a rock-solid defence and have already beaten the Smoggies twice this term. |
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| But this time round, it would definitely not be another case of midsummer madness to forecast that Rovers could be in the mix next May. |
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| Sligo Rovers 3 Dundalk 0 MARK QUIGLEY was on the mark yet again as top beat bottom in the Showgrounds last night. |
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| Holloway worked wonders at Bristol Rovers, QPR and Plymouth when his budget was more limited than a game of shove ha'penny. |
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| Tottenham were knocked out of the Europa League, despite a comfortable victory over Shamrock Rovers in Dublin. |
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| The Second Division promotion chasers had yet another match called off on Tuesday when their clash with Albion Rovers bit the bullet. |
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| Reigning Champions Huddersfield were favourites to lift the Eastern Division title, especially as Rovers were missing five first choice players with injuries. |
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| The wintry weather that has gripped the country put paid to the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final with Rovers last Tuesday and then Saturday's league game at Wigan. |
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| Wigan won promotion back to the top flight the following season but Fairbairn lasted no longer than May 1981 before moving to Hull Kingston Rovers. |
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| Rovers and Burnley hope they will be first among equals today. |
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| But to be fair to the Rovers fans the resentment of their owners and manager Steve Kean has been simmering ever since Venky's turned Ewood into a chicken run last season. |
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| Former Tottenham star Rohan Ricketts came off the Rovers bench with 19 minutes to go to a warm reception from the home fans, six years after leaving the Lane. |
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| The midfielder sent a header sailing over Cowden keeper Thomas Flynn as Rovers bucked their recent trend of shipping last-gasp goals by grabbing one of their own. |
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| Still, there's nothing a pint or two can't solve so when Kev, sporting his new bushy beard, suggests he and Tim go to The Rovers to clear the air, Tim's easily placated. |
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| In the best traditions of footballing superstition, the midfielder is keeping faith with the jockey shorts which have seen Rovers unbeaten in Europe. |
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| But Mr King, whose own choice of transport was a more modest Volkswagen Golf, grew to detest the Chelsea Tractor tag attached to latter-day Range Rovers. |
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| Challinor has the longest throw in football and his 50-yard missiles have destroyed a few teams as giantkillers Rovers bid for Wembley on two fronts. |
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| He joined Zaragoza in January after scoring five times for Rovers. |
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| You see, the easy thing would be for Rovers to forget themselves. |
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| Although Bristol Rugby owned the stadium when the football club arrived, a decline in the rugby club's fortunes led to a transfer of ownership to Bristol Rovers. |
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| Philpott, who had taunted the Rovers defence all afternoon, changed his angle of attack to find Brabin on the edge of the box and his piledriver gave Jones no chance. |
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| The poor woman's in need of a stiff drink when she pops into the Rovers with her pensioner pals and comes face to face with the pair smooching at the bar. |
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| Bristol City and Bristol Rovers are the city's main football clubs. |
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| But as they're cosying up back at the Rovers, Amy catches them in the act. |
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| Land Rovers are currently assembled in the company's Halewood and Solihull plants, with research and development taking place at the Gaydon and Whitley engineering centres. |
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| Boy racers, Sunday drivers, sales reps, taxi drivers, cyclists and drivers of Porsches, Land Rovers and Volkswagens, road hogs all, says White Van Man. |
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| The one consolation on the night was Sligo Rovers losing at home to St Pat's which means Derry remain out of the relegation play-off place on goal difference. |
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| And prior to kick-off Mr Chapman, who sponsors Stuart Barlow, presented an antiracism T-shirt to the Rovers striker to highlight the campaign's message. |
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| Rovers were due to play NEC Nijmegen at the Dutch club's family open day. |
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| Earlier, he had visited the Rovers Return, tucking into Lancashire hot pot, made in the soap by the pub's barmaid Betty Williams, played by actress Betty Driver. |
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| The former Tranmere Rovers manager is number two to Paul Ince at League Two minnows Macclesfield Town, who face the might of Chelsea in the third round tie at Stamford Bridge. |
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| Loran, originally a centre-back, was quickly able to tailor his game to a new role as a defensive midfielder after joining Rovers early in the New Year. |
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| Nigel Stephenson was appointed as coach and Huddersfield were helped by several clubs, in particular Featherstone Rovers, to put a reasonable squad together. |
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