Penney: We Could Have Won

By Nick Raynor
December 30 2004

Doncaster manager Dave Penney believes his side could have got something out of the game against Hull.

Rovers had many chances against their local rivals but were made to rue missed chances when Stuart Elliot cruelly got a winner for The Tigers 4 minutes from time. 

Hull had originally taken the lead after 21 minutes through Danny Allsopp but David Mulligan equalised for Rovers on the stroke of half time. 

Then, 5 minutes from time, Stuart Elliot ran from deep and scored past Warrington to send Doncaster home with nothing to show for their efforts. 

Penney said: 

"I thought we were excellent in every area and you can't legislate for things like the winning goal.”

"We've matched them in every department and it's obviously disappointing to lose to a silly goal like that.”

"I thought it was a great advertisement for this league with 24,000 here with a great atmosphere, and I'm sure it was a good game to watch.”

"I think if we were more clinical and finished better we would have got something out of it. Even when we went 2-1 down we still had two or three good chances in injury time."