ROVERS have the rare chance this Easter weekend of completing a couple of doubles. Notts County and Darlington were both beaten in August as Rovers opened their campaign strongly.

Tomorrow's game at Meadow Lane has a 1pm kick-off tomorrow but it will be back to 3pm at the Memorial Stadium on Monday. County, like Rovers, have little left to salvage from the season but Darlington are strongly in contention for a play-off spot.

Saturday's fare at he Memorial Stadium produced yet another draw, the 19th of the season, but this time bags of entertainment and goals galore as Rovers and Mansfield shared eight of them.

Town went ahead after 19 minutes but Ryan Williams levelled two minutes later and Richard Walker drove home a first half stoppage time penalty after Lewis Haldane had been unnecessarily brought down. In between both sides struck an upright.

Mansfield were on terms just 42 seconds after the restart and quickly went ahead, adding a fourth on 68 minutes as the home defence went walkabout. But a stirring fight-back saw Junior Agogo net another spot-kick after he had been tugged back and then sub Jamie Forrester squeezed home. Indeed Agogo and sub Craig Disley could have stolen all the points in stoppage time.

"We keep giving the ball away in stupid areas in our own half and we keep getting punished for it," bemoaned Rovers boss Ian Atkins, not for the first time of late. But he was pleased to acknowledge the character of the side to claw back a point. But it all just went to show the side were not strong enough overall, though the "bottle" to come back was a pointer to eventual success.

Atkins has already stated that there is a three-to-five-year plan to turn Rovers around, with a quick fix that falls apart after one season no good to anyone. Saturday's programme notes also contained an unequivocal promise.

"This is the fourth of fifth time I have worked in this kind of situation and turned clubs around. I have always been successful and this will be no different. The football club will be stronger over the next few seasons and in a higher division . . ." said Atkins.

"We're trying to change the culture of the football club from one that loses each week and then has a party at the end of the season when it stays up by the skin of its teeth to one that only celebrates when it achieves something worthwhile."