If ever a man was emblematic of his football club, it is Tom Anderson at Doncaster Rovers.
Second only to youth product Louis Jones as the longest-serving player, the old-fashioned centre-back has had a few highs but a lot more lows these last few years. Hopefully Friday's League Two play-off final second leg against Crewe Alexandra at a sold-out Eco-Power Stadium, then a final, will be his reward. Two-nil up from Monday's game at Gresty Road and 13 games unbeaten, Rovers are hot favourites to reach Wembley. Anderson's time at Rovers started in January 2018, promisingly.
'He was probably thinking, 'What's changed?' but ultimately we knew deep down and probably Tom knew deep down it would take a bit of time to get going,' says McCann. 'Towards the second half of the season he started to pick up into the player we all know he is.' What was significant was that McCann and his erstwhile assistant Cliff Byrne were back, returning to lift not just Anderson, but the whole club, last May.
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