Thursday 3rd May 2018 On This Day in Doncaster History more» 1988: Demolition of the 135 year old Neatherds cottage near Racecourse began. 2002: Martin Winter elected as Mayor of Doncaster. 2005: Doncaster was granted FairTrade town status. 2005: Tony Christie's Is This The Way to Amarillo was re-released with Peter Kay 2013: Labour's Ros Jones is elected the new mayor of Doncaster. 2013: Doncaster Rovers manager Brian Flynn opts to step down after team become champions of League 1.

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