Doncaster Rovers v Blackburn Rovers by Mark Hughesman

THE OFFICIAL MATCHDAY MAGAZINE / SEASON 2017/18 / ISSUE X / Â£3

DONCASTER ROVERS v BLACKBURN ROVERS Sky Bet League One Tuesday April 24, 2018 7.45pm kick-off

Main club sponsor Virgin Trains Associate club sponsor Stoneacre Motor Group Technical kit supplier FBT Europe Chairman David Blunt Major shareholders Terry Bramall, David Blunt, family of Dick Watson Directors Terry Bramall, David Blunt, Andy Watson, Gavin Baldwin Club director Stuart Highfield Chief executive Gavin Baldwin Commercial director Jim Lord FOOTBALL STAFF Manager Darren Ferguson Assistant manager Gavin Strachan Goalkeeping coach Paul Gerrard Physiotherapist Joe Sharp Club doctor Dr Tim Douglas CLUB STAFF Head of administration & football operations Mary Lally Head of stadium & operations Marie Hepburn Head groundsman Pete Needham Director of finance Richard Poole Head of commercial affairs Andrew Whitham Lottery manager Ken Porter Ticket manager Tracy Bawden Head of marketing & communications Shaun Lockwood Media manager Luke Thornhill Marketing manager Mark Hughesman Supporter liaison officers Craig Gleadhall, Dean Medcalf, Shelia Lynch CLUB DONCASTER FOUNDATION Chair of trustees Linda Tully Trustees Gavin Baldwin, Nigel Brewster, Natalie Shaw, Allan Stewart, Rupert Suckling, John Wallbank Honorary ambassador Stuart Highfield Executive director Jim Lord Head of FoundationJohn Davis NCS programme manager Jan Budtz CLUB DONCASTER SPORTS COLLEGE Principal Adi Turnpenny Deputy principals Joe Burton, Ben Thompson

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DARREN FERGUSON

GAVIN BALDWIN

JOHN MARQUIS

17 OPPOSITION 29

JUNIOR ROVERS

34 COMMERCIAL 42

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A word from the manager

Darren Ferguson TUL L 1 0 0 – F OOT B A L L R E MEM B ERS WA LTER TULL N O B A R R I E RS M E DA L CH A L L ENGE Remember Walter Tull and stand up against discrimination by doing the No Barriers medal challenge One hundred years ago, on the 25th March 1918, during the final year of the First World War, footballer Walter Tull was killed in action at the age of just 29. Before the outbreak of war in 1914, Tull’s playing career had seen him make more than 100 senior appearances for Northampton Town, before becoming the first infantry officer of black heritage in the British Army to lead his men into battle. From the football pitch to pitch battle, he made history and was an inspiration to others. To mark the centenary of Walter Tull’s death, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Big Ideas in conjunction with the EFL, Football Association and Premier League’s Football Remembers initiative invite schools, football teams and youth, arts and voluntary groups to celebrate his life and achievements through Tull 100 – Football Remembers.

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Good evening, I’d like to welcome Tony Mowbray as well as a the supporters, players, owners and staff of Blackburn. We had the clearer chances against Oxford on Saturday, but just weren’t able to take them. It was a very tight game and we were frustrated not to get more out of it, but our energy levels were good and there was a lot we did right. In the second half we came on strong, had we taken one of our chances or scored from one of the two penalties we felt we should have had then the way the game would have opened up would have played to our strengths as a good counterattacking side. But while I am never happy after losing a game of football, it needs to be seen in context. We were unbeaten in six matches before that, and had put in some strong and battling performances – especially in the wins at Blackpool and MK Dons. As a club we feel we have made some real progress over the past couple of seasons. The first-team is always the most important, but I have always taken a longterm approach to management and firmly believe we have the foundations for some real success over the coming years. While changes we have made to the

Academy structure are for the long term, the youth team’s victory at Grimsby Town on Saturday was their seventh straight win. That is a fantastic achievement at any level, and shows the potential we have here at Rovers. In total we have offered contracts to five players who have been with us as scholars for the past two years: Danny Amos, James Morris, Jacob Fletcher, Morgan James and Cody Prior. They will all go into our Development squad for next season, having already featured at that level this term, and if they continue to work hard will get the opportunities to proves themselves. We have four games left, three at home, we are looking to perform well in all of them. Your continued backing of the lads can really help us finish the season on a high. Enjoy the game

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Thoughts of the chief executive

Gavin Baldwin

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Good evening, and welcome back to the Keepmoat Stadium. I’d like to welcome the owners, fans, players and staff who have travelled over from Lancashire. We were given a very warm welcome at Ewood Park back in August, a day which was even more memorable for us because of how the match played out on the pitch. Blackburn were recently named the EFL Family Club of the Year, collecting their trophy last weekend at the same ceremony where Matty Blair picked up his as the League One Community Player of the Year.

three of them at home, we feel we can get some more points on the board. In addition to these three home games for Rovers, the Dons have a huge top-of-thetable clash in Betfred League One on Sunday when Bradford Bulls come to town. The Bulls have the largest budget in the division but sit behind the Dons at the top of the table after six games played. Both have won five and lost one, but the Dons have scored more points so head into the game in possession of the top spot.

That is somewhere we aspire to be as a club. We put a lot of focus on our family offering, with the Club Doncaster Foundation Family Stand a hive of activity on matchdays – it is interesting to see how many similarities there are between what we do and what Blackburn put on, which is really encouraging for us.

It looks set to be a cracking game, especially with all the family entertainment we now put on before games. If you’ve not been down to a Dons match yet, this is a perfect opportunity to see what it is all about - and, given the expected large crowd, it’s definitely worth getting a ticket in advance from the Box Office (01302 763576 / tickets. We are one of only a handful of clubs who clubdoncaster.co.uk) to reduce queueing have received the EFL’s Family Excellence time. award every season since it was created. We recently had incredibly positive Enjoy the game. feedback from our second mystery shopper, and expect to have positive news when the EFL confirm which clubs do well in this season’s Family Excellence scheme. As Darren says in his programme notes, we are determined to finish the season well in the remaining four games. With

JOHN MARQUIS A striker is often judged on goals, but John Marquis is a player who has much more to offer than just putting the ball in the back of the net.

try and push up the table. As a striker you want to get as much of the ball in the box as you can, we play a certain way where we keep the ball for long periods and sometimes it can get frustrating and I have to come deep more often.

Fifteen strikes already this season has come on the back of 26 in his first season with the club, but it is all round work “I feel like if I get “The goals have coincided ethic which makes him consistent service then with the birth of my little such a favourite with the I will take my chances, girl, becoming a dad is a Rovers fans and in the I think it comes with dressing room. confidence and I’m on a life-changing experience good run so at the minute and I’m over the moon “It’s been good to be back the chances are coming every day to be going in the goals recently, I and so are the goals. home to my young family went through a patch in Hopefully she’s a good the middle of the season “In the past few weeks luck charm” where I wasn’t scoring I’ve scored a lot of as many as I would have different goals, I’ve liked but my performances had some good balls were still good,” he says into the box to get on the end of and then the Rotherham goal was a bit more “I’ve scored a few and it’s a good of an individual one.” little run to be on, I want to continue that for the rest of the season as we Marquis’ recent hot streak in front of goal have four very important games to has lifted Rovers towards the top half of

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS the Sky Bet League One table, and he has one person in particular to thank for her support over the past few weeks. “The goals have coincided with the birth of my little girl, becoming a dad is a lifechanging experience and I’m over the moon every day to be going home to my young family,” he says. “She arrived three weeks early and was born just before the Rotherham game so it was a bit of a surprise, the game didn’t finish how we wanted to that day but I’ve picked up a couple more goals since then. “Hopefully she’s mine and the club’s good luck charm for the rest of the season, I’m always confident going into games but I had a feeling that I was going to score against Rotherham. “It’s a fine balance now for me, I’ve got to do well in my job to support my family so I want to keep performing every day in training. “There is an extra person I need to consider now. “It will be nice to do the lap of honour with her at the end of the season, it was a bit cold for her when she was first born but I’m sure with all the home games she will be coming to a fair few of them.” The No.9 was walking a suspension tight-rope for a few games in February and March as he was just one yellow card away from a two-match-ban, but

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managed to see the deadline pass without going into the referee’s book. Marquis says that is a sign of him maturing as a player, although he did not want to take too much of a competitive edge out of his game given the way he goes about his business. “I feel like I have matured a lot in the two years I’ve been here, I always felt like I was above my age in terms of the way I conducted myself and that has only improved under the manager here,” he says. “He gives me the belief and the confidence to be a senior member of the squad because we’re all quite young here but I’ve played quite a few games so I consider myself in the bracket of experienced players. “It didn’t really play on my mind too much over course of the few games, the manager spoke to me and told me not to get into situations which I didn’t need to on the pitch. “I think I showed some maturity to not get booked and I didn’t stop putting myself about and getting challenges in, I didn’t want to be out of the team for any period of time.” Darren Ferguson has spoken a number of times on how he wants his team to finish the season with safety now secured, and Marquis shares his manager’s optimism that Rovers can push for a strong end to the campaign.

The fact that Rovers face a mixed bag of games against teams at the top and bottom of the table in the remaining fixtures means that they can still have a big say on a number of factors in Sky Bet League One.

To continue the interview with the forward we asked him a few short fire questions about more quirky topics.

“We can enjoy the last few games after a good run recently, we know we’ve got games coming up against teams that are in and around us or below us in the table so it’s about continuing to do the right things,” he adds. “I’ve said a few times that I don’t really set too many targets at the start of the season or as the season is going on, but I want to keep performing well and doing a job for the team.

“The gap bzetween games in March helped us, a few players were carrying niggles and they have played a lot of games this season so the manager did a good job of balancing work and rest.

“We’re going to need everyone to finish the season well. “We’ve had so many games in April and we’ve done really well to pick up wins and draws in the games we’ve had already this month. “We’ve got a big squad now full of players who are back fit, it’s a big boost to have some key players returning to injury at this stage of the season to complement the players who have been doing well.”

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Alfie May says Rovers will go into all four remaining Sky Bet League One games looking for victories. Rovers suffered a frustrating loss to Oxford on Saturday, but May says they’ll be looking to spoil tonight’s visitors’ chances of promotion. “We treat every game the same and we want three points from every single league game, there is no let up from us, we want to be pushing on to try and get into that top half at the end of the season,” he said. “We don’t take a step back now, we need to keep taking steps forward and we will look to beat Blackburn and Wigan here, they’re massive games against two big teams, we want to stop them from doing what they want to achieve, and we will

put a real fight up. Everyone that we play now is playing for something, Oxford have been fighting for their lives recently, the games ahead won’t be easy, we have games coming up against teams that want to get into the Championship, it won’t be easy, but we’ll be working hard.” James Henry’s second half header was enough for the U’s to take all three points at the Keepmoat Stadium, but May feels Rovers were unfortunate not to take anything away from the game. “It was a tough 90 minutes, the weather didn’t help things but it’s a shame we didn’t come away with three points because we’ve had some great chances and we feel that we’ve been the better team. Their keeper w made some very good saves and kept them in the game to be honest,” he added.

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Luke McCullough says the best is yet to come from him as he heads towards the end of his fifth season at Doncaster Rovers. He joined in 2013 from Manchester United, and despite two long-term injuries, the defender turned midfielder recently made his 100th appearance for the club, and he is looking forward to showing fans what they have missed. He said: “I’m yet to show the Rovers fans the best of me, especially since the manager moved me into midfield because I haven’t had a proper run of games. I think if I can stay fit and get on a good run of games then there will be a lot more to come. I’m feeling a lot better every time I

play, obviously I’d like to get more games under my belt, it’s just a shame we’re coming towards the end of it now. I don’t want this season to end but I feel a lot fitter and I’m enjoying being fit again “I just want to finish the season fit, then get a good pre-season in. I haven’t had one for a couple of years now so that’ll be massive of me, but I’m ready to play when called upon, and play as much as I can then go into the summer feeling good.” “The club is a lot different now compared to when I came in five years ago, there’s a lot more structure to it. There’s more people and I think the manager has an identity as to how he wants to play.”

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HEAD TO HEAD

COMPLETE RESULT TABLE COMPETITON FOOTBALL LEAGUE

FA CUP

LEAGUE CUP

EFL Trophy GRAND TOTAL

P W D L F A H 10 2 3 5 11 18 A 11 1 3 7 16 28 N 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 21 3 6 12 27 46 H 0 0 0 0 0 0 A 0 0 0 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 H 0 0 0 0 0 0 A 1 0 0 1 2 4 N 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 1 0 0 1 2 4 H 0 0 0 0 0 0 A 0 0 0 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 0 0 0

22 3 6 13 29 50 17

AWAY TEAM BLACKBURN ROVERS

TOP STOPPER

DEFENSIVE ROCK

In his fourth professional season with the club, the Spanish keeper has established himself in the No.1 spot at Ewood Park this term.

The Scottish international is currently in his second season at Ewood Park.

Raya joined the youth set-up in Blackburn in 2012, signing from Cornella in Spain, and his good progress in Rovers’ development team saw him earn his first professional contract in 2014. Later that year, Raya moved on-loan to non-league side Southport, and he was a key figure in the side that reached the third round of that season’s FA Cup. He was used sporadically over the next two seasons, before being brought in as first choice goalkeeper as Blackburn look to return to the Championship at the first attempt.

DAVID RAYA

CHARLIE MULGREW

Mulgrew came through the youth ranks at Celtic, being loaned out to Dundee United before making his first move south of the border to Wolves in 2006. He featured six times in the league for Wolves, spending time out on-loan at Southend, featuring in their defeat to Rovers in the League One play-offs. Mulgrew returned to Scotland in 2008, spending two years with Aberdeen, before making a return to Parkhead, enjoying six successful seasons with Celtic – playing a huge role in five consecutive league title wins. He signed for Blackburn in 2016, making a name for himself as a set-piece specialist, and Mulgrew is into double figures for this campaign.

MIDFIELD MAESTRO

DEADLY STRIKER

The talented midfielder joined Rovers in the summer on a three-year deal from Gillingham. Dack started out in the academy at Charlton Athletic, spending five years at The Valley, before dropping into non-league briefly with Corinthian. He crossed Kent to join Gillingham in 2010, earning a professional contract with the Gills two years later. In his first senior season, he helped them to the League Two title, as well as being named their Young Player of the Year at the end of the campaign. He retained that title the season after, as well as earning various other awards including Players’ Player and Fans’ Player of the Year awards in 2014. Another successful season followed, with Dack being named League One Player of the Year in 2016, with Dack’s hard work earning him a move to Ewood Park back in June for a substantial fee.

The well-travelled forward is now looking settled at his 12th club of his career.

BRADLEY DACK

DANNY GRAHAM

Graham started out at Middlesbrough, although he had five different loan spells. He made his final loan switch away permanent, joining Carlisle United in 2007, scoring 40 goals in two years for the Cumbrian side, earning him a move to Watford in 2009. Another two years with the Hornets followed, before a move to Premier League Swansea City, scoring 14 goals in his first season in the top tier. He made a move back up north in 2012, this time to Sunderland, although most of that time was again spent away on loan in four different temporary moves, including a successful spell back with Boro in 2014. Moved to Ewood Park in 2016, signing a two-year deal with the club.

JOINT FIVE-A-SIDE GOALKEEPER

MIDFIELDERS

John FILAN

Les CHAPPELL

The Australia international started his career playing in the National Soccer League in Austrilia before making the move to England 1993. He signed for Blackburn in 1997 where he featured in 64 games prior to his departure to Wigan in 2003. During his penultimate year at the Latics he joined Rovers on a shortterm loan in 2006.

The midfielder began his career in South Yorkshire at Rotherham in 1965 where made 108 appearances, scoring 37 times, earning him a moved to Blackburn in 1968 following the Millers’ relegation. Chappell failed to make an impression so moved to Reading in 1969, playing 201 games over five years before joining Doncaster where he stayed for two years and made 58 appearances.

DEFENDER Pascal CHIMBONDA Started his carer in Le Havre’s youth team, making his was through the ranks into the first-team. His impressive performances earnt him a call to the Premier League spending time at Wigan, Tottenham and Sunderland in the top-flight. He joined Blackburn in 2009 after his second spell at Spurs in 2009 where the Frenchman went on to make 30 appearances. After a short spell at QPR, the defender arrived at the Keepmoat Stadium in 2011 where he made 16 appearances but was released in 2012 following Rovers’ relegation to League One.

STRIKERS Chris BROWN Born in Doncaster, Brown came through Sunderland’s Academy – breaking into the first-team in 2003 – and went on to play 66 games, scoring nine times. In 2003, he returned home on loan for the season scoring 10 times in 22 games. Sean O’Driscoll re-signed the striker on a permanent basis eight years later following his release

from Preston. He saw out his threeyear contract at the Keepmoat Stadium, scoring 19 goals in his tenure. Blackburn Rovers signed the striker next and in his two-year stay he failed to score. The 33-year-old is currently a free agent after leaving Bury in 2017.

El Hadji DIOUF Senegal’s international forward joined Blackburn for £1million in January 2009. During his time at Ewood Park he made 60 appearances, scoring four times. His first goal came against Fulham in March 2009 during Blackburn’s 2-1 at Craven Cottage. In October 2011, Diouf signed for Doncaster, he scored his first two goals against Ipswich. Despite Diouf’s six goals, Doncaster were relegated from the Championship and the striker left the Keepmoat Stadium at the end of the season.

MY DAY: JUNIOR TAKEOVER DAY Saturday saw more than 20 young Rovers fans help put on a matchday as

part of the club’s annual Junior Takeover Day- here is how their day went

12.15am Everyone gathers in the Club Doncaster Sports College common room. Dean Sharp, from Club Doncaster Foundation, explained how the day worked before the junior helpers were paired up with their mentors – taking on every role right up to chief executive.

2.50pm Ethan, groundsman for the day, ensures the sprinklers are on for the last time before the match.

12.45pm Lillie is helping out at the West Stand reception, ensuring the players sign shirts as they arrive and that visiting members of the media pick up their press passes.

3pm The match kicks off, but there is still plenty of work to do for many of our junior helpers. Alex is in the media matchday office at the back of the West Stand looking after the big screen while Ellis is helping pick out match photos to go on social media and the website. Rachel, who is on photography duty, joins club photographer Heather to capture the action.

2.55pm The players come out - Lottie reads the teams, while Ellis and Rachel take photos.

1pm Toby, manager for the day, and Jack, the junior first-team player, join Darren Ferguson in his office to talk tactics for the match before going through to meet the players and offer their advice.

3.15pm Jac is helping Donny Dog – so it is time to deliver the box of six Pukka pies won by a member of the crowd.

1.15pm Alyvia is straight into action at the East Stand’s hospitality reception, helping book in supporters to the Legends Club. 1.30pm There is a half-price sale in the club shop, which keeps Methuki busy. Next door, in the Club Doncaster Box Office, Samantha ensures fans get tickets for the game. 1.45pm The media team is buoyed by two extra hands. Ellis and Alex head down the tunnel to get the teamsheets - they get an extra treat as they join both captains,

Rovers assistant Gavin Strachan and Oxford boss Karl Robinson in going into the referee’s changing room - along with junior referee Kolby - for the pre-match chat and exchange of team news. 2.15pm There is plenty going on in Donny Dog’s

Kennel, marketing assistant Oliver is there to help and make sure that players not in the matchday squad stop by. 2.30pm Grace is stadium manager for the day, so with the ground now filling up it is time to check the CCTV from the stands.

4.45pm Ellis and Alex ensure Rovers manager Darren Ferguson and forward Alfie May speak to the press. Alfie also presents Ellis, Alex and junior chief executive Liam with their certificates 5.20pm The helpers who did not have post-match duties are in the Sports College’s common room – Matty Blair stops by to present them with their certificates.

Words from the Academy manager

KIERAN SCARFF

YOUTH TEAM FIXTURES YOUTH ALLIANCE Sat Aug 5 Grimsby Town Sat Aug 12 Bradford City Sat Aug 26 Bury (YL Cup)

L 0-3 L1-2 L 0-4

FA YOUTH CUP Tues Oct 26 Tues Nov 14

Sat Sep 2 Sat Sep 9 Fri Sep 15 Sat Sep 23 Sat Sep 30

Scunthorpe Mansfield Town Scunthorpe Oldham Athletic Chesterfield

L1-2 D 0-0 D3-3 L 0-2 L 1-2

Sat Oct 7 Sat Oct 14 Sat Oct 28 Sat Nov 4 Sat Nov 11 Sat Nov 18

Port Vale Hartlepool Notts County

D 1-1 W 2-1 L 1-4

Hartlepool Rotherham Lincoln City

W 2-1 D 2-2 W 1-0

The youth team are currently on a run of eight games unbeaten with seven wins in a row.

Sat Dec 2

Burton Albion

W 3-1

Sat Jan 6 Sat Jan 20 Sat Jan 27

Mansfield Town D 1-1 Scunthorpe D 2-2 Chesterfield L 1-2

CENTRAL LEAGUE Tues Sept 5 Bradford City L 1-2 Tues Sept 19 Rotherham L 0-4 Tues Oct 10 Walsall (CL Cup) W 4-0 Wed Oct 18 Port Vale L 0-2 Tues Nov 7 Hartlepool W 4-0 Tues Dec 19 Port Vale (CL Cup) L 0-6 Tues Jan 9 Morecambe D 4-4 Tues Jan 16 Bradford City L 2-3 Tues Jan 23 Port Vale L 1-2 Tues Feb 6 Rotherham D 1-1 Tues March 13 Walsall W 1-0 Tues Mar 20 Grimsby Town L 0-4 Tues Mar 27 Walsall D 0-0 Tues April 17 Mansfield Town D 1-1 Tues May 1 York City 1pm Thurs May 3 Morecambe 1pm

Sat Feb 3 Sat Feb 24

York City Notts County

Bold denotes home fixture All Youth Alliance fixtures are 11am kick-off unless stated

There have been long spells of very impressive play, some outstanding goals along with some very good defensive play.

Thurs Mar 15 Sat Mar 24 Fri Mar 30

Lincoln City W 5-1 Rotherham W 1-0 Oldham Athletic W 3-0

Consistent themes have been the energy, aggression and positivity the group have shown.

Sat Apr 7 Sat Apr 14 Thur Apr 19

York City Burton Albion Hartlepool

W 2-0 W 2-1 W 6-3

Gaining consistency as a young player is always a challenge and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great to the players developing this vital quality.

Sat Apr 21 Sat Apr 28

Grimsby Town Bradford City

W 2-1

The boys should take enormous credit for displaying these qualities and I now look forward to seeing the further progress individuals within this group are very capable of displaying.

L 0-1 D 0-0

Walsall Blackpool

W 4-3 L 0-2

This is an outstanding achievement for this young group of players. Throughout any long successful run players, individually and collectively, have to display a wide variety of skills and qualities to maintain that form.

Praise and credit should also certainly go to the dedicated and committed youth team staff we have. Led by Paul Stancliffe, they ensure the players have all the support they need to continue their development. It is this expertise and support that has supported the progress of the five players who have received professional contracts and for those younger players that aspire to reach this level and beyond. Good luck to the gaffer, the staff and the players.

TEN YEARS AGO: DONCASTER ROVERS IN SEASON 2007-08. Part 22 Rovers’ shattering defeat at Cheltenham meant they faced the League One playoffs, with a two-legged semi-final and, if successful, a final at the rebuilt Wembley, a venue the club had not competed at before.

minutes he picked up a ball on the right, slalomed past the Southend defence and struck a low, right-footed shot past Flahavan. Rovers led 3-0 at half time and seven minutes into the second half, Coppinger all but sealed victory with the goal of the night.

Southend United’s unexpected home draw with Port Vale on the final day meant they finished sixth and would play third-placed Rovers. Leeds United, who had leapfrogged Southend with a win over Gillingham, would play Carlisle United.

He received the ball on the right of midfield and drove inside, his angled run taking out three defenders before he hit a left-footed drive from 20 yards into a corner of the net.

Rovers’ fixtures would be at Roots Hall on Friday May 9 2008 with the second leg at the Keepmoat a week later. Manager Sean O’Driscoll made changes for the first leg, with J. J. Price and Paul Heffernan replacing Gareth Taylor and Mark McCammon up front. Richie Wellens was out with a groin injury, so Lewis Guy played with James Coppinger in a deeper role. The game was a cagey affair with few chances. Matt Mills did well to block a shot from Walker and Neil Sullivan made a good save to thwart Francis. The main talking point came after 87 minutes when Heffernan needlessly aimed a headbutt at Mulgrew and was correctly sent off. He would miss the remainder of the play-offs as a result. A week later the teams reconvened at the Keepmoat. Wellens had recovered and replaced Guy while James Hayter was the choice to replace the suspended Heffernan. An expectant crowd of 13,081

had turned up for a game whose winner would meet Leeds United, conquerors of Carlisle, in the Wembley final. The first chance fell to Southend, for whom Walker struck a shot against Sullivan’s crossbar. Possibly this had the effect of rousing Rovers, because they took the lead after 11 minutes. Clarke pulled back Price in the penalty area and from the resultant spot kick Brian Stock put Rovers ahead. Coppinger, playing in an advanced role was causing havoc

on the left of the Southend defence but he was not directly involved in Rovers’ second after21 minutes. Hayter sent over a cross, Paul Green flicked it goalwards and under pressure from Price Adam Barrett headed into his own net to make it 2-0 to Rovers. From this point on the evening belonged to one man: James Coppinger produced perhaps the finest individual performance seen at the Keepmoat Stadium to ensure Rovers reached Wembley. After 39

To their credit, Southend refused to give in but with Mills and Sam Hird outstanding in defence they had few chances to redress the balance. On 80 minutes Coppinger was fouled by Bailey on the edge of the Southend box. From the free-kick he played a quick one-two with Green and then curled a powerful shot around the wall and into the top corner. With two minutes left Bailey scored for Southend but it was a mere consolation. 5-1 to Rovers, who were Wembley-bound. The visitors had contributed to a great game and occasion and their manager, Steve Tilson, was generous in his praise of Rovers. “They showed why they are the best footballing side in this division,” he said after the game. The visit to Wembley, scheduled for Sunday May 25, would offer Rovers a chance to prove this on the biggest stage. John Coyle

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Good evening and welcome to the third game in what has been an extremely hectic eight days at the Keepmoat Stadium. The fixture last Tuesday certainly took some getting over – pulsating 3-3 draws don’t come around very often and it really was something to behold. As good as we were going forward we struggled a little at the back against a Bury outfit that countered well when they had the opportunity. That was followed up by Saturday against Oxford. We were obviously frustrated by the scoreline, but there were positives to take into tonight.

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Danny Andrew has thanked everyone involved with the club for the support they gave him during his long road to recovery. The left-back returned from a knee injury to play his first 45 minutes since August for Rovers Development side last week, and says he has been helped a lot by the staff at the club in the past eight months. He said: “When I suffered the injury I didn’t expect to play again this season, I thought I might get a bit of training in, but full credit must go to the medical staff for the work they’ve done to get me back. “It’s been a long road, playing 45 minutes was the next stage of my rehabilitation so it’s good to come through it. The pitch was quite bobbly so it’s tested my knee when I was twisting and turning. Nothing much has been said just yet about playing for the first-team and I think that is probably

to keep my feet on the ground, Ithough ’ve seen a couple of things on social media with the gaffer saying he would try and get me minutes.” Andrew says that although the injury left him feeling down initially, it has improved him as a person after spending plenty of time with his young family during his time out of the side. He added: “It’s been good in the sense that not going on the away trips has allowed me to spend some time with the family at weekends and appreciate the time I’ve had with them, but it was still frustrating watching Soccer Saturday and not being involved with the lads.

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Rovers Alliance member Ian Lord won a visit to watch the first-team train at Cantley Park in the latest Rovers Alliance experience draw. In his stead were his grandson Ethan Charlesworth and his mum Rachel who went down to Cantley Park to watch the team train and join them for lunch. Upon arrival they met players and management before watching training, while Ethan picked up some training tips for his grassroots team, Bawtry Juniors. Staff members were on hand to discuss the methods and results behind the training. Following training Ethan chatted with the players and management, getting photos with the players and also their autographs. Ethan and his mum then joined the team for lunch.

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Ian was the latest winner in our Rovers Alliance experience draws, with other recent winners listed below: Charles Leek - £10,000 Super Jackpot winner Sheila Hirst – media matchday experience James Webster – signed 17/18 home shirt Paul Norman – matchday hospitality The Rovers Alliance costs just £2.25 per week and comes packed with numerous benefits, not only do members get entry into the weekly lottery draw but they are also entered into the annual Super Jackpot draw (with a guaranteed prize of £10,000) and numerous draws for money can’t buy prizes. Other benefits include a five per cent discount on Season Memberships and 10 per cent off corporate hospitality.

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Communications team SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Last week I attended a meeting with other EFL clubs’ media teams, where the league discusses their digital strategy for next season and the coming years. The iFollow service was a significant talking point, as it has become the cornerstone of the EFL’s digital policy. In a world where media advertising revenues are falling, companies are having to be innovative and ensuring the matchday iFollow Rovers services continues to deliver what fans want on a Saturday or Tuesday will be of top importance for us. There will be some improvements for subscribers both in the UK and overseas, with fans based on these shores able to watch matches live through the service for the first time. This was trialled in the Checkatrade Trophy knockout stages, and ITN will work with the EFL to provide enchanced production on the video which will be available outside the UK and Ireland for

all games not selected for TV, and within the UK for matches not on TV and not at the Saturday 3pm kick-off (Fifa rules prevent broadcast of matches at this time). For those in the UK, the live stream of the match will be on a pay per view basis. The standard of the graphics won’t be able to match Sky Sports, but there will be a scoreboard and likely some graphics around substitutions and team line-ups – all new additions. We also expect to be able to overlay our audio commentary over the live match – which, along with some graphics, are the most common requests we have received as a club. We are looking at everything we do from a media viewpoint next season. We always welcome feedback to ensure we’re doing what fans want - send suggestions to media@clubdoncaster.co.uk. Luke Thornhill Club Doncaster media manager

Nine-year-old Rovers fan Kai Fawcett was taken in a tragic accident on a beach in Spain earlier this month. Kai loved football and his family are all from Doncaster, who say he will be missed deeply.

SUPPORTERS Official Supporters Club A good afternoon, and a big Keepmoat welcome to the “Lancashire Rovers” fans management and players for tonight’s Sky Bet League One encounter, I hope they have had a safe trip over the Pennines tonight and have a safe trip home.

Road you can also use this service at just £1 return. It runs direct to the Keepmoat Stadium and back and there no need to book, just turn up. Please let us know if would like picking up on Bawtry Road - call 07961727769 for more information.

DRFCFans4Foodbanks Rovers supporters have now donated more than 500kg of food to a fans-led foodbank collection after a record haul at the Charlton game. Organisers set an ambitious target of collecting 100kg prior to the visit of Charlton Athletic, meaning the overall raised would hit 500kg and match the landmark 500th EFL appearance of Rovers captain James Coppinger on the same day.

Blackburn, as expected, have been up the top of the league trying to get promotion back to the Championship, and should bring a great following, it’s just a shame the original game was called off for international duties, Our victory over at Ewood Park was one of the highlights of the season.

Our North branch also run coaches to most away games from Carcroft, Adwick, and points along the A19.

Well we now have a run of home games, with three of our final four matches here. We had a fantastic victory at Milton Keynes, with John Marquis scoring a brace in the second half in front of a fantastic following of more than 700 fans, who roared the lads onto victory.

We also run coaches for certain games from the Sprotborough area, and the travel club have pick ups in the Hatfield area.

That included a significant donation from Club Doncaster staff after a collection from staff based at the Keepmoat Stadium.

Please remember there is no alchohol allowed on the coaches.

The last away game of the season is at Oldham on April 28. Bus times are in the programme, we also have the supporters weekender in Southport for that game, that will leave Adwick (Wilfredas) at 8am, Infirmary 8.30am and the Keepmoat Stadium at 9am, returning from Southport on the Sunday at 2.30pm, taking in Saturday’s game at Boundary Park.

The Branch Dinner dance this season will be Friday May 11 at the Mount Pleasant Hotel.

The DRFCFans4Foodbanks initiative launched just before Christmas with a foodbank collection point outside the Belle Vue Bar at every home game with volunteers there to accept donations.

If you live in the Retford, Harworth, Rossington area, why not use the Supporters Club home bus, which runs to every home match at a very competitive price. If you live on Bawtry

They are a good active branch, it makes it much easier to travel if you live that way on – call 07780316923 for more information.

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And with a record number of donations prior to the game - the aim was just achieved.

The foodbank collection will be in place again for the visit of Fleetwood Town on Saturday February 17.

Suggested items are: Cereal Soup Pasta Rice Pasta sauce Beans Tinned meat Tinned vegetables Tea/coffee Tinned fruit Biscuits Non-food items are also welcome, such as: Toiletries – deodorant, toilet paper, shower gel, shaving gel, shampoo, soap, toothbrushes, tooth paste, hand wipes Household items – laundry liquid detergent, laundry powder, washing up liquid Feminine products – sanitary towels and tampons Baby supplies – nappies, baby wipes and baby food. (Please note, due to advice from UNICEF they cannot accept formula milk.)

Fans can also leave donations at the Club Doncaster Box Office or club shop on nonmatchdays.

Ground: Boundary Park Capacity: 13,512 (all seated) Phone: 0161 624 4972 Postcode: OL1 2PA

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On Sunday May 13, 40 men will walk out the tunnel to the Keepmoat Stadium turf to fulfil a lifelong dream.

sessions that cost just £2 weekly, for full circuits and football sessions and exercise and lifestyle help.

The two squads of 20 will pull on Rovers shirts and listen to the commands of former players Jan Budtz and Tim Ryan as they do battle for 90 minutes.

Over the coming weeks, the squads face training sessions with their respective managers to prepare for the game, and meet them for the first time since finding out which squad they were in.

Each one of them will represent Club Doncaster Foundation’s Fit Rovers programme, the free eight-week health improvement course they have progressed through. Fit Rovers is designed to engage males aged 30+, who are at risk of health conditions such as diabetes and heart disease. So far, 177 men have progressed through the course, losing a combined 78 stone. At the end of the eight weeks, the men have the choice to maintain their lifestyle change, with follow on Fit Rovers Vets

Gates will be open from 3pm for a 4pm kick-off. Friends, family, partners and Rovers fans are all welcome to watch the game, with tickets priced at just £3 for adults and £1 for children. All the money raised will go directly back into the Fit Rovers project to help sustain the programme and allow the team to deliver unique events like this one. None of this would be possible without the Foundation’s partners, NHS CCG. For more information about the course, contact the team on 07841000548 / scott.copeland@ clubdoncasterfoundation.co.uk.

Former Club Doncaster Sports College student Jarvis Parkinson success at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as the 19-year-old claimed two silver medals.

“On behalf of the whole of Club Doncaster Sports College, we would like to send our sincere congratulations to him on these great achievements.

Jarvis put a hold on his time at the Keepmoat Stadium to pursue his swimming dream, and has gone on to impress representing his country.

“It seems we have had an array of students who go on to pursue swimming, including Sophie Coy and Georgia Wright, who both are currently studying in America alongside building their career. It really is fantastic that we have such a variety of sporting talent among our students.”

He was part of Team England’s 4x100m and 4x200m relay teams and says this is just the start of his journey. Principal of the Sports College, Adi Turnpenny commented: “Jarvis spent a short time studying at the college and we have been following his progress since.

For more information about Club Doncaster Sports College, or to apply for one of the courses, contact Adi on 01302 764663 or go to clubdoncasterfoundation.co.uk/ sports-college

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CLUB DONCASTER The Dons went close to causing an upset but were beaten 26-16 by Betfred Championship side Featherstone Rovers in the fifth round of the Challenge Cup. Richard Horne made four changes to his line-up, as Jack Sanderson, Sam Doherty, Liam Welham and Jordan Howden came into the starting XIII. Featherstone started the stronger of the two sides and went in front after just three minutes, in-form winger Luke Briscoe collected an offload from Misi Taulapapa to go over in a corner. Rovers and Briscoe were over again six minutes later, this time it was all his own work as he spun out of a tackle and weaved his way to the try-line. Martyn Ridyard converted for 0-10. The Dons came back into the game after a quarter of an hour and had their first try when Aaron Jones-Bishop picked up a loose ball and raced 40 metres to squeeze over in a corner. That sparked the home side into life and they drew level in a breathless opening quarter at the Keepmoat Stadium, Kieran Cross timed his pass to perfection to find the run of Brad England who finished smartly. Miller converted for 10-10. Richard Horne’s men went in front for the first time after 27 minutes, a kick to the corner from Howden was patted back superbly by Jones-Bishop which gave Jason Tali the simple task of putting the ball down.

DONCASTER ROVERS BELLES The Dons were temporarily down to 12 men early in the second-half, as Jordan Howden was sin-binned. That did not stop them from extending their lead, though, as Miller kicked over a penalty goal after Sanderson was tackled high by the Featherstone defence to make it 16-10. Featherstone then began to take control and had their third try when Tom Holmes produced some individual brilliance to skip past a number of Dons defenders to score. Ridyard levelled the scores at 16-16 with the conversion. John Duffy’s side went in front just three minutes later, Ridyard was again influential as he fired a cut out pass to Shaun Robinson on the left, and the winger had enough room to dive over.

Doncaster Rovers Belles boss Neil Redfearn was delighted to see his side continue their winning ways at the top of the FA WSL 2 table despite a tricky second half against Durham. The Belles were 3-0 up at half-time, but for second time this season Durham have gave the Belles something of a test after clawing back a goal through Zoe Ness’ header.

can, they got it forward and made it difficult for us. “But I thought in the first half we were streets ahead of them and three maybe flattered them a little bit – it could have been four or five. It was good professionalism to see the game through, which is so important to do.”

But Redfearn believes the Belles’ sheer dominance in first half meant the victory was richly deserved.

Two of the three goals came from Kirsty Hanson, with Sophie BradleyAuckland scoring her first goal for the Belles in between the winger’s two first-half strikes.

He said: “The most important thing is the three points at this point of the season. This could have been a potential banana skin for us. They’re a decent side, Durham, and I thought they played well in the second half – they played how they

Redfearn added: “Kirsty’s finishing was top drawer and we’re pleased with her all-round game. We know that if we can get Kirsty on the ball in space then she’ll go past people, and she’s proved that again in this game.”

The Dons almost had a reply when Jason Muranka made a break through the Featherstone line, but he could not quite reach for the line before good defence from the visitors stopped Jones-Bishop from dummy-half. Rovers sealed the win with another try inside the last 10 minutes of the game, this time Connor Farrell was the man to find Robinson in space, and he went in for his second and Featherstone’s fifth. The Dons are back in action tomorrow as they host Bradford Bulls in a topof-the-table Betfred League One game. Tickets can be purchased now at tickets.clubdoncaster.co.uk.

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2nd Sub

3rd Sub

FIXTURES / RESULTS Date

Opp

K/O

Comp

Score Att

Away

Pos

AUGUST Sat 05 Tue 08 Sat 12 Sat 19 Tue 22 Sat 26 Tues 29

Gillingham Bradford City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Hull City AFC Wimbledon Grimsby Town

3.00PM 7.45PM 3.00PM 3.00PM 7:45PM 3.00PM 7.45PM

EFL1 EFLC EFL1 EFL1 EFLC EFL1 CT

0-0 D 2-3 W 1-3 W 3-3 D 2-0 W 2-0 L 1-1 D

7,512 3,175 12,223 7,558 7,139 4,144 862

568 388

13 6 8 12 -

Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Marosi Lawlor Marosi

Mason Mason Mason Mason Alcock Mason Alcock

Andrew Andrew Andrew Andrew Andrew Andrew Garratt

Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright

Butler Garratt Butler Butler Blair Butler Butler

Blair Garratt Blair Blair Ben Khemis Blair Ben Khemis

Whiteman Whiteman1 Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Middleton

Coppinger Kongolo1 Coppinger1 Coppinger Kongolo Coppinger Kongolo

Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe1 Rowe Beestin

Mandeville May1 Mandeville Mandeville May1 May Mandeville

Marquis Marquis Marquis1 Marquis1 Marquis Marquis Williams1

Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Lawlor Marosi Ogley

Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock Butler Alcock Mason

Garratt Fielding Garratt Garratt Garratt Garratt Prior

Kongolo Prior Ben Khemis Ben Khemis Mason Ben Khemis Townrow

Beestin Beestin Kongolo Kongolo Beestin Kongolo Fletcher

1,696 736

Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Marosi

Mason Garratt Mason Mason Mason Mason Mason Mason

Garratt Butler Garratt Butler Butler Butler1 Butler Butler

Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright

Butler Toffolo Butler Blair Blair Blair Blair Toffolo

Blair Blair Ben Khemis Kongolo Houghton Houghton Houghton Houghton

Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Kongolo Whiteman

Coppinger Kongolo Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger Kongolo

Rowe Rowe Houghton Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe1 Rowe

May Mandeville Williams Williams Kongolo May1 May May

Marquis Marquis Marquis1 Marquis May Marquis1 Marquis Marquis

Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Jones

Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock

Toffolo Mason Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Garratt

Ben Khemis Coppinger Blair Garratt Garratt Garratt Garratt Coppinger

Houghton Mandeville Houghton May Kongolo May Ben Khemis May Marquis Mandeville Kongolo Mandeville Whiteman Mandeville Ben Khemis Mandeville

Williams Williams Mandeville Mandeville Williams Williams Williams Williams

432 2,179 561 319

Longbottom Fletcher May1 May1 Mandeville Mandeville Scattergood

May Longbottom Williams Williams Williams Williams Longbottom

SEPTEMBER Sat 02 Peterborough United Sat 09 Northampton Town Tue 12 Rochdale Sun 17 Scunthorpe United Wed 20 Arsenal Sat 23 Plymouth Argyle Tue 26 Shrewsbury Town Sat 30 Bradford City OCTOBER Tue 03 Sunderland U21 Sat 07 Southend United Sat 14 Charlton Athletic Tue 17 Portsmouth Sat 21 Walsall Sat 28 Bury Tue 31 Scunthorpe United

3.00PM 3.00PM 7.45PM 3.00PM 7.45PM 3.00PM 7:45PM 3:00PM

EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFLC EFL1 EFL1 EFL1

0-0 D 1-0 L 2-1 L 0-1 L 0-1 L 3-0 W 1-2 L 2-0 L

8,877 5,843 2,371 9,227 44,064 8,510 7,194 20,430

1,898 4,836 241 295 899

8 16 16 19 17 18 19

7.30PM 3.00PM 3.00PM 7.45PM 3.00PM 3.00PM 7:30PM

CT EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 CT

1-0 W 4-1 W 0-1 L 2-1 W 0-3 L 1-0 W 1-1 D

1,520 7,369 10,917 7,211 7,391 3,079 1,717

93 478 753 620 329 454 236

17 18 17 19 17 -

Marosi Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Marosi

Mason Mason Mason Baudry Baudry Baudry Baudry

Alcock Butler Butler Butler Butler Butler Amos

Fielding Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Alcock

Garratt Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Garratt

Walker Houghton Houghton Houghton Houghton Alcock Mason

Toffolo Whiteman3 Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Houghton James

Ben Khemis1 Coppinger Coppinger Blair Mason Kongolo Ben Khemis

Fletcher Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe Coppinger Beestin

Williams May May Kongolo Mandeville Rowe Mandeville1

Mandeville Marquis1 Marquis Mandeville1 Marquis Marquis Williams

Jones Jones Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Jones

Townrow Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock Mason Horton

James Blair Blair Mason Garratt Garratt Prior

Prior Garratt Garratt Garratt Kongolo Whiteman1 Fletcher

Morris Fletcher Kongolo Fletcher Beestin Beestin Morris

Ben Khemis Ben Khemis Ben Khemis Ben Khemis Ben Khemis Scattergood

Mandeville Mandeville Beestin Coppinger Williams

NOVEMBER Sat 04 Ebbsfleet United Sat 11 Rotherham United Sat 18 Fleetwood Town Tue 21 Wigan Athletic Sat 25 MK Dons Tue 28 Rochdale

3.00PM 12.30PM 3.00PM 7.45PM 3.00PM 7.30pm

FAC1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 CT

6-2 W 2,069 1-1 D 12,428 0-0 D 3,181 0-3 L 7,106 2-1 W 7,743 1-1 D(L4-5) 786

325 3,829 454 356 268 103

16 17 18 16 -

Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Marosi

Baudry Baudry Baudry Baudry Mason Baudry

Butler Butler Butler Butler Butler Alcock

Alcock Wright Wright Wright Wright Toffolo

Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Garratt Garratt

Blair Blair Blair Blair Whiteman Blair

Houghton1 Houghton Houghton Houghton Houghton Mason

Kongolo Kongolo Kongolo Kongolo Kongolo Ben Khemis

Rowe2 Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe Whiteman

Coppinger2 Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger Beestin

Marquis1 Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis1 Mandeville1

Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Lawlor

Mason Alcock Mason Mason Baudry Butler

Garratt Garratt Garratt Garratt Toffolo Prior

Amos Whteman Whiteman Whiteman Blair1 James

Beestin Beestin Mandeville Beestin Beestin Morris

Ben Khemis Mandeville Ben Khemis Ben Khemis Ben Khemis Rowe

Williams Williams Williams Williams Mandeville Scattergood

DECEMBER Sun 03 Scunthorpe United Sat 09 Oxford United Sat 16 Oldham Athletic Sat 23 Bristol Rovers Tue 26 Northampton Town Fri 29 Rochdale

2.00PM 3.00PM 3.00PM 3.00PM 3.00PM 7.45pm

FAC2 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1

3-0 W 0-1 L 1-1 D 1-0 W 3-0 W 2-0 W

5,251 6,711 7,831 8,300 8,032 7,997

1,877 462 851 332 495 364

18 18 14 13 10

Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor

Mason Mason Mason Baudry Mason1 Mason

Butler Butler Butler1 Butler Butler1 Butler

Wright Wright Wright Wright Baudry Baudry

Garratt Toffolo Garratt Garratt Garratt Garratt

Blair Houghton Houghton Mason1 Whiteman Whiteman1

Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Houghton Kongolo Houghton

Beestin Beestin Beestin Kongolo Coppinger1 Coppinger

Rowe2 Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe

Coppinger Coppinger May Beestin May May1

Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis

Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi

Alcock Baudry Baudry Alcock Alcock Alcock

Baudry Garratt Amos Whiteman Wright Wright

Toffolo Kongolo Kongolo Longbottom Blair Blair

Kongolo Mandeville Mandeville Mandeville Houghton Mandeville

Ben Khemis May Ben Khemis Ben Khemis Beestin Ben Khemis

Mandeville1 Longbottom Longbottom May Mandeville Longbottom

JANUARY Mon 01 Peterborough United Sat 06 Rochdale Sat 13 Plymouth Argyle Sat 20 Shrewsbury Town Tues 23 Scunthorpe United Sat 27 Bristol Rovers

3.00PM 3.00PM 3.00PM 3.00PM 7.45PM 3.00PM

EFL1 FAC3 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1

1-1 D 0-1 L 1-1 D 2-2 D 1-1 D 1-3 L

5,173 4,513 7,494 5,818 5,193 8,021

582 574 631 502 693

11 12 12 11 14

Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor

Mason Mason Mason Mason Mason Garratt

Butler Butler Butler Butler Baudry Alcock

Wright Baudry Baudry Wright Wright Wright

Blair Blair Blair Blair Blair Blair

Whiteman1 Houghton Houghton Houghton Houghton Kongolo

Houghton Kongolo Kongolo Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman

Mandeville Beestin Beestin1 Kongolo Beestin1 Beestin

Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe

May May Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger

Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis1

Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi

Alcock Alcock Garratt Baudry1 Alcock Mason

Baudry Wright Wright Garratt Garratt Fielding

Garratt Garratt Whiteman Beestin Amos Amos

Kongolo Beestin Coppinger Ben Khemis Ben Khemis May Ben Khemis May Kongolo May Houghton May

Ben Khemis Mandeville Mandeville Mandeville Mandeville Mandeville

FEBRUARY Sat 03 Portsmouth Sat 10 Charlton Athletic Tue 13 Walsall Sat 17 Fleetwood Town Sat 24 Rotherham United

3.00PM 3.00PM 7.45PM 3.00PM 3.00PM

EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1

2-2 D 1-1 D 2-4 L 3-0 W 1-2 L

17,364 7,797 3,514 7,013 11,725

366 783 282 144 2,624

14 15 16 14 14

Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Marosi Marosi

Garratt Mason McCullough Mason Mason

Anderson Anderson Anderson Anderson2 Anderson

Boyle Boyle Boyle Boyle Boyle

Blair Blair1 Blair Alcock Alcock

Houghton Houghton Houghton McCullough Whiteman

Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Beestin Beestin

Beestin Beestin Kongolo Coppinger Coppinger

Rowe Rowe Beestin Rowe Rowe

Coppinger1 Coppinger Rowe Kiwomya1 Kiwomya

Marquis1 Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis1

Marosi Marosi Marosi Lawlor Lawlor

Alcock Alcock Alcock Blair Blair

Mason Garratt Garratt Baudry Baudry

McCullough McCullough Mason1 Houghton Wright

Kongolo Kongolo Coppinger Kongolo Kongolo

Kiwomya Kiwomya Kiwomya May May

MARCH Sat 10 Mon 19 Fri 30

Southend United Bradford City Blackpool

3.00PM 7.45PM 3.00PM

EFL1 EFL1 EFL1

0-0 D 6,766 2-0 W 7,369 2-1 W 4,533

320 744

15 14 13

Marosi Marosi Marosi

Mason Mason Mason

Baudry Baudry Baudry

Wright Wright Wright

Blair Blair Blair

McCullough McCullough McCullough

Houghton Houghton Houghton

Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger

Rowe Rowe Rowe2

Kiwomya Kiwomya Beestin

Marquis Marquis2 Marquis

Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor

Kongolo Alcock Boyle

Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman

Ben Khemis May Williams Kongolo Beestin Williams Kongolo Ben Khemis Williams

May May

APRIL Sat 07 Sat 14 Tue 17 Sat 21 Tue 24 Sat 28

Gillingham MK Dons Bury Oxford United Blackburn Rovers Oldham Athletic

3.00PM 3.00PM 7.45PM 3.00PM 7.45PM 3.00PM

EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1

0-0 D 2-1 W 3-3 D 0-1 L

344

14 14 13 14

Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi

Mason Mason Mason Mason

Baudry Baudry Boyle1 Baudry

Wright Wright Butler1 Butler

Blair Blair Blair Alcock

McCullough McCullough Houghton McCullough

Whiteman Houghton Whiteman Whiteman

Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger Kongolo

Rowe Rowe Rowe Blair

Beestin Kiwomya Beestin May

Marquis Marquis2 Marquis1 Marquis

Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor

Boyle Boyle Anderson Anderson

Butler Butler Alcock Boyle

Kongolo Kongolo McCullough Amos

May May May Williams

AFC Wimbledon Wigan Athletic

7.45PM 5.30PM

EFL1 EFL1

4,870 8,594 7,131 8,255

105 1,018

May May May Whiteman Houghton

Ben Khemis Williams Whiteman Beestin Kongolo Kiwomya Houghton Kiwomya

MAY Tues 01 Sat 05

256

357

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Appearances & Goals As of 21/4/2018 EFL

FA Cup

Carabao Cup

Career totals 2017/18

ALCOCK, Craig AMOS, Danny ANDERSON, Tom ANDREW, Danny BAUDRY, Mathieu BEESTIN, Alfie BEN KHEMIS, Issam BLAIR, Matty BOYLE, Andy BUTLER, Andy COPPINGER, James FIELDING, Reece FLETCHER, Jacob GARRATT, Tyler HORTON, Branden HOUGHTON, Jordan JAMES, Morgan JONES, Louis KIWOMYA, Alex KONGOLO, Rodney LAWLOR, Ian LONGBOTTOM, Will MANDEVILLE, Liam MAROSI, Marko MARQUIS, John MASON, Niall MAY, Alfie McCULLOUGH, Luke MIDDLETON, Harry MORRIS, James OGLEY, Declan PRIOR, Cody ROWE, Tommy SCATTERGOOD, Lewis TOFFOLO, Harry TOWNROW, Keegan WALKER, Tyler WHITEMAN, Ben WILLIAMS, Andy WRIGHT, Joe

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Goals

App

Sub

Goals

App

Sub

Goals

5 0 5 4 17 11 1 28 6 30 33 0 0 10 0 29 0 0 5 17 32 0 7 10 41 33 12 8 0 0 0 0 40 0 11 0 0 30 2 32

3 0 0 0 3 7 1 8 0 2 4 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 5 14 0 0 9 1 0 3 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 5 1

0 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 0

1 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3

2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Rovers total

App Sub Gls App Sub Gls

11 1 5 6 21 16 6 34 6 36 36 1 1 16 0 32 1 0 5 23 37 0 11 15 46 40 16 8 1 0 0 0 46 0 14 0 1 35 5 37

5 1 0 0 3 9 2 8 0 2 5 0 2 5 0 4 1 0 5 15 0 1 12 1 1 6 13 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 8 6 1

0 63 0 1 2 5 0 6 1 50 2 21 2 6 2 82 1 6 4 166 4 507 0 2 0 1 0 21 0 0 1 64 0 1 0 0 1 5 1 23 0 56 0 2 4 27 0 46 15 94 3 81 6 25 0 100 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 102 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 1 7 35 1 80 0 60

11 1 0 0 9 12 2 8 0 4 66 1 2 7 0 6 1 0 5 15 0 7 36 5 1 7 20 9 34 1 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 8 24 5

0 0 2 0 6 3 2 5 1 14 65 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 15 0 41 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 7 29 0

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MANAGER Tony MOWBRAY

DONCASTER ROVERS 01 Ian LAWLOR (GK) 02 Craig ALCOCK 03 Danny ANDREW 04 Luke McCULLOUGH 05 Mathieu BAUDRY 06 Andy BUTLER 07 Rodney KONGOLO 08 Niall MASON 09 John MARQUIS 10 Tommy ROWE 11 Andy WILLIAMS 12 Ben WHITEMAN 13 Marko MAROSI (GK) 14 Liam MANDEVILLE 15 Joe WRIGHT 16 Jordan HOUGHTON 17 Matty BLAIR 18 Harry TOFFOLO 19 Alfie MAY 20 Tyler GARRATT 21 Will LONGBOTTOM 22 Alfie BEESTIN 23 Alex KIWOMYA 25 Mitchell LUND 26 James COPPINGER 27 Issam BEN KHEMIS 29 Reece FIELDING 30 Jacob FLETCHER 31 Tyler WALKER 32 Cody PRIOR 33 Louis JONES (GK) 37 Morgan JAMES 39 Danny AMOS

BLACKBURN ROVERS 01 David RAYA (GK) 02 Ryan NYAMBE 03 Derrick WILLIAMS 06 Richie SMALLWOOD 08 Harry CHAPMAN 09 Dominic SAMUEL 10 Danny GRAHAM 11 Peter WHITTINGHAM 13 Jayson LEUTWILER (GK) 14 Charlie MULGREW 16 Paul CADDIS 17 Amari’i BELL 18 Adam ARMSTRONG 19 Jack PAYNE 20 Marcus ANTONSSON 22 Ben GLADWIN 23 Bradley DACK 25 Paul DOWNING 26 Darragh LENIHAN 29 Corry EVANS 31 Elliott BENNETT 32 Craig CONWAY 35 Lewis TRAVIS 38 Joe NUTTALL

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