Doncaster Rovers v Rochdale (FA Cup Third Round) by Mark Hughesman

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DONCASTER ROVERS v ROCHDALE AFC Emirates FA Cup third round Saturday January 2018 3pm kick-off

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DARREN FERGUSON

GAVIN BALDWIN

NIALL MASON

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JUNIOR ROVERS

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A word from the manager

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Good afternoon, and welcome back to the Keepmoat Stadium as Rochdale return to South Yorkshire for the second time in little over a week. I’d like to welcome the owners, supporters, players and staff who have travelled over. Keith Hill is a good manager and Rochdale will come here as a well-organised side – they have given us three tough games already this season, and I am sure today will be no exception. But our confidence is high at the moment after some really good results. We showed good character at Peterborough on Monday in what I felt was a good performance – we did well to come back to earn a point, but I thought we played well enough that we could easily have won.

approach throughout a busy schedule – they have looked after themselves with the right food, rest and preparation. That character is really important at this time of the year, the players and staff deserve a lot of credit for their approach. Those results give us some real momentum for the second half of the season and we start 2018 in a good position. We have improved as the season has progressed, and we’ll all keep working hard to continue that. The key for us now is consistency – if we keep working hard and putting in the performances we will pick up points. Enjoy the game.

Ten points from 12 games over the Christmas period is a great return, and I have to pay tribute to my players for their

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We had 364 Rochdale fans here for the league fixture, and hopefully a good number of them will be back today after enjoying their experience of Rovers (apart from the result, of course!).

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Good afternoon and welcome back to the Keepmoat Stadium as we again welcome Rochdale. I’d like to welcome the owners, supporters, players and staff of the visitors as they make their second journey to us in eight days.

you. Deep!)

As a club we pride ourselves on being welcoming away fans, and want to ensure we provide an experience that stands out so that if you only get to go to a couple of away games a season, we are one. It’s particularly important over the festive period when games come thick and fast, and can be a real logistical and financial strain for everyone. The backing of more than 500 Rovers fans at the ABAX Stadium on New Year’s Day was incredible, and there can be few better feelings in football than your side scoring a match-changing goal late in time added on. There is a real sense of optimism around the Keepmoat Stadium as we head into 2018, and 10 points from four games sets Rovers up nicely for the second half of the campaign.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the minute’s applause remembering those who we lost from the Rovers family in 2017. It was very touching to hear the Black Bank singing Dick Watson’s name – I am sure his family take great pride from the recognition of his contribution to the club. With Doncaster Rugby League preparing for their first pre-season games – tickets are available at tickets.clubdoncaster. co.uk - let’s hope 2018 is memorable for everyone at Club Doncaster. We are delighted with the response to the Challenge 1000 promotion for Dons season tickets, which ended up with 607 sold. We will have 200 more junior season ticket holders than last season, which following on from the increase of junior Season Membership for Rovers fans this season mean Club Doncaster are well placed to cater for sports fans of the future from all across the region. Enjoy the game.

The players and coaching staff are confident and determined to make this a good year, starting today in the FA Cup.

NIALL MASON Niall Mason was seen as Mr Versatile during his first season at the Keepmoat Stadium, playing in a number of different positions as Rovers were promoted back to Sky Bet League One. But upon the club’s return to the third tier, the 20-year-old has found himself used more often than not in the right-back role, something he feels suits his way of playing.

here, I’ve played in other positions, but I think I’ve found a good one now. “The key for me is to make it difficult for the manager to move me out of position, whether that’s out of the team completely or just putting me in another position on the pitch.”

Mason missed the South Yorkshire derby against Rotherham United in November with a “I feel comfortable at right hamstring injury and had back and I think I can kick to wait a handful of games “In the past few weeks on there as it’s a position I we’ve looked somewhere to regain his place in enjoy, playing with the rest near the standards we got the starting XI. of the pitch in front of me to last season, playing quick suits my style,” he says. He reckons that was a and pressing football” prime example of just how “I can try and pick my much strength in depth passes and get forward manager Darren Ferguson when I need to, but then on the other side has at his disposal. of that I can defend when needed which is one of the strongest parts of my game. “Picking up the injury came at a bad time for me as the team went on a bit of a good “Full back is probably where the manager run after that, so it made it difficult for me has used me the most since I’ve been to get back in,” says Mason.

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS “I would have loved to play in the game against Rotherham as that’s what you grow up wanting to do, play in derbies and big games, it was painful to watch and I was gutted I couldn’t be involved. “In the past few weeks we’ve looked somewhere near the standards we got to last season, we’ve been playing quick football and pressing really well. “The late goals have really cost us this season, we’ve been guilty of lapses in concentration in games where we’ve either been leading or level going into injury time. It is part and parcel of football that sometimes things will go against you but the key is to respond well and to keep going until things turn in your favour. ” Mason turned his loan spell from Sky Bet Championship side Aston Villa into a permanent move in the summer, and believes the move was a natural one for him. “The transition in the summer was as smooth as it could have been, I felt like a permanent player last year and really settled within the group,” he says. “I said when I signed that the manager and his coaching staff know my personality and what type of player I am, so I would like to think they trust me to do a good job. “The main reason why I wanted to stay here was because it felt like home, I knew that the manager wanted me here so that made me want to stay.”

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With Rovers now coming out of a busy festive fixture schedule, Mason is currently enjoying his second experience of the Christmas schedule and is no stranger to the sacrifices which footballers have to make.

easy to get caught up in football a little bit when it’s what you do every day.

“Last year was my first real taste of the festive period, I had a bit of it at Aston Villa but was mainly used as a substitute there so playing a lot of games in my first season here was new to me,” he says.

“It’s a good time to look back on things and I think this year has been a big one for me, we’ve had the promotion and I signed permanently so I’ve learned a lot from it.”

“It’s a really busy time and it’s tough to manage life away from football as the family are having a normal Christmas and we have to make sacrifices. “It’s not really an issue for footballers as we know growing up that that’s just the way it is with our profession, we take it for what it is. “We got our schedule at the start of the month so we knew we’d be training on Christmas Eve and then have Christmas Day off ahead of the game on Boxing Day.” With a strict diet meaning the Rovers players had to be careful what they had to eat on Christmas Day, Mason still made the most of spending some quality time with his family. “The family came to my house for Christmas as it’s a long way for me to travel to see them with the fixture list the way it is,” he says. “It’s really important at this time of year to relax when you’re with family as it’s

“At my age I’m playing a lot of games and there’s a lot of pressure so it’s nice at times to get away from it and relax.

To continue the interview with the right-back, we asked him a few quickfire questions about more quirky topics.

With so many games in such a short space of time, Mason believes the run of wins Rovers put together could prove a real springboard for 2018. “We had a couple of away trips at Christmas time last year but it’s worked out well for us that we’ve had two home games after a tough trip to Bristol this time around,” he adds. “Having so many games in a short space of time is a great chance to put a run of results together, there isn’t much between the play-offs and the bottom half of the table. “That’s why it’s key for us, the message within the group has been too keep on plugging away as we knew that two or three wins could get us right back up to where we want to be. “We’ve kept the belief even through the bad run because our performances were good, and, after winning a few, I think people have seen how far we’ve come and turned things around – it gives us a lot of confidence for future games.”

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Tommy Rowe was pleased with his teammates’ persistence as they grabbed a point at the death at Peterborough United on New Year’s Day.

four and Ian Lawlor have been fantastic, everyone right through the team are straight on the front foot and that’s the best way to defend.”

Alfie May revealed his strike against Rochdale last Friday night came after a deliberate attempt to think less in front of goal.

Ben Whiteman’s 93rd-minute equaliser ensured that Rovers maintained their festive unbeaten run, and Rowe is happy their hard work is paying off.

Rovers have picked up 10 points from a possible 12 over the festive period, and Rowe now believes that the young side now has the ability to kick on as the season progresses.

May’s effort was the striker’s first since September following a spell out with injury, and he was relieved when the chance came to get back on the scoresheet.

“This group of players has the potential to go very far, you can’t get away from the fact that this is such a young team, the growth over the last five games just shows where we want to go,” he added.

“It’s nice to come back after injury and get the goal, it wasn’t nice being out and trying to get your shirt back is difficult, but I could’ve had a couple on Boxing Day, so I said to myself just to not think about it too much,” he said.

“It was a difficult game, it was one that we could enjoy in terms of that we’d built this run with nine points from the last three games and we knew that we could come here with plenty of confidence,” he said. “I think our hard work over this last week or so has really paid off, we had a few chances near the end where we could’ve scored more and got the win on another day, but it’s a great point. The clean sheets have been brilliant and the back

“This is the grind part of the season where the games come thick and fast, this is a young group with a strong mentality, we talk quite often and reflect on games and where we can do better.”

“It’s a great three points and we were on top all game, we wanted a third to settle it, but we’ve kept another clean sheet too, with three clean sheets and

three wins so far, the dressing room is buzzing. Most games we like to press and work hard, and when you see your teammates working hard you want to push that little bit more, everyone looks at that and John Marquis has run around for 96 minutes – his work rate is unbelievable.” Rovers head into 2018 full of confidence, and May is happy to embrace “the grind” from this part of the campaign.. “This is the hardest part of the season because there are so many games in such a short space of time, but it has been great training though because everyone has a smile on their face, the gaffer is happy and there is such a togetherness in the squad,” he added. “You have to dig deep and grind out results, the confidence is really high .”

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The keeper is in his eighth season with Rochdale, joining the club after two loan spells before his permanent move in 2012.

The full-back has made more than 150 appearances for Dale, following his move from Liverpool as a youngster.

Lillis began his career with Scunthorpe United, helping them to reach the Championship twice in three seasons.

Rafferty came through the ranks at Liverpool, playing internationally with the Irish under-18 and under-19 sides, before joining Rochdale in 2012 where he has remained ever since.

He had loan spells away from Glanford Park at Notts County and Grimsby Town, before two temporary switches to Dale between 2009 and 2011. Like he did with Scunthorpe, Lillis helped Dale to two promotions, this time both up to League One, and he has established himself as their No.1, being a virtual ever present over the past few seasons.

He was a key member of the side that helped Dale to promotion from League Two in 2014.

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He extended his contract at the Crown Oil Arena at the end of last season, signing a deal with Dale which keeps him at the club until 2019.

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Has come through the ranks at the Crown Oil Arena, where he has gone on to be a star man for Dale.

The forward is in his sixth season with Rochdale, and was named as captain at the beginning of the season.

He has made more than 100 appearances for Dale, scoring his first goal for the club against Coventry City, a strike which saw him claim the Goal of the Season award at the end of the 2014/15 season.

He began his career with Norwich City, spending five years at Carrow Road, with a brief stint on loan at Rotherham United in 2007. Spells at Northampton Town and Luton Town followed, before a move to Turkey in 2009, where he spent six months with Ankaragücü.

This summer saw Camps sign a new three-year deal which sees him staying with his only club until at least 2020. Camps also has youth international caps with Northern Ireland’s under-18 and under-21 sides.

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Henderson returned to England with Colchester United. A move to Rochdale in 2013 saw him help his current side to reach League One in his second season at the club, before scoring 22 goals in the third tier the season after, and he has helped Dale to establish themselves at this level.

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Both Reece Fielding and Tyler Walker have spent the first half of the season on loan at Biggleswade Town in the Evo-Stick Southern Premier Division. Louis Jones has had been on loan at Gainsborough Trinity, Tadcaster Albion and recently at Sheffield FC and Will Longbottom has spent time on loan at Kidderminster. Spending these periods on loan in senior men’s football are, we believe, vitally important in the development of our young players. The experiences allow them to develop personal skills and qualities while being out of the comfort zone within their usual environment. In addition, the playing opportunities greatly increase.

These opportunities are invaluable for the players and their development. Without the support of these clubs these opportunities wouldn’t be possible and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for the support they have provided in assisting with the development of our young players. I look forward to working with them and other clubs during the rest of the season and beyond. Good luck to the gaffer, the staff and the players.

For example, Reece and Tyler have played more than 30 games this season. Without the opportunity provided at Biggleswade this number of games would have been nearer to 10. This is the same for Louis and Will. We have also provided similar opportunities, during shorter spells, for some of our second year youth team players. Jacob Fletcher and Keegan Townrow have spent time at Spalding United, Matty Overton has been at Frickley and Kane Bingley is currently gaining experience of senior men’s football with Ossett Town.

WE MUST STOP MEETING LIKE THIS! Today’s FA Cup tie against Rochdale will be the fourth meeting between the sides this season, as we have already met twice in the League and once in the Checkatrade Trophy.

1-1, then poor light in the third replay at Hillsborough ended the game at 90 minutes with the scores 0-0. That was on Monday January 14 1955 and 24 hours later the teams reconvened at The Hawthorns, home of West Bromwich Albion. This time Rovers ran out 3-1 winners, the goals coming from Alick Jeffrey (2) and Geoff Walker. That sent Rovers into the fifth round, where they lost 2-1 at Birmingham City.

Should this game go to a replay these cross-Pennine rivals will have met on five occasions this season. If so, it would be only the eighth occasion Rovers have met a fellow Football League side five times or more in one season.

Other seasons in which Rovers have met a rival five times have been as follows:

The largest number of meetings between Rovers and a fellow League club (six) came in 1984-85. Rovers had been promoted to Division Three as runners-up to York City the season before and the two teams were drawn against each other in the League Cup. After a 0-0 draw at Belle Vue in the first leg, Rovers were hammered 5-0 at Bootham Crescent in the second.

with a 3-0 home win via goals from David Harle, Ray Deans and Glynn Snodin.

The first League meeting, at York, was little better as Rovers lost 3-1. Manager Billy Bremner and his players must have given a weary sigh when they were drawn against York again in the relatively new Football League Trophy.

The first time Rovers met League rivals five times in a season came in 1931-32. Rovers and Barrow were both members of Division Three North and the sides met in the League on November 7 1931 at Belle Vue, Barrow winning 1-0.

Played over two legs in those days, Rovers Three weeks later they locked horns again managed a 0-0 home draw but lost again, this time in the First Round of the the away leg 2-0. FA Cup, and the outcome was a thrilling 3-3 draw. The replay, at Barrow’s Holker The sixth and final meeting of the sides Street, finished 1-1 after extra-time and was in April 1985 in the League and a second replay was held at Manchester Rovers gained a measure of revenge City’s Maine Road a few days later.

Rovers won 1-0 with a penalty by Joe Bowman and went on to be vanquished 5-0 at Brighton in round two. The Cup win was Rovers’ only success over Barrow in that season, as they lost the away League match 3-2. In FA Cup ties they say you only usually get one chance to beat a team from a higher division. In early 1955 Second Division Rovers overcame First Division Aston Villa at the fifth time of asking. After a 0-0 draw at Belle Vue and a 2-2 at Villa Park in the first replay, both teams went on the road. A second replay at Maine Road ended

1981-82: Chesterfield. League Group Cup (home, won 2-0), League Cup (home, drew 0-0, away drew 1-1. Rovers won on away goals), League (away, lost 1-3, home drew 0-0). 1985-86: Notts County. League Cup (away, lost 0-1, home won 2-1. Rovers lost on away goals). League (away, drew 1-1, home, won 2-1). League Trophy (away, lost 0-1). 1991-92: Burnley. League (home, lost 1-4, away lost 1-2). FA Cup (away, drew 1-1, home lost 1-3), League Trophy (away, lost 0-2). 2007-08: Oldham Athletic League Trophy (home, won 3-0), FA Cup (away, drew 2-2, home, lost 1-2), League (away, drew 1-1, home drew 1-1). So, 10 years on, might Rovers again meet a Lancashire team five times in a season? This afternoon’s game will decide. John Coyle

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NEWS Rovers’ fans can enjoy a free tea or coffee at the Thorntons Café when they visit Lakeside Village until January 15 thanks to a special deal with the club. The stores at Lakeside Village are all currently in sale mode which means that extra discounts are available on their already fantastic value goods. Following a hectic Christmas period, which included a visit from the famous Coca-Cola Truck, the centre is now busy with sales shoppers who are keen to bag a bargain. The new year marks a new alliance with the coming together of Club Doncaster and Visit Doncaster in a partnership that will help both achieve their aims of putting the town on the map. Off the field of play, Club Doncaster’s vision is to help instil civic pride and passion in the town and this is something Visit Doncaster believes can be furthered by this new partnership.

attractions such as the Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Sport related tourism is very important to us and when you consider the many thousands of visitors that come to the town to see the races and the combined sporting fixtures of Rovers, Belles and the Dons then it’s easy to see why this partnership is so important to us when telling the Doncaster story.”

Visit Doncaster’s tourism development officer Richard Young said: “The team at Visit Doncaster works year round to promote the town, whether that’s to local residents or visitors from farther afield and we feel this partnership will help us to get our messages to a new audience.

Andrew Whitham, head of commercial affairs at Club Doncaster, said: “Doncaster is a great place to be, with fantastic attractions that welcome residents and visitors alike. We are proud to be partnered with Visit Doncaster and to work together to make sure as many people as possible know what the borough has to offer.”

“Doncaster really has a lot to attract visitors into the borough, whether that’s our historical buildings and great heritage sites to more traditional tourism type

The partnership will also give fans the chance to purchase home tickets from the town’s Tourist Information Office in Priory Place.

or coffee when they visit Lakeside Village during this sales period. “We have a great relationship with Doncaster Rovers and are pleased to work with Club Doncaster on a number of initiatives. Our free to play crazy golf is still up and running and we have both indoor soft play and outdoor play areas to help to keep the kids entertained during shopping trips. “Visitors can enjoy our free parking, while shopping at the centre, and make the most of even more great discounts in all of our stores.”

John Magee, centre manager for Lakeside Village said: “We are pleased to be able To print off the voucher for the free drink to offer Doncaster Rovers fans a free tea head to doncasterroversfc.co.uk.

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Thank you to everyone who submitted a name of someone from the Rovers family who we lost in 2017 to commemorate prior to the game against Rochdale. It is the second time we have invited supporters to put forward names of people so we can celebrate their lives at the end of a calendar year – though the vagaries of the fixture list meant we actually did it twice in 2017 (before the first and last home games of the year). We came up with this solution as a club when faced with requests from grieving supporters after losing loved ones. It was not practical to hold a minute’s silence before a game every time a supporter passed on, but we wanted to find a way to pay our respects to fans and former players. We hope this solution, which we will now run into a third year, is an acceptable way to pay tribute. I have seen a couple of comments from fans on social media who were kicking

themselves at not putting forward someone who would have been suitable, so to make it easier we will invite nominations all year round rather than only asking as we reach December. We will add a page to the Rovers website with the full details. We have recently been able to add Andy Williams to our matchday media team as an expert co-commentator for Rovers homes games. Unfortunately he is only available to us because he required surgery on a foot problem, but drafting in players is a way we are trying to enhance the iFollow Rovers service. Monthly passes cost just £4.49 and allow you to listen to every firstteam game as well as watch back a full recording of the match from the following day – subscribe on our website. Luke Thornhill Club Doncaster media manager

SUPPORTERS A good afternoon and a warm welcome to the fans, players and management of Rochdale for today’s FA Cup third round encounter. I hope their fans had a safe trip up from Lancashire today for their second trip to the Keepmoat Stadium in just over a week. We also hope they enjoy the day, and that they can concentrate on the league after today! If you live in the Retford, Harworth, Rossington area, why not use the Supporters Club home bus, which runs every home match at a very competitive price. If you live on Bawtry Road you can also use this service at £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. Our North branch also run coaches to most away games from Carcroft, Adwick, and points along the A19 , a good active branch, it makes it much easier to travel if you live that way on call 07780316923 for more information. We also run coaches for certain games from the Sprotborough area, and the travel club have pick ups in the Hatfield area. Please remember there is no alchohol is allowed on the coaches.

Thanks to everyone who supported the Retford Branch Christmas raffle, with more than 60 prizes donated. The winners are on the Rovers official website and fans social media. We would like to go on record to thank the club for donating a Season Membership for next season for the draw. The Supporters Club weekend away will be for the last game of the season, away ar Oldham on April 27-29. We are looking at stopping at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Southport from Friday til the Sunday, cost will be about £125 per person, bed, breakfast and evening meal. The Branch Dinner dance this season will be Friday May 11 2018 at the Mount Pleasant Hotel. Rovers til I die Paul Mayfield

Viking Supporters Co-Operative Football is the national game, and football supporters are the lifeblood of the game. While many privately owned football clubs are well run, ours included, there are numerous examples over the years where this model of ownership has failed the supporters of that club, and has led to a number of clubs becoming either partly or fully owned by those supporters. Recently the Minister Of Sport set up the Expert Working Group with the intention of looking at ways to improve engagement and dialogue between clubs and fans, and therefore to improve transparency and trust.

discuss a very broad range of topics. It is early days for this new Board, but so far the signs are very encouraging in that nothing has been held back and the trust between club and supporters is evident. As the meetings progress we hope to be able to announce the progress that has been made. Suffice to say that DRFC have not only met the new requirements but have exceeded them in both frequency and content, and that is something we can once again be proud of. IRWT Martin O’Hara

The detailed recommendations from the EWG led to the government instructing the Football League and the Premier League to enter into structured dialogue with those supporters, and especially with the supporters trust at that club. The EFL issued a new league rule informing clubs of the minimum requirement for meeting with supporters and the kind of topics that should be included. That new rule came into force for the 2016/17 season. As you may be aware the club hold two Meet The Owners events each year which meet the criteria set down by the EFL. On top of that the club have initiated a Supporters Board which meets on a monthly basis during the season to

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Travelling by train: The closest station to the ground is Shrewsbury station which is located just over two miles from the ground. There is a park and ride bus that runs from the train station towards the ground, as well as other public bus services which stop just a short walk from Montgomery Waters Meadow.

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£15.00

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Bradford City Charlton Athletic

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AFC Wimbledon

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Travelling by train: The nearest train station to Glanford Park is Scunthorpe station. This is located two miles from the ground and can be accessed by the public bus service. Taxis are also available from the station. KEEP

Travelling by car: Follow the M18 and M180 before joining the M181, and as you arrive at the roundabout at the end of the motorway the ground is on the right. There is a large car park at the stadium which is open to home and away supporters. WATER/D

Travelling by car: Follow the M1, M42, M6 Toll and M54 before joining the A5, then take a left, continuing on the A5. At the roundabout, take the third exit onto B4380 Thieves Lane, before turning left and the ground is on your right. Parking at the ground is restricted to permit holders, with street parking available. DRI

Ground: Glanford Park Capacity: 9,088 Phone: 01724 840139 Postcode: DN15 8TD

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Ground: Montgomery Waters Meadow Capacity: 9,875 (all seated) Phone: 01743 289177 Postcode: SY2 6ST

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Rovers make the short trip down the M180 to face Scunthorpe United in Sky Bet League One on Tuesday January 23.

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Rovers travel to Montgomery Waters Meadow to face Shrewsbury Town in Sky Bet League One on Saturday January 20.

08/08/17 Brad City EFL Cup

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CLUB DONCASTER The Dons’ Challenge 1000 campaign finished on December 25 with a total of 366 adults, and 241 U16 season tickets being sold. Challenge 1000 was launched on Wednesday October 18 with season tickets capped at just £60 for adults and kids going free at the Keepmoat Stadium in 2018. Head of group marketing & communications at Club Doncaster, Shaun Lockwood said: “We’ve had a great response to the campaign, adult season tickets have increased by 99 per cent compared to 2017 and child season ticket numbers have increased by more than 200 year on year. “These numbers provide us with a great platform to start growing the Dons

DONCASTER ROVERS BELLES fanbase from, our hard work now starts as we look to improve the match day experience at the club and keep the younger generation of supporters we’ve found with the Challenge 1000 campaign.” Chief executive of the Dons, Carl Hall said: “Last season the Dons sold less than 200 season tickets in total, this year we now have more than 600. It is a great achievement, especially considering the disappointing season we had in 2017. “Even with the reduced prices, our season ticket sales revenue has increased, with the additional funds going straight towards the first team to ensure Richard can make us competitive on the pitch.” Those who have accepted the challenge will be contacted in due course to arrange payment on the outstanding balance.

Neil Redfearn is poised to take charge of Doncaster Rovers Belles for the first time tomorrow as they take on Watford Ladies at Kings Langley. Redfearn was confirmed as the Belles’ head coach last week, replacing Emma Coates who has taken a role with the FA. The former Rovers midfielder has plenty of experience from 30 years in the game as a player and coach. His first management role was in 2001 as caretaker at Halifax , while he has also taken charge of United and Rotherham. Belles chairlady Faye Lygo said: “We’re very excited that Neil has joined our Belles family. His experience within the game is invaluable and will bring a new dynamic to the team, but most

importantly for us he shares our values and visions particularly surrounding development. “We would like to thank Kate Rowson for her hard work as interim coach, she had done a fantastic job and the results speak for themselves.” The Belles are currently at the top of WSL 2 and Redfearn is keen to continue with the current momentum. He said: “It is our aim to have Doncaster Belles competing at the highest level against the elite football athletes of WSL1. “I have been hugely impressed by the players’ ‘buy in’ towards my training methods and beliefs of how the game should be played and hopefully we can keep improving and be successful collectively and individually.”

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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 4 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

5,173

582

Lawlor

Mason

Butler

Wright

Blair

Whiteman1

Houghton

Mandeville

Rowe

May

Marquis

Marosi

Alcock

Baudry

Garratt

Kongolo

Beestin

Ben Khemis

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

MARCH Sat 03 Sat 10 Sat 17 Sat 24 Fri 30

Bury Southend United Bradford City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool

3.00PM 3.00PM 3.00PM 3.00PM 3.00PM

EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1

APRIL Mon 02 Sat 07 Sat 14 Sat 21 Sat 28

AFC Wimbledon Gillingham MK Dons Oxford United Oldham Athletic

3.00PM 3.00PM 3.00PM 3.00PM 3.00PM

EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1

MAY Sat 05

Wigan Athletic

5.30PM

EFL1

248

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Appearances & Goals As of 1/1/2018

EFL FA Cup

Carabao Cup

Career totals 2017/18

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ALCOCK, Craig 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 7 4 0 59 10 0 ANDREW, Danny 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 46 0 0 AMOS, Danny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 BAUDRY, Mathieu 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0 40 8 5 BEESTIN, Alfie 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 6 0 12 10 1 BEN KHEMIS, Issam 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 1 1 6 1 1 BLAIR, Matty 14 6 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 19 6 1 67 6 4 BUTLER, Andy 26 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 31 1 3 161 2 13 COPPINGER, James 19 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 22 3 4 493 64 64 FIELDING, Reece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 FLETCHER, Jacob 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 GARRATT, Tyler 8 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 3 0 19 5 0 HORTON, Branden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HOUGHTON, Jordan 18 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 20 2 1 54 4 2 JAMES, Morgan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 JONES, Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 KIWOMYA, Alex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 KONGOLO, Rodney 12 10 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 17 11 1 17 11 1 LAWLOR, Ian 25 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 28 0 0 49 0 0 LONGBOTTOM, Will 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 1 MANDEVILLE, Liam 7 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 11 4 27 35 15 MAROSI, Marko 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 0 37 5 0 MARQUIS, John 24 0 6 2 0 1 2 1 0 28 1 7 76 1 33 MASON, Niall 20 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 26 4 2 67 5 2 MAY, Alfie 10 7 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 13 7 6 22 14 9 McCULLOUGH, Luke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 6 1 MIDDLETON, Harry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 45 34 0 MORRIS, James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 OGLEY, Declan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PRIOR, Cody 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 ROWE, Tommy 25 0 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 30 1 8 86 2 4 SCATTERGOOD, Lewis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 TOFFOLO, Harry 11 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 3 0 14 3 0 TOWNROW, Keegan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WALKER, Tyler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 WHITEMAN, Ben 20 5 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 25 5 7 25 5 7 WILLIAMS, Andy 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 1 80 23 29 WRIGHT, Joe 24 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 27 0 0 50 4 0

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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 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

ROCHDALE 01 Josh LILLIS (GK) 02 Joe RAFFERTY 03 Kgosi NTLHE 04 Jimmy MCNULTY 05 Niall CANAVAN 06 Harrison MCGAHEY 07 Jordan SLEW 08 Reece BROWN 09 Calvin ANDREW 10 Callum CAMPS 11 Jordan WILLIAMS 12 Michael Jordan WILLIAMS 14 Ollie RATHBONE 15 Joe THOMPSON 16 Matt DONE 17 Bradden INMAN 18 Keith KEANE 19 Steven DAVIES 22 Brendan MOORE (GK) 25 Daniel ADSHEAD 27 Andy CANNON 28 AaronMORLEY 29 Donervon DANIELS 32 Mark KITCHING 36 Matty GILLAM 39 Joe BUNNEY 40 Ian HENDERSON

David AVENT Paul HODSKINSON FOURTH OFFICIAL Matthew DONOHUE IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE TO ENTER THE PITCH OR PERIMETER TRACK. ANYONE DOING SO WILL FACE ARREST AND A BAN FROM WATCHING FOOTBALL ANTI DISCRIMINATION POLICY Doncaster Rovers Football Club is determined to treat with equal consideration all supporters, regardlessof Gender, Race or Ethnic origin, Religious Belief, Age, Sexual Orientation, Disability, or any other unjustifiable reason. The club, in association with its governing bodies (the FA and the Football League) and all footballing authorities, is determined to eradicate racism in football by ensuring that no barriers exist to anyone playing/enjoying the national game, whatever their ethnic background. To this end, Doncaster Rovers Football Club will not tolerate any form of racism amongst spectators. Anyone found to be culpable of displaying any form of racist behaviour will be removed from the stadium immediately. RESPECT THE LAW Supporters are reminded that the Keepmoat Stadium is a strictly NO SMOKING venue. It is an offence to purchase or attempt to purchase alcohol for anybody under the age of 18. Anybody caught doing so will face ejection from the stavdium and prosecution. Anybody who appears to be under the age of 21 will be asked for ID. We appreciate supportersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; co-operation.

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