Doncaster Rovers v Cheltenham Town by Mark Hughesman

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SEASON 2016/17 | CHELTENHAM TOWN F.C. | 11.03.17 Main Club sponsor One Call Insurance Associate club sponsor Stoneacre Motor Group Technical kit supplier FBT Europe Chairman David Blunt Vice chairman Andrew Watson President Dick Watson Major shareholders Terry Bramall, Dick Watson, David Blunt Directors Terry Bramall, Dick Watson, David Blunt, Andy Watson, Gavin Baldwin Club directors Stuart Highfield Chief executive Gavin Baldwin Chief operating officer Liam Scully

CLUB STAFF Club secretary Mary Lally Stadium manager & operations Marie Hepburn Safety officer Sam Ramsden Deputy safety officer Fraser Garner Head groundsman Jim Davison Director of finance Richard Poole Head of commercial affairs Andrew Whitham Lottery manager Ken Porter Ticket manager Tracy Bawden Media manager Luke Thornhill Marketing manager Mark Hughesman Club shop manager Tracy Fernie Supporter services manager Charles Swallow Supporter liaison officers Dean Medcalf, Sheila Lynch PROGRAMME Contributors Robbie Andrews, Clare Bailey, John Coyle, Ryan Daly, Paul Mayfield, Dean Medcalf, Nicola Moran, Sophie Scargill, Jon Warburton, Viking Supporters Co-Operative Photography Phil Ryan, Stephen Connor, Steve Uttley, Heather King, AH Pix, Reuters Design Sandile Somhedlwana, Hannah Moore Print Pinders of Sheffield

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Darren FERGUSON Gavin BALDWIN Club Doncaster FOUNDATION Club NEWS Player INTERVIEW Away PLAYERS & MANAGER Legend WHERE ARE THEY NOW FBT Junior ROVERS YOUTH Retro PROGRAMME Club NEWS Match Day EXPERIENCE Commercial NOTES

Player SPONSORS Match ACTION John COYLE BELLES Get AWAY Table & TOP GOAL SCORERS FIXTURES STATS

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FOOTBALL STAFF Manager Darren Ferguson Assistant manager Gavin Strachan Goalkeeping coach Paul Gerrard Fitness coach Ben Rome Physiotherapist Alex Dalton Club doctor Dr Tim Douglas

Darren Ferguson impressive in both those games. They have real energy and a front two who are a real handful, but we know every game at this point in the season is going to be tough.

Last Saturday’s draw at Crawley was frustrating because I don’t think we played badly, we just came up against a keeper who would not be beaten. Had we converted one of our changes in the first half we would probably have gone on and won comfortably, but four points from two tough away games leaves us in a good place going into two fixtures at home. We have to keep working hard to maintain our average of two points per game, which we are confident would be enough to secure a successful season.

As supporters, you have been brilliant with us this season. You have backed us in numbers at away games, got behind us and been patient when neccesary. You have a big role in helping us in these final games of the season.

With no midweek fixture we have also been able to get some rest into the players, have a few light sessions earlier in the week and freshen them up.

Today is our Junior Takeover Day, and I look forward to working with young Giovanni who is going to be joining me as junior first-team manager. This is a unique part of Club Doncaster, and I hope Giovanni and all the youngsters who are helping us stage a matchday today have a memorable day. Enjoy the game.

Cheltenham are a really good side and will provide a real test today. I watched them against Luton Town and Carlisle United recently and they were very

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Good afternoon, and welcome back to the Keepmoat Stadium. I’d like to welcome Gary Johnson, as well as the supporters, players, staff and directors of Cheltenham Town.

Gavin Baldwin Good afternoon and welcome back to the Keepmoat Stadium for the visit of Cheltenham Town. I’d like to welcome the directors, fans, players and staff of the visitors and wish them a safe trip home after the game. Today marks the start of two home games in quick succession, and your backing can make a real difference.

Our home form this season has been fantastic, and with six of our 11 remaining games of the season taking place right here we know that maintaining that – and hopefully completing the campaign without a home league defeat – would set us up for the promotion we aspire to achieve. This week we confirmed our pre-season trip to Thailand will take place in the

I have already visited Bangkok, along with our head of commercial Andrew Whitham, and am confident we will be able to put together a trip to remember for players and fans alike. I’d also like to congratulate the Dons, Club Doncaster’s rugby league side, whose first two home games of the season have brought wins – over Myton Warriors in the Challenge Cup and Coventry Bears in Kingstone Press League One. They have a few tough away games to come, but I am sure they will build on these victories. Enjoy the game.

Gavin

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I am sure the fantastic support at Cambridge and Crawley over our past two games played a big part in us collecting four points.

summer of 2018. We had originally looked to make the trip this summer, but putting it back a year means we can make sure all our footballing requirements are met. It also means we can offer a greater range of packages for supporters.

CLUB DONCASTER FOUNDATION WHO’S WHO

Foundation

Chair of trustees STUART HIGHFIELD Trustees GAVIN BALDWIN, NIGEL BREWSTER,

JUNIOR Takeover Day

JO DRAPIER, NATALIE SHAW, ALLAN STEWART, RUPERT SUCKLING, LINDA TULLY, JOHN WALLBANK Chief executive JIM LORD CLUB DONCASTER SPORTS COLLEGE Principal ADI TURNPENNY Deputy principals JOE BURTON, BEN THOMPSON Head of quality assurance DANIEL JENNINGS Sports lecturers WILL BIGGS, CRAIG COLLINS MARK ELLAMES, EMMA HARRISON Academy co-ordinator TIM RYAN Teaching assistant/ Academy coaching team ERIC RANDERSON IAN DABELL, PATRICK QUEEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION Head of community JOHN DAVIS NCS programme manager JAN BUDTZ Community officers

Today’s game against Cheltenham Town marks our annual Junior Takeover Day, allowing children across the Doncaster Borough the once in a lifetime opportunity to assist match day staff. As part of Club Doncaster Foundation’s exclusive coaching and engagement package offered to partner schools, children have the chance to apply for a range of roles including groundsman, community coach and even a first team player. They will then shadow their selected professional during the build up and receive a complimentary ticket to stay for the match too including an extra ticket for an adult accompanying them for the day. Community co-ordinator, Heather King is excited for the day after a very successful event last year. She said:“The kids all love Junior Takeover Day; it brings them closer to the action than they would have every dreamed and lets them experience something unforgettable.” “Because there’s so many different roles that they can apply for, it caters for everyone’s interests and aspirations and the experience is a wonderful motivation for them. “Last year was a huge success and this year we hope to emulate it and make sure all the children and their parents/guardians have a brilliant day.” Junior Takeover Day is just one of the many exclusive opportunities for Club Doncaster Foundation partner schools. You can find out more information by contacting Dean on dean.sharp@clubdoncasterfoundation.co.uk or by phoning 01302 764663. Rovers player Matty Blair visited some of the kids taking over today - watch at www.YouTube.com/DoncasterRoversOfficial

TOM FOY, NICK GILLOTT, DEAN SHARP Operation co-ordinator STEPH FERRABY Media and communications co-ordinator SOPHIE SCARGILL Community co-ordinators RAJVEEN BASI, LEANNE BATEMAN, MARK COOPER, SCOTT COPELAND, KELLY JACKSON, HEATHER KING, DANNY HERRING Community coaches LAUREN CUTTELL, RICHARD HARFORD Foundation administrator

K I N D LY S U P P O R T E D B Y F I R S T

AARON BEDFORD Apprentices TOMMY COOPER, JOE FIRBANK, JOSH GELDER, BEN WATERS

CLUB DONCASTER FOUNDATION PROUD PARTNERS

DONCASTER KICKS Cup Club Doncaster Foundation were proud to host the Doncaster Kicks Cup at the Keepmoat Stadium

Foundation’s flagship programmes, bringing sports sessions into the local communities outside of school time.

Teams from across the Doncaster Borough gathered to compete for the chance to head to the National Kicks finals representing Doncaster Rovers FC.

A team of experienced and interactive coaches from the Foundation lead on the sessions that span throughout the Doncaster Borough.

Victorious were Balby Kicks, who beat Edlington Kicks in the final after an impressive group stage.

He said: “Me and my mates go to Balby kicks every Friday night and really enjoy it. It’s a great session and good to get together socially.” “The tournament was really good today; there were some hard teams and a good standard overall so we’re buzzing to win it and get to t he regional finals.” “I’d recommend Kicks to anyone it’s a great thing to be involved with.” Doncaster Kicks is one of Club Doncaster

“Every teams from across Doncaster have done themselves proud today; it’s a brilliant day and the standard has been really high. Every game has been competitive and it just goes to show how much Doncaster Kicks sessions across the Borough are progressing.” “It’s great to see the sportsman ship too, Balby have been gracious winners and every player from every team here today received a complimentary ticket for the Doncaster Rovers game straight after, which I hope they all enjoyed!” To find out more information about our Kicks sessions or to get involved contact Mark on mark.cooper@clubdoncasterfoundation.co.uk or 01302 764663.

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AJ Hall is a Kicks participant at Balby Kicks and relished in the opportunity to win the tournament.

Community co-ordinator for Doncaster PL Kicks, Mark Cooper was delighted with the outcome of the day. He said:

Club Doncaster FOUNDATION Club Doncaster Foundation were delighted to

Acting principal Jane Gaunt was also in attendance

donate a bike to Outwood Academy Danum, helping

and hopes that the prize of a brand new mountain

them acknowledge their dedicated students.

bike will inspire the rest of her students to improve their own attendance and behaviour.

Every student with impeccable behaviour and 100 per cent attendance throughout the term were put

She said: ”It’s a great achievement to achieve 100%

into a prize draw to receive the bike, and victorious

attendance so the students really do deserve to be

was Daniel Boyd who was presented with the bike

recognised.

during assembly. “It’s been proven that a student can drop a grade for

The donation becomes the start of a blossoming

every 5 per cent of dropped attendance and that can

partnership between the school and Club Doncaster

be the difference between getting into their

Foundation, with the aim to increase attendance and

preferred college and not.

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behaviour while also promoting CDF’s bike library. ”I think it’s a fantastic incentive because there’s In attendance to help present Daniel the bike was

quite a lot of depravation in this area so there might

Councillor John Mounsey, who was delighted with

be cases where students can’t afford to buy a bike.

the donation. “We have a real culture in the school of students He said: “I’m really grateful to Club Doncaster

coming on bikes so it makes a huge difference

Foundation for buying and donating the bike

and I think now that they know about the bike

because attendance is vital especially when you get

library, a lot more will be using it more regularly.”

to the latter stages of school life, the pupils really need to be in every day.

To find out more information about Club Doncaster Foundation’s bike library, contact Scott Copeland

“I’d like to think that this will now act as an incentive

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for the rest of the school to know that not only are

scott.copeland@clubdoncasterfoundation.co.uk.

they bettering their education for being in every day but also they can be rewarded for it. “The bike library is a wonderful idea; to be able to borrow a bike whenever you want for however long you want is fantastic – I hope the students take advantage of that.”

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DEFENDER

ALCOCK

Craig

Craig ALCOCK MIDFIELD DYNAMO The Royal Marines’ loss is Doncaster Rovers’ gain. Craig Alcock left school with the intention of following his father’s footsteps and serving in the military. Fate intervened, though, and the opportunity to join Yeovil Town’s part-time youth team while studying at sixth form eventually lured him into professional football. The 29-year-old from Truro does not have the normal footballer’s background of years in an academy system, but did enough to catch the eye of then Glovers boss Gary Johnson – now in charge of today’s opponents Cheltenham Town – to find himself mixing with the first-team at Huish Park.

“I did a Royal Marines course before I even started

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football, when I finished college. Being an officer in the Marines was the first thing I wanted to be, my dad was in the Navy so I wanted to follow in his footsteps, and it was when I was 18 or 19 I ended up going into football,” he says. “I wasn’t with any club as a schoolboy - I was at sixth form and joined Yeovil Town. We didn’t have an academy, just a schoolboy side which trained once a week on Thursday and played on Saturday. I was fortunate enough that Gary Johnson, who was manager at the time, gave me a chance. “He brought me in a couple of times to training to mix with the first-team. I wasn’t with them as much as I’d have liked, but Gary was brilliant for Yeovil and I have a lot of respect for what he did with them.” While Alcock’s professional career may have ended his hopes of serving in Her Majesty’s Naval Service, he still hopes to find a route into something similar when he hangs up his boots. “I’m probably a bit old for it, but I certainly want to keep active and I’d hate to be kept indoors,” he says. “So I could join the police or Territorial Army, or something

It was frustrating because it was so close to the start of the season, I’d had a good pre-season and the lads were doing well. I had to work hard to get back in, but that’s a testament to how good a squad we have.

like that. I’d drive my missus insane if I was around the

and we get the right result, that’s all that matters,” he

house.”

saus.

Craig’s time at Yeovil ran from 2004 until 2011, and saw

“Niall has been different class this season and he has

him make more than 100 competitive appearances before

shown how versatile he is by moving across the backline

moving on to Peterborough United in 2011.

and now in midfield.

Rovers provided Craig with a second chance to work with

“It has been nice playing, it is much better playing than

Darren Ferguson, having spent three seasons playing

sitting watching, but at the end of the day we have a good

under him at London Road.

squad and sometimes you have to be patient. The competition is there and you have t o push everyone so if

“It was nice from my point of view to know what he was

you do well you keep the shirt.”

about, and know what he wanted,” he says. Four points from trips to Cambridge and Crawley mean Rovers sit top of the table with 11 games to go, with a

in football you can always improve, I think it has shown

comfortable gap to fourth.

even with the likes of Copps that the manager can give him a new lease of life.

Rovers were disappointed not to claim all three points at Crawley last Saturday, but Craig knows the one that came

“The gaffer is really thorough and gives you all the tools

from the goalless draw was another towards promotion.

you need before you cross that white line.” “We created a lot of chances, which is important, but at the Craig was clearly motivated by righting the wrongs of the

end of the day it’s disappointing and it’s important we pick

summer’s relegation, but a serious injury in pre-season

ourselves up,” he adds.

meant he could not feature in a competitive game this campaign until November.

“It was one of those days for us, I think the most important thing is we didn’t lose the game, and last season we would

“It is part and parcel of football, you just have to get on

have done. We stuck at it and, although 0-0 is not a

with it and make sure you come back fitter and stronger

fantastic result, it’s a point closer to where we want to be.

and it can have a positive influence,” says Craig. “We’re top of the league and chalking off the games now “It was frustrating because it was so close to the start of

trying to make sure we are in the strongest position

the season, I’d had a good pre-season and the lads were

possible. There is nothing better than making your home

doing well. I had to work hard to get back in, but that’s a

ground a fortress, which gives us confidence for these two

testament to how good a squad we have.”

games.

Alcock now looks settled in the side, playing at left-back

“It gets the crowd behind you and hopefully gets people in

in the past two games with Niall Mason moving into a

knowing we’ve done well at home. There is a real feelgood

defensive midfield role.

factor and it’s a great place to be around. The fans have been really good this year, and hopefully we can give them

“I don’t mind where I play as long as I am helping the team

a good party at the end of it.”

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“He always wants to improve. No matter what you’ve done

AWAY TEAM CHELTENHAM TOWN

The GAFFER Nathan JONES

Managerial CAREER

TOP STOPPER

01 | SCOTT BROWN

Top stopper Scott Brown came through the youth structure at Wycombe Wanderers, but he failed to make a single appearance for the Chairboys, after signing his professional deal. He left to join League of Wales side Welshpool Town in 2003, only spending a season with the Lilywhites before moving back to England to sign for Bristol City. Brown could not force his way into the starting XI at Ashton Gate and found himself on the move once again, his next port of call would be Cheltenham Town.

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The keeper spent nine years at Whodden Road, pulling on the Cheltenham jersey over 250 times before heading up to Scotland to join Aberdeen in 2014. He made his debut for the Dons in a 4-0 win against Livingston in a Scottish League Cup fixture, he became an important part of the sides League campaign, which saw them comfortably qualify for the Europa League. Brown returned to Wycombe at the beginning of the 2016/17 season but was sent out on loan a few months after his arrival, heading to non-league side Eastleigh and now of Sky Bet League Two side Cheltenham Town.

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Midfield maestro Kyle Storer spent the early part of his youth days playing for Leicester City before being released by the club in 2003. Storer joined non-league side Bedworth Town at the start of the 2003/04 season, where he spent a singular season before moving onto Tamworth. He was loaned out to fellow non-league side Hinkley United in 2005 before returning to Tamworth, Storer became a pivotal player in the midfield for the Lambs, before joining his former loan side Hinkley a few seasons later. After spending a few seasons at a handful of clubs in the lower leagues of English football, Storer found himself playing for Kidderminster Harries. During his four seasons at the club he made over 120 appearances and found the net on more than 15 occasions, his next destination was north Welsh side Wrexham. He only spent a season with the Dragons before signing on the dotted line with Cheltenham at the start of the 2015/16 season.

MIDFIELD MAESTRO

04 | KYLE STORER

Cheltenham Town manager Gary Johnson was appointed Robins manager towards the end of the 2014/15 season, the club did not survive relegation that season despite Johnson’s best efforts. He was granted more time at Whaddon Road and he duly delivered, as his side were promoted as champions to Sky Bet League Two, at the first time of asking. During his early years of management Johnson plied his trade with Cambridge United, Kettering Town, Latvia and non-league side Newmarket Town before joining Yeovil Town in 2001. In his first season at Huish Park, Johnson was an instant hit, winning the FA Trophy Vase before achieving promotion to the Football League as champions. He went on to lead the Glovers to promotion once again two seasons later before leaving to join Bristol City in 2005. The 61-year-old continued to add trophies to his ever-growing cabinet, achieving promotion from League One with Bristol City, and later on with Yeovil Town on his return to the club.

05 | AARON DOWNES

DEFENSIVE ROCK Australian-born defender Aaron Downes began his career in England after emigrating in 2003, he spent two seasons with non-league side Hampton & Richmond and Frickley Athletic before signing for Chesterfield in 2004. In his third season with the Spirerites he was rewarded with a new contract and he was also handed the captain’s armband after the previous holder Mark Allott joined Oldham Athletic. He was an integral part of the Chesterfield defence before leaving to join south coast Torquay United in 2012.

The defensive rock became Gary Johnson’s first signing of his reign at Whaddon Road, although a knew injury kept him out for a large part of the 2015/16 season, Downes also lead the side back to the Football League.

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Originally from Norwich, Wright began his footballing career with nearby Dereham Town of the East Counties Football League and transferred to Histon on deadline day. The deadly striker produced a moment of magic, when his goal knocked out Football League side Swindon Town in one of the shocks of the FA Cup that season. He joined at-the-time Conference Premier League side Cambridge United, Wright was the top scorer for the U’s in his first and only season before joining Wrexham. The forward scored in each of the two legs as the Dragon’s reached the FA Trophy final, he played the whole game and even managed to score a penalty as Wrexham dispatched fellow Conference Side on penalties at Wembley. He has also played for Forest Green Rovers, Gateshead and Kidderminster Harriers before signing for Gary Johnson’s Cheltenham Town at the beginning of the 2015/16 season.

09 | DANNY WRIGHT

DEADLY STRIKER

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Downes was named the Gulls’ Player of the Season at the end of his first season at Plainmoor, he also signed a new deal with the side to extend his contract by a further two seasons.

HE PLAYED FOR BOTH

Steve BROOKER Forward Steve Brooker spent majority of his playing career with Port Vale and Bristol City making more than 100 appearances with both sides. He began his career with Watford, before signing on a permanent deal with the Valiants after helping the club lift the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy in 2001.

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Brooker was awarded Bristol City’s Player of the Season at the end of the 2005/2006 campaign, and a year later he was part of the Robins side that was promoted to the Championship. Brooker played for both Cheltenham Town and Doncaster Rovers during 2008, before signing for the latter on a permanent in 2009. He left two seasons later for non-league Buxton, he would end his career with the Bucks.

Neil GRAYSON

LEGEND, WHERE ARE THEY NOW

Neil Grayson began his life as a footballer with non-league side Rowntree Mackintosh, where he scored 27 goals in 44 appearances, which earned him a moved to Doncaster Rovers. He spent a singular season at Belle Vue, which saw him find the back of the net on six occasions before moving onto Boston United, Chesterfield, Gateshead and York City in the space of a three year window. During his time at Northampton, he became a record holder, scoring the fastest hat-trick in the Cobblers’ history - against Hartlepool. He also helped the side win promotion from Division Three via the play-offs. Grayson joined Cheltenham in 1998, and would go on to spend four seasons with the club. He was instrumental in the Robins’ promotion to the Football League, the highlight of that season for Grayson was scoring a spectacular goal against Morecambe.

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Hello everyone, Welcome to our Junior Takeover Day as we take on Cheltenham Town. It is fantastic having you all with us taking on jobs with our grounds team, announcer, first team manager etc. I have done my own takeover, check my photos out! I always have lots of fun and with only 5 home games left after today we have to keep making lots of noise for the lads. I had to close my eyes with the win down in Cambridge, but I soon jumped for joy at the final whistle in my kennel. Don’t forget next Tuesday we are back home again against Notts County – come on you Reds!

Donny DOg Lost your friends or family? If you become separated just find your nearest steward – they are the people wearing bright orange jackets – and they will help you find them!

Donny’s Score Prediction

Erik’s Predic

2-0 3-1 Score

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Enjoy the game!

REPORT

Youth Team Fixtures and Results AUGUST Sat 06 Sat 13 Sat 20 Sat 27

H A H H

Lincoln City W 2-1 Grimsby Town W 5-1 Oldham Athletic L 0-2 Scunthorpe United (YA Cup) L 1-3

Chesterfield

Rovers

Our Under 18s have had no league matches for the past two weekends. Therefore we took the opportunity to arrange to friendlies against Chesterfield and Mansfield in which we played only first year apprentices, the under 16 players who have accepted apprenticeships for the next two years and also a couple of trialists.

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SEPTEMBER Sat 03 A Sat 10 H Sat 17 H

York City Burnley (YA Cup) Scunthorpe United

L 2-4 W 1-0 L 0-1

OCTOBER Sat 01 Sat 08 Sat 22 Sat 29

Mansfield Town Notts County Accrington Stanley Bradford City

L 0-1 W 4-1 L 4-1 L 0-1

NOVEMBER Tue 01 A Sat 05 A Sat 19 H

Tranmere (FA Youth Cup) Hartlepool United Chesterfield

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

The game against Chesterfield saw a performance full of determination and spells of play that had a real identity with how we want our players to play. The outcome was a 1-0 win and a great learning tool for this group.

DECEMBER Sat 03 H Sat 09 A

Rotherham United Burton Albion

W 4-3 L 2-1

Against Mansfield the same group recovered from a poor five minute spell, and consequently going 2-0 down, to draw 4-4.

JANUARY Sat 07 A Sat 14 A Sat 28 A

Mansfield Town Notts County Bradford City

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

FEBRUARY Sat 11 H Sat 18 A

Hartlepool United Chesterfield

D 2-2 L 2-1

MARCH Sat 11 Sat 25

H A

Burton Albion Lincoln City

11am 11am

APRIL Sat 01 Sat 08 Sat 14 Sat 22 Sat 29

H A A H A

Grimsby Town Oldham Athletic Rotherham United York City Scunthorpe United

11am 11am 11am 11am 11am

H H A H

All fixtures Youth Alliance North-East unless stated

IThe games themselves were excellent exercises as we look towards next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youth team group and further developing their understanding of our expectations at this level.

Again there were a lot of positives from the game with some excellent performances from our U16 players, while Danny Amos gave a very assured performance and James Morris continued his recent run of goals with two more. In addition it was great to see a very composed performance from one of our U15 prospects for the final 30 minutes of the game. ROVERS XI | Leverton, Walker, Barker, Dunnet, Amos, Fletcher, James, Prior, Overton, Henderson, Morris. BENCH | Gooden, Scattergood, Bingley

Kieran SCARFF I am very much enjoying the ever strengthening link between the Academy and the Club Doncaster Sports College. The basis of this link will be a much more visible process of their U18 college side being a formal shadow squad at youth team level. This process will see myself, Paul Stancliffe and John Schofield take the college squadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coaching sessions on a regular basis to ensure we develop relationships and an understanding of the potential within the college squad.

This is another positive example of the opportunities that can be provided and supported across the company. Both Tim and Adi Turnpenny (Sports College Principal) have been excellent to work with and we are all looking forward to pushing this partnership further forward and providing wider opportunities for players in both squads. Good luck to the gaffer, staff and players in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game

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I fully expect this to create opportunities for players. In addition, Tim Ryan (who coaches the college side) will observe

and support the coaching of our youth team players on a frequent basis to ensure he is fully aware of the standard of player in front of the shadow squad.

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Club NEWS Club Doncaster employees Nicola Moran and Andrew

Amsterdam is one of the biggest charitable rides in the

Whitham will be taking on the Football to Amsterdam

country and we are proud to be doing our bit to make

challenge on behalf on the club in June.

the difference. It’s great that the club are getting involved in such a great cause.”

The pair face the biggest ride in football, a massive

145-mile bike trip to the Dutch capital joining

Club Doncaster Foundation’s Cycle to Health

like-minded fans and familiar faces from the football

co-ordinator Scott Copeland has also offered his hand to

world such as Les Ferdinand, Terry Butcher and Simon

the pair, creating tailored diet and gym plans to make

Grayson.

sure they are in peak physical condition.

Backed by the English Football League and League

He commented: “The nutritional side of their plan will

Managers Association, the nation-wide event will help

prove hugely beneficial; they need to be fuelling their

raise vital funds for Prostate Cancer UK.

bodies with the right food to get through the massive

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task of cycling 145 miles. Excited at the challenge ahead of her, Nicola said, “As much as this is a personal challenge to me, I wanted to

“They also have access to our bike library, which is great

take part in the event after watching colleagues from

to try and test the different bikes available. Anyone can

the club participate over the years.”

access the library through our website which is clubdoncasterfoundation.co.uk.”

“I train quite a lot but felt this would be a great challenge to take part in, a chance to meet new people

The pair now face four months of intense training, so

and raise money for a great cause at the same time.”

are asking for fans to help support them by donating via www.justgiving.com/fundraising/NicandAndrewDRFC

Don Valley cycle shop, based in Doncaster, have been inspired by the pair’s enthusiasm for the event and have assisted in the purchasing of the bikes that will be used to make the journey to Amsterdam. The shop have also helped sponsor the bespoke cycle shirts that have been created for the ride, which are designed to replicate the home shirt of Doncaster Rovers FC. Storeowner Martin Maltby is delighted to be able to aid Nicola and Andrew’s journey. He said: “Football to

Don’t miss the biggest ride and party in football this season! FOOTBALL TO AMSTERDAM 2017 is Prostate Cancer UK’s end of season football fundraiser. • Join 500 football fans and legends of the game in raising money to fight a disease killing one man every hour. • It’s a two day pedal-powered pilgrimage before a celebratory night out in Amsterdam to finish. Now’s the time to speak to the team at Prostate Cancer UK and make sure your club join the biggest ride (and party) in football this season.

Help stop prostate cancer being a killer. Find out more: Call 0800 082 1616 or visit prostatecanceruk.org/amsterdam

Football to Amsterdam is an unforgettable weekend. Great camraderie and banter - and all to raise money for a great cause. The night out in Amsterdam was pretty good too! Terry Butcher, Ipswich Town

Prostate Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SC039332). Registered company number 02653887.

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Commercial Notes MATCH SPONSOR

MATCHBALL SPONSOR

ASSOCIATE MATCH SPONSOR

Good afternoon. After a couple of weeks break

Associate match sponsors are John Hill Associates.

from home fixtures, the games come thick and

John Hill Associates was formed in 1994 to provide a

fast this with a quick turnaround before Notts

comprehensive range of architectural, building

County visit on Tuesday night. The Legends’

surveying and project management services. They are

Lounge atmosphere improves every week and we

a private practice and deal with building surveying,

hope to see you all back here at the game on

commercial property, project management, surveys

Tuesday night. The atmosphere is fantastic week

and much more.

in week out and your support has been nothing Our match ball sponsors are Signum FM. Primarily

really is great to be a part of it.

based in Doncaster they manage more than 50 contractors, enabling them to work nationwide with

Today’s match sponsors are Cromwell Tools. They

an extensive range of clients. Constructionline, Altius

are a well established throughout the UK in the

and CHAS accredited, Signum guarantee any work

supply of engineering consumable products, tools

undertaken will meet acceptable standards of health

and industrial supplies and have become known as

and safety, giving companies confidence in our work,

the UK’s largest independent distributor. Cromwell

no matter how big or small the job. They have

Tools have expanded significantly during the last

excellent relationships with customers built on trust

ten years with a very strong presence throughout

and honesty, always delivering on promises.

Yorkshire and the Humber.

Richard Spalding from 8point8 with Legends’ Club Man of the Match for Luton, Matty Blair

Match sponsors One Call Insurance chose Craig Alcock as their Man of the Match V Luton

Match ball sponsors Think4Wellbeing are pictured here at the Luton game with Craig Alcock

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short of amazing as the season has progressed, it

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Doncaster Rovers 2 Accrington Stanley 2

(Rowe 20, Marquis 58) (McCarten 4, Edwards 81)

Saturday 25th February 2017 |Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster | Sky Bet League Two | Attnd: 5,272 (231 AWAY) ROVERS XI: Lawlor, Mason, Alcock, Butler, Rowe, Blair, Middleton, Grant, Coppinger (C) (Baudry), May (Williams), Marquis. UNUSED SUBS | Etheridge, Keegan, Evina, McSheffrey, Longbottom. BOOKED | Mason.

STANLEY XI: Rodak, Pearson, Hughes, Clark, Brown (Edwards), McCarten, Clare (Husin), Boco (Shaw), Conneely (C) Kee, Rodgers. UNUSED SUBS | Chapman, Davies, Sykes, Gornell. BOOKED | McCarten, Hughes, Pearson.

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Cambridge United 2 Doncaster Rovers 3

(Maris 78, Berry 90) (Rowe 18, Baudry 23, Marquis 71pen)

Tuesday 28th February 2017|Cambs Glass Stadium, Cambridge| Sky Bet League Two | Attnd: 4,236 (410 AWAY) CAMBRIDGE XI: Norris, Taylor, Dunne (McDonagh), Roberts, Legge (c), Mingoia, Berry, Williamson (Elito), O'Neil, Maris, Carroll (Dunk). UNUSED SUBS | Gregory, Wharton, Lewis, Davis.

ROVERS XI: Lawlor, Alcock, Baudry, Butler, Mason, Blair, Grant (Keegan), Rowe, Coppinger (c) (Middleton), May (Williams), Marquis. UNUSED SUBS | Etheridge, McSheffrey, Evina, Longbottom.

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WLEY TOWN FC CRA WEST

SSEX

NOLI CEDERE

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Crawley Town 0 Doncaster Rovers 0

(Akinde 13) (Baudry 31, Marquis 35, 81)

Saturday 04th March 2017 | Checkatrade Stadium, Crawley | Sky Bet League Two | Attnd: 2,417 (594 AWAY) CRAWLEY XI: Morris, Young, Payne, Connolly, Boldewijn, Smith (c), Clifford (Murphy), Collins, McNerney, Lelan, Cox. UNUSED SUBS | Mersin, Yorwerth, Bawling, Djalo, Henderson. BOOKED |McNerney, Smith, Boldewijn.

ROVERS XI: Lawlor, Alcock, Baudry, Butler, Mason, Blair, Grant, Rowe, Coppinger (c) (McSheffrey), May (Williams), Marquis. UNUSED SUBS |Etheridge, E vina, Beestin, Longbottom, Middleton. BOOKED | Baudry, Alcock.

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THE RECORD BREAKERS: DONCASTER ROVERS 70 YEARS AGO. Part 18 - By John Coyle

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The thaw that flooded the pitch at Boothferry Park had spread to Doncaster with some unfortunate consequences. Hexthorpe Flatts were left under two feet of water while residents in Toll Bar found themselves cut off by rising floods. The War Office dispatched two amphibious vehicles to Doncaster to ferry people to safety. Spectators arriving at Rovers’ home fixture with Gateshead on Saturday 22nd March were greeted by a pitch no longer covered in snow but lush and green, albeit soft underfoot. Rovers were unchanged for an eighth successive game. Line up: Archie Ferguson; Harry Tomlinson Bill Corbett; Cecil Stirland, Sid Bycroft, Bob McFarlane; Jackie Kirkaldie, Jackie Thompson, Clarrie Jordan, Paul Todd, Ralph Maddison.

A crowd of 15,481 saw early chances at both ends as first Jordan and then McCormack of Gateshead shot wide when well placed. Rovers took the lead after 19 minutes when Maddison crossed, Jordan flicked on and

Thompson fired past Dawson. A minute later Rovers had doubled their lead with their 100th League goal of the campaign. Jordan latched onto a ball from Maddison and beat Jackie THOMSON McDougall before firing into the corner of the net. On 38 minutes Jordan scored his second and Rovers’ third, finishing emphatically after good interplay between Todd and Kirkaldie. Rovers led 3-0 at the break and rather disappointed their followers in the second Clarrie half by failing to turn their JORDAN clear advantage into further goals. The closest they came was when Kirkaldie had a shot cleared off the line by Bell. Rotherham, who played their first match for a month, also won so Rovers’ lead remained at eleven points. There was an unpleasant incident after the game as the players left the pitch. The crowd swarmed around the home tunnel, hoping to applaud their heroes. A wall was knocked over and the referee, Mr Porter, and a ten year old boy suffered injuries that required hospital treatment. Others including Maddison and Stirland suffered minor injuries from

the falling brickwork. Although the incident was reported to the FA no action was taken other than the wall being rebuilt.

The Division Three (North) table made good reading for Rovers fans after the win at Hartlepool. Rovers had 57 points from 32 games, meaning they had dropped only seven points all season. Their only realistic challengers were local rivals Rotherham United, who had 46 points from 29. Like Rovers they had carried on where they left off after being thwarted by the icy weather, and their 4-0 win over Carlisle United was their fifth in succession. The busy Easter programme was coming up, and with all teams playing three games in four days, it promised to be of great importance.

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A week later Rovers took on another team from the north-east, travelling to Victoria Park to face Hartlepools United. Again Sid Rovers were unchanged BYCROFT as they sought a ninth win in succession. They found their opponents in lively form and Hartlepools enjoyed much of the possession, but with Bycroft marshalling the defence superbly, the visitors were seldom troubled. Rovers took the lead after 35 minutes with a superbly crafted goal. Kirkaldieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jackie KIRKALDIE pass sent Jordan away down the right flank. He cut inside, beat the full-back and drew goalkeeper Heywood out of position before sending over a delicate lob which was finished off in style by Todd. Rovers led 1-0 at the interval and doubled their Paul advantage during the TODD second half. Some

delightful interplay between Todd and Thompson set up Jordan who placed the ball into the home net in clinical fashion. Rovers had indeed secured their ninth win on the bounce.

Doncaster

BELLES

The Belles put in a hard fought display as they beat local rivals Sheffield FC to progress into the fifth round of the FA Women's Cup and earn a trip to Chelsea. One goal was enough for the Belles to secure victory over Sheffield and that was thanks to Courtney Sweetman-Kirk's penalty. This was the Belles first competitive game of 2017 after reaching the fourth round due to receiving a walkover after Watford Ladies conceded the tie. Emma Coates' side were on top from the off with Sophie Barker and Kirsty Hanson testing Sheffield keeper Juliana Draycott.

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The Belles continued to turn the screw and were able to unlock the defence time after time with striker Courtney Sweetman-Kirk going close on several occasions. The striker being judged to have pushed a Sheffield defender before heading into the net. It was in controversial fashion that the Belles took the lead. A floated cross caused a collision between two players with the Sheffield defender accused of handling the ball deliberately. Referee Law Bik Chi had no hesitation and pointed to the spot. Sweetman-Kirk stood up and slotted her penalty past Draycott. Sheffield worked relentlessly to find an equaliser before half time but the Belles kept them at bay, forcing the home side to shoot from range.

Belles beat local rivals Sheffield FC TO PROGRESS

Belles started the brighter of the two in the second half in which saw chances for either side few and far between. Hanson continued to impress on her Belles bow, but she could only fire high and wide. Sheffield went close with two efforts from Ellie Gilliatt who endeavoured on two mazy runs but the returning Nicky Davies was able to keep her out twice. The Welsh keeper was called into action again with Natasha Flint prodding towards goal but the Bellesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; new keeper was down low to smother her attempt. Former Sheffield player Barker had the chance to wrap up the game late on but for a brilliant challenge from Carla Ward, before Sweetman-Kirk failed to put the game to bed after Draycott was caught up field following a corner. A professional second half from Emma Coatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; side who dug in to book a place in the FA Women's Cup fifth round. Fifth round draw: Notts County Ladies vs Yeovil Town Ladies Liverpool Ladies vs Everton Ladies Arsenal Ladies vs Tottenham Hotspur Ladies Sunderland Ladies vs Aston Villa Ladies Birmingham City Ladies vs West Bromwich Albion Women Bristol City Women vs Millwall Lionesses Manchester City Women vs Reading FC Women Chelsea Ladies vs Doncaster Rovers Belles

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Rovers Family

Doncaster Rovers Supporters Club Good afternoon, and a warm welcome to all the Cheltenham Town fans who have made the long journey up from Gloucestershire for today’s game. Let’s hope for a victory, after two home draws to keep the promotion charge going hope they have an enjoyable day with us. Many of us remember Town derailing our automatic promotion at Whaddon Road a few years back, we needed to win to get automatic, but we got pushed into the play-offs… and we all know what happened there.

or call into the shop situated in the Club Doncaster Academy (away end).

We had a fantastic victory down at Cambridge 3-2, but, like the Stevenage game, we were left hanging on at the end, credit to the 410 Rovers fans who made the trip, on a Tuesday night, loud and proud. I hope the 90 or so fans who went on the weekend trip to Eastbourne for the Crawley, had a fantastic time, despite the weather.

Rovers till we die Paul Mayfield

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We shall be running coaches to Leyton Orient on Saturday March 18 departing Retford at 8.40am, Harworth 8.50am, Bawtry 8.55am, Rossington 9am, Punches 9.05am, Infirmary 9.15am and the Keepmoat Stadium at 9..30am. A bus will also leave Wilfreda’s yard at 8.45am. Fares £22 adult, £20 concessions. This is followed by a trip down the road to Grimsby on Saturday April 1 – our bus times are Retford 10am, Harworth 10.10am, Bawtry/Rossington 10.15am, Punches 10.20am, Infirmary 10.30am and Keepmoat 10.45am. There is also a bus from Wilfreda’s yard dep 10am. Fares £13 adults, £12 concessions, please call Paul on 07961727769 or Len on 01302 817347. Book ASAP. Our North branch also run coaches to away games from Adwick, Carcroft and the A19 corridor, call Steve on 0778-316923. Please give the North branch a try if you live in these areas. The Retford Branch Annual Dinner dance and End of season awards night will be held at the Mount Pleasant on Friday May 12, 7.30pm arrival for 8pm start, tickets prices at £25, for a three course meal. We are also providing free transport from Barnby Dun, Armthorpe, Branton, Adwick, and A19 corridor, Infirmary, Waterdale, Rossington and Harworth. Area’s players and management will be attending. Call Paul for more details. The Supporters Club have taken stock of some new Rovers SC badges, priced at £3, hoping to have some in the shop from today. Or see Paul at the away games,

Don’t forget you can save for your season ticket by joining the Supporters Club saving scheme, you can put as much or as little as you can afford each week to make it easier to save for a season ticket, call into the Supporters Club shop on match days, or call Len on 01302 817347. I’d also like to wish Len a speedy recovery from a recent operation. Enjoy the game

Viking Supporters Co-Operative Last month’s Meet the Owners event in the Legends‘ Lounge at the Keepmoat Stadium was the latest in a long line of events at DRFC that show that fan engagement at DRFC is certainly very much in the DNA of the club. The bi-annual Meet the Owners nights have always been well attended and (despite three relegations in the past five years and two failed takeover bids) in the main relatively enjoyable events where occasionally a golden nugget of information is given out by one of the top table and questions are asked by the fans that can result in changes by the club too. The concept of Meet the Owners, the formation of a Supporters’ Board, In Rovers We Trust, initial matchday atmosphere working groups which led the way for the creation of The Black Bank within the South Stand and catering working groups are merely the tip of the iceberg. Add to this the Supporters Club meetings scattered around our town where guest speakers or representatives from the club can be found in attendance, the work the Club Doncaster Foundation and Academy are doing in the Doncaster region communities and schools and there is a clear indication of how important growing the fan-ase of DRFC is to the current owners, board and CEO. Bizarrely, it was only at the start of this season that new rules were put in place that meant clubs HAD to engage in structured dialogue with their fans – why do some clubs need telling they have to do this – surely it is simply just good practise to do this? Or are we just lucky? To join the supporters trust of DRFC email membership@drfc-vsc.co.uk, chairman@drfc-vsc.co.uk or secretary@drfc-vsc.co.uk or follow the links on Viking Chat. The VSC board

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PTS

Doncaster

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Plymouth

+15

Portsmouth

+20

Carlisle

Luton

+22

Stevenage

From Your SLO

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and

7 welcome Exeter to the Keepmoat 35 5 4 and a7very 23 Stadium

welcome to the35visiting 8 warm Mansfield 8 fans6from Grimsby 4 27 town – I hope they have had a good journey

9 across Colchester 35a safe 10journey 2 home. 4 and wish them

10 Blackpool

11 The Wycombe 35 games 9 3 been4 support at our recent has

Thank you

with 12 fantastic, Cambridge Utd385 travelling 34 6fans at4 Home8Park 24 last Saturday. I hope to see plenty of you at our

13 upcoming Grimsby next weekend. 35

14 Barnet

Supporters Coaches

15 Keep Morecambe 34 media 6 1 9for my18 an eye on my social accounts

day Town guide for more 16 away Crawley 35 information. 7 4 If you 6 are 20

interested in travelling to the game on our 18 11 Club 2 Coaches 6 33 please 23 contact +15 54 Supporters then Paul 15 Mayfield 5 7on 07961727769 5 16 after 23 6pm. +5 52

21 4 Details 7 8 19 23 +7 51 Contact As please50 19 always 6 if you 6 have6 any questions 25 19 then+17 contact me on the usual SLO social media outlets, 14 5 5 twitter, 9 DRFC 22 SLO31 -1 50 @SLO_DRFC on on Facebook or supporterliaison@doncasterroversfc.co.uk. 25 7 4 5 20 16 +3 47 I hope you all enjoy today’s game. 21

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18 Cheltenham

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19 Crewe

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20 Accrington Stanley

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21 Hartlepool

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22 Notts County

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23 Leyton Orient

-15

24 Newport County

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2016/17 League Scorers for Rovers PLAYER

GOALS

John MARQUIS

Tommy ROWE

Liam MANDEVILLE

Andy WILLIAMS

James COPPINGER

Matty BLAIR

Andy BUTLER

Mathieu BAUDRY

Jordan HOUGHTON

Alfie MAY

*Own goals

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Date

Opp

K/O

Comp

AUGUST Sat 06 Tue 09 Sat 13 Tue 16 Sat 20 Sat 27 Tue 30

Accrington Stanley Nottingham Forest Crawley Town Cambridge United Cheltenham Town Yeovil Town Mansfield Town

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

EFL2 EFLC EFL2 EFL2 EFL2 EFL2 CT

3-2 1-2 1-1 1-0 0-1 4-1 0-2

L L D W W W W

2,647 5,160 4,327 4,768 2,923 4,686 1,461

1240 2,283 133 393 367 167 337

18 13 6 3

Etheridge Marosi Etheridge Marosi Marosi Marosi Etheridge

Butler Blair Blair Lund Lund Lund Fielding

Mason Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright

Lund Butler Butler Butler Butler Butler Evina

Blair Mason Mason Garrett Evina Evina Blair

SEPTEMBER Sat 03 Crewe Alexandra Sat 10 Morecambe Sat 17 Newport County Sat 24 Luton Town Tue 27 Carlisle United

3.00PM 3.00PM 3.00PM 3.00PM 7.45PM

EFL2 EFL2 EFL2 EFL2 EFL2

2-1 1-5 2-0 1-3 2-2

L W W L D

3,830 4,768 5,254 7,917 4,773

520 393 266 554 439

6 4 4 4 3

Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi

Richardson Blair1 Blair Richardson Evina

Butler Evina Evina Evina Butler

Wright Butler1 Butler Butler Wright

Evina Wright Wright Wright Blair

OCTOBER Sat 01 Portsmouth Tue 04 Derby County Sat 08 Barnet Sat 15 Colchester United Sat 22 Blackpool Sat 29 Wycombe Wanderers

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

EFL CT EFL2 EFL2 EFL2 EFL2

2-1 2-2 3-2 1-0 4-2 2-2

W D W W L D

16,950 1,515 4,861 5,007 3,623 5,287

449 94 198 225 1,060

2 2 2 3 3

Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Etheridge

Evina Mason Mason Mason Mason Mason

Butler Wright Butler Butler Baudry Baudry

Wright Baudry Wright Wright Butler Butler

Richardson Evina Evina Evina Evina Evina

NOVEMBER Sat 05 Oldham Tue 08 Port Vale Sat 12 Exeter City Sat 19 Hartlepool United Sat 26 Leyton Orient

3.00PM 7.45PM 3.00PM 3.00PM 3.00PM

FAC CT EFL2 EFL2 EFL2

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

L D W W W

2,984 1,495 3,540 5,009 5,135

3 3 3

Marosi Richardson Etheridge Mason Marosi Mason Marosi Alcock Marosi Alcock

Garratt Evina Butler Baudry Baudry

Wright Alcock Wright Butler Butler

Alcock Baudry Evina Mason Mason

DECEMBER Sat 03 Stevenage Tue 06 Blackpool Sat 10 Plymouth Argyle Sat 17 Grimsby Town Mon 26 Notts County Sat 31 Mansfield Town

3.00PM 7.00PM 3.00PM 12.30PM 3.00PM 12.15PM

EFL2 CT EFL2 EFL2 EFL2 EFL2

3-4 W 2,705 542 1-1(8-7 loss on pens)1,549 99 2-0 L 8,575 385 1-0 W 10,084 4,012 0-1 W 5,828 1,448 1-1 D 5,042 1,618

JANUARY Mon 02 Stevenage Thur 05 Portsmouth Sat 14 Barnet Sat 21 Crewe Alexandra Sat 28 Yeovil Town

3.00PM 7.45PM 3.00PM 3.00PM 3.00PM

EFL2 EFL2 EFL2 EFL2 EFL2

1-0 3-1 1-3 3-1 0-3

W W W W W

5,604 5,568 2,582 5,737 3,627

FEBRUARY Sat 04 Morecambe Fri 10 Newport County Tue 14 Carlisle United Sat 18 Luton Town Sat 25 Accrington Stanley Tue 28 Cambridge United

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

EFL2 EFL2 EFL2 EFL2 EFL2 EFL2

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

W D L D D W

MARCH Sat 04 Sat 11 Tue 14 Sat 18 Sun 26

Crawley Town Cheltenham Town Notts County Leyton Orient Plymouth Argyle

3.00PM 3.00PM 7.45PM 3.00PM 2.45PM

EFL2 EFL2 EFL2 EFL2 EFL2

0-0

APRIL Sat 01 Sat 08 Fri 14 Mon 17 Sat 22 Sat 29

Grimsby Town Mansfield Town Colchester United Blackpool Wycombe Wanderers Exeter City

1.00PM 3.00PM 3.00PM 3.00PM 3.00PM 3.00PM

EFL2 EFL2 EFL2 EFL2 EFL2 EFL2

MAY Sat 06

Hartlepool United

5.30PM

EFL2

1st Sub

Score W/D/L

2nd Sub

Att

3rd Sub

Away Pos

92 332 661 366

3 3 1 3

Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi

Alcock Mason Mason Mason Alcock Alcock

Baudry Wright Alcock Baudry Baudry Baudry

Butler1 Garratt Butler Butler Butler Butler

Mason Evina Baudry Blair Mason Mason

196 669 826 203 332

1 1 1 1 1

Marosi Marosi Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor

Mason Alcock Blair Baudry Blair

Baudry Baudry Butler Butler Butler

Butler Butler Baudry Mason Baudry1

Grant Mason Mason Blair Mason

6,096 2,653 4,527 7,506 5,272 4,236

184 396 400 1,619 231 410

1 1 1 1 1 1

Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor

Mason Alcock Alcock Alcock Mason Alcock

Butler Butler Mason Mason Alcock Baudry1

Baudry Wright Wright Butler Butler Butler

Blair Mason Blair Blair Blair Blair

2,417

594

Lawlor

Alcock

Baudry

Butler

Blair

21 Coppinger Rowe1 Houghton Calder Houghton Garratt Middleton Rowe Calder Houghton Coppinger1 Rowe Houghton Blair Rowe Coppinger Houghton Blair Rowe Coppinger Houghton Blair Rowe Coppinger1 Calder1 Houghton Middleton Mandeville

Williams1 Williams Williams Williams Williams Williams3 Williams

Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis1 Marquis1 Marquis Beestin1

Marosi Middleton Mandeville Evina Wright Etheridge Lund Mandeville1 Evina Coppinger Marosi Lund Mandeville Evina Middleton Etheridge Evina Mandeville Middleton Calder Etheridge Calder Mandeville Middleton Fielding Etheridge Beestin Calder Middleton Mandeville Marosi Longbottom Butler Barker James

Williams Williams 1 Williams Williams Williams

Etheridge Beestin Etheridge Garratt Etheridge Middleton Etheridge Mandeville Etheridge Mandeville

Beestin Beestin Beestin Fielding Pugh Fielding Amos

Houghton Blair Middleton Houghton Middleton Houghton Blair Houghton Houghton Rowe1

Rowe1 Rowe Rowe Rowe Calder

Coppinger Marquis Coppinger1 Marquis2 Coppinger1 Marquis Coppinger1 Marquis Coppinger Marquis1

Blair Houghton Keegan Calder Houghton Blair1 Houghton Blair Houghton Blair Houghton Blair

Rowe Beestin Rowe Rowe1 Rowe1 Calder

Coppinger Marquis1 Middleton Marquis Coppinger1 Mandeville Coppinger Mandeville Middleton Coppinger Rowe1 Coppinger

Williams Etheridge Mandeville1 Etheridge Williams1 Etheridge Marquis Etheridge Marquis Etheridge Marquis1 Jones

Calder Fielding Baudry Baudry Garratt Wright

Baudry Middleton Garratt Keegan Houghton Calder Houghton Blair Houghton1 Blair

Blair Calder Blair Rowe Rowe

Mandeville1 Beestin Marquis Etheridge Beestin Longbottom Mandeville Marosi Coppinger Rowe Marquis2 Etheridge Coppinger Mandeville1 Marquis1 Etheridge Coppinger Mandeville2 Marquis Jones

Butler Walker Alcock Wright Wright

Evina James Baudry Keegan Keegan

Keegan Longbottom Pugh Fletcher Richardson Houghton Keegan Beestin LongbottomMandeville1 Beestin Longbottom Evina Garratt Evina Calder Beestin Longbottom

Coppinger Beestin Coppinger Mandeville1 Mandeville Mandeville1

Beestin Baudry Wright Wright Wright Wright

Evina Houghton Keegan Garratt Middleton Middleton

Calder Wright Keegan Williams Rowe Mandeville Marquis Walker Beestin Calder Middleton Williams Calder Beestin Keegan Longbottom Calder Beestin Keegan Longbottom Calder Beestin Keegan Longbottom

Mason Baudry Middleton 1 Garratt James Longbottom Garratt Middleton Calder Garratt Middleton Calder Wright Keegan Calder Middleton Mandeville Beestin

Beestin Mandeville Amos Scattergood Beestin Longbottom Beestin Longbottom Beestin Mandeville Keegan Garratt

Rowe Middleton Houghton Middleton Blair Blair

Houghton Houghton Houghton Houghton Houghton

Rowe1 Rowe1 Rowe Grant1 Rowe

Blair Grant Grant Rowe1 Grant

Middleton Coppinger Marquis Jones Blair Coppinger Marquis2 Etheridge 2 1 Coppinger Marquis Williams Etheridge Coppinger Williams Marquis1 Etheridge Coppinger Marquis2 Williams Etheridge

Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright

Alcock Middleton Alcock Alcock Alcock

Keegan Keegan Middleton Keegan Keegan

Rowe Rowe Rowe1 Rowe Grant Grant

Williams Grant Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger

Wright Keegan Keegan Wright Wright Evina

Alcock Evina Evina Keegan Keegan Middleton

Keegan Middleton Middleton Walker Middleton McSheffrey Evina Middleton Evina Baudry Keegan McSheffrey

Mandeville Beestin Beestin May May Beestin McSheffrey May1 Williams Longbottom Williams Longbottom

Grant

Coppinger

Evina

Middleton

Beestin McSheffrey

Williams Longbottom

Rowe

Coppinger Marquis1 Etheridge Williams Marquis Etheridge Williams Marquis Etheridge Williams Marquis Etheridge May Marquis1 Etheridge May Marquis1 Etheridfge

May

Marquis Etheridge

Beestin Williams May Beestin Williams May Keegan Beestin May Middleton Longbottom May Middleton LongbottomMandeville

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Blair1 Calder Blair Rowe Rowe Rowe

Mason

Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones

Middleton Mandeville Pugh Fielding Mandeville Longbottom Beestin Fielding Baudry Beestin Mandeville Longbottom Calder Beestin Garratt Middleton Beestin Garratt Richardson Middleton

Houghton Keegan Rowe Houghton Houghton Houghton

Houghton Grant Houghton Blair Houghton Grant Houghton Grant Rowe1 Middleton Mason Rowe1

Marquis1 Mandeville1 Williams1 Longbottom Marquis Mandeville Marquis Williams Marquis Williams1 Marquis Williams

Calder Calder Garratt Baudry Baudry

Garratt Calder Garratt Pugh Amos Pugh Pugh

Appearances & Goals As of 06/03/2017

Football League 2016/17

Emirates FA Cup

Rovers Total

2016/17

EFL Cup

Rovers Total

2016/17

Checkatrade Trophy

Rovers Total

2016/17

Rovers Total

App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls

ALCOCK, Craig

AMOS, Danny

0 0

BARKER, Joshua

BAUDRY, Mathieu

BEESTIN, Alfie

BLAIR, Matty

BUTLER, Andy

107

CALDER, Riccardo

COPPINGER, James

415

ETHERIDGE, Ross

EVINA, Cedric

FIELDING, Reece

FLETCHER, Jacob

GARRATT, Tyler

GRANT, Conor

HOUGHTON, Jordan

JAMES, Morgan

JONES, Louis

KEEGAN, Paul

107

LAWLOR, Ian

LONGBOTTOM, Will

1 0

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LUND, Mitchell

MANDEVILLLE, Liam

MAROSI, Marko

MARQUIS, John

MASON, Niall

MAY, Alfie

MCCULLOUGH, Luke

MCSHEFFREY, Gary

MIDDLETON, Harry

PUGH, Joe

RICHARDSON, Frazer

ROWE, Tommy

SCATTERGOOD, Lewis

TAYLOR-SINCLAIR, Aaron

WALKER, Tyler

WILLIAMS, Andy

WRIGHT, Joe

Total

1.9

Head to Head

1.1

Average Goals Per Game

52.4 %

43.3 %

Average Shots On Target

1.2

1.3

Average Goals Conceded Per Game

20.0 %

13.1 %

% Goals To Shots

Clean Sheets

374

464

Fouls

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REFEREE

MANAGER

Kevin JOHNSON

Darren FERGUSON

Gary JOHNSON

DONCASTER ROVERS

CHELTENHAM TOWN F.C.

Ross ETHERIDGE (GK)

Craig ALCOCK

02 Jack BARTHRAM

Tyler GARRATT

Kyle STORER

Luke McCULLOUGH

Aaron DOWNES

Mathieu BAUDRY

Harry PELL

DOING SO WILL FACE

Andy BUTLER

Billy WATERS

ARREST AND A BAN FROM

Gary MCSHEFFREY

Danny WRIGHT

John MARQUIS

Jack MUNNS

ANTI DISCRIMINATION POLICY

Tommy ROWE

Calum KITSCHA (GK)

Doncaster Rovers Football Club

Andy WILLIAMS

Asa HALL

Mitchell LUND

Jordan CRANSTON

regardless of Gender, Race or Ethnic

Marko MAROSI (GK)

James ROWE

origin, Religious Belief, Age, Sexual

Harry MIDDLETON

Jordan LYMN

unjustifiable reason. The club, in

Joe WRIGHT

James DAYTON

association with its governing bodies

Jordan HOUGHTON

Rhys LOVETT (GK)

(the FA and the Football League) and

Matty BLAIR

Manny ONARIASE

determined to eradicate racism in

Paul KEEGAN

Daniel O'SHAUGHNESSY

football by ensuring that no barriers

Liam MANDEVILLE

Matthew BOWER

exist to anyone playing/enjoying the

Aaron TAYLOR-SINCLAIR

Alex PIKE

ethnic background. To this end,

Joe PUGH

Dan HOLMAN

Doncaster Rovers Football Club will

Will LONGBOTTOM

Diego DE GIROLAMO

Alfie BEESTIN

be culpable of displaying any form of

Niall MASON

racist behaviour will be removed from

Conor GRANT

James COPPINGER

RESPECT THE LAW

Cedric EVINA

Supporters are reminded that the

Reece FIELDING

ASSISTANT REFEREES Joe SIMPSON Neil SHARP FOURTH OFFICIAL Alf GREENWOOD IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE TO ENTER THE PITCH OR PERIMETER TRACK. ANYONE

WATCHING FOOTBALL.

is determined to treat with equal consideration all supporters,

Orientation, Disability, or any other

all footballing authorities, is

national game, whatever their

not tolerate any form of racism amongst spectators. Anyone found to

the stadium immediately.

Keepmoat Stadium is a strictly NO

Danny AMOS

purchase or attempt to purchase

Joshua BARKER

alcohol for anybody under the age of

SMOKING venue. It is an offence to

Louis JONES (GK)

ejection from the stadium and

Morgan JAMES

prosecution. Anybody who appears to

Lewis SCATTERGOOD

be under the age of 21 will be asked

Tyler WALKER

Jacob FLETCHER

18. Anybody caught doing so will face

for ID. We appreciate supportersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cooperation.

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