Doncaster Rovers v Bristol Rovers

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DARREN FERGUSON

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GAVIN BALDWIN

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BEN WHITEMAN

17 OPPOSITION 29

JUNIOR ROVERS

34 COMMERCIAL 42

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A word from the manager

Darren Ferguson Good afternoon. I would like to welcome Darrell Clarke as well as the supporters, players, owners and staff of the visitors.

I was pleased to get a point at Scunthorpe in midweek which extended our unbeaten run in Sky Bet League One to eight games. You have to be pleased with a point when you are deep into stoppagetime and behind.

We showed great resolve and character, there is a real belief at the moment that we can always get something out of the game and that is why over the past month or so we have climbed the table.

At the moment the players are finding ways not to lose games, which is a really good habit to have – and all credit to them.

their injuries. Both played against Port Vale reserves on Tuesday and will be in the squad for a friendly against Lincoln reserves at Cantley Park this morning.

It is a real cliche to say their returns will be like getting two new signings, but neither have been able to kick a ball in anger in the first-team for us this season.

Football has lost some real characters recently in Cyrille Regis, Jimmy Armfield and Patrick Cryne. All three made significant contributions to the game, and my thoughts are with their friends and family.

Enjoy the game.

Andy Butler, Issam Ben Khemis and Mathieu Baudry all suffering injuries in the past couple of games has been a blow for us – Buts and Issam could end up missing the rest of the season.

All 72 EFL Clubs have signed up to a new Chairman’s Charter to help put an end to the dangerous use of pyrotechnics.

Craig Alcock and Tyler Garratt came off the bench to do really well at Scunthorpe, and we have Luke McCullough and Alex Kiwomya closing in on returns from

It is already a criminal offence to enter a football stadium while in possession of a flare, smoke bomb or firework.

Any supporter now found to be in breach of the terms of the Chairman’s Charter will also face a minimum three-season Club ban.

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W AT C H A F I L M

Thoughts of the chief executive

Gavin Baldwin

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Good afternoon, and welcome back to the Keepmoat Stadium. I’d like to welcome the owners, supporters, players and staff of the visitors who have made the trip up from Bristol today.

I would like to start by paying tribute to Patrick Cryne, the former owner of Barnsley who passed away last weekend after a long battle with cancer. This weekend football will unite to remember him, as well as the great Jimmy Armfield.

Both men played a significant role in the EFL, with Jimmy making his mark on the nation as a player, manager and pundit and is quite rightly remembered for a lifelong commitment to Blackpool FC. Patrick made a major contribution to the game in his time with our South Yorkshire neighbours Barnsley, during which the club twice won promotion and lifted the EFL Trophy at Wembley Stadium.

The thoughts of everyone at Club Doncaster are with the families and friends of both individuals and everyone associated with the clubs they represented.

It is really pleasing to be able to pen these notes with Rovers sat 11th in the Sky Bet League One table after a run of eight games in the league without defeat.

ways not to lose, and that fighting spirit has been particularly evident in some of our away games this month – the players never gave up at Peterborough or Scunthorpe, while at Shrewsbury there is a feeling we could easily have gone on to win that match had Issam Ben Khemis not had to come off.

While we know we will only extend the unbeaten run if we continue to work hard and maintain the standards we have set, there is a real sense of belief around the club. There are 16 games left after today and extending the streak to nine matches without loss would really set us up for the final stages of the campaign.

Doncaster Rugby League hold their final pre-season game here tomorrow - playing on the athletics pitch against Batley Bulldogs (kick-off 3pm).

They put in a creditable performance last week against a full-time side in London Broncos. The Dons were leading at half-time and coach Richard Horne was pleased with a lot of things his side did.

Tickets can be purchased from the Box Office on the day or in advance from tickets.clubdoncaster.co.uk Enjoy the game

It is real testament to the players, manager and his backroom staff that we have put this run together. The manager has spoken a lot about the side finding

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BEN WHITEMAN There was no doubt in Ben Whiteman’s mind as to where his next move was going to be when he was told he was allowd to leave former club Sheffield United.

He had already scored seven goals in 30 appearances for Rovers while on loan earlier this season, so a decision was simple when sorting out his next move.

offer. I think that is always important for any player. Sheffield United wanted to get their targets in but had a short turnaround between games so they wanted me back as cover, but once they signed those players it allowed me to sort out my own future.”

Whiteman’s last act of his first spell with the club was to score the equalising goal “Once I knew the permanent deal at Peterborough United on New Year’s was on I wanted to get Day. That meant there it done as quickly as was always a feeling possible to settle myself that his departure was “There were other clubs down and secure my premature given his form interested, but they future,” he says. leading up to the recall never really entered my from Chris Wilder. thoughts, I had my heart “There were other clubs set on a move here” interested but they “There was definitely never really entered my a sense of unfinished thoughts, I had my heart business with the way my set on a move here and wanted to do loan spell ended, we were disappointed I everything I could to force a deal through. had to leave but I always saw my longterm future here,” he says.

“That was the major thing for me, knowing where i wanted to go and “I didn’t know until the Tuesday after that already knowing what this club had to game that i was going back, I had the

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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS mind-set that i was going to be staying for the rest of the season anyway, but then we got a call which changed things.

“The gaffer phoned me and explained that I had been recalled and there wasn’t really much we could do at the time, but he did say that he would do what he could to bring me back to the club.”

Out of the goals he has scored in a Rovers shirt so far, there is no doubting which one ranks highest from a personal view point for Whiteman.

“My favourite goal so far was my second against Southend, i caught it sweetly and knew from the moment it left my foot that it was heading for the top corner,” he says.

“The Rochdale one wasn’t far behind it, but the Southend one was part of my hat-trick, and it meant a lot to me as it was the first of my career.

“I hadn’t scored in the league before that game so I would say that it kick-started my spell here and gave me a massive boost to go on and get more goals for the team.”

Now that he is officially a Rovers player, Whiteman has his sights set on becoming one of the first names on the teamsheet under manager Darren Ferguson.

“Nothing has really changed for me, it has been well documented how much I wanted to come back and I felt right at home straight away,” he says.

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“The lads welcomed me back with the usual banter and that’s one of the main reasons I wanted to come back because it’s a great group of lads here.

“The manager left me on the bench for the Plymouth game because I didn’t train due to the talks taking place between myself and the two clubs, so it was decided that I would be a substitute.

“It’s down to me now that I am a Rovers player to keep my place in the team, I have to keep working hard to ensure that iIam picked in the starting XI every week.”

Rovers return to the Keepmoat Stadium this afternoon after two tough away trips in Sky Bet League One, against Shrewsbury Town and Scunthorpe United respectively.

Whiteman says those type of games are ones which every player wants to be involved in, battling against some of the best sides in the division.

“We all believe that we are capable of beating any team in this division, we’ve shown in the past few weeks what we are capable of so it’s all about carrying that on now,” he says.

“The points have been matching the performances recently, which wasn’t happening earlier on in the season, the result is always the most important thing but every team wants to play well and with confidence. We want to use frustration in games and turn

it into a positive for us, we show our emotions and it shows how much we care and how much we want to win.

“It’s a good trait to have, we want a winning mentality within the group and the more points we pick up then that will be the case, luck is turning in our favour recently.”

To continue the interview with the midfielder we asked him a few quickfire questions about more quirky topics.

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The reverse fixture at the Memorial Ground marked a turnaround in fortune for Darren Ferguson’s side just before Christmas, with a 1-0 victory setting Rovers on their way to three straight victories.

“The game at their place was one which we really had to grind out, the conditions weren’t great and we had to do a lot of defending which showed a different side to our game,” adds Whiteman.

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“They had a goal disallowed and that was one of the first times were we felt that we were getting the rub of the green which we haven’t had at times this season.

“A lot of teams have lost some key players and that can really hurt them depending on where they are in the table, we want to take advantage of that and keep our close knit group together.

“The quality we’ve got in the team we don’t really focus too much on other teams, it’s all about how we can hurt them and the areas we can exploit going forward.”

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Central defender Mathieu Baudry was impressed with the character Rovers showed as they battled back from 2-0 down to secure a point against Shrewsbury Town last Saturday.

Baudry began the fight-back with a perfectly-timed header on the 62nd minute before Issam Ben Khemis came off the bench to score his first Football League goal, and the Frenchman said he always backs himself to score goals whenever he enters the box.

Rovers had to play the remaining eight minutes of the game with 10-men as Ben Khemis was forced off through injury, despite the injuries, Baudry is keen to make sure that Rovers take it one game at a time in Sky Bet League One. “Butler came off really early in the game and then Ben Khemis went off a bit later and had to finish the game with 10-men, so as well as coming back from two down, we had to deal with that as well,” added.

“We showed great character to come from two goals down to get a draw, Shrewsbury are a good side and it is not an easy place to come and play football,” he said.

“We are on a great run at the moment and that’s a credit to the team, we are always looking up the table and we will always keep doing it but as the cliché goes you have to keep going game by game.

“They will be up there at the end of the season no doubt about that, they play with really high quality and high energy, I’m really proud of the team getting a point as we were a lot calmer in the second half.”

“I am always disappointed not to start because you think that when you are in the team, but we have three good centrebacks in the side, and you know if you do not perform you will be out of the side.”

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Alfie Beestin praised Rovers’ fighting spirit after they came from a goal down to earn a point at Scunthorpe United on Tuesday night..

Beestin’s 96t- minute equaliser at Glanford Park made it eight league games unbeaten for Rovers, and the forward says the draw was no more than they deserved.

He said: “To score a late goal in any game is a great feeling, but to do it in a derby game is something special and the scenes at the end were brilliant.

“We started slowly in the first half, but it shows the character we have in the team that we came back strongly after half-time to get something from the game.

“I thought we deserved a point with how we played in the second half, we just need to believe in ourselves more and show

why we are on an unbeaten run and doing well in the league.”

The 20-year-old has started eight of Rovers’ past 12 games in all competitions, and feels he is becoming an established part of Darren Ferguson’s first-team squad.

He added: “The first year was tough for me as i wasnt used to the intensity, now i feel great after working hard in preseason and learning from the manager and his staff.

“I feel like O’m starting to show my worth and repaying the faith they’ve shown in me, i’m still a young player but i’m proving i’m capable of being in the team.

“If you’re in the starting XI you’ve got the responsibility of performing well, we’ve been getting some good results which always helps on a personal level.”

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Alex Kiwomya felt good after playing in his first game since April on Tuesday in Rovers’ Development side’s 2-1 defeat to Port Vale reserves at Cantley Park.

be back in before the end of the season and here I am now. Coming back home to South Yorkshire, I have everyone around me and that’s helped me to get through it, I’ve got all my family around me, my The forward played 45 minutes as he girlfriend and my son and then my mum starts his return to full match fitness from and dad have helped me so much.”

Guillain-Barre syndrome, something he was diagnosed with shortly after his move Kiwomya’s first action in a Rovers shirt to the Keepmoat Stadium from Chelsea, was a very positive one, with the forward but he is just happy to be back doing what causing problems for the Vale defence in he loves. the opening half, and he is now keen to take that with him when he breaks into “It feels good to be back, I’ve been looking the first team. forward to this for a while, I wasn’t meant to be back this early so it’s a blessing in “I’m a really quick player and I like to get disguise and I’m happy to get back on the in behind, I’m relishing the competition, pitch - I feel sharp, and the gaffer seems it’s always good to have that when you go happy so it’s all good,” he said. to a club to have that competition within the side and push everyone on,” he added.

“It’s the toughest thing I’ve ever been through and I was scared I’d never play “Everyone wants to score goals and play again, so that really affected me, but I well, I want to get as many minutes in as I came back in and they said that I could can, I just want to get in the side and give come back to training and maybe even 100 per cent week in, week out.”

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HEAD TO HEAD

COMPLETE RESULT TABLE COMPETITON FOOTBALL LEAGUE

FA CUP

LEAGUE CUP

EFL Trophy GRAND TOTAL

P W D L F A H 16 9 2 5 32 23 A 17 5 2 10 16 34 N 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 33 14 4 14 48 57 H 2 1 0 1 2 2 A 2 0 2 0 1 1 N 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 4 1 2 1 3 3 H 0 0 0 0 0 0 A 0 0 0 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 H 0 0 0 0 0 0 A 0 0 0 0 0 0 N 1 1 0 0 3 2 Total 1 1 0 0 3 2

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AWAY TEAM BRISTOL ROVERS

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DEFENSIVE ROCK

The goalkeeper joined the Gas in the summer, following his departure from Northampton Town.

The full-back is in his seventh season with Rovers, and he has been a key figure in helping them to where they are today.

Smith began his carrer with Leicester City, but spent much of his time away from the King Power Stadium – departing on six loan spells in four years, notably with Cambridge United and Mansfield Town, before signing a two-year deal with Northampton in 2015.

Brown began his career with Queens Park Rangers, though spent time away in loan spells with Salisbury City and Hayes & Yeading United before joining up with the Gas in 2011. During his time with Rovers, has he earned international recognition by featuring three times with the England C squad between 2014 and 2015.

During his two years with the Cobblers, he was an ever-present as he helped them to the League Two title during his first season, with another solid season as No.1 last term saw him earn a move to Rovers in July 2017.

ADAM SMITH

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LEE BROWN

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He was also part of the Rovers side that earned back-to-back promotions from the National League up to League One, and scored a 92nd-minute winner to send Rovers up automatically on the final day of the 2015/16 season.

MIDFIELD MAESTRO

DEADLY STRIKER

Is in his first season with the Pirates, following his summer switch from Oxford United.

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Beginning his career with hometown club Exeter City, Sercombe spent 15 years with the Grecians.

Harrison has made more than 170 appearances for the Gas, and has been part of the Rovers side that dropped from League One down to the National League and then back again within five years.

In his first two seasons as a professional, Sercombe helped them to back-to-back promotions from both the National League and League Two as City reached the third tier in 2009. Sercombe moved to Oxford in 2015, and helped the U’s to promotion from League Two, as well as two Football League Trophy finals in consecutive seasons.

He joined the Gas for an undisclosed fee in May, and has gone on to be a key player for Rovers.

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The forward is another Welsh youth international, with 14 caps and three goals for the Wales under-21 team.

LIAM SERCOMBE

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ELLIS HARRISON

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He also spent a brief loan spell at Hartlepool United during the 2015/16 campaign, but returned to help Rovers to promotion from League Two later on that year.

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JOINT FIVE-A-SIDE GOALKEEPER

MIDFIELDER

Andy BEASLEY

Danny WILLIAMS

Was first-choice goalkeeper at Belle Vue in the 1993-94 season, when Rovers were competing in the Third Division (now League Two). Rovers finished 15th in what was his only season in South Yorkshire. His sole outing for today’s visitors came while on loan from Mansfield Town the season earlier. With 94 appearances for the Stags, he played most of his football for Mansfield but had loan spells at Peterborough and Scarborough as well as the Gas. After 37 outings for Doncaster Rovers he spent the 94-95 campaign at Chesterfield, where he made 32 appearances. Coaching roles have included time with the Nottingham Forest and Leeds United Academies, and is currently goalkeeping coach at Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenua.

The Welsh midfielder came through the ranks at Liverpool, but left in 1999 to join Wrexham for his first real taste of firstteam football. He spent the end of the 2000-01 campaign at Belle Vue, before joining Kidderminster in 2001. He spent three years at the Harriers before signing for Bristol Rovers, though again his time at the Pirates was short and he returned to the Racecourse Ground for a further four years as a Wrexham player.

DEFENDER Terry COOPER The left-back moved to Belle Vue in 1981, combining playing with assisting then Rovers manager Billy Bremner - whom he had been a team-mate of at Leeds United. His playing career was most notable for his decade at Elland Road, where he played more than 250 games and claimed medals for winning the First Division and FA Cup. He had spells with Middlesbrough, clocking up more than 100 appearances at Ayresome Park, and Bristol City before joining the Pirates as player-manager in April 1980. His time in charge was ended in October 1981, prompting his move to South Yorkshire. He earned 20 caps for England – all coming while still a Leeds player. His son Mark followed him into football playing and management, and he is currently in charge of League Two side Forest Green Rovers.

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STRIKERS Paul HEFFERNAN

summer of 2010, spending part of the end of the campaign on loan with Bristol Rovers where he hit four goals in 10 appearances.

Andy WILLIAMS The forward had a three-year spell at Bristol Rovers, after joining them from first club Hereford United. The Pirates had jus been promoted to League One when he completed a move to them in the summer of 2007, scoring just four minutes after coming off the bench replacing Rickie Lambert - on his debut.

He moved on to Yeovil in the summer of 2010, then Swindon in 2012. He penned a three-year deal with Rovers in the summer of 2015 and has hit 29 goals to date.

The Irish forward, Rovers’ record signing when moving to South Yorkshire in 2005, and was a key figure in the famous League Cup run of 2005-06 – converting the final penalty in the shootout win over Manchester City and scoring in the 3-0 victory over Aston Villa. He was also i n s t r u m e n t a l in the 2007 Johsntone’s Paint Trophy win - scoring Rovers’ second goal against today’s opponents in the Millennium Stadium final.

He also struck in each leg of the northern final win over Crewe. He remained with Rovers until the

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MY WEEK: ANALYST Analyst Adam Ridgewell usually has the best view of every match – watching from

the gantry, armed with replays as he provides real-time update to the bench

MONDAY I am at Cantley Park for 7.30am every weekday. We have a meeting with all the first-team staff, discussing Saturday’s game and what is coming with the week ahead. We have a debrief with the players on the game, either the full squad or in units – defence, midfield and forwards. If there is no midweek game that will be our only meetings for the day, so I have time to finish off the video notes for the next game. I always try to be a game ahead.

in the final third. The gaffer will always say this is the most important meeting because that is how you win games.

TUESDAY Assuming there is no midweek game, this is a day for getting on planning ahead. I watch the last five games the opposition has played, while we’ll also have a scout at games and the gaffer, Gavin Strachan and Paul Gerrard will have watched some as well. It can feel like most of my time is spent watching footage of our upcoming opponents. We film training at times, and if we have a Development game then the assistant analyst John Hill will film that.

John joined us as a full-time analyst in the summer, which means the Academy get a lot more analyis than they used to. The focus on Academy players is more on their development than the opposition, he will watch a game or two if he can for a headsup but at that age it should be about improving our players. In training the first-team will start to look at opposition set-pieces, with Strachs looking at the attacking ones and Gez focusing on how we defend set-pieces - we provide clips on what the opposition tend to do.

3pm: I spend the game on the gantry, where we film with what we call a wide angle. This is the same angle the TV coverage is filmed from, but we don’t zoom in as much. At home games we also have a camera behind the end we are defending, so right in the middle of the Black Bank which is really useful for reviewing defensive play. I have a radio to speak to Strachs on the bench to provide real-time updates – I can watch replays straight away, so can tell straight away if we need to tweak some positioning or if there are gaps to exploit.

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1.45pm: We exchange teamsheets with the opposition. The coaches and I look at the opponents’ line-up to try and figure out their formation, which means Strachs and the gaffer can give out last-minute instructions. We also go through setpieces to finalise who marks who when we are defending.

WEDNESDAY It is a recovery day for the players, so I work from home – looking at more footage and preparing the video content for our meetings on Saturday’s opponents.

THURSDAY We split the squad into units, just as we do at times in our post-match debrief. This is probably our most important meeting, and the players ask a lot of questions because they know it is relevant to everyone in the room. If we had a Tuesday game then we’d also do this on the Monday. This

tends to be a tactical day in training, so if we do film a session then we would do it now.

FRIDAY We have a team meeting in the morning to go through the opposition’s style of play and how we are going to stop them.

Telling them what they do, and what we need to do to counter that.

MATCHDAY 1.20pm: Our final meeting is held at the stadium and is on how we are going to hurt the opposition when we have the ball

3.45pm: I take my laptop down so we can show one or two clips to players.

4.45pm: After the match the staff have a quick debrief in the manager’s office.

6pm: I watch the match back and provide individual clips for the players to watch on Sunday morning. On Sunday I watch our next opponents and prepare our debrief.

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Words from the Academy manager

KIERAN SCARFF

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

L 0-3 L1-2 L 0-4

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

Scunthorpe Mansfield Town Scunthorpe Oldham Athletic Chesterfield

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

Sat Oct 7 Sat Oct 14 Sat Oct 28

Sat Nov 4 Sat Nov 11 Sat Nov 18

Port Vale Hartlepool Notts County

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

Hartlepool Rotherham Lincoln City

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

Sat Dec 2

Burton Albion

W 3-1

Sat Jan 6 Sat Jan 20 Sat Jan 27

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

Sat Feb 10 Sat Feb 24

Oldham Athletic Notts County

Sat Mar 3 Sat Mar 17 Sat Mar 24

Hartlepool United Lincoln City Rotherham United

Sat Apr 7 Sat Apr 14 Sat Apr 21 Sat Apr 28

York City Burton Albion Grimsby Town Bradford City

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FA YOUTH CUP Tues Oct 26 Tues Nov 14

Walsall Blackpool

W 4-3 L 0-2

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

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

It has been a really positive start to the new calendar year for our Academy teams.

All our teams are now back in training and have had the opportunity to play teams such as Manchester City, Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United.

There have been a range of very impressive individual performances within these games ranging from the under 9s through to the U16s. These performances have received justified recognition from our own staff and also the staff from the opposition teams.

Our players and staff continue to make a positive impression wherever they go and highlight the talent we have throughout our Academy system. I often speak about a winning mentality and the development of the characteristics in players that

result in this. Our Under 18 team are now on a run of seven games unbeaten.

The important thing for us is that they have not sacrificed our playing principles throughout this run, producing some very good football. However, they are now showing, when required, the resilience and togetherness needed to create unbeaten runs.

During this period we have also begun to provide opportunities for under 16 players to play in the 18s whilst many of our youth team players are playing regularly in the Under 23 league and cup games. These opportunities are vital for the players as they begin to make the next step into youth teams and then to bridge the gap to first team football.

Paul Stancliffe thought Rovers’ U18 side deserved more than a draw after an impressive fightback at Scunthorpe United last Saturday. Lewis Scattergood and Reives Boocock were on the scoresheet as his youngsters fought back from two goals down in North Lincolnshire.

Stancliffe said: “I was very pleased. There’s been some really good performances, but I’d like to highlight Matty Overton and Lewis Scattergood as I thought their attitude was first-class – particularly after not playing against Bradford in the development side last week – and their performance matched it, they really led by example.”

Stancliffe thought the young Iron’s two strikes were unstoppable, and their 2-0 lead did not reflect the match at that point. He added: “I’m pleased with the character – they’ve had two strikes at goal, two great strikes one from at least 30 yards has gone in – we didn’t deserve that. I tried telling them if we play the right way, the way we want to play, we don’t need to change it – and to be fair to the lads they didn’t panic.”

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TEN YEARS AGO: DONCASTER ROVERS IN SEASON 2007-08. Part 15 The postponement of the Leeds United game meant that Rovers would face four away games in a row. They had already beaten AFC Bournemouth and lost to Carlisle United: now they faced Tranmere Rovers and Bristol Rovers in the space of four days at the start of March.

Injuries were starting to bite with James O’Connor undergoing hernia surgery, while James Hayter was not yet ready to return after a similar operation.

Defender Gordon Greer was recovering from a hip operation, while striker Lewis Guy had been struck down with glandular fever.

Recent signings Stuart Elliott and Gareth Taylor, against his former club, were both in the squad that travelled to Tranmere, who were unbeaten in their past eight matches and lay only four points behind Rovers in the League One table.

The team that started at Prenton Park showed only one change from that which had lost at Carlisle, with Matt Mills coming in at right back in place of O’Connor, while Adam Lockwood and Stephen Roberts formed the central defensive partnership. It was the Rovers of Doncaster who got off to the best of starts in this one.

After two minutes Mark McCammon fed James Coppinger 25 yards out and he hammered the ball into the roof of the Tranmere net. Rovers edged the first half,

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with Lockwood’s header almost doubling the lead following a corner and J. J. Price forcing a fine save from Coyne before Brian Stock also went close.

Towards the end of the half Coppinger almost added his second but he was thwarted by Coyne. After 52 minutes Price sustained what looked a nasty ankle injury and Elliott replaced him.

Rovers now came under sustained pressure from Tranmere with their very direct playing style.

Greenacre and McLaren both went close to an equaliser and Lockwood was forced to block a fierce shot from Tranmere’s Taylor. Rovers held out, though, and that early, superb, strike from Coppinger proved enough to secure three vital points.

On Tuesday March 4 2008 it was Rovers versus Rovers again, this time at Bristol’s Memorial Ground.

Price was out injured with damaged ankle ligaments so Paul Heffernan (pictured) made his first start since November, partnering McCammon up front.

Rovers again managed to take an early lead as Coppinger’s cross found Heffernan who volleyed home after three minutes.

RickieLambert almost equalised straight away for Bristol Rovers before Paul Green

forced a fine save from home goalkeeper Phillips and then Campbell and Disley both went close for the home side.

On the stroke of half time Neil Sullivan, in the Rovers goal, pulled off an excellent save to thwart Andy Williams.

Stephen Roberts sustained a foot injury and was unable to resume after the break, Mark Wilson coming on in midfield while Mills moved to centre back and Green to right back.

Both sides had chances during a lively second half.

Haldane shot just over the bar and for Rovers Coppinger, Heffernan and Stock all had efforts blocked. Lockwood then did well to block a fierce drive by Rigg.

With 10 minutes to go McCammon’s powerful header brought a good save from Phillips.

There was a nervous five minutes of stoppage time as Bristol Rovers pumped balls into the Rovers box looking for a knockdown, but with Mills and Lockwood in fine form, they held out.

So, as on the previous Saturday, an early strike was enough to gain victory for Rovers. As a result they were able to maintain second place in the League One table.

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Happy Birthday Liam Anderson-Richardson Felix Bamford Oliver Bardell Fraser Barwell Tilleigh Berriman Rowan Bichan Aaron Burns Tom Butcher James Butterworth Rhys Cobb Mason Crookes Reuben Cummins Jan Dirda Charlotte Ducksbury

Finley Elwood Daniel Everson Christian ­Featherstone Ben Gelder Gabriel Granger Liam Hankinson Elijah Hickman Oliver Hickman Luke Hill Lucas Hopkinson Lleyton Johnston Zack Jolly Arthur Jones Cory Kelly

Callum Loadwick Jacob Lockley Thomas Marshall Lestyn Mawby Alex McCabe Charlie McClone Ben Metcalfe Ben Nelson Kerry-Lynn Ogley James Richards Leelan Roberts Nikyle Rose Jamal Sande Charlie Sanderson Jack Sarson

Christopher Scott Kieran-James ­Sisman Harry Spalding Demi Spark Kaylan Storey Bradley Sykes Nate Whitlam George Wilcock Zak Wild Taylor Wilkiins Harry Wilson Jack Wilson Owen Wilson Adley Young

Riley Wilson

Age: 9 Hobbies: football, swimming, darts and running Favourite player: Alfie May

Brandon Tagg

Age: 5 Hobbies: football Favourite Player: John Marquis

Donny’s Score Prediction

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Welcome back to the Keepmoat Stadium.

Life in Sky Bet League One is never dull, and our past few games have demonstrated this. A confidence boost will come from the permanent signing of Ben Whiteman who made such an impact while on loan. Enjoy the game.

Platinum Partners

Today we welcome Bidfood as our match sponsors. Bidfood supply the whole of the UK with a fantastic range of food and beverages. Offering variety and quantity, they are one of the country’s largest suppliers in their industry.

Gold Partners

Our programme sponsors are AE Spink. They are a family company,

Edna Whitehouse presented Alfie Beestin with the Signum Legends Club MOM at the Plymouth game

Silver Partners

HSR Law Solicitors 8Point8 Group

Eric Twigg Foods

MATCHBALL SPONSOR

The Horse Bit John Mee Shop Construction AE Spink Albemarle Homes

supplying building, plumbing, heating, bathrooms and kitchens to trade and retail customers. Spinks have a fantastic reputation in their industry and are known for their extensive stock and excellent customer service.

Today’s matchball sponsor is the 8point8 Group, a Doncaster-based company offering a vast array of services across telecoms, renewables, construction, security and electricals. Tied in with the club’s association with The Pilgrim Bandits, 8point8 Group have agreed for Ben Parkinson to walk out with their representatives to present the matchball to the referee before kick off.

Blake Dixon, who sponsored the matchball at the Rochdale game, met his hero Alfie May on stage up in our exclusive Legends Club.

Mascots and matchball sponsors, Archie and Peter are pictured with Man of the Match Andy Butler at the Plymouth game

Bronze Partners Moirae Creative Agency Signum Facilities Management CopyPrint Bawtry Home Cinema iPort Academy IFS Risk Solutions Visit Doncaster

Doncaster Cables Fast Fit Car + Commercials Keid Consulting Atherton Godfrey Solicitors Bidfood

John Hill Associates Andrew Isaacs Solicitors YESSS Electrical Pristine Commercial Cleaning Services CAST

Dickies Workwear Jenkinson Electrical Engineering Frenchgate Fleet Cars Direct TaskMaster Nuffield Health Infiniti Media Group

Matchball sponsors at Plymouth were IFS Risk Solutions.

They are pictured here with Andy Butler

Dearnside Fabrications were our match sponsors at the Plymouth game

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PLAYER SPONSORS

IAN LAWLOR

CRAIG ALCOCK

GOALKEEPER

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ISSAM BEN KHEMIS MIDFIELDER

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JOE WRIGHT

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TYLER GARRATT

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NEWS

This morning saw the return of the Ben Head of Foundation John Davis said: Parkinson Walk: a route around Lakeside “It’s great to welcome Ben Parkinson Doncaster led by the MBE and the Pilgrim former paratrooper Bandits back to the and the local hero “It’s great to welcome Ben Keepmoat Stadium. himself.

The work they do with Parkinson MBE and the injured veterans is life Delivered as part changing and Ben’s Pilgrim Bandits back to of the DMBC Get an inspiration for so the Keepmoat Stadium.

Doncaster Moving many.”

The work they do with initiative, local Completely free of residents were invited injured veterans is life charge, the walk was to walk with Ben a fantastic way to get changing and Ben’s an around the lake and fit, meet new friends cheer him on as he and raise valuable inspiration for so many” returned back to the money for the Pilgrim Keepmoat Stadium.

Bandits charity, which can be seen around the Refreshments were provided for the stadium at today’s match. walkers, while they were also invited to attend today’s clash between Doncaster For more information on the walks Rovers and Bristol Rovers.

DMBC provide go to doncaster.gov.uk.

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LOTTERY RESULTS – WEEK 5 All Rovers Alliance members are automatically entered into the weekly lottery, this week the following members have won prizes through their Rovers Alliance numbers.

Rovers Alliance Lottery winners 9293James Forbes £25 9255 Paul Bytheway £25 9059 Anthony Peace £25 9223 Nathan Batchelor Hatfields

meal 9566 Tony Gibbings

Eagle & Child meal 9320 Arnold Johnson

Ship Inn meal 9647 Terry Williams Med @ The Market meal 9329 Patricia Lister

Grove Inn meal

Winning number: 1197 T Nixon, Woodlands, Wins £500 Next week’s top prize £500 Two £50 winners

3706 R Johnson 1358 S Rickwood Four £25 winners 9293 J Forbes 6371 C Taylor Sprotbrough 9255 P Bytheway 9059 A Peace

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Sponsored Prize Winners 6197 M Reay Canal Tavern meal 6657 P Dent Cheswold meal 1755 M Whitfield Corner Pin meal 9223 N Batchelor Hatfields meal 7595 H Hirst Trades & Labour The Rovers Alliance costs just £2.25 per

Club meal week and comes packed with numerous 9566 T Gibbings benefits, not only do members get entry

Eagle & Child meal into the weekly lottery draw but they 9320 A Johnson Ship Inn meal are also entered into the annual Super 9647 T Williams Jackpot Draw (with a guaranteed prize of Med @ The Market meal £10,000) and numerous draws for money 8354 L Womack Angel Inn meal can’t buy prizes. Other fantastic benefits 9329 P Lister Grove Inn meal include 5% discount on season tickets 7372 A Marley Coleman’s Pizzeria and 10% off all corporate hospitality

& Steak House meal packages.

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Blacksmith’s Arm meal reception@club doncaster.co.uk 6437 DRFC Travel

Vintage Bar meal Several other Rovers fans were also 6678 H Kay two match tickets winners this week through their £1 lottery membership, the full list of winners is as follows:

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SUPPORTERS Official Supporters Club A good afternoon and a warm welcome to the fans, players and management of the Gas, aka Bristol Rovers for today’s Sky Ber League One encounter, I hope their fans had a safe trip up from the West Country today, We had a great victory down there, on a very cold day last month, with Niall Mason scoring a penalty to secure us all three points. It was good to have a chat with their Supporters Club committee who run the club shop down there.

They were a very friendly bunch, and our fans were reminiscing about the day out at the Millennium Stadium for the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy final.

The next away game is at Portsmouth, where we may stop at a local hostelry on the way – the bus times are in the programme. Walsall away is a midweek game, so please book early.

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.

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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.

The Supporters Club weekend away will be for the last game of the season, away at 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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OPPONENT

Travelling by train: The nearest station to Fratton Park is Fratton station, which is around half a mile from the ground

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4.50PM

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DRI

5.05PM

WATER/D

5.15PM

KEEP

8.45AM

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9.15AM

£15.00 £22.00

Wigan Athletic Oxford United Bristol Rovers

21/11/17 09/12/17 23/12/17

4.30PM

3.35PM 3.45PM

8.15AM

28/04/18

MK Dons

£23.00 Gillingham

9.05AM 9.15 AM

14/04/18

8.50AM 9.00 AM

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9.00 AM

1.00PM 6.00PM

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8.15 AM 8.25 AM 8.35 AM 8.35 AM

£15.00

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8.30 AM 8.35 AM 8.45 AM 8.45 AM 07/04/18

£18.00

£26.00

Blackpool

4.15 PM

30/03/18

4.05PM

7.50 AM 8.00 AM 8.05AM 3.45 PM 3.50PM 4.00PM Southend United

3.30PM 3.35 PM 3.45 PM

7.30 AM 7.35 AM 7.45 AM 7.45 AM

9.45 AM 9.50 AM 10.10 AM 10.10AM 10.15AM 10.20 AM 10.25AM 10.30 AM £16.00

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£15.00

Rotherham United 12.15 PM 12.25PM 12.35PM 12.35 PM 12.40 PM 12.45PM 12.50PM 13.00 PM £11.00

Walsall

13/02/18

£16.00 £20.00 9.15 AM £23.00

9.45 AM

3.50PM 4.00 PM 9.35AM

10/03/18

Portsmouth

03/02/18

£15.00

24/02/18

Scunthorpe Utd Shrewsbury Town

06/01/18 20/01/18

£13.00

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NOON

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Fleetwood Town

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4.20PM

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Bury

28/10/17

4.15 PM

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01/01/18 Peterborough Utd

Bradford City Charlton Athletic

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Rochdale Plymouth Argyle

12/09/17 23/09/17

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£14.00

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NON-MEMBERS ADULT £14.00 £17.00

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£15.00

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£16.00

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MEMBERS ADULT

£12.00 £15.00

AFC Wimbledon

Blackburn Rovers 10.20 AM 10.25AM 10.30AM 10.30AM 10.40AM 10.45AM 10.50AM 11.00AM

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BAWTRY

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Travelling by train: Bescot Stadium station is located just a minute’s walk from the ground.

12/08/17

Travelling by car: Follow the M1, M40, M3 and M27 and continue onto A3 Mile End Road. At the first roundabout take the first exit, before taking the second exit and the next two roundabouts. Follow the signs for the A2030 at the next three roundabouts before turning left onto Frogmore Road and the ground is on the right.

Ground: Banks’s Stadium Capacity: 11,300 (all seated) Phone: 01922 622791 Postcode: WS1 4SA Travelling by car: Take the M1 and M6 and leave at Junction 9. At the first roundabout, take the first exit onto A641 Bescot Road, before taking the third exit at the next roundabout onto A4148 Wallows Lane. Turn right onto Bescot Crescent and the ground is on the left.

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Ground: Fratton Park Capacity: 18,524 (all seated) Phone: 0239 273 1204 Postcode: PO4 8RA Rovers travel to the West Midlands as they play Walsall at the Banks’s Stadium in Sky Bet League One on Tuesday January 13.

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CLUB DONCASTER FOUNDATION

Never Give Up Once I could not kick a ball, Or slam-dunk a basketball.

In hockey I took a fall, And in tennis I could not hit the ball, But I never gave up.

All the others teased me, Laughed and called me names.

Put me in the hall of shame, And never gave me praise.

But I never gave up.

Club Doncaster Foundation partner schools from across the borough have been busy writing poems as part of the Premier League primary stars writing competition.

The regional competition hosted by CDF challenges students to write about resilience, with the chance to win complimentary Doncaster Rovers tickets, signed merchandise and publication in the matchday programme – the poem is published on the page opposite.

Open to all primary school children, the winners were announced this week and claiming the accolade were Kirtsian, Ollie and Edward from Retford St Joseph’s Primary.

Schools Coordinator Kelly JacksonPowell said: “I think it’s fantastic that so many of our partner schools have got involved with this, the theme of

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resilience fits perfect with our day to day curriculum so we’re delighted with the amount of entries and also the standard of them.

“It just goes to show how much of an impact the Premier League are making with projects as such, it gets children involved with writing because they want to, not because they have to.

A huge congratulations must go to Ollie, Edward and Kristian, who wrote a fantastic poem to win the prize.”

The trio were handed a signed Doncaster Rovers ball each, along with three complimentary tickets for today’s fixture.

For more information about the writing competition, or more projects as such delivered by the schools team, contact Kelly on kelly.jackson-powell@ clubdoncasterfoundation.co.uk.

Back at home I practised hard, And kicked the ball 20 yards.

It flew and flew and flew some more, Until it hit the bully’s door.

The bullies opened the creaky door, And shouted “who’s that who kicked the ball” “It’s the boy you teased the day before and it made my feelings sore” Now I can kick a ball, And slam-dunk a basketball.

In hockey I stand above them all, And in tennis, I always hit the ball.

That’s why I never gave up, Because good things rise up.

By Kristian, Edward and Ollie.

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

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CLUB DONCASTER Richard Horne felt Doncaster RLFC gave a good account of themselves in the 22-16 defeat to London Broncos at the Keepmoat Stadium last week.

Horne’s side had the lead at half-time, but three second half tries gave the Broncos the victory in the Dons’ first game of 2018.

Horne said: “I’m really happy with how we performed against a full-time outfit, our first-half was outstanding and we looked really strong defensively.

DONCASTER ROVERS BELLES defend well after that, but we have to get used to playing the right sort of rugby in different weather conditions.”

Belles head coach Neil Redfearn is confident for the future as he prepares for his first outing at the Keepmoat Stadium.

The Dons face another Betfred Championship outfit in Batley Bulldogs tomorrow, and Horne believes that will be another chance for the players to test themselves against strong opposition.

Redfearn’s side ran out 2-0 winners over Watford at Kings Langley in his first match, and tomorrow the Belles host Brighton & Hove Albion.

“It gives us something to work on for the Batley game, there were plenty of signs that what we’ve been asking of them over the past couple of months has been understood.

He added: “We looked fit and strong so that is very pleasing, London and Batley are two top level Championship teams so if we can perform well and cause them problems then it’s a positiveThe standard against Batley will be high, London played with some really quick line speed so it’s good for our development to learn how to handle that.”

“The conditions weren’t great and halftime probably didnt help us, we didn’t

Kick-off against Batley is 3pm on pitch 2 at the Club Doncaster Sports Village.

Redfearn was also full of praise for the opposition who, He said: “If we can get despite their lowly the team organised like “If we can get the team position in the league, we did against Watford, organised like we did gave the Belles a then we’ve got enough game in the second against Watford, then quality to win games. half and, but for the fingertips of Nicky we’ve got enough quality “Overall I’m really Davies, would have to win games.

Clean pleased with the had at least one goal performance and the sheets win you games and for their efforts. win then. The clean sometimes you have to sheet was a big thing.

He also singled go away from home and out praise for the “I’ve looked at the past dig in and in the second two central midfield results and we’ve had players who have a great first half of the half that’s what we did” formed a formidable season but that’s only partnership in our second clean sheet the heart of the of the season.

Belles team this season.

“We defended well and looked organized and when they did break through, Nicky Davies made a couple of great saves.

“In the first half we were by far the better side and created chances.

“We got ourselves 2-0 up but, to be fair, Watford rallied in the second half and made more of a game of it. I thought overall we managed the game well.

Clean sheets win you games and sometimes you have to go away from

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home and dig in and in the second half that’s what we did. We controlled the first half and if there’s any disappointment it would be that we probably should have been more than two goals up at half time.”

He said: “Sam Tierney and Sophie Walton are the constant that helps the defence and the goalkeeper and allows the front four to be creative.

“They prompted well all game and got onto the second balls well too. They kept their shape when Watford came at us too which was important.”

The Belles host Brighton & Hove Albion at the Keepmoat Stadium on Sunday January 28. Kick-off is 2pm.

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1st Sub

2nd Sub

3rd Sub

FIXTURES / RESULTS Date

Opp

K/O

Comp

Score Att

Away

Pos

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

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

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

EFL1 EFLC EFL1 EFL1 EFLC EFL1 CT

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

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

568 388

13 6 8 12 -

Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Marosi Lawlor Marosi

Mason Mason Mason Mason Alcock Mason Alcock

Andrew Andrew Andrew Andrew Andrew Andrew Garratt

Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright

Butler Garratt Butler Butler Blair Butler Butler

Blair Garratt Blair Blair Ben Khemis Blair Ben Khemis

Whiteman Whiteman1 Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Middleton

Coppinger Kongolo1 Coppinger1 Coppinger Kongolo Coppinger Kongolo

Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe1 Rowe Beestin

Mandeville May1 Mandeville Mandeville May1 May Mandeville

Marquis Marquis Marquis1 Marquis1 Marquis Marquis Williams1

Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Lawlor Marosi Ogley

Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock Butler Alcock Mason

Garratt Fielding Garratt Garratt Garratt Garratt Prior

Kongolo Prior Ben Khemis Ben Khemis Mason Ben Khemis Townrow

Beestin Beestin Kongolo Kongolo Beestin Kongolo Fletcher

1,696 736

Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Marosi

Mason Garratt Mason Mason Mason Mason Mason Mason

Garratt Butler Garratt Butler Butler Butler1 Butler Butler

Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright

Butler Toffolo Butler Blair Blair Blair Blair Toffolo

Blair Blair Ben Khemis Kongolo Houghton Houghton Houghton Houghton

Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Kongolo Whiteman

Coppinger Kongolo Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger Kongolo

Rowe Rowe Houghton Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe1 Rowe

May Mandeville Williams Williams Kongolo May1 May May

Marquis Marquis Marquis1 Marquis May Marquis1 Marquis Marquis

Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Jones

Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock

Toffolo Mason Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Garratt

Ben Khemis Coppinger Blair Garratt Garratt Garratt Garratt Coppinger

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

Williams Williams Mandeville Mandeville Williams Williams Williams Williams

432 2,179 561 319

Longbottom Fletcher May1 May1 Mandeville Mandeville Scattergood

May Longbottom Williams Williams Williams Williams Longbottom

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

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

EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFLC EFL1 EFL1 EFL1

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

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

1,898 4,836 241 295 899

8 16 16 19 17 18 19

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

CT EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 CT

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

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

93 478 753 620 329 454 236

17 18 17 19 17 -

Marosi Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Marosi

Mason Mason Mason Baudry Baudry Baudry Baudry

Alcock Butler Butler Butler Butler Butler Amos

Fielding Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Alcock

Garratt Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Garratt

Walker Houghton Houghton Houghton Houghton Alcock Mason

Toffolo Whiteman3 Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Houghton James

Ben Khemis1 Coppinger Coppinger Blair Mason Kongolo Ben Khemis

Fletcher Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe Coppinger Beestin

Williams May May Kongolo Mandeville Rowe Mandeville1

Mandeville Marquis1 Marquis Mandeville1 Marquis Marquis Williams

Jones Jones Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Jones

Townrow Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock Mason Horton

James Blair Blair Mason Garratt Garratt Prior

Prior Garratt Garratt Garratt Kongolo Whiteman1 Fletcher

Morris Fletcher Kongolo Fletcher Beestin Beestin Morris

Ben Khemis Ben Khemis Ben Khemis Ben Khemis Ben Khemis Scattergood

Mandeville Mandeville Beestin Coppinger Williams

NOVEMBER Sat 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 0-1 L 1-1 D 2-2 D 1-1 D

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

582 574 631 502

11 12 12 11

Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor

Mason Mason Mason Mason Mason

Butler Butler Butler Butler Baudry

Wright Baudry Baudry Wright Wright

Blair Blair Blair Blair Blair

Whiteman1 Houghton Houghton Houghton Houghton

Houghton Kongolo Kongolo Whiteman Whiteman

Mandeville Beestin Beestin1 Kongolo Beestin1

Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe

May May Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger

Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis

Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi

Alcock Alcock Garratt Baudry1 Alcock

Baudry Wright Wright Garratt Garratt

Garratt Garratt Whiteman Beestin Amos

Kongolo Beestin Coppinger Ben Khemis Ben Khemis May Ben Khemis1 May Kongolo May

Ben Khemis Mandeville Mandeville Mandeville Mandeville

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

3.00PM 3.00PM 7.45PM 3.00PM 3.00PM

EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1

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

2 56

3 57

DNACARD

Appearances & Goals As of 24/1/2018 EFL

FA Cup

Carabao Cup

Career totals 2017/18

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

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App

Sub

Goals

App

Sub

Goals

App

Sub

Goals

1 0 4 11 5 1 17 28 22 0 0 8 0 21 0 0 0 14 28 0 7 1 28 23 11 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 11 0 0 22 2 26

3 0 0 3 6 1 6 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 11 0 0 9 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 4 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rovers total

App Sub Gls App Sub Gls

7 1 6 15 10 6 23 34 25 1 1 14 0 24 1 0 0 20 33 0 11 6 33 30 15 0 1 0 0 0 34 0 14 0 1 27 5 31

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

0 0 0 1 2 2 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 7 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 7 1 0

59 1 6 44 15 6 71 164 496 2 1 19 0 59 1 0 0 20 52 2 27 37 82 70 24 92 45 0 0 0 90 0 14 0 1 27 80 54

11 1 0 9 11 2 6 2 65 1 2 7 0 4 1 0 0 12 0 7 36 5 1 5 16 6 34 1 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 6 23 4

0 0 0 6 3 2 4 13 64 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 15 0 33 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 7 29 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 12 Ben WHITEMAN 13 Marko MAROSI (GK) 14 Liam MANDEVILLE 15 Joe WRIGHT 16 Jordan HOUGHTON 17 Matty BLAIR 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

BRISTOL ROVERS 01 Sam SLOCOMBE (GK) 02 Daniel LEADBITTER 03 Lee BROWN 04 Tom LOCKYER 06 Ryan SWEENEY 07 Liam SERCOMBE 08 Ollie CLARKE 09 Ellis HARRISON 11 Tom NICHOLS 14 Chris LINES 15 James CLARKE 16 Tom BROADBENT 17 Ryan BROOM 18 Dominic TELFORD 19 Byron MOORE 20 Marc BOLA 21 Adam SMITH (GK) 22 Joe PARTINGTON 23 Bernard MENSAH 24 Stuart SINCLAIR 30 Rory GAFFNEY 37 Rollin MENAYESE

Jonathan HUNT Matthew MCGRATH FOURTH OFFICIAL Darren HANDLEY 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.

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