Doncaster Rovers v Bury - Updated Supplement

THE OFFICIAL MATCHDAY MAGAZINE / SEASON 2017/18 / ISSUE 23 / £2 PROGRAMME SPONSOR

DONCASTER ROVERS v BURY Sky Bet League One Tuesday April 17, 2018 7.45pm kick-off

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CONTENTS 05

DARREN FERGUSON

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LUKE McCULLOUGH

10 OPPOSITION 12

JOINT FIVE-A-SIDE

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YOUTH AND DEVELOPMENT

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JUNIOR ROVERS

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FIXTURES AND RESULTS

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A word from the manager

Darren Ferguson Good afternoon, and welcome back to the Keepmoat Stadium for this afternoon’s visit of Bury. I’d like to welcome Ryan Lowe as well as the supporters, players and staff of the Shakers who have made the trip down the M62 to join us today.

We come into this game on the back of a good win at MK Dons. thought we were very good in the second-half and found a way to win the game.

appreciated - we know the sacrifices made to follow us up and down the country - and can play an important role in finishing the season strongly.

Matty Blair had a trip to the EFL Awards in London on Sunday when he was named PFA Community Player of the Year for League One.

He is a great role model, not just how he has dealt with his brother’s death but the We were nowhere near the standards way he is off the pitch - always available before half-time and we needed to change to do the community work when asked. that quickly. The players responded really well, I highlighted the great support He fully deserves the award, and there we had to them at half-time and want wouldn’t be anyone more deserving of it. you all to know we will give our all in the remaining six games of the season.

We’ve got a good group of players who understand the community work is I expect a certain level of energy and an important part of their role. Credit performance from my players, no matter to Matty and the lads who are always who we are up against, and I saw that in putting themselves out there building and the second-half on Saturday - the lads strengthening links with the community. were shattered at the end from the effort they put in. That is an answer to anyone Enjoy the game. who doubts our determination to finish the season well.

We picked up a couple of knocks on Saturday, but I now have most of the squad available - and I will need them with such a busy period of fixtures. Five of our final six matches are here at the Keepmoat Stadium. Your backing is really

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LUKE McCULLOUGH In almost five years as a Doncaster Rovers player, Luke McCullough has shown his quality whether selected as an organised centre-back or a dynamic holding midfielder.

The Northern Ireland international has had to show how strong he is mentally over the past couple of seasons, after missing huge chunks of each campaign with serious knee and thigh injuries respectively.

“Psychologically it’s tough because with the cruciate ligament injury I had, I knew straight away I was going to be out for a long time which was hard at first, but eventually I accepted it and just got on with things,” he says.

“This time I’ve had a few set-backs so I’d say it’s been harder to get back to full fitness, it’s difficult when you think you’re close to coming back and then you get knocked back a couple of weeks.

“It’s been nice to be back over the past few weeks, the more I’ve played the better I’ve felt and it hasn’t taken me long to get back up to a level which I am “It’s been nice to be back comfortable with.” over the past few weeks, the more I’ve played the His injury in the summer better I’ve felt – and meant his pre-season did now i’m up to speed” not start until late 2017, when he had to play catch up to get to the levels of the other players around him.

“When you’re injured you never switch off and it starts to affect your life even when you’re away from football, we’ve got good staff here though and

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the manager gave me time off when I needed it.

“My pre-season started with the physio just before Christmas, it was a slow process and one which was frustrating at times but it shows how much effort was

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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS going in to make sure my body was right for coming back,” he says.

“All that’s in your mind when you’re in the gym is getting back out on the pitch, to be honest the first game I played for the development side I didn’t feel great, but after that I started to get used to it again.

“No footballer wants to be in the gym or just training all week with no end product, I always knew that if I kept working hard then my chance would eventually come.”

always had lots of company. Myself and Alex came back with the hope of giving the side a boost and I think we’ve done that, we’re both very different players but we add certain qualities and a freshness to the squad.

“We came back as more went out so it’s like a revolving door with all the injuries, once we get everybody back fit the manager is going to have a really healthy squad to pick from at this level.”

McCullough’s versatility is one of the main reasons he is such a key asset to the squad when 100 per cent fit and, McCullough has had plenty of teamwith competition for places now strong mates in the gym at Cantley Park this in both the defensive and midfield areas, season, with Alex Kiwomya, Andy Williams he is happy to play anywhere deemed and Danny Andrew all suffering long-term neccessary. injuries at different stages during the 2017/18 campaign.

“I’m happy to play anywhere for this club, we’ve got a lot of defenders here now and The 24-year-old believes having other I’ve played here before - wherever the players around him, as well as the hard manager needs me to do a job I will give work done by physiotherapist Joe Sharp it everything,” he says. during his recovery, has helped him to come back stronger than ever.

“If I can get a run of games together I know I can make a difference, that is “We’ve got a new physio in this season when I’ll feel like I’m really back from and he’s been great with me and the injury, I’ve got longer this season to try other lads, they’ve all worked out plans and put my stamp on things. for me and checked how I was doing on a regular basis,” he says.

“I’ve lost the ability to build momentum in my performances over the past few years “It makes it easier when there are other given the timing of my injuries so that’s players going through the same thing always in the back of my mind, the plan because you become closer to them now is to stay fit for as long as possible. during the work in the gym, it’s about helping each other through and we’ve “It’s been a couple of years now since I’ve had a lot of injuries this season so I’ve had a good clear pre-season and been

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fit from the word go, so now my aim is to finish this season strongly to give me some momentum for when we report back in the summer.”

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

The former Manchester United Academy product made his first appearance of the season for Rovers against Portsmouth at Fratton Park on February 3, and says the fact that the squad stayed overnight ahead of the game made him feel like a part of the first team again.

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He and Kiwomya came off the bench to help Rovers to a 2-2 draw at Fratton Park – and he has been a regular in the side since.

“It was nice to be back with the lads and with it being a long away trip we stayed overnight so it felt like I was really part of the squad again, it was great to be back in,” he adds.

“The reserve games helped me massively, although they aren’t full speed compared to the league games they allow you to get used to the physical battles and getting your timing right.

“They are a big help because you can get minutes under your belt and test how well the injury has recovered, it gets you back ready for when the manager wants you back in the team.

“We’ve had a bit of inconsistency this season, the luck hasn’t gone our way too often. But we’re in good form and if we keep up our standards in the last few games then we will finish strongly.”

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AWAY TEAM BURY

TOP STOPPER

DEFENSIVE ROCK

The former England youth keeper joined the Shakers this January, signing until the end of the season from Middlesbrough.

The experienced defender is in his first season with Bury, after signing a two-year deal in May.

Ripley is currently in his seventh temporary move away from the Riverside Stadium, and his second this season after spending the first half of the campaign with Championship side Burton Albion.

Edwards started his career with Wigan Athletic, but it was with Accrington Stanley where he got his break, signing initially on-loan and helping them to promotion to League Two, before making the move permanent in 2006. He spent five years with Stanley, playing over 250 times for the club, before moving on to spells with Stevenage and Rochdale.

The stopper spent a season on-loan with Scottish Premiership side Motherwell before spending last season with Oldham Athletic, with Ripley an everpresent for the Latics.

He has earned international caps with England, making five appearances in total for the under-19 and under-20 sides.

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CONNOR RIPLEY

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PHIL EDWARDS

In 2013, Edwards signed for Burton Albion, and he played an instrumental role in the Brewers backto-back promotions from League Two, reaching the Championship in 2016.

MIDFIELD MAESTRO

DEADLY STRIKER

The tough-tackling midfielder was named captain after re-signing for the Shakers in the summer.

The towering striker is on loan from Sheffield United until the end of the season.

Signing for Mansfield Town in 2005 after a youth career with Leicester City, Dawson went on to be a fan favourite with the Stags but after relegation to the Conference in 2008, he moved to Gigg Lane to link up with Bury for the first time. Dawson was appointed captain and won the club’s Player of the Year award in his second and final season of his first spell with the Shakers.

After a prolific spell in non-league with Guiseley, Hanson signed for Bradford City in 2009, spending eight highly successful years with the Bantams.

He joined Leyton Orient in 2010, being named captain immediately, before spells with Barnsley and Rochdale followed. He joined Scunthorpe United in 2015, captaining the Iron, before joining Bury again and being awarded the captaincy for the fourth time in his career. He has also represented Ireland internationally at various youth levels.

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STEPHEN DAWSON

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JAMES HANSON

During his time with Bradford, he scored crucial goals in both league and cup. He scored in the 2013 League Cup semi-final against Aston Villa, sending the Bantams to the final at Wembley, before scoring against Northampton Town in City’s League Two play-off final success later on that year. He signed for Sheffield United in January 2017, helping the Blades to their League One title success last season, before arriving at Gigg Lane a year later, making a temporary switch to Lancashire.

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JOINT FIVE-A-SIDE GOALKEEPER

MIDFIELDERS

Ian LAWLOR

Kyle BENNETT

Signed for Rovers on a permanent transfer from Premier League giants Manchester City in January 2017 after an injury to Marko Marosi. Has represented the Republic of Ireland at various age levels and is in for his first full season with Rovers. Prior to his move to the Keepmoat Stadium, Lawlor gained firstteam experience with loan moves to Barnet and Bury. The later saw him make 16 appearances for the Shakers after joining them on loan in January 2016, with two penalty saves in an FA Cup shootout with Bradford City among the highlights of his time with the club. He has now made 56 competitive appearances for Rovers.

Signed a one-year deal with the Shakers in the summer of 2010 after a trial, having been released by Wolves. He made 35 appearances, scoring twice, as promotion from League Two was sealed - which earned him a move to the Keepmoat Stadium. He spent four years with Rovers - making more than 130 appearances and scoring 16 goals - before moving to Portsmouth then this summer joined Bristol Rovers.

DEFENDERS Ben FUTCHER The Oldham Athletic academy graduate joined Rovers in 2002 under Dave Penney from Stalybridge Celtic. Just six months later the defender moved onto Lincoln City. Eventually he settled down in Bury in 2007 where he helped the club to finish mid-table in his first season, scoring his first goal in a 2-1 win over Leeds United in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy. In 2012 he was joint-caretaker manager of the club with Peter Shirtliff, before hanging up his boots in 2013.

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Brian FLYNN The midfielder began his career at Burnley in 1972 then moved on to Leeds United in 1977. After returning to Burnley and a spell at Cardiff, he first moved to Belle Vue for the 1985-86 season.

The following campaign was spent at Gigg Lane, before returning to Rovers for the 87-88 campaign. His management career took in

Wrexham, where he had finished his playing career, Swansea City and a twogame caretaker spell in charge of Wales.

He had a memorable spell as Rovers manager after taking charge in January 2013 following Dean Saunders’ move to Wolves - guiding Rovers to the League One title after the incredible final-day drama at Brentford.

STRIKER Colin CRAMB The striker had spells at 19 clubs across a career which spanned from 1991 until 2015. Cramb joined Rovers from Hearts for £25,000, with 28 goals across two seasons earning him a move to Bristol City in 1997. The Scotsman spent two loan spells at Gigg Lane: once in 2001 from Crewe Alexandra, then returned on from Fortuna Sittard in 2003.

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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 L 1-2

Sat Feb 3 Sat Feb 24

York City Notts County

Sat Mar 3 Thurs Mar 15 Sat Mar 24 Fri Mar 30

Hartlepool United P-P Lincoln City W 5-1 Rotherham W 1-0 Oldham Athletic W 3-0

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

York City Burton Albion Grimsby Town Bradford City

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L 0-1 D 0-0

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 2-3 Tues Jan 23 Port Vale L 1-2 Tues Feb 6 Rotherham D 1-1 Tues March 13 Walsall W 1-0 Tues Mar 20 Grimsby Town L 0-4 Tues Mar 27 Walsall D 0-0 Tues April 17 Mansfield Town 1pm Tues May 1 York City 1pm Thurs May 3 Morecambe 1pm

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COMPLETE RESULT TABLE COMPETITON Erik’s score prediction

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FOOTBALL LEAGUE

FA CUP

Today’s Mascots LEAGUE CUP

EFL Trophy GRAND TOTAL HARRISON JONES

Age: 11 Hobbies: watching Rovers Favourite player: James Coppinger

P W D L F A H 28 11 8 9 38 31 A 29 6 4 19 37 76 N 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 57 17 12 28 75 107 H 1 1 0 0 3 1 A 1 0 0 1 2 4 N 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 2 1 0 1 5 5 H 0 0 0 0 0 0 A 1 0 0 1 0 2 N 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 1 0 0 1 0 2 H 2 1 0 1 2 1 A 0 0 0 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 2 1 0 1 2 1

62 19 12 31 82 115

Thomas McKenzie

Age: 7 Hobbies: Watching football, swimming, riding my bike & playing on Xbox Favourite Player: James Coppinger

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2nd Sub

3rd Sub

FIXTURES / RESULTS Date

Opp

K/O

Comp

Score Att

Away

Pos

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

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

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

EFL1 EFLC EFL1 EFL1 EFLC EFL1 CT

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

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

568 388

13 6 8 12 -

Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Marosi Lawlor Marosi

Mason Mason Mason Mason Alcock Mason Alcock

Andrew Andrew Andrew Andrew Andrew Andrew Garratt

Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright

Butler Garratt Butler Butler Blair Butler Butler

Blair Garratt Blair Blair Ben Khemis Blair Ben Khemis

Whiteman Whiteman1 Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Middleton

Coppinger Kongolo1 Coppinger1 Coppinger Kongolo Coppinger Kongolo

Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe1 Rowe Beestin

Mandeville May1 Mandeville Mandeville May1 May Mandeville

Marquis Marquis Marquis1 Marquis1 Marquis Marquis Williams1

Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Lawlor Marosi Ogley

Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock Butler Alcock Mason

Garratt Fielding Garratt Garratt Garratt Garratt Prior

Kongolo Prior Ben Khemis Ben Khemis Mason Ben Khemis Townrow

Beestin Beestin Kongolo Kongolo Beestin Kongolo Fletcher

1,696 736

Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Marosi

Mason Garratt Mason Mason Mason Mason Mason Mason

Garratt Butler Garratt Butler Butler Butler1 Butler Butler

Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright

Butler Toffolo Butler Blair Blair Blair Blair Toffolo

Blair Blair Ben Khemis Kongolo Houghton Houghton Houghton Houghton

Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Kongolo Whiteman

Coppinger Kongolo Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger Kongolo

Rowe Rowe Houghton Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe1 Rowe

May Mandeville Williams Williams Kongolo May1 May May

Marquis Marquis Marquis1 Marquis May Marquis1 Marquis Marquis

Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Jones

Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock

Toffolo Mason Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Garratt

Ben Khemis Coppinger Blair Garratt Garratt Garratt Garratt Coppinger

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

Williams Williams Mandeville Mandeville Williams Williams Williams Williams

432 2,179 561 319

Longbottom Fletcher May1 May1 Mandeville Mandeville Scattergood

May Longbottom Williams Williams Williams Williams Longbottom

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

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

EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFLC EFL1 EFL1 EFL1

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

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

1,898 4,836 241 295 899

8 16 16 19 17 18 19

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

CT EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 CT

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

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

93 478 753 620 329 454 236

17 18 17 19 17 -

Marosi Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Marosi

Mason Mason Mason Baudry Baudry Baudry Baudry

Alcock Butler Butler Butler Butler Butler Amos

Fielding Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Alcock

Garratt Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Toffolo Garratt

Walker Houghton Houghton Houghton Houghton Alcock Mason

Toffolo Whiteman3 Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Houghton James

Ben Khemis1 Coppinger Coppinger Blair Mason Kongolo Ben Khemis

Fletcher Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe Coppinger Beestin

Williams May May Kongolo Mandeville Rowe Mandeville1

Mandeville Marquis1 Marquis Mandeville1 Marquis Marquis Williams

Jones Jones Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Jones

Townrow Alcock Alcock Alcock Alcock Mason Horton

James Blair Blair Mason Garratt Garratt Prior

Prior Garratt Garratt Garratt Kongolo Whiteman1 Fletcher

Morris Fletcher Kongolo Fletcher Beestin Beestin Morris

Ben Khemis Ben Khemis Ben Khemis Ben Khemis Ben Khemis Scattergood

Mandeville Mandeville Beestin Coppinger Williams

NOVEMBER Sat 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 1-3 L

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

582 574 631 502 693

11 12 12 11 14

Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor

Mason Mason Mason Mason Mason Garratt

Butler Butler Butler Butler Baudry Alcock

Wright Baudry Baudry Wright Wright Wright

Blair Blair Blair Blair Blair Blair

Whiteman1 Houghton Houghton Houghton Houghton Kongolo

Houghton Kongolo Kongolo Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman

Mandeville Beestin Beestin1 Kongolo Beestin1 Beestin

Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe Rowe

May May Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger

Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis1

Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi Marosi

Alcock Alcock Garratt Baudry1 Alcock Mason

Baudry Wright Wright Garratt Garratt Fielding

Garratt Garratt Whiteman Beestin Amos Amos

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

Ben Khemis Mandeville Mandeville Mandeville Mandeville Mandeville

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

3.00PM 3.00PM 7.45PM 3.00PM 3.00PM

EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1

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

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

366 783 282 144 2,624

14 15 16 14 14

Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Marosi Marosi

Garratt Mason McCullough Mason Mason

Anderson Anderson Anderson Anderson2 Anderson

Boyle Boyle Boyle Boyle Boyle

Blair Blair1 Blair Alcock Alcock

Houghton Houghton Houghton McCullough Whiteman

Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman Beestin Beestin

Beestin Beestin Kongolo Coppinger Coppinger

Rowe Rowe Beestin Rowe Rowe

Coppinger1 Coppinger Rowe Kiwomya1 Kiwomya

Marquis1 Marquis Marquis Marquis Marquis1

Marosi Marosi Marosi Lawlor Lawlor

Alcock Alcock Alcock Blair Blair

Mason Garratt Garratt Baudry Baudry

McCullough McCullough Mason1 Houghton Wright

Kongolo Kongolo Coppinger Kongolo Kongolo

Kiwomya Kiwomya Kiwomya May May

MARCH Sat 10 Mon 19 Fri 30

Southend United Bradford City Blackpool

3.00PM 7.45PM 3.00PM

EFL1 EFL1 EFL1

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

320 744

15 14 13

Marosi Marosi Marosi

Mason Mason Mason

Baudry Baudry Baudry

Wright Wright Wright

Blair Blair Blair

McCullough McCullough McCullough

Houghton Houghton Houghton

Coppinger Coppinger Coppinger

Rowe Rowe Rowe2

Kiwomya Kiwomya Beestin

Marquis Marquis2 Marquis

Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor

Kongolo Alcock Boyle

Whiteman Whiteman Whiteman

Ben Khemis May Williams Kongolo Beestin Williams Kongolo Ben Khemis Williams

May May

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

Gillingham MK Dons Bury Oxford United Blackburn Rovers Oldham Athletic

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

EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1 EFL1

0-0 D 4,870 2-1 W 8,594

344

14 14

Marosi Marosi

Mason Mason

Baudry Baudry

Wright Wright

Blair Blair

McCullough McCullough

Whiteman Houghton

Coppinger Coppinger

Rowe Rowe

Beestin Kiwomya

Marquis Marquis

Lawlor Lawlor

Boyle Boyle

Butler Butler

Kongolo Kongolo

May May

AFC Wimbledon Wigan Athletic

7.45PM 5.30PM

EFL1 EFL1

May May May Whiteman Houghton

Ben Khemis Williams Whiteman Beestin

MAY Tues 01 Sat 05

2 18

3 19

REFEREE Carl BOYESON ASSISTANT REFEREES

MANAGER Darren FERGUSON

MANAGER Ryan LOWE

DONCASTER ROVERS 01 Ian LAWLOR (GK) 02 Craig ALCOCK 03 Danny ANDREW 04 Luke McCULLOUGH 05 Mathieu BAUDRY 06 Andy BUTLER 07 Rodney KONGOLO 08 Niall MASON 09 John MARQUIS 10 Tommy ROWE 11 Andy WILLIAMS 12 Ben WHITEMAN 13 Marko MAROSI (GK) 14 Liam MANDEVILLE 15 Joe WRIGHT 16 Jordan HOUGHTON 17 Matty BLAIR 18 Tom ANDERSON 19 Alfie MAY 20 Tyler GARRATT 21 Will LONGBOTTOM 22 Alfie BEESTIN 23 Alex KIWOMYA 24 Andy BOYLE 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

BURY 01 Joe MURPHY (GK) 02 Craig JONES 03 Greg LEIGH 04 Andrew TUTTE 05 Adam THOMPSON 06 Eoghan O’CONNELL 07 Chris MAGUIRE 08 Stephen DAWSON 09 Jermaine BECKFORD 10 Danny MAYOR 12 Connor RIPLEY (GK) 13 Callum REILLY 14 Phil EDWARDS 15 Tom ALDRED 16 Zeli ISMAIL 17 Chris HUMPHREY 18 Josh LAURENT 19 George MILLER 22 Chris SANG 23 Joe SKARZ 24 Callum STYLES 25 Tsun DAI 26 Jay O’SHEA 27 Nathan CAMERON 28 Ryan COONEY 30 Rohan INCE 32 James HANSON 33 Harry BUNN 36 Peter CLARKE 39 Ryan LOWE

Neil SHARP David PLOWRIGHT FOURTH OFFICIAL Michael DENTON IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE TO ENTER THE PITCH OR PERIMETER TRACK. ANYONE DOING SO WILL FACE ARREST AND A BAN FROM WATCHING FOOTBALL ANTI DISCRIMINATION POLICY Doncaster Rovers Football Club is determined to treat with equal consideration all supporters, regardlessof Gender, Race or Ethnic origin, Religious Belief, Age, Sexual Orientation, Disability, or any other unjustifiable reason. The club, in association with its governing bodies (the FA and the Football League) and all footballing authorities, is determined to eradicate racism in football by ensuring that no barriers exist to anyone playing/enjoying the national game, whatever their ethnic background. To this end, Doncaster Rovers Football Club will not tolerate any form of racism amongst spectators. Anyone found to be culpable of displaying any form of racist behaviour will be removed from the stadium immediately.

RESPECT THE LAW Supporters are reminded that the Keepmoat Stadium is a strictly NO SMOKING venue. It is an offence to purchase or attempt to purchase alcohol for anybody under the age of 18. Anybody caught doing so will face ejection from the stavdium and prosecution. Anybody who appears to be under the age of 21 will be asked for ID. We appreciate supporters’ co-operation.

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Oxford United (H) Sky Bet League One Keepmoat Stadium Saturday April 21 2018 // kick-off 3pm

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Blackburn Rovers (H) Sky Bet League One Keepmoat Stadium Tuesday April 24 2018 // kick-off 7.45pm