Doncaster Rovers v Bury

THE OFFICIAL MATCHDAY MAGAZINE / SEASON 2017/18 / ISSUE 23 / £3 PROGRAMME SPONSOR

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Main club sponsor Virgin Trains Associate club sponsor Stoneacre Motor Group Technical kit supplier FBT Europe Chairman David Blunt Major shareholders Terry Bramall, David Blunt, family of Dick Watson Directors Terry Bramall, David Blunt, Andy Watson, Gavin Baldwin Club director Stuart Highfield Chief executive Gavin Baldwin Commercial director Jim Lord FOOTBALL STAFF Manager Darren Ferguson Assistant manager Gavin Strachan Goalkeeping coach Paul Gerrard Physiotherapist Joe Sharp Club doctor Dr Tim Douglas CLUB STAFF Head of administration & football operations Mary Lally Head of stadium & operations Marie Hepburn Head groundsman Jim Davison Director of finance Richard Poole Head of commercial affairs Andrew Whitham Lottery manager Ken Porter Ticket manager Tracy Bawden Head of marketing & communications Shaun Lockwood Media manager Luke Thornhill Marketing manager Mark Hughesman Supporter liaison officers Craig Gleadhall, Dean Medcalf, Shelia Lynch CLUB DONCASTER FOUNDATION Chair of trustees Linda Tully Trustees Gavin Baldwin, Nigel Brewster, Natalie Shaw, Allan Stewart, Rupert Suckling, John Wallbank Honorary ambassador Stuart Highfield Executive director Jim Lord Head of FoundationJohn Davis NCS programme manager Jan Budtz CLUB DONCASTER SPORTS COLLEGE Principal Adi Turnpenny Deputy principals Joe Burton, Ben Thompson PROGRAMME Contributors Clare Bailey, Robbie Andrews, John Coyle, Ryan Daly, Alex Gibbings, Sophie Scargill, Paul Mayfield, Nicola Moran, Jon Warburton Photography Phil Ryan, AH Pix, Stephen Connor, Dave Hiskey, Heather King, Rex Features, Rob Terrace Design Sandile Somhedlwana, Hannah Moore Print Pinders of Sheffield

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DARREN FERGUSON

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GAVIN BALDWIN

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LUKE McCULLOUGH

17 OPPOSITION 29

JUNIOR ROVERS

34 COMMERCIAL 42

SUPPORTERS

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CLUB DONCASTER

Club Doncaster and Doncaster Rovers treats discriminatory anti-social behaviour seriously and wants to ensure the enjoyment of the match for all. If you experience anti-social behaviour close to you, please report it to the nearest steward or police officer. We also offer an anonymous ‘safe text’ service to enable supporters to report their concerns quickly and easily by text message. Please send a text with your location and the location of the offence – e.g. block, row, seat - to 07825012850 with one of the following: FOUL (language & behaviour) SMOKE (smoking in the stadium) RACISM (racist chanting & shouting) STAND (standing up) HPH (homophobic chanting) DRINK (drinking alcohol in view of the pitch) PYRO (use of or intended use of any pyrotechnic or smoke bomb) Each message costs one standard text at your local rate.

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

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.

A word from the manager

Darren Ferguson Good afternoon and welcome back to the Keepmoat Stadium. I would like to welcome Ryan Lowe, as well as the fans, players and staff of the visitors.

We suffered two serious injuries to players at Rotherham last weekend. Tom Anderson fractured a cheekbone and had surgery in the week, he is likely to be out for four-to-six weeks.

Alfie Beestin has suffered ankle ligament damage which we reckon could keep him out for six-to-eight weeks, it is a real blow for the lad as he has done really well this season since coming into the team.

Last Saturday was a tough one to take.

It was a typical derby and I think we surprised them a little bit with the way we played - when we got behind them and pressed them we caused them problems.

Our front three have been outstanding in the past couple of games, they’ve led the line in terms of pressing and have looked a real threat.

I’d like to add my condolences to the families of Doncaster Knights player Ian Williams, who passed away after collapsing in training, and boxer Scott Westgarth who died after his fight at the Dome last weekend.

These are lengthy injuries, but in truth there is also a bit of relief they are not Enjoy the game. worse – with Tom we worried he may have fractured an eye socket, while with Alfie there is no break.

The run of injuries we have had this season has been incredible, it is a testament to the squad of players that they have been able to cope and to the board that they allowed us to dip into the loan market when a couple of extra faces were required.

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Thoughts of the chief executive

Gavin Baldwin Good afternoon, and welcome back to the Keepmoat Stadium for this afternoon’s visit of Bury. I’d like to welcome the owners, supporters, players and staff of the Shakers who have made the trip down the M62 to join us today.

week at Rotherham we were so close to ending the Millers’ unbeaten run. It was a close game between two sides who gave everything, we need to dust ourselves off and take out the frustration from the way that match finished on Bury today.

I would like to start by offering my condolences to the family of Ian Williams and Scott Westgarth, after a tragic few weeks in local sport.

Today sees us put on a special Women at the Game event, an initiative created by lifelong football fan Jacqui Forster.

Ian was a player for Doncaster Knights who died after collapsing during a training session, while Scott passed away last weekend after winning a boxing bout at the Dome on Saturday night.

Everyone at Club Doncaster extends our best wishes to the families of both men, who were dedicated sportsmen trying to be the best they could be. May they rest in peace.

On the pitch we feel we can look forward to the final 11 games of the season with some real optimism.

Last Saturday’s match at Rotherham United was frustrating for everyone connected with Rovers, but with a week to put the game into some perspective there are a lot of positives to take from the performance and the 3-0 win over Fleetwood Town which preceded it.

She has had a productive career working for fans causes at the Supporters Direct cause, and in recent months has turned her attention to ensuring football can be as female-friendly as possible - citing examples of mothers who want to bring their kids, but have little or no experience attending games.

I would like to welcome those women who are with us today as part of the offer, I hope you enjoy the day and wish to come back to some of our remaining home games.

As a club we try to be as accessible as possible, with a special focus on families and our younger fans. Donny Dog’s Kennel is packed before matchdays, with fans and players mixing and taking part in all sorts of activities.

Enjoy the game.

We dominated the game against Fleetwood on our way to three points, which was a perfect response from the players after the loss at Walsall. Then last

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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.

the manager gave me time off when I needed it.

“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 now i’m up to speed” didn’t 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

“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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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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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 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.

“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 and that’s easy to say I suppose, but if we can turn that around in the last few games then we will finish strongly.”

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NEWS

Rovers manager Darren Ferguson is relieved Tom Anderson suffered only a broken cheekbone after colliding with goalkeeper Marko Marosi during last Saturday’s game at Rotherham United.

is. He has gone back to Burnley for the operation as they will get the operation through quicker and we will keep in contact with him throughout.”

The centre-back, on loan from Premier League side Burnley, will be out of action for four-to-six weeks and had surgery on Tuesday. Ferguson feared Anderson’s injuries could have been even worse.

Ferguson has also been dealt a blow with news midfielder Alfie Beestin will spend around eight-weeks on the sidelines as he recovers from ankle ligament damage suffered in the same game.

“It is a very serious injury and we thought that he might have fractured his eye socket as well, but thankfully he hasn’t, it is a bad injury but it could have been a lot worse,” he said.

“I’m really disappointed for Alfie because he has made himself a real fixture in this team, we have pulled him back to the midfield role and he has done really well there,” he added.

“When you see it back you can see that Marko has caught him quite badly, the striker has nudged him and obviously put him into Marko. He is a tough boy and he will get on with it, that’s just how he

“It is a real blow for the boy, I think a lot of people at first thought it might have been a break because it was a strong tackle, although it wasn’t a malicious tackle at all.”

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After beating Prostate Cancer himself in 2016 Lawrence Knight will be representing Rovers in this year’s Prostate Cancer UK’s Football to Amsterdam event.

Lawrence completed the 145-mile trip to Ajax’s Amsterdam ArenA for the first time in 2017 with Club Doncaster employees Andrew Whitham and Nicola Moran, and he is looking forward to representing the club once again.

He said: “Two years ago I was diagnosed with prostate cancer and I had to have my prostate taken out, Prostate Cancer UK is very close to me as they helped me through a difficult part of my life,” Lawrence said.It was really nice to ride alongside Andrew and Nicola last year because you are representing the football

club, and it was an easy course without too many hills.

“I want to continue to do the ride as often as I can, obviously depending on my health because it is something that I really enjoy doing and I want to give Prostate Cancer UK something back.”

The 72-year-old is a keen cyclist and targeted completing the event in 2016, but he says it was too soon after having his prostate operation. He added: “I enjoy cycling and I wanted to take part in 2016 but it was a bit too soon after the operation, I finally got my chance to do it last year and it was brilliant,” he added.

Volunteers from Prostate Cancer UK will be staging a bucket collection prior to today’s match.

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Today sees Rovers host first Women at the Game initiative in association with Pennine Stone for our game against Bury in Sky Bet League One. Tickets to this event include match tickets, a stadium tour of the first-team dressing room, a sit down three course meal in our Legends Club restaurant with table service as well as a complimentary programme, glass of Champagne and half-time refreshments.

Women at the Game has been created be Jacqui Forster, who has a history of working for supporter causes before taking a step back from that role after being diagnosed with cancer. It is intended to help women who may not be experienced in attending football feel comfortable going to matches.

Jacqui said: “I simply want to enable more women to feel happy going to watch

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sport, particularly men’s football.I think that meeting other women before the game in a non-threatening venue, like a café, entering the ground together and wherever possible spending the match with their new found friends.

“Aimed at women of all ages, all backgrounds, ethnicity, ability and religious belief, I hope that Women at the Game can empower women to experience the fun of going to the game, match, tournament without fear of intimidation, feeling isolated, lonely or need of fellow women’s companionship. This is really about making friends with other women who support the same club.

“Making friends is a basic instinct the world over. Groups of friends going to the game in a non-tribal way is, I hope, the beginning of a whole new adventure for many women.”

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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 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 17

AWAY TEAM BURY

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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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 Ian LAWLOR 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.

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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MIDFIELDERS Kyle BENNETT 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.

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 ÂŁ25,000, 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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MY WEEK: MARKETING MANAGER Making sure our matchdays are special for young fans, Mark Hughesman’s role involves far more than just selling tickets MONDAY The week usually starts with meetings, first with the communications team going through the week’s tasks then the wider Club Doncaster group. When we don’t have a midweek game we usually have our Rovers Roadshow visits to primary schools in the area. These are organised by our Foundation and involve players going into the schools to take part in classes. Every child in the school is given a letter inviting them to an upcoming game free of charge.

TUESDAY We check with the Box Office to see if we have any first-time fans coming to Saturday’s game. This means we can surprise them on a matchday, with Donny Dog delivering a small gift.

FRIDAY We don’t normally have player visits on this day as all their focus is on the match, but in pre-season we took the whole squad down to the town centre to help out at the market.We are finalising our matchday preparations, including ensuring the matchday guide is online.

MATCHDAY 10am: We put up any posters which need adding, such as those welcoming away fans. We want to stand out as a club where all fans feel welcome.

1pm: Donny Dog can usually be found outside the stadium, we invite our younger fans to have their photo taken with him and share it with us on twitter via the #DonnyDogSelfie hashtag - we give away a pair of tickets to our next game, with Donny picking the winner himself! Make sure you follow @Donny_Dog_DRFC too.

WEDNESDAY We prepare the images we will put on the big screen on matchdays, these include birthday messages for our junior fans, and 1.45pm: Donny. and Erik can be found preparation of the email match previews in Donny’s Kennel in the Club Doncaster which are sent out to supporters.

Family Stand. We have all sorts of activities going on, with staff from GAME THURSDAY bringing the latest FIFA game where At our pre-match meeting with other young fans can take on players and have departments we let them know what’s a go on other gadgets, have their face going on on a matchday - this includes painted or take part in other activities. confirming the dancers, activities outside the stadium and in the family stand, as 2.15pm: A player comes into the Belle Vue well as things like the supporter-led Bar for an interview in front of supporters, foodbank collection and any charity discussing the team selection, recent activities such as a bucket collection. form and the mood in the camp.

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We get other players who are not part of the matchday squad to come round to Donny’s Kennel in the family area.

The players are out on the pitch warming up for the game, Donny does the same taking young fans pitchside to do some exercises similar to what is going on over on the pitch itself.

3pm: During the match we have Donny’s Kennel available as a quiet area for young fans in the Family Stand if they need to spend time away from the crowd. We have special family liaison stewards who know to point families there if needed.

3.45pm: We have a family-focused pre-order service for the Family Stand, where familes can purchase their halftime snacks in advance and have them hand-delivered by Donny. Order online at donnysdeli.co.uk. Once Donny has handed out the food, he’s often on the pitch to face penalties from young fans. He has even been known to join in with our dancers from Cre8ive Dance Academy with their routines when it is a special occasion!

4.45pm: Donny is around to wave off young fans in the family area. For special occasions such as Christmas he whizzes round to the West Stand for parties with junior members 5pm: We have a special programme for young fans called Donny Kicks, and we invite a Junior Rovers member to edit each edition. They get to interview their favourite player, which we do in the home dugout after a game.

SUNDAY If the Dons are at home we will be back at the Keepmoat Stadium to oversee the family area. We have similar activities to Rovers games, with Rugby League Live on the Playstations as rugby-focused coaching sessions.

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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 10 Sat Feb 24

York City L 0-1 Oldham Athletic P Notts County D 0-0

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 2-3 Tues Jan 23 Port Vale L 1-2 Tues Feb 6 Rotherham D 1-1 Tues March 6 York City 1pm Tues March 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

Words from the Academy manager

KIERAN SCARFF The Academy is currently getting prepared for a visit from an educational ombudsman. This visit is arranged

by League Football Education and is designed to support the policies and procedures we have in place to monitor and support the academic and life-skills development of all our young players.

Our head of education and welfare, Tony Morton, works tirelessly to monitor the academic progress of all our players.

He has developed positive relationships with the schools our players attend and uses their academic reports to monitor their development: offering guidance where required in a way that is consistent and supportive of the schools they attend.

We are big believers in engraining good habits, with attitude to learning and respect being vitally important in life full stop. Along with academic progress Tony focuses very much on attitude and attendance as key areas.

Tony, along with our Academy staff, ensures our programme provides a variety of life-skills development opportunities that provide chances for our players to develop the core values we expect from them.

These core values are also ones that will provide them with opportunities throughout their education, careers and personal life.

Football Academies are, in essence, a smaller scale school. We have a great opportunity to provide positive and lasting opportunities and experiences for so many youngsters and we will always work to ensure we provide and further develop these.

Good luck to the gaffer, the staff and the players today.

U18s coach Paul Stancliffe was impressed with character of his side during their 0-0 draw with fifth-placed Notts County.

The U18s boss named a particularly youthful side as he looks to blood U15 and U16 players with a look to the future.

He said: “I’m happy with a lot of things other than drawing the game, because we want to win the game. The most important thing, though, is that we don’t lose.

“It’s a young team again, but that’s not an excuse because I thought they produced some really good stuff. Louis Jones was very good, he’s shown a good attitude and he’s come in even though he’s a little bit older, but he’s worked hard through the week and has been rewarded with a game.”

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TEN YEARS AGO: DONCASTER ROVERS IN SEASON 2007-08. Part 18 With Rovers’ resources stretched by injuries, manager Sean O’Driscoll recalled two on-loan players to bolster his squad.

Martin Woods was recalled from a short spell at Yeovil Town while Graeme Lee, recovering after long-term injuries, came back from Hartlepool United.

On Easter Monday, Rovers faced Oldham Athletic for the fifth time in 2007-08, hoping to bounce back after successive away defeats. James O’Connor was absent with a slight thigh strain, while Stuart Elliott was away with Northern Ireland and adding to Rovers’ roll of full internationals by appearing against Georgia. Stephen Roberts and Mark McCammon took their places.

The game had a lively start with both sides clearing efforts off their respective lines. Adam Lockwood was forced to make a last-ditch clearance to thwart Oldham’s Constantine before Matt Mills saw his goal-bound header cleared in similar circumstances.

The game settled down and it became clear that Rovers would not find Oldham easy to beat. They did finally take the lead after 37 minutes, Paul Heffernan latching onto McCammon’s headed pass to score.

Just after the interval McCammon was just wide with a header from a James Coppinger cross and Rovers paid the penalty on 52 minutes when they failed to deal with a free-kick and Jarrett volleyed in the equalising goal.

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Rovers pressed for a winner and Richie Wellens shot into the side netting before Rovers had a very strong claim for a penalty for handball waved aside.

After 83 minutes substitute James Hayter lobbed the advancing goalkeeper O’Donnell then watched as the ball hit a post and was cleared. Then in the dying minutes Paul Green shot just wide. A frustrating afternoon ended with the scores 1-1 and news of a victory for Carlisle, now clear in second place, added to the disappointment. There was little

start to the game as they dominated the first half. On 15 minutes Price connected with Gareth Roberts’ cross only to see his header well saved by Smith. Ten minutes later Heffernan fired wide when wellplaced and soon after Smith did well to turn away Green’s fierce drive.

There was no score at the break but no doubt who was in control of the game.

The lively Green had a goal-bound shot blocked after 55 minutes and then in a rare Forest attack McGugan stabbed a cross from Tyson just wide. The breakthrough arrived after 74 minutes.

time to brood on the disappointment of taking one point from nine because on Friday March 28, third-placed Rovers were at home to fourth-placed Nottingham Forest. Forest were on a poor run themselves, having won only one of their past six. The game was a special night for Neil Sullivan, making his 400th League appearance. O’Connor replaced Stephen Roberts while fit-again J.J. Price took the place of McCammon.

Those who had witnessed Rovers’ recent struggles were heartened by their lively

Rovers won a free-kick on the edge of the box, Gareth Roberts struck a low shot and the ball went under a jumping player in the wall and into the net via a post. Five minutes later Brian Stock almost made it 2-0, forcing a fine one-handed save from Smith. It ended 1-0, a scoreline that flattered Forest rather than dominant Rovers.

Rovers’ fans spent a rare fallow Saturday following scores from elsewhere, although these did not improve the team’s position. At tea-time Swansea City remained top on 82, Carlisle United were second on 75 with Rovers, who had played a game more on 72. Southend United, in fourth, were seven points behind Rovers.

It seemed like a two-horse race for second place.

John Coyle

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Hello everyone, Welcome to today’s game and hope you are all ready to make plenty of noise. Don’t forget to come and find me for your free copy of my Donny Kicks magazine. We have five home games left after today and our next game is going to be shown on TV so make sure you are here with me.

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Today’s Mascots

HARRISON JONES

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

Thomas McKenzie

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

Happy Birthday Phoebe Ackroyd Thomas Atkins Zach Broxham Luc ­Burke-lejeune Toby Carter Miles Chandler George Colliver Loghan Connor Hannah Courts Spencer Criddle Thomas Doyle

Alexander ­Dimaline Oliver Driver Luka ­Durrant-James Liam Fox Luca Glaister Callum Godley Charlie Graham Joel Hickman George Holt Gracie Horne

Lost your friends or family? If you become separated just find your nearest steward – they are the people wearing the bright orange jacket (or white in the family stand) – and they will help you find them!

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Layla Jacques Matthew Lomax Peyton Lumley Warren Mahan Oliver Marr Jack McMurray James Mitchell Isobel Moore Thomas ­Nettleship Ben Newton Cameron O’Brien

Conna Owen Awen Qadir Jayden Race Isaiah Reasbeck Joshua Sheldon Blake Sinderson Riley Staley Jack Taylor Lucas Tomlinson Zak Warcup Chloe Whiteley

NEWS

Young Rovers fan Zeke Bolton was given a unique behind the scenes experience during a recent game.

Zeke, who is undergoing treatment for leukaemia, joined Rovers’ media team during the visit of Charlton Athletic.

Zee helped media manager Luke Thornhill ensure the day went smoothly, helping film pre-match videos and choose the pictures which went on social media.

He also got to meet all the players, highfiving them all as they came off after the warm-up and then getting photos with them all after the match.

Luke said: “Zeke was brilliant and seemed to really enjoy his day, he was a big help and Donny Dog even found time to stop by to say hello during the second half.

“The players loved getting to meet him, and everyone at the club wishes him well in his fight against leukaemia.”

Zeke’s father Thom joined him for the day. He said: “This was a wonderful gesture from Rovers and created lifelong memories for Zeke.

“It is another example of the club going above and beyond to make matches special for fans.”

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Welcome back to the Keepmoat Stadium.

It was a fine home performance the last time we were here as two goals from loanee Tom Anderson and a strike from Alex Kiwomya saw Rovers take a convincing three points from Fleetwood and cemented their first win of 2018.

Today we take on Bury who, while currently sitting in the bottom four, will be looking for a win today to bolster their chances of escaping the relegation zone.

We wish you all a wonderful afternoon of football.

Today’s match sponsors are John Hill Associates. John Hill Associates was formed in 1994 to provide a comprehensive range of architectural, building surveying and project management services. They are a private practice and deal with building surveying, commercial property, project managements, surveys and much more.

Pristine Commercial Cleaning Services are today’s matchball sponsors. They

Our Fleetwood match sponsors Bidfood with Tom Anderson

provide a full range of cleaning services for the public and private sector, as well as residential and commercial property in South Yorkshire.

Their staff are fully trained, insured and qualified for a wide range of domestic and commercial cleaning services, including those that include working at high levels and even managing hazardous waste.

Pennine Stone are sponsors of today’s programme. The company produce high quality stone within timescales demanded by housebuilders. Delivery is then made via their own specialised vehicles featuring demountable forklift off loading facilities that saves customers time and money.

Thanks to all our sponsors for their continued support.

To find out more about hospitality or sponsorship, please call a member of the team on 01302 764665 or email commercial@clubdoncaster.co.uk.

After the Fleetwood game, Tom Anderson presented programme sponsors the Horsebit Shop with a signed, framed programme.

DC Training chose Tom Anderson as their Man of the Match v Fleetwood

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NEWS

Atherton Godfrey Solicitors has pledged to break a target of £20,000 raised for charitable causes as it signed up to Club Doncaster’s Official Partnership scheme.

and we are able to do this in a range of ways, including key partnerships such as this one with Club Doncaster and other charitable activities.

The charitable-minded solicitors firm is one of the largest law firms in Doncaster, with around 120 dedicated legal and support staff. This year they hope their donations will surpass the £20,000 mark through their engagement in charitable activities.

“We like to be involved in high profile national fundraisers, but our heart really lies with small local charities that do so much in our community.”

Don Bird, partner at Atherton Godfrey says a real commitment to Doncaster communities is central to everything they do. He said: “We are proud that while our practice has expanded rapidly, we have been able to retain the character of a high street law firm offering friendly, straight forward legal advice. As a Doncaster business, we feel that it’s important to support the local community

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Established in the town centre for almost 40 years, much of their business now comes by recommendation from previous clients, ranging from family generations to national construction and development companies. Whether it is buying your first home, starting or developing a business, dealing with a family problem or planning for the future, Atherton Godfrey have experts on hand with all the knowledge, skills and experience needed to be able to offer the seamless service that today’s busy lifestyle demands.

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LOTTERY RESULTS – WEEK 10 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 9592 Mark Caudwell £500 9648 Bethany Epton Canal Tavern meal 9178 Marie Roe Hatfield meal 9174 Mellony Shepherd Trades &

Labour Club meal 9661 William Schofield Eagle &

Child meal 9600 Simon Bell Woodfield

Farm meal 9184 Barry Raw Vintage Bar Meal

Several other Rovers fans were also winners this week through their £1 lottery membership, the full list of winners is as follows: Winning Number: 9592 M Caudwell, Edlington, wins £500 Next week’s top prize: £500 Two £50 winners 1657 H Smith 2559 J Stones

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Four £25 winners 0989 M Lindley Clay Lane 4617 J Hall Arksey 4422 A Atack Doncaster 1752 G Whitehead Barnburgh The Rovers Alliance costs just £2.25 per

week and comes packed with numerous Sponsored prize winners benefits, not only do members get entry 9648 B Epton Canal Tavern meal into the weekly lottery draw but they 3636 B Thompson Cheswold meal are also entered into the annual Super 3461 F Page Corner Pin meal Jackpot Draw (with a guaranteed prize of 9178 M Roe Hatfields meal £10,000) and numerous draws for money 9174 M Shepherd Trades & Labour can’t buy prizes. Other fantastic benefits

Club meal include 5% discount on season tickets 9661 W Schofield Eagle & Child meal and 10% off all corporate hospitality 7061 D Breslin Ship Inn meal packages.

4105 R Dickinson Med @ The

Market meal For more information about the benefits 1070 A Wagstaff Angel Inn meal of joining Rovers Alliance, please e-mail 1611 N Thomas Grove Inn meal reception@clubdoncaster.co.uk 4521 P Roidl Coleman’s Pizzeria

& Steak House meal 9600 S Bell Woodfield Farm meal 2401 K Wolstenholme

Blacksmith’s Arm meal 9184 B Raw Vintage Bar meal 3461 J Kynaston Two match tickets

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The latest from the

Communications team This has been a busy week for the communications team, as we have been finalising our submissions for the EFL Family Club of the year.

One of the best things about working for this club is that we have the freedom to innovate, to rip up the rules to try and give fans - especially the younger generation - a unique experience. Earlier in this programme we highlight Zeke Bolton, a young fan who has leukaemia, who got to come behind the scenes at a recent game.

There are loads of other examples, before Christmas Andy Butler surprised a young supporter with cancer by stopping by his house, while this season we have an example where a fan who posted suicidal thoughts on twitter credits, at least in part, tweets from the Rovers account with helping him stay alive.

It is standard practice for players to stop for photos and sign autographs as they arrive and leave, or if they are required for post-match duties. Every match we take a player into the Belle Vue Bar for a pre-match interview, with several others going into Donny Dog’s Kennel to interact with young fans - playing FIFA18 against them, taking part in other activities or just posing for photos.

through the Supporters Board, the panels that have been set up to build on In Rowers We Trust, Meet The Owners or from the fans who contact us or stop staff members for a chat at games or our events.

We are always evolving. This season we introduced family liaison stewards, who have differently coloured vests to help kids spot them easily. Our junior programme, Donny Kicks, is now edited by a Junior Rovers fan who gets to interview their favourite player and is given away free. Coaches for away fans now get to park for free at the Keepmoat Stadium, something we believe will see clubs offer parking for our coaches for free in return. We do not always shout about these changes, but they are always being considered as we aspire to be one of the most family-friendly clubs in the EFL. Club Doncaster media manager Luke Thornhill Today’s Sine FM track from a local band is Want You Madly by Rival Bones

This culture is one of the reasons why Rovers are one of only a handful of clubs to have achieved the EFL’s Family Excellence award every year since its inception more than a decade ago.

We do everything we can to put supporters at the heart of all our thinking, and value the feedback we receive

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SUPPORTERS Official Supporters Club A good afternoon and a warm welcome to the fans, players and management of Bury F.C for today’s EFL encounter, We hope the Shakers supporters have an enjoyable experience and, after today, have a successful run in to stop them dropping to League Two. We have had a couple of away games since my last notes, with great travelling support – more than 300 at Walsall and well over 2,500 at Rotherham.

The next away game is at Southend, on Saturday March 10. Bus time are in the programme, but some games may change throughout the season, watch for any notifications. We have brought forward the Blackpool times forward by 30 minutes all around, this is due to the Bank Holiday.

If you live in the Retford, Harworth, Rossington area, why not use the Supporters Club home bus, which runs every home match at a very competitive price. If you live on Bawtry Road you can also use this service at £1 return.

It runs direct to the Keepmoat Stadium and back and there no need to book, just turn up. Please let us know if would like picking up on Bawtry Road - call 07961727769 for more information.

Our North branch also run coaches to most away games from Carcroft, Adwick, and points along the A19, a good active branch, it makes it much easier to travel

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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 at the Mount Pleasant Hotel.

Rovers til I die Paul Mayfield

DRFCFans4Foodbanks Rovers supporters have now donated more than 500kg of food to a fans-led foodbank collection after a record haul at the Charlton game.

Organisers set an ambitious target of collecting 100kg prior to the visit of Charlton Athletic, meaning the overall raised would hit 500kg and match the landmark 500th EFL appearance of Rovers captain James Coppinger on the same day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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AWAY TRAVEL

Rovers travel to Essex to face Southend United at Roots Hall in Sky Bet League One on Saturday March 10.

Rovers make the journey to Bloomfield Road to play Blackpool in Sky Bet League One on Friday March 30.

Ground: Roots Hall Capacity: 12,392 (all seated) Phone: 01702 304050 Postcode: SS2 6NQ

Ground: Bloomfield Road Capacity: 17,338 (all seated) Phone: 01253 685000 Postcode: FY1 6JJ

Travelling by car: Take the A1, A14 and M11 before taking the exit at Junction 29 of the M25. Merge onto the A127 Southend Arterial Road, before taking the third exit at the first roundabout onto A127 Prince Avenue. At the next roundabout, take the third exit onto A127 Victoria Avenue and the ground will be on the right. As well as street parking, there is a car park at the ground, behind the Main Stand which costs ÂŁ5, or there is the Southend High School For Boys which also offers car parking for ÂŁ5 per car (the school entrance is on Prittlewell Road).

Travelling by car: Take the A1, M62, M61 and M55 to the A5230. At the roundabout, take the second exit onto Yeadon Way, and then at the next roundabout continue straight onto Seasiders Way. There is a large pay and display car park on your left, with the ground ahead on your right.

Rovers fans will be in the Stan Mortensen Stand, which is on the north side of the stadium.

Travelling by train: The closest station is Prittlewell station, which is located just under a mile from the ground.

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Travelling by train: The closest train station to Bloomfield Road is Blackpool South, which is located just under half a mile from the ground itself.

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HAW

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ROSS 4.45PM

4.50PM

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DRI 5.00PM

5.05PM

WATER/D

KEEP 5.15PM

8.45AM

8.45AM

8.50AM

9.00AM 9.05AM

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£15.00 £22.00

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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

8.40 AM 8.50 AM 8.55AM

9.00 AM

1.00PM

6.00PM

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Home Bus Night

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1.30PM

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1.35PM

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-

-

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6.45PM

1.45PM

NOON

10.00 AM 10.05 AM 10.15 AM 10.15 AM 10.20 AM 10.30 AM 10.35AM 10.45 AM

8.15 AM 8.25 AM 8.35 AM 8.35 AM

£15.00

£15.00

£22.00

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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

12.50PM 13.00 PM £11.00

£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

9.50 AM 10.00 AM 10.05AM 10.15AM £16.00

9.05 AM 9.15 AM 9.15 AM 9.20 AM 9.30 AM

3.20 PM 3.30 PM 3.30 PM

NOON

£29.00

9.15 AM £22.00

11.20AM 11.30AM

9.05AM

8.30 AM 8.35 AM 8.45 AM 8.45 AM 8.50 AM 9.00 AM 9.05AM

9.00AM

3.15PM

9.30 AM 9.35 AM 9.45 AM 9.45 AM

10.45 AM 11.05AM 11.00AM 11.00AM 11.10AM 11.15AM

8.30 AM 8.35 AM 8.45 AM 8.45 AM 8.50 AM 9.00 AM

11.15 AM 11.30 AM 11.20 AM 11.30 AM 11.35 AM 1 1.45 AM 11.50AM

7.15 AM

4.35PM 4.45 PM

12.15 PM 12.25PM 12.35PM 12.35 PM 12.40 PM 12.45PM

Fleetwood Town

18/11/17

4.20PM

10.45 AM 10.50AM 11.00AM 11.00AM 11.10AM 11.15AM 11.20AM 11.30AM

Bury

28/10/17

4.15 PM

6.30AM 6.40 AM 6.45 AM 6.45 AM 6.55 AM 7.00 AM 7.05AM

4.00PM 4.05 PM 4.15 PM

01/01/18 Peterborough Utd

Bradford City

Charlton Athletic

30/09/17

14/10/17

Rochdale

Plymouth Argyle

12/09/17

23/09/17

£18.00

ADULT

£20.00 £17.00

£17.00

£24.00

£17.00

£25.00

£12.00

£20.00

£28.00

£18.00

£12.00

£17.00

£25.00

£22.00

£18.00

£18.00

£17.00

£24.00

£15.00

£31.00

£14.00 £17.00

£14.00

£20.00

£14.00

£21.00

£10.00

£16.00

£24.00

£15.00

£10.00

£14.00

£21.00

£18.00

£15.00

£15.00

£14.00

£20.00

£12.00

£27.00

£14.00

£18.00

£24.00

£16.00

£16.00

£22.00

£16.00

£24.00

£13.00

£18.00

£26.00

£17.00

£13.00

£18.00

£23.00

£20.00

£17.00

£17.00

£16.00

£22.00

£14.00

£29.00

£16.00

£17.00

£22.00

£16.00

£17.00

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NON-MEMBERS

£14.00 £17.00

£15.00

£15.00

8.30AM 8.35AM

£16.00

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

4.30PM

09/09/17 Northampton Town 10.15 AM 10.20AM 10.30AM 10.30AM 10.35AM 10.45AM 10.50AM 11.00AM

26/08/17

12/08/17

08/08/17 Brad City EFL Cup

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CLUB DONCASTER FOUNDATION

Today marks Rovers’ annual National Citizen Service matchsay, an event dedicated to celebrating Club Doncaster Foundation’s NCS programme and all the voluntary work done in the borough.

Rovers’ first-team players will wear NCS t-shirts for their warm up and meeting the programme graduates.

Doncaster Borough. We’re delighted to welcome NCS Trust chair Stephen Greene to experience NCS matchfay with us. It’s fantastic that we can celebrate everything we do and have so much support from Doncaster Rovers.

“I’m excited for the coming months with NCS.

NCS graduates from Club Doncaster Foundation will be on hand throughout the day to increase the interest of younger fans and talk to them about their NCS experience a=s well as provide activities in Donny Dog’s kennel.

“This summer we’ll be creating pathways for young people to continue their volunteering after their NCS experience as well as linking with local businesses to support graduates into job or apprentice opportunities.”

Programme manager Jan Budtz said: “I’m so proud of my team and feel lucky to manage a programme that empowers thousands of young people.

More than 1.9 million hours of social action has taken place across the country, the equivalent to building 74 Olympic Stadiums or the Great Wall of China.

“The social action projects that we see each year are in particularly excellent and make such a difference to the

To find out more about the NCS programme, visit clubdoncasterfoundation. co.uk or phone the team on 01302 764663.

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Fit Rovers participant and artist, Chris Kay has pulled together a fantastic A3 portrait of James Coppinger to celebrate his 500 game milestone for Doncaster Rovers.

The original artwork was presented to the Rovers captain following his man of the match performance against Fleetwood Town, and commemorates a wonderful career at the Yorkshire club so far.

Displaying his first and 500th league games for Doncaster Rovers, the drawing also includes Coppinger’s team photo for the current season.

Coppinger thanked Chris for the “amazing drawing”, telling the budding artist he had an “unbelievable talent”.

A print of the drawing will be signed by Coppinger himself and up for grabs thanks to a competition from Club Doncaster Foundation.

Keep an eye out on social media for the chance to win. For more information about Fit Rovers or any of the work Club Doncaster Foundation do, contact the team on 01302 764663.

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

CLUB DONCASTER FOUNDATION PROUD PARTNERS

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CLUB DONCASTER Richard Horne praised his side’s ruthlessness after they scored more than 70 points in a game for the second week in a row. The Dons ran in 16 tries as they beat Myton Warriors 82-6 in the Challenge Cup third round at the Keepmoat Stadium last Saturdau.

Horne said: “It was always going to be more about the performance than the actual result, if the performance is good then the result usually takes care of itself and that was the case.

“We’ve got some strike on both edges, so it’s important that we take full advantage of that and try to hurt teams when we get the opportunities.

“These type of games are always about the performance, scoring plenty of tries

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and building confidence. We need to be better though because teams will hurt us for our sloppy starts.”

Jason Tali produced a man of the match display against the Warriors, scoring four tries, and Horne was impressed with the Dons’ attack in all areas of the pitch.

He added: “We haven’t really pin-pointed the left edge, but with the quality we’ve got out there we’ve got to use it as much as we can, we found some nice passes out wide and finished the moves off with some clinical tries.

The Dons return to the Keepmoat Stadium on Sunday March 11 to take on Whitehaven, you can purchase tickets from the Box Office on 01302 762576 or at tickets.clubdoncaster.co.uk.

DONCASTER ROVERS BELLES Neil Redfearn’s side opened up a three point lead at the top of WSL 2 with a 4-0 win over Aston Villa.

close range before somehow tipping a Jade Richards header out for a corner when it looked certain that the hosts had levelled.

Goals from Rhiannon Roberts, Rebecca Rayner, Jess Sigsworth and Kirsty Hanson The Belles knew they had the quality to gave the Belles a convincing win. make the hosts pay for missed chances and that’s exactly what they did after The Belles began slowly in Tamworth, the break. With Sigsworth brought struggling to keep the ball, with Ebony down, the Villa defence stopped as the Salmon causing problems throughout for referee played an advantage. Rachel the hosts.

Newborough took advantage of the static Villa backline to find Rayner in space who The Belles took their chance when fired home to make it 2-0.

Sophie Walton’s floated free kick found an unmarked Rhiannon Roberts six yards out Sigsworth herself got in on the action to head home. Bethan Davies in the Belles minutes later when she superbly danced goal received plaudits for her display around three defenders before powering in the defeat to Chelsea and was at it an effort into a bottom corner, with again as Villa took control of the game.

Hanson sealing a rapid counter-attack to The keeper denied Hayley Crackle from round off the victory.

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FIXTURES / RESULTS Date

Opp

K/O

Comp

Score Att

Away

Pos

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

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

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

EFL1 EFLC EFL1 EFL1 EFLC EFL1 CT

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

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

568 388

13 6 8 12 -

Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Lawlor Marosi Lawlor Marosi

Mason Mason Mason Mason Alcock Mason Alcock

Andrew Andrew Andrew Andrew Andrew Andrew Garratt

Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright Wright

Butler Garratt Butler Butler Blair Butler Butler

Blair Garratt Blair Blair Ben Khemis Blair Ben Khemis

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

1,696 736 1,898 4,836 241 295 899

8 16 16 19 17 18 19

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

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

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

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

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

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

MARCH Sat 03 Sat 10 Mon 19 Sat 24 Fri 30

Bury Southend United Bradford City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool

3.00PM 3.00PM 7.45PM 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

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

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432 2,179 561 319

1st Sub

2nd Sub

Longbottom Fletcher May1 May1 Mandeville Mandeville Scattergood

3rd Sub

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May May May Whiteman Houghton

May Longbottom Williams Williams Williams Williams Longbottom

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Appearances & Goals As of 24/2/2018 EFL

FA Cup

Carabao Cup

Career totals 2017/18

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

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App

Sub

Goals

App

Sub

Goals

App

Sub

Goals

4 0 5 5 11 11 1 21 5 28 25 0 0 10 0 24 0 0 2 16 32 0 7 3 34 26 11 2 0 0 0 0 34 0 11 0 0 27 2 27

3 0 0 0 3 6 1 8 0 0 4 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 3 12 0 0 9 1 0 3 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 4 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rovers total

App Sub Gls App Sub Gls

10 1 5 7 15 16 6 27 5 34 28 1 1 16 0 27 1 0 2 22 37 0 11 8 39 33 15 2 1 0 0 0 40 0 14 0 1 32 5 32

5 1 0 0 3 8 2 8 0 1 5 0 2 5 0 3 1 0 3 13 0 1 12 1 1 6 11 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 6 5 1

0 60 0 1 2 5 0 7 1 44 2 21 2 6 2 75 0 5 3 164 4 500 0 2 0 1 0 21 0 0 1 61 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 22 0 56 0 2 4 27 0 39 10 87 3 73 6 24 0 94 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 96 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 1 7 32 1 80 0 55

11 1 0 0 9 11 2 8 0 2 66 1 2 7 0 5 1 0 3 13 0 7 36 5 1 6 18 9 34 1 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 6 23 5

0 0 2 0 6 3 2 5 0 13 65 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 15 0 36 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 7 29 0

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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

Chris ISHERWOOD 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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