Doncaster Rovers is an English football club formed in 1879.[1]
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Honours
League
English third tier
Champions: 2012โ13
Play-off winners: 2007โ08
โ Northern half
โ Champions: 1934โ35, 1946โ47, 1949โ50
โ Runners up: 1937โ38, 1938โ39
English fourth tier
Champions: 1965โ66, 1968โ69, 2003โ04
Runners up: 1983โ84
Promoted: 1980โ81, 2016โ17
English fifth tier
Play-Off Winners: 2002โ03
Midland Football League[2]
Champions: 1896โ97, 1898โ99
Runners up: 1900โ01, 1922โ23
Midland Alliance League
Runners up: 1890โ91
Yorkshire League
Runners up: 1898โ99
Cup
Football League Trophy
2006โ07
Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup
1890โ91, 1911โ12, 2000โ01, 2001โ02
Sheffield and Hallamshire County Cup
1935โ36, 1937โ38, 1940โ41, 1955โ56, 1967โ68, 1975โ76, 1985โ86
Conference Cup
1998โ99, 1999โ2000
Wharncliffe Charity Cup
1922โ23
Club
- Highest overall League finish: 7th (25th overall), Division 2, 1901โ02 season
- Record League victory: 10โ0 v Darlington, Division 4, 25 January 1964[1]
- Record cup victory: 7โ0 v Blyth Spartans, FA Cup first round, 27 November 1937[1] and v Chorley, FA Cup first round replay, 20 November 2018.
- Record defeat: 0โ12 v Small Heath, Division 2, 11 April 1903[1]
- Record home attendance at Belle Vue: 37,149 vs Hull City, Division 3 (N), 2 October 1948[1]
- Record home attendance at Keepmoat Stadium: 15,001 vs Leeds Utd, League 1, 1 April 2008
- Record League points: 92, Division 3, 2003โ04
- Record League goals: 123, Division 3 (N), 1946โ47[1]
- Longest match: 3 hours 23 minutes (203 minutes) vs. Stockport County, 30 March 1946, also a world record.
Players
Appearances
- Record League appearances: James Coppinger, 607
- Record appearances: James Coppinger, 688
- Most consecutive League appearances: Bert Tindill, 139 (11 September 1948 โ 24 November 1951)[3]
- Longest serving: Walter Langton, 18 seasons
Goalscorers
A list of goalscorers who have scored 40 or more total goals. Ordered by total goals, then league goals, then ratios.
- As of 5 April 2021.
# | Name | Position | Club career | League apps |
League goals |
League ratio |
Total apps |
Total goals |
Total ratio |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tom Keetley | FW | 1923โ1929 | 231 | 180 | 0.779 | 241 | 186 | 0.772 | |
2 | Alick Jeffrey | FW | 1954โ1959, 1963โ1968 | 262 | 129 | 0.492 | 293 | 140 | 0.478 | |
3 | Bert Tindill | IF | 1946โ1958 | 402 | 122 | 0.303 | 429 | 131 | 0.305 | Also scored 13 goals in the Wartime League and 3 in Wartime Cup games |
4 | Peter Kitchen | FW | 1970โ1977 | 228 | 90 | 0.395 | 256 | 106 | 0.414 | |
5 | James Coppinger | MF | 2004โ2021 | 607 | 67 | 0.11 | 688 | 78 | 0.113 | |
6 | Brendan O'Callaghan | FW | 1973โ1978 | 187 | 64 | 0.342 | 212 | 77 | 0.363 | |
7 | John Marquis | FW | 2016โ2019 | 134 | 61 | 0.455 | 153 | 67 | 0.438 | |
8 | Billy Linward | OL | 1895โ1901 | 53 | 65 | |||||
9 | Glynn Snodin | MF | 1976โ1985 | 309 | 59 | 0.191 | 345 | 62 | 0.18 | |
10 | Colin Booth | IF | 1962โ1964 | 88 | 57 | 0.648 | 101 | 62 | 0.614 | |
11 | Colin Douglas | FW /FB | 1981โ1986, 1988โ1993 | 404 | 53 | 0.131 | 444 | 62 | 0.14 | |
12 | Billy Boardman | FW | 1922โ1927 | 182 | 57 | 0.313 | 196 | 61 | 0.311 | |
13 | Peter Doherty | IF | 1949โ1953 | 103 | 55 | 0.534 | 109 | 58 | 0.532 | |
14 | William Jex | Inside Left | 1908โ09 1910โ11 1913โ14 | 49 | 58 | |||||
15 | Arnold Oxspring | Inside Right / Outside Right | 1897โ1900 | 51 | 56 | |||||
16 | Paul Todd | IF | 1946โ1950 | 160 | 49 | 0.306 | 170 | 56 | 0.329 | |
17 | Stan "Dizzie" Burton | WI | 1932โ1938 | 196 | 50 | 0.255 | 204 | 54 | 0.265 | |
18 | Albert Turner | WI | 1933โ1937 | 119 | 51 | 0.429 | 122 | 53 | 0.434 | Scored in 6 consecutive games and 5 times in one game in 1934-35 season |
19 | Clarrie Jordan | FW | 1940โ1948 | 60 | 48 | 0.8 | 67 | 50 | 0.746 | He also scored 63 goals in 102 games during the war years |
20 | Ray Harrison | CF | 1950โ1954 | 126 | 47 | 0.373 | 134 | 50 | 0.373 | |
21 | Kit Lawlor | IF | 1950โ1954 | 127 | 47 | 0.37 | 143 | 49 | 0.343 | |
22 | Ron Walker | LW | 1952โ1961 | 240 | 46 | 0.192 | 258 | 49 | 0.19 | |
23 | Laurie Sheffield | CF | 1965โ1966, 1969 | 73 | 41 | 0.562 | 85 | 48 | 0.565 | |
24 | Walter Langton | LB / CF | 1887โ1905 | 28 | 48 | |||||
25 | Tony Leighton | CF | 1959โ1961 | 84 | 44 | 0.524 | 88 | 45 | 0.511 | |
26 | Billy Sharp | FW | 2009โ2012, 2014 | 98 | 44 | 0.449 | 102 | 45 | 0.441 | |
27 | Eddie Perry | CF | 1936โ1940 | 98 | 44 | 0.449 | 102 | 44 | 0.431 | |
28 | Reg Baines | CF | 1934โ1936 | 80 | 43 | 0.538 | 81 | 43 | 0.531 | |
29 | Alfie Hale | IF | 1962โ1965 | 119 | 42 | 0.353 | 135 | 44 | 0.326 | |
30 | Paul Heffernan | FW | 2005โ2010 | 128 | 35 | 0.273 | 150 | 43 | 0.287 | |
31 | Albert Broadbent | LW | 1959โ1961 1963-1966 | 206 | 39 | 0.189 | 231 | 42 | 0.182 |
- Record League goal-scorer: Tom Keetley, 180 league goals (1923 to 1929)
- Record goal-scorer: Tom Keetley, 186 goals in all competitions
- Highest League scorer in a season: Clarrie Jordan, 42 (Division 3 (N), 1946โ47)
- Most goals in one match: Tom Keetley, 6 (in 7โ4 league win at Ashington, 1928โ29)
- Scoring in most consecutive games: Clarrie Jordan, 10 (1946โ47)
- Most goals scored in their debut: Arnold Oxspring, 4 against Long Eaton Rangers in the Midland League[4]
Other
- Most international caps while at Rovers: Len Graham (14 caps for Northern Ireland)
- Youngest player: Alick Jeffrey (15 years, 229 days, 1954)
- Oldest player: John Ryan (52 years and 11 months, 2003)
- Record transfer fee paid: Billy Sharp ยฃ1,150,000 (to Sheffield United)[5]
- Record fee received: Matthew Mills, ยฃ2,000,000 (from Reading)[6]
Inclusion criteria
Statistics includes substitute appearances, but excludes wartime matches. Further information on competitions/seasons which are regarded as eligible for general statistics are provided below.
League stats
League statistics includes data for the following league spells, but not play-off matches:
- Midland Alliance: 1890โ91
- Midland Football League: 1891-92 to 1900-01; 1903โ04; 1905-06 to 1922-23
- The Yorkshire League: 1897โ98 to 1898โ99
- Football League: 1901-02 to 1902-03; 1904โ05; 1923-24 to 1997-98; 2003-04 to present
- Football Conference: 1998-99 to 2002-03
Total stats
The figures for total statistics includes the League figures together with the following competitions:
- Play-off matches (2002โ03 and 2007โ08)
- FA Cup; FA Trophy (1998-99 to 2002-03)
- Football League Cup, Football League Trophy (including three seasons as a Conference club 2000-01 to 2002-03), Football League Group Cup (1982โ83), Football League Third Division North Cup (1933-34 to 1934-35; 1937โ38)
- Conference League Cup (1999-00 to 2000-01)
- Sheffield and Hallamshire FA Minor Challenge Cup
- Sheffield and Hallamshire FA Senior Challenge Cup
- Gainsborough News Charity Cup
- Wharncliffe Charity Cup
- Mexborough Montague Charity Cup
- Friendlies (pre 1890โ91 when Doncaster weren't in a league)
NOT included:
- Wartime League matches
- Friendlies (1890โ91 onwards)
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Doncaster Rovers Facts and Figures". Doncaster Rovers FC. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ "England โ Midland League". Dinant Abbink and RSSSF 2006/08. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "Consecutive Player Appearances". The English National Football Archive. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ a b Bluff, Tony (2011). Donny:Doncaster Rovers F.C. The Complete History (1879โ2010). Yore Publications. ISBNย 978 0 9569848 3 8.
- ^ Mortley, Chris (7 July 2010). BILLY SHARP SIGNS IN CLUB RECORD DEAL. doncasterroversfc.co.uk
- ^ BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | R | Reading | Mills completes Reading transfer. BBC News (5 August 2009). Retrieved on 24 September 2012.
- Bluff, Tony (2011). Donny:Doncaster Rovers F.C. The Complete History (1879โ2010). Yore Publications. ISBNย 978-0-9569848-3-8.
- Doncaster Rovers: 1946/47 - 1997/98 & 2003/04 - 2013/14 at Post War English & Scottish Football League AโZ Player's Transfer Database
- Soccerbase stats (use Search for...on left menu and select 'Players' drop down)
- During Doncaster's period in the Conference the database does not include full match stats:
- FA Cup qualifying round matches do not have line-ups included in the database. This affects a total of 7 matches during the period.
- Only one of their FA Trophy games has match line-ups in Soccerbase, namely the original game against Yeovil on 19 February 2002, leaving a total of 9 Trophy matches without line-ups.
- During Doncaster's period in the Conference the database does not include full match stats:
- A to Z Doncaster player stats at doncasterrovers.co.uk - Other than league matches appearance data only appears to include FA Cup and Football League Cup matches (the latter do not seem to be present for seasons 1993-94 to 1997-98). Play-off statistics are included, but are listed within the 'League' totals.
- Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBNย 1-899468-67-6.
- Appearances, goals and club years stats at since1888.co.uk Michael Joyce (site no longer active)
External links
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