Jump to content

2010–11 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Doncaster Rovers
2010–11 season
ChairmanJohn Ryan
ManagerSean O'Driscoll
Championship21st
FA CupThird round
League CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Billy Sharp
James Coppinger
(6 each)
All:
Billy Sharp
James Coppinger
(6 each)
Highest home attendance13,293 vs Leeds United (17 Sep 2010)
Lowest home attendance4,603 vs Accrington Stanley (10 Aug 2010)
Average home league attendance10,258

The 2010–11 season marked the 131st season in Doncaster Rovers Football Club's existence, and their third consecutive year in the Championship, the second tier of English football. The team finished the season with 11 wins, 15 draws, and 20 losses, for a total of 48 points, only good enough for 21st in the league, avoiding relegation by 6 points. Forward Billy Sharp led the team with 16 goals scored in 31 appearances, while midfielder John Oster had 43 total appearances for the team, leading all players. The team started the season winning three of their first six league matches, and generally alternated wins and losses or draws throughout the season, but ended the year losing six of their last seven matches. In the FA Cup competition, they played the Wolverhampton Wanderers to a 2-2 draw in the first match at home but lost the replay 6-0 at Molineux Stadium. In the League Cup, they lost in the first round to Accrington Stanley 2-1 after extra time.

Players

[edit]

First team

[edit]

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2010–11 season.

No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Neil Sullivan Scotland GK (1970-02-24)24 February 1970 (aged 40) Leeds United First team goalkeeper
33 Gary Woods England GK (1990-10-01)1 October 1990 (aged 19) Manchester United
Defenders
2 James O'Connor England RB (1984-11-20)20 November 1984 (aged 25) Bournemouth
6 James Chambers England RB (1980-11-20)20 November 1980 (aged 29) Leicester City
24 Mustapha Dumbuya England RB (1988-02-03)3 February 1988 (aged 22) Grays Athletic
11 Adam Lockwood England CB (1981-10-26)26 October 1981 (aged 28) Yeovil Town Vice captain
4 Shelton Martis Netherlands Antilles CB (1982-11-29)29 November 1982 (aged 27) West Bromwich Albion
23 Byron Webster England CB (1987-03-31)31 March 1987 (aged 23) FK SIAD Most
21 Sam Hird England CB (1987-09-07)7 September 1987 (aged 22) Leeds United
5 Wayne Thomas England CB (1979-05-17)17 May 1979 (aged 31) Southampton
3 George Friend England LB (1987-10-19)19 October 1987 (aged 22) Wolverhampton Wanderers
Midfielders
15 Mark Wilson England DM (1979-02-09)9 February 1979 (aged 31) FC Dallas
22 Dean Shiels England RW (1985-02-01)1 February 1985 (aged 25) Hibernian
26 James Coppinger England RW (1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (aged 29) Exeter City
8 Brian Stock Wales CM (1981-12-24)24 December 1981 (aged 28) Preston North End Captain
7 Martin Woods Scotland LM (1986-01-01)1 January 1986 (aged 24) Rotherham United
18 Simon Gillett England CM (1985-11-06)6 November 1985 (aged 24) Southampton
14 Josh Payne England MC (1990-11-25)25 November 1990 (aged 19) West Ham United
34 Robbie Clark England CM (1991-04-30)30 April 1991 (aged 19) Youth academy Reserve team player
16 John Oster Wales RW (1978-12-08)8 December 1978 (aged 31) Crystal Palace
Strikers
9 Steve Brooker England ST (1981-05-21)21 May 1981 (aged 29) Bristol City
10 Billy Sharp England ST (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 24) Sheffield United
12 James Hayter England ST (1979-04-09)9 April 1979 (aged 31) Bournemouth
29 Waide Fairhurst England ST (1989-05-07)7 May 1989 (aged 21) Youth academy Reserve team player
36 Bradley Grayson England ST (1992-04-12)12 April 1992 (aged 18) Youth academy Reserve team player

Squad statistics

[edit]
As of 31 June 2011
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Neil Sullivan 34 0 30 1 0 2 0 1 0
2 DF England ENG James O'Connor 37 2 34 2 2 0 1 0
3 DF England ENG George Friend 35 1 30 2 1 0 2 0 1 0
4 MF Netherlands Antilles ANT Shelton Martis 27 1 24 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
5 DF England ENG Wayne Thomas 21 0 17 4 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF England ENG James Chambers 9 0 6 1 0 2 0 0 0
7 MF England ENG Martin Woods 15 1 13 2 1 0 0 0 0
8 MF Wales WAL Brian Stock 37 2 31 6 2 0 0 0 0
9 FW England ENG Steve Brooker 16 1 1 12 1 0 2 0 1 0
10 FW England ENG Billy Sharp 31 16 27 2 15 2 1 0 0
11 DF England ENG Adam Lockwood 19 1 13 3 1 2 0 1 0
12 FW England ENG James Hayter 35 10 28 4 9 2 1 0 1 0
14 MF England ENG Josh Payne 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
14 MF Belgium BEL Franck Moussa 14 2 14 2 0 0 0 0
15 MF England ENG Mark Wilson 30 0 15 13 0 2 0 0 0
16 MF Wales WAL John Oster 43 0 41 0 2 0 0 0
17 MF England ENG Ryan Mason 15 0 5 10 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF England ENG Simon Gillett 22 1 21 1 1 0 0 0 0
19 FW Jamaica JAM Jason Euell 12 3 7 5 3 0 0 0 0
19 FW Northern Ireland NIR David Healy 8 2 6 2 2 0 0 0 0
20 DF England ENG Joseph Mills 19 2 17 1 2 1 0 0 0
21 DF England ENG Sam Hird 35 0 20 12 0 2 0 1 0
22 MF Northern Ireland NIR Dean Shiels 35 3 15 18 3 1 0 1 0
23 DF England ENG Byron Webster 7 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Sierra Leone SLE Mustapha Dumbuya 24 0 17 6 0 0 0 1 0
25 DF Brazil BRA Dennis Souza 9 0 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 0
26 MF England ENG James Coppinger 42 7 38 2 7 2 0 0 0
27 DF England ENG Matthew Kilgallon 12 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW England ENG Waide Fairhurst 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
30 MF Ireland EIR Paul Keegan 10 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF England ENG Ryan Burge 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK England ENG Gary Woods 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF England ENG Robert Clark 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
35   England ENG Brett Lucas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 FW England ENG Bradley Grayson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
37   England ENG Aaron Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38   England ENG Robert Oldham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Results

[edit]

Championship

[edit]
Championship match details
Date Time Opponent Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref.
7 August 2010 15:00 Preston North End Away W 2–0 O'Connor 12', Hayter 18' 12,190 [1]
14 August 2010 15:00 Bristol City Home D 1–1 Sharp 90' pen. 9,291 [2]
21 August 2010 15:00 Cardiff City Away L 0–4 24,027 [3]
28 August 2010 15:00 Hull City Home W 3–1 Woods 2', Sharp 44' pen., Coppinger 69' 11,149 [4]
11 September 2010 15:00 Watford Away D 2–2 Gillett 23', Friend 90' 15,101 [5]
14 September 2010 19:45 Norwich City Home W 3–1 Coppinger 14', 50', 86' 9,314 [6]
17 September 2010 19:45 Leeds United Home D 0–0 13,293 [7]
25 September 2010 15:00 Queens Park Rangers Away L 0–3 13,990 [8]
28 September 2010 15:00 Coventry City Away L 1–2 Sharp 43' 12,292 [9]
2 October 2010 15:00 Nottingham Forest Home D 1–1 Lockwood 33' 10,759 [10]
16 October 2010 15:00 Scunthorpe United Away W 3–1 Sharp 31', 59' pen., O'Connor 72' 7,005 [11]
19 October 2010 19:45 Derby County Home L 2–3 Shiels 66', 68' 9,000 [12]
23 October 2010 15:00 Sheffield United Home W 2–0 Coppinger 33', Sharp 42' 8,985 [13]
30 October 2010 15:00 Reading Away L 3–4 Hayter 26', Martis 42', Shiels 50' 15,553 [14]
6 November 2010 15:00 Millwall Home W 2–1 Hayter 56', Healy 58' 10,356 [15]
9 November 2010 19:45 Burnley Away D 1–1 Hayter 13' 13,655 [16]
13 November 2010 15:00 Portsmouth Away W 3–2 Hayter 15', Coppinger 26', Healy 79' 14,828 [17]
20 November 2010 15:00 Swansea City Home D 1–1 Hayter 16' 13,614 [18]
27 November 2010 15:00 Crystal Palace Away L 0–1 12,470 [19]
11 December 2010 15:00 Leicester City Away L 1–5 Sharp 6' 27,549 [20]
17 December 2010 19:45 Middlesbrough Home W 2–1 Hayter 22', Stock 90' 9,543 [21]
1 January 2011 15:00 Scunthorpe United Home W 3–0 Sharp 26', Hayter 38', Mills 45' 9,447 [22]
3 January 2011 15:00 Sheffield United Away D 2–2 Sharp 66', 74' pen. 21,102 [23]
15 January 2011 15:00 Reading Home L 0–3 9,496 [24]
22 January 2011 15:00 Ipswich Town Away L 2–3 Sharp 6', 61' 17,298 [25]
25 January 2011 19:45 Barnsley Home L 0–2 10,740 [26]
1 February 2011 19:45 Burnley Home W 1–0 Duff 59' o.g. 8,893 [27]
5 February 2011 15:00 Millwall Away L 0–1 11,427 [28]
12 February 2011 15:00 Portsmouth Home L 0–2 10,288 [29]
15 February 2011 19:45 Ipswich Town Home L 0–6 8,448 [30]
19 February 2011 15:00 Swansea City Away L 0–3 13,309 [31]
22 February 2011 19:45 Norwich City Away D 1–1 Drury 83' o.g. 25,529 [32]
26 February 2011 15:00 Watford Home D 1–1 Euell 45 1' 8,954 [33]
1 March 2011 19:45 Derby County Away W 3–1 Sharp 41', 48', Mills 71' 24,239 [34]
5 March 2011 15:00 Leeds United Away L 2–5 Sharp 45 2', Moussa 49' 27,027 [35]
8 March 2011 19:45 Coventry City Home D 1–1 Hayter 88' 7,921 [36]
12 March 2011 15:00 Nottingham Forest Away D 0–0 25,442 [37]
19 March 2011 15:00 Queens Park Rangers Home L 0–1 11,747 [38]
2 April 2011 15:00 Bristol City Away L 0–1 13,726 [39]
9 April 2011 15:00 Cardiff City Home L 1–3 Coppinger 78' 9,174 [40]
12 April 2011 19:45 Preston North End Home D 1–1 Stock 77' 9,456 [41]
16 April 2011 15:00 Hull City Away L 1–3 Moussa 16' 21,395 [42]
22 April 2011 15:00 Crystal Palace Home D 0–0 14,312 [43]
25 April 2011 15:00 Barnsley Away D 2–2 Euell 59', 73' 12,418 [44]
30 April 2011 15:00 Leicester City Home D 1–1 Brooker 50' 11,757 [45]
7 May 2011 12:45 Middlesbrough Away L 0–3 19,978 [46]

FA Cup

[edit]
FA Cup match details
Round Date Time Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref.
Third round 8 January 2011 15:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers Home D 2–2 Sharp 41', Hayter 43' 8,616 [47]
Third round replay 18 January 2011 19:45 Wolverhampton Wanderers Away L 0–5 10,031 [48]

League Cup

[edit]
League Cup match details
Round Date Time Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref.
First round 10 August 2010 19:45 Accrington Stanley Home L 1–2 (a.e.t.) Payne 57' 4,603 [49]

Team kit

[edit]

Doncaster Rovers were sponsored by Nike, after their deal with previous sponsor Vandanal expired. Their shirt sponsor changed to One Call Insurance who previously sponsored the club during their days in the Football Conference.

Transfers

[edit]

In

[edit]

First team

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
3 LB England Friend 21 EU Wolverhampton Wanderers England Transfer Summer 2012 Free
10 FW England Sharp 24 EU Sheffield United Transfer Summer 2013 £1.15M
18 CM England Gillett 24 EU Southampton Transfer Summer 2013 Free
14 CM England Payne 19 EU West Ham United Transfer Summer 2010 Free
5 CB England Thomas 30 EU Southampton Transfer Summer 2011 Free

Last updated: 8 May

Reserves and academy

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source

Last updated: 8 May

Total spending: Decrease £1.15 million

Out

[edit]

First team

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
7 FW England Guy 24 EU MK Dons Contract expired Summer Free
14 FW Republic of Ireland Heffernan 28 EU Sheffield Wednesday Contract expired Summer Free
3 LB England Roberts 32 EU Derby County Contract expired Summer Free
18 LB Scotland McDaid 23 EU Carlisle United Contract expired Summer Free
10 CM England Spicer 26 EU Notts County Contract expired Summer Free
13 GK England Smith 23 EU Shrewsbury Town Contract expired Summer Free
14 CM England Payne 20 EU Oxford United Contract expired Winter Free

Last updated: 7 July

Reserves and academy

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
35 DF England Fisher 18 EU Released Contract expired Summer Free

Last updated: 7 July

Total income: Increase £0 million

Loaned in

[edit]
# Pos Player From Start End
17 AMC Ryan Mason Tottenham Hotspur 13 August 2010 Present
20 LB Joseph Mills Southampton 19 October 2010 Present
19 FW David Healy Sunderland 4 November 2010 Present
CB Matthew Kilgallon Sunderland 9 January 2011 Present

Loaned out

[edit]
# Pos Player To Start End
14 MC Josh Payne Oxford 1 September 2010 31 December 2010
35 MC Robbie Clark Sheffield F.C. 9 October 2010 Present

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Rovers rock Lilywhites". Sky Sports.
  2. ^ "Sharp spot on for Donny". Sky Sports.
  3. ^ "Bellamy boosts Bluebirds". Sky Sports.
  4. ^ "Tigers tamed at Rovers". Sky Sports.
  5. ^ "Doncaster's Friend foils Watford". Sky Sports.
  6. ^ "Coppinger triple sinks Norwich". Sky Sports.
  7. ^ "Yorkshire derby ends in draw". Sky Sports.
  8. ^ "QPR inspired by Gorkss brace". Sky Sports.
  9. ^ "Sky Blues scrape past Donny". Sky Sports.
  10. ^ "Forest maintain unbeaten run". Sky Sports.
  11. ^ "Sharp returns to haunt Iron". Sky Sports.
  12. ^ "Rams rally to beat Rovers". Sky Sports.
  13. ^ "Rovers too Sharp for Blades". Sky Sports.
  14. ^ "Royals recover to edge thriller". Sky Sports.
  15. ^ "Loan star Healy helps Donny tame Lions". Sky Sports.
  16. ^ "Clarets held to draw by Donny". Sky Sports.
  17. ^ "Healy stunner sinks Pompey". Sky Sports.
  18. ^ "Swans stun Donny at the death". Sky Sports.
  19. ^ "Counago fires Palace to victory". Sky Sports.
  20. ^ "Foxes fight back to thrash Rovers". Sky Sports.
  21. ^ "Donny late show downs Boro". Sky Sports.
  22. ^ "Rovers sweep Scunny aside". Sky Sports.
  23. ^ "Donny undone by last-gasp Kozluk". Sky Sports.
  24. ^ "Royals cruise past sorry Donny". Sky Sports.
  25. ^ "Town win out in five-goal thriller". Sky Sports.
  26. ^ "Haynes brace seals Tykes win". Sky Sports.
  27. ^ "Donny edge Clarets in tight affair". Sky Sports.
  28. ^ "Last-gasp Lisbie sinks Donny". Sky Sports.
  29. ^ "Pompey down Donny to stop rot". Sky Sports.
  30. ^ "Wickham stars in Ipswich romp". Sky Sports.
  31. ^ "Swans ease to win over Rovers". Sky Sports.
  32. ^ "Rovers rally to deny Canaries". Sky Sports.
  33. ^ "Euell nets as Donny deny Hornets". Sky Sports.
  34. ^ "Rovers heap more misery on Rams". Sky Sports.
  35. ^ "High five as Leeds trounce Donny". Sky Sports.
  36. ^ "Hayter late show denies Sky Blues". Sky Sports.
  37. ^ "Forest and Rovers share stalemate". Sky Sports.
  38. ^ "R's march on with Keepmoat win". Sky Sports.
  39. ^ "Maynard strikes for in-form City". Sky Sports.
  40. ^ "Koumas late show seals City win". Sky Sports.
  41. ^ "PNE pick up point but hope fades". Sky Sports.
  42. ^ "Fryatt at the double for Tigers". Sky Sports.
  43. ^ "Donny denied as Palace make point". Sky Sports.
  44. ^ "Tyke Trippier pegs back Rovers". Sky Sports.
  45. ^ "Rovers' status secure after draw". Sky Sports.
  46. ^ "Boro breeze past dire Donny". Sky Sports.
  47. ^ "Wolves and Rovers must replay". Sky Sports.
  48. ^ "Wolves ease past Rovers". Sky Sports.
  49. ^ "Stanley shock Rovers". Sky Sports.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2010–11_Doncaster_Rovers_F.C._season&oldid=1260157474"