2014–15 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season

Doncaster Rovers
2014–15 season
Chairman	David Blunt
Manager	Paul Dickov
Stadium	Keepmoat Stadium
League One	13th
FA Cup	Third round (vs. Bristol City)
Football League Cup	Third round (vs. Fulham)
Football League Trophy	Area quarter-finals (vs. Notts County)
Top goalscorer	League: Nathan Tyson (8); All: ; Curtis Main; Nathan Tyson; (9 each)
Highest home attendance	11,037 vs Sheffield United; (League 1, 15 Nov 14)
Lowest home attendance	5,197 vs Crawley Town; (League 1, 16 Sep 14)
Average home league attendance	6803.5
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season was Doncaster Rovers' 136th season in their existence, 12th consecutive season in the Football League and first season in League One following relegation the previous season.^[1] Along with League One, the club also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and JP Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015.

Squad

Detailed overview

Caps and goals up to the start of season 2014–15.

No.	Name	Position (s)	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Club caps	Club goals	Int. caps	Int. goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
13	Marko Maroši	GK		(1993-10-23) 23 October 1993 (age 30)	–	–	–	–	Wigan Athletic	7 August 2014	Free	30 June 2016
40	Jack McLaren	GK	Londonderry		–	–	–	–	Academy		Trainee	30 June 2016
43	Stephen Bywater	GK	Oldham	(1981-06-07) 7 June 1981 (age 43)	–	–	–	–	Millwall	16 January 2015	Free	30 June 2015
Defenders
3	Cedric Evina	LB		(1991-11-16) 16 November 1991 (age 32)	–	–	–	–	Charlton Athletic	30 July 2014	Free	30 June 2016
5	Rob Jones	CB	Stockton-on-Tees	(1979-11-03) 3 November 1979 (age 44)	63	9	–	–	Sheffield Wednesday	31 July 2012	Free
6	Jamie McCombe	CB	Pontefract	(1983-01-01) 1 January 1983 (age 41)	38	1	–	–	Huddersfield Town	12 August 2012	Free
12	Luke McCullough	CB	Portadown	(1994-02-15) 15 February 1994 (age 30)	14	0	2	0	Manchester United	25 July 2013	Free	30 June 2017
15	Liam Wakefield	CB	Doncaster	(1994-04-09) 9 April 1994 (age 30)	7	1	–	–	Academy	27 June 2012	Trainee	30 June 2015
16	Andy Butler	CB	Doncaster	(1983-11-04) 4 November 1983 (age 40)	7	1	–	–	Sheffield United	6 January 2015	Undisclosed	30 June 2017
22	Reece Wabara	RB	Birmingham	(1991-12-28) 28 December 1991 (age 32)	15	0	–	–	Manchester City	1 August 2014	Free	30 June 2015
24	Paul McKay	CB	Glasgow	(1996-11-19) 19 November 1996 (age 27)	–	–	–	–	Academy	18 August 2014	Trainee
30	Ben Askins	CB	Middlesbrough	(1996-01-02) 2 January 1996 (age 28)	–	–	–	–	Academy		Trainee
31	Mitchell Lund	RB	Leeds	(1996-08-27) 27 August 1996 (age 27)	–	–	–	–	Academy	1 July 2014	Trainee	30 June 2015
34	Scott Brown				–	–	–	–	Academy	1 July 2014	Trainee
Midfielders
4	Dean Furman	CM	Cape Town	(1988-06-22) 22 June 1988 (age 36)	43	1	18	1	Oldham Athletic	12 July 2013	Free	30 June 2015
8	Abdul Razak	CM	Abidjan	(1992-11-11) 11 November 1992 (age 31)	–	–	–	–	OFI	19 January 2015	Free	30 June 2015
10	Harry Forrester	AM/CF	Milton Keynes	(1991-01-02) 2 January 1991 (age 33)	9	1	–	–	Brentford	31 July 2013	Free	30 June 2016
18	Paul Keegan	CM	Dublin	(1984-07-05) 5 July 1984 (age 39)	77	1	–	–	Bohemians	17 January 2011	Undisclosed	30 June 2017
19	Richie Wellens	CM	Moston, Manchester	(1980-03-26) 26 March 1980 (age 44)	132	10	–	–	Leicester City	2 August 2013	Free	30 June 2015
23	Kyle Bennett	RW/LW/CF	Telford	(1990-09-09) 9 September 1990 (age 33)	81	8	–	–	Bury	1 July 2011	£80,000	30 June 2015
26	James Coppinger	RW/LW	Guisborough	(1981-01-10) 10 January 1981 (age 43)	384	40	–	–	Exeter City	30 June 2004	£30,000	30 June 2016
29	Harry Middleton	CM/AM	Doncaster	(1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 (age 29)	1	0	–	–	Academy	13 July 2013	Trainee
32	Billy Whitehouse	RW/LW	Doncaster	(1996-06-13) 13 June 1996 (age 28)	–	–	–	–	Academy		Trainee
35	Lewis Ferguson	RW/LW	Doncaster	(1996-07-01) 1 July 1996 (age 27)	–	–	–	–	Academy		Trainee	30 June 2015
Forwards
9	Theo Robinson	CF/RW	Birmingham	(1989-01-22) 22 January 1989 (age 35)	32	5	7	0	Derby County	15 August 2013	Undisclosed	30 June 2015
11	Curtis Main	CF	South Shields	(1992-06-20) 20 June 1992 (age 32)	–	–	–	–	Middlesbrough	30 July 2014	Swap	30 June 2017
14	Nathan Tyson	CF	Reading	(1982-05-04) 4 May 1982 (age 42)	–	–	–	–	Blackpool	28 July 2014	Free	30 June 2015
25	Alex Peterson	CF	Doncaster	(1994-10-17) 17 October 1994 (age 29)	5	0	–	–	Academy	1 July 2013	Trainee
36	Jack McKay	CF	Glasgow	(1996-11-19) 19 November 1996 (age 27)	–	–	–	–	Academy		Trainee

Statistics

This includes any players featured in a match day squad in any competition.

As of 8 March 2015

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF	CMR	Cedric Evina	19	0	12+2	0	0	0	3	0	2	0
4	MF	RSA	Dean Furman	28	2	21+2	2	1+1	0	3	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Rob Jones	6	0	5	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Jamie McCombe	19	1	14+1	1	0	0	1+1	0	1+1	0
7	FW	ENG	Jonson Clarke-Harris (on loan from Rotherham United)	7	0	3+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	CIV	Abdul Razak	7	0	4+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	JAM	Theo Robinson	37	4	13+16	4	3+1	0	1+1	0	1+1	0
10	MF	ENG	Harry Forrester	38	8	19+11	6	2+2	0	0+2	1	2	1
11	FW	ENG	Curtis Main	33	9	15+12	7	3+1	2	1	0	1	0
12	DF	NIR	Luke McCullough	36	1	28	0	4	1	3	0	1	0
13	GK	SVK	Marko Maroši	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	Nathan Tyson	34	10	22+7	8	0+2	0	2	1	1	1
15	DF	ENG	Liam Wakefield	10	1	3+3	0	0	0	3	1	1	0
16	DF	ENG	Andy Butler	27	3	22	3	4	0	0	0	1	0
17	DF	EIR	Enda Stevens (on loan from Aston Villa)	25	1	21	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	EIR	Paul Keegan	40	0	30+2	0	4	0	2+1	0	1	0
19	MF	ENG	Richie Wellens	37	4	27+2	2	4	1	1+1	0	1+1	1
22	DF	ENG	Reece Wabara	42	1	35	1	4	0	2	0	1	0
23	MF	ENG	Kyle Bennett	39	5	22+9	5	2+2	0	3	0	1	0
24	DF	SCO	Paul McKay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	ENG	Alex Peterson	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	ENG	James Coppinger	36	6	26+1	4	4	1	3	1	1+1	0
29	MF	ENG	Harry Middleton	4	0	0+2	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
30	DF	ENG	Ben Askins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	ENG	Mitchell Lund	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	MF	ENG	Billy Whitehouse	5	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
34	DF	ENG	Scott Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	ENG	Lewis Ferguson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW	SCO	Jack McKay	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	ENG	Jack McClaren	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	GK	ENG	Stephen Bywater	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
1	GK	ENG	Jed Steer (on loan from Aston Villa)	17	0	13	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
2	DF	SCO	Paul Quinn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	ENG	Uche Ikpeazu (on loan from Watford)	7	0	3+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	ESP	Marc de Val	16	0	8+3	0	0+1	0	2	0	2	0
33	GK	ENG	Sam Johnstone (on loan from Manchester United)	14	0	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0

Goals record

As of 18 February 2015

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	14	FW	Nathan Tyson	7	0	1	1	9
2	11	FW	Curtis Main	5	2	0	0	7
3	10	MF	Harry Forrester	4	0	1	1	6
3	26	MF	James Coppinger	4	1	1	0	6
5	23	MF	Kyle Bennett	5	0	0	0	5
6	9	FW	Theo Robinson	4	0	0	0	4
6	19	MF	Richie Wellens	2	1	0	1	4
8	16	DF	Andy Butler	3	0	0	0	3
9	4	MF	Dean Furman	2	0	0	0	2
10	6	DF	Jamie McCombe	1	0	0	0	1
	12	DF	Luke McCullough	0	1	0	0	1
	15	DF	Liam Wakefield	0	0	1	0	1
	22	DF	Reece Wabara	1	0	0	0	1
Own Goals				0	1	0	0	1
Total				33	6	4	3	46

Disciplinary record

As of 1 November 2014

No.	Pos.	Name	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
No.	Pos.	Name
3	DF	Cedric Evina	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	MF	Dean Furman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
6	DF	Jamie McCombe	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	DF	Harry Forrester	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
14	FW	Nathan Tyson	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
16	DF	Andy Butler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	MF	Paul Keegan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
19	MF	Richie Wellens	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	MF	Marc de Val	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
22	DF	Reece Wabara	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	MF	Kyle Bennett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total			16	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	20	1	1

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
14	FW	Nathan Tyson	32	EU	Blackpool	Free transfer	Summer	2015	Free	Doncaster Rovers F.C
3	DF	Cedric Evina	22	EU	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer	Summer	2016	Free	Doncaster Rovers F.C
11	FW	Curtis Main	22	EU	Middlesbrough	Swap deal	Summer	2017	Swap	Doncaster Rovers F.C
22	DF	Reece Wabara	22	EU	Manchester City	Free transfer	Summer	2015	Free	Doncaster Rovers F.C
13	GK	Marko Maroši	20	EU	Wigan Athletic	Free transfer	Summer	2016	Free	Doncaster Rovers F.C
16	DF	Andy Butler	31	EU	Sheffield United	Transfer	Winter	2017	Undisclosed	BBC Sport
43	GK	Stephen Bywater	33	EU	Millwall	Free transfer	Winter	2015	Free	BBC Sport
8	MF	Abdul Razak	22	EU	OFI	Free transfer	Winter	2015	Free	Doncaster Rovers F.C

Loans in

No.	P	Name	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
1	GK	Jed Steer	21	Aston Villa	1 August 2014	31 October 2014	Doncaster Rovers F.C	Doncaster Rovers F.C
16	DF	Andy Butler	30	Sheffield United	23 October 2014	6 January 2015	BBC Sport	BBC Sport
33	GK	Sam Johnstone	21	Manchester United	27 October 2014	12 January 2015	Manchester United F.C	Doncaster Rovers F.C
17	DF	Enda Stevens	24	Aston Villa	6 November 2014	30 June 2015	Doncaster Rovers F.C Doncaster Rovers F.C
20	FW	Uche Ikpeazu	19	Watford	28 January 2015	10 March 2015	Doncaster Rovers F.C	Watford Observer
7	FW	Jonson Clarke-Harris	20	Rotherham United	12 March 2015	30 June 2015	Doncaster Rovers F.C

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Out

N	P	Name	Age	Type	Moving to	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Apps	Goals	Source
17	DF	Gabriel Tamaș	30	Free transfer	Watford	Summer	Free	14	0	BBC Sport
7	MF	Mark Duffy	28	Free transfer	Birmingham City	Summer	Free	36	2	Doncaster Rovers F.C
9	FW	Chris Brown	29	Free transfer	Blackburn Rovers	Summer	Free	87	19	Blackburn Rovers F.C
11	MF	David Cotterill	26	Free transfer	Birmingham City	Summer	Free	80	15	Doncaster Rovers F.C
8	FW	Billy Paynter	29	Free transfer	Carlisle United	Summer	Free	46	13	BBC Sport
13	GK	Jon Maxted	21	Released	Hartlepool United	Summer	Free	0	0	The Star BBC Sport
1	GK	Ross Turnbull	29	Free transfer	Barnsley	Summer	Free	28	0	BBC Sport
3	DF	James Husband	20	Swap deal	Middlesbrough	Summer	Undisclosed + Swap	62	4	Doncaster Rovers F.C
20	DF	Abdoulaye Méïté	33	Free transfer	OFI	Summer	Free	21	1	Le Figaro Sport24 (French)
2	DF	Paul Quinn	29	Released	Ross County	Summer	Free	68	2	Doncaster Rovers F.C Scottish Professional Football League
21	MF	Marc de Val	24	Released	Córdoba CF	Winter	Free	16	0	Doncaster Rovers F.C Inside Spanish Football

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable; Apps = Total number of competitive appearances (including substitute appearances) at the club prior to departure; Goals = Total number of competitive goals scored at the club prior to departure.

Loans out

No.	P	Name	Country	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
9	FW	Theo Robinson		26	Scunthorpe United	26 March 2015	30 June 2015	Doncaster Rovers F.C

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Competitions

Pre–season friendlies

9 July 2014 Friendly	Bradford Park Avenue	0–2	Doncaster Rovers	Bradford
19:45 BST		Report	Robinson 62' Black 73' (o.g.)	Stadium: Horsfall Stadium

12 July 2014 Friendly	Lincoln City	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Burrow 56' Power 81'	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank

22 July 2014 Friendly	Grimsby Town	0–4	Doncaster Rovers	Grimsby
19:00 BST		Report	Tyson 1' Bennett 20' Robinson 30' Peterson 83'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 1,168

27 July 2014 Friendly	Doncaster Rovers	2–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Doncaster
15:00 BST	de Val 50' Bennett 65'	Report	Nuhiu 42' Antonio 47'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium

2 August 2014 Friendly	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Rotherham United	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Main 82'	Report	Derbyshire 53' Hall 57'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Barnsley	46	17	11	18	62	61	+1	62
12	Gillingham	46	16	14	16	65	66	−1	62
13	Doncaster Rovers	46	16	13	17	58	62	−4	61
14	Walsall	46	14	17	15	50	54	−4	59
15	Oldham Athletic	46	14	15	17	54	67	−13	57

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Result by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	W	L	P	L	D	W	L	W	P	L	L	D	W	L
Position	1	10	10	9	11	P	19	18	15	18	13	P	14	17	20	17	17

Updated to match(es) played on 1 November. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.^[2]

9 August 2014 1	Yeovil Town	0–3	Doncaster Rovers	Yeovil
15:00 BST	Sokolík 36' Martin 45+3'	Report	Main 8' Forrester 55', 63' Robinson 90+7'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 5,235 Referee: Graham Horwood

16 August 2014 2	Doncaster Rovers	1–3	Port Vale	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Bennett 74' Forrester 79'	Report	Williamson 27' Pope 39' Dickinson 41'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,437 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

19 August 2014 3	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Preston North End	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Tyson 90+2'	Report	Kilkenny 49' Humphrey 66' Wright 74' Woods 90+2'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,513 Referee: Gary Sutton

23 August 2014 4	Colchester United	0–1	Doncaster Rovers	Colchester
15:00 BST	Bean 50' Gilbey 90+5'	Report	Bennett 65'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,162 Referee: Gavin Ward

30 August 2014 5	Doncaster Rovers	0–2	Oldham Athletic	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Keegan 61'	Report	Clarke-Harris 4' Forte 59' (pen), 81' Philliskirk 72'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,313 Referee: Tony Harrington

Postponed 6	Barnsley	v	Doncaster Rovers	Barnsley
		Details		Stadium: Oakwell

13 September 2014 7	Bristol City	3–0	Doncaster Rovers	Bristol
15:00 BST	Wilbraham 13' Little 30' Agard 82'	Report	Forrester 10' 51'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 11,733 Referee: Michael Bull

16 September 2014 8	Doncaster Rovers	0–0	Crawley Town	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Bennett 35'	Report	Leacock 52' Sadler 88'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,197 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

20 September 2014 9	Doncaster Rovers	3–2	Chesterfield	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Tyson 7' Bennett 32' McCombe 50', 63'	Report	Clucas 42' Raglan 52' Doyle 61'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,954 Referee: Tony Harrington

27 September 2014 10	Walsall	3–0	Doncaster Rovers	Walsall
15:00 BST	Baxendale 45+3' Bradshaw 57' Forde 64' O'Connor 77'	Report	Evina 27' Furman 76'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 3,741 Referee: Scott Mathieson

4 October 2014 11	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Doncaster Rovers	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Sparrow 7' Fallon 24' O'Neill 51' Bishop 65'	Report	Coppinger 29' Tyson 49', 50' Furman 71'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 5,420 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Postponed 12	Doncaster Rovers	v	Notts County	Doncaster
		Details		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium

18 October 2014 13	Fleetwood Town	3–1	Doncaster Rovers	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Dobbie 11' McAlinden 37' Schumacher 39' Ball 73' Crainey 75' Southern 85'	Report	Tyson 17'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,785 Referee: Steve Martin

21 October 2014 14	Doncaster Rovers	0–2	Leyton Orient	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Forrester 45' Wabara 88'	Report	Simpson 2' McAnuff 45' Henderson 62' Dagnall 85'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,205 Referee: Chris Sarginson

25 October 2014 15	Doncaster Rovers	0–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Butler 38' Keegan 74' Tyson 83'	Report	Alli 33' Potter 42' Flanagan 51'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,976 Referee: Darren Handley

1 November 2014 16	Bradford City	1–2	Doncaster Rovers	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Stead 45+4' Davies 88'	Report	Evina 23' Wabara 59' Wellens 63' Main 69' Keegan 72'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 13,348 Referee: Kevin Wright

15 November 2014 17	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Sheffield United	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Keegan 18' Stevens 23' Main 37' Forrester 89'	Report	Basham 41' McCarthy 64' Murphy 64'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 11,037 Referee: Keith Hill

22 November 2014 18	Rochdale	1–3	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Done 8' 54' Lund 64'	Report	Bennett 25' 70' Robinson 86' Main 90'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,229 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

29 November 2014 19	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	Crewe
15:00	Ikpeazu 30' Ness 66'	Report	Butler 38' Coppinger 80'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4,530 Referee: Charles Breakspear

2 December 2014 6 (Rescheduled)	Barnsley	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	Barnsley
19:45	Nyatanga 5' 29'	Report	Robinson 52'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,058 Referee: Nigel Miller

13 December 2014 20	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Gillingham	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Wabara 41' Main 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Norris 51', 77' Egan 69' Dack 72' Nelson 90+4'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,542 Referee: Graham Salisbury

20 December 2014 21	Swindon Town	0–1	Doncaster Rovers	Swindon
15:00	Stephens 90+1'	Report	Robinson 26' (pen.) Bennett 27' Wellens 60' Furman 69' Wabara 80' Johnstone 90+5'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,793 Referee: Kevin Johnson

26 December 2014 22	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Coventry City	Doncaster
15:00	Butler 2' Forrester 15' 22'	Report	Maddison 13' 76' Barton 42' 74' Pennington 67' Webster 8'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,916 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

28 December 2014 23	Peterborough United	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	Peterborough
15:00	Bostwick 47'	Report	de Val 26' Wabara 57' Keegan 62'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 6,895 Referee: Gary Sutton

10 January 2015 24	Oldham Athletic	2–2	Doncaster Rovers	Oldham
15:00	Ibehre 23' Elokobi 54' [[Joseph Mills (footballer) \|Mills]] 75'	Report	Bennett 24' Tyson 78' 88' Keegan 90+3' Coppinger 90+5'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,181 Referee: Carl Boyeson

17 January 2015 25	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Barnsley	Doncaster
15:00	Stevens 35' Forrester 84'	Report	Nyatanga 61' Waring 71' Berry 80' Holgate 90+3'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 9,005 Referee: Kevin Wright

20 January 2015 12 (Rescheduled)	Doncaster Rovers	0–0	Notts County	Doncaster
19:45 GMT	Keegan 71'	Report	White 55' Thomas 65' 87' Mullins 77'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,547 Referee: Richard Clark

31 January 2015 26	Chesterfield	2–2	Doncaster Rovers	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	O'Shea 32' Doyle 43' Morsy 74' Ryan 87'	Report	Coppinger 3' Butler 9' Bennett 41'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 7,839 Referee: Darren Deadman

7 February 2015 27	Doncaster Rovers	0–2	Walsall	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Keegan 69' Butler 79'	Report	Cook 3' 9' Taylor 68' Hiwula-Mayifuila 70'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,089 Referee: Graham Scott

10 February 2015 28	Crawley Town	0–5	Doncaster Rovers	Crawley
19:45 GMT	Edwards 26' Wordsworth 62' Walsh 67'	Report	Stevens 20' Butler 38' Wellens 56' Tyson 64' 67' Forrester 73' Main 90+1'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,581 Referee: Lee Collins

14 February 2015 29	Doncaster Rovers	3–0	Yeovil Town	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Tyson 22' Furman 57' Bennett 77'	Report	Foley 60' Moore 74'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,950 Referee: Mark Heywood

17 February 2015 30	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Crewe Alexandra	Doncaster
19:45	Furman 62' Wellens 90'	Report	Ray 8' Tate 61'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,164 Referee: Darren Sheldrake

21 February 2015 (2015-02-21) 31	Port Vale	3–0	Doncaster Rovers	Burslem
15:00 GMT	Marshall 7' Veseli 38' Neal 45+1' Inniss 58' Moore 87'	Report	McCombe 23' Tyson 58' Furman 79'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5,713 Referee: Keith Stroud

24 February 2015 (2015-02-24) 32	Doncaster Rovers	1–3	Bristol City	Doncaster
19:45 GMT	Main 57'	Report	Freeman 10' Cunningham 33' (pen.) 73' Wilbraham 69' 70' Little 72' Fielding 81' Smith 90+2'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,495 Referee: Stuart Attwell

28 February 2015 (2015-02-28) 33	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Colchester United	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Wabara 12' Stevens 39' Main 76' Tyson 83' (pen.)	Report	Clohessy 9' Gilbey 46' Eastman 86'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,330 Referee: Peter Bankes

3 March 2015 (2015-03-03) 34	Preston North End	2–2	Doncaster Rovers	Preston
19:45 GMT	Johnson 13' Garner 54' Huntington 86' Beckford 90+4'	Report	Forrester 81' Main 84'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 8,703 Referee: Dean Whitestone

7 March 2015 (2015-03-07) 35	Gillingham	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Marquis 44' Martin 66' Norris 84'	Report	Forrester 40'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,909 Referee: Keith Hill

14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) 36	Doncaster Rovers	0–2	Peterborough United	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Stevens 37'	Report	James 16' Payne 31' Ntlhe 52' Washington 53' 88' Bostwick 74'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 11,520 Referee: Nigel Miller

17 March 2015 37	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Swindon Town	Doncaster
19:45 GMT	Main 41'	Report	Smith 54' (pen.) Obika 90+1'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,258 Referee: Tony Harrington

21 March 2015 38	Coventry City	1–3	Doncaster Rovers	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Samuel 5' Nouble 14' O'Brien 38'	Report	Razak 17' Wellens 50' Clarke-Harris 72' 74' Forrester 84'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 8,699 Referee: Carl Boyeson

3 April 2015 39	Doncaster Rovers	0–3	Bradford City	Doncaster
19:45 GMT	Forrester 45+2' Furman 48' Butler 82'	Report	MacKenzie 55' Clarke 64' Mcmahon 90+6'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 8,592 Referee: Graham Salisbury

7 April 2015 40	Sheffield United	3–2	Doncaster Rovers	Sheffield
19:45 GMT	Baxter 29' (pen.) Done 52' Davies 71'	Report	Bennett 17' 59' Wellens 45'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 20,487 Referee: Scott Duncan

11 April 2015 41	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Rochdale	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Wabara 15' Bennett 17' Furman 61'	Report	Henderson 59'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,695 Referee: Gavin Ward

14 April 2015 42	Leyton Orient	0–1	Doncaster Rovers	London
19:45 GMT	Clarke 5' Henderson 47' Wright 50' Bartley 90+1'	Report	Evina 28' Bennett 41' Jones 45+3' 56'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 4,410 Referee: Carl Berry

18 April 2015 43	Doncaster Rovers	0–0	Fleetwood Town	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Lund 52'	Report	McLaughlin 19'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,211 Referee: Tim Robinson

21 April 2015 44	Milton Keynes Dons	3–0	Doncaster Rovers	Milton Keynes
19:45 GMT	Bowditch 66' Baker 77' 84'	Report	Evina 25' Forrester 42'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 8,159 Referee: Roger East

25 April 2015 45	Notts County	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Thompson 8' Hollis 46' Noble 60' Burke 64' Bajner 70'	Report	Butler 67' Jones 90+1' Tyson 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,857 Referee: Kevin Johnson

3 May 2015 46	Doncaster Rovers	5–2	Scunthorpe United	Doncaster
12:15 GMT	Canavan 12' (o.g.)Tyson 33' 74' (pen.) 80' (pen.) Jones 45+2' Butler 61' Lund 62'	Report	Clarke 9' van Veen 36' Bishop 51' Butler 53' (o.g.) Canavan 57' Adelakun 90+2'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 9,394 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

FA Cup

In the First Round Doncaster Rovers were drawn against Weston-super-Mare of the Conference South.^[3]

18 November 2014 First Round	Weston-super-Mare	1–4	Doncaster Rovers	Weston-super-Mare
19:45 GMT	Jordan 25' Mawford 77' Monelle 90+3'	Report	Main 16', 36' Coppinger 45+1' Wellens 64' Bennett 67' Stevens 83' Wabara 83'	Stadium: Woodspring Stadium Attendance: 2,949 Referee: Tim Robinson

6 December 2014 Second Round	Oldham Athletic	0–1	Doncaster Rovers	Boundary Park, Oldham
15:00	Forte 84'	Report	Coppinger 53' Wabara 81' Kusunga 86' (o.g.)	Attendance: 3,242 Referee: Lee Collins

3 January 2015 Third Round	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Bristol City	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
15:00	McCullough 50'	Report	Little 13' Kane 57' Smith 75'	Attendance: 5,671 Referee: Scott Duncan

13 January 2015 Replay	Bristol City	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
19:45	Emmanuel-Thomas 36', 79'	Report		Attendance: 6,951 Referee: Darren Bond

League Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Doncaster Rovers were drawn at away to League Two side York City.^[4] For the second round they were drawn away to Championship club Watford.^[5] The draw for the third round of the cup was made following the completion of second round fixtures on 27 August 2014. The Rovers were once again drawn away, this time against Championship side Fulham.^[6] They lost this match, thus exiting the cup. However they did manage to cause Fulham trouble, with James Coppinger pulling one back on the hour mark, and were unlucky not to push into extra time with a Theo Robinson penalty being saved.^[7]

12 August 2014 First Round	York City	0–1	Doncaster Rovers	York
19:45 BST		Report	McCombe 36' de Val 58' Forrester 90+1'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 3,357 Referee: Mark Haywood

26 August 2014 Second Round	Watford	1–2	Doncaster Rovers	Watford
19:45 BST	Dyer 31' Andrews 35'	Report	Tyson 12' (pen), 90+1' Wakefield 52' de Val 78'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 7,318 Referee: Andy Woolmer

23 September 2014 Third Round	Fulham	2-1	Doncaster Rovers	London
19:45 BST	Bettinelli 10' Ruiz 16' Burn 32', 90+6' Bodurov 80'	Report	Coppinger 60'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 8,070 Referee: Kevin Friend

League Trophy

Doncaster Rovers received a bye into round two in the Football League Trophy (known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons).^[8] They were drawn away to League Two's Burton Albion in the draw for round two.^[9] In the area quarter-finals Donny were drawn against fellow League One side Notts County.^[10] This match was postponed, due to County's wish to avoid a fixture pile-up.^[11]

7 October 2014 Round Two	Burton Albion	0–3	Doncaster Rovers	Burton-upon-Trent
19:45 BST		Report	Forrester 32' Tyson 41' (pen) Wellens 87'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 1,269 Referee: Mark Brown

Postponed Area Quarter-Finals	Doncaster Rovers	v	Notts County	Doncaster
		Details		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium

18 November 2014 Area Quarter-Finals (Rescheduled)	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Notts County	Doncaster
19:30 GMT		Report	Hall 63' Noble 74' Traoré 83'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 2,570 Referee: Phil Gibbs

Season summary

International appearances

Dean Furman and Luke McCullough were called up on international duty in September by South Africa and Northern Ireland respectively.^[12] Furman made two appearances for South Africa, whilst McCullough did not make an appearance. Theo Robinson was called up to the preliminary squad for Jamaica's match against Canada, but did not make the final 18-man squad.^[13] In October, Furman and McCullough were called up for their national teams again, this time alongside goalkeeper Marko Maroši for the Slovakia under 21s.^[14] In the first and second legs of the play-off Marosi did not make the final 18-man squad.^[15]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		'15 CAN qualifiers		'15 U21 Euro qualifiers		'16 Euro qualifiers		International Friendlies
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
4	MF	RSA	Dean Furman (Full Team)	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	JAM	Theo Robinson (Full Team)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	NIR	Luke McCullough (Full Team)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
13	GK	SVK	Marko Maroši (Under 21s)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

These were the matches played in by a Doncaster Rovers player

Dean Furman

5 September 2014 '15 CAN qualifiers Group Stage	Sudan	0-3	South Africa	Omdurman, Sudan
20:00 EAT		Report	Hlatshwayo 28' Vilakazi 55', 62' Ndulula 79'	Stadium: Al-Merrikh Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

10 September 2014 '15 CAN qualifiers Group Stage	South Africa	0-0	Nigeria	Cape Town, South Africa
20:05 SAST	Furman 76'	Report	Oboabona 45'	Stadium: Cape Town Stadium Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

11 October 2014 '15 CAN qualifiers Group Stage	Congo	0-2	South Africa	Pointe-Noire, Congo
15:30 WAT	F. N'Ganga 50'	Report	Ndulula 52' Rantie 54' Serero 88'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco)

15 October 2014 '15 CAN qualifiers Group Stage	South Africa	0-0	Congo	Polokwane, South Africa
20:05 SAST	Khumalo 58' Hlatshwayo 60'	Report	I. N'Ganga 62' Gandzé 87'	Stadium: Peter Mokaba Stadium Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

Luke McCullough

11 October 2014 '16 Euro qualifiers Group Stage	Northern Ireland	2-0	Faroe Islands	Belfast, Northern Ireland
19:45 BST	McAuley 6' Lafferty 20' Ferguson 36'	Report	Tór Næs 15'	Stadium: Windsor Park Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Detailed summary

As of 18 October 2014

Games played	18 (14 League One, 0 FA Cup, 3 League Cup, 1 League Trophy)
Games won	8 (5 League One, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 1 League Trophy)
Games drawn	3 (3 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 League Trophy)
Games lost	7 (6 League One, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 0 League Trophy)
Goals scored	21 (14 League One, 0 FA Cup, 4 League Cup, 3 League Trophy)
Goals conceded	24 (21 League One, 0 FA Cup, 3 League Cup, 0 League Trophy)
Clean sheets	6 (4 League One, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 League Trophy)
Yellow cards	20 (16 League One, 0 FA Cup, 4 League Cup, 0 League Trophy)
Second yellow cards	1 (1 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 League Trophy)
Red cards	1 (1 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 League Trophy)
Worst discipline	Harry Forrester (2 , 1 , 1 )
Best result	3–0 vs Yeovil Town, Burton Albion
Worst result	0–3 vs Bristol City, Walsall
Most appearances	17 appearances – Jed Steer, Luke McCullough, Paul Keegan, Reece Wabara, James Coppinger
Top scorer	Nathan Tyson (6)
League One Goal Difference	-8
League One Points	18
FA Cup Goal Difference	0
FA Cup Points	0
League Cup Goal Difference	+1
League Cup Points	6
League Trophy Goal Difference	+3
League Trophy Points	3
Overall Goal difference	-4
Overall Points	27

Score overview

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Double
Barnsley	1–0	1–1	No
Bradford City		2–1
Bristol City	1–3	0–3	No
Chesterfield	3–2	2–2	No
Colchester United	2–0	1–0	Yes
Coventry City	2–0
Crawley Town	0–0	5–0	No
Crewe Alexandra	2–1	1–1	No
Fleetwood Town		1–3	No
Gillingham	1–2	1–1	No
Leyton Orient	0–2		No
Milton Keynes Dons	0–0		No
Notts County	0–0		No
Oldham Athletic	0–2	2–2	No
Peterborough United		0–0	No
Port Vale	1–3	0–3	No
Preston North End	1–1	2–2	No
Rochdale		3–1
Scunthorpe United		2–1
Sheffield United	0–1		No
Swindon Town		1–0
Walsall	0–2	0–3	No
Yeovil Town	3–0	3–0	Yes

References

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[2] "Fixture Release Yields Yeovil Opener". Doncaster Rovers F.C. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.

[3] "Rovers set to face Seagulls". Doncaster Rovers F.C. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

[4] "Rovers to Play Minstermen". Doncaster Rovers F.C. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

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[6] "Capital One Cup round 3 draw". Capital One Cup. 27 August 2014. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

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[8] "Johnstone's Paint Trophy Round 1 draw". The Football League. 16 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.

[9] "Johnstone's Paint Trophy Round 2 draw". The Football League. 6 September 2014. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

[10] "Johnstone's Paint Trophy Area Quarter-Final draw". The Football League. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

[11] "Notts County Johnstone's Paint Trophy clash rearranged". Doncaster Rovers F.C. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.

[12] "Barnsley Game To Be Rescheduled". Doncaster Rovers F.C. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

[13] "Canada vs. Jamaica: International Friendly Match Preview". MLS Soccer. 5 September 2014. Archived from the original on 16 September 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

[14] "Notts County game OFF". Doncaster Rovers F.C. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

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