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2007–08 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season

During the 2007–08 English football season, Doncaster Rovers F.C. competed in League One. The team were in fourth place by the New Year, and ended up in the top three during the final stages of the league. They were promoted to the Championship along with two other teams.

Doncaster Rovers F.C.
2007–08 season
ManagerSean O'Driscoll
StadiumKeepmoat Stadium
League One3rd (P)
FA CupFirst round
(Vs. Oldham Athletic)
League CupSecond round
(Vs. Plymouth Argyle
Football League TrophyQuarter finals
(Vs. Grimsby Town)
Top goalscorerLeague:
James Hayter, Paul Heffernan, Jason Price (7)
All:
James Hayter (11)
Average home league attendance7,978[1]

Season summary

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This was Doncaster's fourth consecutive season in League One.

With Adam Brown, Jan Budtz, Liam Green, Rob Pacey, Jon-Paul Pittman, and Sean Thornton released,[2] several new players were brought in for the beginning of the season. James Hayter was bought from Bournemouth, Gordon Greer came from Kilmarnock, free agents Sam Hird and Neil Sullivan came from Leeds, Richie Wellens from Oldham, Martin Woods from Rotherham, and Matt Mills was loaned from Manchester City.[2]

Rovers were in 4th place by the New Year,[2] and by the last game of the season they were in 2nd place but needed a win at Cheltenham to guarantee promotion to the Championship. Cheltenham won, as did 3rd placed Nottingham Forest, so Doncaster had to compete in the play-offs. First, they drew away at Southend where Paul Heffernan was sent off for a "head butt", but in the home leg they won 5–1, with James Coppinger getting a hattrick.[2]

The play-off final was at the new Wembley against a Leeds side that had failed to get an automatic place partly following a pre-season 15 point deduction for exiting administration without a CVA.[3] The contest attracted an attendance of 75,132, the biggest crowd Doncaster had ever played in front of.[2] From a Brian Stock corner, James Hayter headed in the only goal of the match in the 47th minute and Doncaster were promoted to the second tier after an absence of 50 years[4] when they had been relegated at the end of the 1957–58 season.

Progress in the three cup tournaments was limited.

The average league attendance figure of 7,978 was marginally up on the previous season and the highest since the 1969-70 season.[5]

During the season it was announced that Terry Bramall and Dick Watson had become equal controlling shareholders alongside John Ryan.[2]

League One

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Swansea City (C, P) 46 27 11 8 82 42 +40 92 Promotion to Football League Championship
2 Nottingham Forest (P) 46 22 16 8 64 32 +32 82
3 Doncaster Rovers (O, P) 46 23 11 12 65 41 +24 80 Qualification for League One play-offs[a]
4 Carlisle United 46 23 11 12 64 46 +18 80
5 Leeds United 46 27 10 9 72 38 +34 76[b]
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2008. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Football League Championship.
  2. ^ Leeds deducted 15 points for failure to comply with rules on insolvency.

Results

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League One match details
Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref.
11 August 2007 Millwall H D 0–0 7,542 [6]
18 August 2007 Hartlepool United A L 1–2
25 August 2007 AFC Bournemouth H L 1–2
1 September 2007 Swansea City A W 2–1
7 September 2007 Northampton Town A L 0–2
16 September 2007 Crewe Alexandra H W 2–0
22 September 2007 Southend United A L 2–3
29 September 2007 Cheltenham Town H W 2–0
2 October 2007 Walsall H L 2–3
6 October 2007 Luton Town A D 1–1
14 October 2007 Huddersfield Town H W 2–0
20 October 2007 Nottingham Forest A D 0–0
28 October 2007 Leyton Orient H W 4–2
3 November 2007 Swindon Town A W 2–1
6 November 2007 Gillingham A D 1–1
17 November 2007 Tranmere Rovers H D 0–0
24 November 2007 Port Vale A W 3–1
4 December 2007 Brighton & Hove Albion H D 0–0
8 December 2007 Oldham Athletic A D 1–1
16 December 2007 Yeovil Town H L 1–2
22 December 2007 Crewe Alexandra A W 4–0
26 December 2007 Northampton Town H W 2–0
29 December 2007 Southend United H W 3–1
1 January 2008 Walsall A D 1–1
12 January 2008 Carlisle United H W 1–0
19 January 2008 Leeds United A W 1–0
25 January 2008 Swansea City H L 0–4
29 January 2008 Hartlepool United H W 2–0
2 February 2008 Millwall A W 3–0
9 February 2008 Bristol Rovers H W 2–0
12 February 2008 AFC Bournemouth A W 2–0
23 February 2008 Carlisle United A L 0–1
1 March 2008 Tranmere Rovers A W 1–0
4 March 2008 Bristol Rovers A W 1–0
8 March 2008 Port Vale H W 2–1
11 March 2008 Gillingham H W 2–1
15 March 2008 Brighton & Hove Albion A L 0–1
21 March 2008 Yeovil Town A L 1–2
24 March 2008 Oldham Athletic H D 1–1
28 March 2008 Nottingham Forest H W 1–0
1 April 2008 Leeds United H L 0–1
5 April 2008 Huddersfield Town A D 2–2
11 April 2008 Swindon Town H W 2–0
19 April 2008 Leyton Orient A D 1–1
26 April 2008 Luton Town H W 2–0
3 May 2008 Cheltenham Town A L 1–2

Squad

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Statistics

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Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes.

As of 23 January 2018
No. Pos Nat Player Total League One League One Play-offs FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Neil Sullivan 55 0 46 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0
2 DF   ENG James O'Connor 49 0 40 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0
3 DF   WAL Gareth Roberts 45 3 35+2 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
4 MF   WAL Stephen Roberts 28 0 20+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0
5 DF   ENG Graeme Lee 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW   ENG Lewis Guy 39 8 13+16 6 1+2 0 1+1 0 1+1 0 3 2
8 MF   WAL Brian Stock 46 6 40 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW   BRB Mark McCammon 39 8 22+9 4 0+3 0 1 1 0+2 1 1+1 2
10 FW   WAL Gareth Taylor 12 1 4+8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 DF   ENG Adam Lockwood 44 3 39 3 0+1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
12 MF   ENG James Hayter 43 11 22+13 7 2+1 1 2 2 2 1 0+1 0
13 GK   ENG Ben Smith 2 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
14 FW   IRL Paul Heffernan 32 9 18+9 7 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 1
15 MF   ENG Mark Wilson 35 1 24+8 1 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 1 0
16 MF   ENG Anthony Griffith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF   SCO Martin Woods 22 2 7+8 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2+1 2
18 MF   SCO Sean McDaid 29 1 14+10 1 0 0 1 0 1+1 0 2 0
19 MF   ENG Richie Wellens 52 7 44 6 2 0 2 0 2 1 1+1 0
20 MF   IRL Paul Green 45 6 26+12 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 1
21 DF   ENG Sam Hird 9 0 3+1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
22 DF   ENG Matthew Mills 41 3 29+5 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
23 MF   WAL Jason Price 35 8 18+11 7 3 0 0+2 0 0 0 1 1
24 DF   SCO Gordon Greer 17 1 10+1 1 0 0 2 0 1+1 0 2 0
25 MF   NIR Stuart Elliott 10 0 1+9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF   ENG James Coppinger 46 6 31+8 3 3 3 1+1 0 1 0 1 0
27 MF   ENG Craig Nelthorpe 4 0 0+2 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
30 DF   ENG Matt Noble 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the season:
GK   ENG Barry Richardson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   NIR Kevin Horlock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   MSR Bruce Dyer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0

Goals record

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As of 23 January 2018
Rank No. Po. Name League One League One Play-offs FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
1 12 FW James Hayter 7 1 2 1 0 11
2 14 FW Paul Heffernan 7 0 0 1 1 9
3 23 FW Jason Price 7 0 0 0 1 8
7 FW Lewis Guy 6 0 0 0 2 8
9 FW Mark McCammon 4 0 1 1 2 8
6 19 MF Richie Wellens 6 0 0 1 0 7
7 8 MF Brian Stock 5 1 0 0 0 6
20 MF Paul Green 5 0 0 0 1 6
26 MF James Coppinger 3 3 0 0 0 6
10 3 DF Gareth Roberts 3 0 0 0 0 3
22 DF Matt Mills 3 0 0 0 0 3
11 DF Adam Lockwood 3 0 0 0 0 3
13 17 MF Martin Woods 0 0 0 0 2 2
14 24 DF Gordon Greer 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 MF Mark Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 MF Gareth Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 1
18 MF Sean McDaid 1 0 0 0 0 1
Own Goals 2 1 0 0 1 4
Total 65 6 3 4 10 88

Disciplinary record

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As of 23 January 2018
No. Pos. Name League One League One Play-offs FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
                                               
1 GK Neil Sullivan 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
2 DF James O'Connor 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
3 DF Gareth Roberts 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
4 MF Stephen Roberts 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
7 FW Lewis Guy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
8 MF Brian Stock 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
9 FW Mark McCammon 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
11 DF Adam Lockwood 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
12 FW James Hayter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 FW Paul Heffernan 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
15 MF Mark Wilson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
17 MF Martin Woods 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
18 MF Sean McDaid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
19 MF Richie Wellens 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
20 MF Paul Green 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
21 DF Sam Hird 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
22 DF Matt Mills 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1
23 FW Jason Price 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
25 MF Stuart Elliott 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
26 MF James Coppinger 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Total 53 0 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 59 0 4

References

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  1. ^ "Historical attendances". www.european-football-statistics.co.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Bluff, Tony (2011). Donny:Doncaster Rovers F.C. The Complete History (1879−2010). Yore Publications. ISBN 978-0-9569848-3-8.
  3. ^ a b agencies, Staff and (9 August 2007). "Football: Leeds condemned to 15-point penalty as League chairmen reject appeal". the Guardian.
  4. ^ a b "Doncaster 1-0 Leeds". 25 May 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ^ a b "England historical attendance and performance". Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  6. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/6931089.stm
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