2007–08 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season

During the 2007–08 English football season, Doncaster Rovers F.C. competed in League One.

Season summary

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

With Adam Brown,

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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Promotion to Football League Championship
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:

^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Football League Championship.
^ Leeds deducted 15 points for failure to comply with rules on insolvency.

Results

League One match details
Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	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

Statistics

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

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

As of 23 January 2018

No.	Pos.	Name	League One			League One Play-offs			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
No.	Pos.	Name
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

^ "Historical attendances". www.european-football-statistics.co.uk.
^
ISBN 978-0-9569848-3-8
.

^ ^a ^b agencies, Staff and (9 August 2007). "Football: Leeds condemned to 15-point penalty as League chairmen reject appeal". the Guardian.
^ ^a ^b "Doncaster 1-0 Leeds". 25 May 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
^ ^a ^b "England historical attendance and performance". Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/6931089.stm

External links

Doncaster FC Player Appearances | Past & Present | Soccer Base

[table_note_res_PO0.19892212059299-6] Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Football League Championship.

[table_hth_LEE0.19892212059299-7] Leeds deducted 15 points for failure to comply with rules on insolvency.

[1] "Historical attendances". www.european-football-statistics.co.uk.

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ISBN 978-0-9569848-3-8
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[leeds-3] s, Staff and (9 August 2007). "Football: Leeds condemned to 15-point penalty as League chairmen reject appeal". the Guardian.

[bbc-4] "Doncaster 1-0 Leeds". 25 May 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.

[stats-5] "England historical attendance and performance". Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

[8] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/6931089.stm

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