- 2010–11 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season
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Doncaster Rovers 2010–11 season Chairman John Ryan Manager Sean O'Driscoll Championship - FA Cup Third round League Cup First round Top goalscorer League: Billy Sharp & James Coppinger (6)
All: Billy Sharp & James Coppinger (6)Highest home attendance 13,293 V Leeds United (17 Sep 2010) Lowest home attendance 4,603 V Accrington Stanley (10 Aug 2010) 
Home coloursAway colours← 2009–10 2011–12 → The 2010–11 season will be the 131st season in Doncaster Rovers Football Club's existence, and their 3rd consecutive year in the second tier of English football.
Contents
Pre-season
Doncaster's first pre-season friendly is an away game against local team Askern Villa. They will host newly promoted Premier League new boys West Bromwich Albion at the Keepmoat Stadium on 27 July, followed by a trip by local rivals and recently relegated Sheffield Wednesday on 31 July, again at the Keepmoat.
Players
First team
No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Notes Goalkeepers 1 Neil Sullivan 
GK 24 February 1970 Leeds United First team goalkeeper 33 Gary Woods 
GK 1 October 1990 Manchester United Defenders 2 James O'Connor RB 20 November 1984 Bournemouth 6 James Chambers RB 20 November 1980 Leicester City 24 Mustapha Dumbuya RB 3 February 1988 Grays Athletic 11 Adam Lockwood CB 26 October 1981 Yeovil Town Vice captain 4 Shelton Martis 
CB 29 November 1982 West Bromwich Albion 23 Byron Webster CB 31 March 1987 FK SIAD Most 21 Sam Hird CB 7 September 1987 Leeds United 5 Wayne Thomas CB 17 May 1979 Southampton 3 George Friend LB 19 October 1987 Wolverhampton Wanderers Midfielders 15 Mark Wilson DM 9 February 1979 FC Dallas 22 Dean Shiels RW 1 February 1985 Hibernian 26 James Coppinger RW 18 January 1981 Exeter City 8 Brian Stock 
CM 24 December 1981 Preston North End Captain 7 Martin Woods LM 1 January 1986 Rotherham United 18 Simon Gillett CM 6 November 1985 Southampton 14 Josh Payne MC 25 November 1990 West Ham United 34 Robbie Clark CM 30 April 1991 Youth academy Reserve team player 16 John Oster RW 8 December 1978 Crystal Palace Strikers 9 Steve Brooker ST 21 May 1981 Bristol City 10 Billy Sharp ST 5 February 1986 Sheffield United 12 James Hayter ST 9 April 1979 Bournemouth 29 Waide Fairhurst ST 7 May 1989 Youth academy Reserve team player 36 Bradley Grayson ST 12 April 1992 Youth academy Reserve team player Squad statistics
- As of 8 November 2010
No. Nat Pos Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK Neil Sullivan 16 0 15 0 0 0 1 0 2 DF James O'Connor 14 1 13 1 0 0 1 0 3 DF George Friend 11 1 10 1 0 0 1 0 4 MF Shelton Martis 12 0 11 0 0 0 1 0 5 DF Wayne Thomas 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 DF James Chambers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 MF Martin Woods 13 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 8 MF Brian Stock 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 9 FW Steve Brooker 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 10 FW Billy Sharp 13 6 13 6 0 0 0 0 11 DF Adam Lockwood 11 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 12 FW James Hayter 9 3 8 3 0 0 1 0 14 MF Josh Payne 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 MF Mark Wilson 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 16 MF John Oster 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 17 MF Ryan Mason 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 18 MF Simon Gillett 11 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 19 
FW David Healy 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 DF Joseph Mills 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 21 DF Sam Hird 9 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 22 MF Dean Shiels 14 3 13 3 0 0 1 0 23 DF Byron Webster 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 24 DF Mustapha Dumbuya 13 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 26 MF James Coppinger 15 6 15 6 0 0 0 0 29 FW Waide Fairhurst 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 33 GK Gary Woods 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 MF Robert Clark 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 35 Brett Lucas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 FW Bradley Grayson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 37 Aaron Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 Robert Oldham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Results
Championship
07 Aug 2010 Preston North End 0 - 2 Doncaster Rovers Deepdale 15:00 O'Connor 
12'
Hayter 18'
Gillett
78'Attendance: 12,190 14 Aug 2010 Doncaster Rovers 1 - 1 Bristol City Keepmoat Stadium 15:00 Sharp 90' (pen.)Stewart 49'Attendance: 9,291 21 Aug 2010 Cardiff City 4 - 0 Doncaster Rovers Cardiff City Stadium 15:00 Bothroyd 36', 62'
Burke 68'
Bellamy 84'Attendance: 24,027 28 Aug 2010 Doncaster Rovers 3 - 1 Hull City Keepmoat Stadium 15:00 Woods 2'
Sharp 44' (pen.)
Coppinger 69'Barmby 9'Attendance: 11,149 11 Sep 2010 Watford 2 - 2 Doncaster Rovers Vicarage Road 15:00 Sordell 63', 70'Gillett 23'
Friend 90'Attendance: 15,101 14 Sep 2010 Doncaster Rovers 3 - 1 Norwich City Keepmoat Stadium 19:45 Coppinger 14', 50', 86'R. Martin 64'Attendance: 9,314 17 Sep 2010 Doncaster Rovers 0 - 0 Leeds United Keepmoat Stadium 19:45 Attendance: 13,293 25 Sep 2010 Queens Park Rangers 3 - 0 Doncaster Rovers Loftus Road 15:00 Gorkšs 53', 88'
Taarabt 81' (pen.)Attendance: 13,990 28 Sep 2010 Coventry City 2 - 1 Doncaster Rovers Ricoh Arena 15:00 Gunnarsson 2'
McSheffrey 86'Sharp 43'Attendance: 12,292 02 Oct 2010 Doncaster Rovers 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest Keepmoat Stadium 15:00 Lockwood 33'Blackstock 28'Attendance: 10,759 16 Oct 2010 Scunthorpe United 1 - 3 Doncaster Rovers Glanford Park 15:00 Woolford 11'Sharp 31', 59' (pen.)
O'Connor 72'Attendance: 7,005 19 Oct 2010 Doncaster Rovers 2 - 3 Derby County Keepmoat Stadium 19:45 Shiels 66', 68'Moore 19'
Commons 59', 72'Attendance: 9,000 23 Oct 2010 Doncaster Rovers 2 - 0 Sheffield United Keepmoat Stadium 15:00 Coppinger 33'
Sharp 42'Attendance: 8,985 30 Oct 2010 Reading 4 - 3 Doncaster Rovers Madejski Stadium 15:00 Mills 9'
Karacan 60'
Harte 74'
Church 88'Hayter 26'
Martis 42'
Shiels 50'Attendance: 15,553 6 Nov 2010 Doncaster Rovers 2 - 1 Millwall Keepmoat Stadium 15:00 Hayter 56'
Healy 58'Morison 11'Attendance: 10,356 09 Nov 2010 Burnley 1 - 1 Doncaster Rovers Turf Moor 19:45 Cork 63'Hayter 13'Attendance: 13,655 13 Nov 2010 Portsmouth 2 - 3 Doncaster Rovers Fratton Park 15:00 Ward 66'
Nugent 74'
Dickinson 88'Hayter 15'
Coppinger 26'
Healy 79'Attendance: 14,828 20 Nov 2010 Doncaster Rovers 1 - 1 Swansea City Keepmoat Stadium 15:00 Hayter 16'Rangel 90'Attendance: 13,614 27 Nov 2010 Crystal Palace 1 - 0 Doncaster Rovers Selhurst Park 15:00 Couñago 35'Attendance: 12,470 11 Dec 2010 Leicester City 5 - 1 Doncaster Rovers Walkers Stadium 15:00 Gallagher 45' (pen.)
Wellens 61'
Naughton 69'
Vassell 75'
Waghorn 90'Sharp 6'Attendance: 27,549 17 Dec 2010 Doncaster Rovers 2 - 1 Middlesbrough Keepmoat Stadium 19:45 Hayter 22'
Stock 90'McDonald 4'Attendance: 9,543 1 Jan 2011 Doncaster Rovers 3 - 0 Scunthorpe United Keepmoat Stadium 15:00 Sharp 26'
Hayter 38'
Mills 45'
Hird 85'Attendance: 9,447 3 Jan 2011 Sheffield United 2 - 2 Doncaster Rovers Bramall Lane 15:00 Bogdanović 86'
Kozluk 90'Sharp 66', 74' (pen.)Attendance: 21,102 15 Jan 2011 Doncaster Rovers 0 - 3 Reading Keepmoat Stadium 15:00 Long 29'
Kébé 67'
McAnuff 74'Attendance: 9,496 22 Jan 2011 Ipswich Town 3 - 2 Doncaster Rovers Portman Road 15:00 Norris 48'
Wickham 60'
Edwards 64'Sharp 6', 61'Attendance: 17,298 25 Jan 2011 Doncaster Rovers 0 - 2 Barnsley Keepmoat Stadium 19:45 Haynes 54', 67'Attendance: 10,740 1 Feb 2011 Doncaster Rovers 1 - 0 Burnley Keepmoat Stadium 19:45 Duff 59' (o.g.)Attendance: 8,893 5 Feb 2011 Millwall 1 - 0 Doncaster Rovers The Den 15:00 Lisbie 90'Attendance: 11,427 12 Feb 2011 Doncaster Rovers 0 - 2 Portsmouth Keepmoat Stadium 15:00 Kitson 42'
Ward 52'
Hogg 89'Attendance: 10,288 15 Feb 2011 Doncaster Rovers 0-6 Ipswich Town Keepmoat Stadium 19:45 FA Cup
Round 3 8 Jan 2011 Doncaster Rovers 2 - 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Keepmoat Stadium 15:00 Sharp 41'
Hayter 43'Milijaš 38'
Hunt 58' (pen.)Attendance: 8,616 Round 3 Replay 18 Jan 2011 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 - 0 Doncaster Rovers Molineux 19:45 Fletcher 5'
Mujangi Bia 61'
Doyle 66'
Jarvis 74'
Jones 90'Attendance: 10,031 League Cup
10 Aug 2010
First RoundDoncaster Rovers 1 - 2
AETAccrington Stanley Keepmoat Stadium 19:45 Payne 57'Turner 83'
Lindfield 93'Attendance: 4,603 Team kit
This season, Doncaster Rovers will be sponsored by Nike, after their deal with previous sponsor Vandanal expired. Their shirt sponsor has changed to One Call Insurance who previously sponsored the club during their days in the Football Conference.
Transfers
In
First team
N P Nat. Name Age EU Moving from Type Transfer
windowEnds Transfer
feeSource 3 LB Friend 21 EU Wolverhampton Wanderers Transfer Summer 2012 Free 10 FW Sharp 24 EU Sheffield United Transfer Summer 2013 £1.15M 18 CM Gillett 24 EU Southampton Transfer Summer 2013 Free 14 CM Payne 19 EU West Ham United Transfer Summer 2010 Free 5 CB Thomas 30 EU Southampton Transfer Summer 2011 Free Last updated: 08 May
Reserves and academy
N P Nat. Name Age EU Moving from Type Transfer
windowEnds Transfer
feeSource Last updated: 08 May
Total spending:
£1.15 millionOut
First team
N P Nat. Name Age EU Moving to Type Transfer
windowTransfer
feeSource 7 FW Guy 24 EU MK Dons Contract expired Summer Free 14 FW 
Heffernan 28 EU Sheffield Wednesday Contract expired Summer Free 3 LB Roberts 32 EU Derby County Contract expired Summer Free 18 LB McDaid 23 EU Carlisle United Contract expired Summer Free 10 CM Spicer 26 EU Notts County Contract expired Summer Free 13 GK Smith 23 EU Shrewsbury Town Contract expired Summer Free 14 CM Payne 20 EU Oxford United Contract expired Winter Free Last updated: 7 July
Reserves and academy
N P Nat. Name Age EU Moving to Type Transfer
windowTransfer
feeSource 35 DF Fisher 18 EU Released Contract expired Summer Free Last updated: 7 July
Total income:
£0 millionLoaned in
# 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
# 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
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