2015–16 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season

Doncaster Rovers
2015–16 season
Chairman	David Blunt
Manager	Paul Dickov; (until 8 September 2015) Rob Jones; (Interim) Darren Ferguson; (from 16 October 2015)
Stadium	Keepmoat Stadium
League One	21st (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round (vs. Stoke City)
League Cup	Second round (vs. Ipswich Town)
JP Trophy	Second round (vs. York City)
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Williams (12); All: Andy Williams (16)
Highest home attendance	13,299 vs Stoke City; (FA Cup, 9 Jan 16)
Lowest home attendance	2,956 vs Burton Albion; (JP Trophy, 1 Sep 15)
Average home league attendance	6,553
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Doncaster Rovers's 137th season in their existence, 13th consecutive season in the Football League and second consecutive season in League One.^[4] 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 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Squad

Detailed Overview

Caps and goals up to the start of season 2015–16. Players in bold were signed in the January window.

No.	Name	Position (s)	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Club caps	Club goals	Int. caps	Int. goals	Signed from
Goalkeepers
12	Thorsten Stuckmann	GK	Gütersloh	(1981-03-17) 17 March 1981 (age 43)	–	–	–	–	Preston North End
23	Marko Maroši	GK		(1993-10-23) 23 October 1993 (age 31)	4	0	–	–	Wigan Athletic
40	Louis Jones	GK	Doncaster	(1998-10-12) 12 October 1998 (age 26)	–	–	–	–	Academy
Defenders
2	Mitchell Lund	RB	Leeds	(1996-08-27) 27 August 1996 (age 28)	5	0	–	–	Academy
3	Cedric Evina	LB/LM	Cameroon	(1991-11-16) 16 November 1991 (age 32)	24	0	–	–	Charlton Athletic
4	Luke McCullough	CB/RB/DM	Portadown	(1994-02-15) 15 February 1994 (age 30)	56	1	4	0	Manchester United
5	Rob Jones	CB	Stockton-on-Tees	(1979-11-03) 3 November 1979 (age 45)	74	11	–	–	Sheffield Wednesday
6	Andy Butler	CB	Doncaster	(1983-11-04) 4 November 1983 (age 41)	38	3	–	–	Sheffield United
17	Gary MacKenzie	CB	Lanark	(1985-10-15) 15 October 1985 (age 39)	–	–	–	–	Blackpool
20	Aaron Taylor-Sinclair	LB/LM	Aberdeen	(1991-04-08) 8 April 1991 (age 33)	–	–	–	–	Wigan Athletic
24	Paul McKay	CB	Glasgow	(1996-11-19) 19 November 1996 (age 27)	4	0	–	–	Academy
33	Michael Carberry		Liverpool	(1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 26)	–	–	–	–	Academy
38	Craig Alcock	RB/LB/CB	Truro	(1987-12-08) 8 December 1987 (age 36)	–	–	–	–	Sheffield United
39	Kevin Mbuti			(1997-12-31) 31 December 1997 (age 26)	–	–	–	–	Academy
Midfielders
7	Richie Wellens	CM/DM/AM	Moston	(1980-03-26) 26 March 1980 (age 44)	183	15	–	–	Leicester City
8	Richard Chaplow	CM/RM/LM	Accrington	(1985-02-02) 2 February 1985 (age 39)	–	–	–	–	Millwall
18	Paul Keegan	CM	Dublin	(1984-07-05) 5 July 1984 (age 40)	117	1	–	–	Bohemians
26	James Coppinger	RM/CM/RB	Guisborough	(1981-01-10) 10 January 1981 (age 43)	449	47	–	–	Exeter City
29	Harry Middleton	CM/AM	Doncaster	(1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 (age 29)	7	0	–	–	Academy
32	Billy Whitehouse	CM/LM	Doncaster	(1996-06-13) 13 June 1996 (age 28)	7	0	–	–	Academy
34	Matty Davies		Worksop	(1996-09-19) 19 September 1996 (age 28)	–	–	–	–	Academy
36	Jordan Linley		Doncaster	(1998-01-23) 23 January 1998 (age 26)	–	–	–	–	Academy
Forwards
9	Curtis Main	CF	South Shields	(1992-06-20) 20 June 1992 (age 32)	44	10	–	–	Middlesbrough
10	Harry Forrester	LW/RW/SS	Milton Keynes	(1991-01-02) 2 January 1991 (age 33)	57	10	–	–	Brentford
11	Andy Williams	CF/RW	Hereford	(1986-08-14) 14 August 1986 (age 38)	–	–	–	–	Swindon Town
14	Nathan Tyson	CF/LW	Reading	(1982-05-04) 4 May 1982 (age 42)	44	14	–	–	Blackpool
15	Dany N'Guessan	CF/LW/RW	Ivry-sur-Seine	(1987-08-11) 11 August 1987 (age 37)	–	–	–	–	AEL
19	Jack McKay	CF	Glasgow	(1996-11-19) 19 November 1996 (age 27)	4	0	–	–	Academy
21	Liam Mandeville	CF	Lincoln	(1997-02-17) 17 February 1997 (age 27)	3	0	–	–	Academy
25	Joe Pugh		Doncaster, England	(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 27)	–	–	–	–	Academy
41	Will Longbottom		Leeds	(1998-12-12) 12 December 1998 (age 25)	–	–	–	–	Academy

Statistics

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

As of 8 May 2016

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
2	DF	ENG	Mitchell Lund	34	2	25+5	1	2	1	0+1	0	1	0
3	DF	FRA	Cedric Evina	49	1	38+4	1	3	0	2	0	2	0
4	DF	NIR	Luke McCullough	35	0	28+4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Andy Butler	47	4	40	4	3	0	2	0	2	0
7	FW	ENG	Gary McSheffrey (on loan from Scunthorpe United)	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Richard Chaplow	30	2	20+7	2	0+1	0	1	0	0+1	0
10	FW	USA	Lynden Gooch (on loan from Sunderland)	10	0	7+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	ENG	Andy Williams	53	16	41+5	12	3	2	2	2	1+1	0
12	GK	GER	Thorsten Stuckmann	43	0	35+1	0	3	0	2	0	2	0
14	FW	ENG	Nathan Tyson	36	7	22+10	6	3	1	0+1	0	0	0
15	FW	FRA	Dany N'Guessan	9	0	1+7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	DF	SCO	Gary MacKenzie	16	0	11+4	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	EIR	Paul Keegan	18	1	11+4	1	1+1	0	0	0	1	0
20	DF	SCO	Aaron Taylor-Sinclair	49	2	38+5	2	3	0	2	0	1	0
21	FW	ENG	Liam Mandeville	10	1	2+6	1	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
22	MF	ENG	Conor Grant (on loan from Everton)	22	4	18+1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0
23	GK	SVK	Marko Maroši	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
24	MF	ENG	Tommy Rowe (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)	10	3	9+1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	WAL	Joe Pugh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	ENG	James Coppinger	44	3	38+1	3	2	0	2	0	1	0
27	FW	ENG	Cameron Stewart (on loan from Ipswich Town)	28	4	11+15	4	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
29	MF	ENG	Harry Middleton	41	0	24+10	0	3	0	1+1	0	2	0
32	MF	ENG	Billy Whitehouse	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
33	DF	ENG	Michael Carberry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	ENG	Matty Davies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	ENG	Jordan Linley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	ENG	Riccardo Calder (on loan from Aston Villa)	12	0	7+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF	ENG	Craig Alcock	29	0	24+3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	COD	Kevin Mbuti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	ENG	Louis Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	FW	ENG	Will Longbottom	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	GK	ENG	Remi Matthews (on loan from Norwich City)	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
5	DF	ENG	Rob Jones	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
7	MF	ENG	Richie Wellens	16	0	11+1	0	0+1	0	2	0	1	0
7	MF	FRA	Eddy Lecygne (on loan from Stoke City)	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Curtis Main	14	1	6+4	1	0+1	0	1+1	0	1	0
10	FW	ENG	Harry Forrester	9	1	3+4	1	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
16	MF	ENG	Oscar Gobern (on loan from Queens Park Rangers)	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	SCO	Jack McKay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	SCO	Paul McKay	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	FW	ENG	Keshi Anderson (on loan from Crystal Palace)	9	3	5+2	3	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
31	MF	ENG	James Horsfield (on loan from Manchester City)	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
37	DF	BRA	Felipe Mattioni (on loan from Everton)	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	ENG	Chris Neal (on loan from Port Vale)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goals record

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	11	FW	Andy Williams	12	2	2	16
2	14	FW	Nathan Tyson	6	1	0	7
3	6	DF	Andy Butler	4	0	0	4
	22	MF	Conor Grant	2	2	0	4
	27	FW	Cameron Stewart	4	0	0	4
6	24	MF	Tommy Rowe	3	0	0	3
	25	FW	Keshi Anderson	3	0	0	3
	26	MF	James Coppinger	3	0	0	3
9	2	DF	Mitchell Lund	1	1	0	2
	8	MF	Richard Chaplow	2	0	0	2
	20	DF	Aaron Taylor-Sinclair	2	0	0	2
12	3	DF	Cedric Evina	1	0	0	1
	7	FW	Gary McSheffrey	1	0	0	1
	9	FW	Curtis Main	1	0	0	1
	10	FW	Harry Forrester	1	0	0	1
	18	MF	Paul Keegan	1	0	0	1
	21	FW	Liam Mandeville	1	0	0	1
Total				48	6	2	56

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
No.	Pos.	Name
2	DF	Mitchell Lund	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
3	DF	Cedric Evina	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
4	DF	Luke McCullough	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
6	DF	Andy Butler	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
7	MF	Richie Wellens	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
7	FW	Gary McSheffrey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8	MF	Richard Chaplow	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0
9	FW	Curtis Main	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	FW	Harry Forrester	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
10	FW	Lynden Gooch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	FW	Andy Williams	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
12	GK	Thorsten Stuckmann	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	FW	Nathan Tyson	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	DF	Gary MacKenzie	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
18	MF	Paul Keegan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	MF	Conor Grant	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
25	FW	Keshi Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
26	MF	James Coppinger	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
27	FW	Cameron Stewart	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	MF	Harry Middleton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
31	MF	James Horsfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
38	DF	Craig Alcock	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
Total			47	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	54	2	1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
10 June 2015	GK	Thorsten Stuckmann	Preston North End	Free transfer	^[5]
19 June 2015	FW	Andy Williams	Swindon Town	Free transfer	^[6]
30 June 2015	DF	Gary MacKenzie	Blackpool	Free transfer	^[7]
6 July 2015	MF	Richard Chaplow	Millwall	Free transfer	^[8]
20 July 2015	DF	Aaron Taylor-Sinclair	Wigan Athletic	Free transfer	^[9]
30 July 2015	FW	Dany N'Guessan	AEL	Free transfer	^[10]
7 January 2016	DF	Craig Alcock	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	^[11]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
28 August 2015	FW	Cameron Stewart	Ipswich Town	8 May 2016	^[12]^[13]
1 September 2015	MF	Oscar Gobern	Queens Park Rangers	4 January 2016	^[14]
24 September 2015	FW	Keshi Anderson	Crystal Palace	2 January 2016	^[15]^[16]
28 September 2015	MF	James Horsfield	Manchester City	27 October 2015	^[17]
29 October 2015	MF	Conor Grant	Everton	8 May 2016	^[18]^[19]
31 October 2015	DF	Felipe Mattioni	Everton	2 January 2016	^[20]
10 November 2015	DF	Craig Alcock	Sheffield United	2 January 2016	^[21]
21 January 2016	FW	Lynden Gooch	Sunderland	8 May 2016	^[22]^[23]
25 January 2016	MF	Eddy Lecygne	Stoke City	25 February 2016	^[24]
1 February 2016	GK	Chris Neal	Port Vale	1 March 2016	^[25]
3 March 2016	MF	Riccardo Calder	Aston Villa	8 May 2016	^[26]
19 March 2016	MF	Tommy Rowe	Wolverhampton Wanderers	8 May 2016	^[27]
23 March 2016	FW	Gary McSheffrey	Scunthorpe United	8 May 2016	^[28]
24 March 2016	GK	Remi Matthews	Norwich City	8 May 2016	^[29]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
2 September 2015	DF	Ben Askins	Whitby Town	29 September 2015	^[30]
2 October 2015	FW	Jack McKay	Ilkeston	2 November 2015	^[31]
8 October 2015	DF	Paul McKay	Ilkeston	8 November 2015	^[32]
9 November 2015	FW	Liam Mandeville	Whitby Town	9 December 2015	^[33]
26 November 2015	MF	Richie Wellens	Oldham Athletic	2 January 2016	^[34]
1 February 2016	DF	Gary MacKenzie	Notts County	1 March 2016	^[35]
13 February 2016	MF	Billy Whitehouse	FC Halifax Town	13 March 2016	^[36]
15 February 2016	FW	Curtis Main	Oldham Athletic	8 May 2016	^[37]

Transfers out

Date to	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
21 May 2015	FW	Kyle Bennett	Portsmouth	Free transfer	^[38]
11 July 2015	FW	Alex Peterson	Scarborough Athletic	Free transfer	^[39]^[40]
7 August 2015	DF	Jamie McCombe	Stevenage	Free transfer	^[39]^[41]
7 August 2015	DF	Liam Wakefield	Accrington Stanley	Free transfer	^[42]
15 August 2015	DF	Reece Wabara	Barnsley	Free transfer	^[39]^[43]
18 August 2015	MF	Dean Furman	SuperSport United	Free transfer	^[39]^[44]
28 August 2015	FW	Theo Robinson	Motherwell	Free transfer	^[39]^[45]
4 September 2015	GK	Stephen Bywater	Kerala Blasters	Free transfer	^[39]^[46]
8 October 2015	MF	Lewis Ferguson	Scarborough Athletic	Free transfer	^[39]^[47]
31 December 2015	FW	Harry Forrester	Rangers	Undisclosed	^[48]
8 January 2016	MF	Richie Wellens	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer	^[49]
11 January 2016	FW	Jack McKay	Leeds United	Undisclosed	^[50]
11 January 2016	DF	Paul McKay	Leeds United	Undisclosed	^[50]
3 March 2016	DF	Rob Jones	Hartlepool United	Free transfer	^[51]
31 March 2016	MF	Abdul Razak	AFC United	Free transfer	^[39]^[52]

Competitions

Pre–season friendlies

On 26 May 2015, Doncaster Rovers announced Sunderland will visit during pre–season in a friendly.^[53] A day later it was announced Wolverhampton Wanderers will visit as part of their pre–season preparations.^[54] The club announced on 28 May 2015 they will host Nottingham Forest on 21 July 2015.^[55] On 5 June 2015, Doncaster Rovers confirmed they will kick–off pre–season preparations off with a trip to Frickley Athletic.^[56] On 8 June 2015, a home friendly against Middlesbrough was announced.^[57]

8 July 2015 (2015-07-08) Friendly	Frickley Athletic	0–2	Doncaster Rovers	South Elmsall
19:45 BST		Report	Tyson 60', 90'	Stadium: Westfield Lane Attendance: 651

21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Main 15'	Report	Burke 34'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium

22 July 2015 (2015-07-22) Friendly	Bridlington Town	0–2	Doncaster Rovers XI	Bridlington
19:45 BST		Report	Whitehouse 50' Bell 89'	Stadium: Queensgate

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly	Doncaster Rovers	0–0	Middlesbrough	Doncaster
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 2,831

27 July 2015 (2015-07-27) Friendly	Armthorpe Welfare	0–4	Doncaster Rovers XI	Armthorpe
19:45 BST		Report	Pugh 37', 54' Whitehouse 68' Bell 82'	Stadium: Welfare Ground

29 July 2015 (2015-07-29) Friendly	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Sunderland	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Evina 15' Forrester 61'	Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly	Doncaster Rovers	3–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Butler 19' Jones 45' Tyson 47'	Report	Afobe 21' Graham 28' Dicko 36' Enobakhare 63'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
19	Fleetwood Town	46	12	15	19	52	56	−4	51
20	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	11	22	58	79	−21	50
21	Doncaster Rovers (R)	46	11	13	22	48	64	−16	46	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	Blackpool (R)	46	12	10	24	40	63	−23	46
23	Colchester United (R)	46	9	13	24	57	99	−42	40

Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[58]

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Bury	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Forrester 90+3'	Report	Clarke 73', 90+5' Mellis 74'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,429 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

16 August 2015 (2015-08-16) 2	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	Wigan
12:30 BST	Jacobs 86' Morgan 90'	Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,813 Referee: David Webb

19 August 2015 (2015-08-19) 3	Doncaster Rovers	0–0	Southend United	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Chaplow 64'	Report	Timlin 52' Coker 90+1'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,164 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4	Port Vale	3–0	Doncaster Rovers	Burslem
15:00 BST	Foley 35' Ikpeazu 46' Leitch-Smith 79' Moore 88'	Report	Butler 28' Stuckmann 79' McCullough 90+2'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,775 Referee: Robert Lewis

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Fleetwood Town	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Coppinger 17' Main 24'	Report	Jordan 20' Ryan 39' McLaughlin 90'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 4,876 Referee: Trevor Kettle

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 6	Gillingham	1–0	Doncaster Rovers	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Hessenthaler 66'	Report		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,685 Referee: Chris Sarginson

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 7	Walsall	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	Walsall
15:00 BST	Mantom 25' Taylor 42' Bradshaw 85', 90+2'	Report	Lund 75' Keegan 89'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,127 Referee: Kevin Wright

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Oldham Athletic	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Butler 26'	Report	Burn 34' Jones 79' Green 83' Brown 87'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,647 Referee: Andy Woolmer

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9	Sheffield United	3–1	Doncaster Rovers	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Basham 17', 60' Sammon 35' Adams 66' Sharp 79'	Report	Stewart 25' MacKenzie 38'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 20,869 Referee: Mark Heywood

29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10	Doncaster Rovers	2–2	Swindon Town	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Horsfield 40' Anderson 73' Williams 80' (pen.) Chaplow 90+5'	Report	Branco 44' Ajose 47' Robert 63' Thompson 76' Obika 90+1'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 4,693 Referee: Ben Toner

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 11	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Barnsley	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Anderson 35' Wellens 72' Chaplow 90', 90+1'	Report	Winnall 59'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 9,033 Referee: Lee Mason

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 12	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Bradford City	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Anderson 25'	Report	Cole 1'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 8,410 Referee: Dean Whitestone

20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 13	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Doncaster Rovers	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	Black 13' Knight-Percival 27'	Report	Coppinger 14' Lund 33' Anderson 86'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,735 Referee: Kevin Johnson

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 14	Peterborough United	4–0	Doncaster Rovers	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Zakuani 8' Santos 34' Oztumer 36' Elder 46' Washington 73'	Report	Wellens 2' Lund 45+1' Butler 78'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 6,092 Referee: Mark Brown

27 October 2015 (2015-10-27) 15	Millwall	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	London
19:45 GMT	Morison 5', 8' Thompson 81' Craig 81' Beevers 88' L. Martin 90+2'	Report		Stadium: The Den Attendance: 8,294 Referee: Charles Breakspear

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 16	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Colchester United	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Grant 41' Williams 64'	Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,324 Referee: Graham Salisbury

14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) 17	Blackpool	0–2	Doncaster Rovers	Blackpool
15:00 GMT		Report	Williams 5' Taylor-Sinclair 40'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 17,435 Referee: Ross Joyce

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 18	Doncaster	0–2	Rochdale	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Williams 8'	Report	Cannon 23' Henderson 34', 84', 90+6' Rose 90+5'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,125 Referee: Kevin Wright

24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 19	Doncaster	3–0	Chesterfield	Doncaster
19:45 GMT	Tyson 62' Williams 70' Coppinger 87' Stewart 90+2'	Report	Wood 17'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,521 Referee: Kevin Friend

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 20	Coventry City	2–2	Doncaster Rovers	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Armstrong 30' Fleck 59'	Report	McCullough 27' Tyson 52', 72' Grant 62' Coppinger 68' Williams 72' Middleton 90+3' Stewart 90+4'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 11,885 Referee: Lee Swabey

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 21	Doncaster Rovers	3–2	Crewe Alexandra	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Grant 32' Stewart 90+3' Williams 90+5'	Report	Haber 26' Jones 64' Saunders 90' Ajayi 90+3'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,342 Referee: Darren Drysdale

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 22	Burton Albion	3–3	Doncaster Rovers	Burton Upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Butcher 18', 61' Mousinho 53' Edwards 82' Duffy 89'	Report	Williams 4' Keegan 70' Butler 72' Tyson 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,103 Referee: Mark Heywood

26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 23	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Scunthorpe United	Doncaster
15:00 GMT		Report	Madden 20' King 38' Dawson 61' Laird 90+1'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 8,744 Referee: Stuart Attwell

28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) 24	Oldham Athletic	1–2	Doncaster Rovers	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Yeates 68' Eckersley 70' Murphy 74'	Report	Williams 12', 45' Alcock 17'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,432 Referee: Ross Joyce

2 January 2015 (2015-01-02) 25	Southend United	0–3	Doncaster Rovers	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Leonard 50' Thompson 57' White 58' Deegan 90+3'	Report	Williams 44' Taylor–Sinclair 54' Tyson 58' (pen.) Alcock 84'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,134 Referee: Lee Collins

16 January 2015 (2015-01-16) 26	Doncaster Rovers	2–2	Gillingham	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Stewart 75' Williams 88'	Report	Donnelly 9', 47' Samuel 72'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,077 Referee: Nigel Miller

23 January 2015 (2015-01-23) 27	Fleetwood Town	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Pond 75' Grant 88' Davis 90+1'	Report	Gooch 75' Evina 81' Chaplow 90+3'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,508 Referee: Peter Bankes

26 January 2015 (2015-01-26) 28	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Port Vale	Doncaster
19:45 GMT	Evina 88'	Report	Leitch-Smith 6', 65' Kennedy 70'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 4,799 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) 29	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Walsall	Doncaster
19:45 GMT	Mandeville 80'	Report	Mantom 61' Taylor 65'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,056 Referee: Ben Toner

13 February 2016 30	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Sheffield United	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Alcock 60'	Report	Adams 42' Hammond 68'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 10,168 Referee: Mike Dean

20 February 2016 31	Barnsley	1–0	Doncaster Rovers	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	White 13' Fletcher 81'	Report	Grant 22'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,638 Referee: Andrew Madley

27 February 2016 32	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Millwall	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Chaplow 37', 54' Lund 55' McCullough 90+4'	Report	Morison 6' Webster 56' Thompson 80'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,810 Referee: Carl Boyeson

1 March 2016 33	Swindon Town	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	Swindon
19:45 GMT	Doughty 14' Obika 45+2', 66'	Report	Lund 41' Chaplow 78'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,556 Referee: Nick Kinseley

5 March 2016 34	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Doncaster
15:00 GMT		Report	Knight-Percival 19' Brown 57' Whalley 62' Leutwiler 90+3'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,878 Referee: Paul Gibbs

8 March 2016 35	Scunthorpe United	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	Hopper 7' Mirfin 58' Clarke 82'	Report		Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,887 Referee: Kevin Wright

12 March 2016 36	Bradford City	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Procter 7', 49' Cullen 38'	Report	Tyson 90'	Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium Attendance: 17,889 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

19 March 2016 37	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Peterborough United	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Coppinger 5' Williams 36'	Report	Williams 44' Zakuani 53' Coulthirst 67' Oztumer 70' Ricardo 90+3', 90+3'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,884 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

25 March 2016 38	Colchester United	4–1	Doncaster Rovers	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Edwards 33' Garvan 43' Porter 62' Lee 71' Gilbey 72' Brindley 87'	Report	McSheffrey 21'	Stadium: Weston Homes Community Stadium Attendance: 3,771 Referee: Kevin Friend

28 March 2016 39	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Blackpool	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Butler 14' Middleton 38' Williams 70'	Report	Aldred 42' White 45+2' Philliskirk 69' Norris 84' Cullen 87'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,575 Referee: Keith Hill

2 April 2016 40	Rochdale	2–2	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Camps 43' Vincenti 83' Canavan 90+6'	Report	Lund 57' Butler 68' Alcock 90+1' Chaplow 90+6'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,727 Referee: Darren Bond

9 April 2016 41	Bury	1–0	Doncaster Rovers	Bury
15:00 BST	Clarke 77', 78'	Report	Lund 45'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,233 Referee: Michael Bull

16 April 2016 42	Doncaster Rovers	3–1	Wigan Athletic	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Chaplow 28' McSheffrey 48' Butler 50', 54' 60' Williams 88' (pen.)	Report	Grigg 41', 57' Jacobs 79' Perkins 86'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,987 Referee: Kevin Johnson

19 April 2016 43	Chesterfield	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	Chesterfield
19:45 BST	Ariyibi 18' Novak 88'	Report	Rowe 6' Chaplow 81' Lund 88'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 6,461 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

23 April 2016 44	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Coventry City	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Rowe 21' Williams 32' Middleton 82'	Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,364 Referee: Darren Handley

30 April 2016 45	Crewe Alexandra	3–1	Doncaster Rovers	Crewe
15:30 BST	Ainley 43' Haber 57' Inman 89'	Report	Rowe 28'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 4,403 Referee: Lee Swabey

8 May 2016 46	Doncaster Rovers	0–0	Burton Albion	Doncaster
12:30 BST		Report	Choudhury 76'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 9,803 Referee: Andy Woolmer

FA Cup

On 26 October 2015, the first round draw was made, Doncaster Rovers were drawn at home against Stalybridge Celtic. On 9 November 2015, the second round draw was made, Doncaster Rovers were drawn away against Cambridge United. On 7 December 2015, the third round draw was made, Doncaster Rovers were drawn home against Stoke City.

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) First round	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Stalybridge Celtic	Doncaster
14:00 BST	Williams 3', 68'	Report	Higgins 51' Wright 70' Chalmers 90+4'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 3,991 Referee: Martin Coy

6 December 2015 (2015-12-06) Second round	Cambridge United	1–3	Doncaster Rovers	Cambridge
14:00 BST	Berry 23' Ledson 25' Dunk 40' Roberts 74' Corr 83'	Report	Coppinger 26' Grant 46', 57' Lund 56'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,951 Referee: Mark Brown

9 January 2016 (2016-01-09) Third Round	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Stoke City	Doncaster
14:00 BST	Tyson 25', 32' Grant 84'	Report	Crouch 15' Wollscheid 31' van Ginkel 39' Walters 57', 62'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 13,299 Referee: Keith Stroud

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Doncaster Rovers were drawn at home against Leeds United.^[59] In the second round, Doncaster Rovers were drawn at home to Ipswich Town.^[60]

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) First round	Doncaster Rovers	1–1 (4–2 p)	Leeds United	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Williams 31' (pen.)	Report	Cook 14', 37'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 8,361 Referee: Keith Hill
	Penalties
	Tyson Williams Forrester Wellens		Antenucci Murphy Byram Wood

25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round	Doncaster Rovers	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Ipswich Town	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Williams 23' Chaplow 42' Main 79'	Report	Kenlock 36' Pitman 58' McGoldrick 102' Alabi 105' Fraser 113'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 3,729 Referee: Scott Duncan

Football League Trophy

On 8 August 2015, live on Soccer AM the draw for the first round of the Football League Trophy was drawn by Toni Duggan and Alex Scott.^[61] On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Doncaster will travel to face York City.^[62]

1 September 2015 (2015-09-01) First round	Doncaster Rovers	0–0 (5–3 p)	Burton Albion	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Evina 24'	Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 2,956 Referee: Ross Joyce
	Penalties
	Williams Main Middleton Chaplow Stewart		Akins Reilly Naylor Binnom-Williams

6 October 2015 (2015-10-06) Second round	York City	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	York
19:45 BST	Oliver 5', 50'	Report	Forrester 82'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 1,627

Season summary

As of 8 May 2016

Detailed Summary

Results on penalties taken as draws

Games played	53 (46 League One, 3 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 2 League Trophy)
Games won	13 (11 League One, 2 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 League Trophy)
Games drawn	15 (13 League One, 0 FA Cup, 1 2022 © WikiZero. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy \| Terms of Service

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