Club: | Doncaster Rovers |
Season: | 2017–18 |
Manager: | Darren Ferguson |
Chairman: | David Blunt |
Stadium: | Keepmoat Stadium |
League: | League One |
League Result: | 15th |
Cup1: | FA Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Third round (vs. Rochdale) |
Cup2: | EFL Cup |
Cup2 Result: | Third round (vs. Arsenal) |
Cup3: | EFL Trophy |
Cup3 Result: | Second round (vs. Rochdale) |
League Topscorer: | John Marquis (14) |
Season Topscorer: | John Marquis (15) |
Highest Attendance: | 12,481 vs Rotherham United (League One, 11 November '17) |
Lowest Attendance: | 1,520 vs Sunderland (EFL Trophy, 3 October '17) |
Average Attendance: | 8,212 |
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Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 season was Doncaster Rovers's 139th season in their existence, 15th consecutive season in the Football League and first back in League One following promotion last season.[1] Along with League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
League caps and goals up to the start of season 2017–18.
Players with name and squad number struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.
No. | Name | Position (s) | Nationality | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Club caps | Club goals | Int. caps | Int. goals | Signed from | |
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Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
1 | Ian Lawlor | GK | 27 October 1994 | 19 | 0 | – | – | Manchester City | |||
13 | Marko Maroši | GK | 23 October 1993 | 29 | 0 | – | – | Wigan Athletic | |||
33 | Louis Jones | GK | 12 October 1998 | – | – | – | – | Academy | |||
— | GK | Chesterfield | 14 September 1994 | 6 | 0 | – | – | Accrington Stanley | |||
Defenders | |||||||||||
2 | Craig Alcock | RB/LB/CB | Truro | 8 December 1987 | 54 | 0 | – | – | Sheffield United | ||
3 | Danny Andrew | LB | Holbeach | 23 December 1990 | – | – | – | – | Grimsby Town | ||
5 | Mathieu Baudry | CB/DM | Le Havre | 24 February 1988 | 31 | 5 | – | – | Leyton Orient | ||
6 | Andy Butler | CB | Doncaster | 4 November 1983 | 117 | 10 | – | – | Sheffield United | ||
8 | Niall Mason | RB | Bromley | 1 January 1997 | 38 | 0 | – | – | Aston Villa | ||
15 | Joe Wright | CB | Monk Fryston, England | 26 February 1995 | 22 | 0 | – | – | Huddersfield Town | ||
20 | Tyler Garratt | LB/CB | Lincoln | 26 October 1996 | 2 | 0 | – | – | Bolton Wanderers | ||
25 | Mitchell Lund | RB | Leeds | 27 August 1996 | 40 | 1 | – | – | Academy | ||
29 | Reece Fielding | CB | Doncaster | 23 October 1998 | – | – | – | – | Academy | ||
32 | Cody Prior | LB | – | – | – | – | Academy | ||||
— | Danny Amos | LB | Sheffield | 20 May 1999 | – | – | – | – | Academy | ||
— | Cedric Evina | LB/LM | Cameroon | 16 November 1991 | 77 | 1 | – | – | Charlton Athletic | ||
Midfielders | |||||||||||
4 | Luke McCullough | CB/RB/DM | Portadown | 15 February 1994 | 86 | 1 | 5 | 0 | Manchester United | ||
10 | Tommy Rowe | LM/LB/CM | Wythenshawe | 1 May 1989 | 56 | 16 | – | – | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
17 | Matty Blair | CM/RW/LW | Warwick | 21 June 1989 | 45 | 3 | – | – | Mansfield Town | ||
22 | Alfie Beestin | AM | Leeds | 1 October 1997 | 3 | 0 | – | – | Tadcaster Albion | ||
CM/AM | Doncaster | 12 April 1995 | 63 | 0 | – | – | Academy | ||||
26 | James Coppinger | RM/CM/RB | Guisborough | 18 January 1981 | 472 | 53 | – | – | Exeter City | ||
27 | Issam Ben Khémis | DM | Paris | 10 January 1996 | – | – | 1 | 0 | FC Lorient | ||
30 | Jacob Fletcher | CM | 23 May 1999 (age 18) | – | – | – | – | Academy | |||
— | CM | Age 19 | – | – | – | – | Runcorn Linnets | ||||
Forwards | |||||||||||
9 | John Marquis | CF/LW | Lewisham | 16 May 1992 | 45 | 26 | – | – | Millwall | ||
11 | Andy Williams | CF | Hereford | 14 August 1986 | 83 | 23 | – | – | Swindon Town | ||
14 | Liam Mandeville | CF | Lincoln | 17 February 1997 | 32 | 8 | – | – | Academy | ||
19 | Alfie May | CF | Leeds | 2 July 1993 | 16 | 3 | – | – | Hythe Town | ||
21 | Will Longbottom | CF | Leeds | 12 December 1995 | 4 | 0 | – | – | Academy | ||
23 | Alex Kiwomya | CF | Sheffield | 20 May 1996 | – | – | – | – | Chelsea |
This includes any players featured in a match day squad in any competition.
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.[2]
Rank | No. | Po. | Name | Total | |||||
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1 | 9 | FW | John Marquis | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
2 | 10 | MF | Tommy Rowe | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
3 | 12 | MF | Ben Whiteman | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
4 | 19 | FW | Alfie May | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
5 | 26 | MF | James Coppinger | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
6 | 6 | DF | Andy Butler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
14 | FW | Liam Mandeville | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
8 | 8 | MF | Niall Mason | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
9 | 22 | MF | Alfie Beestin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
17 | MF | Matty Blair | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
18 | DF | Tom Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
27 | MF | Issam Ben Khémis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
13 | 5 | DF | Mathieu Baudry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
23 | FW | Alex Kiwomya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
24 | DF | Andy Boyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
16 | MF | Jordan Houghton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
7 | MF | Rodney Kongolo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
11 | FW | Andy Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
- | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Total | 52 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 70 |
.[2]
No. | Pos. | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total | |||||||||||
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1 | GK | Ian Lawlor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Luke McCullough | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Mathieu Baudry | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | DF | Andy Butler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | MF | Rodney Kongolo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | MF | Niall Mason | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | FW | John Marquis | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | MF | Tommy Rowe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | FW | Andy Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | MF | Ben Whiteman | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | GK | Marko Maroši | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | FW | Liam Mandeville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | DF | Joe Wright | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | MF | Jordan Houghton | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | MF | Matty Blair | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
18 | DF | Tom Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
19 | FW | Alfie May | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
22 | MF | Alfie Beestin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
26 | MF | James Coppinger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
27 | MF | Issam Ben Khémis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 62 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 0 |
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2017 | Free | [3] | |||||
1 July 2017 | Free | [4] | |||||
1 July 2017 | Undisclosed | [5] | |||||
3 August 2017 | Free | [6] | |||||
11 January 2018 | Undisclosed | [7] | |||||
16 January 2018 | Shane Blaney | Undisclosed | [8] |
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2017 | Waterford | Released | [9] | ||||
1 July 2017 | Joey McCormick | Released | |||||
1 July 2017 | Released | ||||||
1 July 2017 | Released | ||||||
1 July 2017 | Released | ||||||
31 August 2017 | Free | [10] | |||||
25 January 2018 | Released | ||||||
27 January 2018 | Tony Donaldson | Released |
Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2017 | January 2018 | [11] | |||||
3 August 2017 | January 2018 | ||||||
30 August 2017 | 3 January 2018 | [12] | |||||
31 August 2017 | 3 January 2018 | [13] | |||||
4 January 2018 | End of season | [14] | |||||
5 January 2018 | End of season | [15] | |||||
30 January 2018 | End of season | [16] | |||||
31 January 2018 | End of season | [17] |
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date until | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | [18] | |||||
3 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | [19] | |||||
12 August 2017 | January 2018 | ||||||
12 August 2017 | Louis Jones | 10 September 2017 | [20] | ||||
12 August 2017 | Tyler Walker | January 2018 | |||||
1 September 2017 | 28 September 2017 | [21] | |||||
14 September 2017 | Louis Jones | 11 October 2017 | [22] | ||||
10 November 2017 | Louis Jones | 10 December 2017 | [23] | ||||
24 December 2017 | Kane Bingley | [24] | |||||
31 January 2018 | End of season | [25] | |||||
2 February 2018 | 2 March 2018 | ||||||
2 February 2018 | End of season | ||||||
2 February 2018 | Tyler Walker | End of season | [26] | ||||
9 February 2018 | 10 March 2018 | [27] |
On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.[28] [29]
In the FA Cup, Doncaster Rovers were drawn away to Ebbsfleet United in the first round,[30] Scunthorpe United at home in the second round[31] [32] and Rochdale at home in the third round.[33]
On 16 June 2017, Doncaster Rovers were drawn away to Bradford City in the first round.[34] A home tie versus Hull City was confirmed for the second round.[35] An away trip to Premier League side Arsenal was drawn for the third round.[36]
On 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was complete with Doncaster Rovers facing Grimsby Town, Scunthorpe United and Sunderland U23s in Northern Group H.[37] [38] After finishing second in the group stages, Doncaster Rovers were drawn away to Rochdale in the second round.[39]