2019–20 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season explained

Club:	Doncaster Rovers
Season:	2019–20
Manager:	Darren Moore
Chairman:	David Blunt
Stadium:	Keepmoat Stadium
League:	League One
League Result:	9th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Second round
Cup2:	EFL Cup
Cup2 Result:	First round
Cup3:	EFL Trophy
Cup3 Result:	Second round
League Topscorer:	Kieran Sadlier (11)
Season Topscorer:	Kieran Sadlier (12)
Highest Attendance:	12,432 vs Sunderland (League One, 29 December '19)
Lowest Attendance:	1,322 vs Leicester City U21 (EFL Trophy, 4 December '19)
Average Attendance:	8,297
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Prevseason:	2018–19
Nextseason:	2020–21

The 2019–20 season was Doncaster Rovers' 141st season in their existence, 17th consecutive season in the Football League and third consecutive season in League One.^[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 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Squad

Detailed overview

Players with previous first team games or current professional contracts with Doncaster before the start of the season, including those coming in from the Academy.

League caps and goals up to the start of season 2019–20.

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
Goalkeepers
1	Ian Lawlor	GK			27 October 1994	58	0	–	–	Manchester City
13	Louis Jones	GK			12 October 1998	0	0	–	–	Academy
Defenders
4	Tom Anderson	CB		Burnley	2 September 1993	40	4	–	–	Burnley
5	Joe Wright	CB		Monk Fryston	26 February 1995	83	2	–	–	Huddersfield Town
16	Danny Amos	LB		Sheffield	22 December 1999	7	0	–	–	Academy
20	Shane Blaney	CB		Letterkenny	20 January 1999	2	0	–	–	Finn Harps
25	Rian McLean	CB		Kingston, Jamaica	27 October 1998	0	0	–	–	[Enfield Town F.C.|[[Enfield Town]]|-|28||Branden Horton||LB||||||9 September 2000 ||2||0||–||–||Academy|-! colspan="11" |Midfielders|-|7||Kieran Sadlier||AM||||Haywards Heath||14 September 1994||19||3||–||–||Cork City|-|8||Benjamin Whiteman||AM/CM/RM||||Rochdale||17 June 1996||97||12||–||–||Sheffield United|-|11||Ali Crawford||CM||||Lanark||30 July 1991||42||3||–||–||Hamilton Academical|-|17||Matty Blair||RM/RB||||Warwick||21 June 1989||148||10||–||–||Mansfield Town|-|18||Cody Prior||CM||||Kilkenny||28 October 1999||3||0||–||–||Academy|-|26||James Coppinger||AM/RM/CM||||Guisborough||18 January 1981||625||69||–||–||Exeter City|-|27||AJ Greaves||CM|||| ||17 November 2000||0||0||–||–||Academy|-|35||Lirak Hasani||CM||||Doncaster||25 June 2002||2||0||–||–||Academy|-! colspan="11" |Forwards|-|9||John Marquis||CF||||Lewisham||16 May 1992||153||67||–||–||Millwall|-|19||Alfie May||CF||||Leeds||2 July 1993 ||94||20||–||–||Hythe Town|-|21||Will Longbottom||CF||||Leeds||12 December 1998||11||1||–||–||Academy|-|22||Max Watters||CF/RW||||Upminster||23 March 1999||0||0||–||–||Ashford United|-|23||Alex Kiwomya||CF/RW||||Sheffield||20 May 1996||16||1||–||–||Chelsea|-|29||Rieves Boocock||CF||||Sheffield ||22 September 2000||2||0||–||–||Academy|-|30||Myron Gibbons||CF||||Sheffield ||15 November 2000||0||0||–||–||Academy|} Statistics This includes any players featured in a match day squad in any competition.|-! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players who left during the season|} Goals record .^[2] Rank No. Po. Name Total 1 7 MF Kieran Sadlier 11 0 0 1 12 2 10 MF Jon Taylor 6 0 0 0 6 31 FW Niall Ennis 6 0 0 0 6 4 8 MF Ben Whiteman 5 0 0 0 5 5 26 MF James Coppinger 3 1 0 0 4 6 39 FW Kwame Thomas 3 0 0 0 3 14 MF Jacob Ramsey 3 0 0 0 3 32 DF Cameron John 2 0 0 1 3 19 MF Alfie May 1 0 0 2 3 10 3 DF Reece James 2 0 0 0 2 9 FW Fejiri Okenabirhie 2 0 0 0 2 4 DF Tom Anderson 1 1 0 0 2 11 FW Rakish Bingham 1 1 0 0 2 14 6 MF Ben Sheaf 1 0 0 0 1 14 FW Kazaiah Sterling 0 0 0 1 1 5 DF Joe Wright 0 0 0 1 1 - Own goal 4 0 0 0 4 Total 49 3 0 6 58 Disciplinary record . No. Pos. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total 2 DF Brad Halliday 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 3 DF Reece James 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 DF Tom Anderson 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 5 DF Joe Wright 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 6 MF Ben Sheaf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 MF Kieran Sadlier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 MF Ben Whiteman 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 9 FW Fejiri Okenabirhie 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 MF Jon Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 FW Rakish Bingham 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 MF Madger Gomes 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 14 DF Kazaiah Sterling 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 DF Danny Amos 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 MF Matty Blair 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 FW Alfie May 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 24 GK Seny Dieng 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 31 FW Niall Ennis 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 32 DF Cameron John 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 33 DF Donervon Daniels 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Total 56 0 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 67 0 2 Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 Undisclosed ^[3] 1 July 2019 Free transfer ^[4] 1 July 2019 Undisclosed ^[5] 2 August 2019 Free transfer ^[6] 9 August 2019 Free transfer ^[7] 4 October 2019 None ^[8] 1 November 2019 Free transfer ^[9] 1 November 2019 Harrison Myring Free transfer ^[10] 27 January 2020 Undisclosed ^[11] 30 January 2020 Undisclosed ^[12] Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 12 July 2019 30 June 2020 ^[13] ^[14] 26 July 2019 30 June 2020 ^[15] 2 August 2019 30 June 2020 ^[16] 2 August 2019 30 June 2020 16 August 2019 30 June 2020 ^[17] 2 September 2019 1 January 2020 ^[18] 31 January 2020 30 June 2020 ^[19] 31 January 2020 30 June 2020 ^[20] Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 16 August 2019 Rian McLean October 2019 16 August 2019 October 2019 ^[21] 24 August 2019 Myron Gibbons ^[22] 30 August 2019 1 January 2020 ^[23] ^[24] 30 August 2019 1 January 2020 10 September 2019 Louis Jones 10 November 2019 ^[25] 27 September 2019 ^[26] 27 September 2019 January 2020 ^[27] ^[28] 27 September 2019 Rian McLean January 2020 1 October 2019 1 November 2019 ^[29] 11 October 2019 Myron Gibbons ^[30] 13 November 2019 January 2020 ^[31] ^[32] 14 November 2019 Louis Jones January 2020 ^[33] 27 January 2020 30 June 2020 ^[34] 7 February 2020 30 June 2020 ^[35] 7 February 2020 March 2020 21 February 2020 March 2020 ^[36] 10 March 2020 Rian McLean April 2020 ^[37] 11 March 2020 April 2020 ^[38] Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 Free transfer ^[39] 1 July 2019 Cameron Baldock-Smith Released ^[40] 1 July 2019 Cameron Barnett Released 1 July 2019 Released 1 July 2019 Free transfer 1 July 2019 Cameron Foulkes Released 1 July 2019 Released ^[41] 1 July 2019 Released ^[42] 1 July 2019 Released ^[43] ^[44] 1 July 2019 Released ^[45] 1 July 2019 Declan Ogley Released ^[46] 1 July 2019 Rejected contract ^[47] ^[48] 31 July 2019 Undisclosed ^[49] 2 September 2019 Released ^[50] 3 January 2020 Undisclosed ^[51] 7 January 2020 Released ^[52] ^[53] 30 January 2020 Released ^[54] ^[55] 31 January 2020 Released ^[56] 31 January 2020 Released Pre-season Donny announced pre-season friendlies against Rossington Main,^[57] Gainsborough Trinity,^[58] FC Halifax Town, Grimsby Town^[59] and Hull City.^[60] Competitions Overview Competition Record League One FA Cup League Cup EFL Trophy Total League One See main article: 2019–20 EFL League One. Matches On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.^[61] December May FA Cup See main article: 2019–20 FA Cup. The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.^[62] The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park.^[63] EFL Cup See main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup. The first round draw was made on 20 June.^[64] EFL Trophy See main article: 2019–20 EFL Trophy. On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.^[65] The draw for the second round was made on 16 November 2019 live on Sky Sports.^[66] Awards Club Awards Player of the month Awarded monthly to the player that was voted by the Official Supporters Club. Month Player August Alfie May ^[70] September Tom Anderson ^[71] October Jon Taylor ^[72] November Jon Taylor December James Coppinger Goal of the month Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fans voting on doncasterroversfc.co.uk. Month Player Goal August James Coppinger 39' vs Fleetwood Town, 17 August ^[73] September Kieran Sadlier 39' vs Peterborough United, 21 September ^[74] October Kieran Sadlier 37' vs Rotherham United, 8 October ^[75] November James Coppinger 52' vs AFC Wimbledon, 19 November ^[76] December Kieran Sadlier 17' vs Peterborough United, 26 December ^[77] January Kieran Sadlier 41' vs Southend United, 26 January ^[78] February Ben Sheaf 13' vs Gillingham, 15 February ^[79] March Jacob Ramsey 67' vs MK Dons, 7 March ^[80] References

Notes and References

1. News: History . Statto . 22 May 2019 . 2 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160402160056/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/doncaster-rovers/history . dead .
2. Web site: Soccer Base: Doncaster- Squad details . www.soccerbase.com . 7 March 2020.
3. Web site: Doncaster Rovers confirm signing of Spanish midfielder . . 20 June 2019.
4. Web site: Doncaster Rovers sign Cambridge United full-back Brad Halliday on a two-year deal . . 24 May 2019.
5. Web site: James joins Doncaster Rovers . 19 June 2019 . . 19 June 2019.
6. Web site: Alex Baptiste signs for Rovers . . 2 August 2019 . 2 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190802131404/https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2019/august/alex-baptiste-signs-for-rovers/ . dead .
7. Web site: Rovers strengthen with Taylor addition . . 9 August 2019 . 9 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190809132809/https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2019/august/rovers-strengthen-with-taylor-addition/ . dead .
8. Web site: Rovers sign striker Kwame Thomas . . 4 October 2019.
9. Web site: Rovers sign Rakish Bingham . . 1 November 2019 .
10. Web site: Rovers sign Harrison Myring . . 1 November 2019 .
11. News: Devante Cole joins Rovers . 27 January 2020 . Doncaster Rovers F.C..
12. News: Fejiri Okenabirhie Departs . 30 January 2020 . Shrewsbury Town F.C..
13. Web site: Rovers loan Arsenal youngster Sheaf . . 12 July 2019.
14. Web site: Ben Sheaf extends Doncaster loan . . 7 January 2020.
15. Web site: Doncaster sign QPR keeper Dieng on loan . BBC . 26 July 2019.
16. Web site: Niall Ennis and Cameron John join Rovers . . 2 August 2019 . 2 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190802171621/https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2019/august/niall-ennis-and-cameron-john-join-rovers/ . dead .
17. Web site: Doncaster loan for Sterling . . 16 August 2019.
18. Web site: Rovers seal Daniels deal . . 2 September 2019.
19. News: Rovers complete Ramsey signing from Aston Villa . 31 January 2020 . Doncaster Rovers F.C..
20. News: Lokilo joins Rovers on loan from Palace . 31 January 2020 . Doncaster Rovers F.C..
21. Web site: Prior and McLean join Frickley Athletic . . 16 August 2019 . 16 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190816143907/https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2019/august/prior-and-mclean-join-frickley-athletic/ . dead .
22. Web site: Myron Gibbons Arrives On Loan . 24 August 2019 . . 24 August 2019.
23. Web site: Horton and Boocock head out on loan . . 31 August 2019 . 30 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190830234527/https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2019/august/horton-heading-to-gainsborough-town-on-loan/ . dead .
24. Web site: Horton Extends Loan At Gainsborough Trinity . . 1 October 2019 . 1 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191001150712/https://www.betvictornorthernpremier.co.uk/horton-extends-loan-at-gainsborough-trinity-59033 . dead .
25. Web site: Jones makes Mickleover move . . 11 September 2019.
26. Web site: McGrath gets his man Watters on loan . . 27 September 2019.
27. Web site: McLean and Prior head out on loan . . 28 October 2019.
28. Web site: McLean and Prior extend stay at Sheffield FC . . 29 October 2019.
29. Web site: Rovers youngsters extend loans . . 1 October 2019.
30. Web site: Myron Gibbons Arrives On Loan . . 19 October 2019.
31. Web site: Boocock joins Sheffield FC on loan . . 15 November 2019.
32. Web site: Boocock extends loan at Sheffield FC . . 16 December 2019.
33. Web site: Jones heads to Yeovil Town on loan . . 15 November 2019.
34. News: Lawlor joins Scunthorpe on loan . 27 January 2020 . Doncaster Rovers F.C..
35. News: Blaney and Kiwomya go out on loan . 8 February 2020 . Doncaster Rovers F.C..
36. News: Watters joins Maidstone on loan . 21 February 2020 . Doncaster Rovers F.C..
37. News: McLean joins Pickering Town on loan . 10 March 2020 . Doncaster Rovers F.C..
38. News: Boocock joins Tadcaster Albion on loan . 11 March 2020 . Doncaster Rovers F.C..
39. Web site: Danny Andrew becomes first signing of the summer . . 17 June 2019.
40. Web site: League One retained list: Bristol Rovers amongst 22 clubs to announce departing players . 29 May 2019 . . 29 May 2019.
41. Web site: Former Bolton Wanderers and Doncaster Rovers full-back and Cheltenham Town trialist signs short-term deal at Stockport County . 11 October 2019 . . 11 October 2019.
42. Web site: Spireites agree deal with forward . . 5 June 2019.
43. Web site: Contract offers made to players . . 22 May 2019.
44. Web site: Coventry City agree to sign Marko Marosi . . 22 May 2019.
45. Web site: Luke McCullough signs on non-contract terms . . 6 January 2020.
46. Web site: Declan Ogley . . 14 February 2020.
47. Web site: 30-year-old departs Doncaster after failing to agree new terms . 29 May 2019 . The Real EFL . 19 June 2019.
48. Web site: Bristol City confirm free transfer signings of Tommy Rowe and Rene Gilmartin . July 2019 . . 1 July 2019.
49. Web site: John Marquis: Portsmouth sign Doncaster Rovers striker for undisclosed fee . BBC . 31 July 2019.
50. Web site: Crawford departs Rovers . . 2 September 2019.
51. Web site: Robins clinch first January signing . . 3 January 2020.
52. Web site: Thomas leaves Rovers . . 8 January 2020.
53. News: Brewers Sign Striker Kwame Thomas . 4 February 2020 . Burton Albion F.C..
54. Web site: Rakish Bingham's future decided at Doncaster Rovers . Doncaster Free Press . 30 January 2020.
55. News: Dundee United seal deal for Rakish Bingham until the end of the season . 6 February 2020 . Dundee Evening Telegraph.
56. Web site: Three players leave Rovers . . 1 February 2020 . 31 January 2020.
57. Web site: Rossington trip to open pre-season . . 5 June 2019.
58. Web site: Rovers confirm a further two pre-season friendlies . . 5 June 2019.
59. Web site: Grimsby trip in pre-season . . 5 June 2019.
60. Web site: Hull City to visit in pre-season . . 5 June 2019.
61. Web site: Sky Bet League One fixtures 2019/20 . . 20 June 2019.
62. Web site: FA Cup first-round draw . . 24 October 2019.
63. Web site: Emirates FA Cup second round Draw Made At Oaklands Park . . 16 November 2019.
64. Web site: Carabao Cup first-round draw . BBC . 20 June 2019.
65. Web site: EFL Trophy Round One Group Stage Draw . . 9 July 2019.
66. Web site: Leasing.com Trophy Round Two draw confirmed . . 16 November 2019.
67. News: Anderson nominated for Sky Bet League One Player of the Month. Doncaster Rovers FC. 5 February 2020. 9 February 2020.
68. News: August Goal of the Month nominations. EFL. 16 September 2019. 9 February 2020.
69. News: Sky Bet League One: Manager of the Month January nominations. EFL. 5 February 2020. 9 February 2020.
70. News: May wins August player of the month. Doncaster Rovers FC. 17 September 2019. 9 February 2020.
71. News: Tom receives supporters award. Doncaster Rovers FC. 5 November 2019. 9 February 2020.
72. News: Taylor wins October player of the month. Doncaster Rovers FC. 15 November 2019. 9 February 2020.
73. News: Coppinger wins goal of the month. Doncaster Rovers FC. 4 September 2019. 6 February 2020.
74. News: Sadlier wins September goal of the month. Doncaster Rovers FC. 9 October 2019. 6 February 2020.
75. News: PICK THAT OUT!. Doncaster Rovers FC. 16 November 2019. 6 February 2020.
76. News: Coppinger wins Rovers November Goal of the Month. Doncaster Rovers FC. 5 December 2019. 6 February 2020.
77. News: Sadlier wins Rovers' December Goal of the Month. Doncaster Rovers FC. 13 January 2020. 6 February 2020.
78. News: Sadlier wins Rovers Goal of the Month for January. Doncaster Rovers FC. 12 February 2020. 12 February 2020.
79. News: Sheaf wins goal of the month for February. Doncaster Rovers FC. 16 March 2020. 17 March 2020.
80. News: Ramsey wins March goal of the month. Doncaster Rovers FC. 17 March 2020. 17 March 2020.