List of Doncaster Rovers F.C. players

For players that played for the club before the end of First World War, see List of Doncaster Rovers F.C. players (1879–1918).

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Doncaster Rovers. The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or more senior matches for the club. Other players who are deemed to have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason for their notability should be included in the 'Notes' column.

For a list of all Doncaster Rovers players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Doncaster Rovers F.C. players, and for the current squad see Doncaster Rovers F.C.#Current squad.

Explanation of List

Players should be listed in chronological order according to the year in which they first played for the club, and then by alphabetical order of their surname. Appearances and goals should include substitute appearances, but exclude wartime matches. Further information on competitions/seasons which are regarded as eligible for appearance stats are provided below, and if any data is not available for any of these competitions an appropriate note should be added to the table.

League appearances

League appearances and goals should include data for the following league spells, but should not include play-off matches:

Total appearances

The figures for total appearances and goals should include the League figures together with the following competitions:

NOT included:

List of players

Statistics are up to date as of 22:00, 8 April 2014 (UTC).

NamePositionClub careerLeague
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League
goals
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goals
Notes
Langton, WalterWalter LangtonLB / CF 1887−1905 45284848Doncaster's longest serving player

Appearance stats not including seasons 1887−1901 nor 1903−04, during which he was theoretically available for a further 324 league and 88 cup games giving a maximum possible of 460. Added to this there were a further 77 friendly games during his first three seasons when Rovers were not in a league.

Linward, BillyBilly LinwardOL 1895−19015365
Wright, EllisEllis WrightLH 1895−1905802832Appearance stats not including 1895−1901, 1903−04
Longden, BillyBilly LongdenOR RH 1896−1902312332Stats only for 1901−02 season, he scored 17 League and 5 other goals in total
Goodson, LenLen GoodsonOL / IL 1900–02 1905−06 1909386402Stats not including 1899–1901, 1905−06 and 1908−09 seasons where he scored 33 league and 14 other goals
Langham, BillyBilly LanghamOR 1901–03 1906−07 62166516Playing stats for first period only, scored 9 League goals in his second period
Wigglesworth, ArthurArthur WigglesworthDF1920–1925 18102020
Boardman, BillyBilly BoardmanFW 1922–1927 1825719661
Jacklin, HaroldHarold JacklinGK1922–1926 10501170
McLean, BobBob McLeanDF 1922–1929 17641914[1]
Keetley, TomTom KeetleyFW 1923–1929 231180241186Record Doncaster goalscorer
Bowman, JoeJoe BowmanDF 1924–1932 18912013
Buckley, JackJack BuckleyFB 1924–1932 25702750
Emery, FredFred EmeryWH 1924–1936 4173043932Record Doncaster League appearances

Manager of Doncaster 1936-1940

McConnell, PaddyPaddy McConnellIF 1925–1930 1372014321Ireland international whilst at Doncaster[2]
Keetley, FrankFrank KeetleyFW 1926–1929 1102811328[3]
Morgan, JockJock MorganHB 1926–1930 15041584
Underwood, BenBen UnderwoodLH 1926–1929 10111051
Bott, WilfWilf BottMF 1927–1931 1113212033
Atkin, TommyTommy AtkinWI1928–1932 9961056
Flowers, GeorgeGeorge FlowersWH 1928–1936 14971618
Smith, BobbyBobby SmithIF 1929–1937 2643527739
Tate, IkeIke TateGK 1929–1935 12701350
Gladwin, GeorgeGeorge GladwinDF 1930–1937 2262223724
Shaw, WilfWilf ShawDF 1930–1944 18001900One of two current Rovers players to be killed in WWII
Burton, Stan "Dizzie"Stan "Dizzie" BurtonWI1932–1938 1965020454
Rodgers, ArthurArthur RodgersDF 1933–1937 17611831
Turner, AlbertAlbert TurnerWI 1933–1936 1195112253Scored in 6 consecutive games and 5 times in one game in 1934-35 season
Imrie, JimJim ImrieGK 1933–1940 12601400
Bycroft, SydSyd BycroftDF 1936–1951 33323552 Including Wartime League matches, he played 501 games for Doncaster giving him the overall all time highest number of appearances.

Joint manager of Doncaster January−June 1958

Malam, AlbertAlbert MalamFW 1936–1945 952610628
Perry, EddieEddie PerryCF 1936–1940 984410244 Welsh international whilst at Doncaster
McFarlane, BobbyBobby McFarlaneWH 1937–1948 13161456
Jordan, ClarrieClarrie JordanFW 1940–1948 60486750Most Doncaster league goals in one season (42 in 1946/47)
Tindill, BertBert TindillIF 1946–1958 402122429131
Todd, PaulPaul ToddIF 1946–1950 1604917056
Calverley, AlfAlf CalverleyWI 1947–1953 1421115313
Hardwick, KenKen HardwickGK 1947–1956 30803310
Hodgson, JackJack HodgsonDF 1947–1951 9521002
Miller, DaveDave MillerIF 1947–1953 14031474
Williams, CharlieCharlie WilliamsDF 1948–1959 15811741Famous comedian
Doherty, PeterPeter DohertyIF 1949–1953 1035510958 Ireland international player and manager of Northern Ireland whilst at Doncaster
Manager of Doncaster 1949-1958 (PM until 1953)
Graham, LenLen GrahamMF 1949–1958 31233323 Northern Ireland international whilst at Doncaster
Harrison, RayRay HarrisonCF 1950–1954 1264713450
Herbert, BobbyBobby HerbertWH 1950–1956 1081511715
Lawlor, KitKit LawlorIF 1950–1954 1274714349 Republic of Ireland international whilst at Doncaster
Paterson, BillBill PatersonDF 1950–1955 11301200
Makepeace, BrianBrian MakepeaceDF 1951–1961 35303780
Teasdale, JackieJackie TeasdaleWH 1951–1956 11301200
Gregg, HarryHarry GreggGK 1952–1957 940990 Northern Ireland international whilst at Doncaster.
Hero of the Munich air disaster
Walker, RonRon WalkerLW 1952–1961 2404625849
Gavin, PaddyPaddy GavinDF 1953–1960 14561540
McMorran, EddieEddie McMorranIF 1953–1957 1263213938
Mooney, JohnnyJohnny MooneyRW 1953–1959 1683218236
Jeffrey, AlickAlick JeffreyFW 1954–1959, 1963–1968 262129293140Youngest Doncaster player (15 years 229 days v Fulham, 15 September 1954).
Kilkenny, JimmyJimmy KilkennyWH 1955–1961 13111462
Cavanagh, TommyTommy CavanaghIF 1956–1959 1191612418
Nimmo, WillieWillie NimmoGK 1958–1962 18201970
Broadbent, AlbertAlbert BroadbentLW 1959–1961 1963-1966 2063923142
Robinson, PhilPhil RobinsonWI 1961–1966 1571917922
Booth, ColinColin BoothIF 1962–1964 885710162
Hale, AlfieAlfie HaleIF 1962–1965 1194213544 Republic of Ireland international whilst at Doncaster
Potter, FredFred PotterGK 1962–1966 12301400
Ripley, KeithKeith RipleyWH 1962–1966 12871527
Ricketts, GrahamGraham RickettsWH 1964–1968 1501617418
Watton, JimJim WattonDF 1964–1968 12401432
Wylie, JohnJohn WylieMF 1964–1968 12421442
Gilfillan, BobbyBobby GilfillanFW 1965–1971 1863320736
Kelly, BrianBrian KellyDF 1965–1968 13131492
Raine, DavidDavid RaineDF 1965–1968 10721262
Flowers, JohnJohn FlowersMF 1966–1971 16441864
Robertson, StuartStuart RobertsonDF 1966–1972 226825110
Warboys, AlanAlan WarboysFW 1966–1968, 1979-1983 1293315038
Watson, GrahamGraham WatsonMF 1966–1968, 1968–1973 1573317438 "Willie" Watson
Clish, ColinColin ClishDF 1967–1972 10041114
Haselden, JohnJohn HaseldenDF 1968–1974 1722018720
Johnson, RodRod JohnsonMF 1968–1971 1072312124
Rabjohn, ChrisChris RabjohnMF 1968–1973 15381689
Regan, JohnJohn ReganFW 1968–1971952510427
Usher, BrianBrian UsherWN 1968–1973 17061836
Branfoot, IanIan BranfootDF 1969–1973 15651660
Briggs, SteveSteve BriggsFW 1969–1973 1203412736
Irvine, ArchieArchie IrvineMF 1969–1975 2281624719
Johnson, GlennGlenn JohnsonGK 1970–1973 9501020
Kitchen, PeterPeter KitchenFW 1970–1977 22889256105
Brookes, StanStan BrookesDF 1971–1977 23672637
Elwiss, MikeMike ElwissFW 1971–1974 973010834
Uzelac, SteveSteve UzelacDF 1971–1977 185921112
Reed, SteveSteve ReedDF 1972–1979 14021623
Wignall, SteveSteve WignallDF 1972–1977 13011421 Manager of Doncaster 2000-2001
Murray, AlanAlan MurrayMF 1973–1977 1462116523
O'Callaghan, BrendanBrendan O'CallaghanFW 1973–1978 1876521278
Ternent, RayRay TernentDF 1973–1977 8431024
Miller, IanIan MillerRW 1975–1978 1241413915
Peacock, DennisDennis PeacockGK 1975–1980, 1982–1986 32903730
Robinson, FredFred RobinsonDF 1975–1979 11931343
Taylor, BrianBrian TaylorDF 1975–1978 1191213113
Laidlaw, JoeJoe LaidlawMF 1976–1979 1282713727
Snodin, GlynnGlynn SnodinMF 1976–1985 3095934562
Pugh, DaralDaral PughWN 1977–1981 1541517517
Lally, PatPat LallyMF 1978–1982 12201321
Lister, SteveSteve ListerMF 1978–1985 2383026831
Bremner, BillyBilly BremnerMF 1979–1982 5050Manager of Doncaster 1979-1985, 1989–1991
Dowd, HughHugh DowdDF 1979–1983 9431117
Harle, DavidDavid HarleMF 1979–1982, 1983–1986, 1989–1992 1892321727
Russell, BillyBilly RussellDF 1979–1985 2441528516
Boyd, WillieWillie BoydGK 1980–1984 10401150
Humphries, GlennGlenn HumphriesDF 1980–1988 18082009
Snodin, IanIan SnodinMF 1980–1985, 1998–2000 1902521627Player-manager of Doncaster 1998-2000
Douglas, ColinColin DouglasFW 1981–1986, 1988–1993 4045344462 Record Doncaster total appearances (not including the Wartime League).[4]

Forward in his first spell, fullback in his second

Cusack, DaveDave CusackDF 1985–1987, 1990 10141144Manager of Doncaster 1985–1987
Rhodes, AndyAndy RhodesGK 1985–1988 1060118[5]0
Stead, MickyMicky SteadDF 1985–1988 8501022
Rankine, MarkMark RankineMF 1987–1992 1642019525
Turnbull, LeeLee TurnbullFW 1987–1991, 1994 13422146[5]24
Ashurst, JackJack AshurstDF 1988–1992 13921452
Brevett, RufusRufus BrevettDF 1988–1991 10931183
Samways, MarkMark SamwaysGK 1988–1992 12101280
Noteman, KevinKevin NotemanLW 1989–1992, 1995 1102112024
Stiles, JohnJohn StilesMF 1989–1992 8921053
Gormley, EddieEddie GormleyMF 1990–1993 1181613417
Jones, GraemeGraeme JonesFW 1993–1996 922610530
Schofield, JohnJohn SchofieldMF 1994–1997 1101211112
Warren, LeeLee WarrenDF 1994–2000 19141994
Ryan, TimTim RyanDF 1996–1997, 2000–2006 21162206
Penney, DaveDave PenneyMF 1998–2002 93[6] 13[6]102[7]17[7]Manager of Doncaster 2001-2006
Marples, SimonSimon MarplesDF 1999–2006 15101700
Warrington, AndyAndy WarringtonGK 1999–2007 19602070
Green, PaulPaul GreenMF 2001–2008 23530277[8]33[8]
Foster, SteveSteve FosterDF 2002–2006 11631343
Ravenhill, RickyRicky RavenhillMF 2002–2006 137915210
Brown, ChrisChris BrownFW 2003–2004, 2011– 1042811432
Fortune-West, LeoLeo Fortune-WestFW 2003–2006 901910423
McIndoe, MichaelMichael McIndoeMF 2003–2006 1222814235
Coppinger, JamesJames CoppingerMF 2004– 3553540140
Wilson, MarkMark WilsonMF 2004, 2006–2011, 2013 14331613
Guy, LewisLewis GuyFW 2005–2010 1481818724
Heffernan, PaulPaul HeffernanFW 2005–2010 1283515043
O'Connor, JamesJames O'ConnorDF 2006–2012 21542425
Lockwood, AdamAdam LockwoodDF 2006–2012 15281798
Price, JasonJason PriceFW 2006–2009 931711423
Roberts, GarethGareth RobertsDF 2006–2010 14181658
Stock, BrianBrian StockMF 2006–2012 1931821623 Welsh international whilst at Doncaster
Sullivan, NeilNeil SullivanGK 2006–2013 20002200
Hayter, JamesJames HayterFW 2007–2012 1653417839
Hird, SamSam HirdDF 2007–2012 14811642
Wellens, RichieRichie WellensMF 2007–2009, 2013– 1201013511
Woods, MartinMartin WoodsMF 2007–2013, 2013–2014 117713510
Sharp, BillyBilly SharpFW 2009–2012, 2014– 94449845Record transfer fee paid (£1.15 m)

Football League 100 Legends

The following Doncaster players have been included in the Football League 100 Legends.

PFA Team of the Year

The following have been included in the PFA Team of the Year whilst playing for Doncaster.

Footnotes

  1. "Doncaster Rovers' 30-Year struggle with poverty". Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  2. "Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats". Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  3. "1929/30 season". doncasterrovers.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  4. "Colin Douglas Profile". Doncasterrovers.co.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  5. 1 2 Does not include any appearances he may have made in the Football League Trophy
  6. 1 2 Penney's League stats are derived from the Soccerbase seasonal breakdown for 99/00 to 01/02 and from A to Z players for 98/99 as league data for this season is not included at Soccerbase. Note there are minor differences between the two sources for both 99/00 and 00/01
  7. 1 2 Penney's other stats are taken from Soccerbase but may not include any FA Trophy matches, or consistently include Conference League Cup data
  8. 1 2 Data does not include any matches he may have played in the FA Trophy, or in the FA Cup whilst Doncaster were in the Conference

References

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