# 2009–10 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season

The 2009–10 Football League Championship was Doncaster Rovers F.C.'s second season in the Championship. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club has played during the 2009–10 season.

## Match results
### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League Championship

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Report |
| 1 | 8 August 2009 | Watford | Vicarage Road | 1–1 | 15,636 | Hayter 38' | Report |
| 2 | 15 August 2009 | Preston North End | Keepmoat Stadium | 1–1 | 10,070 | Lockwood 80' | Report |
| 3 | 18 August 2009 | Coventry City | Keepmoat Stadium | 0–0 | 9,848 | | Report |
| 4 | 22 August 2009 | Middlesbrough | Riverside Stadium | 0–2 | 22,041 | | Report |
| 5 | 29 August 2009 | Cardiff City | Keepmoat Stadium | 2–0 | 9,742 | Lockwood 13', Hayter 17' | Report |
| 6 | 12 September 2009 | Reading | Madejski Stadium | 0–0 | 15,697 | | Report |
| 7 | 15 September 2009 | West Bromwich Albion | The Hawthorns | 1–3 | 22,184 | Fairhurst 7' | Report |
| 8 | 19 September 2009 | Ipswich Town | Keepmoat Stadium | 3–3 | 10,711 | Fairhurst 13', Woods 74', Fortune 84' | Report |
| 9 | 26 September 2009 | Scunthorpe United | Glanford Park | 2–2 | 7,945 | Woods 13' (Pen), Sharp 61' | Report |
| 10 | 29 September 2009 | Swansea City | Keepmoat Stadium | 0–0 | 8,833 | | Report |
| 11 | 3 October 2009 | Sheffield United | Bramall Lane | 1–1 | 26,211 | Hayter 45' | Report |
| 12 | 17 October 2009 | Barnsley | Keepmoat Stadium | 0–1 | 12,708 | | Report |
| 13 | 20 October 2009 | Peterborough United | Keepmoat Stadium | 3–1 | 9,288 | Sharp 17', Shiels 21', Shackell 85' | Report |
| 14 | 24 October 2009 | Newcastle United | St James' Park | 1–2 | 43,949 | Shiels 18' | Report |
| 15 | 31 October 2009 | Blackpool | Keepmoat Stadium | 3–3 | 10,312 | Woods 5', Sharp 46', 90' | Report |
| 16 | 7 November 2009 | Plymouth Argyle | Home Park | 1–2 | 9,420 | Shiels 29' | Report |
| 17 | 21 November 2009 | Queens Park Rangers | Keepmoat Stadium | 2–0 | 10,821 | Sharp 53', Shiels 65' | Report |
| 18 | 28 November 2009 | Nottingham Forest | City Ground | 1–4 | 22,035 | Sharp 82' | Report |
| 19 | 5 December 2009 | Crystal Palace | Selhurst Park | 3–0 | 13,955 | Sharp 41', Woods 62', Hayter 78' | Report |
| 20 | 8 December 2009 | Sheffield Wednesday | Keepmoat Stadium | 1–0 | 12,825 | Sharp 78' | Report |
| 21 | 12 December 2009 | Bristol City | Keepmoat Stadium | 1–0 | 9,572 | Sharp 12' | Report |
| 22 | 19 December 2009 | Derby County | Pride Park Stadium | 2–0 | 28,734 | Sharp 21', Coppinger 90'+4 | Report |
| 23 | 26 December 2009 | Coventry City | Ricoh Arena | 0–1 | 19,221 | | Report |
| 24 | 16 January 2010 | Watford | Keepmoat Stadium | 2–1 | 10,504 | Shiels 50', Roberts 83' | Report |
| 25 | 26 January 2010 | Middlesbrough | Keepmoat Stadium | 1–4 | 10,794 | Mutch 83' | Report |
| 26 | 30 January 2010 | Cardiff City | Cardiff City Stadium | 1–2 | 19,730 | Roberts 65' | Report |
| 27 | 6 February 2010 | Reading | Keepmoat Stadium | 1–2 | 8,827 | Sharp 81' (Pen) | Report |
| 28 | 9 February 2010 | Leicester City | Walkers Stadium | 0–0 | 18,928 | | Report |
| 29 | 13 February 2010 | Nottingham Forest | Keepmoat Stadium | 1–0 | 12,768 | Sharp 31' | Report |
| 30 | 16 February 2010 | Sheffield Wednesday | Hillsborough Stadium | 2–0 | 22,252 | Ward 40', O'Connor (o.g.) 64' | Report |
| 31 | 20 February 2010 | Queens Park Rangers | Loftus Road | 1–2 | 11,178 | Hayter 51' | Report |
| 32 | 23 February 2010 | Leicester City | Keepmoat Stadium | 0–1 | 11,027 | | Report |
| 33 | 27 February 2010 | Crystal Palace | Keepmoat Stadium | 1–1 | 9,779 | Coppinger 37' | Report |
| 34 | 6 March 2010 | Bristol City | Ashton Gate | 5–2 | 13,401 | Emmanuel-Thomas 2', 43', Sharp 12', 34', Orr 61' (o.g.) | Report |
| 35 | 9 March 2010 | Preston North End | Deepdale | 1–1 | 11,942 | Hayter 29' | Report |
| 36 | 13 March 2010 | Derby County | Keepmoat Stadium | 2–1 | 11,858 | Sharp 15' (Pen), Emmanuel-Thomas 69' | Report |
| 37 | 16 March 2010 | Peterborough United | London Road Stadium | 2–1 | 6,773 | Roberts 67', Oster 90' | Report |
| 38 | 20 March 2010 | Sheffield United | Keepmoat Stadium | 1–1 | 13,026 | Hayter 5' | Report |
| 39 | 23 March 2010 | Newcastle United | Keepmoat Stadium | 0–1 | 14,850 | | Report |
| 40 | 27 March 2010 | Barnsley | Oakwell | 1–0 | 14,188 | Coppinger 35' | Report |
| 41 | 3 April 2010 | Plymouth Argyle | Keepmoat Stadium | 1–2 | 10,179 | Coppinger 58' | Report |
| 42 | 5 April 2010 | Blackpool | Bloomfield Road | 0–2 | 9,701 | | Report |
| 43 | 10 April 2010 | West Bromwich Albion | Keepmoat Stadium | 2–3 | 12,708 | Emmanuel-Thomas 47', Hayter 85' | Report |
| 44 | 17 April 2010 | Ipswich Town | Portman Road | 1–1 | 19,943 | Shiels 83' (Pen) | Report |
| 45 | 24 April 2010 | Scunthorpe United | Keepmoat Stadium | 4–3 | 12,124 | Emmanuel-Thomas 22', Mutch 45', Hayter 58', Martis 89' | Report |
| 46 | 2 May 2010 | Swansea City | Liberty Stadium | 0–0 | 17,630 | | Report |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Report |
| 1 | 11 August 2009 | Notts County | Meadow Lane | 1–0 | 4,893 | Coppinger 54' | Report |
| 2 | 26 August 2009 | Tottenham Hotspur | Keepmoat Stadium | 1–5 | 12,923 | Woods 61' (Pen) | Report |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Report |
| 3 | 19 January 2010 | Brentford | Griffin Park | 1–0 | 2,883 | O'Connor 87' | Report |
| 4 | 23 January 2010 | Derby County | Pride Park Stadium | 0–1 | 11,316 | | Report |

## Squad statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Neil Sullivan | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | James O'Connor | 33 (5) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36 (5) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Gareth Roberts | 40 (2) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 (2) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Jordon Mutch | 5 (12) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (12) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | Billy Sharp | 31 (1) | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 (1) | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | James Chambers | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 44 (1) | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Lewis Guy | 1 (12) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (13) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Brian Stock | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | DF | John Spicer | 9 (12) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 10 (13) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Adam Lockwood | 10 (6) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 (6) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | James Hayter | 29 (10) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 30 (11) | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Ben Smith | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Paul Heffernan | 6 (11) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (12) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Mark Wilson | 29 (6) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | John Oster | 36 (4) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 (4) | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Martin Woods | 21 (3) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23 (3) | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Sean McDaid | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Quinton Fortune | 3 (3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 (4) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | Jason Shackell | 19 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Sam Hird | 21 (16) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 (17) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Dean Shiels | 25 (13) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 (13) | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Byron Webster | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Mustapha Dumbuya | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | James Coppinger | 38 (1) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 (1) | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Waide Fairhurst | 2 (4) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 (5) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Shelton Martis | 13 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Simon Gillett | 10 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Jay Emmanuel-Thomas | 12 (2) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (2) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Elliott Ward | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Gary Woods | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Robbie Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |