# List of Doncaster Rovers F.C. records and statistics

Doncaster Rovers is an English football club formed in 1879.

## Honours
### League

English third tier Champions: 2012–13 Play-off winners: 2007–08 — Northern half — Champions: 1934–35, 1946–47, 1949–50 — Runners up: 1937–38, 1938–39
English fourth tier Champions: 1965–66, 1968–69, 2003–04 Runners up: 1983–84 Promoted: 1980–81, 2016–17
English fifth tier Play-Off Winners: 2002–03
Midland Football League Champions: 1896–97, 1898–99 Runners up: 1900–01, 1922–23
Midland Alliance League Runners up: 1890–91
Yorkshire League Runners up: 1898–99

### Cup

Football League Trophy 2006–07
Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup 1890–91, 1911–12, 2000–01, 2001–02
Sheffield and Hallamshire County Cup 1935–36, 1937–38, 1940–41, 1955–56, 1967–68, 1975–76, 1985–86
Conference Cup 1998–99, 1999–2000
Wharncliffe Charity Cup 1922–23

## Club

* Highest overall League finish: 7th (25th overall), Division 2, 1901–02 season
* Record League victory: 10–0 v Darlington, Division 4, 25 January 1964
* Record cup victory: 7–0 v Blyth Spartans, FA Cup first round, 27 November 1937 and v Chorley, FA Cup first round replay, 20 November 2018.
* Record defeat: 0–12 v Small Heath, Division 2, 11 April 1903
* Record home attendance at Belle Vue: 37,149 v Hull City, Division 3 (N), 2 October 1948
* Record home attendance at Keepmoat Stadium: 15,001 vs Leeds Utd, League 1, 1 April 2008
* Record League points: 92, Division 3, 2003–04
* Record League goals: 123, Division 3 (N), 1946–47
* Longest match: 3 hours 23 minutes (203 minutes) v Stockport County, 30 March 1946, also a world record.

## Players
### Appearances

* Record League appearances: James Coppinger, 607
* Record appearances: James Coppinger, 688
* Most consecutive League appearances: Bert Tindill, 139 (11 September 1948 – 24 November 1951)
* Longest serving: Walter Langton, 18 seasons

### Goalscorers

A list of goalscorers who have scored 40 or more total goals. Ordered by total goals, then league goals, then ratios.
    As of 5 April 2021.
| # | Name | Position | Club career | League apps | League goals | League ratio | Total apps | Total goals | Total ratio | Notes |
| 1 | Tom Keetley | FW | 1923–1929 | 231 | 180 | 0.779 | 241 | 186 | 0.772 | |
| 2 | Alick Jeffrey | FW | 1954–1959, 1963–1968 | 262 | 129 | 0.492 | 293 | 140 | 0.478 | |
| 3 | Bert Tindill | IF | 1946–1958 | 402 | 122 | 0.303 | 429 | 131 | 0.305 | Also scored 13 goals in the Wartime League and 3 in Wartime Cup games |
| 4 | Peter Kitchen | FW | 1970–1977 | 228 | 90 | 0.395 | 256 | 106 | 0.414 | |
| 5 | James Coppinger | MF | 2004–2021 | 607 | 67 | 0.11 | 688 | 78 | 0.113 | |
| 6 | Brendan O'Callaghan | FW | 1973–1978 | 187 | 64 | 0.342 | 212 | 77 | 0.363 | |
| 7 | John Marquis | FW | 2016–2019 | 134 | 61 | 0.455 | 153 | 67 | 0.438 | |
| 8 | Billy Linward | OL | 1895–1901 | | 53 | | | 65 | | |
| 9 | Glynn Snodin | MF | 1976–1985 | 309 | 59 | 0.191 | 345 | 62 | 0.18 | |
| 10 | Colin Booth | IF | 1962–1964 | 88 | 57 | 0.648 | 101 | 62 | 0.614 | |
| 11 | Colin Douglas | FW /FB | 1981–1986, 1988–1993 | 404 | 53 | 0.131 | 444 | 62 | 0.14 | |
| 12 | Billy Boardman | FW | 1922–1927 | 182 | 57 | 0.313 | 196 | 61 | 0.311 | |
| 13 | Peter Doherty | IF | 1949–1953 | 103 | 55 | 0.534 | 109 | 58 | 0.532 | |
| 14 | William Jex | Inside Left | 1908–09 1910–11 1913–14 | | 49 | | | 58 | | |
| 15 | Arnold Oxspring | Inside Right / Outside Right | 1897–1900 | | 51 | | | 56 | | |
| 16 | Paul Todd | IF | 1946–1950 | 160 | 49 | 0.306 | 170 | 56 | 0.329 | |
| 17 | Stan "Dizzie" Burton | WI | 1932–1938 | 196 | 50 | 0.255 | 204 | 54 | 0.265 | |
| 18 | Albert Turner | WI | 1933–1937 | 119 | 51 | 0.429 | 122 | 53 | 0.434 | Scored in 6 consecutive games and 5 times in one game in 1934-35 season |
| 19 | Clarrie Jordan | FW | 1940–1948 | 60 | 48 | 0.8 | 67 | 50 | 0.746 | He also scored 63 goals in 102 games during the war years |
| 20 | Ray Harrison | CF | 1950–1954 | 126 | 47 | 0.373 | 134 | 50 | 0.373 | |
| 21 | Kit Lawlor | IF | 1950–1954 | 127 | 47 | 0.37 | 143 | 49 | 0.343 | |
| 22 | Ron Walker | LW | 1952–1961 | 240 | 46 | 0.192 | 258 | 49 | 0.19 | |
| 23 | Laurie Sheffield | CF | 1965–1966, 1969 | 73 | 41 | 0.562 | 85 | 48 | 0.565 | |
| 24 | Walter Langton | LB / CF | 1887–1905 | | 28 | | | 48 | | |
| 25 | Tony Leighton | CF | 1959–1961 | 84 | 44 | 0.524 | 88 | 45 | 0.511 | |
| 26 | Billy Sharp | FW | 2009–2012, 2014 | 98 | 44 | 0.449 | 102 | 45 | 0.441 | |
| 27 | Eddie Perry | CF | 1936–1940 | 98 | 44 | 0.449 | 102 | 44 | 0.431 | |
| 28 | Reg Baines | CF | 1934–1936 | 80 | 43 | 0.538 | 81 | 43 | 0.531 | |
| 29 | Alfie Hale | IF | 1962–1965 | 119 | 42 | 0.353 | 135 | 44 | 0.326 | |
| 30 | Paul Heffernan | FW | 2005–2010 | 128 | 35 | 0.273 | 150 | 43 | 0.287 | |
| 31 | Albert Broadbent | LW | 1959–1961 1963-1966 | 206 | 39 | 0.189 | 231 | 42 | 0.182 | |
* Record League goal-scorer: Tom Keetley, 180 league goals (1923 to 1929)
* Record goal-scorer: Tom Keetley, 186 goals in all competitions
* Highest League scorer in a season: Clarrie Jordan, 42 (Division 3 (N), 1946–47)
* Most goals in one match: Tom Keetley, 6 (in 7–4 league win at Ashington, 1928–29)
* Scoring in most consecutive games: Clarrie Jordan, 10 (1946–47)
* Most goals scored in their debut: Arnold Oxspring, 4 against Long Eaton Rangers in the Midland League

### Other

* Most international caps while at Rovers: Len Graham (14 caps for Northern Ireland)
* Youngest player: Alick Jeffrey (15 years, 229 days, 1954)
* Oldest player: John Ryan (52 years and 11 months, 2003)
* Record transfer fee paid: Billy Sharp £1,150,000 (to Sheffield United)
* Record fee received: Matthew Mills, £2,000,000 (from Reading)

## Inclusion criteria

Statistics includes substitute appearances, but excludes wartime matches. Further information on competitions/seasons which are regarded as eligible for general statistics are provided below.

### League stats

League statistics includes data for the following league spells, but not play-off matches:
* Midland Alliance: 1890−91
* Midland Football League: 1891-92 to 1900-01; 1903–04; 1905-06 to 1922-23
* The Yorkshire League: 1897−98 to 1898−99
* Football League: 1901-02 to 1902-03; 1904–05; 1923-24 to 1997-98; 2003-04 to present
* Football Conference: 1998-99 to 2002-03

### Total stats

The figures for total statistics includes the League figures together with the following competitions:
* Play-off matches (2002–03 and 2007–08)
* FA Cup; FA Trophy (1998-99 to 2002-03)
* Football League Cup, Football League Trophy (including three seasons as a Conference club 2000-01 to 2002-03), Football League Group Cup (1982–83), Football League Third Division North Cup (1933-34 to 1934-35; 1937–38)
* Conference League Cup (1999-00 to 2000-01)
* Sheffield and Hallamshire FA Minor Challenge Cup
* Sheffield and Hallamshire FA Senior Challenge Cup
* Gainsborough News Charity Cup
* Wharncliffe Charity Cup
* Mexborough Montague Charity Cup
* Friendlies (pre 1890−91 when Doncaster weren't in a league)
NOT included:
* Wartime League matches
* Friendlies (1890−91 onwards)