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who have played for
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club play their home games at ...
. 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 :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: * Midland Alliance: 1890−91 *
Midland Football League The Midland Football League is an English football league that was founded in 2014 by the merger of the former Midland Alliance and Midland Combination. The league has four divisions that sit at levels 9–12 of the football pyramid. History T ...
: 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 The National League (named Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons) is an association football league in England consisting of three divisions, the National League, National League North, and National League South. It was called the ...
: 1998-99 to 2002-03


Total appearances

The figures for total appearances and goals should include the League figures together with the following competitions: * Play-off matches (2002–03 and 2007–08) *
FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
; FA Trophy (1998-99 to 2002-03) * Football League Cup,
Football League Trophy The English Football League Trophy, known for sponsorship purposes as the Papa Johns Trophy after restaurant chain Papa John's Pizza, is an annual English association football knockout competition open to all clubs in EFL League One and EFL Le ...
(including three seasons as a Conference club 2000-01 to 2002-03),
Football League Group Cup The Football League Group Cup was a short-lived football competition which first took place during the 1981–82 season. For English clubs it was a replacement for the Anglo-Scottish Cup, which had been discontinued due to the withdrawal of Scot ...
(1982–83),
Football League Third Division North Cup The Football League Third Division North Cup was a football knockout competition open to teams competing in Football League Third Division North. The competition was first held in 1933–34 and ran until the 1938–39 season. The cup was revived f ...
(1933-34 to 1934-35; 1937–38) *
Conference League Cup The Conference League Cup (formerly known as the Setanta Shield for sponsorship reasons, and before that the Bob Lord Trophy) was a football competition open to clubs playing in the Football Conference. History The competition was formed for t ...
(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 The Wharncliffe Charity Cup was an invitational cup competition organised by the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association from 1878 to 1984. The competition took its name from the Earl of Wharncliffe, who sponsored the event, and w ...
* Mexborough Montague Charity Cup * Friendlies (pre 1890−91 when Doncaster weren't in a league) NOT included: *
Wartime League The Wartime League was a football league competition held in England during World War II, which replaced the suspended Football League. The exclusion of the FA Cup in these years saw the creation of the Football League War Cup and it was a friendly ...
matches * Friendlies (1890−91 onwards)


List of players

Statistics are up to date as of ''18:24 5 April 2021 (UTC)''. Charle Chester 1892-99


Football League 100 Legends

The following Doncaster players have been included in the
Football League 100 Legends The Football League 100 Legends is a list of 100 great association football players who played part or all of their professional career in English Football League and Premier League football. The players were selected in 1998 by a panel of journa ...
.


PFA Team of the Year

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


Footnotes


References

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Soccerbase stats (use Search for...on left menu and select 'Players' drop down)
** During Doncaster's period in the Conference the database does not include full match stats: ***FA Cup Qualifying Round matches do not have line-ups included in the database. This affects a total of 7 matches during the period. ***Only one of their FA Trophy games has match line-ups in Soccerbase, namely the original game against Yeovil on 19 February 2002, leaving a total of 9 Trophy matches without line-ups. * A to Z Doncaster player stats at doncasterrovers.co.uk - Other than league matches appearance data only appears to include FA Cup and Football League Cup matches (the latter do not seem to be present for seasons 1993-94 to 1997-98). Play-off statistics are included, but are listed within the 'League' totals. *
Surnames A to C
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Surnames D to F
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Surnames G to J
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Surnames K to M
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Surnames N to R
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Surnames S to T
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Surnames U to W


* * Appearances, goals and club years stats at since1888.co.uk Michael Joyce (site no longer active) {{Lists of football players in England
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