2011–12 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season

Season Review

Kits

Doncaster continued with Nike as their kit suppliers and One Call Insurance as their shirt sponsor. Their home kit contained Doncaster's traditional broad red and white hoops however this season they opted for black trimmings on their kit and the red shorts and socks replace last season black ones.

Events

• 13 May – Doncaster reject a £2.3 million bid for Billy Sharp and a £300,000 bid for James Coppinger from Ipswich Town.
• 1 July – Doncaster reject a £3.25 million bid for Billy Sharp from Southampton. Former Queens Park Rangers striker, Rowan Vine joins on a trial.
• 5 September – Doncaster pay a total of £180,000 to Bury for the transfer of Kyle Bennet after a tribunal was settled, an initial £80,000 was to paid in two separate sums, one being immediately and another in January 2012 with a further £25,000 being paid for every 15 appearances he makes.
• 20 September – Cardiff City's Jon Parkin holds talks over a possible one-month loan deal.
• 23 September – Sean O'Driscoll is placed on gardening leave after 1 draw and 6 losses. Former Wrexham boss Dean Saunders joins on a three-year deal.
• 27 October – Former Wales international John Oster is ruled out for two months to undergo neck surgery.
• 31 October – Senegalese striker El-Hadji Diouf signs a 3-month deal which is later extended to the end of the 2012/13 season.
• 23 November – Midfielder Bolo Zenden opens talks with Doncaster over a potential free transfer.

Championship

Main article: 2011–12 Football League Championship

Standings

Results summary

Result round by round

FA Cup

Main article: 2011-12 FA Cup

League Cup

Main article: 2011-12 Football League Cup

Squad

Detailed Overview

Statistics

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Goalscorers

Disciplinary record

Penalties

Suspensions Serves

Long-Term Injuries

Contracts

;Notes:1With the option of a second year.

Transfers

In

;Notes: 1Although officially undisclosed the fee was reported to be £200,000.

Loans in

;Notes: 1Kirkland originally signed on a three-month deal till January, but was sent back after a back injury on the date stated. 2Fortuné originally signed until 2 January, but was recalled due to injury problems at West Bromwich Albion.

Out

Loans Outs

Fixtures & Results

Pre-season

Gillett Coppinger
Baxendale

Championship

S Davies B Davies Earnshaw Le Fondre Bennett McCormack Lees Kitson Emnes Chopra Sharp Henderson Paterson Hird Eustace Kightly Goulon Bennett Cissé Dicko Clayton Becchio Bennett Roberts Kane Henderson Burke King Peltier Marshall Gallagher Austin Robert Coppinger Kitson Futács Gillett Beye Stevenson Scotland

FA Cup

League Cup

Mason Bennett

Overall Summary

Summary

Competition Summary

References

References

1. "Npower Championship 2011 – 2012". Historical Football Kits.
2. (13 May 2011). "Doncaster reject Ipswich bids for Sharp & Coppinger". British Broadcasting Corporation.
3. (1 July 2011). "Billy Sharp rejects £3.25 million move to Southampton". Doncaster Free Press.
4. (1 July 2011). "QPR striker Rowan Vine gets trial at Doncaster". British Broadcasting Corporation.
5. (5 September 2011). "Bennett fee set". Doncaster Rovers.
6. (20 September 2011). "Breaking news: Doncaster Rovers in talks with Cardiff City striker Jon Parkin". Doncaster Free Press.
7. (23 September 2011). "Doncaster put Sean O'Driscoll on gardening leave after poor start". The Guardian.
8. (23 September 2011). "Dean Saunders replaces Sean O'Driscoll at Doncaster". BBC Sport.
9. (27 October 2011). "Doncaster midfielder John Oster to undergo neck surgery". BBC Sport.
10. (23 November 2011). "Ex-Sunderland man Zenden in Doncaster talks". Sunderland Echo.
11. [http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-united/door_closed_on_loan_duo_as_owls_defender_heads_to_rovers_1_3489143 Door closed on loan duo as Owls defender heads to Rovers]