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Doncaster Features: Doncaster Rovers Records and Statistics
Since their founding in 1879 Doncaster Rovers, like many great clubs, have accrued a potted history of great days and dark days. Here are some of the key records to date (contact us, if we are wrong):
National Records| Most wins in a season | 33, Third Division North, 1946–47 | | Most defeats in a season | 34, Third Division, 1997–98 | | Fewest points in a season | 8, Second Division, 1904–05 (joint record with Loughborough) |
Club Records| Highest League position | 7th (Second Division, 1901–02) | | Record League victory | 10–0 v Darlington, Fourth Division, 25th January 1964 | | Record League victory away | 7-4 at Ashington, 16th February 1929 | | Record Cup victory | 7–0 v Blyth Spartans, FA Cup First Round, 27th November 1937 | | Highest scoring game | 7-5 at home to Reading, 25th September 1982 | | Record home attendance (Belle Vue) | 37,149 vs Hull City, Third Division North, 2nd October 1948 | | Record home attendance (Keepmoat Stadium) | 15,001 vs Leeds Utd, League One, 1st April 2008 | | Record League points | 92, Third Division, 2003–04 | | Record League goals | 123, Third Division North, 1946–47 | | Record defeat | 0–12 v Small Heath, Second Division, 11th April 1903 | | Best FA Cup Run | 5th Round, Losing 2-0 to Spurs, 1955-56 |
Player Records| Top goal scorer | Tom Keetley, 180 league goals, between 1923 and 1929 | | Record appearances | Fred Emery, 417 league matches | | Most caps while at Rovers | Len Graham (14 for Northern Ireland) | | Most capped player | Neville Southall (92 for Wales) | | Top scorer in a season | 42, Clarrie Jordan, Third Division North, 1946–47 | | Most goals in a match | 6, Tom Keetley in 7–4 win at Ashington, 1928–29 |
| Scoring in consecutive games | 10, Clarrie Jordan, 1946–47 | | Youngest player | Alick Jeffrey (15 years, 229 days, 1954) | | Oldest player | John Ryan (52 years and 11 months, 2003) | | Longest serving chairman | John Ryan (14 seasons including 2012/13)
2nd longest: Fletcher Hibbert (13 seasons between 1929 and 1948) | | Record transfer fee | £1,150,000 to Sheffield United for Billy Sharp | | Record fee received | £2,000,000 from Reading for Matthew Mills |
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