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Barnet v Doncaster Rovers

Nationwide Conference
Saturday 3.00pm

  
       
   
       
  Ground Belle Vue Ground
Bawtry Road
Doncaster
South Yorks
DN4 5HT
  
  Telephone 01302 539441  
  Capacity 7,219  
  Record Attendance 37,149 v Hull City, Div. 3 North, 2/10/48  
  Formed 1879  
  Nickname The Rovers  
  Colours Red & White Hooped Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks  
       
  Manager Dave Penney  
  Parking Large car park on site £3.00  
  Admission Price Adults £9.00/£11.00, OAP's £6.00/£7.00,
Concessions £3.00/£6.00		  
  Programme £2.00- 48 page colour  
  Bar New bar open to away fans, £1.00 admission  
       
  Last Season    
  Underhill
Belle Vue		 Barnet 2 Doncaster 0
Doncaster 2 Barnet 3		  
  Average Attn 2,409 (3rd highest in league)  
  Highest Attn 4,027 v Boston Utd (4th highest Conference Attn. 2001/02)  
  Lowest Attn 1,489 v Northwich Victoria  
  Highest Home Win 5-1 v Forest Green Rovers  
  Highest Away Win 5-1 v Hayes  
  Highest Aggregate Home 7, 5-2 v Hayes, 4-3 v Scarborough
Away 6, 5-1 v Hayes		  
  Highest Home Defeat 2-3 v Barnet  
  Highest Away Defeat 1-3 v Woking  
       
  Final Position(4th)
  Home Away  
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
42 11 6 4 41 23 7 7 7 27 23 67
 
       
  This Season    
  At Belle Vue Doncaster 2 Barnet 1, Attn. 3023  
  Position 2nd  
  Ave Attn 3593  
  Highest Attn 4867 v Chester City, drew 0-0  
  Lowest Attn. 2913 v Nuneaton, drew 1-1  
  Highest Home Win 5-1 v Dagenham & Redbridge  
  Highest Away Win 5-2 v Scarborough  
  Highest Home Defeat None  
  Highest Away Defeat 0-3 v Morecambe  
  Highest Draw 4-4 v Telford United  
  Highest Aggregate 8,as above  
  Goalscorer Paul Barnes 13  
  Current Position (2nd)
  Home Away  
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
25 8 5 0 17 4 5 4 3 26 21 48
 
       
  The Season So Far

Both Barnet and Doncasters games were postponed on New Years day, so they should be in fine fighting form for this one.

Doncaster are having a great season and if Yeovil's slight glitch continues then Rovers are definitely in with a shout.

Their home record is lot better than their away, with no defeats and only conceeding four goals. Away though, the keeper has had to pick the ball up out of the net twenty-one times but still only lost three.

The last game they lost was against Morecambe, 0-3 eight games ago and they currently top the current form table.

This promises to be an exciting clash and Barnet seem to able to defend a lot better since the arrival of Ian Hendon.

My prediction
Barnet 2 Doncaster 2

Doncaster's Last Six

All League games
W W D D W W

Home
W W D W D W

Away
W D L W D W

Current Form Table

  W D L F A Pts
Doncaster 4 2 0 14 7 14
Barnet 2 1 3 7 10 7

Results Grid

Below are the result grids for Barnet and Doncaster Rovers so far this season. These show how many times various scores have been attained by each club. The below stats will be updated for the away fixture.

Key

  Lost
  Drawn
  Won

Barnet (home)

Home 0 1 2 3 4 Goals Against
0 1     1    
1   1 1   1  
2 1 3        
3 1       1  
4 1          
Goals For            

Doncaster Rovers (away)

Away 0 1 2 3 4 Goals Against
0       1    
1   1 2      
2 1 2 1      
3 1     1    
4         1  
5     1      
Goals For            

League Snippet

Below is Barnet and Doncaster Rovers league details based on their Home and Away performances.

    Pl W D L GF GA GD Pnts
9 Barnet 12 6 2 4 21 17 4 20
6 Doncaster 12 5 4 3 26 21 5 19

Programmes Sales

We have Barnet v Doncaster Rovers programmes for sale going back to 1966-67. See the programme pages for more info.

History

Doncaster Rovers were formed in 1879 playing friendly matches on local playing fields until 1885/6 when the obtained their first pitch. They played Loughborough in the newly formed Midland Football Alliance on September 20th 1890, going on to win their first trophy that season, The Sheffield and Hallamshire Cup, beating Sheffield United, and ending second in the league.

On September 5th 1891 they played their first game in the Midland League going on to win the title in 1898/99.

1901/02 saw them playing in the Football League, finishing seventh in Division 2, their highest ever placing.

After being back in the Midland League, they joined the Third Division North in 1923. They stayed there until winning the championship in 1935, but only lasted two seasons in Division two.

After the War they won the league with 72 points, but only lasted one season before relegation.

In the 1949/50 season they again won promotion to Division 2. This time they stayed up until 1957/58 attracting their largest average crowds ever. 1950/51 and 52/53 saw averages of 22,799 and 21,066 respectively.

1965/66 saw Rovers winning Division 4 but again only lasting one season in the higher league. They then ' yo-yoed' their way between the lower two divisions (mainly in the lower) until disaster struck in the 97/98 season they ended bottom of Division 3 and were relegated to the Conference. It was the normal story of lack of funds and having to sell the better players that sealed their fate.

Spending the last four seasons in the non-league has seen them finishing 16th,12th, 9th and 4th last season. This gradual improvement shows the Rovers want to get back into the Football League and they are one of the favourites this term.

  
       
 

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