2. The club's home ground is the Keepmoat Stadium, which has a capacity of 15,231 spectators. The stadium was opened in 2007 and replaced the club's previous home ground, Belle Vue.
3. Doncaster Rovers has a strong local rivalry with Rotherham United, which is located just 12 miles away. Other rivals include Barnsley and Scunthorpe United.
4. Doncaster Rovers has a long and varied history, which includes several promotions and relegations. In recent times the 2007-08 season is a highlight. Rovers beat Leeds in the League One play-off final at Wembley to gain promotion to the Championship.
5. The 2012-13 season was also a highlight with Doncaster finishing as champions of League One therefore gaining automatic promotion to the Championship.
Keepmoat Stadium
Opened 2007
Capacity 15,231
History (from Wikipedia)
Doncaster's first loss at the stadium came five days later at the hands of Bolton Wanderers when they defeated the Rovers 4–0 in the 3rd Round of the FA Cup.[14]
On 14 January 2007, Doncaster Rovers Belles' first match in the main stadium resulted in a 5–2 defeat to Leeds United, before a crowd of 1,797.[15] Vicky Exley was the first Belle to score on the new pitch.[16] The stadium hosted the final of the 2012–13 FA Women's Cup.[17]
The highest ever attendance at the Keepmoat stadium was 15,001 for the visit of Leeds United.[18] Rovers also achieved attendances of over 14,800 at the Keepmoat Stadium in games against Sheffield Wednesday and Newcastle United.
On 3 March 2010, it hosted England’s under-21s 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 9 match against Greece’s under-21s. The hosts lost 2–1 with the visitors goals coming from Kyriakos Papadopoulos on the 28th minute and Yiannis Papadopoulos on the 49th minute while Nathan Delfouneso scored for the hosts on the 80th minute.
Since the EFL require all matches to be played on grass pitches, the stadium will be used for all of Harrogate Town's matches for the first month of the 2020–21 season whilst the club replace their synthetic pitch at Wetherby Road.[19]
Things to do in Doncaster.
Yorkshire Wildlife Park.
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Whitby's Fish & Chip Restaurant.
Really good fish and chips! It hit the spot. Large bright restaurant with lots of free parking. Centrally located. We went in for fish and chips and... Read More
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