Doncaster Rovers 3-0 Scunthorpe United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 January 2011

Result

Doncaster Rovers 3-0 Scunthorpe United

Championship · Saturday 1 January 2011, 15:55 UTC · half-time 3-0

Doncaster Rovers · Scunthorpe United · Championship predictions

Doncaster Rovers 3-0 Scunthorpe United: match report

Doncaster Rovers beat Scunthorpe United 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 1 January 2011. The half-time score was 3-0.

Billy Sharp opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from Billy Sharp (26'), James Hayter (38') and Joseph Mills (45'). Scunthorpe United did not score.

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Scunthorpe United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 15th on 30 points from 21 and Scunthorpe United 22nd on 23 points from 21. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 21st with 48 points, and Scunthorpe United 24th with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Doncaster Rovers wins, 1 draw and 0 for Scunthorpe United.

Going into the match Doncaster Rovers's last five read W-L-L-D-W and Scunthorpe United's W-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Billy SharpDoncaster Rovers · 1-0
  • 26'Yellow card · Joe MurphyScunthorpe United
  • 33'Yellow card · Sam HirdDoncaster Rovers
  • 37'Yellow card · James O'ConnorDoncaster Rovers
  • 38'Goal · James HayterDoncaster Rovers · 2-0
  • 45'Goal · Joseph MillsDoncaster Rovers · 3-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Cliff ByrneScunthorpe United
  • 83'Yellow card · M. CollinsScunthorpe United
  • 85'Second yellow · Sam HirdDoncaster Rovers

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 2, draws 1, Scunthorpe United 0.

Team news

Doncaster Rovers line-up

Neil Sullivan, Shelton Martis, Sam Hird, Mark Wilson, John Oster, James Coppinger, Patrick McCarthy, James Hayter, James O'Connor, Brian Stock, Joseph Mills

Scunthorpe United line-up

Joe Murphy, Andrew Wright, Cliff Byrne, David Mirfin, Eddie Nolan, Sam Togwell, Martyn Woolford, Michael O'Connor, Chris Dagnall, Jonathan Forte, Michael Collins