Scunthorpe United 1-3 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 16 October 2010

Result

Scunthorpe United 1-3 Doncaster Rovers

Championship · Saturday 16 October 2010, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Scunthorpe United 1-3 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Scunthorpe United lost to Doncaster Rovers 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 16 October 2010. The half-time score was 1-1.

Martyn Woolford opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Scunthorpe United's goal came from Martyn Woolford (11'). Doncaster Rovers scored through Billy Sharp (31'), Billy Sharp (59', penalty) and James O'Connor (72').

Discipline: Scunthorpe United received 1 yellow card; Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Scunthorpe United were 17th on 11 points from 10 and Doncaster Rovers 13th on 13 points from 10. Scunthorpe United went on to finish that season 24th with 42 points, and Doncaster Rovers 21st with 48.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Martyn WoolfordScunthorpe United · 1-0
  • 24'Yellow card · Adam Brian LockwoodDoncaster Rovers
  • 31'Goal · Billy SharpDoncaster Rovers · 1-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Rob JonesScunthorpe United
  • 59'Penalty goal · Billy SharpDoncaster Rovers · 1-2
  • 72'Goal · James O'ConnorDoncaster Rovers · 1-3

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Scunthorpe United line-up

Joe Murphy, Rob Jones, Cliff Byrne, David Mirfin, Eddie Nolan, Sam Togwell, Martyn Woolford, Josh Wright, Chris Dagnall, Jonathan Forte, Michael Collins

Doncaster Rovers line-up

Neil Sullivan, George Friend, Mustapha Dumbuya, Martin Woods, John Oster, Simon Gillett, James Coppinger, Patrick McCarthy, James Hayter, James O'Connor, Adam Brian Lockwood