Blackpool 4-2 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 22 October 2016

Result

Blackpool 4-2 Doncaster Rovers

League Two · Saturday 22 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Blackpool · Doncaster Rovers · League Two predictions

Blackpool 4-2 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Blackpool beat Doncaster Rovers 4-2 in the League Two on Saturday 22 October 2016. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Blackpool's goals came from Brad Potts (25'), Kelvin Mellor (39'), Brad Potts (47') and Kyle Vassell (48'). Doncaster Rovers scored through an own goal by Andy Taylor (1') and Tommy Rowe (66', penalty).

Discipline: Blackpool received 3 yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackpool were 17th on 14 points from 13 and Doncaster Rovers 2nd on 26 points from 13. Blackpool went on to finish that season 6th with 74 points, and Doncaster Rovers 3rd with 85.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Blackpool wins, 3 draws and 2 for Doncaster Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Own goal · Andy TaylorDoncaster Rovers · 0-1
  • 25'Goal · Brad PottsBlackpool · 1-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Brad PottsBlackpool
  • 39'Goal · Kelvin MellorBlackpool · 2-1
  • 47'Goal · Brad PottsBlackpool · 3-1
  • 48'Goal · Kyle VassellBlackpool · 4-1
  • 66'Penalty goal · Tommy RoweDoncaster Rovers · 4-2
  • 72'Yellow card · Kyle VassellBlackpool
  • 82'Yellow card · Niall MasonDoncaster Rovers
  • 87'Yellow card · Sam SlocombeBlackpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackpool 5, draws 3, Doncaster Rovers 2.

Team news

Blackpool line-up

Sam Slocombe, Kelvin Mellor, Andy Taylor, Clark Robertson, Tom Aldred, Colin Daniel, Brad Potts, Danny Pugh, Jack Payne, K. Vassell, Jamille Matt

Doncaster Rovers line-up

Marko Marosi, Mathieu Baudry, Andy Butler, Tommy Rowe, Niall Mason, Cedric Evina, Harry Middleton, Jordan Houghton, Matty Blair, James Coppinger, John Marquis