Doncaster Rovers 1-3 Preston North End: result and report

League One · Tuesday 2 October 2012

Result

Doncaster Rovers 1-3 Preston North End

League One · Tuesday 2 October 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Doncaster Rovers 1-3 Preston North End: match report

Doncaster Rovers lost to Preston North End 1-3 in the League One on Tuesday 2 October 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

Jack King opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Doncaster Rovers's goal came from David Cotterill (45+1'). Preston North End scored through Jack King (33'), S. Laird (60') and Stuart Beavon (71').

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Preston North End received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 10th on 14 points from 8 and Preston North End 9th on 14 points from 9. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 1st with 84 points, and Preston North End 15th with 59.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Doncaster Rovers win, 3 draws and 2 for Preston North End.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · Tommy SpurrDoncaster Rovers
  • 33'Goal · Jack KingPreston North End · 0-1
  • 45+1'Goal · David CotterillDoncaster Rovers · 1-1
  • 60'Goal · S. LairdPreston North End · 1-2
  • 71'Goal · Stuart BeavonPreston North End · 1-3
  • 74'Yellow card · J. MonakanaPreston North End
  • 83'Yellow card · Rob JonesDoncaster Rovers
  • 87'Yellow card · D. SyersDoncaster Rovers

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 1, draws 3, Preston North End 2.

Team news

Doncaster Rovers line-up

Gary Woods, Paul Quinn, Rob Jones, Tommy Spurr, Dave Syers, Martin Woods, David Cotterill, Kyle Bennett, Chris Brown, B. Paynter, Jamie McCombe

Preston North End line-up

Thorsten Stuckmann, Scott Laird, Paul Huntington, David Buchanan, John Mousinho, Bailey Wright, David Amoo, Joel Byrom, Jack King, Chris Beardsley, Stuart Beavon