Grimsby Town 1-5 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 1 April 2017

Result

Grimsby Town 1-5 Doncaster Rovers

League Two · Saturday 1 April 2017, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Grimsby Town 1-5 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Grimsby Town lost to Doncaster Rovers 1-5 in the League Two on Saturday 1 April 2017. The half-time score was 1-2.

Sam Jones opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Grimsby Town's goal came from Sam Jones (34'). Doncaster Rovers scored through John Marquis (37'), John Marquis (43'), John Marquis (61'), Andy Williams (78') and Alfie May (88').

Discipline: Grimsby Town received 3 yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Grimsby Town were 14th on 52 points from 39 and Doncaster Rovers 1st on 78 points from 39. Grimsby Town went on to finish that season 14th with 62 points, and Doncaster Rovers 3rd with 85.

Grimsby Town lined up in a 4-4-2 and Doncaster Rovers in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Grimsby Town wins, 0 draws and 1 for Doncaster Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · C. ClementsGrimsby Town
  • 22'Yellow card · Calum DysonGrimsby Town
  • 34'Goal · Sam JonesGrimsby Town · 1-0
  • 37'Goal · John MarquisDoncaster Rovers · 1-1
  • 43'Goal · John MarquisDoncaster Rovers · 1-2
  • 49'Yellow card · Andy WilliamsDoncaster Rovers
  • 61'Goal · John MarquisDoncaster Rovers · 1-3
  • 65'Yellow card · Z. MillsGrimsby Town
  • 78'Goal · Andy WilliamsDoncaster Rovers · 1-4
  • 88'Goal · Alfie MayDoncaster Rovers · 1-5
  • 90'Yellow card · Alfie MayDoncaster Rovers

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Grimsby Town 0, draws 0, Doncaster Rovers 1.

Team news

Grimsby Town line-up (4-4-2)

James McKeown, Danny Andrew, Zak Mills, Andrew Boyce, Dan Jones, Gavin Gunning, Brandon Comley, Chris Clements, Jamey Osborne, Calum Dyson, Sam Jones

Doncaster Rovers line-up (3-5-2)

Ian Lawlor, Craig Alcock, Luke McCullough, Mathieu Baudry, Andy Butler, Tommy Rowe, Niall Mason, Matty Blair, Gary McSheffrey, John Marquis, Andy Williams