Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

League One · Tuesday 23 October 2012

Result

Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Doncaster Rovers

League One · Tuesday 23 October 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Tranmere Rovers were beaten by Doncaster Rovers 1-2 in the League One on Tuesday 23 October 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Billy Paynter opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Tranmere Rovers's goal came from J. Cassidy (87'). Doncaster Rovers scored through Billy Paynter (48') and I. Hume (90+2').

Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received 1 yellow card; Doncaster Rovers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 1st on 30 points from 13 and Doncaster Rovers 7th on 21 points from 12. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 67 points, and Doncaster Rovers 1st with 84.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Yellow card · James WallaceTranmere Rovers
  • 48'Goal · Billy PaynterDoncaster Rovers · 0-1
  • 87'Goal · J. CassidyTranmere Rovers · 1-1
  • 90+2'Goal · I. HumeDoncaster Rovers · 1-2

Team news

Tranmere Rovers line-up

Owain Fôn Williams, Danny Holmes, Ash Taylor, Liam Palmer, Zoumana Bakayogo, James Wallace, Andy Robinson, Jake Cassidy, Adam McGurk, Abdulai Bell-Baggie, Ben Gibson

Doncaster Rovers line-up

Gary Woods, Paul Quinn, James Husband, Rob Jones, Tommy Spurr, David Cotterill, James Harper, Kyle Bennett, Paul Keegan, Iain Edward Hume, B. Paynter