Bumper Bolton Wanderers following for New Year's Day trip to Doncaster Rovers
Doncaster Rovers will be hoping to awake from their slumber as they begin 2026 at home to Bolton Wanderers.
Grant McCann's side have sunk to second-bottom in the League One standings. They have lost five games in a row and across a longer period they won just once in their last 16 league games.
New Year's Day sees them face the Trotters, who occupy a spot in the play-off places despite having lost two of their last three. They will be backed by 3,000 supporters in South Yorkshire after selling out their entire allocation.
Monday night saw them lose at home to Mansfield as their 17-game unbeaten run at home ended. Boss Steven Schumacher reflected: "I’m gutted. To lose the unbeaten home record is disappointing, but to lose it in that manner is the worst thing about it. You can put it down to one of them nights where we've done so much and haven't scored, but what it boils down to is we're not good enough in both boxes currently."
Rovers are currently four points adrift of safety but manager McCann remains adamant the second half of the campaign will see things turn: "We've still got a large spell of the season, the second half of the season to go. And every club I've been at, I've always been strong in the second half of the season and we will do just that again.
"It's really tough at this moment in time. We go into a new year and hopefully we can start 2026 positively with a good win and that's where our focus has to lie now."