League One
October 6, 2012
Doncaster
1 - 0
Shrewsbury
League One
14:00 +00:00, October 6, 2012
Keepmoat Stadium, England
Referee: Richard Clark
Rovers cling on to sink Shrews
Scoring Summary
| Doncaster Rovers | Shrewsbury Town |
|---|---|
| Billy Paynter (pen 4') |
Teams
| Doncaster Rovers | Shrewsbury Town |
|---|---|
| 33 Gary Woods | 1 Chris Weale |
| 2 Paul Quinn | 5 Darren Jones |
| 4 Shelton Martis | 15 Lee Collins |
| 14 Tommy Spurr | 2 Jermaine Grandison |
| 3 James Husband | 7 Mark Wright |
| 20 James Harper | 17 Paul Parry |
| 11 David Cotterill | 8 Matthew Richards |
| 6 Dave Syers | 4 Luke Summerfield |
| 8 Billy Paynter | 20 Aaron Wildig |
| 17 Iain Hume | 10 Marvin Morgan |
| 23 Kyle Bennett | 24 Terry Gornell |
| Substitutes | |
| 1 Neil Sullivan | Joe Anyon 25 |
| 15 Liam Wakefield | Michael Hector 23 |
| 12 Michael Woods | Connor Goldson 18 |
| 30 Paul Keegan | John Taylor 11 |
| 29 Harry Middleton | Robert Purdie 6 |
| 10 Robbie Blake | Asa Hall 14 |
| 9 Chris Brown | Ryan Doble 16 |
| Substitutions | |
| Paul Keegan for Billy Paynter (64) | John Taylor for Terry Gornell (31) |
| Chris Brown for Dave Syers (74) | Asa Hall for Mark Wright (79) |
| Ryan Doble for Aaron Wildig (86) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Luke Summerfield (45) | |
| · Squads: Doncaster Rovers | Shrewsbury Town | |
Doncaster were made to work hard for a 1-0 victory over Shrewsbury after snatching the lead from the penalty spot in the third minute.
Billy Paynter slammed home the spot-kick after Shrews skipper Matt Richards had brought down David Cotterill, but Rovers rarely tested visiting keeper Chris Weale after that.
Rovers had most of the first-half play and produced some decent football but lacked an end product, although David Syers was unlucky to see a spectacular strike disallowed for offside.
Shrewsbury missed a series of good chances when they tried to battle back with Marvin Morgan heading wide from John Taylor's cross with the goal at his mercy.
Home keeper Gary Woods did well to parry a shot from Morgan into the side netting in the 63rd minute and Paul Parry headed another chance wide five minutes later.
The closest that Shrewsbury came to an equaliser came soon after that when Rovers skipper Tommy Spurr hit the ball towards his own goal in an attempt to clear a shot causing his startled keeper Woods to make an instinctive save.