Global Groundhopping

A site that shows the sports venues of Northern England and other areas.

From St. James' Park (Newcastle United) down the pyramid to Malorie Park Drive (Ripon City).

Friday, 2 April 2010

5.The Keepmoat Stadium-Doncaster Rovers

Ground: The Keepmoat Stadium
League: Coca-Cola Championship
Admission: £13
Score: Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Crystal Palace
Programme: yes £3
Attendance: 9, 779
Capacity: 15, 231
Seated: 15, 231
Covered: 15, 231
Town/City: Doncaster
Opposition: Crystal Palace
Date: 27.2.10
Club Shop: yes
Floodlights: yes
Step: 2

Being at quite a high level Doncaster have a ground with a healthy capacity.
Sharing with Doncaster RLFC the ground has a capacity of over 15, 000.
Todays opposition were Crystal Palace. No one knew it for definite at the time but it would be Neil Warnock’s last game in charge of the Eagles.
The ground has a hefty admission of £13 to get into the away end.
This only takes up about half of the South West End. The other half was completely empty.
The ground is modern in a smooth bowl shape.
The ground is 1 tier all the way round.
It has 3, 000 seats at both the away end and the North East end.
The two sides both have 4, 500 seats
The whole ground is covered seating.
A programme is available for £3 on matchdays.
9, 779 turned up for the match which finished 1-1. This included about 600 away fans.
The ground has decent floodlight pylons and there is a club shop around the West stand of the ground.

Doncaster Rovers matchday pictures