Millwall,fresh from sacking Steve Lomas,hoped to give their caretaker duo a good start.Steve Morison missed the target from twenty yards and Nicky Bailey tested Ross Turnbull.On twenty minutes,Bailey headed wide from a Martyn Woolford corner to break down a depleted team.
Bailey yet again used his head to try and score.He headed from a corner before the break but Paul Quinn cleared the ball to the flanks.Wakefield then headed the ball wide following a cross from debutant Alex Peterson.
Millwall seemed to be fading.Richard Chaplow struck a ball at Turnbull and Scott Malone hit the side netting when trying to cross.Mark Duffy's sixty minute corner evaded Mark Beevers and,unintentionally,the head of Richie Wellens who was running into the box.
Theo Robinson came on and his pass to Macheda was only just stopped by Bailey's late tackle.
Stoppage time was interesting.Mark Duffy's effort was tipped over by David Forde and a very late corner wasn't connected by Liam Wakefield.The result sees Donny just above the drop zone by two points.
VIEWS FROM THE DRESSING ROOM
DONCASTER BOSS PAUL DICKOV
"We know we didn't get the win we needed but because of the clean sheet,we can build on something.It is certainly a good base to work on for the second half of the season."
"If the youngsters work hard for their individual selves,I'll give them a deserved chance.Both Liam Wakefield and Alex Peterson made their full debuts and impressed."
"We knew we had to be more solid than what we had been.I think moving Paul Quinn into the middle helped us a lot with his experience in there and young Luke McCullough,Liam Wakefield and Enda Stevens did ever so well up against Morison and McDonald.They are good experienced players at this level and I can't really remember Ross having a proper save to make in the match."
TEAMS
Doncaster Rovers
- 01 Ross Turnbull
- 15 Liam Wakefield
- 31 Enda Stevens
- 04 Dean Furman Booked
- 02 Paul Quinn
- 12 Luke McCullough
- 07 Mark Duffy
- 17 Martin Woods (Robinson - 67' )
- 30 Alex Peterson (Macheda - 67' )
- 19 Richie Wellens(c)
- 11 David Cotterill
Substitutes
- 10 Federico Macheda
- 13 Jon Maxted
- 21 Marc De Val Fernandez
- 22 Theo Robinson
- 23 Kyle Bennett
- 25 Harry Forrester
- 27 Yun Suk-Young
Millwall
- 01 David Forde
- 02 Alan Dunne Booked
- 28 Scott Malone
- 10 Nicky Bailey
- 12 Shane Lowry(c)
- 16 Mark Beevers
- 18 Richard Chaplow (Martin - 76' )
- 26 Nadjim Abdou
- 09 Steve Morison
- 27 Scott McDonald (Easter - 81' )
- 11 Martyn Woolford
Substitutes
- 04 Joshua Wright
- 08 Jermaine Easter
- 13 Lee Martin
- 21 Jack Smith
- 25 Justin Hoyte
- 34 Icheki Onyedinma
- 43 Stephen Bywater
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