Ups and Downs as a League Club:-
1933-34 Lost to Sheffield Wednesday in the S&H County Cup Final, 0 -3.
1934-35 Champions of Division 3 North. Promoted to Division 2.
1935-36 Beat Sheffield United in the S&H County Cup Final, 2 - 1.
1936-37 Relegated from Division 2 to Division 3 North.
1937-38 Beat Barnsley in the S&H County Cup Final, 1 - 0.
1946-47 Champions of Division 3 North with a record number of points and away victories.
1947-48 Relegated from Division 2 to Division 3 North
1949-50 Champions of Division 3 North. Promoted to Division 2.
1950-51 Lost to Sheffield Wednesday in the Final of the S&H County Cup, 1 - 2.
1955-56 Beat Sheffield United in the S&H County Cup Final, 4 - 0.
1957-58 Relegated to Division 3.
1958-59 Relegated to Division 4.
1964-65 Lost to Sheffield United in the Final of the S&H County Cup, 0 - 4.
1965-66 Champions of Division 4. Promoted to Division 3.
1966-67 Relegated to Division 4.
1967-68 Beat Barnsley in the S&H County Cup, 1 - 0.
1968-69 Champions of Division 4. Promoted to Division 3. Lost to Sheffield United in the S&H County Cup Final, 0 - 2.
1970-71 Relegated to Division 4.
1975-76 Beat Sheffield United in the Final of the S&H County Cup, 2 - 1.
1977-78 Lost to Sheffield United in the S&H County Cup Final, 1 - 4.
1980-81 Promoted to Division 3 from 3rd place.
1982-83 Relegated to Division 4.
1983-84 Promoted to Division 3 from 2nd place.
1985-86 Beat Rotherham United in the S&H County Cup Final, 1 - 0.
1992-93 Lost to Barnsley in the Final of the S&H County Cup, 2 - 3.
1997-98 Relegated to the Football Conference.
1998-99 Beat Farnborough Town, over two legs, to win the Conference League Cup.
1999-00 Beat Kingstonian, in a single game at Belle Vue, to win the Conference League Cup.
2000-01 Beat Emley in the Final of the Sheffield & Hallamshire F.A.Senior Cup.
2001-02 Beat Emley in the Final of the Sheffield & Hallamshire F.A.Senior Cup.
2002-03 Finished 3rd in the Conference and played Chester City in the semi-final of the Promotion Play
Off. They won the two-legged tie on penalties after extra time at Chester. Beat Dagenham & Redbridge in the Final at Stoke City's ground by 3-2, after extra time, thus gaining promotion to the Football League, Division 3.
Lost to Worksop Town in the Final of the Sheffield & Hallamshire F.A. Senior Challenge Cup.
2003-04 Won Division Three Championship, promoted to the newly-named League One.
2007 Reached the final of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, where Rovers faced Bristol Rovers at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Goals from Jonathan Forte, Paul Heffernan and an extra-time winner from skipper Graeme Lee secured Rovers first major domestic cup win in our history.
2007-08 Miss out on automatic promotion to the Coca-Cola Championship after final day defeat to Cheltenham Town at Whaddon Road. Rovers enter the Play-Offs, where the opposition is Southend United. The first leg ends in a 0-0, however the return leg at Keepmoat Stadium ends in a resounding 5-1 victory, with James Coppinger scoring a sensational hat-trick. Rovers meet Leeds United in a historic final at the new Wembley Stadium, where a James Hayter header minutes after the half-time break elevates Doncaster Rovers to the second tier of English football for the first time in fifty years.
