English Coca Cola Championship
England
The English Coca Cola Championship is the 2nd league in England behind the big EPL. Ofcourse it's interesting to watch the teams that might be promoted to the Premier League.
Doncaster Rovers vs Leicester City
Match scheduled:
Date: 28-12-2009
Time: 15:00 until 17:00
27-12-2009 on 10:15
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The club was formed in September 1879 by Albert Jenkins, a fitter at Doncaster's Great Northern Railway works in response to the emerging popularity of the game in the nearby city of Sheffield. The team turned professional in 1885 and were first elected to the Football League in 1901, as a replacement for New Brighton Tower. Their first season in the League was precisely the one when Doncaster achieved their highest position ever (7th in the Football League Second Division).[3] They only lasted two seasons in the league before being voted out in favour of local rivals Bradford City due to finishing the 1902-03 season in the bottom three. They spent the subsequent season in the non-league Midlands Division. A second attempt, in 1904-05, lasted only one season with Doncaster finishing dead last and were voted out once again. They would have to wait until 1923 before playing English league football again, when they were elected to the Football League Third Division North to replace Stalybridge Celtic.
The club didn't have a permanent ground until 1885 when they started playing their games from the Intake Ground. They played their football here until August 1914 when the club went into liquidation. A new company did take over the club soon after but all English league competition was suspended in 1915 due to the First World War and the club was closed down and the ground was turned into an Army base. The club did eventually reform in 1920 after the war's end and due to loosing their old ground to the Army were forced to build a new ground. The ground was called Belle Vue and initially had a 10,000 people capacity.[2] Doncaster played their first game there in 1922. Belle Vue was Doncaster's home for 84 years and in that time only received one major upgrade when in 1938 the grounds capacity was increased to 40,000.
Week 24 :: English Championship 2009/2010 :: Bet365/Betfair don't have the tv rights for the UK, Ireland, China and Middle East
