Its been a while since ourselves and Doncaster have been this far apart in a league table. After becoming something of a bogey team for us the tables seem to have turned in our favour; especially when considering their demolition in Nottingham a couple of months ago.

The primary objective will be to engineer our first ever victory at the Keepmoat although recent events have taught us that it wont be easy.

The Ground

The Keepmoat is basically a smaller version of Leicester's Walkers Stadium. We will be able to judge for ourselves at the game. The capacity is a modest 15,200.

The North Stand end is home to away supporters and can hold up to 3,344 which includes 2,500 being directly behind the goal with the remainder being in the corners at either side.

Surrounding Area

The Keepmoat is relatively close to the town centre. New grounds tend to be built on land out of town which brings obvious problems in terms of pubs and travel but the Keepmoat is walkable (20-25 min walk) from the town centre and is served by local buses that run regularly from town.

Doncaster town centre has a Walkabout, Wetherpoons and a Yates' within close proximity to each other in the centre of town. There is also a Hogs Head amongst other various pubs on the high street. You cannot go wrong for a drink in Doncaster town centre. There is a cracking little cob shop across from Walkabout too.

Slightly away from town on the road to the stadium (near the old ground) are a few pubs that allow away fans in. The first is the Park Hotel whereas further down the road is another pub which I unfortunately can't recall the name of. Anyone in this bar the year we played the last game at Belle Vue will recall the rather over zealous bar maids who refused point blank to serve anyone until the singing had stopped. On our arrival it seemed to be mainly Doncaster fans inside although as time progressed Forest gradually took over. The large Santa that was on a shelf in the pub was soon being tossed around the bar and a couple of older Reds treated the rest to a version of some old terrace favourite that I had never heard before. Funnily enough, we would come across Santa a short while later... in the arms of a policeman at the turnstiles to the away end!

Travel

Trains are regular with fans able to pick between a change in Sheffield or Grantham. Sheffield is a touch longer but will work out cheaper if the group saver option is used.

A standard price from Nottingham to Doncaster return is £19.30 (£12.75 with railcard) although this can be reduced by purchasing tickets to Nottingham-Sheffield and Sheffield-Doncaster separately bringing the cost down to £14.80 (£9.80 RC). This also works for any of the routes taken (ie Chesterfield or Grantham)

By car, leave M1 at Junction 32 and follow M18 into Doncaster. Follow signs for Doncaster racecourse. There is parking at the ground in the form of club car park or street parking.

Official Skills coaches depart from the Brian Clough stand car park at noon and costs £10.

Tickets

As of Friday afternoon there were less than 500 tickets remaining from an allocation of 3,200.

They are priced at £23 for adults and everyone else is £17.