James Coppinger
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James Coppinger is an English
professional footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Doncaster Rovers
.
, North Yorkshire
, Coppinger started his career as a trainee for Darlington
, though he was signed by fellow North-East side Newcastle United
before he even made an appearance, in 1998. Coppinger struggled to make any impact while coming through the Newcastle ranks though, and after two loan spells at Hartlepool United
and an appearance-less loan with Queens Park Rangers
, Coppinger was moved onto Exeter City
in 2002.
from Exeter City for a fee thought to be in the region of £30,000. Coppinger had to wait for his first league appearance for Rovers that season, as he had to serve the final two games of a three game ban received after being sent-off playing for Exeter City in the 2003–04 season
. His Rovers debut came against Bradford City in League One, in a game that Doncaster lost 2–1.Coppinger suffered concussion in the 3–1 defeat to swansea city by Albert Serran.
Coppinger scored a hat-trick in the 2008 Football League One
semi-final against Southend United
in a 5–1 victory which secured a place in the play-off final
at Wembley
against Leeds United
.
Coppinger was in the starting eleven that won promotion for Doncaster at Wembley and in the wake of this victory he extended his Doncaster contract in July 2008, keeping him at the club until 2011, another contract was signed in September 2010 keeping him at the club until 2013. On 14 September 2010, Coppinger scored a hat trick against Norwich in a 3–1 victory, taking them up to 4th in the table.
On the 21st July 2011 Coppinger signed a New contract at DRFC to end all speculation keeping him at the Keepmoat till 2014
Doncaster Rovers
Stats accurate as of 14:29, 21 November 2011.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
professional footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Doncaster Rovers
Doncaster Rovers F.C.
Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...
.
Early career
Born in GuisboroughGuisborough
Guisborough is a market town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England....
, North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...
, Coppinger started his career as a trainee for Darlington
Darlington F.C.
Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003...
, though he was signed by fellow North-East side Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
before he even made an appearance, in 1998. Coppinger struggled to make any impact while coming through the Newcastle ranks though, and after two loan spells at Hartlepool United
Hartlepool United F.C.
Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season...
and an appearance-less loan with Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
, Coppinger was moved onto Exeter City
Exeter City F.C.
Exeter City Football Club is an English football club, based in Exeter, which is owned by its fans through the Exeter City Supporters Trust.The club was a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003...
in 2002.
Doncaster Rovers
Coppinger signed for Doncaster Rovers in 2004 before the start of the 2004–05 season2004-05 in English football
The 2004–05 season was the 125th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:*2004–05 was the first season to feature the rebranded Football League. The First Division, Second Division and Third Division were renamed the Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League...
from Exeter City for a fee thought to be in the region of £30,000. Coppinger had to wait for his first league appearance for Rovers that season, as he had to serve the final two games of a three game ban received after being sent-off playing for Exeter City in the 2003–04 season
2003-04 in English football
The 2003-04 season was the 124th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:Arsenal completed the entire campaign without losing a single league game....
. His Rovers debut came against Bradford City in League One, in a game that Doncaster lost 2–1.Coppinger suffered concussion in the 3–1 defeat to swansea city by Albert Serran.
Coppinger scored a hat-trick in the 2008 Football League One
The Football League 2007-08
The Football League is contested through three divisions in England and Wales. The divisions are the League Championship, League One and League Two. The winner and the runner up of the League Championship will be automatically promoted to the Premier League and they will be joined by the winner of...
semi-final against Southend United
Southend United F.C.
Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...
in a 5–1 victory which secured a place in the play-off final
Final (competition)
The final of a competition is the match or round in which the winner of the entire event is decided.In sports competitions following a knockout system, where only two individuals or teams compete in each match, the final is usually played between the winners of two semi-finals...
at Wembley
Wembley Stadium
The original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...
against Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
.
Coppinger was in the starting eleven that won promotion for Doncaster at Wembley and in the wake of this victory he extended his Doncaster contract in July 2008, keeping him at the club until 2011, another contract was signed in September 2010 keeping him at the club until 2013. On 14 September 2010, Coppinger scored a hat trick against Norwich in a 3–1 victory, taking them up to 4th in the table.
On the 21st July 2011 Coppinger signed a New contract at DRFC to end all speculation keeping him at the Keepmoat till 2014
As a player
Newcastle UnitedNewcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
- Intertoto CupUEFA Intertoto CupThe UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...
runner-up: 2001
Doncaster Rovers
Doncaster Rovers F.C.
Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...
- Football League TrophyFootball League TrophyThe Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...
winner: 2006–072006-07 in English footballThe 2006–07 season was the 127th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:* The number of divisions at Level 8 of the English football league system increased from four to five... - League OneFootball League OneFootball League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
Play-Off FinalFinal (competition)The final of a competition is the match or round in which the winner of the entire event is decided.In sports competitions following a knockout system, where only two individuals or teams compete in each match, the final is usually played between the winners of two semi-finals...
winner: 2007–082007-08 in English footballThe 2007–08 season was the 128th season of competitive football in England.-European competitions:In October 2007 Arsenal equalled the UEFA Champions League record victory with a 7–0 win over Slavia Prague at the Emirates Stadium. The record was broken the following month when Liverpool...
Club
| Season | Club | Division | League | FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... |
League Cup Football League Cup The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis... |
Football League Trophy Football League Trophy The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top... |
FA Trophy FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams... |
Play-Offs Football League Play-Offs The Football League play-offs are an annual series of football matches to determine some of the promotion places within the Football League. Essentially, each division of the league offers a certain number of automatic promotion places to the top two or three clubs. A further promotion place is... |
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| 1997–98 | Darlington Darlington F.C. Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003... |
Division 3 Football League Third Division The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two... |
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| 1998–99 1998–99 Newcastle United F.C. season In the 1998–99 season, Newcastle United competed in the FA Premier League . Newcastle's season was an almost carbon copy of the one before... |
Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger... |
Premier League | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| 1999–00 | Hartlepool United Hartlepool United F.C. Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season... (Loan) |
Division 3 Football League Third Division The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two... |
10 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | ||||
| 2000–01 2000–01 Newcastle United F.C. season During the 2000–01 English football season, Newcastle United F.C. competed in the FA Premier League. This article covers the squad and match results for that season.-Season summary:... |
Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger... |
Premier League | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2001–02 | Hartlepool United Hartlepool United F.C. Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season... (Loan) |
Division 3 Football League Third Division The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two... |
14 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 2 | |||||
| 2002–03 | Exeter City Exeter City F.C. Exeter City Football Club is an English football club, based in Exeter, which is owned by its fans through the Exeter City Supporters Trust.The club was a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003... |
Division 3 Football League Third Division The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two... |
43 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 49 | 5 | ||
| 2003–04 | Football Conference Football Conference The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional... |
39 | 8 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 40 | 9 | |||||
| Exeter City Total | 82 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 14 | ||
| 2004–05 | Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers F.C. Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in... |
League One Football League One Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system.... |
31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 38 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | 43 | 5 | |||||
| 2006–07 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 48 | 5 | ||||
| 2007–08 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 3 | 46 | 6 | |||
| 2008–09 | Championship Football League Championship The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League... |
32 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 37 | 5 | ||||
| 2009–10 2009–10 Football League Championship The Football League Championship season 2009–10 is the sixth season of the league under its current title and eighteenth season under its current league division format... |
39 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 42 | 5 | |||||
| 2010–11 2010–11 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season The 2010–11 season will be the 131st season in Doncaster Rovers Football Club's existence, and their 3rd consecutive year in the second tier of English football.-Pre-season:Doncaster's first pre-season friendly is an away game against local team Askern Villa... |
40 | 7 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 42 | 7 | ||||||
| 2011–12 2011–12 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season -Kits:Doncaster continue with Nike as their kit suppliers and One Call Insurance as their shirt sponsor. Their home kit contains Doncaster's traditional broad red and white hoops however this season they have opted for black trimmings on their kit and the red shorts and socks replace last season... |
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Doncaster Rovers Total | 271 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 312 | 33 | ||
| 46 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 427 | 52 | ||||
Stats accurate as of 14:29, 21 November 2011.