Wareham Brace Fires Exeter City to Convincing Win Over Doncaster

Exeter City produced a confident home performance to defeat Doncaster Rovers 3–0 in League One on matchday 42, powered by a brace from Jayden Wareham and a second-half strike from substitute Josh Magennis.

Exeter took control shortly before the interval. In the 42nd minute, Wareham opened the scoring, finishing after being set up by Reece Cole to give the hosts a 1–0 lead. It capped an eventful first half for the forward, who had earlier received a yellow card in the 20th minute.

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Exeter City FC

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Doncaster Rovers FC

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Doncaster were forced into early changes, with Neill Byrne replaced by Jamie Sterry on 29 minutes and Matty Pearson making way for Elliot Lee eight minutes later, but the visitors struggled to turn the reshuffle into attacking threat.

The game swung further Exeter’s way after the break. On 63 minutes, managerially-timed substitutions saw Ryan Rydel and Magennis introduced for Ethan Brierley and Carlos Mendes Gomes. The move paid off quickly when Magennis struck in the 69th minute, extending the advantage to 2–0.

Doncaster responded with a triple substitution on the same minute, bringing on Jordan Gibson, Jay McGrath and Hakeeb Adelakun for Harry Clifton, Ben Close and Glenn Middleton, but they could not find a way back into the contest.

Exeter then wrapped up the points on 84 minutes. Wareham grabbed his second of the afternoon, this time supplied by fellow substitute Luca Woodhouse, to complete a 3–0 scoreline and underline the hosts’ superiority.

Further Exeter changes saw Woodhouse and Jack Aitchison come on in the 74th minute, with Kevin McDonald introduced late on for Charlie Cummins in the 89th minute as the home side comfortably saw out the win.

Beyond the goals, booking data and substitutions, detailed statistics and additional match events were not available at the time of writing.

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League One Standings

Season: 2025/26

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Lincoln City FC	46	31	10	5	89	41	48	103	W W W D W
2	Cardiff City FC	46	27	10	9	90	50	40	91	L W W W D
3	Stockport County FC	46	22	11	13	71	58	13	77	W L W L D
4	Bradford City AFC	46	22	11	13	58	51	7	77	W D D D L
5	Bolton Wanderers FC	46	19	18	9	70	52	18	75	L D D W L
6	Stevenage FC	46	21	12	13	49	46	3	75	W D W D L
7	Luton Town FC	46	21	11	14	68	56	12	74	W W W D W
8	Plymouth Argyle FC	46	22	7	17	75	63	12	73	W W D W D
9	Huddersfield Town AFC	46	18	13	15	74	64	10	67	W L D D D
10	Mansfield Town FC	46	16	17	13	62	50	12	65	W D W W D
11	Wycombe Wanderers FC	46	17	12	17	69	58	11	63	W L L D L
12	Reading FC	46	16	15	15	64	60	4	63	L D L L L
13	Blackpool FC	46	17	9	20	54	65	-11	60	W W W W L
14	Doncaster Rovers FC	46	17	9	20	50	69	-19	60	W D L W W
15	Barnsley FC	46	15	14	17	68	73	-5	59	L W L L D
16	Wigan Athletic FC	46	14	14	18	49	58	-9	56	L L D W W
17	Burton Albion FC	46	13	15	18	50	60	-10	54	D D D W D
18	Peterborough United FC	46	15	8	23	64	68	-4	53	L D L D L
19	AFC Wimbledon	46	15	8	23	51	72	-21	53	L W L L L
20	Leyton Orient FC	46	14	10	22	59	71	-12	52	D L L D L
21	Exeter City FC	46	12	13	21	52	61	-9	49	L D D D W
22	Port Vale FC	46	10	12	24	36	61	-25	42	L W L L D
23	Rotherham United FC	46	10	11	25	41	71	-30	41	L D L W L
24	Northampton Town FC	46	9	8	29	39	74	-35	35	L L L L L