Doncaster Rovers captain's special praise for one team-mate amid League One goal rush

The Doncaster Rovers captain's haul of 15 goals has proved invaluable so far and helped his club out no end in at a times stressful season.

The north-easterner is quick to pay tribute to help of others within that, including one player in particular.

On his prowess in front of goal, he said: "I've always done a bit of extra finishing and little things like that.

"I've always backed myself in the air and going from set players, even at youth level. I suppose it's probably just been a culmination of everything.

"I think when you get a couple, the lads start actively looking for you because they know that nine times out of ten, you've got to get on the end of something.

"Glenn (Middleton) is a big one for me. Glenn's more of a traditional, 'go-down-the-outside-and-cross' winger.

"He really brings my game into play in terms of that. It's little things like that which can make a difference - getting little relationships."

As for his boyhood idols in the middle of the park, the north-easterner admits that there was one player who he looked up to more than any other - one who hails from the banks of the Mersey and not the Tyne - where he hails from.

Bailey, taking a breather as Rovers recharge their batteries before the Easter programme - which starts with a Good Friday home game against Mansfield Town - continued: "I used to look up to (Steven) Gerrard, who was my main idol ever, with the way he plays, his defending and getting forward.

"He had everything, really. I think, as a midfielder, that's what I would like to try and be able to do - a bit of everything.

"A bit of defending, attacking and dribbling, whatever it might be. Obviously, when you add goals to that, it really takes your game to the next level.

"These days, midfielders are a bit different in terms of you have more sitting midfielders or attacking ones.

"There's not as many who can do a bit of both. Luckily, I get the licence to do that."