Educational was how Steve Evans describe his viewing position at Doncaster Rovers.

The Stevenage boss was sat just behind the press box in the TV gantry at the Eco-Power Stadium as Boro won 1-0 in League Two.

That followed his dismissal from the bench on Saturday and although the longer the game went on, the more and more shrieks and shouts were bellowed down to the touchline, he found the experience enlightening.

Evans said: "Every manager will say that if you get a chance to sit up top, you get a better view of the game. 

"You see the patterns, you see the movement of your own players, both good and not so good where they have come away from the plan and you see where the opposition are better. 

"The difficulty is to being able to have the will to sit there. 

"I’ve done it in my career where I’ve sat away, just to get a better view of the game. 

"It helps me.

"In some instances I was surprised. A few of them switched off and that had a snowball effect on the rest of the team. Then we weren’t as sharp.

"But for the last 20 minutes we put a block up and stopped them."

He had praise too for the non-playing staff up in the stands too, who made his stay away from the pitch bearable.

He said: "I’d like to give special mention to the people behind the scenes at Doncaster, the ones others perhaps don’t get to see like the head steward and safety people. 

"They were brilliant. 

"They took me and got me the best seat in the house and got me a coffee, it’s a lot better than being a bench. 

"So a special credit to them. Every time I come here they treat me with respect." 

And his praise of Tuesday night's hosts didn't stop there.

"Doncaster are a good team," he acknowledged. "A lot of Doncaster fans thought this was going to be a promotion season and just because we beat them, it doesn’t mean it won’t be a promotion season. 

"They played some wonderful football and they will win a lot of games, both home and away, because of the style they play."