Brilliant turnaround - all credit to Steve Evans and the team he’s assembled!
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Today's line up v Notts County
Young, Senior, Sparkes, Mola, Forde, Omochere, De Havilland, Balmer, Harrison, Harbottle, Smallwood
Subs
Southwood, Akhamrich, Leigh, Howley, Quigley, Cavegn, Rijks
County get the game started
Rovers playing a 5-2-1-2 formation, Mola playing left centre back
8 minutes Corner to County which is cleared allowing Rovers to counter which also comes to nothing
10th minute Tsaroulla is yellow carded County appealed for a penalty against Mola but the ref said he dived
11th minute ref is not popular with the home fans as Harbottle and Senior both looked to have handled the ball but the ref gave Rover a foul instead
12th minute a Forde shot is pushed behind for a corner with Harrison just unable to touch it in from the rebound
Newport, Cheltenham and Harrogate losing losing 1 - 0
16th minute Balmer blocks a Jones cross out for a corner which Young punches the corner clear
Young, Senior, Sparkes, Mola, Forde, Omochere, De Havilland, Balmer, Harrison, Harbottle, Smallwood
Subs
Southwood, Akhamrich, Leigh, Howley, Quigley, Cavegn, Rijks
County get the game started
Rovers playing a 5-2-1-2 formation, Mola playing left centre back
8 minutes Corner to County which is cleared allowing Rovers to counter which also comes to nothing
10th minute Tsaroulla is yellow carded County appealed for a penalty against Mola but the ref said he dived
11th minute ref is not popular with the home fans as Harbottle and Senior both looked to have handled the ball but the ref gave Rover a foul instead
12th minute a Forde shot is pushed behind for a corner with Harrison just unable to touch it in from the rebound
Newport, Cheltenham and Harrogate losing losing 1 - 0
16th minute Balmer blocks a Jones cross out for a corner which Young punches the corner clear
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Will Murray is calling for a formation change as our midfield is being over run
37th minute Forde shoots straight at Belshaw
38th minute Balmer chests a poked effort from Luker of the line, the home fans appeal for a penalty which the ref ignores
42nd minute a Harrison cross finds Omochere at the back post but his effort is blocked
HT Notts County 1 - 0 Rovers
HT subs Akhamrich and Leigh on De Havilland and Omochere off
Rovers get the 2nd half started
4-2-3-1 formation for Rovers
48th minute a Jatta shot is blocked after a quick counter by County
53rd minute Leigh in space finds Forde wide on the left but his right footed shot goes just past the post
55thminute a Leigh ball finds Harrison who takes a touch and then fires one passed Belshaw Notts County 1 - 1 Rovers
58th minute
37th minute Forde shoots straight at Belshaw
38th minute Balmer chests a poked effort from Luker of the line, the home fans appeal for a penalty which the ref ignores
42nd minute a Harrison cross finds Omochere at the back post but his effort is blocked
HT Notts County 1 - 0 Rovers
HT subs Akhamrich and Leigh on De Havilland and Omochere off
Rovers get the 2nd half started
4-2-3-1 formation for Rovers
48th minute a Jatta shot is blocked after a quick counter by County
53rd minute Leigh in space finds Forde wide on the left but his right footed shot goes just past the post
55thminute a Leigh ball finds Harrison who takes a touch and then fires one passed Belshaw Notts County 1 - 1 Rovers
58th minute
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58th minute a Balmer long throw is not fully cleared and a Leigh cross is headed away
62nd minute Senior wins a corner which is delivered by Sparkes but the ref blows for a foul on a county defender
66th minute Mola cynically fouls Tyrese Hall and is yellow carded , free kick 30yards out from goal
69th minute a Forde cross is a little to heavy for Harrison to divert goal wards
70th minute Howley getting ready to come on for Rovers and he replaces Mola in the 71st minute
Leigh has dropped deeper playing alongside Smallwood with Howley playing as a number 10
77th minute Akhamrich yellow carded for foul on the half way line and Quigley preparing to come on
79th minute Quigley and Cavegn on Harrison and Forde off
80th minute Rovers win the ball back and Leigh finds Akhamrich in space who puts his shot inches wide
86th minute Bedeau nets for County but Rovers saved by the linesman's flag for offside
89th minute Lorpenda shoots well over the bar
62nd minute Senior wins a corner which is delivered by Sparkes but the ref blows for a foul on a county defender
66th minute Mola cynically fouls Tyrese Hall and is yellow carded , free kick 30yards out from goal
69th minute a Forde cross is a little to heavy for Harrison to divert goal wards
70th minute Howley getting ready to come on for Rovers and he replaces Mola in the 71st minute
Leigh has dropped deeper playing alongside Smallwood with Howley playing as a number 10
77th minute Akhamrich yellow carded for foul on the half way line and Quigley preparing to come on
79th minute Quigley and Cavegn on Harrison and Forde off
80th minute Rovers win the ball back and Leigh finds Akhamrich in space who puts his shot inches wide
86th minute Bedeau nets for County but Rovers saved by the linesman's flag for offside
89th minute Lorpenda shoots well over the bar
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90th minute Cavegn finds space on the left but his shot is blocked out for throwin which Balmer takes but is claimed by Belshaw
6 minutes of extra time to be played
90+3 Akhamrich and Sparkes both have crosses cleared, County defending well
FT Notts County 1 - 1 Rovers
A good point away from home against a team looking for an automatic promotion place
I wish you all a good Summer and look forward to meeting with you all next season
Todays attendance at Meadow Lane 16264
6 minutes of extra time to be played
90+3 Akhamrich and Sparkes both have crosses cleared, County defending well
FT Notts County 1 - 1 Rovers
A good point away from home against a team looking for an automatic promotion place
I wish you all a good Summer and look forward to meeting with you all next season
Todays attendance at Meadow Lane 16264
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Thanks for the updates old timer - it was a pretty good away performance against a good team who had everything to play for. We were second best in the first half but the introduction of Leigh made a big difference. It would be good to retain his services for next season. Both Forde and Akamrich should have scored but Ellis showed them how to do it with a great finish. We’ve got to extend his contract as a priority.
UTG!
UTG!
And watching on Sky, I thought the 1800 Gasheads in attendance were in very fine voice - they outsung the home fans through much of the match.
Evans has already said he would like to get Akhamrich back , if leigh would also come back it would give us some serious creativity which we have not had for a long time and I believe Balmer is a free agent so he would be very welcome as well