cross came in and harrold beats the keeper to ball on the pen spot headed ball into empty net full time! 3-3.
irene very loud! harrold got booked as he took his shirt off. great game to be honest, wish i was there!
lots of crying reds down the phone to twentyman! so far this beats the phone in when they were relegated. hearing things such as "pathetic" and "disgraceful" and "terrible from the top to the tea lady" (dont know what the tea lady done to deserve that ). funny stuff!
O'Driscoll just said.... learned nothing from the team today. a lot of the players confirmed what he knew that they were not good enough for the club not even for league 1. he has stopped training several times to say it was all unacceptable. worst performance today since he joined the club. i cant see him sticking around to be honest. i be shocked if he did.
I can't let the thread today end with yet another comment about the other mob. So well done Gas! and JW! A fairy tale for Harrold brilliant.
it wouldnt end about that lot my friend, just waiting for the match report from the official site then that be added but great comment though, well done indeed to rovers and wardy. it was great to see us not giving up to the very last minute of the very last game even though we had nothing left to play for. and well done harrold. great return for him. bet he cant wait for next season already!
match report from the OS... http://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/article/goal-for-harrold-794601.aspx Matt Harrold provided a fairytale ending to a roller coaster of a season today as Rovers shared six goals in an enthralling end of season game at Plainmoor. Rovers were ahead at the break and saw Lee Brownâs penalty saved just after the break. They did go ahead through a bizarre own goal, then allowed Torquay back into the game, conceding twice. However Harrold equalised with a header deep into stoppage time, which was just reward for his battle back to fitness. Manager John Ward made three changes to his starting lineup this afternoon. Ryan Brunt, Tom Hitchcock and Ollie Norburn start in place of Clayton McDonald, Oumare Tounkara and Eliot Richards. One surprise, and very welcome, inclusion was Matt Harrold who returned to the squad for the first time since the cruciate ligament injury he sustained at Gillingham last September. The manager named four strikers amongst his seven substitutes today. Rovers started brightly and created a scoring opportunity after only five minutes. Tom Hitchcock met Ellis Harrisonâs cross from the right and directed his header only just wide of the upright. The home side looked a little nervous in the opening stages, though Ryan Jarvis did hit a shot well wide of the target and Billy Bodin fired another effort straight at Steve Mildenhall. They should, perhaps, have been on level terms on 15 minutes when a late run into the area by Brian Saah saw him connect with a corner from the right but he directed his effort well wide of the target. At the other end Fabian Broghammer curled a shot over the bar and Ryan Brunt pulled a shot wide of goal after being played in by Hitchcock. Rovers went close on 25 minutes when Michael Smith lofted the ball forward to Brunt, who headed the ball into the path of Hitchcock and his left foot effort flashed across goal and inches wide of the upright. However the on loan QPR player opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Broghammer lifted the ball over the home defence and Hitchcock ran in behind to lift the ball over goalkeeper Michael Poke, who had rushed off his line in an attempt to clear. Damon Lathrope lashed a shot into the side netting as the home side attempted to get back in the game quickly, but they almost conceded a second when Broghammer was only inches wide with a decent effort from the edge of the area. Rovers were awarded a penalty immediately after half time, when Hitchcock was brought down in the box. However Lee Brownâs weak spot kick was saved by former Rovers shot stopper Poke, who dived to his right to make a comfortable save. The home side levelled things up on 52 minutes when Elliot Benyon took down a cross from the right and had time to turn and hit a shot past Mildenhall and into the corner of the nest. Rovers regained the lead three minutes later thanks to a bizarre own goal by Ryan Jarvis. Broghammer floated a cross in from the right that evaded everyone but Jarvis, facing his own goal got a touch and the ball bounced over Poke and into the top corner. The unfortunate Jarvis made amends for his unfortunate error just after the hour mark when he swept the ball home following a free kick into the box from the halfway line. While all around him hesitated, he reacted smartly to beat Mildenhall. Torquay then took the lead for the first time, after 68 minutes, when a header from Aaron Downes produced an excellent save from Mildenhall. Unfortunately, he was unable to hold on to the shot and it rebounded to Benyon who gleefully smashed the a shot back past the keeper and into the net. Play became scrappy after that, although Poke had to be smart to gather a cross from the right as Broghammer and Harrold closed in. Then came that magical, Roy of the Rovers moment, when Harrold outjumped Poke as Smith floated a cross in from the right and saw his header beat the keeper and end up in the net. The goal triggered the most amazing goal celebrations seen by a Rovers team for a long while, as supporters and staff showed their delight at the strikerâs goal. It was a perfect way to end the campaign. Rovers: Steve Mildenhall, Michael Smith, Tom Parkes, Mark McChrystal, Lee Brown, Ellis Harrison (Mitch Harding, 69), Ollie Norburn, Ollie Clarke, Fabian Broghammer, Ryan Brunt (Matt Harrold, 77), Tom Hitchcock (Oumare Tounkara, 81). Substitutes: Jim Paterson, Eliot Richards, Conor Gough, Tom Lockyer. Yellow Cards: Harrison, Hitchcock, Harrold Attendance: 5,666. Rovers Supporters (official figure!): 1,534 - Although 100's in the home end as well.
A fair result. If Brown had put the penalty away it would have been game over. I'm changing my mind about a few players. Hitchcock is beginning to look more than useful. Broghammer works his socks off and is worth having next season. After an impressive start with us Tounkara now just doesan't look good enough. Harrold and Brunt give us good options up front. Harrison will be very good but he's not quite ready yet and gets easily frustrated. A good match to end the season on...and a nice tidy ground. Glad they're safe.
Strange end to the match. 5 minutes were signalled and Harrold must have scored after about two or three. Referee restarted the game, then blew for time and sprinted off the pitch ahead of the players and straight down the tunnel. If anything had kicked off amongst the players he was long gone. Perhaps he had the trots!
If you had to sit through that yesterday, you would of understood the reason why people were pissed. I have to say it was awful and cannot remember a game like that before. My two boys could of got in that team yesterday and they don't even know what a football looks like. I know our players had nothing to play for, but apart from maybe 3 of them they did not even play for pride, they need to remember we are the ones paying their wages. It really was that bad. He admitted they are crap, and I think he will be looking forward to getting rid of most of them. He didn't want to play the kids out of respect to th teams around Huddersfield, I bet those teams wished we did. He will stay as I think he would not want to remembered as his last team being lacklustre. And hopefully he can do what John Ward is doing to you lot and that's getting a them plaing as a team.
well done matty h, glad you are fit again and scoring. a better season for gas than some would have thought 4 months ago. good luck next season. aj had a splendid day yesterday in bristol riding around the city on vintage bristol double and single decker buses. ding ding! hold very tight please
sorry ROD, i didnt know you replied . it was still showing p49 as the last person who posted so didnt see your reply. thanks to AJ, who posted today, i only just seen your reply. would be interesting to see who wins if you played your team from saturday vs rovers team who were getting stuffed royally away at walsall when i left at half time where it was that bad.
I drove past that vintage green double decker as I was driving through Bristol on my way back from a weekend in Wells, AJ! If only I had known you were on board I would have run it off the road!
Love the old green Bristol buses. When I returned to live in Bristol after years away the loss of the 'Bristol Green Bus Identity' was one of the first things I noticed and missed. In my nerdy youth one of my hobbies was not trainspotting, but bus spotting. Little notebook and looking out for all the Bristol buses. At my secondary school on the Bath Road the chassis (not sure of the plural!) would be driven in convoy from the Brislington factory, drivers all kitted out in sou'westers and waterproofs!
