The terriers came into this game full of confidence after a 3-1 win last week at the County Ground, Swindon. New striker Steve Jones, on loan from Burnley, was set to make his debut in front of the Town fans.
Ternant starting 11 for the game was as follows ;
----------------- Glennon-----------------
Goodwin-----Clarke-----Butler-----Skarz
------Worthington--Craney--Flynn------
Jones-----------------------------Roberts
-----------------Dickinson-----------------
When the teams stepped out onto the pitch they could hear the roaring noise of the Towns barmy army. The fans chanting from the off the terriers were bossing the game from the off to the delight of the Town fans. Then the break through came after 7mins as Flynn hit a shot which skidded across the ground with real venom leading the Rovers keeper with no chance as the ball ruffled the back of the net. The move started off with Goodwin, Jones, Roberts and Worthington as they worked the ball round nicely then Dickinson collected the ball just insede the area but then he got tackled which thread the ball into the path of Flynn who hit a powerfull shot from the edge of the area.
The game then went a bit queit but Roberts volley coming close in the 17th minute and then not long after Dickinson didnt make the best of his chance as he lobbed it up in the air with no distance. Goodwin then cleared off the line a few minutes after. The game went a bit queit with Town best chance coming in the 33rd minute when Roberts ball found the head of Jones who just put it wide of the Rovers net. Then a moment for Glennon to forget when he misjudged the flight of the ball missing it but luckily Flynn was there to save him. The teams went into half time as Town were leading 1-0.
Whatever was said in the Terries changing room at half time obviously didn't work as in the 54th minute Bristol Rovers equalised with a cleverly worked goal. Disley's ball from the right was near the front post and Rovers top goalscorer Lambert was there to finish on the volley. However the Town fans were still in good tune apart from the set back and tried to get the team going. Steve Jones and Roberts both got booked for Town before Ternant made his first change bringing on Keigan Parker for Ian Craney. However he didnt make impact on the game which was dying down a bit with nothing really happening. Ternant then went on to make 2 more subs bringing on Collins for Worthington and then Williams for Skarz.
The last 10 minutes came and Town had most of the possesion but couldnt find there team mates. They were not progessing anywhere and nearly everytime was finding a Rovers shirt not a Town shirt. You could hear the angry Town fans as they were starting to get impaccient. Sloppy is the word to describe Town in the second half. The final whistle went and the game finished 1-1. Town fans were not happy with the result as Town were anything but good in the second half.
The attendance was 13,779 which were mostly Town fans. Town now sit 16th in the table after that result whilst Rovers are 3 places above us in 13th.
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