Bristol Rovers Football Club News

• Nickname:The Pirates
• Founded:1893
• Manager:Mark McGhee

• Ground:Memorial Stadium
• Capacity:10,861

Trollope unhappy after loss

15 Nov 2008 - 14:00:58

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Bristol Rovers boss Paul Trollope felt his side should have earned a share of the spoils from their clash with Scunthorpe United, which ended in a 2-1 home defeat.

The Pirates lost out despite Rickie Lambert's 16th goal of the season, with Trollope disappointed by a third home loss of the season.

He told the Evening Post: "We thought we deserved a point.

"We had some good bits of play in the first half and it was disappointing to go behind to a deflected free-kick, but we got back into it well.

"But the little spell after we scored wasn't good enough. We made some poor decisions, made some poor clearances and gave the ball away on the halfway line, which led directly to their winner.

"We contributed greatly to their second goal. For some reason a little bit of fear crept in. The spell after we scored was our worst of the game.

"We pushed hard and pegged them back after that, but didn't have the guile to score an equaliser. We must learn from it."