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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Underhill Stadium
  • Attendance: 3237
  • Referee: Drysdale, D

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

89mins

Ben Strevens is replaced by Liam Hatch.

87mins

Goal!! Junior Agogo scores for Bristol Rovers.

86mins

Giuliano Grazioli is being taken off, Jason Norville has come on in his place.

80mins

Bristol Rovers are replacing Jonathan Bass with Ryan Williams.

77mins

Goal!! Richard Graham scores for Barnet.

70mins

Richard Walker is replaced by Jefferson Louis.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

11mins

Bristol Rovers are replacing John Anderson with Craig Hinton.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, August 6th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Junior Agogo's late header denied Barnet a winning return to the Football League as last season's League Two draw specialists Bristol Rovers earned an undeserved 1-1 draw at Underhill.

The Bees had taken the lead on 77 minutes through the brave persistence of Richard Graham who capitalised on a Rovers' defensive mix-up. The visitors, however, went home with a point through a late Agogo effort, after he rose unchallenged at the back post and netted from close in.

Barnet made their intent clear from the off, and were unlucky not to have taken the lead in the opening two minutes. The dangerous Graham found Dean Sinclair from the left, with Sinclair teasing his way past the Rovers defence only to see his 10-yard effort tipped acrobatically over the bar by an alert Scott Shearer.

The Bees sustained their pressure and went close again on 10 minutes when Sinclair drove a fierce angled shot which flew past Shearer's post.

Midway through the first half, Dwane Lee created space on the right and his measured low cross was unable to find the tap-in it needed.

Rovers' only effort of the first half saw Craig Disley flash a shot wide from 12 yards and his side were indebted to Jo Bass for the half ending goalless, when he cleared a Ben Strevens header off the line.

Barnet's crossing game was finally rewarded when a punt out from keeper Scott Tynan found a willing Graham and, despite pressure from Shearer, Graham was gifted his first strike of the season as his effort trickled in.

That seemed to be it, however, the Pirates secured a point when a defensive mix-up involving Ian Hendon and Ismail Yakubu was punished when a Ryan Williams cross was headed in by Agogo.

Barnet

Bristol Rovers

Corners

60

Fouls

1313

Goal attempts

75

Shots off target

31

Offsides

92

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