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  • Mackail-Smith (16), Mclean (23), Mackail-Smith (51 pen), Mackail-Smith (65), Rendell (83)
  • Elliott (30), Blackett (55 og), Hughes (74), Lambert (85)
  • Date:2008-09-06
  • Kick-off:12:15
  • Venue:London Road Ground
  • Attendance:4876
  • Referee:D'Urso, A

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

85mins

Goal!! Bristol Rovers have scored with Rickie Lambert putting it in the back of the net.

83mins

Goal!! Peterborough have scored with Scott Rendell putting it in the back of the net.

82mins

Charlie Lee is being taken off, Paul Coutts has come on in his place.

82mins

Chris Lines is being taken off, Ben Hunt has come on in his place.

74mins

Goal!! Jeff Hughes scores for Bristol Rovers.

67mins

Darryl Duffy is replaced by Jo Kuffour.

65mins

Goal!! Craig Mackail-Smith scores for Peterborough.

55mins

Sergio Raul Torres is replaced by Chris Whelpdale.

55mins

Own goal, Shane Blackett has put it in his own net.

51mins

Craig Mackail-Smith takes a penalty for Peterborough and scores!.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 2 v 1.

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by A D'Urso

39mins

Peterborough are replacing Aaron McLean with Scott Rendell.

30mins

Goal!! Steve Elliott scores for Bristol Rovers.

23mins

Goal!! Aaron McLean scores for Peterborough.

16mins

Goal!! Craig Mackail-Smith scores for Peterborough.

0mins

It's 12:15am on Saturday, September 6th, the match has kicked off.


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Match Report

Craig Mackail-Smith fired three in a nine-goal thriller, but Peterborough still had to hang on for their second win of the season as Bristol Rovers kept fighting back.

Posh looked much sharper up front with Mackail-Smith and Aaron McLean each grabbing a goal in the space of seven first-half minutes.

Mackail-Smith beat Steve Phillips with an angled right-footed shot after being released by McLean and he quickly returned the compliment, setting-up McLean to double the home advantage with a batting effort from a dozen yards.

Rovers clawed their way back with defender Steve Elliott jumping to convert a Rickie Lambert cross at the far post with home keeper Joe Lewis rooted to his line.

Posh lost McLean, who was carried off with a dislocated elbow, but after a five-minute delay Rovers were close to an equaliser before the break with Jeff Hughes twice finding a way through

Mackail-Smith fired a 51st minute penalty after being brought down by Aaron Lescott, but Posh held their regained two-goal cushion for just three minutes until Lescott went some way to redeeming himself with a cross that Posh defender Shane Blackett sliced into his own net.

Rovers looked unstoppable until Mackail-Smith took matters into his own hands and jinked his way around three defenders before delicately steering a 65th minute shot wide of Phillips to register his third Posh hat-trick in the last 10 months.

Casual defending cost Posh on 74 minutes with Hughes tapping home the afternoon's seventh goal from three yards after a Chris Lines cross whipped through undetected.

And still the goals continued, Scott Rendell grabbed Posh's fifth with Lambert ensuring a tense finish with a superbly struck free-kick into the top corner for Rovers' fourth.

Peterborough United

Bristol Rovers

Corners

21

Fouls

1812

Goal attempts

1314

Shots off target

43

Offsides

52

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