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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Ashton Gate
  • Attendance: 12375
  • Referee: Graham, F

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

The referee has booked Steve Phillips.

90mins

Goal!! Bristol City have scored with Stephen Brooker putting it in the back of the net.

88mins

Goal!! Doncaster have scored with Leo Fortune-West putting it in the back of the net.

85mins

Cole Skuse is booked for unsporting behaviour.

79mins

Tim Ryan goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

75mins

Scott Golbourne is replaced by Mickey Bell.

74mins

James Coppinger is replaced by John Doolan.

73mins

It's red. He's off. Ricky Ravenhill has been sent off.

72mins

Lewis Guy is replaced by Gregg Blundell.

68mins

Nick Fenton goes into the referees book for dissent.

62mins

Goal!! Bristol City have scored with Stephen Brooker putting it in the back of the net.

59mins

Scott Brown is being taken off, Steven Gillespie has come on in his place.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

37mins

Scott Murray is being taken off, Joe Anyinsah has come on in his place.

34mins

Goal!! Leo Fortune-West scores for Doncaster.

17mins

Ricky Ravenhill is booked for dissent.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, April 30th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

With both sides harbouring distant hopes of the play-offs this was a must win game.

It threw up a family affair as City's young defender Clayton Fortune was up against his uncle, the vastly experienced Leo Fortune-West.

The nephew won two early headers but it was the 34-year-old Doncaster player who got in the decisive strikes with goals in each half.

The first came on 34 minutes after Doncaster had been given a disputed free-kick just in City's half.

It should not have caused much trouble but James Coppinger and Michael McIndoe combined to confuse defenders and from 10 yards Fortune-West powered home a strong downward header.

The lead was well deserved but Bristol were already feeling hard done by.

All four of Doncaster's back line had been called upon to make last ditch tackles as Bristol ran up their corner count.

Missing their top scorer, Leroy Lita, through suspension, City lost their influential flank runner Scott Murray. He was stretchered off with a suspected fractured cheek bone after a challenge by McIndoe.

City's manager Brian Tinnion was rebuked for disputing an assistant referee's decision and was well fired up for his half-time team talk.

A storming start to the second half was the result. Both City's Paul Heffernan and Luke Wilkshire had chances and Rovers keeper Iain Turner made a vital foot first interception from Heffernan.

The equaliser came on 61 minutes when Stephen Brooker chased a long ball from out of defence. He outpaced Steve Foster to finish with a great left-foot drive.

Minutes earlier, Dave Mulligan had cleared a Heffernan header off the line and he again saved Rovers by getting a knee to a header from Danny Coles.

Everything seemed to be going City's way when Doncaster's Ricky Ravenhill was sent off after receiving his second yellow card.

It was all going one way but with two minutes left Fortune-West nicked his second goal unmarked at the far post.

Doncaster's travelling fans were wild with joy but then in injury time Brooker silenced them with his second goal to snatch a point.

Bristol City

Doncaster Rovers

Corners

133

Fouls

914

Goal attempts

2210

Shots off target

75

Offsides

49

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