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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: Keepmoat Stadium
  • Attendance: 8371
  • Referee: Mathieson, S

Live Commentary

90 mins

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

87 mins

Lewis Guy is being taken off, Jason Price has come on in his place.

83 mins

Gareth Taylor is being taken off, James Hayter has come on in his place.

80 mins

The referee has booked Sam Hird.

78 mins

Doncaster are replacing Mark McCammon with Stuart Elliott.

68 mins

Simon Cox is being taken off, Andy Nicholas has come on in his place.

68 mins

Brian Stock takes a penalty for Doncaster and scores!.

66 mins

It's red. He's off. Hasney Aljofree has been sent off.

64 mins

The referee has booked Michael Timlin.

51 mins

Anthony McNamee is replaced by Billy Paynter.

46 mins

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

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by S Mathieson

43 mins

Petr Brezovan is booked for unsporting behaviour.

39 mins

Goal!! Doncaster have scored with Sean McDaid putting it in the back of the net.

0 mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Doncaster Rovers made sure of a place in the promotion play-offs with this victory and also kept alive their hopes of sneaking an automatic spot at the same time.

Sean O'Driscoll's team have earned praise for their classy football in the past, but this was more of a battling display.

Swindon fought hard but lacked menace in front of goal and had defender Hasney Aljofree sent off to add to their misery.

Rovers made five changes to their starting line-up and had three key defenders missing through injury and suspension, but shoddy Swindon failed to cash in and seldom posed a threat.

Town battled hard but lacked ideas and flair and Doncaster matched them for work-rate before applying the killer punch.

Lewis Guy had a fierce volley instinctively parried by visiting keeper Petr Brezovan, before Doncaster snatched the lead just before the interval.

Gareth Taylor produced a superb throughball for Sean McDaid to sprint clear and slot home his first league goal for the club in fine style.

It had been scrappy for most of the half but Brain Stock almost pulled off a moment of quality a couple of minutes later when he spotted Brezovan off his line and, from near the halfway line, hammered a long-range shot which missed by inches.

There was a rare chance for Swindon in the 58th minute when Steve Roberts made a hash of a clearance and gifted the ball to Billy Paynter, but his shot was brilliantly saved by Neil Sullivan.

Stock slotted home the second goal from the penalty spot after 68 minutes after Aljofree was sent off for bringing down Mark McCammon.

Swindon had a couple of chances in the closing stages as Rovers seemed to settle for their two-goal advantage, but the visitors made a hash of them both.

Substitute Andy Nicholas failed to connect cleanly with the goal at his mercy in the 81st minute and Paynter fired straight at Sullivan four minutes from time.

Doncaster Rovers Team

Swindon Town Team

Doncaster Rovers

Swindon Town

Corners

10 4

Fouls

8 14

Goal attempts

8 7

Shots off target

4 3

Offsides

5 3

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