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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: The Memorial Stadium
  • Attendance: 9080
  • Referee: Hall, A

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90 mins

Junior Agogo is replaced by Ian Breckin.

90 mins

James Perch is replaced by Matt Thornhill.

85 mins

It's red. He's off. Grant Holt has been sent off.

82 mins

Aaron Lescott goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

75 mins

David Pipe is being taken off, Sam Igoe has come on in his place.

75 mins

Kris Commons is being taken off, Nathan Tyson has come on in his place.

72 mins

The referee has booked Neil Lennon.

66 mins

Bristol Rovers are replacing Richard Walker with Rickie Lambert.

65 mins

Bristol Rovers are replacing Lewis Haldane with Joe Jacobson.

54 mins

The referee has booked Wes Morgan.

46 mins

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

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

45 mins

Goal!! Grant Holt scores for Nottm Forest.

41 mins

Sammy Clingan goes into the referees book for dissent.

29 mins

Own goal, Byron Anthony has put it in his own net.

28 mins

Richard Walker takes a penalty for Bristol Rovers and scores!.

27 mins

The referee has booked Luke Chambers.

25 mins

Goal!! Bristol Rovers have scored with Byron Anthony putting it in the back of the net.

19 mins

The referee has booked Grant Holt.

16 mins

Andy Williams goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, September 1st, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Bristol Rovers coach Paul Trollope was sent to the stands by referee Andy Hall in a highly-charged match which left Forest still looking for their first win of the new season.

The home side were scrapping to hold a 2-1 lead just short of half-time when Trollope reacted badly to a free-kick given against his striker Andy Williams.

Prolonged protests to the assistant brought the referee over and as Trollope continued to complain he was ordered from the technical area.

Tensions had been building during a three-goal spell in four minutes, which had seen Forest already pull back a goal on ambitious Rovers.

That came when Byron Anthony knocked the ball into his own net.

To rub it in, the cross for it came from Rovers' old favourite Junior Agogo, who left them for Forest in an acrimonious transfer a year ago.

Grant Holt brought Forest level in added-on time to the first half and they must have fancied their chances of going on to win.

It is 16 years since these clubs last met and two trademark free-kicks by Kris Commons gave the visitors an early edge.

But they were to play out the last ten minutes a man short when Holt collected a second card - the first for kicking the ball away and the second for a misjudged tackle.

From Rovers' first strike on 25 minutes, when Anthony put away a piercing through ball from Chris Carruthers, the tempo hardly slackened.

Two minutes later they doubled their lead as a foul in the box by Luke Chambers brought home striker Richard Walker his first goal this season with an accurate shot to the left of keeper Paul Smith.

The Forest keeper twice suffered clearance aberrations when he put the ball straight to an opponent, but each time he got away with it in this highly competitive game.

Bristol Rovers Team

Nottingham Forest Team

Bristol Rovers

Nottingham Forest

Corners

10 3

Fouls

12 13

Goal attempts

9 10

Shots off target

5 2

Offsides

1 2

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