Match Report
| Swindon Town | Swindon Town |  |  | Bristol Rovers | Bristol Rovers | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eugenio Rubio | E. Rubio |  | 68 | G |  | 1 | | G | 59 |  | Dion Collymore | D. Collymore | |||||||||
| Arthur Lampard | A. Lampard | | 59 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 54 | | Adrian Hunt | A. Hunt | |||||||||
| Syd Higginbotham | S. Higginbotham | | 55 | D | | 3 | | D | 54 | | John Heskey | J. Heskey | |||||||||
| Alfred Flintlock | A. Flintlock | | 55 | D | | 4 | | D | 52 | | Wes Laver | W. Laver | |||||||||
| Daniel Formon | D. Formon | | 52 | D | | 5 | | D | 51 | | Adam Jobson | A. Jobson | |||||||||
| Peter Mendez | P. Mendez | | 75 | M | | 6 | | M | 50 |  | Luigi Baronio | L. Baronio | |||||||||
| Danny Shearer | D. Shearer | | 67 | M | | 7 | | M | 50 | | Nicholas Le Saux | N. Le Saux | |||||||||
| Graham Rufus | G. Rufus | | 62 | M | | 8 | | M | 50 | | Warren Fenton | W. Fenton | |||||||||
| Edward Charles | E. Charles | | 64 | A | | 9 | | A | 64 | | Des Philips | D. Philips | |||||||||
| Herculez James | H. James |  | 60 | A | | 10 | | A | 53 | | Nigel Johnson | N. Johnson | |||||||||
| Marcus Nicholls | M. Nicholls | | 60 | A | | 11 | | A | 51 | | Billy Milligan | B. Milligan | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at County Ground where Swindon Town play host to Bristol Rovers. A crowd of 8,293 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Swindon Town and Bristol Rovers are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both Swindon Town and Bristol Rovers are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0Bristol Rovers kick off and get the match underway!
3.04
0-0Syd Higginbotham makes a probing pass to Graham Rufus. Graham Rufus makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Marcus Nicholls. Marcus Nicholls lofts in a cross ball towards Edward Charles. Edward Charles is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
8.43
1-0Danny Shearer deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Herculez James. Herculez James knocks the ball forward to Edward Charles. Edward Charles tries a spectacular strike. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Edward Charles!
14.26
1-0Luigi Baronio clumsily knocks into Graham Rufus. Luigi Baronio is given a warning by the referee! Graham Rufus carries on, but is struggling a bit.
18.55
1-0John Heskey passes the ball forward to Nicholas Le Saux. Nicholas Le Saux makes a probing pass to Nigel Johnson. Nigel Johnson knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Syd Higginbotham.
21.42
Syd Higginbotham barges into Des Philips. The referee calls over Syd Higginbotham and warns him to calm down! Des Philips gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
24.55
Luigi Baronio threads the ball through to Des Philips. Des Philips knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
26.53
1-0Peter Mendez passes the ball forward to Herculez James. Herculez James goes all the way! Herculez James cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. Magnificent save by Dion Collymore!
27.57
Luigi Baronio knocks the ball forward to Nigel Johnson. Nigel Johnson shoots from 25 yards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
28.48
1-0Swindon Town are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
32.02
Alfred Flintlock knocks the ball to his team mate, Graham Rufus. Graham Rufus knocks the ball forward to Marcus Nicholls. Marcus Nicholls knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
36.31
1-0Luigi Baronio barges into Graham Rufus. Luigi Baronio is given another warning by the referee! Graham Rufus hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
38.27
John Heskey clumsily knocks into Herculez James. John Heskey is given a warning by the referee! Herculez James hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
40.54
Arthur Lampard sees a break and surges forward. Arthur Lampard brings the ball forward. Arthur Lampard shoots from long range but it flies wide!
42.04
Nicholas Le Saux knocks the ball forward to Nigel Johnson. Nigel Johnson goes all the way! Nigel Johnson takes a shot at goal. It's miles wide!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The second half starts with Swindon Town kicking off!
57.43
Danny Shearer sees a break and surges forward. Danny Shearer makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Marcus Nicholls. Marcus Nicholls tries a spectacular strike. Magnificent save by Dion Collymore!
59.38
Nicholas Le Saux kicks a strong pass forward to Des Philips. Des Philips shoots from distance. Magnificent save by Eugenio Rubio!
71.35
Peter Mendez flicks the ball to his team mate, Marcus Nicholls. Marcus Nicholls tries a spectacular long range effort. What a cracker!! Dion Collymore had no chance!! Goal for Swindon Town!
79.30
Alfred Flintlock makes a simple pass to Danny Shearer. Danny Shearer knocks the ball to his team mate, Herculez James. Herculez James shoots from outside the area. The ball comes in low, but Dion Collymore easily smothers it!
83.34
John Heskey catches Marcus Nicholls on the ankles. John Heskey is warned by the referee again! Marcus Nicholls stretches but gets up unharmed.
85.18
Warren Fenton controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Des Philips. Des Philips controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
90.00
Arthur Lampard kicks a strong pass forward to Danny Shearer. Danny Shearer chips the ball to his team mate, Herculez James. Herculez James shoots from distance but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
2
0
Shots on Target
5
1
Shots off Target
3
3
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
1
4
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
60.5%
39.5%
Play Area
27.2%
44.4%
28.4%
Scorers