- Alex Revell (69')
- Billy Bodin (37')
- Ellis Harrison (56', 61')
- Rory Gaffney (72')
- Liam Sercombe (76')
- Dominic Telford (86')
Bristol Rovers put six past struggling Northampton
Northampton's stuttering season reached a desperate new low on Saturday when they were hammered 6-0 at home in a remarkable game against Bristol Rovers.Billy Bodin scored against his former club to give Rovers a deserved lead at half-time before the visitors ran riot in the second-half.Ellis Harrison's double, Rory Gaffney's close-range finish and late goals from Liam Sercombe and Dominic Telford wrapped up only a second away league win of the season for Rovers, who climb to 12th as a result.Northampton, who also had Alex Revell sent off on a disastrous afternoon, have now gone five successive league games without scoring and remain in the bottom four.Matt Ingram was by far the busier of the two goalkeepers in a first-half that Rovers dominated as he made three saves before Bodin latched onto Gaffney's lay-off and fired into the bottom corner.Tom Nichols missed the chance to add a second when Ingram saved his spot-kick but that mattered not given what unfolded in a remarkable second half.Harrison headed in Sercombe's fine cross on 56 minutes before sweeping home a second four minutes later.Revell then saw red when clashing with Tom Broadbent and Rovers were in no mood to relent, Gaffney powering in a fourth after Chris Lines' shot hit the post before Nichols' cross was finished off first-time by Sercombe.Marc Bola teed up Telford for a sixth four minutes from time and that was the end of the scoring, much to the home side's relief.
Game Information
English League One Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
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Portsmouth | 46 | 28 | 13 | 5 | +37 | 97 |
Derby County | 46 | 28 | 8 | 10 | +41 | 92 |
Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | +35 | 87 |
Peterborough United | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | +28 | 84 |
Oxford United | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | +23 | 77 |
Barnsley | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | +18 | 76 |
Lincoln City | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | +25 | 74 |
Blackpool | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | +17 | 73 |
Stevenage | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | +11 | 71 |
Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | +5 | 65 |
Leyton Orient | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | -2 | 65 |
Wigan Athletic | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | +7 | 62 |
Exeter City | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 61 |
Northampton Town | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | -9 | 60 |
Bristol Rovers | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | -16 | 57 |
Charlton Athletic | 46 | 11 | 20 | 15 | -1 | 53 |
Reading | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | -2 | 53 |
Cambridge United | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | -22 | 48 |
Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | -32 | 48 |
Burton Albion | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | -28 | 46 |
Cheltenham Town | 46 | 12 | 8 | 26 | -24 | 44 |
Fleetwood Town | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | -23 | 43 |
Port Vale | 46 | 10 | 11 | 25 | -33 | 41 |
Carlisle United | 46 | 7 | 9 | 30 | -40 | 30 |