Oldham Athletic vs Bristol Rovers. Sky Bet League One.
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Saturday 4 September 2010 19:07, UK
Oldham Athletic continued their unbeaten start to the campaign but had to settle for a 1-1 home draw against Bristol Rovers.
Latics winger Chris Taylor cancelled out an early strike from Will Hoskins in an open game, which saw Rovers defender Danny Coles shown a late red card. Oldham squandered the first chance when Jean-Yves M'Voto headed wide, but it was M'Voto's error which led to Rovers taking an eighth minute lead. His wayward header was chased down by Hoskins, who produced a superb lob from the edge of the box to leave goalkeeper Dean Brill stranded. Dale Stephens created the equaliser just before half-time as his short free-kick was confidently swept home from 18 yards by Taylor. Oldham missed a sitter moments later, with Ournare Tounkare somehow heading wide from point-blank range and firing another effort off target while Dean Furman was unlucky to see his shot deflected inches wide. Coles was sent off for his second booking after 86 minutes but both sides could have snatched victory as Brill made a tremendous save from John Akinde and Stephens clipped the bar with a free-kick in the eighth minute of stoppage time.
