Cheltenham Town vs Bristol Rovers. Sky Bet League Two.
Whaddon Road GroundAttendance5,288.
Saturday 21 January 2012 19:11, UK
Goals from Chris Zebroski and Eliot Richards gave Mark McGhee's Bristol Rovers a 2-0 victory at Cheltenham in League Two on Saturday.
Rovers took a firm grip on the game with a two-goal burst in four minutes either side of the hour mark at Whaddon Road. Zebroski opened the scoring when he latched onto a perfectly-weighted through ball from recently-arrived substitute Scott McGleish before firing an angled shot past Scott Brown. The rangy striker also played a key role in the Pirates' second goal. When Brown was unable to hold his powerful 25-yard drive and home skipper Alan Bennett hesitated, Richards nipped in to tap home. A poor opening 45 minutes produced little goalmouth action. Indeed, it took until the 44th minute for the game to burst into life, when Zebroski placed a firm header against the outside of a post following Gary Sawyer's left-wing cross. Cheltenham substitutes Jeff Goulding and debutant Jermaine McGlashan both forced saves from Michael Poke before McGleish missed a golden chance to seal the points when he headed narrowly wide.
