Northampton v Bristol Rovers
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln City | 45 | 30 | 10 | 5 | +46 | 100 |
| Cardiff City | 45 | 27 | 10 | 8 | +41 | 91 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 45 | 19 | 18 | 8 | +19 | 75 |
| Stockport County | 45 | 21 | 11 | 13 | +11 | 74 |
| Bradford City | 45 | 21 | 11 | 13 | +6 | 74 |
| Stevenage | 45 | 20 | 12 | 13 | +2 | 72 |
| Luton Town | 45 | 20 | 11 | 14 | +11 | 71 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 45 | 21 | 7 | 17 | +11 | 70 |
| Huddersfield Town | 45 | 17 | 13 | 15 | +6 | 64 |
| Reading | 45 | 16 | 15 | 14 | +5 | 63 |
| Mansfield Town | 45 | 15 | 17 | 13 | +11 | 62 |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 45 | 16 | 12 | 17 | +10 | 60 |
| Barnsley | 45 | 15 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 59 |
| Blackpool | 45 | 16 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 57 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 45 | 16 | 9 | 20 | -21 | 57 |
| Wigan Athletic | 45 | 14 | 14 | 17 | -8 | 56 |
| Peterborough United | 45 | 15 | 8 | 22 | -2 | 53 |
| Burton Albion | 45 | 13 | 14 | 18 | -10 | 53 |
| AFC Wimbledon | 45 | 15 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 53 |
| Leyton Orient | 45 | 14 | 9 | 22 | -12 | 51 |
| Exeter City | 45 | 12 | 13 | 20 | -8 | 49 |
| Port Vale | 45 | 10 | 12 | 23 | -23 | 42 |
| Rotherham United | 45 | 10 | 11 | 24 | -29 | 41 |
| Northampton Town | 45 | 9 | 8 | 28 | -34 | 35 |

