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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff City | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | +26 | 63 |
| Lincoln City | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | +22 | 61 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | +12 | 55 |
| Stockport County | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | +7 | 53 |
| Huddersfield Town | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | +11 | 49 |
| Bradford City | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | +4 | 49 |
| Luton Town | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | +5 | 45 |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | +9 | 43 |
| Stevenage | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | +1 | 42 |
| Peterborough United | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | +3 | 41 |
| Reading | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | +3 | 40 |
| Mansfield Town | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | +6 | 39 |
| Exeter City | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | +3 | 38 |
| AFC Wimbledon | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 38 |
| Barnsley | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 37 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | -9 | 37 |
| Blackpool | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 33 |
| Leyton Orient | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 33 |
| Northampton Town | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 33 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | -17 | 33 |
| Burton Albion | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 32 |
| Wigan Athletic | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | -10 | 31 |
| Rotherham United | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 31 |
| Port Vale | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -18 | 22 |

