- 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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Birmingham City | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | +12 | 29 |
Wycombe Wanderers | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | +10 | 26 |
Wrexham | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | +11 | 25 |
Mansfield Town | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +6 | 24 |
Lincoln City | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 24 |
Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 23 |
Huddersfield Town | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | +7 | 22 |
Barnsley | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | +3 | 22 |
Reading | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | +1 | 22 |
Stockport County | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | +8 | 21 |
Exeter City | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | +3 | 19 |
Charlton Athletic | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 19 |
Peterborough United | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 18 |
Rotherham United | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 17 |
Stevenage | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 17 |
Blackpool | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 16 |
Bristol Rovers | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 16 |
Northampton Town | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 15 |
Wigan Athletic | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | +1 | 14 |
Leyton Orient | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 11 |
Cambridge United | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
Crawley Town | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -13 | 10 |
Shrewsbury Town | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -12 | 8 |
Burton Albion | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 4 |