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 | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | +32 | 72 |
| Lincoln City | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | +32 | 71 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 35 | 16 | 13 | 6 | +16 | 61 |
| Bradford City | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | +5 | 58 |
| Stockport County | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | +4 | 56 |
| Huddersfield Town | 35 | 15 | 7 | 13 | +9 | 52 |
| Reading | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | +6 | 51 |
| Stevenage | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | +2 | 51 |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | +13 | 50 |
| Luton Town | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | +2 | 47 |
| Peterborough United | 35 | 14 | 4 | 17 | +1 | 46 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | -1 | 46 |
| Barnsley | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 44 |
| AFC Wimbledon | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 43 |
| Exeter City | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | -1 | 41 |
| Mansfield Town | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | +2 | 40 |
| Burton Albion | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | -11 | 39 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | -19 | 39 |
| Wigan Athletic | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | -11 | 37 |
| Blackpool | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | -14 | 37 |
| Leyton Orient | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 36 |
| Northampton Town | 35 | 9 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 35 |
| Rotherham United | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | -14 | 34 |
| Port Vale | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -18 | 27 |

