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Swindon 1 Bristol Rovers 2SkyBet League One
RESULT: Swindon Town 1 Bristol Rovers 2
Swindon scorer: Jones (6)
Bristol scorers: Taylor (83 pen), Branco (84 og)
The long-awaited replay between Swindon and Bristol Rovers took place this evening, but even the rain couldn't save Town this time as they fell to a fourth defeat of the season.
The match couldn't have got off to a better start for the home side, with Lloyd Jones netting after just six minutes - bundling home Yaser Kasim's corner to send the Town fans into raptures.
But two mad second-half minutes were to be their undoing.
Firstly Matty Taylor levelled things up from the penalty spot after Branco's untimely challenge, before Branco completed a nightmare 60 seconds by turning a Jermaine Easter cross into his own net.
Town manager Luke Williams felt that Rovers were well worth the 3 points: "In the end they deserved to win the game because they were brave, they kept putting the ball forward, they kept fighting for everything, running for the flick-on and we didn’t match that.
“You can’t keep just trying to hold on to a 1-0 lead for 85 minutes – it is impossible and it is a silly tactic for us in particular."
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