ROVERS MADE TO PAY BY RAVENS

MICKY Mellon admitted his Tranmere players were devastated after a controversial sending off mobilised Bromley to come from behind and earn an unlikely point.

Rovers burst out of the blocks with striker Andy Cook firing them into a two-goal lead inside a quarter of an hour and could easily have doubled that tally before half-time.

But a contentious red card for Adam Buxton gave the Ravens half an hour to pull themselves level and they did just that through Brandon Hanlan and a late strike from Jack Holland.

Mellon moaned: “We’re very frustrated, because we could’ve really been out of sight with the amount of clear-cut chances that we had.

“The sending off changes everything. To be with ten men for that amount of time takes a lot of digging in and we’re obviously devastated to lose the goals when we did.”

In contrast, a delighted Ravens chief Neil Smith added: “The boys showed their grit and determination to stay in the game. “To come to a place like this with the supporters they’ve got, everything about it – the infrastructure – it’s not League 1 or 2; it’s Championship this club. For little old Bromley to come here and get a 2-2 result, I’m so proud of the boys in there.” Cook headed Rovers into a ninthminute lead after good work from Ben Tollitt and made it two six minutes later when James Norwood saw his header from Jeff Hughes’ free-kick saved by Alan Julian but Cook was on hand to tap in the rebound for his 15th goal of the season. The game changed when Buxton was shown a straight red card for a foul on Joe Anderson by referee Karl Evans and Bromley responded. They halved the deficit on 65 minutes when Hanlan poked home from two yards and stole a point when Blair Turgott crossed for captain Holland, who fired home.