Rochdale 3 Bristol Rovers 4

BRISTOL ROVERS boss Joey Barton praised the bravery of his side after the win at Rochdale.

Barton’s team scored twice late on to seal a 4-3 win, with a hat-trick from Aaron Collins (right) and a goal from Sam Finley, although Paul Coutts was dismissed in added time.

Barton said: “I was being kept abreast of results – which wasn’t very helpful because we were out of the

LEWIS YOUNG said he could understand the support for John Yems from fans after CRAWLEY suffered a third successive defeat since the 62-year-old’s suspension pending an investigation over serious allegations.

During the 2-0 home loss at the hands of LEYTON ORIENT, thanks to goals from Theo Archibald and Aaron Drinan, fans chanted “We want our Yems back” and acting head coach Young said: “The club has been on an upward trend since John has come in.”

SCUNTHORPE boss Keith Hill insists the future is bright as they prepare for life in the National League. After seeing

play-offs, then we were in the playoffs. Our lads showed they weren’t happy with 3-3, because 3-3 would have meant we controlled our own destiny next week, so it would have been easy to take the point.

“But we didn’t, we felt we could win it and we kept pushing on and eventually got our reward.”

Luke Charman (two) and Corey O’keeffe replied for Dale, whose boss Robbie Stockdale said: “I’d have been disappointed to only draw.”

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seven teenagers give their all in the 1-1 draw to HARTLEPOOL, with keeper Owen Foster named man of the match on his debut and Cameron Wilson scoring a first career goal, Hill cut a satisfied figure.

He said: “There was a lot of good things. It was superb. A lot

of building work is going on here, and the players are willing to commit to a plan.”

CARLISLE beat STEVENAGE 2-1, Joe Riley and Lewis Alessandra doing the damage before a Luke Norris penalty.

COLCHESTER and WALSALL drew 2-2, with a Freddie Sears brace either side of goals from Brendan Kiernan and George Miller for the Saddlers.