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Doncaster Rovers 3 Stockport County 1

20/11/2004

TWO goals in three minutes ended Stockport's fightback at Rovers.

Warren Feeney had equalised Greg Blundell's opener at the start of the second half, but dominant Doncaster ran out winners thanks to a long-range cracker from Tim Ryan and another from Blundell.

County started the brighter of the two sides, winning corners and coming close when Warren Feeney s fifth minute snap-shot from John Hardiker s cross went whistling by the Rovers post.

But the Stockport defence were completely helpless when James Coppinger continued a run he began in his own half past them and set up Greg Blundell to sidefoot the ball home in the 9th minute.

That set up an anxious period for County when keeper James Spencer lost out in the air to Dave Morley, but the defence cleared.

Spencer produced an instinctive save, throwing his arm straight up, to keep out Michael McIndoe s shot from the left.

Coppinger was proving a danger and should have scored when he cleverly took the ball into the box but shot wide.

County were under pressure, but still managed a chance when Jim Goodwin s cross was hooked over the bar by Lee Cartwright.

But the last few minutes of the first-half produced an assault on the County goal that they did well to survive.

First Ricky Ravenhill s shot through a crowd of players was cleared off the line by Ashley Williams with the same Rovers player shooting just over from the rebound.

In injury time Cartwright was in the right place on the line to head out Nick Fenton s header.

County forced their way back into the game when Chris Williams won the ball on the left and put through Feeney, who nodded the ball on and tucked it away past keeper Andy Worthington.

Spencer produced a couple of great stops to twice deny McIndoe as Rovers turned up the heat.

Left-back Tim Ryan produced a pinpoint shot from more than 30 yards to beat the impressive young keeper in the 65th minute.

And Rovers went 3-1 up three minutes later when McIndoe s cross from the left was turned in by Blundell for his second.

But Spencer was determined to let McIndoe through blocking another of his efforts immediately after the restart.

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