Friday, April 6, 2012

Half-time: Bristol Rovers 0, Gillingham 0

Keeper Scott Bevan pulled off a superb double save from a hotly-disputed penalty to ensure the sides went in level at the break at the Memorial Stadium.
Danny Woodards had been harshly judged to have handled a shot from Gillingham's Danny Kedwell while making a block midway through the opening period.
But Bevan kept out Kedwell's strike from the spot and Rowan Vine's attempt from the rebound to ensure the Pirates remained on level terms.
Mustapha Carayol went close to handing Rovers an early lead when he let fly from 20 yards with a viciously swerving right-foot shot in the eighth minute.
Gills' keeper Paulo Gazzaniga appeared to get a touch to help it over the bar, but referee Dean Whitestone awarded a goal kick.
Rovers had a couple of escapes in the space of three minutes. First Lewis Montrose supplied a cross from the right which flew across the face of the Pirates' goal – but Chris Whelpdale somehow failed to make contact with the ball at the far post.
Then a poor pass from Craig Stanley – presumably intended for keeper Scott Bevan – went straight to Kedwell just outside the box. But the Gillingham striker squandered a decent opportunity by blazing his shot over the top.
Joe Martin picked up the first caution of the game for a clumsy late challenge which sent Woodards tumbling near the touchline, and Matthew Lund's delivery from the resulting free kick took an awkward bounce off a dry pitch and bounced just over Matt Harrold's head in front of goal.
The game exploded into life in the 26th minute, sparked by a moment of real controversy.
It appeared that Kedwell had to score when he was set up by Vine inside the box, but Woodards raced in to make a superb block to prevent the shot reaching goal.
Gillingham, however, complained that the ball had struck the Rovers defender's arm and after consulting his assistant Nick Hobbs, referee Whitestone eventually pointed to the spot.
The decision looked extremely harsh – but justice was done when Bevan dived to his right to make a superb double save, first blocking Kedwell's poor penalty strike and then reacting smartly to deny Vine from the follow-up.
Bevan was called into action again four minutes before the break. Although he couldn't hold a low shot from Lewis Montrose, he again showed sharp reactions to smother Danny Jackman's attempt from the loose ball.
Rovers' boss Mark McGhee had made one change to his starting line-up with Craig Stanley recalled to the side in place of skipper Matt Gill. But the captain entered the fray just before the break when left-back Jim Paterson was forced off by injury.
Bristol Rovers: Bevan, Woodards, Bolger, Parkes, Paterson (Gill 43), Lund, Stanley, Sawyer, Zebroski, Carayol, Harrold. Subns: Smith, Gill, L Brown, Richards, Dorman.
Gillingham: Gazzaniga, Frampton, Martin, Fish, Jackman, Essam, Whelpdale, Payne, Montrose, Kedwell, Vine. Subs: Oli, Spiller, Evans, Miller, Lee.

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