WALSALL 3-0 DONCASTER ROVERS

Tom Bradshaw continued his good form as striker for Walsall as the West Midlands club beat Doncaster Rovers 3-0 to put pressure on Paul Dickov.

The first real chance of the game fell to Harry Forrester who was back from his ban.He tried his luck from twenty yards but Andy Butler,who was born and raised in Doncaster,headed it away.Forrester then tried again from distance but O'Donnell was equal to his shot.After fifteen minutes,the away side looked good.

With half an hour gone,Jed Steer was replaced by Marko Marosi after the loanee hurt his hip.This didn't stop Doncaster as Kyle Bennett hit a low shot wide.But in stoppage time,former Doncaster youngster JAMES BAXENDALE put Walsall ahead with a freekick.

With the second half only ten minutes old,Walsall found themselves 2-0 up thanks to TOM BRADSHAW,a summer signing from Shrewsbury.The young striker got into the box to poke Romaine Swayers' cross under Marosi.

It was soon 3-0 on sixty-three minutes.Irish midfielder ANTHONY FORDE fired a low freekick under the wall and into the corner of the net.Doncaster found themselves in real trouble.

In the last twenty minutes,Doncaster desperately pushed on.Dean Furman headed wide and Theo Robinson struck over from an Alex Peterson cross.No real action from there onwards,but it's a result that sees the away side two points above the drop.

VIEW FROM THE DRESSING ROOM

WALSALL MANAGER DEAN SMITH

"It was a good win for us and I'm pleased with the points that we've now got."

"Maybe Doncaster lost today because they still had some kind of hangover from the cup game.Moreover,they were outplayed by us."

DONCASTER BOSS PAUL DICKOV

"I'm embarrassed by that defeat.It upsets,hurts and enrages me how they were better than us for the whole game and pushed forward constantly."

"The goals were avoidable and schoolboy errors like that are so costly.We were naive and there's nothing we can say to justify the loss."

"The only positive were the away fans who'd travelled to see us and I thank them for that."

TEAMS

Walsall

01 Richard O'Donnell 

44 Andy Butler

06 Paul Downing

04 James O'Connor 

03 Andy Taylor 

07 Adam Chambers C

17 Reece Flanagan(Clifford 51')

11 James Baxendale 

27 Anthony Forde 

09 Tom Bradshaw(Grimes 88')

10 Romaine Swayers(Manset 88')

Substitutes 

13 Craig McGilliveray GK

37 Mathieu Manset

21 Jordan Cook

24 Ashley Grimes

26 Billy Clifford

14 Malvind Benning

15 James Chambers

Doncaster Rovers

01 Jed Steer(Marosi 30')

03 Cédric Evina 

12 Luke McCullough 

22 Reece Wabara 

06 Jamie McCombe 

18 Paul Keegan(Peterson 67')

04 Dean Furman 

26 James Coppinger C

23 Kyle Bennett 

09 Theo Robinson

10 Harry Forrester

Substitutes

13 Marko Marosi GK

30 Ben Askins 

25 Alex Peterson

21 Marc De Val Fernandez

19 Richie Wellens 

35 Lewis Ferguson

31 Mitchell Lund