Crawley Town 1-2 Bristol Rovers

Mark McChrystal and Jamie Proctor challenge for the ball

Two late goals saw Bristol Rovers come from behind to beat Crawley 2-1 in their FA Cup second-round replay.

An Elliot Richards volley with seven minutes remaining cancelled out Jamie Proctor's first-half header and looked to be sending the game into extra time.

But John-Joe O'Toole proved the match-winner in stoppage time as he finished from close range after Richards' initial effort was saved by Paul Jones.

Rovers will play Birmingham City away in the third round next Wednesday.

The two sides, who drew 0-0 in the initial tie on 7 December, finally settled their second round replay at the third attempt.

On 18 December, the match was abandoned midway through the second half because of a waterlogged pitch, and the fixture was re-arranged for Saturday, 4 January.

However, the match was postponed when the pitch at the Checkatrade.com Stadium failed an inspection.

The eventual winners of the third-round tie between Birmingham and Bristol Rovers will welcome Premier League side Swansea City, who knocked out Manchester United last weekend, on the weekend of 25-26 January,

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Crawley Town boss John Gregory told BBC Sussex:

"In the second half, we didn't play as well as the first half. One-nil up at half-time, it doesn't happen very often that it ends up in a defeat. We just had to keep a clean sheet in the second half and we didn't.

"Credit to Bristol. They put four on up front and just stuck the ball in our half of the pitch as often as they could. They had the wind behind them as well. They deserved to win it - we didn't.

"You don't get too carried away when things are going well, you just keep everyone's feet on the floor, and likewise after a poor result, you have to stay calm with everything.

"It's not time for ranting and raving. It's time for a composed head and hopefully 11 composed heads when we get on the field against Coventry at the weekend."

Line-ups
Match Stats
Live Text

Line-ups

Crawley

Formation 4-4-2

1Jones
4Connolly
5McFadzean
12Walsh
3Sadler
16Adams
10Drury
8Torres
21Jones
14Proctor
20SinclairSubstituted forAlexanderat 72'minutes

Substitutes

2Hurst
9Alexander
11Simpson
23Smith
25Maddison

Bristol Rovers

Formation 4-3-2-1

1Mildenhall
2Smith
29McChrystal
6Parkes
14Brown
30LockyerSubstituted forBeardsleyat 63'minutes
24O Clarke
32O'TooleBooked at 90mins
7ClarksonSubstituted forHarrisonat 72'minutes
10Richards
9Harrold

Substitutes

4Woodards
15Norburn
17Harrison
18Harding
19Beardsley
20Gough
34Keary

Referee:: Andy Davies
Attendance:: 2,435

Match Stats

Home TeamCrawleyAway TeamBristol Rovers

Possession: Home52%; Away48%

Shots: Home9; Away12

Shots on Target: Home1; Away5

Corners: Home8; Away7

Fouls: Home12; Away6

Live Text

Post update
Match ends, Crawley Town 1, Bristol Rovers 2.
90'+5'
Full Time
Second Half ends, Crawley Town 1, Bristol Rovers 2.

90'+4'
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Attempt missed. Jamie Proctor (Crawley Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
90'+3'
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Foul by Gary Alexander (Crawley Town).
90'+3'
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Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+1'
Booking
John-Joe O'Toole (Bristol Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
90'+1'
Goal!
Goal! Crawley Town 1, Bristol Rovers 2. John-Joe O'Toole (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
90'
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Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Joe Walsh.
89'
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Foul by Joe Walsh (Crawley Town).
89'
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John-Joe O'Toole (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
87'
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Tom Parkes (Bristol Rovers) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
85'
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Foul by Mark Connolly (Crawley Town).
85'
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Chris Beardsley (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83'
Goal!
Goal! Crawley Town 1, Bristol Rovers 1. Eliot Richards (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
82'
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Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Kyle McFadzean.
80'
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Foul by Jamie Proctor (Crawley Town).
80'
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Tom Parkes (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
74'
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Attempt missed. John-Joe O'Toole (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
73'
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Michael Smith.
72'
Substitution
Substitution, Crawley Town. Gary Alexander replaces Emile Sinclair.

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