Darrell Clarke’s Rovers fell out of the Football League two years ago,came back at the first attempt and are now flying tall – that is the template for YorkBristol Rovers went beyond the call of duty at York. Darrell Clarke, their manager, and warned them against underestimating City,whose relegation from League Two was confirmed the previous week. The terror was of dead men walking free from anxiety. By the terminate York were staggering. Rovers showed neither complacency nor compassion in a 4-1 victory Clarke called “outstanding”.
Little good it did them immediately apart from to keep up the pressure on Accrington and Oxford in the second and third automatic promotion places, who both also won away. But it carries the tension and hope of avoiding the play-offs into the final game on Saturday. They beget to win but, or if they effect,so must the others to cease them displacing one or other. Theirs is at home to Dagenham & Redbridge, the other relegated side.
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Source: theguardian.com