RECAP: Harrogate Town 2 Doncaster Rovers 3: Goals from Knoyle, Barlow and Gardner see Rovers sign off pre-season with a win

DAN GARDNER!

The former Wigan midfielder picked up the ball 25 yards out after a strong tackle from Tommy Rowe and unleashed a powerful dipping shot over Harrogate keeper Mark Oxley. A very good strike from the trialist.

Alex Pattison drives out of midfield for Harrogate and sends a low shot across goal which drifts narrowly wide

AIDAN BARLOW!

Rovers power forward through Tiago Cukur who drives a shot on goal on the angle. Mark Oxley makes the save but Barlow is there to tap into an empty net.

He has a knack of popping up in the right places...

The hosts equalise.

A free kick is curled in from deep from George Thompson and Jack Muldoon meets the ball on the volley to drive it past Louis Jones.

Jones was caught in two minds about whether to come for the cross and ends up being left unable to stop the shot.

Aaron Martin cuts in from the right for Harrogate and curls a shot towards the near post. Louis Jones gets a hand to it to turn it behind, though it looked destined for the side-netting regardless.

No changes at the break

That wasn’t the most spectacular half of football from Rovers and they certainly did not show the sort of control of the game that you would have hoped for in the circumstances.

There were occasions of sloppy passing and things breaking down a little too easily in the opposing half. There were also some nervy moments at the back.

It is difficult because all three men in the front line look off the pace in fitness terms. Aidan Barlow has looked bright on a couple of occasions when carrying the ball and that has been the best of it. Tiago Cukur has struggled to get into the game and Omar Bogle has been off it out wide.

There’s been some nice passes out of midfield and Dan Garder has arguably turned in his best performance of his own personal pre-season.

Better will be expected in the second half, though we’re likely to see a few trialists so it’s uncertainly whether we’ll see much cohesion.

That’s the break and Rovers lead 1-0 courtesy of Kyle Knoyle’s lobbed volley

Louis Reed fires well wide from 20 yards after decent link-up play on the edge of the box.

And they both came from Tommy Rowe.

First, Luke Armstrong looks to strike a low cross first time only for Rowe to put in a block tackle. Armstrong then recovered and fired towards goal with Rowe getting in the way.