Holroyd has scored nine goals in eight games for the U's this season

Cambridge United equalled their record Conference victory as they swept aside 10-man Forest Green.

Danny Crow scored the first after good work by Wayne Hatswell, before Chris Holroyd was on target from 18 yards.

Crow netted from the spot when Rovers keeper Terry Burton was sent off for fouling Holroyd, who made it four after being sent clear by Paul Carden.

Substitute Sam Ives volleyed in a fifth and netted from 12 yards before Mark Beasley's strike completed the rout.

The win matched Cambridge's previous record victory - the 7-0 destruction of Weymouth in March 2007.

Cambridge Utd:

Potter, Gleeson, Saah, Hatswell, Tonkin, Parkinson, Carden, Reason (Ives 67), Willmott, Holroyd (Phillips 75), Crow (Beesley 75).
Subs Not Used: Coulson, Pitt.

Goals: Crow 44, Holroyd 47, Crow 51 pen, Holroyd 65, Ives 68, 74, Beesley 90.

Forest Green: Burton, Taylor, Ayres (Pugh 20), Ellis, McDonald, Stonehouse, Smith, Brown (Platt 66), Adams, Lloyd (Pass 50), Rigg.
Subs Not Used: Stearn, Davies.

Sent Off: Burton (49).

Booked: Ellis, Rigg.

Att: 2,646.

Ref: M Bull (Essex).

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