Bristol Rovers secured their biggest away win since January 1999 as they demolished Walsall.

Darryl Duffy began the rout when he side-footed in a David Pipe cross and Craig Disley tapped in to make it 2-0.

Left-back Aaron Lescott scored with a low shot after a clever Rickie Lambert dummy and Duffy converted a Jeff Hughes pass to make it 4-0.

Rovers rubbed it in with number five nine minutes from time when Lescott finished off a fine run.

Walsall: Ince, Weston, Gerrard, Smith, Boertien, Nicholls (Shroot 54), Hughes (Bradley 61), Mattis, Zaaboub, Ibehre, Deeney.
Subs Not Used: Gilmartin, Palmer, Taundry.

Bristol Rovers: Phillips, Ryan Green, Anthony, Elliott, Lescott, Pipe (Jacobson 67), Lines, Disley (Campbell 77), Hughes, Lambert (Kuffour 70), Duffy.
Subs Not Used: St Louis-Hamilton, Hinton.

Goals: Duffy 3, Disley 6, Lescott 19, Duffy 58, Lescott 78.

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Ref: David Webb (Lancashire).

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