Rickie Lambert finished the season as League One's joint top scorer, netting his 29th of the season as Bristol Rovers hammered lacklustre Hartlepool.

Pools were 2-0 down inside five minutes as Jo Kuffour and Darryl Duffy struck.

Danny Nardiello's 28th minute shot pulled one back, but Lambert's left-foot shot restored the two-goal lead.

Lambert set up Aaron Lescott to score and seal the win against a Hartlepool side whose League One survival was secured by results elsewhere.

Bristol Rovers:

Phillips, Pipe (Disley 59), Anthony, Elliott, Lescott, Reece (Rigg 76), Campbell, Lines, Duffy, Kuffour (Hunt 68), Lambert.
Subs Not Used: St Louis-Hamilton, Kite.

Goals: Kuffour 3, Duffy 5, Lambert 46, Lescott 48.

Hartlepool: Budtz, Liddle, Nelson (Humphreys 69), Collins, Skarz, Jones (Rowell 78), Clark, Sweeney, Robson, Monkhouse, Nardiello.
Subs Not Used: Lee-Barrett, McCunnie, Mackay.

Booked: Jones.

Goals: Nardiello 28.

Att: 7,363

Ref: Grant Hegley (Hertfordshire).

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