View source for York City 4-1 Bristol Rovers (15-12-2012)

A 4–1 reversal at the hands of [[York City]] marked Rovers' ninth defeat in their last eleven games and proved to be the end of manager [[Mark McGhee]]'s tenure at the club.

York initially went ahead through a [[Garry Kenneth]] own goal, but lost their advantage just a minute later when [[Tom Eaves]] muscled his way through the Minstermen's defence to earn an equaliser. Sixty seconds later York were back in front thanks to Ashley Chambers, and a frenetic five minutes was rounded off three minutes later when Jason Walker put York 3–1 up.

Chambers scored for a second time shortly after the half hour mark, but this would prove to be final goal of the game, the 4–1 result costing manager McGhee his job.

==Match details==
{{Match start2
|home=York City |away=Bristol Rovers
|score=4–1 |ht=4–1
|homescorers=Kenneth (og 14)<br>Chambers (16, 33)<br>Walker (19)
|awayscorers=Eaves (15)
|venue=Bootham Crescent |date=15 December 2012 |time=1500
|att=3,109 |ref=Paul Tierney}}
{{Match lineup2 |home= '''24''' Michael Ingham |away='''28''' [[Sam Walker]] }}
{{Match lineup2 |home= '''4''' Chris Smith |away='''4''' [[Danny Woodards]] {{match off}}}}
{{Match lineup2 |home= '''6''' Danny Parslow |away='''5''' [[Garry Kenneth]] {{match og}}}}
{{Match lineup2 |home= '''16''' Jamal Fyfield |away='''34''' [[Guy Branston]] {{match off}}}}
{{Match lineup2 |home={{match off}} '''23''' Chris Doig |away='''3''' [[Jim Paterson]] }}
{{Match lineup2 |home= '''8''' Scott Kerr |away='''26''' [[Matthew Lund]] {{match off}}}}
{{Match lineup2 |home= '''17''' Matty Blair |away='''6''' [[Tom Parkes]] }}
{{Match lineup2 |home= '''19''' Michael Potts |away='''11''' [[Fabian Broghammer]] }}
{{Match lineup2 |home={{match off}} '''26''' Patrick McLaughlin |away='''16''' [[Joe Anyinsah]] }}
{{Match lineup2 |home={{match goal}} '''9''' Jason Walker |away='''7''' [[David Clarkson]] }}
{{Match lineup2 |home={{match goal}} {{match goal}} {{match off}} '''10''' Ashley Chambers |away='''32''' [[Tom Eaves]] {{match goal}}}}
{{Match subhead2}}
{{Match lineup2 |home= '''1''' Paul Musselwhite {{GK}} |away='''20''' [[Conor Gough]] {{GK}}}}
{{Match lineup2 |home= '''5''' David McGurk |away='''2''' [[Michael Smith]] {{match on}}}}
{{Match lineup2 |home= '''7''' Jamie Reed |away='''10''' [[Eliot Richards]] {{match on}}}}
{{Match lineup2 |home= '''12''' Lee Bullock |away='''15''' [[Oliver Norburn]] }}
{{Match lineup2 |home={{match on}} '''13''' Jonathan Smith |away='''17''' [[Ellis Harrison]] }}
{{Match lineup2 |home={{match on}} '''27''' Tom Allan |away='''25''' [[Seanan Clucas]] {{match on}}}}
{{Match lineup2 |home={{match on}} '''33''' Alex Rodman |away='''27''' [[Derek Riordan]] }}
{{End}}

===Timeline===
*{{match og}} '''14 mins:''' Goal for York City. Own goal scored by [[Garry Kenneth]]
*{{match goal}} '''15 mins:''' Goal for Bristol Rovers scored by [[Tom Eaves]]
*{{match goal}} '''16 mins:''' Goal for York City scored by Ashley Chambers
*{{match goal}} '''19 mins:''' Goal for York City scored by Jason Walker
*{{match goal}} '''33 mins:''' Goal for York City scored by Ashley Chambers
*{{match on}}{{match off}} '''45+3 mins:''' Jonathan Smith replaced Patrick McLaughlin
*{{match on}}{{match off}} '''46 mins:''' [[Michael Smith]] and [[Seanan Clucas]] replaced [[Danny Woodards]] and [[Matthew Lund]]
*{{match on}}{{match off}} '''56 mins:''' Tom Allan replaced Chris Doig
*{{match on}}{{match off}} '''65 mins:''' Alex Rodman replaced Ashley Chambers
*{{match on}}{{match off}} '''89 mins:''' [[Eliot Richards]] replaced [[Guy Branston]]


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[[Category:League Two matches]]
[[Category:Away matches]]
[[Category:15 December]]
[[Category:2012]]
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