It took a Crawley Town mistake to open the door for Doncaster Rovers, but once they did, there was noting the in-form visitors could do to stop Grant McCann's players rushing through it.
, who shared pantomime villain status with the referee who allowed him to get a bit too personal with Joe Ironside too often, which allowed Mo Faal to open the scoring nearly half an hour into the contest and once they did, it tilted the balance completely.
Crawley keeper Corey Addai had hardly been overworked either in the early stages, saving low from Faal, but once Doncaster had a lead, their self-belief visibly grew.Addai made his second important save when a Luke Molyneux cross was worked to Owen Bailey, up from the back, at the end of a good move in the 26th minute, only for the defender to be denied.Soon Williams unwittingly let them in, though.
McCann’s frustration at a blatant Williams pull the near-side linesman should have had a very good view of put his name in the book too.By the end it was his opposite number, Scott Lindsey, unable to bottle his frustration, giving the home fans back with his best impression of a South Yorkshire accent. They loved it because it showed, even as Crawley pushed to get back in the game, they had won.
Ironside was unable to score a diving header from Molyneux's 39th-minute cross, arguing it had a lot to do with another pull from Williams.The break did nothing to stop Doncaster's momentum, Ironside heading a Tom Nixon cross wide on the stetch and two mishit crosses a minute apart causing panic, Addai topping over Bailey's, then watching Molyneux's from the opposite side hit the angle of post and crossbar.It felt like a second goal was coming and it did.
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