Doncaster Rovers missed another opportunity to move to the top of League One as they ground out a 1-1 draw at a Crawley Town.
Josh Simpson gave Crawley the lead in the 25th minute when he latched onto a poor clearance by Rob Jones and he gave Gary Woods in the Rovers goal no chance from the edge of the area.
James Coppinger then missed a great chance to bring Rovers level minutes later when he got in behind the Crawley defence. He seemed caught in two minds and his cross/shot hit the outside of the post.
Rovers were level just before the break when a good deep ball by David Cotterill found youngster James Husband at the back post and his diving header gave Jones no chance in the Crawley goal.
The second half saw few clear-cut opportunities with Crawley looking the more likely to find a winner with Jamie Proctor, Billy Clarke and Mustapha Dumbuya all going close for the home side.
Rovers had a late flurry but failed to trouble the Crawley goal but the point does move them back into the automatic promotion places as they moved joint top with Bournemouth.
Teams
Crawley
P. Jones, Dumbuya, Connolly, Sadler, Walsh, Adams, Bulman, Simpson (Torres 41), Sparrow, Clarke
Subs not used
Maddison, Essam, Hunt, O’Brien, Elford-Alliyu, M. Jones
Rovers
G. Woods, Quinn, Jones, McCombe, Spurr, Cotterill, Harper, Fowler (Bennett 75), Husband, Paynter, Coppinger
Subs not used
Maxted, Wakefield, Sinclair, M. Woods, Ball, Middleton
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