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Premier League
Attendance: 6,612
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Bristol Rovers
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Torquay United
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Dan Woodards (90+6) |
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Shaquile Coulthirst (62), Lee Mansell (75) |
John-Joe O'Toole (40), Dan Woodards (61), Ollie Clarke (87) |
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Shamir Goodwin (37) |
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Sean Clevedon Gas
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Torquay kept their slim hopes of league survival alive with a vital win against fellow-strugglers Bristol Rovers.
After a nervy, goalless first half, loanee Shaquile Coulthirst opened the scoring with a brave diving header from Courtney Cameron's outswinging cross.
Captain Lee Mansell doubled Torquay's lead with his second goal of the season thanks to a fortunate deflection.
Danny Woodards pulled one back from close range as Rovers rallied late on but Torquay held on for a deserved win.
The result saw the Gulls end their run of four straight defeats but they are still seven points from safety.
Coulthirst's opener was the club's first goal in 420 minutes of football and their first away from home since the middle of February.
Bristol Rovers are now just one point above the relegation zone, with just one win from their last eight games.
Bristol Rovers manager Darrell Clarke told BBC Radio Bristol:
To say I'm disappointed is an understatement to be honest with you. In the first 20 minutes we started brightly, had one or two opportunities, but after that it was a bit of a dull affair.
Play media
Second half we never got going and found ourselves 2-0 down quite quickly. We only had a go in the last 10 minutes which is not acceptable for the circumstances we're in.
We conceded a goal from a set piece, which has been happening to often.
We tried changing things around a little bit with substitutions but they scored the second, knocked the stuffing out a little more and we just didn't get going.
Lineup, Bookings (4) & Substitutions (5) Bristol Rovers
01 Mildenhall
02 Smith
14 Brown (Clarkson - 76' )
24 Clarke Booked
04 Woodards Booked
29 McChrystal
33 Santos (Harrison - 55' )
32 O'Toole Booked
08 Gillespie (Harrold - 55' )
19 Beardsley
39 Mohamed
Substitutes
06 Parkes
07 Clarkson
09 Harrold
17 Harrison
20 Gough
25 Clucas
30 Lockyer
Torquay United
13 Rice
02 Tonge
30 Cargill
07 Mansell
05 Pearce
29 O'Connor
27 Coulthirst
08 Harding
17 Goodwin Booked
26 Benyon (Downes - 92' )
11 Cameron (Stevens - 81' )
Substitutes
01 Poke
04 Downes
10 Bodin
12 Chapell
14 Yeoman
20 Craig
23 Stevens
Ref: Andy D'Urso
Att: 6,612
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