Ablett critical of Poole dismissal

Original referee Dean Whitestone had been forced off at half-time by a calf problem and Ablett did not consider his assistant up to the task. Jeff Hughes netted the winning goal on the half hour, drilling home a left-footed shot after a dreadful pass across his own box by County full-back Adam Griffin had set up the chance.

Ablett said: "It's not a place to learn your trade as a referee, which he was clearly doing. We need people out there who know the job. It was a very poor decision to send off David Poole and you only had to look at the reaction of the Rovers player involved to see that.

"I thought we were the better team from start to finish. But Rovers defended very well and we made a very bad mistake for their goal.

"It disappointed me that we got the ball into good areas without much end product, but I couldn't fault the work rate of the players. We made it a very difficult game for Rovers."

Source: Team Talk