Poor Rovers suffer Ashford reverse

BARTON Rovers went down 4-2 at home to Ashford Town in their Evo-Stik Southern League Division One Central clash at the weekend.

The hosts had gone 1-0 up after just 37 seconds through Dave Parkinson, but the visitors levelled on seven minutes as Ashley Lodged netted

Ricky Case made it 2-1 after 18 minutes with a lovely chip over the keeper, before a mix-up between Lee Wilson and keeper Richard Wilmot allowed Kofi Lockhat-Adams to equalise (32).

Rovers went to sleep after the break to put in arguably the most lethargic performance of the season as goals by Pietro Palladino (60) and Dan Brown (81) saw Ashford to victory.

Barton travel to already relegated Marlow this weekend.

To read the thoughts of manager Dan Kennoy, see the Luton News/Dunstable Gazette out on Wednesday.