Bristol Rovers 5 Exeter City 0.

Tuesday 15 December 1998.
Referee:
Att: 5093

FA Cup second round replay.

Bristol Rovers gained a convincing FA Cup second round replay win at home to Exeter City. The two sides had drawn 2.2 ten days earlier. Rovers took the lead after nine minutes when Guy Ipoua set up Jason Roberts but he lost possession and the ball fell to Lee Zabek who drove home. Exeter came into the game more and went close through Noel Blake. Rovers responded and doubled their lead on 54 minutes when Ipoua's shot hit the post and went in off Jamie Shore's knee. Jamie Cureton's cross shot was diverted home by Shore after 61 minutes and Cureton scored another two minutes later. Roberts completed the rout from a fine Shore pass in the 77th minute.

ROVERS: Jones, Leoni (Pritchard), Challis, Zabek, Foster, Trought (Smith), Shore, Trees, Ipoua, Cureton, Roberts (Meaker).

EXETER: Bayes, Clark, Power, Blake (Breslan), Richardson, Gittens, Rowbotham, Rees, Flack, Curran, Gardner.