Bristol Rovers 0 Chesham United 1 - Archive

Ryan Blake took the glory as non-league Chesham produced some Cup shock and Gore.

Striker Blake scored the 77th minute winner, but keeper Shane Gore pulled off a string of brilliant saves to dump Rovers out of the competition.

Former Rovers striker Barry Hayles had a hand in Blake's goal five minutes after coming off the bench.

Chesham player-coach Hayles, 43, fed Blake forty yards out and he ran towards goal before unleashing a low, swerving 25 yard strike that left keeper Lee Nicholls flat-footed and the home support stunned.

Delighted Chesham boss Andy Leese said:

"All week the phrase has been 'Go and make a name for yourself" and that's what they did.

"Any football at any level, you have to practice defending. We do and it paid off today.

"Blakey's pace was a threat all afternoon - happy days. And Shame Gore showed what he's all about today."

Blake, 24, gushed:

"This is totally surreal. Two mates, Matt Phillips at QPR and Rob Hall at MK Dons, both sent me texts this morning telling me to get my head down, work as hard as I normally do and see what happens. They were right. I wear a pair of shin pads that Matt gave me once, they're my lucky ones and they're never coming off again!"

Nicholls thought he had spared Rovers' blushes in the 20th minute.

Central defender Tom Lockyer chopped down striker Brad Wadkins in the box and Wigan loanee Nicholls did superbly to get down to his right and touch winger Dave Pearce's penalty onto the post  and away to safety.

Gore helped the Generals beat Enfield in the last qualifying round and needed to be alert to stop a thirty yard strike from Billy Bodin in the 21st minute.

In the 32nd minute Bodin's angled shot from he right side of the area forced Gore into an excellent save at his near post and Little cleared striker Matty Taylor's shot off the line from the resulting corner.

In added time before the break Gore was at it again to claw away a close range effort from Taylor.

Gore showed real class in the 57th minute to palm Lee Mansell's twenty yard strike behind for a corner, but saved his best for the final three minutes.

Harrison volleyed Jake Gosling's corner from twelve yards and Gore threw himself to his fight to beat it away at full stretch in mid-air and then shut out substitute Jermaine Easter from fourteen yards with a similar save to his left.

Crestfallen Rovers boss Darrell Clarke admitted:

"It's going to be on hell of a pick me up job after that. I've just got to get myself up off the floor first."