Not driving the various players of society into their respective corner and asking them to throw brickbats at each other.

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Not surprisingly, the only other realistic chance of a breakthrough came via a Delap throw-in or home corner.

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Earl was knocked down once more by a right cross early in the second and the towel was thrown in by his corner, only for referee Micky Vann to throw it back out of the ring and continue the fight.

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Still Stevenage were not finished and Roberts hit the crossbar when he met a corner, but when Defoe ran on to a Bale throw-in to score his second and the match was over.

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Torquay took a deserved lead a minute after the restart after Benyon reacted the quickest to a Hargreaves flick-on from a long Kevin Nicholson throw and guided a header into the bottom corner.

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Soon afterwards, Givet gave Rovers the lead with a stunning strike - smashing the ball into the corner of the net after Ciaran Clark had half-cleared Morten Gamst Pedersen's throw.

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