Full-time: Walsall 0-3 Doncaster Rovers

Rovers dropped out of the Championship last season and Dean Saunders was looking for a positive start from his charges.

And that’s exactly what he got as Chris Brown put Rovers 1-0 ahead after just five minutes.

Then on 26 minutes David Cotterill, their summer signing from Barnsley, doubled the advantage for Saunders’s side with a stunning lob from just inside Walsall’s half.

And the points were on their way back to Doncaster when in the 56th minute Kyle Bennett found the net to make it 3-0.

On his speculative wonder goal Cotterill said: “I saw the keeper off his line and thought why not? It’s probably the best goal I’ve ever scored.”

Walsall: Grof, James Chambers, Holden, Butler, Purkiss, Featherstone, Adam Chambers, Paterson, Hemmings, Cuvelier, Grigg. Subs: Brandy, Jones, Bowerman, Benning, Downing, Baxendale, Walker.

Doncaster: Gary Woods, Quinn, Rob Jones, McCombe, Spurr, Cotterill, Syers, Martin Woods, Bennett, Brown, Paynter. Subs: Husband, Blake, Maxted, Harper, Coppinger.

Referee: Mark Heywood (Cheshire)

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