Portsmouth 3 Doncaster Rovers 1: Rovers suffer Pompey defeat

Former Sheffield Wednesday striker Luke Varney scored twice to secure victory to condemn Championship strugglers Doncaster to a third straight defeat.

Varney opened the scoring in the third minute and made sure of the points with a quarter of an hour left after Dave Kitson had restored Pompey’s lead following an equaliser from Simon Gillett.

The hosts will next week step up their search for a new manager following Steve Cotterill’s switch to Nottingham Forest with Dave Jones, former Doncaster boss Sean O’Driscoll and ex-Manchester United favourite Ole Gunnar Solskjaer among the names being linked with the job.

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