ROVERS exited the Errea Cup at the fourth round stage after a dramatic tie with Banbury United last night.
Two extra-time goals sealed Banbury's third victory over the Greens this season.
The visitors had gone into a two-goal lead in normal time.
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Captain Andy Baird opened the scoring for Banbury a minute into the second half,
He headed home a Lewis Travers corner. Rovers desperately tried to scramble the ball away but the linesman ruled that the ball had crossed the line.
Striker Nicky Gordon doubled the visitors' lead 11 minutes later when he was left with a simple tap-in from Stuart Bridges' cutback.
But Jozsef Jakab struck in the 71st minute and again in the fourth minute of stoppage time for the Greens to send the match into extra-time.
The Hungarian forward smashed into the bottom corner of the net after Matt Birley's corner went through a crowd of players in the Banbury box.
Rovers were then awarded a free-kick on the edge of their opponents' area right at the death.
Birley stepped up and hit a fierce shot which visiting goalkeeper Joe Murrell could only parry, and Jakab pounced to tuck the ball away for his second.
But Banbury had the final say and it took just two minutes of extra-time for Matty Godderick to restore their advantage, turning in a pin-point cross from Travers.
And Travers was the provider again as Scott Bridges wrapped up the tie, heading past Karl Lewis in the 109th minute.
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