Overview
- Barnet won 2-0 at The Mem with goals from Adam Senior before half-time and Ryan Glover late on.
- Luke Southwood saved Mark Shelton’s second-half penalty, his third league spot-kick save this season.
- The defeat leaves Bristol Rovers one point above the bottom of League Two and keeps Steve Evans winless in three matches in charge.
- Evans said Cheltenham loanee Isaac Hutchinson is intended to return in the New Year, pending talks between the clubs.
- With several strikers sidelined, Rovers prepare for a New Year’s Day trip to 21st-placed Shrewsbury as recruitment work intensifies for the opening of the window.