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OLLIE: LET’S RACE FOR PLAY-OFFS

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The LeaguePaper Team
4 March 2018

Rovers keen to finish with a flourish again

By Dan Barnes

Rovers celebrate against Bury

savour promotion from League Two

GOING FOR IT: Bristol Rovers midfielder Ollie Clarke
PICTURE: PSI/Mark Pollitt

THE Beast from the East may By Dan Barnes have blanketed the country with snow in the past week but Ollie Clarke spies the green shoots of recovery at Bristol Rovers.
We’ve reached spring, as far as the calendar is concerned, and, with just over nine weeks to go, Clarke believes the Pirates are placed for a late assault on the play-offs.
Darrell Clarke’s men have proved to ...

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