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Goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall produced a fine display to earn struggling Bristol Rovers a replay against League One side Crawley Town.

Mildenhall beat away a fierce volley from Mark Connolly and had to be alert to keep out Gary Alexander's header.

Rovers' best attempt came through Oliver Norburn, who hit the bar with an excellent volley from 20 yards.

Crawley's Dannie Bulman and Joe Walsh were both denied by Mildenhall as Rovers hung on to secure the replay.

Bristol Rovers boss John Ward told 91Èȱ¬ Radio Bristol:

"They've come up and my goalkeeper has made a couple of good saves and kept them out.

"I think again I try to look at both sides and I can't say we deserved to win the game.

"We both deserve to be in the hat which we are and it's going to be an interesting replay.

"I think you saw two teams working really hard physically and mentally to try and take a lead in the game."

Crawley Town boss John Gregory told 91Èȱ¬ Surrey:

"We were quite pleased with the way we played today. We had a lot of passion and effort, but sometimes there was a lack of ability and skill in the final third.

"Certainly we've got a problem scoring goals. We've scored one goal in the last eight league games which is quite embarrassing to be fair. We certainly know where our problems are.

"Collectively I was delighted with the overall attitude that they showed and today is a good draw for us.

"There's loads of things I would like to work on but I don't want to fill the players heads with too many new things."