Bristol Rovers had two victories in the first seven days of January. It took seven weeks for the next one to come, but at last Joey Barton's side are back in the winners' circle with a dominant 3-0 win over Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium on Saturday.
The Gas were fully deserving of the three points against a hapless Oxford. Both teams were in woeful form when Charles Breakspear blew the first whistle, but the atmosphere in the three-sided wind trap that is the Kassam was entirely different to anything the Mem has seen this season.
The silence of the home fans was punctuated by toxicity; brutal calls for manager Karl Robinson to be sacked were aired on repeat and dreaded banners were unfurled at full time. An unpleasant scene though it was, it was not a concern for the Gas.
