Darrell Clarke<\/a> as their relegation fears deepened.<\/p>\nManchester City academy product Snowdon gave Rovers a mountain to climb in the 16th minute with a stunning 35-yard drive.<\/p>\n
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Goal celebrations for Joe Snowdon of Swindon Town during the Sky Bet League 2 Match between Bristol Rovers and Swindon Town at Memorial Stadium on 13 December 2025. Photo: Tom Sandberg\/PPAUK(Image: Tom Sandberg\/PPAUK)<\/p>\n
The lead was doubled after 28 minutes as former Rovers midfielder Clarke flicked in Aston Villa loanee Finley Munroe’s near-post corner.<\/p>\n
Drinan took advantage of chaotic defending in the 33rd minute, curling in from 15 yards before being booked for goading Rovers fans.<\/p>\n
But it went from bad to worse for the home side three minutes later as centre-back Kacper Lopata was dismissed for a reckless tackle on Gavin Kilkenny.<\/p>\n
Swindon lost momentum when reduced to 10 men as Drinan was shown a second yellow card for simulation in the opposition box.<\/p>\n
It ensured Clarke was spared further humiliation until the final whistle was greeted by a chorus of boos and chants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gas beaten 3-0 by Swindon Town for a tenth league loss in a rowTom Lockyer of Bristol Rovers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,2707,748,46615,393,4884,40818,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-630399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-bristol-rovers-fc","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-darrell-clarke","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-ian-holloway","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115713091292878028","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Tom Lockyer of Bristol Rovers (C) looks dejected after Kacper Lopata of Bristol Rovers (L) is shown a red card by Referee, Aaron Bannister during the Sky Bet League 2 Match between Bristol Rovers and Swindon Town at Memorial Stadium on 13 December 2025. Photo: Tom Sandberg\/PPAUK(Image: Tom Sandberg\/PPAUK)<\/p>\n