Doncaster Rovers defender James O'Connor became the hero of the hour, as he placed home the header which sent Rovers into the Fourth Round of the FA Cup.

Rovers battled away to get the winner against an impressive Brentford outfit in Tuesday evening's Third Round tie at Griffin Park, and as time ticked down to the final whistle, O'Connor met Brian Stock's deflected mishit shot with his head, directing it into the far corner of the net to grab his first goal of the season.

The goal gives O'Connor and the Rovers a Fourth Round tie against Derby County on Saturday 23rd January - and the centre half was understandably delighted.

"To be fair, it was good to get the game in the first place," joked O'Connor, with reference to the two occasions that the Third Round tie against The Bees was postponed due to the cold weather.

"But with the fixture build-up that we would have had, it was good not to have had a replay, so myself and the lads are delighted. I'm normally stuck on the half-way line when corners are taken, but we had a training session the other day and I was on fire with my headers, so I'm delighted it came off in the game. I don't really remember how it happened; I just remember Stocky scuffed a shot and I just directed it in. That's my second goal here now - I scored back in League One here a couple of years ago!"