Goals win games, especially when you’re in the dying embers of the game. Goals win games, especially when you’re in the dying embers of the game.
Goals win games, especially when you’re in the dying embers of the game.

Where Bristol Rovers sit in League Two table without injury time compared to Bradford City and rivals

Injury time can be blessing or a curse as is shown in our alternative League Two table if those added on minutes were removed

Stoppage time goals can be the bane of some teams seasons whilst for others they can completely change the outcome of a game, especially in League Two.

For Bristol Rovers, only Sion Spence’s goal away at Walsall back in September has reflected positively for them when a game has hinged on one goal. The Gas however have dropped points to the likes of Mansfield, Bradford and nine-man Salford City this season but on a whole fortunately fans haven’t been put through too much late drama this season.

For other teams in the division, their position changes ever so slightly if you take away for what for some teams is that dreaded additional time the fourth official shows.

What if games finished bang on the ninetieth minute though? We take a look at how the League Two table stacks up if stoppage time was removed and there are some intriguing results.