Wycombe Wanderers centre back Joe Low has jokingly said that if the Bristol Rovers fans ‘didn’t call me names’, he would have refrained for scoring.

The ex-Bristol City man popped up and headed in the Chairboys’ winner on Saturday afternoon, as Matt Bloomfield’s side came back from behind to defeat the Gas 2-1 at the Memorial Stadium.

Scott Sinclair gave the Pirates a lead on 17 minutes in what was a very flat first-half showing for Wanderers, before a Dan Harvie screamer in and Low’s latch-ditched strike in the final 15 minutes secured Wycombe all three points.

It’s the 12th consecutive league game the Chairboys have scored in – their longest run since being in the EFL, and the victory has lifted Wanderers into the play-off places.

Speaking on the win on September 28, Low, who also scored against Rovers last season, said: “Once again, I’m here and they [the Bristol Rovers fans], gave me a bit of stick, so it was nice to get the winner in the 96th minute, as that feels a little bit better [than last season].”

His goal in the dying embers can in a frantic goal mouth scramble, as some thought the strike hadn’t been given.

It has always been revealed that if Wanderers hadn’t scored, they would have been given a penalty after Low was pulled back as he went for his last-minute header.

It was his first goal of the season, as Wycombe made it eight unbeaten against the Gas in all competitions, winning on eight occasions.

He continued: “My adrenaline was going quite fast to remember [the incident that led up to the goal], but I was told [by the referee] after it had gone, we would have been given a penalty if we didn’t score.

“There were so many bodies, but I managed to find my way through and get ton the end of it.”

It was a tale of two halves in the West Country as Wycombe started flat, but improved in the latter stages of the opening 45.

The introduction of Bez Lubala and Fred Onyedinma at the start of the second period injected much-needed pace for the Chairboys, as they began to take control of the contest.

On Bloomfield’s message at half-time, Low said: “He was probably a bit disappointed in how we started and we all knew it.

“We didn’t start the way that we wanted to, and it was up to us to go out and prove that we can do it.”

Finally, on the fans and on his winner, he concluded: “Our fans were brilliant and maybe if they [the Rovers supporters] didn't call me names I might not [have scored against them again].

The 22-year-old spent 14 years at Bristol City, but only played one first-team game for the Robins.