A Lawn to himself...

Jefferson Louis again hit the FA Cup headlines when he grabbed his third goal of the season for Forest Green Rovers to earn the Conference strugglers a replay a week tomorrow.

His second-half header restored parity after Fletcher had fashioned an opportunist opener at The Lawn, the picturesque venue set in the heart of an area known as the royal triangle.

Staff in the nearby homes of Prince Charles, Princess Anne and the Michaels of Kent probably heard the roar from the travelling army of supporters after Fletcher had fired Cherries into a 24th-minute lead.

But Louis, who once spent time at Her Majesty's Pleasure, serving six months in Woodhill Prison after being convicted of dangerous driving while disqualified, crowned a stirring fight-back after coming off the bench at half-time.

Two years ago, Louis bared his backside to the nation in front of the Match Of The Day cameras after he had scored the winning goal for Oxford against Swindon to set up an FA Cup third round trip to Arsenal.

The BBC had placed a camera in the dressing room at the Kassam Stadium to gauge the players' reaction to the draw and an ecstatic Louis leapt from one end of the dressing room to the other with only a towel covering his manhood.

Louis was relegated to the bench on Saturday amid speculation that his days at The Lawn are numbered. However, after seeing the 25-year-old turn this tie on its head, Rovers boss Alan Lewer was happy to scotch the rumours.

When asked whether Louis would be staying at the club for much longer, Lewer replied: "I don't know, you better ask the boy that. I think he's quite enjoying himself. Jefferson has had his problems with his father not being very well, he's been a little bit homesick, but there's no problem with Jefferson in that respect."

Lewer also confirmed that he expected Louis to be available for the replay.

On a pitch conducive to the cultivation of potatoes rather than the passing of footballs, Cherries must be kicking themselves for only having Fletcher's effort to show for their first-half domination.

Warren Cummings marked his return to the starting line-up by setting the tone, his left-foot drive flashing wide after Fletcher had flicked on Neil Young's throw just 150 seconds in.

Returning hero Eddie Howe missed his kick when well placed at the near post following a Brian Stock corner before Rovers goalkeeper Dean Williams pushed Garreth O'Connor's sweetly-struck drive around the post and also comfortably held Stock's 20-yard volley.

Cherries took the lead when Fletcher, who was prostrate at the time, managed to scoop the ball past Williams from around 12 yards after getting on the end of Wade Elliott's centre.

Lewer said: "Jon Richardson clipped the boy's (Fletcher's) heels which he thought was a penalty, but the boy (Fletcher, aged 32) turned around and put it in the back of the net."

Fletcher added: "We had a lot of chances. I thought I could have had a hat-trick and there were shots raining in on their goalkeeper left, right and centre."

James Hayter's shot on the turn from Fletcher's knockdown warmed Williams's hands before Matt Gadsby had Rovers's first effort on the target in the 32nd minute, his low drive easily gathered by Neil Moss.

Stephen Reed's fierce left-foot effort fizzed past the upright before Fletcher just failed to get on the end of John Spicer's low cross as Cherries continued to lay siege.

On the stroke of half-time, Gadsby capped a fine individual first-half display by planting a header wide from Reed's corner.

Reed, on loan from Yeovil, went close to equalising when his dipping volley just cleared the crossbar six minutes into the second half before Stock's angled drive through a crowd of players was touched around the post by Williams.

Rovers levelled when Louis stole in front of Howe to plant a firm header past Moss from Reed's 56th-minute corner.

"We know Jefferson Louis from his Oxford days," said Sean O'Driscoll. "It was a great ball in and there's not a lot you can do about it. He met it well and that was probably their first real effort at goal."

Fletcher added: "They put the big lad on for the second half - Lewis or Louis or whatever his name is - and he changed the game. I think they will say they deserved a draw. They probably had the lion's share of the second-half possession, but we still had some good chances."

The next chance fell to Fletcher when his header from Young's centre was held by Williams before Cherries were rocked when leading goalscorer Hayter was carried off with a knee injury following a collision with Gadsby in the 65th minute.

Although Elliott's teasing lofted effort drifted the wrong side of the post, Cherries had a huge let-off when Young scooped the ball off his own line after Louis had scuffed a shot from close range.

O'Driscoll said: "That was a bit of a mishmash and the ball was bobbling around all over the place.

"I didn't think there were that many clear-cut chances when you thought they were going to score. It seemed all the clear-cut chances came to us.

"They defended for their lives, their goalkeeper played really well and the pitch helped them at certain times, but, overall, I thought we were as professional as we could have been. We didn't come here thinking it was going to be easy and it proved to be the case."

In the closing stages, the impressive Spicer fired wide after running from the halfway line, O'Connor blazed an effort into the Barnsfield Road housing estate and Williams pulled off a point-blank save from a Stock free kick, although Marcus Browning had already been penalised for offside.

Lewer said: "Bournemouth are a good side. Don't forget, they went to Blackburn and got a result so for us to get a result against them here is a fantastic achievement."