Utility player and captain Kevin O'Connor, still not fully fit after nearly six months out injured, was drafted in to play in an unfamiliar centre back role. The match in front of a sold out 12,300 crowd at Griffin Park was tense and mostly played in midfield. Brentford failed to break down the Rovers defence and create many clear cut chances, though the Bees began to take control in the second half. In the midst of a late Brentford siege on the Doncaster goal, Rovers forward Billy Paynter missed an opportunity to win the match when he fired wide of Simon Moore's goal. In the 94th minute, deep into five minutes' injury time, with the score still 0–0, Brentford were given the opportunity to win the match and seal automatic promotion when they were awarded a penalty after Toumani Diagouraga was "flattened" by Jamie McCombe in the penalty area. Immediately after referee Michael Oliver awarded the penalty, loan forward Marcello Trotta grabbed the ball from captain Kevin O'Connor, who was manager Uwe Rösler's designated penalty taker. Trotta later recalled that "I scored my last penalty and was feeling confident, so I stepped up to take it". Trotta smashed the spot-kick against the crossbar and from the resulting breakaway, James Coppinger scored to win the match and the League One title for Doncaster Rovers. The 1–0 defeat consigned Brentford to a two-legged play-off semi-final versus Swindon Town. Manager Rösler stated after the game that he had not wanted Trotta to take the penalty, though he refused to blame him and would deal with the matter internally. Captain O'Connor told reporters that he "tried to follow orders but Trotts has gone into the zone, got the ball and he was extremely confident. What can you say? If he scores it, it’s perfect but unfortunately he’s missed it and it’s cost us". Despite the defeat, Brentford finished the season with the best home record in League One. Ahead of the two-legged play-off semi-final versus Swindon Town, manager Uwe Rösler revealed that he would pin a list of his nominated penalty takers to the dressing room wall. With Marcello Trotta an unused substitute during the first leg, captain Kevin O'Connor (still deputising for the suspended Tony Craig) converted an injury time penalty to salvage a 1–1 draw going into the second leg at Griffin Park.