It was a case of second time lucky for Charlton as a stunning volley from Dale Stephens and a Simon Church strike helped them on their way to a convincing 2-0 win over Doncaster Rovers.

Paul Dickov's side travelled to The Valley for a league match for the second time this season after their original game in August was controversially abandoned at half-time, with Rovers leading 3-1.

But Charlton seized their second chance with ease as they brushed aside an under-par Doncaster to move up to 17th.

However, things didn't start well for Addicks boss Chris Powell. Before kick-off he lost goalkeeper Ben Hamer to an injury during the warm-up, giving a debut to Ben Alnwick.

Doncaster's first goal in that original game three months ago came after just two minutes, and it was Charlton who came close to repeating that in the rematch, but Church put wide.

The Welshman's strike partner Yann Kermorgant returning from injury, hit the post in the 24th minute.

Rovers' goalkeeper Ross Turnbull was then called into action a minute later when he saved well from a Johnnie Jackson strike.

But Turnbull was left with no chance in the 39th minute when midfielder Stephens produced an unbelievable 25-yard volley which arrowed into the top-right corner.

And Charlton doubled their advantage 15 minutes after the restart through Church, who produced a clinical finish after being put through one-on-one by a defence-splitting pass from captain Jackson.

It was a miserable evening for Doncaster, who proved why they are the Championship's joint-lowest scorers away from home, testing Alnwick just once in the game.

The loss leaves Doncaster two places above the relegation zone and manager Dickov was frustrated with his team's display.

"I am very disappointed," he said. "It was an inept performance, but take nothing away from Charlton, they looked half a yard sharper than us.

"I'm not going to make excuses, we should have done better than we did. We didn't match their desire and Charlton wanted it more than us."

It was Charlton's second home win of the season and Powell believes the victory could prove inspirational.

He said: "It was a deserved win, a brave, committed performance under some pressure.

"We knew it was our game in hand and we all knew what happened in the abandoned game - so we needed to make the most of it. We didn't perform in that game but that was a watershed moment, if you pardon the pun."