BROMSGROVE Rovers breathed new life into their ailing promotion campaign and ended their three match-losing run with a nervy victory over lowly Burnham at the Victoria Ground.

Strikes by Steve Frost and Paul Szewczyk settled an error-strewn match, which was hampered by a bog-like pitch in Bromsgrove, after a mistake by goalkeeper Ian Gandy handed Burnham the lead in the first-half.

Kevin Banner's long-range effort should have been a routine save for the visitors' Dave Dyson in the 11th minute but he fumbled the shot before recovering at the last moment.

John Daniels, playing alongside Szewczyk up front in an unfamiliar striking role, shot wide after his persistence won the ball off Daryl Jones.

Szewczyk headed straight at Dyson before Gandy almost gifted Burnham the opening goal in the 19th minute.

Rovers' second-choice 'keeper dithered on a simple cross and the alert Robert Saunders prodded the ball past him -- only for it to get stuck in the mud and allow Ross Collins to clear.

Gandy repeated the error in the 41st minute when he did not come quickly enough for a hanging cross and the razor-sharp Saunders opened the scoring.

The home side cranked up the pressure and Frost pulled his side level in the 43rd minute when he pounced from close range after Dyson had parried Daniels' shot.

Rovers pegged Burham back in their own half and were unlucky not to take the lead when striker Michael Bartley cleared Szewczyk's shot off the line in the 58th minute before Mark Benbow shot over.

The striker did not have to wait for long to score as he slotted the ball under Dyson after an incisive pass from Daniels in the 60th minute to seal a hard-fought victory.

Rovers: Gandy 6, Frost 6, Hillman 7, Male 7, Collins 5, Jameson 6, Johnson 7 (Mahon 85), Benbow 7, Szewczyk 6, *Daniels 8, Banner 6 (Churchill 67, 6). Subs not used: Lennon, Jenkins.

Attendance: 318.