Bristol Rovers 4-2 Bury: result and report

League One · Saturday 10 December 2016

Result

Bristol Rovers 4-2 Bury

League One · Saturday 10 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Bristol Rovers 4-2 Bury: match report

Bristol Rovers defeated Bury 4-2 in the League One on Saturday 10 December 2016. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Scott Burgess opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from R. Gaffney (32'), Matty Taylor (45+2'), Ollie Clarke (67') and Peter Hartley (82'). Bury scored through Scott Burgess (25') and George Miller (75').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Bury received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 13th on 27 points from 20 and Bury 20th on 20 points from 20. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 66 points, and Bury 19th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bristol Rovers wins, 1 draw and 1 for Bury.

Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read L-L-D-L-W and Bury's L-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Scott BurgessBury · 0-1
  • 32'Goal · R. GaffneyBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Stuart SinclairBristol Rovers
  • 45+2'Goal · Matty TaylorBristol Rovers · 2-1
  • 67'Goal · Ollie ClarkeBristol Rovers · 3-1
  • 75'Goal · George MillerBury · 3-2
  • 82'Goal · Peter HartleyBristol Rovers · 4-2
  • 88'Red card · N. DannsBury

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Bristol Rovers 0, draws 1, Bury 1.

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up

Will Puddy, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Peter Hartley, James Clarke, Ollie Clarke, Stuart Sinclair, Hiram Boateng, Charlie Colkett, M. Taylor, Rory Gaffney

Bury line-up

Ben Williams, Greg Leigh, Jacob Bedeau, Craig Jones, Kelvin Etuhu, Danny Mayor, Neil Danns, Tom Soares, Scott Burgess, Tom Pope, James Vaughan