Bristol Rovers 1-1 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League Two · Saturday 31 December 2011

Result

Bristol Rovers 1-1 Crewe Alexandra

League Two · Saturday 31 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-4

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Bristol Rovers 1-1 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Bristol Rovers drew with Crewe Alexandra 1-1 in the League Two on Saturday 31 December 2011. The half-time score was 1-4.

AJ Leitch-Smith opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Matt Harrold (9') and Scott McGleish (48'). Crewe Alexandra scored through AJ Leitch-Smith (2'), an own goal by C. Bolger (27'), N. Powell (33'), David Artell (44') and N. Powell (90+3').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Crewe Alexandra received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 18th on 23 points from 22 and Crewe Alexandra 16th on 27 points from 22. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 13th with 58 points, and Crewe Alexandra 7th with 77.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bristol Rovers wins, 4 draws and 0 for Crewe Alexandra.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · AJ Leitch-SmithCrewe Alexandra · 0-1
  • 9'Goal · Matt HarroldBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 23'Yellow card · Mustapha CarayolBristol Rovers
  • 27'Own goal · C. BolgerCrewe Alexandra · 1-2
  • 33'Goal · N. PowellCrewe Alexandra · 1-3
  • 44'Goal · David ArtellCrewe Alexandra · 1-4
  • 48'Goal · Scott McGleishBristol Rovers · 2-4
  • 50'Yellow card · Craig StanleyBristol Rovers
  • 75'Yellow card · Ashley WestwoodCrewe Alexandra
  • 88'Yellow card · Matt TootleCrewe Alexandra
  • 90'Yellow card · Gary SawyerBristol Rovers
  • 90+3'Goal · N. PowellCrewe Alexandra · 2-5

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Bristol Rovers 0, draws 4, Crewe Alexandra 0.

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up

Scott Bevan, Gary Sawyer, Dan Woodards, Cian Bolger, Byron Anthony, Craig Stanley, Joe Anyinsah, Andy Dorman, Mustapha Carayol, Chris Zebroski, Matt Harrold

Crewe Alexandra line-up

Steve Phillips, Matt Tootle, Harry Davis, Adam Dugdale, Jamie Lowry, Ashley Westwood, Nick Powell, AJ Leitch-Smith, Byron Moore, David Artell, Lee Bell