Bristol Rovers 2-2 Hartlepool United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 21 September 2013

Result

Bristol Rovers 2-2 Hartlepool United

League Two · Saturday 21 September 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Bristol Rovers 2-2 Hartlepool United: match report

Bristol Rovers drew with Hartlepool United 2-2 in the League Two on Saturday 21 September 2013. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Matt Harrold opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Matt Harrold (35') and John-Joe O'Toole (90'). Hartlepool United scored through Luke James (36') and Luke James (45+1').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Hartlepool United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 18th on 7 points from 7 and Hartlepool United 21st on 5 points from 7. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 21st with 51 points, and Hartlepool United 14th with 57.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol Rovers wins, 2 draws and 0 for Hartlepool United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · Matt HarroldBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 36'Goal · Luke JamesHartlepool United · 1-1
  • 45+1'Goal · Luke JamesHartlepool United · 1-2
  • 66'Yellow card · Simon WaltonHartlepool United
  • 75'Yellow card · Jack ComptonHartlepool United
  • 87'Yellow card · Tom LockyerBristol Rovers
  • 90'Goal · John-Joe O'TooleBristol Rovers · 2-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Bristol Rovers 2, draws 2, Hartlepool United 0.

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up

Steve Mildenhall, Michael Smith, Tom Parkes, Lee Brown, Mark McChrystal, Tom Lockyer, John-Joe O'Toole, Andy Bond, Matt Harrold, Elliot Richards, Mitch Harding

Hartlepool United line-up

S. Flinders, Neil Jeffrey Austin, Jack Baldwin, Christian Burgess, Matty Dolan, Simon Walton, Andy Monkhouse, Jack Compton, Michael Duckworth, Jonathan Franks, Luke James