Bristol Rovers 1-2 Leyton Orient: result and report

League One · Saturday 8 August 2009

Result

Bristol Rovers 1-2 Leyton Orient

League One · Saturday 8 August 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bristol Rovers 1-2 Leyton Orient: match report

Bristol Rovers were beaten by Leyton Orient 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 8 August 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.

John Melligan opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Bristol Rovers's goal came from Rickie Lambert (44'). Leyton Orient scored through John Melligan (40') and Jimmy Smith (67').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Leyton Orient received 3 yellow cards.

Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 11th with 62 points, and Leyton Orient 18th with 51.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Jo KuffourBristol Rovers
  • 40'Goal · John MelliganLeyton Orient · 0-1
  • 44'Goal · Rickie LambertBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Sean ThorntonLeyton Orient
  • 67'Goal · Jimmy SmithLeyton Orient · 1-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Ben ChorleyLeyton Orient
  • 90'Yellow card · Jamie JonesLeyton Orient

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Bristol Rovers 2, draws 0, Leyton Orient 0.