Bristol Rovers 0-3 Morecambe: result and report

League Two · Saturday 1 September 2012

Result

Bristol Rovers 0-3 Morecambe

League Two · Saturday 1 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bristol Rovers 0-3 Morecambe: match report

Bristol Rovers were beaten by Morecambe 0-3 in the League Two on Saturday 1 September 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Gary McDonald opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Bristol Rovers did not score. Morecambe scored through Gary McDonald (52'), Nick Fenton (57') and Kevin Ellison (62').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Morecambe received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 20th on 1 point from 2 and Morecambe 11th on 4 points from 3. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 59 points, and Morecambe 16th with 58.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 52'Goal · Gary McDonaldMorecambe · 0-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Tom ParkesBristol Rovers
  • 57'Goal · Nick FentonMorecambe · 0-2
  • 62'Goal · Kevin EllisonMorecambe · 0-3
  • 66'Yellow card · Kevin EllisonMorecambe
  • 66'Yellow card · Kevin EllisonMorecambe
  • 80'Yellow card · Matty LundBristol Rovers
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Robbie ThrelfallMorecambe
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Adam VirgoBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Bristol Rovers 2, draws 0, Morecambe 0.

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up

Sam Walker, Michael Smith, Tom Parkes, Lee Brown, Adam Virgo, Wayne Brown, David Clarkson, Elliot Richards, Jim Paterson, Matthew Gill, Matt Harrold

Morecambe line-up

Nick Fenton, Robbie Threlfall, Will Haining, Andrew Wright, Tom McCready, Andy Parrish, Gary McDonald, Lewis Alessandra, Jordan Burrow, Barry Roche, Kevin Ellison