Bristol Rovers 2-0 Morecambe: result and report

League Two · Saturday 20 February 2016

Result

Bristol Rovers 2-0 Morecambe

League Two · Saturday 20 February 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bristol Rovers 2-0 Morecambe: match report

Bristol Rovers beat Morecambe 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 20 February 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jamie Devitt opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Rory Gaffney (68') and Billy Bodin (78'). Morecambe scored through Jamie Devitt (12', penalty).

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Morecambe received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 3rd on 52 points from 30 and Morecambe 11th on 41 points from 31. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Morecambe 16th with 51.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bristol Rovers wins, 1 draw and 2 for Morecambe.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Penalty goal · Jamie DevittMorecambe · 0-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Lee BrownBristol Rovers
  • 68'Goal · Rory GaffneyBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 78'Goal · Billy BodinBristol Rovers · 2-1
  • 80'Red card · Andrew FlemingMorecambe
  • 80'Yellow card · Andrew FlemingMorecambe

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Bristol Rovers 4, draws 1, Morecambe 2.

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up

Steve Mildenhall, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Tom Parkes, James Clarke, Chris Lines, Liam Lawrence, Stuart Sinclair, M. Taylor, Rory Gaffney

Morecambe line-up

Barry Roche, Shaun Beeley, Adam Dugdale, Ryan Edwards, Alan Goodall, Andy Parrish, Jamie Devitt, Tom Barkhuizen, Kevin Ellison, Andrew Fleming, Paul Mullin