Bristol Rovers 2-1 Northampton Town: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 16 August 2011
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Northampton Town
League Two · Tuesday 16 August 2011, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Northampton Town: match report
Bristol Rovers beat Northampton Town 2-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 16 August 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Jo Kuffour opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Jo Kuffour (29') and Matt Harrold (75'). Northampton Town scored through Adebayo Akinfenwa (64').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 11th on 3 points from 2 and Northampton Town 7th on 4 points from 2. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 13th with 58 points, and Northampton Town 20th with 48.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Michael Jacobs
- 29'Goal · Jo Kuffour
- 53'Yellow card · Matthew Gill
- 64'Goal · Adebayo Akinfenwa
- 75'Goal · Matt Harrold
- 77'Yellow card · Ashley Corker
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up
Scott Bevan, Cian Bolger, Lee Brown, Byron Anthony, Adam Virgo, Craig Stanley, Joe Anyinsah, Matthew Gill, Matt Harrold, Scott McGleish, Jo Kuffour
Northampton Town line-up
Sam Walker, Ashley Corker, Ben Tozer, Byron Webster, Arron Davies, Paul Turnbull, Jake Robinson, Michael Jacobs, Basir Mohammed Savage, Nana Seth Ofori-Twumasi, Ashley Westwood