Bristol Rovers 2-3 Oldham Athletic: result and report

League One · Tuesday 12 September 2017

Result

Bristol Rovers 2-3 Oldham Athletic

League One · Tuesday 12 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bristol Rovers 2-3 Oldham Athletic: match report

Bristol Rovers were beaten by Oldham Athletic 2-3 in the League One on Tuesday 12 September 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

J. Byrne opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from R. Gaffney (83') and Ryan Sweeney (85'). Oldham Athletic scored through J. Byrne (49'), Craig Davies (71') and E. Doyle (88').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Oldham Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 12th on 9 points from 6 and Oldham Athletic 24th on 1 point from 6. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Oldham Athletic 21st with 50.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Oldham Athletic in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bristol Rovers wins, 1 draw and 0 for Oldham Athletic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 49'Goal · J. ByrneOldham Athletic · 0-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Dan GardnerOldham Athletic
  • 71'Goal · Craig DaviesOldham Athletic · 0-2
  • 83'Goal · R. GaffneyBristol Rovers · 1-2
  • 85'Goal · Ryan SweeneyBristol Rovers · 2-2
  • 88'Goal · E. DoyleOldham Athletic · 2-3
  • 90+7'Yellow card · D. TelfordBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Bristol Rovers 3, draws 1, Oldham Athletic 0.

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Adam Smith, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Ryan Sweeney, Liam Sercombe, Ollie Clarke, Byron Moore, Ellis Harrison, Billy Bodin, Tom Nichols

Oldham Athletic line-up (3-5-2)

John Robert Ruddy, Anthony Gerrard, Ryan McLaughlin, George Edmundson, Peter Clarke, Kean Bryan, Dan Gardner, G. Nepomuceno, Jack Byrne, Craig Davies, Eoin Doyle