Bristol Rovers 2-1 Rochdale: result and report
League One · Saturday 16 October 2010
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Rochdale
League One · Saturday 16 October 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Rochdale: match report
Bristol Rovers defeated Rochdale 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 16 October 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.
J. Hughes opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from J. Hughes (45', penalty) and C. Lines (82'). Rochdale scored through an own goal by Byron Anthony (86').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received no yellow cards; Rochdale received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 20th on 11 points from 11 and Rochdale 6th on 18 points from 11. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 43 points, and Rochdale 8th with 70.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read L-W-L-D-W and Rochdale's L-L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 45'Penalty goal · J. Hughes
- 82'Goal · C. Lines
- 86'Own goal · Byron Anthony
- 87'Yellow card · Gary Jones
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up
Mikkel Andersen, Carl Regan, Gary Sawyer, Danny Coles, Byron Anthony, Chris Lines, Stuart Campbell, Jeff Hughes, Charles Reece, Will Hoskins, Jo Kuffour
Rochdale expected line-up
Josh Lillis, Craig Dawson, Josh Thompson, Marcus Holness, Gary Jones, Jason Kennedy, Chris O'Grady, Brian Barry-Murphy, Joe Widdowson