Bury 3-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Tuesday 14 March 2017

Result

Bury 3-0 Bristol Rovers

League One · Tuesday 14 March 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bury 3-0 Bristol Rovers: match report

Bury won against Bristol Rovers 3-0 in the League One on Tuesday 14 March 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

James Vaughan opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Bury's goals came from James Vaughan (50', penalty), Greg Leigh (65') and George Miller (75'). Bristol Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Bury received 6 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bury were 19th on 41 points from 37 and Bristol Rovers 8th on 54 points from 37. Bury went on to finish that season 19th with 50 points, and Bristol Rovers 10th with 66.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bury win, 1 draw and 1 for Bristol Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · A. TutteBury
  • 24'Yellow card · Stuart SinclairBristol Rovers
  • 39'Second yellow · Stuart SinclairBristol Rovers
  • 50'Penalty goal · James VaughanBury · 1-0
  • 53'Yellow card · A. KayBury
  • 65'Goal · Greg LeighBury · 2-0
  • 66'Yellow card · James VaughanBury
  • 75'Goal · George MillerBury · 3-0
  • 75'Yellow card · Leon BarnettBury
  • 90'Yellow card · K. BryanBury
  • 90+5'Yellow card · R. GaffneyBristol Rovers
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Joe MurphyBury

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Bury 1, draws 1, Bristol Rovers 1.

Team news

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Bury line-up

Joe Murphy, Greg Leigh, Cameron Burgess, Antony Kay, Leon Barnett, Taylor Moore, Paul Caddis, Callum Styles, Tom Pope, James Vaughan, Andrew Tutte

Bristol Rovers line-up

Joe Lumley, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, James Clarke, Ryan Sweeney, Lee Mansell, Chris Lines, Stuart Sinclair, Byron Moore, Billy Bodin, Luke James