Cheltenham Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Tuesday 16 September 2008

Result

Cheltenham Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers

League One · Tuesday 16 September 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Cheltenham Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers: match report

Cheltenham Town defeated Bristol Rovers 2-1 in the League One on Tuesday 16 September 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.

Barry Hayles opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Cheltenham Town's goals came from Barry Hayles (19') and Barry Hayles (30'). Bristol Rovers scored through Rickie Lambert (50').

Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 4 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 24th on 3 points from 6 and Bristol Rovers 19th on 5 points from 6. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 23rd with 39 points, and Bristol Rovers 11th with 63.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cheltenham Town win, 0 draws and 1 for Bristol Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Barry HaylesCheltenham Town · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Steve ElliottBristol Rovers
  • 30'Goal · Barry HaylesCheltenham Town · 2-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Scott MurrayCheltenham Town
  • 50'Goal · Rickie LambertBristol Rovers · 2-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Gavin CainesCheltenham Town
  • 64'Yellow card · Joshua LowCheltenham Town
  • 77'Yellow card · Rickie LambertBristol Rovers
  • 90'Yellow card · Ashley VincentCheltenham Town

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Cheltenham Town 1, draws 0, Bristol Rovers 1.