Monday 28 November 2011

Southend United v. Bristol Rovers Saturday 26th November 2011

After Rovers defeat at home to Barnet they desperately needed to get something out of this game and they had to play top of the table side Southend.  Unsurprisingly Southend opened the scoring on the 66th minute with Harris scoring after some poor defending from Rovers although there were some shouts for offside.  Rovers came back when Harrold scored from a great header on the 77th minute after coming off the bench and had only been on the pitch 5 minutes. Rovers are currently 18th in the league with only 22 points and will need to work harder and win more games if they are going to move up the table.

Bristol Rovers

  • 01 Bevan
  • 03 Sawyer
  • 04 Woodards
  • 14 Brown
  • 15 Anthony
  • 06 Stanley
  • 08 Gill
  • 34 Dorman
  • 11 Carayol (Richard 61)
  • 16 Anyinsah
  • 26 Zebroski (Harrold 72)


Substitutes

  • 02 Smith,
  • 05 Bolger,
  • 23 Swallow,
  • 09 Harrold,
  • 18 Richard

Monday 21 November 2011

Bristol Rovers v. Barnet Saturday 19th november 2011

Rovers have had a poor start to the season with only 6 league wins out of 20 drawing 3 and losing 9.  This week rovers faced Barnet who are currently 21st in the league.  Much of the possesion was controled by rovers and it was hard to believe the gas finished with no points.  The goal came from barnet after 19 minutes with a header from Mark Hughes.  Rovers had some good chances hitting the bar twice and an excellent 35 yard shot from Eliot Richards that was saved by barnet goalkeeper Dean Brill.

Barnets second goal didnt come until the 98th minute in stoppage time when Barnets Alassane N'iaye crossed it into the box which should have been cleared easily, but Lee Browns mistake sent it straight to Byrne who smashed it into the bottom corner of the net.  Once again fans chanted for Paul Buckles departure after Rovers slip into 17th place in league 2.

Tuesday 15 November 2011

Bristol Rovers v Corby Town F.A Cup 1st Round

Bristol Rovers Faced non league side Corby Town in the F.A cup 1st round.  In recent years Rovers have struggled to get through the 1st or second round.  Although in 2008 they reached the quarter finals against West Brom when they lost 5-1.
Scott Mcleish scored a penalty in the first half makng it 1-0 to Rovers.  In the second half Corby equalised to make it 1-1.  But rovers came back after a spectacular strike form Mustapha Carayol and a late header from Chis Zebroski to make it 3-1.
Rovers will now travel to Southern league premier division side AFC Totton in the 2nd round.