Bristol Rovers 1-1 Hartlepool United: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 1 March 2016

Result

Bristol Rovers 1-1 Hartlepool United

League Two · Tuesday 1 March 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Bristol Rovers 1-1 Hartlepool United: match report

Bristol Rovers drew with Hartlepool United 1-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 1 March 2016. The half-time score was 3-0.

Matty Taylor opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Matty Taylor (10'), Rory Gaffney (31'), Matty Taylor (38') and Matty Taylor (56'). Hartlepool United scored through Billy Paynter (52').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Hartlepool United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 6th on 55 points from 32 and Hartlepool United 23rd on 26 points from 30. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Hartlepool United 19th with 48.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Matty TaylorBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 27'Yellow card · Nicky FeatherstoneHartlepool United
  • 31'Goal · Rory GaffneyBristol Rovers · 2-0
  • 38'Goal · Matty TaylorBristol Rovers · 3-0
  • 52'Goal · Billy PaynterHartlepool United · 3-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Jake CarrollHartlepool United
  • 56'Goal · Matty TaylorBristol Rovers · 4-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Mark McChrystalBristol Rovers
  • 82'Yellow card · Brad WalkerHartlepool United

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Bristol Rovers 1, draws 0, Hartlepool United 0.

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up

Steve Mildenhall, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Mark McChrystal, James Clarke, Lee Mansell, Chris Lines, Liam Lawrence, M. Taylor, Billy Bodin, Rory Gaffney

Hartlepool United expected line-up

Trevor Carson, Matthew Bates, Adam Jackson, Carl Magnay, Jake Carroll, Jake Gray, Nicky Featherstone, Nathan Thomas, B. Paynter, Luke James