Bristol Rovers 1-0 Northampton Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 31 August 2013
Result
Bristol Rovers 1-0 Northampton Town
League Two · Saturday 31 August 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Bristol Rovers 1-0 Northampton Town: match report
Bristol Rovers defeated Northampton Town 1-0 in the League Two on Saturday 31 August 2013. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Tom Lockyer of Bristol Rovers in the 2nd minute.
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 17th on 4 points from 4 and Northampton Town 22nd on 3 points from 4. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 21st with 51 points, and Northampton Town 23rd with 46.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read W-L-D-L and Northampton Town's L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Tom Lockyer
- 42'Yellow card · Chris Hackett
- 52'Yellow card · Ellis Harrison
- 55'Yellow card · Gary Deegan
- 63'Yellow card · Clive Platt
- 68'Yellow card · Matt Heath
- 76'Yellow card · Darren Carter
- 81'Yellow card · Roy O'Donovan
- 90+4'Second yellow · Roy O'Donovan
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up
Steve Mildenhall, Michael Smith, Tom Parkes, Lee Brown, Mark McChrystal, Tom Lockyer, John-Joe O'Toole, Oliver Norburn, David Clarkson, Ellis Harrison, Ryan Brunt
Northampton Town line-up
Matt Duke, Kevin Amankwaah, Lee Collins, Ben Tozer, Matt Heath, Darren Carter, Ishmel Demontagnac, Chris Hackett, Gary Deegan, Clive Platt, Roy O'Donovan