Bristol Rovers 2-1 Rochdale: result and report

League One · Saturday 16 October 2010

Result

Bristol Rovers 2-1 Rochdale

League One · Saturday 16 October 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bristol Rovers 2-1 Rochdale: match report

Bristol Rovers defeated Rochdale 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 16 October 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.

J. Hughes opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from J. Hughes (45', penalty) and C. Lines (82'). Rochdale scored through an own goal by Byron Anthony (86').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received no yellow cards; Rochdale received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 20th on 11 points from 11 and Rochdale 6th on 18 points from 11. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 43 points, and Rochdale 8th with 70.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Penalty goal · J. HughesBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 82'Goal · C. LinesBristol Rovers · 2-0
  • 86'Own goal · Byron AnthonyRochdale · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Gary JonesRochdale

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up

Mikkel Andersen, Carl Regan, Gary Sawyer, Danny Coles, Byron Anthony, Chris Lines, Stuart Campbell, Jeff Hughes, Charles Reece, Will Hoskins, Jo Kuffour

Rochdale expected line-up

Josh Lillis, Craig Dawson, Josh Thompson, Marcus Holness, Gary Jones, Jason Kennedy, Chris O'Grady, Brian Barry-Murphy, Joe Widdowson