Morecambe 2-3 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 24 September 2011
Result
Morecambe 2-3 Bristol Rovers
League Two · Saturday 24 September 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Morecambe 2-3 Bristol Rovers: match report
Morecambe were beaten by Bristol Rovers 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 24 September 2011. It was 0-1 at half-time.
C. Bolger opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Morecambe's goals came from Jason Price (57') and Kevin Ellison (63'). Bristol Rovers scored through C. Bolger (27'), Scott McGleish (65') and Joe Anyinsah (72').
Discipline: Morecambe received 1 yellow card; Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Morecambe were 1st on 20 points from 9 and Bristol Rovers 16th on 12 points from 9. Morecambe went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Bristol Rovers 13th with 58.
Going into the match Morecambe's last five read W-D-W-D-W and Bristol Rovers's L-W-D-L-D.
Key events
- 27'Goal · C. Bolger
- 57'Goal · Jason Price
- 62'Yellow card · Dan Woodards
- 63'Goal · Kevin Ellison
- 65'Goal · Scott McGleish
- 72'Goal · Joe Anyinsah
- 76'Yellow card · C. Bolger
- 77'Yellow card · Joe Anyinsah
- 78'Yellow card · Nick Fenton
Team news
Morecambe line-up
Nick Fenton, Tom McCready, Laurence Wilson, Andy Parrish, Izak Reid, Stuart Drummond, Gary Hunter, Jason Price, Barry Roche, Kevin Ellison, Danny Carlton
Bristol Rovers line-up
Scott Bevan, Dan Woodards, Cian Bolger, Lee Brown, Byron Anthony, Stuart Campbell, Joe Anyinsah, Chris Zebroski, Matthew Gill, Matt Harrold, Scott McGleish