Shrewsbury Town 2-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 17 December 2016

Result

Shrewsbury Town 2-0 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 17 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Shrewsbury Town 2-0 Bristol Rovers: match report

Shrewsbury Town won against Bristol Rovers 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 17 December 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Louis Dodds opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Shrewsbury Town's goals came from Louis Dodds (16') and Ian Blackstone (73', penalty). Bristol Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Shrewsbury Town received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Shrewsbury Town were 24th on 18 points from 21 and Bristol Rovers 9th on 30 points from 21. Shrewsbury Town went on to finish that season 18th with 51 points, and Bristol Rovers 10th with 66.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Shrewsbury Town wins, 1 draw and 4 for Bristol Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Louis DoddsShrewsbury Town · 1-0
  • 51'Yellow card · Peter HartleyBristol Rovers
  • 60'Yellow card · Ellis HarrisonBristol Rovers
  • 68'Yellow card · Junior BrownShrewsbury Town
  • 73'Penalty goal · Ian BlackstoneShrewsbury Town · 2-0
  • 84'Yellow card · G. WaringShrewsbury Town

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Shrewsbury Town 2, draws 1, Bristol Rovers 4.

Team news

Shrewsbury Town line-up

Jayson Leutwiler, Matt Sadler, Javier Klimowicz, Junior Brown, Jack Grimmer, Dominic Smith, Ian Blackstone, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Louis Dodds, Jim O'Brien, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

Bristol Rovers line-up

Will Puddy, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Peter Hartley, James Clarke, Ollie Clarke, Stuart Sinclair, Hiram Boateng, Charlie Colkett, M. Taylor, Rory Gaffney