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2010–11 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

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Bristol Rovers
2010–11 season
ChairmanNick Higgs
ManagerPaul Trollope
(until 15 December 2010)
Darren Patterson
(caretaker manager)
Dave Penney
(from 10 January 2011)
League One22nd (Relegated)
FA CupFirst round (Eliminated by Darlington
League CupFirst round (Eliminated by Oxford United)
Football League TrophySouthern Section area semi-final (Eliminated by Exeter City)
Top goalscorerLeague:
All:
Will Hoskins – 20
Highest home attendance8340 (vs. Sheffield Wednesday, 30 April 2011)
Lowest home attendance4829 (vs. Milton Keynes Dons, 2 February 2011)
Average home league attendance6253

The 2010–11 season was Bristol Rovers fourth season in League One since being promoted via the League Two play-offs in 2006–07. Bristol Rovers had a poor season and on 30 April 2011, they were relegated to League Two after a 1–1 draw with Sheffield Wednesday.[1] Bristol Rovers 2010–11 season officially began on 1 July 2010 and concluded on 30 June 2011, with competitive fixtures taking place between August and May.

Season Events

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  • 15 December 2010Bristol Rovers manager Paul Trollope is sacked by Bristol Rovers after 5 seasons in charge of the club.[2]
  • 10 January 2011Bristol Rovers appoint Dave Penney as their new manager.[3]
  • 7 March 2011Bristol Rovers sack manager Dave Penney and leaves the club languishing 23rd in the League One table, five points from safety.[4]
  • 7 March 2011Bristol Rovers sign 20-year-old Bermudan international Reggie Lambe on loan from Ipswich Town until the end of the season.[5]
  • 7 May 2011 – On 30 April 2011, Bristol Rovers were relegated to League Two after a 2–1 defeat away at Colchester United.[6]

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Football League One 22nd 7 August 2010 7 May 2011
Football League Cup 1st round 1st round 10 August 2010
Football League Trophy 1st round 1st round 4 September 2011
FA Cup 1st round 1st round 6 November 2010

Updated to match played 30 May 2015
Source: Competitions

Football League One

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
20 Walsall 46 12 12 22 56 75 −19 48
21 Dagenham & Redbridge (R) 46 12 11 23 52 70 −18 47 Relegation to Football League Two
22 Bristol Rovers (R) 46 11 12 23 48 82 −34 45
23 Plymouth Argyle (R) 46 15 7 24 51 74 −23 42[a]
24 Swindon Town (R) 46 9 14 23 50 72 −22 41
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2011. Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Plymouth Argyle deducted 10 points for insolvency.[7]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 11 12 23 48 82  −34 45 6 7 10 24 35  −11 5 5 13 24 47  −23

Last updated: 2 April 2011.
Source: BRFC League One Results

Result round by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAAAAHHAHHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA
ResultLWDLDDWWLWLWDDLLDDLLLDLDWLLLLLWLLLWLWDWWLLDLDL
Position23131719171715131591592122222221222223232423222223222322222219202122222222
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Penalties awarded

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Date Success? Penalty Taker Opponent Competition
18–09–10 Green tickY Northern Ireland Jeff Hughes Dagenham and Redbridge League One
11–10–10 Green tickY Northern Ireland Jeff Hughes Swindon Town F.C. League One
16–10–10 Green tickY Northern Ireland Jeff Hughes Rochdale League One
5–4–11 Green tickY Northern Ireland Jeff Hughes Bournemouth League One
30–4–11 Green tickY Northern Ireland Jeff Hughes Sheffield Wednesday League One

Season statistics

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Appearances, goals and cards

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As of 9 May 2011.
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup JP Trophy Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Mikkel Andersen 19 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22 0 1 0
1 GK England Luke Daniels 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 0
2 DF England Carl Regan 20 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 25 0 1 4
3 DF England Gary Sawyer 37 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 42 0 11 1
4 MF England Chris Lines 42 3 1 0 1 1 2 1 46 5 12 0
5 DF England Danny Coles 37 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 41 0 9 2
6 DF England James Tunnicliffe 25 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 27 0 1 0
7 MF England Stuart Campbell 37 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 41 0 7 0
8 FW England Will Hoskins 43 17 1 1 1 0 2 2 47 20 3 0
9 FW England John Akinde 14 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 29 0 3 0
9 FW England Rene Howe 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 0
10 FD Scotland Darryl Duffy 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
11 MF Northern Ireland Jeff Hughes 42 10 1 0 1 0 2 1 46 11 6 0
13 GK England Mike Green 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0
14 MF England Wayne Brown 24 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 27 3 2 0
15 DF Wales Byron Anthony 37 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 42 3 10 0
16 MF England Dominic Blizzard 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 0 0
17 FW England Jo Kuffour 42 6 1 0 1 0 2 3 46 9 0 0
18 FW Wales Eliot Richards 13 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 17 1 0 0
19 DF England Mark Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF England Cian Bolger 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 1
19 MF Bermuda Reggie Lambe 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
20 MF England Charlie Reece 14 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 18 0 0 0
21 MF England Charlie Clough 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
22 MF England Harry Pell 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 0
23 FW Wales Ben Swallow 17 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 21 2 1 0
24 MF England Ollie Clarke 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
25 MF England George Booth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF England Mark Cooper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF England Jack McKenna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 FW England Lamar Powell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
29 DF England Darren Jefferies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF Scotland David McCracken 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 1
33 MF Republic of Ireland Scott Davies 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Jean-Paul Kalala 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 2 0
35 MF Wales Gavin Williams 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 3 0
36 GK Republic of Ireland Conrad Logan 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0
37 DF England Danny Senda 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 3 0
38 DF England Jerel Ifil 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
42 FW Wales Ellis Harrison 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Updated to games played on 7 May 2011.

Source: Soccerbase

Apps = Appearances made; Goals = Goals scored.

Goalscorers

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No. Flag Pos Name League One League Cup FA Cup JPT Total
8 England FW Will Hoskins 17 1 0 3 21
11 England MF Jeff Hughes 10 0 0 1 11
4 England MF Chris Lines 3 0 1 1 5
15 Wales DF Byron Anthony 3 0 0 0 3
14 England MF Wayne Brown 3 0 0 0 3'
23 Wales MF Ben Swallow 0 0 0 2 2
35 Wales FW Gavin Williams 0 0 0 1 2
9 England FW Rene Howe 1 0 0 0 1

Awards

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Club awards

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At the end of the season, Bristol Rovers held annual awards dinner. Rewards received were for the players and backroom staff, for instance such as Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year, Youth Player of the Year, Goal of the Season and Clubman of the Year. The event was held at The Memorial Stadium, the supporters and the supporters club were all in attendance.[8]

Player of the Year Scotland Stuart Campbell
Young Player of the Year England Harry Pell
Youth Player of the Year England Darren Jefferies
Goal of the Season Wales Ben Swallow (vs. Wycombe Wanderers, 9 November 2010)
Clubman of the Year England Keith Brookman

Transfers

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In

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Pos. Name From Fee
MF Harry Pell Charlton Athletic Free
DF Gary Sawyer Plymouth Argyle Free
FW Will Hoskins Watford Free
DF James Tunnicliffe Brighton & Hove Albion Loan
MF Wayne Brown Fulham Free
GK Mikkel Andersen Reading Loan
FW John Akinde Bristol City Loan
GK Luke Daniels West Brom Loan

Out

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Pos. Name To Fee
MF Sean Rigg Port Vale Free
FW Andy Williams Yeovil Town Free
DF Steve Elliott Cheltenham Town Free
MF Mark Wright Shrewsbury Town Loan
GK Rhys Evans Southend United Free
FW Darryl Duffy Hibernian Loan
MF Ollie Clarke Gloucester City Loan
MF Charlie Clough Newport County Loan

Fixtures and results

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  Won   Drawn   Lost   Postponed

Pre-season friendlies

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14 Jul 2010 Bath City 2–0 Bristol Rovers Twerton Park
15:00 BST Attendance: 1,067
07 Aug 2010 Greenock Morton 1–3 Bristol Rovers Cappielow Stadium
15:00 BST Attendance: 1,037
07 Aug 2010 Partic Thistle 0–2 Bristol Rovers Firhill Stadium
15:00 BST Attendance: 936

League One

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7 Aug 2010 Game 1 Peterborough United 3–0 Bristol Rovers London Road Stadium
15:00 Boyd 57'
McLean 73'
McCann 88'
Report Attendance: 7,113
Referee: Gavin Ward
14 Aug 2010 Game 2 Bristol Rovers 2–1 Yeovil Town The Memorial Stadium
15:00 Kuffour 45'
Anthony 90'
Kalala Red card 81'
Virgo 89'
Attendance: 6,438
Referee: Michael Oliver
21 Aug 2010 Game 3 Exeter City 2–2 Bristol Rovers St James Park
15:00 Nardiello 9'
Duffy Red card 48'
O'Flynn 75' (pen.)
Kuffour 45'
Hoskins 54'
Attendance: 7,401
Referee: Mike Russell
28 Aug 2010 Game 4 Bristol Rovers 0–4 Southampton The Memorial Stadium
15:00 Fonte 10'
Lallana 34'
Lambert 59' (pen.)
Barnard 90'
Attendance: 8,226
Referee: Graham Scott

September

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4 Sep 2010 Game 5 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Bristol Rovers Boundary Park
15:00 Taylor 45' Hoskins 8'
Coles Red card 86'
Attendance: 4,039
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
11 Sep 2010 Game 6 Bristol Rovers 0–0 Brentford The Memorial Stadium
15:00 Sawyer Red card 70' Attendance: 5,609
Referee: Scott Mathieson
18 Sep 2010 Game 7 Dag & Red 0–3 Bristol Rovers Victoria Road
15:00 Hughes 27,32,87' (pen.) Attendance: 2,287
Referee: Trevor Kettle
25 Sep 2010 Game 8 Bristol Rovers 2–1 Notts County The Memorial Stadium
15:00 Hoskins 5,56' Lee Red card 39'
Davies 87'
Attendance: 5,962
Referee: Dean Whitestone
28 Sep 2010 Game 9 Bristol Rovers 0–1 Tranmere Rovers The Memorial Stadium
19:45 Jennings 45' Attendance: 5,589
Referee: Chris Sarginson

October

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2 Oct 2010 Game 10 Huddersfield Town 0–1 Bristol Rovers Galpharm Stadium
15:00 McCombe Red card 89' Hoskins 90' Attendance: 12,344
Referee: Karl Evans
11 Oct 2010 Game 11 Swindon Town 2–1 Bristol Rovers County Ground
19:45 Morrison 45'
Péricard 57'
Hughes 90' (pen.) Attendance: 9,065
Referee: Anthony Taylor
16 Oct 2010 Game 12 Bristol Rovers 2–1 Rochdale The Memorial Stadium
15:00 Hughes 45' (pen.)
Lines 82'
Anthony 86' (o.g.) Attendance: 5,872
Referee: Craig Pawson
23 Oct 2010 Game 13 Hartlepool United 2–2 Bristol Rovers Victoria Park
15:00 Gamble 30'
Antony Sweeney 80'
Kuffour 85'
Anthony 90'
Attendance: 2,972
Referee: Mark Haywood
30 Oct 2010 Game 14 Bristol Rovers 1–1 Carlisle United The Memorial Stadium
15:00 Lines 48' Grella 87' Attendance: 6,144
Referee: Oliver Langford

November

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2 Nov 2010 Game 15 Plymouth Argyle 3–1 Bristol Rovers Home Park
19:45 Parrett 64'
Wright-Phillips 77,90'
Hoskins 67' Attendance: 7,413
Referee: Rob Shoebridge
13 Nov 2010 Game 16 Bristol Rovers 0–3 Leyton Orient The Memorial Stadium
15:00 Regan Red card 38' Cox 20', Revell 27,51' Attendance: 5,541
Referee: Andy Woolmer
20 Nov 2010 Game 17 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–2 Bristol Rovers Withdean Stadium
15:00 Hughes 62' (o.g.), Wood 73' (pen.) Anthony 23', Painter 90' (o.g.) Attendance: 7,407
Referee: Keith Stroud
23 Nov 2010 Game 18 Charlton Athletic 1–1 Bristol Rovers The Valley
19:45 Benson 77' Brown 63' Attendance: 13,468
Referee: Mike Russell

December

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11 Dec 2010 Game 19 Sheffield Wednesday 6–2 Bristol Rovers Hillsborough
15:00 Sedgwick 10'
Miller 23'
Teale 26'
Johnson 32'
O'Connor 71'
Heffernan 81'
Hoskins 7', 66' Attendance: 19,242

January

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1 Jan 2011 Game 20 MK Dons 2–0 Bristol Rovers Stadium:mk
15:00 Powell 10'
Leven 13'
Attendance: 7,185
Referee: Andy Woolmer
4 Jan 2011 Game 21 Bristol Rovers 2–3 Plymouth Argyle The Memorial Stadium
19:45 Hoskins 8', 11' Wright-Phillips 58'
Mason 69'
Zubar 81'
Attendance: 5,943
Referee: Russell Booth
11 Jan 2011 Game 22 Bristol Rovers 2–2 Walsall The Memorial Stadium
19:45 Hoskins 53'
Kuffour 54'
Grigg 5'
Lescott 83'
Attendance: 5,369
Referee: Simon Hooper
15 Jan 2011 Game 23 Carlisle United 4–0 Bristol Rovers Brunton Park
15:00 Berrett 44' (pen.), 82' (pen.)
Curran 57'
Cooper 73'
Coles Red card 51' Attendance: 4,229
Referee: Paul Tierney
18 Jan 2011 Game 24 Bristol Rovers 0–0 Hartlepool United Memorial Stadium
19:45 Attendance: 5,285
Referee: Darren Sheldrake
22 Jan 2011 Game 25 Bristol Rovers 3–1 Swindon Town Memorial Stadium
15:00 Hoskins 7', Kuffour 48', Hughes 73' McGovern 67' Attendance: 6,972
Referee: Jonathan Moss
29 Jan 2011 Walsall 6–1 Bristol Rovers Bescot Stadium
15:00 Butler 17', 73'
Gill 34'
Gray 45'
Richards 50'
Nicholls 69'
Hughes 49' Attendance: 4,023
Referee: Iain Williamson

February

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2 Feb 2011 Game 27 Bristol Rovers 1–2 Milton Keynes Dons Memorial Stadium
19:45 Hughes 83' (pen.) O'Hanlon 1' Red card 67'
Powell 61'
Attendance: 4,829
Referee: Roger East
5 Feb 2011 Game 28 Bristol Rovers 2–4 Brighton & Hove Albion Memorial Stadium
15:00 Hoskins 2', 86' Barnes 38'
Bennett 52'
Bolger 73' (o.g.)
Murray 79'
Attendance: 6,683
Referee: Pat Miller
8 Feb 2011 Game 29 Rochdale 3–1 Bristol Rovers Spotland Stadium
19:45 Dawson 72'
Akpa Akpro 90'
Done 90'
Hoskins 79'
Bolger Red card 76'
Attendance: 2,372
Referee: Bobby Madley
12 Feb 2011 Game 30 Leyton Orient 4–1 Bristol Rovers Brisbane Road
15:00 Smith 5'
Whing 16'
Kane 77', 82'
Chorley 52' (o.g.) Attendance: 4,913
Referee: Nigel Miller
19 Feb 2011 Game 31 Bristol Rovers 1–0 Oldham Athletic Memorial Stadium
15:00 Rene Howe 73' Attendance: 5,379
Referee: Phil Crossley
26 Feb 2011 Game 32 Brentford 1–0 Bristol Rovers Griffin Park
15:00 Gary Alexander 20' Attendance: 5,944
Referee: Craig Pawson

March

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1 March 2011 Game 33 Bristol Rovers 0–1 Colchester United Memorial Stadium
15:00 Kayode Odejayi 22' Attendance: 5,181
Referee: Michael Naylor
5 March 2011 Game 34 Bristol Rovers 0–2 Dagenham and Redbridge Memorial Stadium
15:00 Danny Green 45+2'
Romain Vincelot 45+2'
Attendance: 5,181
Referee: Carl Boyeson
8 March 2011 Game 35 Tranmere Rovers 0–1 Bristol Rovers Prenton Park
19:45 Chris Lines 19' Attendance: 4,110
Referee: Chris Sarginson
12 March 2011 Game 36 Bristol Rovers 0–1 Huddersfield Town Memorial Stadium
15:00 Jordan Rhodes 5' Attendance: 7,380
Referee: Brendan Malone
19 March 2011 Game 37 Notts County 0–1 Bristol Rovers Meadow Lane
15:00 Will Hoskins 62' Attendance: 5,691
Referee: Danny McDermid
25 March 2011 Game 38 Bristol Rovers 2–2 Peterborough United Memorial Stadium
15:00 George Boyd 53' Jo Kuffour 6'
Jeff Hughes 57'
Attendance: 6,589
Referee: Keith Stroud

April

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2 April 2011 Game 39 Yeovil Town 0–1 Bristol Rovers Huish Park
15:00 Gavin Williams Attendance: 6,281
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
5 April 2011 Game 40 Bristol Rovers 1–0 Bournemouth Memorial Stadium
19:45 Jeff Hughes penalty 33 Attendance: 6,691
Referee: Graham Salisbury
9 April 2011 Game 41 Bristol Rovers 0–2 Exeter City Memorial Stadium
15:00 Daniel Nardiello 82' Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Jonathan Moss
16 April 2011 Game 42 Southampton 1–0 Bristol Rovers St Mary's Stadium
15:00 do Prado 82' Attendance: 23,647
23 April 2011 Game 43 Bristol Rovers 2–2 Charlton Athletic Memorial Stadium
15:00
25 April 2011 Game 44 Bournemouth 2–1 Bristol Rovers
Mathieu Baudry 84 Steve Fletcher 88 Wayne Brown 4 Attendance: 7,869
Referee: Dean Whitestone
30 April 2011 Game 45 Bristol Rovers 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Memorial Stadium
15:00 Will Hoskins Penalty 12 Tommy Miller Penalty 3 Attendance: 8,340
Referee: Dave Foster

May

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7 May 2011 Game 46 Colchester United 2–1 Bristol Rovers Boundary Park
15:00 Attendance: 4,759
Referee: David Webb

League Cup

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10 Aug 2010 First round Oxford United 6–1 Bristol Rovers Kassam Stadium, Oxford
19:45 BST Heslop 18,90'
Green 23'
Constable 27,52'
Midson 29'
Lines 24' Attendance: 5,008
Referee: Fred Graham

Football League Trophy

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05 Oct 2010 Southern Section second round Bristol Rovers 1–0 Aldershot Town The Memorial Stadium
19:15 BST Hoskins 90' Attendance: 4,050
Referee: Phil Gibbs
09 Nov 2010 Southern Section Area Quarter-finals Wycombe Wanderers 3–6 Bristol Rovers Adams Park
19:30 BST Rendell 57,83,88' (pen.) Kuffour 23,41,58', Lines 63', Hughes 71' (pen.), Swallow 90' Attendance: 1,591
Referee: Keith Hill
30 Nov 2010 Southern Section Area Semi-finals Bristol Rovers 2–2
(4–5 p)
Exeter City The Memorial Stadium
19:15 BST Hoskins 20'
Swallow 78'
Anthony 65' (o.g.)
Harley 89'
Attendance: 3,881
Referee: Danny McDermid
Penalties
Hoskins soccer ball with check mark
Lines soccer ball with check mark
Coles soccer ball with check mark
Anthony soccer ball with red X
Richards soccer ball with check mark
Harley soccer ball with check mark
Jones soccer ball with check mark
Nardiello soccer ball with check mark
Noble soccer ball with check mark
Duffy soccer ball with check mark

FA Cup

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06 Nov 2010 First round proper Darlington 2–1 Bristol Rovers The Darlington Arena
15:00 BST Brough 15', Smith 57' Hoskins 17' Attendance: 1,602

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Bristol R 1–1 Sheff Wed". BBC News. 30 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Manager Paul Trollope sacked by Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Bristol Rovers appoint Dave Penney as their new manager". BBC Sport. 10 January 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Bristol Rovers sack manager Dave Penney". BBC Sport. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Bristol Rovers sign Reggie Lambe on loan from Ipswich". BBC Sport. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  6. ^ "Colchester 2–1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Plymouth Argyle are deducted 10 points". BBC Sport. 21 February 2011.
  8. ^ "Stuart is fans' Player of the Year". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
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