Bristol Rovers' first ever meeting with Fleetwood Town ended in stalemate, with both sides failing to find the back of the net. It extended The Pirates' winless streak at the start of the 2012–13 season to seven games.
This match marked the debut of on-loan goalkeeper Neil Etheridge, the first Philippines international ever to play for The Gas.
Match details[]
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Bristol Rovers | 0–0 | Fleetwood Town | 
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| (0–0 HT) | ||||
| Venue: The Memorial Stadium – KO: 22 September 2012 @ 1500 | ||||
| Attendance: 5,079 – Referee: Steve Martin | ||||
| Lineups | ||||
| 38 Neil Etheridge | 1 Scott Davies | |||
| 2 Michael Smith | 2 Shaun Beeley | |||
| 5 Garry Kenneth | 3 Dean Howell | |||
| 6 Tom Parkes | 5 Steve McNulty  |
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| 14 Lee Brown |
12 Junior Brown  |
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| 16 Joe Anyinsah |
28 Youl Mawéné | |||
| 8 Matt Gill | 10 Lee Fowler |
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| 15 Oliver Norburn | 18 Jamie McGuire | |||
| 21 Wayne Brown |
20 Damien Johnson |
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| 11 Fabian Broghammer | 14 Andy Mangan | |||
| 7 David Clarkson | 19 Steven Gillespie | |||
| Substitutes | ||||
| 28 Sam Walker (GK) | 16 Chris Maxwell (GK) | |||
| 3 Jim Paterson | 9 Jon Parkin | |||
 10 Eliot Richards |
11 Barry Nicholson |
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| 19 Adam Virgo | 26 David Ball | |||
| 24 Ollie Clarke | 27 Alex Marrow |
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| 25 Seanan Clucas | 32 Thomas Barkhuizen |
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| 26 Matthew Lund |
33 Ashley Eastham | |||
Timeline[]
46 mins: Barry Nicholson and Thomas Barkhuizen replaced Lee Fowler and Junior Brown- 57 mins: Eliot Richards replaced Wayne Brown
- 68 mins: Alex Marrow replaced Damien Johnson
- 79 mins: Matthew Lund replaced Joe Anyinsah
- 85 mins: Steve McNulty booked
- 90+3 mins: Alex Marrow booked for a foul on Lee Brown
- 90+3 mins: Lee Brown booked
| League Two | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | ACC | AFW | ALD | BAR | BRA | BUR | CNM | CFD | D&R | EXE | FWD | GIL | MOR | NOR | OXF | PLY | PTV | RDL | ROT | SOU | TOR | WYC | YOR | |
| Home | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Away | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | A–A 0–2 |
1–4 | |
| FA Cup | Capital One Cup | Johnstone's Paint Trophy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rnd | 1 | Rnd | 1 | Rnd | 1sw | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team | SHU | Team | IPS | Team | YEO | |||||||||||||||||||
| H/A | H | H/A | A | H/A | H | |||||||||||||||||||
| Res | 1–2 | Res | 1–3 | Res | 0–3 | |||||||||||||||||||