| League One | ||
|---|---|---|
| Team | Home | Away |
| Brighton | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| Carlisle | 2-3 | 1-1 |
| Cheltenham | 3-2 | 1-2 |
| Colchester | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Crewe | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Hartlepool | 4-1 | 1-1 |
| Hereford | 6-1 | 3-0 |
| Huddersfield | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| Leeds | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Leicester | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| L Orient | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Millwall | 4-2 | 2-3 |
| MK Dons | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| Northampton | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Oldham | 2-0 | 2-0 |
| Peterborough | 0-1 | 4-5 |
| Scunthorpe | 1-2 | 2-0 |
| Southend | 4-2 | 0-1 |
| Stockport | 2-0 | 1-3 |
| Swindon | 2-2 | 1-2 |
| Tranmere | 2-0 | 0-2 |
| Walsall | 1-3 | 5-0 |
| Yeovil | 3-0 | 2-2 |
| FA Cup | ||
| Team | H/A | |
| Bournemouth | A | 0-1 |
| League Cup | ||
| Team | H/A | |
| Watford | A | 0-1 |
| League Trophy | ||
| Team | H/A | |
| Bournemouth | A | 0-3 |
On 14 November 2008 Rovers played Scunthorpe United in a League One match at the Memorial Stadium. The game was Rovers sixteenth league game of the season and their nineteenth in all competitions.
Going into the game Rovers had lost their last two matches, after taking four wins and a draw from their five matches in October. The recent run of defeats continued with this game, with Rovers going down by two goals to one, the three points sending Scunthorpe to the top of the league.
The Rovers starting lineup contained just a single change from their previous game, Steve Elliott returning from injury to replace the suspended Byron Anthony. During the match Rickie Lambert scored his sixteenth goal of the season, all in the league, to cement his position as the top goalscorer in England.
Match details[]
| Bristol Rovers | 1–2 | Scunthorpe United |
|---|---|---|
| Lambert (56) | (0–1 HT) | McCann (40) Iriekpen (62) |
| at The Memorial Stadium | attendance: 7,173 | |
| Lineups | ||
| 1 Steve Phillips | 1 Joe Murphy | |
| 2 Ryan Green | 15 David Mirfin | |
| 5 Craig Hinton | 5 Izzy Iriekpen 
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| 6 Steve Elliott | 6 Cliff Byrne | |
| 32 Aaron Lescott | 26 Krystian Pearce 
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 4 Chris Lines |
16 Martin Woolford
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| 7 Stuart Campbell | 17 Grant McCann
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| 20 Craig Disley | 18 Sam Togwell
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| 11 Jeff Hughes | 7 Matthew Sparrow | |
| 9 Rickie Lambert |
9 Paul Hayes
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| 17 Jo Kuffour |
10 Gary Hooper
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| Substitutes | ||
| 13 Mike Green | 8 Garry Thompson 
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| 18 Ben Hunt |
14 Michael Lea | |
| 10 Darryl Duffy |
23 Kevan Hurst | |
| 21 Tom Parrinello | 27 Ian Morris
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| 30 Charlie Reece | 30 Ben May
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Timeline[]
- 40 mins: Goal for Scunthorpe United scored by Grant McCann
- 56 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers scored by Rickie Lambert
- 62 mins: Goal for Scunthorpe United scored by Izzy Iriekpen
- 64 mins: Krystian Pearce booked for a foul on Craig Disley
- 69 mins: Double substitution for Bristol Rovers - Darryl Duffy and Ben Hunt replaced Chris Lines and Jo Kuffour
- 73 mins: Sam Togwell booked for dissent
- 79 mins: Substitution for Scunthorpe United - Ian Morris replaced Martin Woolford
- 90+2 mins: Substitution for Scunthorpe United - Garry Thompson replaced Gary Hooper
- 90+5 mins: Substitution for Scunthorpe United - Ben May replaced Paul Hayes