| League One | ||
|---|---|---|
| Team | Home | Away |
| Bournemouth | 0-2 | 1-2 |
| Brighton | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| Carlisle | 3-0 | 1-1 |
| Cheltenham | 2-0 | 0-1 |
| Crewe | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Doncaster | 0-1 | 0-2 |
| Gillingham | 1-1 | 2-3 |
| Hartlepool | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Huddersfield | 2-3 | 1-2 |
| Leeds | 0-3 | 0-1 |
| L Orient | 2-3 | 1-3 |
| Luton | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| Millwall | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Northampton | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| N Forest | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Oldham | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Port Vale | 3-2 | 1-1 |
| Southend | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Swansea | 0-2 | 2-2 |
| Swindon | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Tranmere | 1-1 | 2-0 |
| Walsall | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Yeovil | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| FA Cup | ||
| Team | H/A | |
| L Orient | A | 1-1 |
| L Orient | H | 3-3 |
| Rushden | H | 5-1 |
| Fulham | A | 2-2 |
| Fulham | H | 0-0 |
| Barnet | A | 1-0 |
| Southampton | H | 1-0 |
| West Brom | H | 1-5 |
| League Cup | ||
| Team | H/A | |
| C Palace | H | 1-1 |
| West Ham | H | 1-2 |
| League Trophy | ||
| Team | H/A | |
| Bournemouth | H | 0-1 |
Going into the game, Port Vale were lying in last place in the League One table, nine points away from safety, and Rovers were in 17th position, just a single point above the relegation zone, but with games in hand on all of the teams around them. First-team coach Paul Trollope named an unchanged starting eleven from the previous game against Crewe Alexandra, with the only change to the matchday sixteen coming on the bench, where Lewis Haldane was recalled in place of Byron Anthony.
| Bristol Rovers | 3-2 | Port Vale |
|---|---|---|
| Coles (12) Lines (81) Lambert (pen 87) |
(1-1 HT) | Harsley (pen 11) Lowe (63) |
| at The Memorial Stadium | attendance: 6,927 | |
| Lineups | ||
| 1 Steve Phillips | 12 Joe Anyon | |
| 32 Aaron Lescott | 28 Dave Mulligan | |
| 5 Craig Hinton | 2 George Pilkington | |
 16 Danny Coles |
5 Keith Lowe
| |
| 3 Joe Jacobson | 20 Adam Eckersley | |
 14 David Pipe |
25 Chris Herd  
| |
| 7 Stuart Campbell | 8 Paul Harsley
| |
| 20 Craig Disley |
34 David Howland
| |
| 18 Chris Lines |
11 Paul Edwards
| |
| 8 Andy Williams |
33 Tobias Mikaelsson
| |
| 9 Rickie Lambert |
10 Luke Rodgers | |
| Substitutes | ||
| 10 Richard Walker | 26 Chris Martin | |
 19 Sean Rigg |
29 Chris Slater | |
| 11 Chris Carruthers | 35 Krystian Pearce
| |
| 26 Lewis Haldane |
24 Kyle Perry
| |
| 4 Sammy Igoe |
14 Danny Whitaker
| |
Timeline[]
- 11 mins: Goal for Port Vale. Penalty awarded for handball by Danny Coles, and converted by Port Vale captain Paul Harsley.
- 12 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers scored by Danny Coles.
- 33 mins: Paul Harsley booked for a foul on Craig Disley.
- 38 mins: David Howland booked for a foul on Andy Williams.
- 46 mins: Port Vale substitution - Krystian Pearce replaced Paul Edwards.
- 61 mins: Port Vale substitution - Danny Whitaker replaced David Howland.
- 63 mins: Goal for Port Vale scored by Keith Lowe.
- 65 mins: Double substitution for Bristol Rovers - Sammy Igoe and Lewis Haldane replaced Craig Disley and David Pipe.
- 69 mins: Bristol Rovers substitution - Sean Rigg replaced Andy Williams.
- 81 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers scored by Chris Lines.
- 84 mins: Chris Herd booked for a foul on Chris Lines.
- 85 mins: Port Vale substitution - Kyle Perry replaced Tobias Mikaelsson.
- 87 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers. Penalty awarded for handball by Paul Harsley, and converted by Rickie Lambert.
- 89 mins: Chris Herd sent off for a second bookable offence, following a foul on Sean Rigg.