| 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 23 August 2008 Rovers took on newly promoted Hereford United. Rovers had had a slow start to the season preceding this game, having been knocked out of the Carling Cup and having scored just one point from their first two league games.
Paul Trollope named an entirely unchanged 16 for the match which included ex-Hereford striker Andy Williams on the bench. Hereford included ex-Rovers loanees Sam Oji and Richard Rose.
Rovers took the lead after just three minutes thanks to Darryl Duffy's first goal for the club. It quickly became two as Rickie Lambert before Duffy added his second and Rovers' third after just 22 minutes. Jeff Hughes got his first for the club just after Half-Time and Lambert and Chris Lines were to further add to the Rovers total before Steve Guinan scored a consolation for Hereford in the dying seconds.
Match details[]
| Bristol Rovers | 6-1 | Hereford United |
|---|---|---|
| Duffy (3, 22) Lambert (7, 78) Hughes (46) Lines (88) |
(3-0 HT) | Guinan (90) |
| at Memorial Stadium | attendance: 6,735 | |
| Lineups | ||
| 1 Steve Phillips | 14 Craig Samson | |
 14 David Pipe |
2 Richard Rose | |
| 15 Byron Anthony | 12 Sam Oji
| |
| 6 Steve Elliott | 28 Dean Beckwith | |
| 32 Aaron Lescott | 3 Robbie Threfall | |
 4 Chris Lines |
11 Clint Easton 
| |
| 7 Stuart Campbell | 8 Ben Smith | |
| 20 Craig Disley | 4 Toumani Diagouraga | |
| 11 Jeff Hughes |
23 Simon Johnson
| |
| 9 Rickie Lambert |
9 Steve Guinan
| |
| 10 Darryl Duffy |
7 Moses Ashikodi
| |
| Substitutes | ||
| 13 Mike Green | 1 Darren Randolph | |
| 5 Craig Hinton | 16 Jack MacLoed 
| |
| 19 Sean Rigg | 6 Kris Taylor | |
| 8 Andy Williams |
22 Matt Done
| |
| 18 Ben Hunt |
10 Bradley Hudson-Odoi
| |
Timeline[]
- 3 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers - Scored by Darryl Duffy
- 7 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers - Scored by Rickie Lambert
- 13 mins: David Pipe booked for foul on Clint Easton
- 22 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers - Scored by Darryl Duffy
- 36 mins: Sam Oji booked for foul on Darryl Duffy
- 45 mins: Substitution for Hereford United - Moses Ashikodi replaced by Bradley Hudson-Odoi
- 46 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers - Scored by Jeff Hughes
- 71 mins: Substitution for Hereford United - Simon Johnson replaced by Matt Done
- 74 mins: Substitution for Hereford United - Clint Easton replaced by Jack MacLoed
- 78 mins: Substitution for Bristol Rovers - Darryl Duffy replaced by Andy Williams, Goal for Bristol Rovers - Scored by Rickie Lambert
- 79 mins: Substitution for Bristol Rovers - Rickie Lambert replaced by Ben Hunt
- 88 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers - Scored by Chris Lines
- 90 mins: Goal for Hereford United - Scored by Steve Guinan