| League Two | ||
| Team | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Accrington | 5–1 | 1–2 |
| AFC Wimbledon | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Aldershot | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Barnet | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Bradford | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Burton | 7–1 | 1–2 |
| Cheltenham | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Crawley | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Crewe | 2–5 | 0–3 |
| Dag & Red | 2–0 | 0–4 |
| Gillingham | 2–2 | 1–4 |
| Hereford | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Macclesfield | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Morecambe | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Northampton | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Oxford | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Plymouth | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Port Vale | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Rotherham | 5–2 | 1–0 |
| Shrewsbury | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Southend | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Swindon | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Torquay | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| FA Cup | ||
| Team | H/A | |
| Corby Town | H | 3–1 |
| AFC Totton | A | 6–1 |
| Aston Villa | H | 1–3 |
| League Cup | ||
| Team | H/A | |
| Watford | H | 1–1 |
| Leyton Orient | A | 2–3 |
| League Trophy | ||
| Team | H/A | |
| Wycombe | A | 1–3 |
After a largely uneventful first half, Rovers went goal crazy after the break to record their biggest win of the 2011–12 season, and also inflict Burton Albion's heaviest defeat of the same campaign.
Mustapha Carayol opened the scoring just before half time, before Eliot Richards doubled The Pirates' advantage just seconds after the restart. Calvin Zola struck back eight minutes later to keep The Brewers' hopes alive, but when Eliot Richards was brought down in the area on the hour mark and Matt Harrold converted the resulting spot kick Rovers' two-goal advantage was restored. At this point the floodgates opened and Jim Paterson, Matt Harrold and Eliot Richards all scored within the next 15 minutes, before Richards completed his first career hat-trick on the 81 minute mark to round off the day.
Match details[]
| Bristol Rovers | 7–1 | Burton Albion |
|---|---|---|
| Carayol (42) Richards (46, 76, 81) Harrold (pen 61, 75) Paterson (65) |
(1–0 HT) | Zola (54) |
| at The Memorial Stadium | attendance: 5,353 | |
| Lineups | ||
| 1 Scott Bevan | 23 Ross Atkins | |
 4 Danny Woodards |
4 Nathan Stanton 
| |
| 5 Cian Bolger | 8 Andrew Corbett | |
| 37 Tom Parkes | 15 Ryan Austin | |
| 3 Gary Sawyer | 20 Danny Blanchett | |
 17 Jim Paterson |
17 Jimmy Phillips | |
| 8 Matt Gill | 19 Jacques Maghoma | |
| 34 Andy Dorman | 26 Adam Bolder | |
| 11 Mustapha Carayol |
33 Patrick Ada
| |
| 9 Matt Harrold |
9 Justin Richards
| |
| 18 Eliot Richards |
10 Calvin Zola
| |
| Substitutes | ||
 2 Michael Smith |
5 Tony James | |
| 6 Craig Stanley | 11 Chris Palmer
| |
| 14 Lee Brown |
12 Adi Yussuf | |
| 21 Wayne Brown |
13 Cleveland Taylor
| |
| 33 Aaron Downes | 18 Greg Pearson
| |
Timeline[]
42 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers scored by Mustapha Carayol- 46 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers scored by Eliot Richards
- 54 mins: Goal for Burton Albion scored by Calvin Zola
- 55 mins: Chris Palmer replaced Patrick Ada
- 60 mins: Nathan Stanton booked for a foul on Eliot Richards inside the area. Penalty kick awarded.
- 61 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers scored from the penalty spot by Matt Harrold
- 65 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers scored by Jim Paterson
- 68 mins: Wayne Brown replaced Jim Paterson
- 68 mins: Greg Pearson replaced Justin Richards
- 72 mins: Lee Brown replaced Mustapha Carayol
- 75 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers scored by Matt Harrold
- 76 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers scored by Eliot Richards
- 81 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers scored by Eliot Richards
- 83 mins: Michael Smith replaced Danny Woodards
- 84 mins: Cleveland Taylor replaced Calvin Zola
- 89 mins: Cleveland Taylor booked for a foul on Matt Harrold