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2008-09 matches
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 4 October 2008 the first team made the long journey east to Essex to take on Colchester United at the Weston Homes Community Stadium. It was the first time Rovers had played at that ground, since Colchester had moved from Layer Road in the summer, and was the first game to be played between the two clubs for seven and a half years.

The match marked the 100th league game that Steve Phillips had played for Bristol Rovers in just over two years, since he joined in the summer of 2006. There were two changes to the starting lineup for the previous game against Crewe Alexandra - the two players who were injured in that match, Ryan Green and Steve Elliott, were replaced by David Pipe and Craig Hinton, with Joe Jacobson and Byron Anthony being brought onto the bench.

The game finished in a 1-0 victory for Rovers, with Rickie Lambert scoring his ninth goal of the season.

Match details[]

Colchester United 0-1 Bristol Rovers
(0-0 HT) Lambert (52)
at Weston Homes Community Stadium attendance: 4,811
Lineups
1 Dean Gerken 1 Steve Phillips
2 John White 14 David Pipe
16 Matt Heath 16 Danny Coles
Yellow 6 Paul Reid 5 Craig Hinton
19 Gary Borrowdale 32 Aaron Lescott
11 Mark Yeates 4 Chris Lines
Sub-off 10 Kemal Izzet 7 Stuart Campbell
8 Dean Hammond 20 Craig Disley Yellow
Sub-off 17 David Perkins 11 Jeff Hughes
4 Johnnie Jackson 10 Darryl Duffy Sub-off
Sub-off 9 Clive Platt 9 Rickie Lambert Ball Yellow
Substitutes
23 Mark Cousins 13 Mike Green
5 Chris Coyne 3 Joe Jacobson
Sub-on 7 Steven Gillespie 15 Byron Anthony
Sub-on 24 Scott Vernon 17 Jo Kuffour
Sub-on 27 Anthony Wordsworth 18 Ben Hunt Sub-on

Timeline[]

  • 52 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers scored by Rickie Lambert
  • 54 mins: Colchester substitution - Steven Gillespie replaced Kemal Izzet
  • 56 mins: Paul Reid booked for a foul on Darryl Duffy
  • 56 mins: Rickie Lambert booked for dissent
  • 62 mins: Craig Disley booked for a foul on David Perkins
  • 66 mins: Double substitution for Colchester - Scott Vernon and Anthony Wordsworth replaced Clive Platt and David Perkins
  • 81 mins: Bristol Rovers substitution - Ben Hunt replaced Darryl Duffy