Rovers took a point from their encounter at Home Park with Plymouth Argyle thanks to Tom Parkes's first goal for The Gas, and only his second ever goal in senior football. This was the sixth game of the 2012–13 season, but Rovers were still to record a victory, and sat in 23rd place in League Two.
Match details[]
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Plymouth Argyle | 1–1 | Bristol Rovers | 
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| Hourihane (35) | (1–0 HT) | Parkes (70) | ||
| Venue: Home Park – KO: 18 September 2012 @ 1945 | ||||
| Attendance: 6,303 – Referee: Darren Deadman | ||||
| Lineups | ||||
| 1 Jake Cole | 28 Sam Walker | |||
| 2 Durrell Berry | 19 Adam Virgo  |
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| 4 Maxime Blanchard | 5 Garry Kenneth | |||
 5 Darren Purse |
6 Tom Parkes  |
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| 14 Onismor Bhasera | 14 Lee Brown | |||
| 3 Robbie Williams | 26 Matthew Lund |
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| 6 Conor Hourihane |
8 Matt Gill | |||
| 8 Luke Young |
15 Oliver Norburn | |||
| 18 Guy Madjo |
21 Wayne Brown |
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| 21 Matt Lecointe |
11 Fabian Broghammer | |||
| 32 Alex MacDonald |
7 David Clarkson | |||
| Substitutes | ||||
| 13 Ollie Chenoweth (GK) | 20 Conor Gough (GK) | |||
 7 Paris Cowan-Hall |
2 Michael Smith |
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| 11 Warren Feeney |
3 Jim Paterson | |||
| 17 Curtis Nelson | 10 Eliot Richards |
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| 19 Joe Lennox | 16 Joe Anyinsah |
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| 27 Andres Gurrieri | 24 Ollie Clarke | |||
| 28 Johnny Gorman | 25 Seanan Clucas | |||
Timeline[]
2 mins: Luke Young booked for a foul on Tom Parkes- 29 mins: Darren Purse booked for a foul on David Clarkson
- 35 mins: Goal for Plymouth scored by Conor Hourihane
- 55 mins: Wayne Brown booked for a foul on Robbie Williams
- 55 mins: Eliot Richards replaced Matthew Lund
- 60 mins: Michael Smith replaced Adam Virgo
- 66 mins: Paris Cowan-Hall replaced Matt Lecointe
- 68 mins: Joe Anyinsah replaced Wayne Brown
- 70 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers scored by Tom Parkes
- 71 mins: Tom Parkes booked
- 85 mins: Warren Feeney replaced Alex MacDonald
- 88 mins: Guy Madjo booked for a foul on David Clarkson
| League Two | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | ACC | AFW | ALD | BAR | BRA | BUR | CNM | CFD | D&R | EXE | FWD | GIL | MOR | NOR | OXF | PLY | PTV | RDL | ROT | SOU | TOR | WYC | YOR | |
| Home | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Away | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | A–A 0–2 |
1–4 | |
| FA Cup | Capital One Cup | Johnstone's Paint Trophy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rnd | 1 | Rnd | 1 | Rnd | 1sw | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team | SHU | Team | IPS | Team | YEO | |||||||||||||||||||
| H/A | H | H/A | A | H/A | H | |||||||||||||||||||
| Res | 1–2 | Res | 1–3 | Res | 0–3 | |||||||||||||||||||