Match ends, Bristol Rovers 1, Bury 1.
Bristol Rovers 1-1 Bury
- From the section League Two
Bristol Rovers shared the points with Bury after failing to build on an early penalty.
John-Joe O'Toole struck from the spot when Shaun Beeley mistimed his challenge on Eliot Richards.
But Beeley was redeemed when he delivered a cross from the right and Danny Hylton converted from close in.
Bury's Shaun Harrad headed onto the crossbar after the break, having fired over with the goal at his mercy in the first half, but could not find the net.
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Bristol Rovers manager John Ward told BBC Radio Bristol:
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"We've tried really hard. It sounds a bit school boy, but I cannot grumble about how hard the boys have tried.
"We got a lovely start with a decision before the game's really got going. We've tucked it away and then we've been on the back foot
"To be fair to them, they took the game to us throughout the first half. They were very strong and knocked us about a little bit and we found that difficult to stand up to.
"But after half-time we regrouped and became the better team. It was one of those football matches really."
Line-ups
Bristol Rovers
- 1Mildenhall
- 2Smith
- 14Brown
- 24O ClarkeSubstituted forLockyerat 61'minutesBooked at 77mins
- 22PackwoodBooked at 25mins
- 6Parkes
- 33SantosSubstituted forHarrisonat 80'minutes
- 32O'Toole
- 9Harrold
- 19Beardsley
- 10Richards
Substitutes
- 7Clarkson
- 15Norburn
- 17Harrison
- 18Harding
- 20Gough
- 26Brunt
- 30Lockyer
Bury
- 21Jensen
- 2Beeley
- 23Howell
- 6Proctor
- 4HindsSubstituted forEdjengueleat 13'minutes
- 5Cameron
- 12SedgwickBooked at 23minsSubstituted forJonesat 55'minutes
- 19Soares
- 14HarradSubstituted forNardielloat 66'minutes
- 24HyltonBooked at 45mins
- 15Mayor
Substitutes
- 7Jones
- 8Miller
- 11Holden
- 18Nardiello
- 25Edjenguele
- 30Charles-Cook
- 31Walker
- Referee:
- Andy Davies
- Attendance:
- 5,534
Match Stats
Home TeamBristol RoversAway TeamBury
- Possession
- Home49%
- Away51%
- Shots
- Home8
- Away12
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away5
- Corners
- Home12
- Away4
- Fouls
- Home18
- Away12
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Bristol Rovers 1, Bury 1.
Attempt missed. Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Danny Hylton (Bury) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt saved. Daniel Nardiello (Bury) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Tom Parkes (Bristol Rovers).
William Edjenguele (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Craig Jones.
Dean Howell (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Eliot Richards (Bristol Rovers).
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Craig Jones.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match William Edjenguele (Bury) because of an injury.
Substitution
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Ellis Harrison replaces Alefe Santos because of an injury.
Foul by Andrew Proctor (Bury).
Chris Beardsley (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Steve Mildenhall.
Attempt saved. Tom Soares (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Booking
Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Andrew Proctor (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers).
Corner, Bury. Conceded by John-Joe O'Toole.
Dean Howell (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Harrold (Bristol Rovers).
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Shaun Beeley.
Foul by Nathan Cameron (Bury).
Matt Harrold (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Chris Beardsley (Bristol Rovers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Shaun Beeley.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Nathan Cameron.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Lee Brown.
Substitution
Substitution, Bury. Daniel Nardiello replaces Shaun Harrad.
Attempt missed. Matt Harrold (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by William Edjenguele.
Substitution
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Tom Lockyer replaces Ollie Clarke.
Shaun Harrad (Bury) hits the bar with a header from the right side of the six yard box.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Brian Jensen.
Attempt saved. Chris Beardsley (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution
Substitution, Bury. Craig Jones replaces Chris Sedgwick.
Danny Hylton (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.