| 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 |
Rovers hit-and-miss form at the start of the 2011–12 season continued with a comprehensive defeat at the hands of Port Vale.
Marc Richards and Doug Loft gave the Valiants a 2–0 lead at the break, and the final nail in the coffin was added by former Rovers player Sean Rigg five minutes from time.
Match details[]
| Bristol Rovers | 0–3 | Port Vale |
|---|---|---|
| (0–2 HT) | Richards (19) Loft (37) Rigg (85) | |
| at The Memorial Stadium | attendance: 5,444 | |
| Lineups | ||
| 1 Scott Bevan | 12 Stuart Tomlinson | |
 4 Danny Woodards |
2 Adam Yates | |
| 5 Cian Bolger | 6 Gareth Owen | |
| 14 Lee Brown | 25 Clayton McDonald | |
| 3 Gary Sawyer | 28 Liam Chilvers | |
| 6 Craig Stanley | 3 Rob Taylor | |
| 8 Matt Gill | 4 Anthony Griffith | |
| 33 Oliver Norburn |
7 Doug Loft 
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| 9 Matt Harrold | 17 Sean Rigg
| |
 10 Scott McGleish |
9 Marc Richards
| |
| 34 Scott Rendell |
11 Tom Pope | |
| Substitutes | ||
 11 Mustapha Carayol |
1 Chris Martin (GK) | |
| 15 Byron Anthony | 8 Louis Dodds | |
| 16 Joe Anyinsah |
14 Gary Roberts | |
| 18 Eliot Richards | 18 Sam Morsy | |
| 26 Chris Zebroski |
19 Ben Williamson | |
Timeline[]
19 mins: Goal for Port Vale scored by Marc Richards- 24 mins: Scott McGleish booked for a foul on Anthony Griffith
- 33 mins: Joe Anyinsah replaced Oliver Norburn
- 37 mins: Goal for Port Vale scored by Doug Loft
- 43 mins: Scott Rendell booked for a foul on Rob Taylor
- 57 mins: Mustapha Carayol replaced Danny Woodards
- 69 mins: Chris Zebroski replaced Scott McGleish
- 80 mins: Chris Zebroski booked for a foul on Sean Rigg
- 85 mins: Goal for Port Vale scored by Sean Rigg