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2009-10 matches
League One
Team Home Away
Brentford 0–0 3–1
Brighton 1–1 1–2
Carlisle 3–2 1–3
Charlton 2–1 2–4
Colchester 3–2 0–1
Exeter 1–0 0–1
Gillingham 2–1 0–1
Hartlepool 2–0 2–1
Huddersfield 1–0 0–0
Leeds 0–4 1–2
L Orient 1–2 0–5
Millwall 2–0 0–2
MK Dons 1–0 1–2
Norwich 0–3 1–5
Oldham 1–0 1–2
Southend 4–3 1–2
Southampton 1–5 3–2
Stockport 1–0 2–0
Swindon 3–0 4–0
Tranmere 0–0 0–2
Walsall 0–1 0–0
Wycombe 2–3 1–2
Yeovil 1–2 3–0
FA Cup
Team H/A
Southampton H 2–3
League Cup
Team H/A
Aldershot H 2–1
Cardiff A 1–3
League Trophy
Team H/A
Hereford A 0–0
GasvSouthend-Mar2010

Cover of the programme for this game

On 27 March 2010 Bristol Rovers beat Southend United 4–3 in an action-packed League One match at the Memorial Stadium, which saw seven goals, a sending off and a last-minute own goal to decide the game.

The unlucky scorer of the winning goal was Anthony Grant, who had also netted at the wrong end the last time the two sides met, in a 2–1 victory for Southend in October 2009. The Southend lineup featured two ex-Pirates, with Adam Barrett captaining the side, and Pat Baldwin also featuring, while future Rovers man Steve Mildenhall was between the sticks.

Rovers went 2–0 down after just twelve minutes, but had levelled the scores by half time. Jeff Hughes put Rovers in front for the first time in the game early in the second half, before Scott Vernon made it 3–3. Franck Moussa was sent off after 65 minutes for kicking out at Byron Anthony in retaliation for the Welshman pulling his shirt, and some late pressure by Rovers brought about the decisive own goal.

Match details[]

Bristol Rovers 4–3 Southend United
Kuffour (34)
Hughes (pen 38, 52)
Grant (og 90+4)
(2–2 HT) Vernon (pen 5, 57)
Spencer (12)
at The Memorial Stadium attendance: 6,476
Lineups
27 Mikkel Andersen 1 Steve Mildenhall
Yellow Sub-off 15 Byron Anthony 2 Simon Francis
5 Danny Coles 5 Pat Baldwin
6 Steve Elliott 6 Adam Barrett
48 Daniel Jones 18 Johnny Herd
Sub-off 16 Dominic Blizzard 4 Jean-François Christophe
Yellow 4 Chris Lines 7 Anthony Grant Yellow Red ball
7 Stuart Campbell 8 Alan McCormack Yellow
Ball Ball 11 Jeff Hughes 14 Franck Moussa Red
9 Paul Heffernan 17 Scott Vernon Ball Ball
Ball 17 Jo Kuffour 28 Scott Spencer Ball
Substitutes
51 Rhys Evans 36 Daniel Bentley
Sub-on 2 Carl Regan 3 Scott Malone
3 Mark Wright 15 Osei Sankofa
Sub-on 8 Andy Williams 20 Jean-Yves M'voto
20 Charlie Reece 22 Stuart O'Keefe
23 Ben Swallow 9 Matt Paterson
28 Elliot Richards 26 Francis Laurent

Timeline[]

  • Ball 5 mins: Goal for Southend, scored from the penalty spot by Scott Vernon. Penalty awarded for a foul on Vernon by Mikkel Andersen
  • Ball 12 mins: Goal for Southend scored by Scott Spencer
  • Ball 34 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers scored by Jo Kuffour
  • Yellow 37 mins: Alan McCormack booked for dissent
  • Ball 38 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers. Penalty scored by Jeff Hughes, awarded following a foul by Simon Francis on Chris Lines
  • Ball 52 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers scored by Jeff Hughes
  • Ball 57 mins: Goal for Southend scored by Scott Vernon
  • Yellow 65 mins: Byron Anthony booked for a foul on Franck Moussa
  • Red 65 mins: Franck Moussa sent off for violent conduct toward Byron Anthony
  • Sub-onSub-off 67 mins: Andy Williams replaced Dominic Blizzard
  • Yellow 70 mins: Anthony Grant booked for a foul on Chris Lines
  • Yellow 82 mins: Chris Lines booked for a foul on Alan McCormack
  • Sub-onSub-off 82 mins: Carl Regan replaced Byron Anthony
  • Red ball 90+4 mins: Goal for Bristol Rovers – Own goal by Anthony Grant
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