2004–05 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 2004–05 Rochdale A.F.C. season was the club's 84th season in the Football League, and the 31st consecutive season in the fourth tier (now renamed as League Two). Rochdale finished the season in 9th place.

Rochdale

2004–05 season
Chairman	David Kilpatrick
Manager	Steve Parkin
League Two	9th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Grant Holt (17 goals) All: Grant Holt (24 goals)

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW	KEN	Taiwo Atieno	17	2	7+7	2	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	NZL	Leo Bertos	47	4	34+9	4	2+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Neil Brisco	12	0	6+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	DF	ENG	Gary Brown	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Daryl Burgess	25	0	19+2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	IRL	Brian Cash	7	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Jamie Clark	48	1	33+9	1	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
	MF	ENG	Ernie Cooksey	40	5	28+7	5	3+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	GK	WAL	Neil Edwards	17	0	16+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	WAL	Wayne Evans	46	0	41+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Tony Gallimore	39	0	32+2	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	ENG	Kevin Gibbins	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	SCO	Matt Gilks	36	0	31+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	ENG	Alan Goodall	38	2	28+7	2	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	WAL	Gareth Griffiths	44	4	37+3	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	3
	DF	ENG	Greg Heald	33	2	30+0	2	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Grant Holt	46	24	41+0	17	3+0	5	1+0	1	1+0	1
	MF	ENG	Gary Jones	45	8	40+0	8	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Ben Kitchen	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Rickie Lambert	15	6	15+0	6	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	NIR	Pat McCourt	8	0	3+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Leighton McGivern	30	1	2+23	1	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
	DF	ENG	Ashley Probets	12	0	4+5	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+2	0
	FW	ENG	Marc Richards	5	2	4+1	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Marcus Richardson	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Paul Tait	42	3	27+9	2	3+0	0	1+0	1	2+0	0
	FW	ENG	Kevin Townson	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Scott Warner	32	0	25+3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Weller	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Matt Williams	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Chris Armstrong	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	Danny Woodhall	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

League Two

Scunthorpe United v Rochdale

7 August  2004 (2004 -08-07) 1	Scunthorpe United	3–1	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
	Crosby   44 ' Taylor 68 ' Hayes 75 ' Butler   81 ' Sparrow 90 '	Report	Brisco   30 ' Bertos 45 ' Goodall   56 ' Tait   90 '	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,409 Referee: Mike Russell

Rochdale v Swansea City

10 August  2004 (2004 -08-10) 2	Rochdale	0–2	Swansea City	Rochdale
	Goodall   20 '	Report	Nugent 21 ' Robinson 61 ' Tate   71 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,514 Referee: Andy Penn

Rochdale v Southend United

14 August  2004 (2004 -08-14) 3	Rochdale	2–0	Southend United	Rochdale
	Jones 3', 60' (pen.) Holt   32 ' Bertos  54 ' Goodall   60 '	Report	Maher   30 ' Bentley   55 ' Dudfield   83 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,218 Referee: Russell Booth

Wycombe Wanderers v Rochdale

21 August  2004 (2004 -08-21) 4	Wycombe Wanderers	0–3	Rochdale	High Wycombe
		Report	Cash   45 ' Holt   60 ' 70 ' Jones 89' (pen.) McGivern 90 '   90 '	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,440 Referee: Keith Stroud

Rochdale v Bury

28 August  2004 (2004 -08-28) 5	Rochdale	0–3	Bury	Rochdale
	Heald   26 ' McGivern   65 '	Report	Nugent   26 ' 77 ' Mattis 27 ' Swailes 52 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,913 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Leyton Orient v Rochdale

30 August  2004 (2004 -08-30) 6	Leyton Orient	2–1	Rochdale	London
	Steele 26 ' Newey 77 '	Report	Holt 70 ' Bertos   84 '	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 3,243 Referee: Trevor Parkes

Grimsby Town v Rochdale

4 September  2004 (2004 -09-04) 7	Grimsby Town	0–1	Rochdale	Cleethorpes
	Whittle   36 ' Reddy   62 ' Crowe   76 '	Report	Griffiths   38 ' Gallimore   61 ' Holt 80 '	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,795 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Rochdale v Darlington

11 September  2004 (2004 -09-11) 8	Rochdale	1–1	Darlington	Rochdale
	Holt 30 ' Brisco   64 ' Tait   74 ' McGivern   90 '	Report	Liddle   13 ' Hignett 87 ' Wainwright   89 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,616 Referee: Paul Melin

Mansfield Town v Rochdale

18 September  2004 (2004 -09-18) 9	Mansfield Town	1–0	Rochdale	Mansfield
	Larkin 85 ' Murray   86 '	Report	Griffiths   42 ' Goodall   67 ' Tait   90 '	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 4,266 Referee: Jarnail Singh

Rochdale v Notts County

25 September  2004 (2004 -09-25) 10	Rochdale	0–3	Notts County	Rochdale
	Cooksey   17 '	Report	Wilson   25 ' Hurst 40', 65', 90 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,370 Referee: Mark Cowburn

Rushden & Diamonds v Rochdale

2 October  2004 (2004 -10-02) 11	Rushden & Diamonds	0–0	Rochdale	Irthlingborough
	Allen   71 '	Report	Holt   73 '	Stadium: Nene Park Attendance: 2,619 Referee: Phil Joslin

Rochdale v Yeovil Town

8 October  2004 (2004 -10-08) 12	Rochdale	2–1	Yeovil Town	Rochdale
	Bertos   58 ' Holt 68 '   90 ' Burgess   71 ' Jones 82 ' Tait   90 '	Report	Jevons 48 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,402 Referee: Nigel Miller

Rochdale v Cheltenham Town

16 October  2004 (2004 -10-16) 13	Rochdale	1–2	Cheltenham Town	Rochdale
	Weller   66 ' Jones 88' (pen.)  90'	Report	McCann   46 ' Vincent   61 ' Melligan 63 ' Wilson 84 '   90 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,778 Referee: Clive Oliver

Lincoln City v Rochdale

19 October  2004 (2004 -10-19) 14	Lincoln City	1–1	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Bloomer 50 '	Report	Jones   27 ' Clarke 86 '	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,274 Referee: Kevin Friend

Northampton Town v Rochdale

23 October  2004 (2004 -10-23) 15	Northampton Town	5–1	Rochdale	Northampton
	Burgess 9' (o.g.) Smith 21' (pen.), 28 ' Edwards 63' (o.g.) Low 90 ' Chambers   90 '	Report	Jones   19 ' Gallimore   27 ' Griffiths 77 ' Bertos   87 '	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,342 Referee: Joe Ross

Rochdale v Macclesfield Town

30 October  2004 (2004 -10-30) 16	Rochdale	3–0	Macclesfield Town	Rochdale
	Holt 42 '  70' Cooksey 55 ' Jones 67 '	Report	Widdrington   66 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,704 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Rochdale v Cambridge United

6 November  2004 (2004 -11-06) 17	Rochdale	2–1	Cambridge United	Rochdale
	Burgess  8'  34 ' Holt 31', 83 '	Report	Easter   3 ' Konte   17 ' 47 ' Duncan   75 ' Chillingworth   81 ' Walker  86'  89 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,353 Referee: Ray Olivier

Oxford United v Rochdale

20 November  2004 (2004 -11-20) 18	Oxford United	0–1	Rochdale	Oxford
		Report	Cooksey   62 ' Goodall   66 ' Tardif 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 4,204 Referee: Lee Probert

Rochdale v Boston United

27 November  2004 (2004 -11-27) 19	Rochdale	2–0	Boston United	Rochdale
	Griffiths   47 ' Cooksey   51 ' 84 ' Bertos 62' Holt   70 '	Report	Ellender   33 ' Greaves   86 ' Noble   86 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,474 Referee: Phil Prosser

Shrewsbury Town v Rochdale

7 December  2004 (2004 -12-07) 20	Shrewsbury Town	0–2	Rochdale	Shrewsbury
		Report	Tait 53 ' Griffiths   61 ' Holt 66 ' Cooksey   74 '	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 3,677 Referee: Steve Tanner

Kidderminster Harriers v Rochdale

11 December  2004 (2004 -12-11) 21	Kidderminster Harriers	2–1	Rochdale	Kidderminster
	Keates 5 ' Beswetherick   57 ' Foster 69' (pen.) Hatswell   77 ' Beardsley   87 '	Report	Holt 36 ' McGivern   86 ' Griffiths   90 '	Stadium: Aggborough Stadium Attendance: 2,337 Referee: Paul Danson

Rochdale v Bristol Rovers

18 December  2004 (2004 -12-18) 22	Rochdale	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Rochdale
	Tait   39 ' Holt   46 ' Jones   86 '	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,623 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Darlington v Rochdale

26 December  2004 (2004 -12-26) 23	Darlington	0–3	Rochdale	Darlington
	Fleming   37 ' Webster   77 '	Report	Atieno 18 ' Holt 62', 78 '	Stadium: The Darlington Arena Attendance: 7,028 Referee: Michael Jones

Rochdale v Chester City

28 December  2004 (2004 -12-28) 24	Rochdale	2–2	Chester City	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Atieno   30' 64 ' Goodall   37 ' Bertos 58 '	Report	Ellison 6 ' Branch   45 ' 83 ' Belle   69 ' Harris   90 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,724 Referee: Tony Leake

Notts County v Rochdale

3 January  2005 (2005 -01-03) 25	Notts County	0–0	Rochdale	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Ullathorne   46 ' Whitlow   71 '	Report	Bertos   26 ' Cooksey  45 ' Griffiths  35'  75 '	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,258 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Rochdale v Mansfield Town

15 January  2005 (2005 -01-15) 26	Rochdale	1–1	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
	Tait 4 ' Heald   40 ' Holt   43 '	Report	Barker 38 ' Dimech   43 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,576 Referee: Colin Webster

Chester City v Rochdale

22 January  2005 (2005 -01-22) 27	Chester City	0–0	Rochdale	Chester
	Carden  70 ' Drummond   75 ' Branch   80 ' Belle  83 '	Report	Jones   62 '	Stadium: Deva Stadium Attendance: 2,985 Referee: Kevin Wright

Yeovil Town v Rochdale

25 January  2005 (2005 -01-25) 28	Yeovil Town	2–2	Rochdale	Yeovil
	Tarachulski   44 ' 54 ' Johnson 85' (pen.)	Report	Goodall 8 ' Heald   63 ' Tait   68 ' Bertos 77 '	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 5,180 Referee: Paul Armstrong

Rochdale v Rushden & Diamonds

29 January  2005 (2005 -01-29) 29	Rochdale	2–0	Rushden & Diamonds	Rochdale
	Cooksey 56 ' Goodall   62 ' Warner   62 ' Holt 82 '	Report	Sharp   13 ' Connelly   79 ' Hawkins   84 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,664 Referee: Graham Laws

Cheltenham Town v Rochdale

5 February  2005 (2005 -02-05) 30	Cheltenham Town	2–0	Rochdale	Cheltenham
	Devaney 20', 89 ' Caines   85 ' Odejayi   90 '	Report	Holt   70 ' Goodall   78 ' Evans  89 '	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,951 Referee: Jarnail Singh

Rochdale v Lincoln City

12 February  2005 (2005 -02-12) 31	Rochdale	3–1	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Holt 7 '   48 ' Cooksey  23 ' Heald 59 ' Goodall 74 '	Report	Yeo 24' (pen.) McAuley   43 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,847 Referee: Russell Booth

Macclesfield Town v Rochdale

19 February  2005 (2005 -02-19) 32	Macclesfield Town	3–0	Rochdale	Macclesfield
	Tipton 8', 12', 90 '   52 ' Morley   43 '	Report	Griffiths   6 '	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 3,031 Referee: Mike Pike

Rochdale v Kidderminster Harriers

26 February  2005 (2005 -02-26) 33	Rochdale	1–1	Kidderminster Harriers	Rochdale
	Lambert 40 '   72 ' Warner   59 '	Report	Beardsley 18 ' Mullins   53 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,385 Referee: Ray Olivier

Rochdale v Grimsby Town

1 March  2005 (2005 -03-01) 34	Rochdale	2–0	Grimsby Town	Rochdale
	Lambert 27 ' Goodall   33 ' Holt   64 ' Evans  65 ' Jones 90 '   90 '	Report	Crowe   43 ' Ramsden   44 ' Pinault   50 ' Soames   83 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,312 Referee: Phil Prosser

Bristol Rovers v Rochdale

5 March  2005 (2005 -03-05) 35	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Rochdale	Bristol
	Elliott   19 ' Ryan   49 '	Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5,464 Referee: Andy Penn

Rochdale v Northampton Town

8 March  2005 (2005 -03-08) 36	Rochdale	1–0	Northampton Town	Rochdale
	Lambert 56 ' Warner   63 ' Bertos   70 ' Tait   78 '	Report	Hearn   21 ' Rowson   58 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,107 Referee: Tony Bates

Swansea City v Rochdale

12 March  2005 (2005 -03-12) 37	Swansea City	2–2	Rochdale	Swansea
	Trundle  37 ' Gurney 46 ' Holt 52' (o.g.)	Report	Holt 31 '   55 ' Griffiths   35 ' Tait  38 ' Lambert 90 '	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 6,804 Referee: Trevor Parkes

Rochdale v Scunthorpe United

19 March  2005 (2005 -03-19) 38	Rochdale	0–0	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
	McGivern   80 '	Report	Beagrie   58 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,605 Referee: Graham Laws

Southend United v Rochdale

25 March  2005 (2005 -03-25) 39	Southend United	3–0	Rochdale	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Eastwood 44 ' Bentley 55 ' Gray 60 '	Report		Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,656 Referee: Grant Hegley

Rochdale v Wycombe Wanderers

28 March  2005 (2005 -03-28) 40	Rochdale	1–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Jones 16' (pen.) Holt   62 '	Report	Tyson 47 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,707 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Bury v Rochdale

2 April  2005 (2005 -04-02) 41	Bury	0–0	Rochdale	Bury
		Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,606 Referee: Chris Foy

Rochdale v Leyton Orient

9 April  2005 (2005 -04-09) 42	Rochdale	2–0	Leyton Orient	Rochdale
	Richards 47', 59 '	Report	Simpson   76 ' Wallis   88 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,255 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Rochdale v Shrewsbury Town

16 April  2005 (2005 -04-16) 43	Rochdale	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Rochdale
	Cooksey   30 ' Lambert 40 ' Richards   86 '	Report	Sheron 6 ' Tolley   31 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,142 Referee: Alan Kaye

Cambridge United v Rochdale

23 April  2005 (2005 -04-23) 44	Cambridge United	0–0	Rochdale	Cambridge
		Report	McGivern   88 ' Gallimore   90 '	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,738 Referee: Joe Ross

Rochdale v Oxford United

30 April  2005 (2005 -04-30) 45	Rochdale	5–1	Oxford United	Rochdale
	Heald 3 ' Cooksey 11 ' Holt 14', 69 ' Lambert 25 ' Bertos   83 '	Report	Hackett   27 ' Cominelli   74 ' Robinson 81 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,579 Referee: Mark Warren

Boston United v Rochdale

7 May  2005 (2005 -05-07) 46	Boston United	1–1	Rochdale	Boston
	Pitt 71 '	Report	Holt   14 ' Gallimore   37 ' Cooksey 50 '	Stadium: York Street Attendance: 2,528 Referee: Andy Hall

FA Cup

Rochdale v Oxford United

13 November  2004 (2004 -11-13) 1	Rochdale	2–1	Oxford United	Rochdale
	Holt 36', 90'	Report	Bradbury 20' Mackay  90'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,333 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Stevenage Borough v Rochdale

4 December  2004 (2004 -12-04) 2	Stevenage Borough	0–2	Rochdale	Stevenage
	Brough  32' Bulman  36' Rogers  59' Laker  69' Woodman  88'	Report	Holt 70', 90'  51'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Jarnail Singh

Charlton Athletic v Rochdale

8 January  2005 (2005 -01-08) 3	Charlton Athletic	4–1	Rochdale	London
	Hughes 19', 56' Fortune 44' Murphy 64'	Report	Holt 51' Burgess  63'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 13,955 Referee: Richard Beeby

League Cup

Rochdale v Wolverhampton Wanderers

23 August  2004 (2004 -08-23) 1	Rochdale	2–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Rochdale
	Holt 4'  66' Tait 26'	Report	Ince 42' Clarke 53' Miller 60' Andrews 78'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,292 Referee: Paul Robinson

League Trophy

Rochdale v Scarborough

28 September  2004 (2004 -09-28) 1	Rochdale	4–1	Scarborough	Rochdale
	Griffiths 3', 77', 90' (pen.) Holt 75'	Report	Gilroy 45'  86' Senior  49' Hotte  76' Walker  90'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 837 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Chester City v Rochdale

2 November  2004 (2004 -11-02) 2	Chester City	1–0	Rochdale	Chester
	Bolland  44' Rapley  45' Hessey 54'	Report	Griffiths  45' Cooksey  76'	Stadium: Deva Stadium Attendance: 1,419 Referee: Paul Danson