2010–11 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 2010–11 season is Rochdale's 104th year in existence and their first season in League One following promotion from League Two the previous season. Along with competing in League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011.

Rochdale A.F.C.

2010–11 season
Chairman	Chris Dunphy
Manager	Keith Hill
Stadium	Spotland Stadium Rochdale, Greater Manchester
League One	9th
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	First round
League Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Gary Jones (17 goals) All: Gary Jones (19 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

This was the club's first season in the third tier since 1974. An 9th place finish was their highest league finish since 1970.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Leyton Orient	46	19	13	14	71	62	+9	70
8	Exeter City	46	20	10	16	66	73	−7	70
9	Rochdale	46	18	14	14	63	55	+8	68
10	Colchester United	46	16	14	16	57	63	−6	62
11	Brentford	46	17	10	19	55	62	−7	61

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2011. Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Josh Lillis	27	0	23 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
2	DF	GIB	Scott Wiseman	41	0	37 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
3	DF	ENG	Joe Widdowson	38	0	30 + 4	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
4	DF	ENG	Marcus Holness	50	1	46 + 0	1	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
6	MF	IRL	Brian Barry-Murphy	36	0	31 + 1	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
7	MF	ENG	Jason Kennedy	48	4	44 + 1	4	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
8	MF	ENG	Gary Jones	49	19	45 + 1	17	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	2	0 + 0	0
9	FW	ENG	Anthony Elding	21	5	9 + 8	3	1 + 0	1	1 + 1	1	1 + 0	0
10	FW	ENG	Jack Redshaw	3	0	0 + 2	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
11	FW	WAL	Matt Done	36	6	16 + 17	5	0 + 0	0	0 + 2	0	1 + 0	1
12	DF	ENG	Alan Goodall	6	0	3 + 2	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
13	GK	WAL	Owain Fôn Williams	22	0	22 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
13	GK	ENG	Danny Taberner	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
14	FW	FRA	Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro	36	4	8 + 24	4	0 + 1	0	1 + 1	0	1 + 0	0
15	MF	ENG	Joe Thompson	34	2	19 + 13	2	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
16	MF	ENG	Will Atkinson	21	2	15 + 6	2	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
16	MF	ENG	Andrew Tutte	9	0	5 + 2	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
17	MF	ENG	Bobby Grant	6	2	5 + 1	2	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
17	FW	ENG	Deane Smalley	3	0	0 + 3	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
17	DF	ENG	Robbie Williams	9	0	9 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
18	DF	ENG	Josh Thompson	14	1	11 + 1	1	0 + 0	0	0 + 1	0	1 + 0	0
19	FW	ENG	Chris O'Grady	49	9	45 + 1	9	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
20	FW	ENG	Liam Dickinson	14	0	7 + 7	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
21	GK	SCO	Matty Edwards	1	0	0 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
22	MF	ENG	David Flitcroft	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
23	DF	ENG	Tom Kennedy	6	0	6 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
24	DF	ENG	Chris Brown	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
25	MF	ENG	Callum Byrne	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
26	DF	ENG	Craig Dawson	48	11	44 + 1	10	1 + 0	1	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
27	FW	NGA	Godwin Abadaki	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
27	DF	ENG	Josh Brizell	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
28	DF	ENG	Matthew Flynn	1	0	0 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
29	MF	WAL	Nicky Adams	31	0	25 + 5	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
31	GK	ENG	Luke Daniels	1	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
31	GK	ENG	Ryan Jones	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
32	GK	ENG	Chris Oldfield	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
34	FW	ANG	Helio André	2	0	0 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
35	FW	IRL	Scott Hogan	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
36	MF	ENG	Reece Gray	2	1	0 + 2	1	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
	GK	ENG	Jordan Andrews	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0

Results

Pre-season Friendlies

Rochdale v Bolton Wanderers

24 July 2010 (2010-07-24)	Rochdale	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

League One

Rochdale v Hartlepool United

7 August 2010 (2010-08-07) 1	Rochdale	0–0	Hartlepool United	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Widdowson  83'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,706 Referee: Andy Penn

Brighton & Hove Albion v Rochdale

14 August 2010 (2010-08-14) 2	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–2	Rochdale	Brighton
15:00 BST	Murray 47' Greer  52' Bennett 67'	Report	Jones 53' (pen), 90'	Stadium: Withdean Stadium Attendance: 6,602 Referee: Danny McDermid

Rochdale v Colchester United

21 August 2010 (2010-08-21) 3	Rochdale	1–2	Colchester United	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Dawson 47'	Report	Bond 38' Henderson 84'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,016 Referee: Nigel Miller

Brentford v Rochdale

28 August 2010 (2010-08-28) 4	Brentford	1–3	Rochdale	Brentford
15:00 BST	Simpson 27'	Report	Elding 11' Holness  51' O'Grady 60' Kennedy 62'  18'  62'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 4,636 Referee: Simon Hooper

Southampton v Rochdale

4 September 2010 (2010-09-04) 5	Southampton	0–2	Rochdale	Southampton
15:00 BST		Report	O'Grady 45' Jones 68'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 18,169 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Rochdale v Walsall

11 September 2010 (2010-09-11) 6	Rochdale	3–2	Walsall	Rochdale
15:00 BST	J.W. Thompson 27' Elding 44' Jones 65' (pen) Tutte  90'	Report	Macken 4' Byfield 45' Davis  85'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,174 Referee: Colin Webster

Milton Keynes Dons v Rochdale

18 September 2010 (2010-09-18) 7	Milton Keynes Dons	1–1	Rochdale	Milton Keynes
15:00 BST	Doumbé 28' Lewington  78' Chadwick  87'	Report	Kennedy 20' Widdowson  41' J.W. Thompson  49' Goodall  90'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 7,034 Referee: Keith Hill

Rochdale v Plymouth Argyle

25 September 2010 (2010-09-25) 8	Rochdale	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Dawson 64'  90' Barry-Murphy  90'	Report	Wright-Phillips 18' Noone  71'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,294 Referee: Peter Quinn

Rochdale v Huddersfield Town

28 September 2010 (2010-09-28) 9	Rochdale	3–0	Huddersfield Town	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Kennedy 7' Akpa Akpro 88' O'Grady 90'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,121 Referee: Grant Hegley

Exeter City v Rochdale

2 October 2010 (2010-10-02) 10	Exeter City	1–0	Rochdale	Exeter
15:00 BST	Cureton 49'	Report	Goodall  37' J. Thompson  75'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 5,363 Referee: Stephen Tanner

Rochdale v Yeovil Town

9 October 2010 (2010-10-09) 11	Rochdale	0–1	Yeovil Town	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Dawson  22' Widdowson  70' Done  87'	Report	Freeman 66' Smith  90'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,150 Referee: Andy Haines

Bristol Rovers v Rochdale

16 October 2010 (2010-10-16) 12	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Rochdale	Bristol
15:00 BST	Hughes 45' (pen) Lines 82'	Report	Anthony 86' (o.g.) Jones  87'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5,872 Referee: Craig Pawson

Rochdale v Dagenham & Redbridge

23 October 2010 (2010-10-23) 13	Rochdale	3–2	Dagenham & Redbridge	Rochdale
15:00 BST	O'Grady 22' Elding 35' Jones 58' Akpa Akpro  90'	Report	Green  61' Scannell 64' Arber 68' Gain  83'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,650 Referee: Jock Waugh

Leyton Orient v Rochdale

30 October 2010 (2010-10-30) 14	Leyton Orient	2–1	Rochdale	London
15:00 BST	Chorley 48' (pen) Cox 66' Forbes  76'	Report	O'Grady 45' Adams  77'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 4,880 Referee: Kevin Wright

Sheffield Wednesday v Rochdale

13 November 2010 (2010-11-13) 15	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Rochdale	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Coke 62'  88' Morrison 82'	Report		Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 16,520 Referee: Steve Rushton

Rochdale v Swindon Town

20 November 2010 (2010-11-20) 16	Rochdale	3–3	Swindon Town	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Jones 20' (pen), 85' (pen) J.W. Thompson  52' Grant 64'	Report	Timlin 1' Austin 78' Rose 80'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,866 Referee: Mark Brown

Carlisle United v Rochdale

23 November 2010 (2010-11-23) 17	Carlisle United	1–1	Rochdale	Carlisle
19:45 GMT	Madine 20' Michalík  47'  61'	Report	Dawson  34' Jones 62' (pen) Holness  78' Done  89'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 7,412 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Rochdale v Oldham Athletic

27 November 2010 (2010-11-27) 18	Rochdale	1–1	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Done 37'	Report	Evina 16' Kelly  80' Mvoto  83'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,483 Referee: Anthony Bates

Peterborough United v Rochdale

10 December 2010 (2010-12-10) 19	Peterborough United	2–1	Rochdale	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	McLean 19' Mackail-Smith 50'	Report	Akpa Akpro 79'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,233 Referee: Mark Haywood

Rochdale v Tranmere Rovers

1 January 2011 (2011-01-01) 20	Rochdale	3–2	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Jones 26' (pen), 44' (pen) Barry-Murphy  56' Kennedy  80' Grant  67' 84'	Report	Broomes  24' Thomas-Moore  36' 81' (pen) Labadie 42' Goodison  67'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,436 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Oldham Athletic v Rochdale

3 January 2011 (2011-01-03) 21	Oldham Athletic	1–2	Rochdale	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Stephens  63' Trotman  79' Furman 87'	Report	O'Grady 64', 76' Wiseman  85'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 7,251 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Dagenham & Redbridge v Rochdale

8 January 2011 (2011-01-08) 22	Dagenham & Redbridge	0–1	Rochdale	Dagenham
15:00 GMT		Report	O'Grady 74'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,948 Referee: G Hegley

Rochdale v Leyton Orient

15 January 2011 (2011-01-15) 23	Rochdale	1–1	Leyton Orient	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Forbes 35' (o.g.)	Report	Spring  37' Chorley 60'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,731 Referee: Andy Haines

Rochdale v Bournemouth

18 January 2011 (2011-01-18) 24	Rochdale	0–0	Bournemouth	Rochdale
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,312 Referee: Rob Shoebridge

Yeovil Town v Rochdale

22 January 2011 (2011-01-22) 25	Yeovil Town	0–1	Rochdale	Yeovil
15:00 GMT	Welsh  83'	Report	Jones 17' Fôn Williams  77' J.W. Thompson  89' Wiseman  90'	Attendance: 3,711 Referee: Danny McDermid

Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale

1 February 2011 (2011-02-01) 26	Tranmere Rovers	1–1	Rochdale	Birkenhead
19:45 GMT	Elford-Alliyu 4' Kay  55' Labadie  59'	Report	Akpa Akpro  82' Jones 90'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 4,766 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Swindon Town v Rochdale

5 February 2011 (2011-02-05) 27	Swindon Town	1–1	Rochdale	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Dossevi  82' Benyon 90'	Report	Dawson 81'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,386 Referee: Graham Horwood

Rochdale v Bristol Rovers

8 February 2011 (2011-02-08) 28	Rochdale	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	Dawson 72' Done 90' Akpa Akpro 90'	Report	Bolger  51'  74' Hoskins 79' Kalala  81' Williams  90'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,372 Referee: Robert Madley

Rochdale v Sheffield Wednesday

12 February 2011 (2011-02-12) 29	Rochdale	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Done 15'  90' Jones 27' (pen)	Report	Madine 90'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,154 Referee: Peter Walton

Walsall v Rochdale

26 February 2011 (2011-02-26) 30	Walsall	0–0	Rochdale	Walsall
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 3,830 Referee: Gary Sutton

Rochdale v Milton Keynes Dons

5 March 2011 (2011-03-05) 31	Rochdale	1–4	Milton Keynes Dons	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Dawson 81' Widdowson  84' Dickinson  89'	Report	Vine 15' Powell 19' Leven  38' Gleeson 45' Baldock 89' (pen)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,837 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Huddersfield Town v Rochdale

8 March 2011 (2011-03-08) 32	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Rochdale	Huddersfield
19:45 GMT	Afobe 25' Roberts 33'	Report	Jones 90'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 12,531 Referee: Nigel Miller

Rochdale v Exeter City

12 March 2011 (2011-03-12) 33	Rochdale	0–1	Exeter City	Rochdale
15:00 GMT		Report	Cureton 30'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,726 Referee: Dave Foster

Rochdale v Notts County

15 March 2011 (2011-03-15) 34	Rochdale	1–0	Notts County	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	Dawson 46'	Report	Sproule  81' Edwards  87'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,019 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Plymouth Argyle v Rochdale

19 March 2011 (2011-03-19) 35	Plymouth Argyle	0–1	Rochdale	Plymouth
15:00 GMT		Report	Jones 49'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 8,361 Referee: Simon Hooper

Hartlepool United v Rochdale

25 March 2011 (2011-03-25) 36	Hartlepool United	0–2	Rochdale	Hartlepool
19:45 GMT	Horwood  54'	Report	Jones 23' Dawson 56'  67'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,081 Referee: Mark Brown

Rochdale v Charlton Athletic

29 March 2011 (2011-03-29) 37	Rochdale	2–0	Charlton Athletic	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Kennedy 35' Dawson 76'	Report	Wagstaff  78'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,589 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Rochdale v Brighton & Hove Albion

2 April 2011 (2011-04-02) 38	Rochdale	2–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Kennedy  7' Atkinson 22' Wiseman  36' Jones 71' (pen)	Report	Painter  27' Wood 29' (pen) Dicker 51' Navarro  76'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,959 Referee: David Webb

Notts County v Rochdale

5 April 2011 (2011-04-05) 39	Notts County	1–2	Rochdale	Nottingham
19:45 BST	Hughes 54' Ravenhill  60'	Report	Dawson 7' Atkinson 15' Jones  45'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 4,689 Referee: Mick Russell

Colchester United v Rochdale

9 April 2011 (2011-04-09) 40	Colchester United	1–0	Rochdale	Colchester
15:00 BST	Henderson 87'	Report		Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,052 Referee: Roger East

Rochdale v Southampton

12 April 2011 (2011-04-12) 41	Rochdale	2–0	Southampton	Rochdale
19:45 BST	J. Thompson 28' O'Grady 41'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,825 Referee: Mark Haywood

Rochdale v Brentford

16 April 2011 (2011-04-16) 42	Rochdale	0–1	Brentford	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Jones  65'	Report	Diagouraga  28' Simpson 79'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,963 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Rochdale v Carlisle United

23 April 2011 (2011-04-23) 43	Rochdale	2–3	Carlisle United	Rochdale
15:00 BST	J. Thompson 30'  63' Done 49'	Report	Holness 25' (o.g.) Noble 60' Robson 65'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,762 Referee: Steve Rushton

Charlton Athletic v Rochdale

25 April 2011 (2011-04-25) 44	Charlton Athletic	3–1	Rochdale	London
15:00 BST	Wright-Phillips  25' Racon 31' Parrett 52' Eccleston 76'	Report	Atkinson  35' Holness 51' Wiseman  71' Adams  79'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 13,253 Referee: Pat Miller

Rochdale v Peterborough United

30 April 2011 (2011-04-30) 45	Rochdale	2–2	Peterborough United	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Akpa Akpro 1' Dawson 87'	Report	Mendez-Laing 45' Tomlin 46' Mackail-Smith  81'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,147 Referee: Peter Quinn

Bournemouth v Rochdale

7 May 2011 (2011-05-07) 46	Bournemouth	1–2	Rochdale	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Pearce 27'	Report	Done 35' Barry-Murphy  61' Gray 80'  90'	Stadium: Goldsands Stadium Attendance: 9,005 Referee: Gavin Ward

FA Cup

Rochdale v F.C. United of Manchester

5 November 2010 1	Rochdale	2–3	F.C. United of Manchester	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	Elding 53' Dawson 78' Lillis  90' Holness  90'	Report	Platt 42' Cottrell 49' Deegan  61' Norton 90'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7,048 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

League Cup

Barnsley v Rochdale

10 August 2010 (2010-08-10) 1	Barnsley	0–1	Rochdale	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Doyle  63'	Report	Elding 56'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 4107 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Birmingham City v Rochdale

26 August 2010 (2010-08-26) 2	Birmingham City	3–2	Rochdale	Birmingham
19:45 BST	McFadden 28' (pen) Murphy 48' Derbyshire 53'	Report	Jones 26', 76'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 6431 Referee: Mick Russell

EFL Trophy

Port Vale v Rochdale

31 August 2010 (2010-08-31) 1	Port Vale	2–1	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 BST	M.Richards 27' J.Richards 70'	Report	Done 79'	Stadium: Vale Park Referee: Michael Naylor