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
FA Cup	Second Round
League Cup	First Round
League Trophy	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Gary Jones All: Gary Jones
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		Josh Lillis	27	0	23 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
2	DF		Scott Wiseman	41	0	37 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
3	DF		Joe Widdowson	38	0	30 + 4	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
4	DF		Marcus Holness	50	1	46 + 0	1	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
6	MF		Brian Barry-Murphy	36	0	31 + 1	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
7	MF		Jason Kennedy	48	4	44 + 1	4	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
8	MF		Gary Jones	49	19	45 + 1	17	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	2	0 + 0	0
9	FW		Anthony Elding	21	5	9 + 8	3	1 + 0	1	1 + 1	1	1 + 0	0
10	FW		Jack Redshaw	3	0	0 + 2	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
11	FW		Matt Done	36	6	16 + 17	5	0 + 0	0	0 + 2	0	1 + 0	1
12	DF		Alan Goodall	6	0	3 + 2	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
13	GK		Owain Fôn Williams	22	0	22 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
13	GK		Danny Taberner	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
14	FW		Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro	36	4	8 + 24	4	0 + 1	0	1 + 1	0	1 + 0	0
15	MF		Joe Thompson	34	2	19 + 13	2	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
16	MF		Will Atkinson	21	2	15 + 6	2	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
16	MF		Andrew Tutte	9	0	5 + 2	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
17	MF		Bobby Grant	6	2	5 + 1	2	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
17	FW		Deane Smalley	3	0	0 + 3	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
17	DF		Robbie Williams	9	0	9 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
18	DF		Josh Thompson	14	1	11 + 1	1	0 + 0	0	0 + 1	0	1 + 0	0
19	FW		Chris O'Grady	49	9	45 + 1	9	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
20	FW		Liam Dickinson	14	0	7 + 7	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
21	GK		Matty Edwards	1	0	0 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
22	MF		David Flitcroft	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
23	DF		Tom Kennedy	6	0	6 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
24	DF		Chris Brown	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
25	MF		Callum Byrne	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
26	DF		Craig Dawson	48	11	44 + 1	10	1 + 0	1	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
27	FW		Godwin Abadaki	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
27	DF		Josh Brizell	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
28	DF		Matthew Flynn	1	0	0 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
29	MF		Nicky Adams	31	0	25 + 5	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
31	GK		Luke Daniels	1	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
31	GK		Ryan Jones	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
32	GK		Chris Oldfield	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
34	FW		Helio André	2	0	0 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
35	FW		Scott Hogan	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
36	MF		Reece Gray	2	1	0 + 2	1	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
	GK		Jordan Andrews	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0

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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	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' 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' 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) 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' 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	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	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

References

1. https://www.11v11.com/teams/rochdale/tab/players/season/2011/
2. https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2175&comp_id=3