2008–09 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 2008–09 Rochdale A.F.C. season was the club's 88th season in the Football League, and the 35th consecutive season in the bottom division of the League. Rochdale finished the season in 6th place in League Two, but missed out on promotion to League One after losing in the play-off semi-final against Gillingham. Adam Le Fondre finished as the club's top goal scorer with twenty goals in all competitions.

Rochdale

2008–09 season
Chairman	Chris Dunphy
Manager	Keith Hill
League Two	6th
FA Cup	Second Round
League Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Adam Le Fondre (17) All: Adam Le Fondre (20)
Highest home attendance	5,786 vs Oldham Athletic, League Cup (12 August 2008)
Lowest home attendance	1,608 vs Carlisle United, Football League Trophy (7 October 2008)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
4	Bury	46	21	15	10	63	43	+20	78	Qualification for League Two play-offs
5	Gillingham (O, P)	46	21	12	13	58	55	+3	75
6	Rochdale	46	19	13	14	70	59	+11	70
7	Shrewsbury Town	46	17	18	11	61	44	+17	69
8	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	19	11	16	77	53	+24	68

Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

Players

Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Sam Russell 2 DF Simon Ramsden 3 DF Tom Kennedy 4 DF Nathan Stanton 5 MF Clark Keltie 6 MF Ciarán Toner 7 FW Lee McEvilly 8 MF Gary Jones 9 FW Chris Dagnall 10 FW Adam le Fondre 11 MF Adam Rundle 12 DF Nathan D'Laryea 14 DF Scott Wiseman 15 MF Joe Thompson 17 FW Jon Shaw 18 FW Kallum Higginbotham 19 FW Lee Thorpe 20 DF Raphale Evans

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Play-offs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Sam Russell	29	0	23 + 0	0	3 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
2	DF		Simon Ramsden	32	0	25 + 3	0	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0
3	DF		Tom Kennedy	53	4	45 + 0	4	3 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	2 + 0	0
4	DF		Nathan Stanton	46	0	39 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	2 + 0	0
5	MF		Clark Keltie	36	1	26 + 5	1	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	1 + 1	0	0 + 0	0
6	MF		Ciarán Toner	44	1	32 + 5	1	2 + 0	0	0 + 1	0	2 + 0	0	2 + 0	0
7	FW		Lee McEvilly	16	5	4 + 12	5	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
8	MF		Gary Jones	34	0	28 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0
9	FW		Chris Dagnall	45	10	25 + 14	7	1 + 0	1	1 + 0	0	1 + 1	1	1 + 1	1
10	FW		Adam Le Fondre	51	21	28 + 16	18	2 + 0	3	0 + 1	0	1 + 1	0	1 + 1	0
11	MF		Adam Rundle	51	7	32 + 12	7	1 + 1	0	1 + 0	0	1 + 1	0	2 + 0	0
12	DF		Nathan D'Laryea	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
14	DF		Scott Wiseman	36	0	30 + 2	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 1	0	0 + 0	0
15	MF		Joe Thompson	35	5	21 + 9	5	0 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 1	0
16	MF		Nicky Adams	14	1	12 + 2	1	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
16	FW		Jordan Rhodes	5	2	5 + 0	2	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
17	MF		Jon Shaw	11	1	5 + 1	1	1 + 2	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
18	FW		Kallum Higginbotham	9	1	3 + 4	1	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
19	FW		Lee Thorpe	36	6	18 + 10	5	2 + 1	0	0 + 1	0	1 + 1	1	2 + 0	0
20	DF		Raphale Evans	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
21	GK		James Spencer	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
22	MF		David Flitcroft	1	0	0 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
23	DF		Rory McArdle	49	2	41 + 0	2	3 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	2 + 0	0
24	DF		Chris Brown	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
24	FW		Gary Madine	3	0	1 + 2	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	0 + 0	0
26	DF		Craig Dawson	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
26	MF		Kyle Lambert	1	0	0 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
27	MF		Mark Jones	13	0	7 + 2	0	1 + 2	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
29	DF		Tom Newey	2	0	1 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
30	MF		Will Buckley	43	10	28 + 9	10	3 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	1 + 1	0
31	DF		Marcus Holness	10	0	4 + 3	0	1 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
34	GK		Frank Fielding	25	0	23 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0
	DF		George Bowman	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
	MF		Theo Coleman	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0

[1] [2]

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date	Notes
Ciarán Toner	Grimsby Town	Free	30-06-2008	[3]
Clark Keltie	Darlington	Free	02-07-2008	[4]
Scott Wiseman	Darlington	Free	02-07-2008	[4]
Jon Shaw	Halifax Town	Undisclosed	05-07-2008	[5]
Lee McEvilly	Cambridge United	Undisclosed	05-01-2009	[6]
Craig Dawson	Radcliffe Borough	Undisclosed	23-02-2009	[7]

Loans In

No.	P	Name	Country	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
34	GK	Frank Fielding		21	Blackburn Rovers	6 January 2009	29 September 2009	Sky Sports Blackburn Rovers F.C

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Competitions

Friendlies

Rossendale United v Rochdale

19 July 2008 (2008-07-19)	Rossendale United	0–6	Rochdale	Newchurch
		Report Report	Le Fondre Shaw Buckley	Stadium: Dark Lane

Rochdale v Stockport County

22 July 2008 (2008-07-22)	Rochdale	0–0	Stockport County	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Rochdale v Bolton Wanderers

25 July 2008 (2008-07-25)	Rochdale	0–0	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Northwich Victoria v Rochdale

26 July 2008 (2008-07-26)	Northwich Victoria	2–0	Rochdale	Northwich
14:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Victoria Stadium

Southport v Rochdale

2 August 2008 (2008-08-02)	Southport	1–2	Rochdale	Southport
		Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue

League Two

Grimsby Town v Rochdale

9 August 2008 (2008-08-09) 1	Grimsby Town	0–0	Rochdale	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Butler  66' Hope  80'	Report	Stanton  67' Keltie  76'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,213 Referee: Craig Pawson

Rochdale v Barnet

16 August 2008 (2008-08-16) 2	Rochdale	3–1	Barnet	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Rundle  18'  39' Dagnall  45' Shaw  77'	Report	Birchall  3'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,442 Referee: Oliver Langford

Bradford City v Rochdale

23 August 2008 (2008-08-23) 3	Bradford City	2–0	Rochdale	Bradford
15:00 BST	Boulding  20' Thorne  35'	Report	Ramsden  15' Keltie  50' Wiseman  86'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 13,154 Referee: Andy Penn

Rochdale v Bury

30 August 2008 (2008-08-30) 4	Rochdale	1–1	Bury	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Le Fondre  68' Keltie  90'	Report	Russell  8' (o.g.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,492 Referee: Anthony Bates

Rochdale v Wycombe Wanderers

6 September 2008 (2008-09-06) 5	Rochdale	0–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Stanton  14'	Report	Zebroski  31'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,880 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Rotherham United v Rochdale

12 September 2008 (2008-09-12) 6	Rotherham United	2–2	Rochdale	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Reid  75'  90' McArdle  77' (o.g.)	Report	Rhodes  43' Keltie  48' Buckley  51' Thorpe  69'	Stadium: Don Valley Stadium Attendance: 3,569 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Rochdale v Chesterfield

20 September 2008 (2008-09-20) 7	Rochdale	2–1	Chesterfield	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Buckley  67' McArdle  79' Kennedy  90'	Report	Downes  41' Ward  85'  90'  90'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,884 Referee: Andy Haines

Accrington Stanley v Rochdale

28 September 2008 (2008-09-28) 8	Accrington Stanley	1–3	Rochdale	Accrington
15:00 BST	Miles  2' Murdock  13' Cavanagh  38'	Report	Le Fondre  19'  37' Buckley  57' Thompson  90'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,417 Referee: Lee Probert

Rochdale v Dagenham & Redbridge

4 October 2008 (2008-10-04) 9	Rochdale	0–2	Dagenham & Redbridge	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Keltie  66'	Report	Benson  31' Gain  55' Ritchie  68'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,566 Referee: David Webb

Lincoln City v Rochdale

10 October 2008 (2008-10-10) 10	Lincoln City	1–1	Rochdale	Lincoln
19:45 BST	John-Lewis  36' Hone  86'	Report	McArdle  2' Rundle  26' Thorpe  35'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 4,510 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

Morecambe v Rochdale

18 October 2008 (2008-10-18) 11	Morecambe	1–1	Rochdale	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Taylor  48' Howe  54'	Report	Dagnall  19'	Stadium: Christie Park Attendance: 2,572 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Rochdale v Chester City

21 October 2008 (2008-10-21) 12	Rochdale	6–1	Chester City	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Dagnall  14', 32', 58' Thorpe  62' Le Fondre  68', 69'	Report	Rule  32' McArdle  53' (o.g.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,162 Referee: Mark Haywood

Rochdale v Aldershot Town

25 October 2008 (2008-10-25) 13	Rochdale	3–1	Aldershot Town	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Rundle  27' Thompson  81' Buckley  90+4'	Report	Charles  5' Morgan  66'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,750 Referee: C. Oliver

Notts County v Rochdale

28 October 2008 (2008-10-28) 14	Notts County	1–2	Rochdale	Nottingham
19:45 BST	Forrester  47' (pen.) Smith  90'	Report	Thorpe  63', 73'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 3,610 Referee: Phil Gibbs

Brentford v Rochdale

1 November 2008 (2008-11-01) 15	Brentford	1–2	Rochdale	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Poole  44' Bowditch  50'	Report	McArdle  31' Buckley  40'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 4,291 Referee: G Hegley

Rochdale v Macclesfield Town

15 November 2008 (2008-11-15) 16	Rochdale	1–1	Macclesfield Town	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Stanton  7' Rundle  66'	Report	Brown  81'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,013 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Rochdale v Luton Town

22 November 2008 (2008-11-22) 17	Rochdale	2–0	Luton Town	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Thorpe  2' Le Fondre  59' (pen.) Wiseman  81' Stanton  82'	Report	O'Connor  38' Martin  65' Logan  85'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,901 Referee: Steve Bratt

Gillingham v Rochdale

25 November 2008 (2008-11-25) 18	Gillingham	1–1	Rochdale	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	Jackson  17'	Report	Le Fondre  61' Thompson  87' Keltie  90'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,029 Referee: S.D. Cook

Rochdale v Bournemouth

13 December 2008 (2008-12-13) 19	Rochdale	1–1	Bournemouth	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Ramsden  35' Stanton  45' Le Fondre  67'	Report	Hollands  54' Bradbury  45' (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,285 Referee: G Laws

Exeter City v Rochdale

20 December 2008 (2008-12-20) 20	Exeter City	4–1	Rochdale	Exeter
15:00 GMT	Moxey  28' Basham  16', 31' (pen.) McAllister  84', 88'	Report	McArdle  28' Wiseman  31' Keltie  90' (pen.)	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4,326 Referee: David Phillips

Rochdale v Shrewsbury Town

26 December 2008 (2008-12-26) 21	Rochdale	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Keltie  21' Ramsden  30' McEvilly  67', 83'	Report	Holt  59'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,159 Referee: Dave Foster

Port Vale v Rochdale

28 December 2008 (2008-12-28) 22	Port Vale	2–1	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Glover  74'  80' Thompson  90'	Report	Le Fondre  82' (pen.)	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5,720 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Rochdale v Accrington Stanley

3 January 2009 (2009-01-03) 23	Rochdale	3–1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Le Fondre  22' (pen.) McArdle  24' McEvilly  39' Buckley  56' Higginbotham  87'	Report	Cavanagh  24' Procter  44' Charnock  59'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,126 Referee: C Webster

Rochdale v Lincoln City

17 January 2009 (2009-01-17) 24	Rochdale	2–2	Lincoln City	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Le Fondre  26' McEvilly  84'	Report	Kennedy  48' (o.g.) N'Guessan  62'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,897 Referee: Michael Oliver

Dagenham & Redbridge v Rochdale

24 January 2009 (2009-01-24) 25	Dagenham & Redbridge	3–2	Rochdale	Dagenham
15:00 GMT	Arber  8' Benson  45' Ritchie  74' Southam  79'  80' Saunders  88'	Report	Kennedy  16' Adams  21'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,808 Referee: Simon Hooper

Rochdale v Notts County

27 January 2009 (2009-01-27) 26	Rochdale	3–0	Notts County	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	Buckley  45' Dagnall  72' Le Fondre  90'	Report	Wedderburn  37' Nowland  63'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,289 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Aldershot Town v Rochdale

31 January 2009 (2009-01-31) 27	Aldershot Town	2–4	Rochdale	Aldershot
15:00 GMT	Newman  10' Morgan  75' Charles  76' Davies  81' (pen.)	Report	Thompson  17', 23', 34' Toner  45' Stanton  80'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 3,018 Referee: Clive Penton

Chester City v Rochdale

3 February 2009 (2009-02-03) 28	Chester City	0–2	Rochdale	Chester
19:45 GMT		Report	Thompson  55' McEvilly  65'	Stadium: Deva Stadium Attendance: 1,357 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Macclesfield Town v Rochdale

14 February 2009 (2009-02-14) 29	Macclesfield Town	0–1	Rochdale	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT	Thomas  37' Brain  45' Sinclair  79'	Report	Dagnall  31' Kennedy  45' (pen.) Stanton  88'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 2,396 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

Rochdale v Morecambe

17 February 2009 (2009-02-17) 30	Rochdale	1–1	Morecambe	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	Buckley  50'	Report	Twiss  90+1' Bentley  90+2'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,347 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Rochdale v Brentford

21 February 2009 (2009-02-21) 31	Rochdale	1–2	Brentford	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Kennedy  37' (pen.) McArdle  83'	Report	Rhodes  9' MacDonald  15'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,412 Referee: A.R. Hall

Darlington v Rochdale

24 February 2009 (2009-02-24) 32	Darlington	1–2	Rochdale	Darlington
19:45 GMT	Hatch  40' Abbott  60' Ravenhill  63' Carlton  90'	Report	Le Fondre  28' Thorpe  40' Stanton  45' Rundle  62'	Stadium: The Darlington Arena Attendance: 2,858 Referee: Kevin Friend

Rochdale v Grimsby Town

28 February 2009 (2009-02-28) 33	Rochdale	2–0	Grimsby Town	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Rundle  5' Le Fondre  12' Stanton  36'	Report	Clarke  48' Boshell  89' Henderson  90'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,076 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Barnet v Rochdale

3 March 2009 (2009-03-03) 34	Barnet	2–1	Rochdale	London
19:45 GMT	O'Flynn  42' Bolasie  90'	Report	McEvilly  45' Kennedy  49' Dagnall  86'	Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 1,332

Bury v Rochdale

7 March 2009 (2009-03-07) 35	Bury	2–1	Rochdale	Bury
12:00 GMT	Bennett  19' Jones  84'	Report	Keltie  86' Buckley  90'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 7,589 Referee: A.G. Wiley

Rochdale v Bradford City

10 March 2009 (2009-03-10) 36	Rochdale	3–0	Bradford City	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	McArdle  43'  49' Le Fondre  56' (pen.), 72' (pen.) Thorpe  78'	Report	Colbeck  49' Arnison  67' Furman  72' Rehman  81' Law  90'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Scott Mathieson

Rochdale v Rotherham United

14 March 2009 (2009-03-14) 37	Rochdale	1–2	Rotherham United	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Keltie  68' Le Fondre  75'	Report	Reid  50'  84' Taylor  71'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,201 Referee: Mick Russell

Wycombe Wanderers v Rochdale

21 March 2009 (2009-03-21) 38	Wycombe Wanderers	0–1	Rochdale	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT	Spence  29' Antwi  40' Woodman  45'	Report	Adams  14' Thorpe  45' Wiseman  58' Le Fondre  90'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 6,055 Referee: Clive Penton

Chesterfield v Rochdale

25 March 2009 (2009-03-25) 39	Chesterfield	3–0	Rochdale	Chesterfield
19:30 GMT	Lester  34', 61' Niven  71' Robertson  86'	Report	Le Fondre  28'	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 3,271 Referee: J Singh

Rochdale v Exeter City

28 March 2009 (2009-03-28) 40	Rochdale	2–2	Exeter City	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Thorpe  27'  71' Le Fondre  83' Stanton  89'	Report	Stewart  55', 84' (pen.) Archibald-Henville  82'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,364 Referee: Anthony Bates

Bournemouth v Rochdale

4 April 2009 (2009-04-04) 41	Bournemouth	4–0	Rochdale	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Pitman  12', 67', 90' Feeney  28'	Report		Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 5,092 Referee: R Booth

Rochdale v Port Vale

11 April 2009 (2009-04-11) 42	Rochdale	1–0	Port Vale	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Buckley  36'	Report	Brammer  56'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Andy Haines

Shrewsbury Town v Rochdale

13 April 2009 (2009-04-13) 43	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Rochdale	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Holt  47' Hibbert  78' Leslie  84'	Report	Thompson  42' Thorpe  67' Dagnall  73'  74' Stanton  82'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,234 Referee: Roger East

Rochdale v Darlington

18 April 2009 (2009-04-18) 44	Rochdale	0–2	Darlington	Rochdale
12:45 BST	Keltie  36'	Report	Kennedy  4' White  57' McArdle  66' (o.g.) Ravenhill  80'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,789 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Luton Town v Rochdale

25 April 2009 (2009-04-25) 45	Luton Town	1–1	Rochdale	Luton
15:00 BST	Craddock  33' (pen.) Livermore  72'	Report	Thorpe  5' Dagnall  42' Rundle  56'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 7,025 Referee: James Linington

Rochdale v Gillingham

2 May 2009 (2009-05-02) 46	Rochdale	0–1	Gillingham	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Flitcroft  60'	Report	Weston  20' Jarrett  77'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,480 Referee: Darren Deadman

League Two Play-offs

Rochdale v Gillingham

7 May 2009 (2009-05-07) 1st Leg	Rochdale	0–0	Gillingham	Rochdale
19:45 BST		Report	Nutter  38' Lewis  57'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Referee: Kevin Friend

Gillingham v Rochdale

10 May 2009 (2009-05-10) 2nd Leg	Gillingham	2–1	Rochdale	Gillingham
18:30 BST	Jackson  13', 58' (pen.)	Report	Dagnall  36' McArdle  57' Kennedy  59' Jones  66' Stanton  73'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 9,585 Referee: Michael Oliver

FA Cup

Barnet v Rochdale

8 November 2008 (2008-11-08) 1	Barnet	1–1	Rochdale	London
15:00 GMT	Yakubu  67' Gillet  68'	Report	Dagnall  49' Jones  63' Holness  70'	Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 1,782 Referee: J. Linnington

Rochdale v Barnet

18 November 2008 (2008-11-18) 1 (Replay)	Rochdale	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Barnet	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	Le Fondre  56', 73', 105' McArdle  87'	Report	O'Flynn  10' Adomah  19' Deverdics  61' Bishop  75' Townsend  117'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,339 Referee: C Webster

Forest Green Rovers v Rochdale

29 November 2008 (2008-11-29) 2	Forest Green Rovers	2–0	Rochdale	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Smith  27'  45' Low  56'	Report		Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,715 Referee: Graham Scott

League Cup

Rochdale v Oldham Athletic

12 August 2008 (2008-08-12) 1	Rochdale	0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
19:45 BST		Report Report	Hazell  78' Davies  45' Taylor  119'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,786 Referee: C Webster
	Penalties
	Kennedy Dagnall Le Fondre		Eardley Taylor Whitaker Hughes

League Trophy

Rochdale v Carlisle United

7 October 2008 (2008-10-07) 1	Rochdale	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Carlisle United	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Thorpe  10' Dagnall  15'	Report Report	Bridges  3' Madine  70'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,608 Referee: Nigel Miller
	Penalties
	Keltie Le Fondre Jones Toner		Smith Bridges Carlton Madine Hackney

Scunthorpe United v Rochdale

4 November 2008 (2008-11-04) 2	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
19:30 GMT	Lea  40' Mirfin  86'  90'	Report Report		Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 2,474 Referee: Jonathan Moss

References

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2. https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2175&comp_id=3
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5. "Rochdale bag Halifax striker Shaw". BBC Sport. 5 July 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
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