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
ChairmanChris Dunphy
ManagerKeith Hill
League Two6th
FA CupSecond round
League CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Adam Le Fondre
(17)

All:
Adam Le Fondre
(20)
Highest home attendance5,786 vs Oldham Athletic, League Cup (12 August 2008)
Lowest home attendance1,608 vs Carlisle United, Football League Trophy (7 October 2008)

League table

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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 winners; (P) Promoted

Players

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Squad information

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

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

Statistics

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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   ENG Sam Russell 29 0 23 + 0 0 3 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 2 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
2 DF   ENG Simon Ramsden 32 0 25 + 3 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 2 + 0 0
3 DF   ENG Tom Kennedy 53 4 45 + 0 4 3 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 2 + 0 0 2 + 0 0
4 DF   ENG Nathan Stanton 46 0 39 + 0 0 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 2 + 0 0 2 + 0 0
5 MF   ENG Clark Keltie 36 1 26 + 5 1 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 1 0 0 + 0 0
6 MF   NIR Ciarán Toner 44 1 32 + 5 1 2 + 0 0 0 + 1 0 2 + 0 0 2 + 0 0
7 FW   NIR Lee McEvilly 16 5 4 + 12 5 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
8 MF   ENG Gary Jones 34 0 28 + 0 0 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 2 + 0 0
9 FW   ENG Chris Dagnall 45 10 25 + 14 7 1 + 0 1 1 + 0 0 1 + 1 1 1 + 1 1
10 FW   ENG Adam Le Fondre 51 21 28 + 16 18 2 + 0 3 0 + 1 0 1 + 1 0 1 + 1 0
11 MF   ENG Adam Rundle 51 7 32 + 12 7 1 + 1 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 1 0 2 + 0 0
12 DF   ENG Nathan D'Laryea 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
14 DF   GIB Scott Wiseman 36 0 30 + 2 0 2 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 1 0 0 + 0 0
15 MF   ENG Joe Thompson 35 5 21 + 9 5 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 2 + 0 0 1 + 1 0
16 MF   WAL Nicky Adams 14 1 12 + 2 1 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
16 FW   SCO Jordan Rhodes 5 2 5 + 0 2 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
17 MF   ENG Jon Shaw 11 1 5 + 1 1 1 + 2 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 1 0
18 FW   ENG Kallum Higginbotham 9 1 3 + 4 1 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
19 FW   ENG Lee Thorpe 36 6 18 + 10 5 2 + 1 0 0 + 1 0 1 + 1 1 2 + 0 0
20 DF   ENG Raphale Evans 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
21 GK   ENG James Spencer 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
22 MF   ENG David Flitcroft 1 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
23 DF   NIR Rory McArdle 49 2 41 + 0 2 3 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 2 + 0 0 2 + 0 0
24 DF   ENG Chris Brown 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
24 FW   ENG Gary Madine 3 0 1 + 2 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 0 + 0 0
26 DF   ENG Craig Dawson 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
26 MF   ENG Kyle Lambert 1 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
27 MF   WAL Mark Jones 13 0 7 + 2 0 1 + 2 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
29 DF   ENG Tom Newey 2 0 1 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
30 MF   ENG Will Buckley 43 10 28 + 9 10 3 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 1 0
31 DF   ENG Marcus Holness 10 0 4 + 3 0 1 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
34 GK   ENG Frank Fielding 25 0 23 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 2 + 0 0
DF   ENG George Bowman 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
MF   ENG Theo Coleman 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0

[1] [2]

Transfers

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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

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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

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Friendlies

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19 July 2008 (2008-07-19) Rossendale United 0–6 Rochdale Newchurch
Report
Report
Le Fondre     
Shaw  
Buckley  
Stadium: Dark Lane
22 July 2008 (2008-07-22) Rochdale 0–0 Stockport County Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
25 July 2008 (2008-07-25) Rochdale 0–0 Bolton Wanderers Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
26 July 2008 (2008-07-26) Northwich Victoria 2–0 Rochdale Northwich
14:00 BST    Report Stadium: Victoria Stadium
2 August 2008 (2008-08-02) Southport 1–2 Rochdale Southport
Report Stadium: Haig Avenue

League Two

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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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
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

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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
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
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

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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

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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  
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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  1. ^ "All Rochdale players: 2009".
  2. ^ "Rochdale FC Club Details | First Team Squad | Soccer Base".
  3. ^ "Midfielder agrees terms". 27 June 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Dale make double swoop". 2 July 2008. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  5. ^ "Rochdale bag Halifax striker Shaw". BBC Sport. 5 July 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  6. ^ "McEvilly completes Rochdale move". BBC Sport. 5 January 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Dale sign local lad". 23 February 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2010.