2009–10 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 2009–10 Rochdale A.F.C. season was the club's 89th season in the Football League, and the 36th consecutive season in the bottom division of the League. Rochdale finished the season in 3rd place in League Two and won automatic promotion to League One, ending a period of 36 years in the fourth tier.

Rochdale A.F.C.
2009–10 season
ChairmanChris Dunphy
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Rochdale, Greater Manchester
League Two3rd (promoted)
FA CupFirst round
League CupFirst round
League TrophyFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Chris O'Grady
(22 goals)

All:
Chris O'Grady
(22 goals)

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Notts County (C, P) 46 27 12 7 96 31 +65 93 Promotion to Football League One
2 Bournemouth (P) 46 25 8 13 61 44 +17 83
3 Rochdale (P) 46 25 7 14 82 48 +34 82
4 Morecambe 46 20 13 13 73 64 +9 73 Qualification to League Two play-offs
5 Rotherham United 46 21 10 15 55 52 +3 73
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: football-league.co.uk
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Kenny Arthur 18 0 15 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
2 DF   GIB Scott Wiseman 37 1 33 + 3 1 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 1 0
3 DF   ENG Tom Kennedy 48 3 44 + 0 3 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
4 DF   ENG Nathan Stanton 39 0 37 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
5 MF   ENG Clark Keltie 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
6 MF   NIR Ciarán Toner 13 0 7 + 6 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
7 MF   ENG Jason Kennedy 46 0 40 + 2 0 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
8 MF   ENG Gary Jones 37 4 32 + 2 4 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
9 FW   ENG Chris Dagnall 49 20 45 + 0 20 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
10 MF   ENG Andy Haworth 7 0 3 + 4 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
10 FW   ENG Adam Le Fondre 1 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
10 FW   ENG Scott Spencer 5 0 0 + 4 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 1 0
11 DF   ENG Michael Lea 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
11 MF   ENG Adam Rundle 16 1 6 + 6 1 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
12 FW   ENG Danny Glover 2 0 0 + 2 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
12 MF   ENG Dale Stephens 6 1 3 + 3 1 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
13 GK   ENG Danny Taberner 1 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
14 MF   ENG Tope Obadeyi 11 1 5 + 6 1 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
14 MF   ENG Simon Whaley 9 2 8 + 1 2 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
15 MF   ENG Joe Thompson 40 8 27 + 9 6 2 + 0 2 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
16 FW   CMR Marcus Magna 3 0 0 + 2 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
17 MF   ENG Jon Shaw 2 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0
18 FW   ENG Kallum Higginbotham 32 3 6 + 23 3 0 + 2 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0
19 FW   ENG Chris O'Grady 45 22 43 + 0 22 2 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
21 GK   SCO Matty Edwards 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
22 MF   ENG David Flitcroft 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
23 DF   NIR Rory McArdle 22 0 17 + 3 0 2 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
24 DF   ENG Chris Brown 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 1 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 46 11 40 + 2 9 2 + 0 1 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 1
27 DF   ENG Josh Brizell 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0
28 DF   ENG Matthew Flynn 11 0 7 + 3 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
29 GK   ENG Josh Lillis 1 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
30 MF   ENG Will Buckley 18 3 12 + 3 3 0 + 1 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
31 DF   ENG Marcus Holness 15 0 7 + 4 0 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
32 MF   ENG Will Atkinson 15 3 15 + 0 3 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
33 GK   ENG Frank Fielding 18 0 18 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
33 MF   ENG Jason Taylor 23 1 23 + 0 1 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
34 GK   ENG Jordan Andrews 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
34 FW   ENG Scott Hogan 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
36 MF   ENG Reece Gray 2 0 0 + 2 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
38 GK   ENG Tom Heaton 12 0 12 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
FW   ENG Denis Sheriff 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
DF   ENG George Bowyer 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0

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Results

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Pre-season Friendlies

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15 July 2009 (2009-07-15) Radcliffe Borough 0–1 Rochdale Radcliffe
Report Stadium: Stainton Park
18 July 2009 (2009-07-18) Rochdale 1–4 Everton Rochdale
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
25 July 2009 (2009-07-25) Rochdale 1–1 Blackpool Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium

League Two

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8 August 2009 (2009-08-08) 1 Port Vale 1 – 1 Rochdale Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Richards   75' (pen.) Report Thompson   66' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,158
Referee: Jock Waugh
15 August 2009 (2009-08-15) 2 Rochdale 1 – 0 Aldershot Town Rochdale
15:00 BST Stanton   16'
Kennedy   90' (pen.)
Report Halls   70' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,465
Referee: Phil Gibbs
18 August 2009 (2009-08-18) 3 Rochdale 0 – 1 Cheltenham Town Rochdale
19:45 BST Report Diallo   89'
Alsop   90'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,311
Referee: Andy Haines
23 August 2009 (2009-08-23) 4 Rotherham United 2 – 1 Rochdale Rotherham
15:00 BST Le Fondre   43'
Warne   61'
Report Stanton   43'
Dagnall   45'
Stadium: Don Valley Stadium
Attendance: 3,602
Referee: Gary Sutton
29 August 2009 (2009-08-29) 5 Rochdale 3 – 0 Bury Rochdale
15:00 BST Dagnall   29'   73'
Thompson   59'
Flynn   78'
Kennedy   81' (pen.)   81'
Report Scott   12'
Robertson   47'
Sodje   80'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,534
Referee: Keith Stroud
4 September 2009 (2009-09-04) 6 Morecambe 3 – 3 Rochdale Morecambe
19:45 BST Jevons   33', 42'
Craney   38'
Report Dagnall   48'
Thompson   64'
Stephens   76'
Stadium: Christie Park
Attendance: 2,367
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
12 September 2009 (2009-09-12) 7 Rochdale 2 – 1 Torquay United Rochdale
15:00 BST Dagnall   25', 76' Report Robertson   37'
Hargreaves   90'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,407
Referee: Peter Quinn
19 September 2009 (2009-09-19) 8 Northampton Town 1 – 2 Rochdale Northampton
15:00 BST Gilligan   64' Report O'Grady   19'
Buckley   68'
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 4,048
Referee: Darren Sheldrake
26 September 2009 (2009-09-26) 9 Rochdale 4 – 1 Hereford United Rochdale
15:00 BST Dagnall   19'
Whaley   45'
Kennedy   69'
Buckley   80'
Dawson   83'
Report Pugh   23'
Jones   45'
Green   71'   90'
Gwynne   86'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,620
Referee: Craig Pawson
29 September 2009 (2009-09-29) 10 Darlington 0 – 2 Rochdale Darlington
19:45 BST Report Buckley   60'
O'Grady   81'
Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 1,748
Referee: Steve Rushton
4 October 2009 (2009-10-04) 11 Burton Albion 1 – 0 Rochdale Burton
15:00 BST Walker   3'
Simpson   55'
Report Kennedy   63' Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 3,119
Referee: Fred Graham
10 October 2009 (2009-10-10) 12 Rochdale 2 – 1 Barnet Rochdale
15:00 BST Dagnall   11'
Kennedy   45' (pen)
Jones   75'
Report Hyde   84'
Cole   87'
Hughes   90'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,648
Referee: Colin Webster
17 October 2009 (2009-10-17) 13 Grimsby Town 0 – 2 Rochdale Grimsby
15:00 BST Wood   58'
Bore   87'
Report Rundle   24'
O'Grady   85'
Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 3,754
Referee: Jonathan Moss
24 October 2009 (2009-10-24) 14 Rochdale 1 – 2 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
15:00 BST Dagnall   90' Report Edwards   39'
Kempson   43'
Grant   45'
Symes   54'   70'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,206
Referee: Russell Booth
31 October 2009 (2009-10-31) 15 Bournemouth 0 – 4 Rochdale Bournemouth
15:00 GMT Garry   65'
Cummings   83'
Report Kennedy   36'
Dagnall   45'
O'Grady   63', 72'
Whaley   66'   69'
Stanton   82'
Stadium: Goldsands Stadium
Attendance: 6,378
Referee: Phil Crossley
14 November 2009 (2009-11-14) 16 Rochdale 2 – 3 Chesterfield Rochdale
15:00 GMT O'Grady   49'
Dawson   52'
Wiseman   90'
Report Lester   25', 28'
Perkins   63'
Picken   79'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,011
Referee: P Gibbs
21 November 2009 (2009-11-21) 17 Dagenham & Redbridge 1 – 2 Rochdale Dagenham
15:00 GMT Gain   3'
Thomas   90'
Report Higginbotham   70'
Dawson   72'
Kennedy   87'
Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: 2,235
Referee: Keith Stroud
24 November 2009 (2009-11-24) 18 Rochdale 2 – 1 Notts County Rochdale
19:45 GMT Dagnall   41' (pen)
O'Grady   45'
Report Jackson   10'
Lee   14'
Davies   35'
Hunt   45'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,779
Referee: Nigel Miller
1 December 2009 (2009-12-01) 19 Bradford City 0 – 3 Rochdale Bradford
19:45 GMT Report Dagnall   12', 28'
Kennedy   54'
O'Grady   58'
Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 11,472
Referee: Dave Foster
5 December 2009 (2009-12-05) 20 Rochdale 3 – 0 Macclesfield Town Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stanton   9'
Kennedy   26'
Atkinson   30'
Wiseman   33'
Taylor   90'
Report Tremarco   52'
Brisley   69'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,003
Referee: S D Cook
12 December 2009 (2009-12-12) 21 Lincoln City 1 – 3 Rochdale Lincoln
15:00 GMT Lichaj   20'
Herd   23'   73'
Hughton   69'
Report O'Grady   36'
Dawson   45'
Thompson   59'
Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 3,293
Referee: Andy Woolmer
19 December 2009 (2009-12-19) 22 Rochdale 4 – 0 Shrewsbury Town Rochdale
15:00 GMT Dawson   8', 53'
O'Grady   38', 67'
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,596
Referee: Rob Shoebridge
26 December 2009 (2009-12-26) 23 Crewe Alexandra 2 – 2 Rochdale Crewe
15:00 GMT Westwood   71'
Tootle   77'
Report Dawson   53'
Higginbotham   74'
Kennedy   90'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,563
Referee: Oliver Langford
28 December 2009 (2009-12-28) 24 Rochdale 4 – 1 Morecambe Rochdale
15:00 GMT O'Grady   12'
Dagnall   22'
Atkinson   72', 86'
Report Hunter   53'
Wilson   63'
Curtis   84'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,309
Referee: Graham Salisbury
19 January 2010 (2010-01-19) 25 Aldershot Town 1 – 1 Rochdale Aldershot
19:45 GMT Soares   87' Report Dagnall   74' Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 2,453
Referee: Graham Scott
23 January 2010 (2010-01-23) 26 Cheltenham Town 1 – 4 Rochdale Cheltenham
15:00 GMT Townsend   44'   90' Report O'Grady   18', 49', 90'
Dawson   56'
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 3,460
Referee: Graham Horwood
26 January 2010 (2010-01-26) 27 Rochdale 0 – 0 Port Vale Rochdale
19:45 GMT Report Owen   87' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,081
Referee: Craig Pawson
1 February 2010 (2010-02-01) 28 Bury 1 – 0 Rochdale Bury
19:45 GMT Sodje   63'
Lowe   78'
Report Kennedy   48'
Wiseman   69'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 6,528
Referee: Andy Penn
6 February 2010 (2010-02-06) 29 Rochdale 2 – 0 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
15:00 GMT O'Grady   8'
Tootle   46' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 3,164
Referee: Steve Rushton
20 February 2010 (2010-02-20) 30 Rochdale 3 – 1 Dagenham & Redbridge Rochdale
15:00 GMT Obadeyi   9'
Jones   83'
O'Grady   90'
Report Scott   10'
Gain   45'
Green   60'
Ogogo   90'
Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 3,153
Referee: Kevin Wright
23 February 2010 (2010-02-23) 31 Rochdale 1 – 3 Bradford City Rochdale
19:45 GMT Obadeyi   38'
Dagnall   45'
Stanton   79'
Report Clarke   10'
Bullock   20'
Threlfall   80'
Evans   87'
Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 3,055
Referee: Christopher Sarginson
27 February 2010 (2010-02-27) 32 Macclesfield Town 0 – 1 Rochdale Macclesfield
15:00 GMT Draper   34' Report O'Grady   60'
Atkinson   66'
Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 2,462
Referee: Mark Haywood
2 March 2010 (2010-03-02) 33 Rochdale 4 – 0 Rotherham United Rochdale
19:45 GMT Dagnall   9'
Dawson   32'   71'
Kennedy   52'
Green   64' (o.g.)
O'Grady   74'
Atkinson   80'
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,502
Referee: Steve Tanner
6 March 2010 (2010-03-06) 34 Rochdale 1 – 1 Lincoln City Rochdale
15:00 GMT Dagnall   70'   76' Report Herd   27'
Broughton   75'
Somma   76'
Lennon   89'
Burch   90'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,453
Referee: Dave Foster
13 March 2010 (2010-03-13) 35 Shrewsbury Town 0 – 1 Rochdale Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT Cansdell-Sherriff   75' Report Thompson   62'
O'Grady   68'
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 6,081
Referee: Andy D'Urso
20 March 2010 (2010-03-20) 36 Accrington Stanley 2 – 4 Rochdale Accrington
15:00 GMT Joyce   39'
Symes   61'   74'
Miles   65'
Report Dagnall   22'
Jones   67', 72'
Taylor   75'
O'Grady   83'
Higginbotham   90'
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 3,025
Referee: Graham Salisbury
27 March 2010 (2010-03-27) 37 Rochdale 4 – 1 Grimsby Town Rochdale
15:00 GMT Thompson   17'
Dagnall   20', 41', 90'
O'Grady   59'
Report Chambers   43'
Atkinson   79'
Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 4,724
Referee: Fred Graham
3 April 2010 (2010-04-03) 38 Chesterfield 2 – 0 Rochdale Chesterfield
15:00 BST Whing   63'
Conlon   68' (pen.), 83' (pen.)
Rundle   75'
Report McArdle   84' Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 4,471
Referee: Peter Quinn
5 April 2010 (2010-04-05) 39 Rochdale 0 – 0 Bournemouth Rochdale
15:00 BST Higginbotham   9'
Dagnall   59'
Report Bartley   17' Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 5,027
Referee: Carl Boyeson
10 April 2010 (2010-04-10) 40 Torquay United 5 – 0 Rochdale Torquay
15:00 BST Rendell   29'
Benyon   31', 35'
Wroe   62' (pen.)
Carayol   77'
Report Fielding   60' Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 3,093
Referee: Gary Sutton
13 April 2010 (2010-04-13) 41 Rochdale 0 – 1 Darlington Rochdale
19:45 BST Report Mulligan   35'
Miller   82'
Redmond   90'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5,371
Referee: Oliver Langford
17 April 2010 (2010-04-17) 42 Rochdale 1 – 0 Northampton Town Rochdale
15:00 BST O'Grady   23'
Stanton   69'
Report Beckwith   8'
Gilbert   45'
Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 5,025
Referee: Andy Haines
20 April 2010 (2010-04-20) 43 Notts County 1 – 0 Rochdale Nottingham
19:45 BST Hughes   30'
Lee   51'
Report Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 10,536
Referee: Mark Halsey
24 April 2010 (2010-04-24) 44 Hereford United 2 – 1 Rochdale Hereford
15:00 BST King   52'
Valentine   61'
Green   78'
Report Jones   27'   62'
McArdle   85'
Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 1,975
Referee: David Webb
1 May 2010 (2010-05-01) 45 Rochdale 1 – 2 Burton Albion Rochdale
15:00 BST O'Grady   79' Report Penn   45'
Taylor   62'
Harrad   66' (pen.)
Parkes   79'
Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 3,749
Referee: Karl Evans
8 May 2010 (2010-05-08) 46 Barnet 1 – 0 Rochdale London
15:00 BST Jarrett   90'   90' Report Holness   22' Stadium: Underhill Stadium
Attendance: 4,638
Referee: Jonathan Moss

FA Cup

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7 November 2009 (2009-11-07) First Round Luton Town 3 – 3 Rochdale Luton
15:00 GMT Murray   7'
Basham   4', 29'
Newton   21'   78'
White   90'
Report Dawson   58'
Thompson   87', 89'
Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 3,167
Referee: Danny McDermid
11 November 2009 (2009-11-11) First Round Replay Rochdale 0 – 2 Luton Town Rochdale
20:00 GMT Report Nicholls   16'
White   34'
Gallen   64', 70'
Gnakpa   85'
Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 1,982
Referee: Anthony Bates

League Cup

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11 August 2009 (2009-08-11) First Round Sheffield Wednesday 3–0 Rochdale Sheffield
19:45 BST Esajas   19'
Johnson   21', 50'
Report Kennedy   90' Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 6,696
Referee: Christopher Sarginson

EFL Trophy

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1 September 2009 (2009-09-01) First Round Rochdale 1–2 Bradford City Rochdale
19:15 BST Dawson   59' Report Flynn   74'
Neilson   79'
Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Geoff Eltringham

References

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  1. ^ "All Rochdale players: 2010".
  2. ^ "Rochdale FC Club Details | First Team Squad | Soccer Base".