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
ChairmanChris Dunphy
ManagerKeith Hill
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Rochdale, Greater Manchester
League One9th
FA CupSecond round
League CupFirst round
League TrophySecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gary Jones
(17 goals)

All:
Gary Jones
(19 goals)

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

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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

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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

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Results

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Pre-season Friendlies

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

League One

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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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

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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
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

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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

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  1. ^ "All Rochdale players: 2011".
  2. ^ "Rochdale FC Club Details | First Team Squad | Soccer Base".