2011–12 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 2011–12 season is Rochdale's 105th year in existence and their second consecutive season in League One. 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 2011 to 30 June 2012.

Rochdale A.F.C.
2011–12 season
ChairmanChris Dunphy
ManagerSteve Eyre
Chris Beech
John Coleman
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Rochdale, Greater Manchester
League One24th (relegated)
FA CupFirst round
League CupThird round
Football League TrophyThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ashley Grimes
(8 goals)

All:
Ashley Grimes
(11 goals)

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
20 Leyton Orient 46 13 11 22 48 75 −27 50
21 Wycombe Wanderers (R) 46 11 10 25 65 88 −23 43 Relegation to Football League Two
22 Chesterfield (R) 46 10 12 24 56 81 −25 42
23 Exeter City (R) 46 10 12 24 46 75 −29 42
24 Rochdale (R) 46 8 14 24 47 81 −34 38
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2012. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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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 Jake Kean 15 0 14 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
1 GK   HUN Peter Kurucz 11 0 11 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
2 DF   ENG Stephen Darby 40 0 34 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 3 + 0 0 2 + 0 0
3 DF   ENG Joe Widdowson 35 0 30 + 2 0 0 + 0 0 3 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
4 DF   ENG Marcus Holness 30 3 23 + 1 3 1 + 0 0 3 + 0 0 2 + 0 0
5 DF   ENG Kevin Amankwaah 16 0 15 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
5 DF   ENG Neal Trotman 14 0 12 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
6 MF   IRL Brian Barry-Murphy 26 1 17 + 5 1 1 + 0 0 0 + 1 0 2 + 0 0
7 MF   ENG Jason Kennedy 50 4 38 + 6 4 1 + 0 0 3 + 0 0 2 + 0 0
8 MF   ENG Gary Jones 50 6 45 + 0 5 1 + 0 0 3 + 0 1 1 + 0 0
9 FW   ENG Harry Bunn 8 1 5 + 1 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 1
9 FW   ENG Michael Symes 15 4 14 + 1 4 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
10 FW   ENG Ashley Grimes 42 11 27 + 9 8 0 + 1 0 3 + 0 3 0 + 2 0
11 MF   WAL Nicky Adams 47 4 30 + 11 4 1 + 0 0 3 + 0 0 0 + 2 0
12 DF   NED Pim Balkestein 15 0 12 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 2 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
12 DF   IRL Kevin Long 16 0 16 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
14 MF   SCO Marc Twaddle 3 0 1 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
15 MF   ENG Joe Thompson 21 1 8 + 9 1 0 + 0 0 0 + 3 0 1 + 0 0
16 MF   ENG Andrew Tutte 45 1 28 + 12 1 1 + 0 0 3 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
17 DF   ENG Dean Holden 22 0 20 + 1 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
17 MF   ENG Paul Marshall 1 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
18 MF   ENG Simon Hackney 2 0 1 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
19 FW   ENG Matthew Barnes-Homer 7 0 1 + 4 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 1 0 1 + 0 0
19 FW   MLT Daniel Bogdanovic 5 1 5 + 0 1 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
19 DF   ENG Sam Minihan 1 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
19 FW   ENG Chris O'Grady 1 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
19 MF   ENG Tope Obadeyi 6 1 3 + 3 1 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
20 DF   ENG Jordan Fagbola 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
21 GK   SCO Matty Edwards 9 0 6 + 2 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
22 DF   ENG Stephen Jordan 21 0 17 + 2 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
23 GK   ENG David Lucas 20 0 16 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
24 DF   IRL Neill Byrne 3 0 2 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
24 FW   ENG Nathan Eccleston 7 1 3 + 2 1 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
25 MF   [[|Libya]] Ahmed Benali 3 0 0 + 2 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
26 FW   FRA Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro 47 8 30 + 11 7 1 + 0 0 3 + 0 1 1 + 1 0
27 FW   NED Roland Bergkamp 3 0 2 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
27 MF   ENG Sean McConville 4 0 2 + 2 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
28 MF   ENG Reece Gray 4 1 1 + 3 1 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
29 FW   NGA Godwin Ababaki 2 0 0 + 2 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
30 FW   ENG Brett Ormerod 5 1 4 + 1 1 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
31 GK   ENG Jordan Andrews 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
39 FW   ENG David Ball 15 4 12 + 2 3 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 1
GK   ENG Danny Taberner 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
DF   ANG David Kuagica 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
FW   ENG Paul McCallum 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0

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Top scorers

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Place Position Nation Number Name League One FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
1 FW   10 Ashley Grimes 3 0 2 0 5
2 FW   26 Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro 2 0 1 0 3
3 FW   39 David Ball 2 0 0 0 2
= MF   8 Gary Jones 1 0 1 0 2
4 MF   11 Nicky Adams 1 0 0 0 1
= DF   4 Marcus Holness 1 0 0 0 1
= MF   7 Jason Kennedy 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 10 0 4 0 14

Disciplinary record

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Number Nation Position Name League One FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
                   
5   DF Neal Trotman 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
11   MF Nicky Adams 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2   DF Stephen Darby 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
26   FW Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10   FW Ashley Grimes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4   DF Marcus Holness 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8   MF Gary Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1   GK Jake Kean 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16   MF Andrew Tutte 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3   DF Joe Widdowson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 2

Results

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Pre-season Friendlies

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16 July 2011 Southport 1–2 Rochdale Southport
15:00 BST Gray   62' Report Grimes   55'
Hackney   82'
Stadium: Haig Avenue
19 July 2011 Rochdale 0–1 Leeds United Rochdale
19:30 BST Report Gradel   30' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,935
23 July 2011 Wrexham 3–2 Rochdale Wrexham
15:00 BST Wright   6'
Holness   21'
Tolley   ?'
Report Grimes   ?'
Jarrett   45'
Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 835
26 July 2011 Rochdale 3–0 West Bromwich Albion Rochdale
19:45 BST Grimes   6'
Jones   28' (pen.)
Akpa Akpro   79'
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,743
30 July 2011 Crewe Alexandra 2–1 Rochdale Crewe
15:00 BST Miller   2'
Shelley   18' (pen.)
Marshall   78' Stadium: Alexandra Stadium

League One

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6 August 2011 1 Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Rochdale Sheffield
15:00 BST Jones   16'   69'
Morrison   53'
Prutton   72'
Report Trotman   69' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 21,174
Referee: Nigel Miller
13 August 2011 2 Rochdale 2–2 Huddersfield Town Rochdale
15:00 BST Akpa Akpro   43'
Grimes   89'
Darby   90'
Report Novak   15'
Gobern   35'
Ward   69'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5,074
Referee: Andy Haines
16 August 2011 3 Rochdale 0–0 Carlisle United Rochdale
19:45 BST Akpa Akpro   34'
Holness   77'
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,671
Referee: Mark Brown
20 August 2011 4 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Rochdale Oldham
15:00 BST Reid   32' (pen.)
Clarke   40'   45+3'
Report Trotman   28'   41' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,266
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
27 August 2011 5 Rochdale 1–3 Hartlepool United Rochdale
15:00 BST Akpa Akpro   16' Report Boyd   7'
Poole   47', 87'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Mark Heywood
3 September 2011 6 Stevenage 4–2 Rochdale Stevenage
15:00 BST Reid   13'   53'
Beardsley   30', 45+2'
Trotman   70' (o.g.)
Report Jones   28'   31'
Ball   71'
Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 3,021
Referee: David Phillips
10 September 2011 7 Bury 2–4 Rochdale Bury
15:00 BST M. Jones   21'
Bishop   63'
Report Grimes   5'
Holness   10'
Adams   18'   19'   76'
Ball   47'
Tutte   48'
Darby   55'
Stadium: Gigg Lane Stadium
Attendance: 4,897
Referee: Graham Salisbury
13 September 2011 8 Rochdale 1–0 Scunthorpe United Rochdale
19:45 BST Grimes   66'
Kennedy   59'
Kean   90'
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,368
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
17 September 2011 9 Rochdale 2–3 Charlton Athletic Rochdale
15:00 BST Kennedy   31'
Widdowson   40'
Grimes   57'
Ball   60'
Report Hollands   20', 80'
Wiggins   44'
Jackson   82'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,909
Referee: Steve Rushton
24 September 2011 10 Notts County 2–0 Rochdale Nottingham
15:00 BST Hughes   35'   81'
Sodje   88'   90+4'
Report Balkestein   45'
Adams   90'
Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 6,199
Referee: Dean Whitestone
1 October 2011 11 Rochdale 2–1 Wycombe Wanderers Rochdale
15:00 BST Grimes   21', 66'
Trotman   81'
Report Donnelly   6'
McCoy   61'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,266
Referee: Mark Heywood
8 October 2011 12 Bournemouth 1–1 Rochdale Bournemouth
15:00 BST Zubar   29'
Arter   58'
Symes   68' (pen.)
Report Jones   30' (pen.)
Kean   67'
Ball   73'
Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 5,345
Referee: Gavin Ward
15 October 2011 13 Rochdale 2–2 Colchester United Rochdale
15:00 BST Holness   43'
Akpa Akpro   65'
Jones   88'
Report Henderson   3'
Odejayi   14'   90'
Okuonghae   29'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,226
Referee: David Webb
22 October 2011 14 Exeter City 3–1 Rochdale Exeter
15:00 BST Oakley   26'
Nardiello   45', 56' (pen.)
Sercombe   52'
Taylor   81'
Report Eccleston   31'
Grimes   90+4'
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,844
Referee: Carl Berry
25 October 2011 15 Rochdale 1–1 Chesterfield Rochdale
19:45 BST Jones   45'   74' Report Westcarr   36' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,494
Referee: Darren Drysdale
29 October 2011 16 Rochdale 0–2 Leyton Orient Rochdale
15:00 BST Jordan   73' Report Smith   12'
Mooney   65'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,322
Referee: James Adcock
5 November 2011 17 MK Dons 3–1 Rochdale Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT Smith   17'
MacDonald   22'
Beevers   31'
Ibehre   83'
Report Barry-Murphy   8' Stadium: Stadium:mk
Attendance: 7,120
Referee: Andy Woolmer
19 November 2011 18 Preston North End 0–1 Rochdale Preston
15:00 GMT Parry   89' Report Adams   84' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 10,456
Referee: Oliver Langford
26 November 2011 19 Rochdale 1–2 Brentford Rochdale
15:00 GMT Holden   16'
Jordan   21'
Bergkamp   44'
Holness   65'
Report Alexander   11' (pen.)   23'
Saunders   78'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,466
Referee: Gary Sutton
10 December 2011 20 Sheffield United 3–0 Rochdale Sheffield
15:00 GMT Evans   39', 64'
Cresswell   57'
Report Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 15,892
Referee: Dean Whitestone
17 December 2011 21 Rochdale 0–0 Yeovil Town Rochdale
15:00 GMT Bunn   90' Report Gilbert   42'   77' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,692
Referee: Chris Sarginson
31 December 2011 22 Walsall 0–0 Rochdale Walsall
15:00 GMT Smith   42'
Beevers   54'
Bowerman   86'
Report Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 3,907
Referee: Andy Madley
2 January 2012 23 Rochdale 1–1 Preston Rochdale
13:00 GMT Bogdanović   25'
Kennedy   87'
Report Jervis   17' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,570
Referee: Trevor Kettle
7 January 2012 24 Hartlepool United 2–0 Rochdale Hartlepool
15:00 GMT Brown   74'
James   80'
Monkhouse   86'
Report Widdowson   82' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,663
Referee: James Adcock
14 January 2012 25 Rochdale 1–5 Stevenage Rochdale
15:00 GMT Ormerod   52'
Widdowson   26'   56'
Report Freeman   18', 58'
Wilson   46', 53'   90'
Byrom   66'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,367
Referee: Colin Webster
17 January 2012 26 Tranmere Rovers 0–0 Rochdale Birkenhead
19:45 GMT McChrystal   57'
Weir   78'
Report Akpa Akpro   50'
Barry-Murphy   75'
Ormerod   78'
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 4,153
21 January 2012 27 Wycombe Wanderers 3–0 Rochdale High Wycombe
15:00 GMT Beavon   32', 73'
Winfield   75'
Report Jordan   90' Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 4,285
Referee: Pat Miller
28 January 2012 28 Rochdale 3–0 Bury Rochdale
15:00 GMT Akpa Akpro   15'
Grimes   41', 55'
Report Coke   63'
Bishop   90+1'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5,033
Referee: Scott Mathieson
14 February 2012 29 Scunthorpe United 1–0 Rochdale Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT Thompson   64' Report Widdowson   68'
Long   73'
Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 3,409
Referee: Robert Madley
18 February 2012 30 Rochdale 1–0 AFC Bournemouth Rochdale
15:00 GMT Grimes   52'
Jones   90+2' (pen.)
Report Francis   83' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,499
Referee: Carl Boyeson
21 February 2012 31 Charlton Athletic 1–1 Rochdale London
19:45 GMT Kermorgant   56' Report Adams   53'
Long   56'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 15,067
Referee: Fred Graham
25 February 2012 32 Colchester United 0–0 Rochdale Colchester
15:00 GMT Izzet   74' Report Symes   22'
Long   45+2'
Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,096
Referee: David Coote
28 February 2012 33 Rochdale 0–1 Notts County Rochdale
19:45 GMT Report Sodje   27'
Bencherif   45'
Harley   46'
Nelson   78'
Hughes   89'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,326
Referee: Steve Rushton
3 March 2012 34 Rochdale 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Rochdale
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5,361
Referee: Tony Bates
6 March 2012 35 Carlisle United 2–1 Rochdale Carlisle
19:45 GMT Berrett   33'
McGovern   58'
Zoko   76'
Report Kennedy   74'
Widdowson   88'
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 3,694
Referee: Colin Webster
10 March 2012 36 Huddersfield Town 2–2 Rochdale Huddersfield
15:00 GMT Ward   45+1'
Rhodes   48'
Report Tutte   45+2'
Grimes   82'
Long   84'
Stadium: Galpharm Stadium
Attendance: 13,715
Referee: David Webb
17 March 2012 37 Rochdale 3–2 Oldham Athletic Rochdale
15:00 GMT Symes   3', 47', 70'
Akpa Akpro   78'
Report Kuqi   21'
Mvoto   33'
Tarkowski   69'   90+6'
Reid   74'
Taylor   90+6'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,671
Referee: Graham Salisbury
20 March 2012 38 Rochdale 0–2 Tranmere Rovers Rochdale
19:45 GMT Report Wallace   28'
Cassidy   82'   87'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,618
Referee: Nigel Miller
24 March 2012 39 Brentford 2–0 Rochdale Brentford
15:00 GMT Diagouraga   32'
Donaldson   85'
Report Jordan   33' Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 4,919
Referee: Brendan Malone
31 March 2012 40 Rochdale 3–3 Walsall Rochdale
15:00 BST Kennedy   66'
Symes   82' (pen.)
Akpa Akpro   90+3'
Report Ledesma   25'
Widdowson   38' (o.g.)
Butler   90+4'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,516
Referee: Mark Heywood
7 April 2012 41 Yeovil Town 3–1 Rochdale Yeovil
15:00 BST Franks   7'
Hinds   29'
Huntington   55'
Woods   75'
Report Holness   56'
Grounds   80' (o.g.)
Tutte   82'
Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 3,859
Referee: James Adcock
10 April 2012 42 Rochdale 2–5 Sheffield United Rochdale
19:45 BST Kennedy   3'
Obadeyi   68'
Report McDonald   5'   61'
Evans   22', 45+3'
Williamson   25'
Doyle   57'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5,309
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
14 April 2012 43 Rochdale 3–2 Exeter City Rochdale
15:00 BST Twaddle   58'
Adams   79'
Thompson   81'
Kennedy   88'
Report Nardiello   28' (pen.)
Sercombe   62'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,930
Referee: Andy Madley
21 April 2012 44 Chesterfield 2–1 Rochdale Chesterfield
15:00 BST Randall   44'
Bowery   76'
Boden   81'
Whitaker   86'
Report Widdowson   52'
Akpa Akpro   73'
Stadium: B2net Stadium
Attendance: 5,954
Referee: Craig Pawson
28 April 2012 45 Rochdale 1–2 Milton Keynes Dons Rochdale
15:00 BST Akpa Akpro   85' Report O'Shea   3'
Bowditch   58'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,212
Referee: Mark Brown
5 May 2012 46 Leyton Orient 2–1 Rochdale London
15:00 BST Cox   32'
Odubajo   41'
Report Gray   61'   75' Stadium: Matchroom Stadium
Attendance: 4,110
Referee: Stuart Atwell

FA Cup

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12 November 2011 Round 1 Bradford City 1–0 Rochdale Bradford
15:00 Wells   84'   85' Report Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 3,579
Referee: Dean Mohareb

League Cup

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9 August 2011 Round 1 Rochdale 3–2 (a.e.t.) Chesterfield Rochdale
19:45 Grimes   19', 111'
Mattis   103' (o.g.)
Report Whitaker   11', 95' (pen.)
Allott   116'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,718
Referee: Scott Mathieson
23 August 2011 Round 2 Queens Park Rangers 0–2 Rochdale London
19:45 Report Akpa Akpro   5'
Widdowson   79'
Jones   81'
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 4,755
Referee: Oliver Langford
20 September 2011 Round 3 Aldershot Town 2–1 Rochdale Aldershot
19:45 Rankine   47'
Hylton   78'
Report Kennedy   43'
Grimes   45'   90'
Balkestein   68'
Jones   87'
Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 3,334
Referee: Andy D'Urso

Football League Trophy

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4 October 2011 Round 2 Rochdale 1–1
(3–1 p)
Walsall Rochdale
19:15 Ball   49' Report Hurst   66' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,089
Referee: Dean Mohareb
Penalties
8 November 2011 Round 3 Rochdale 1–1
(2–4 p)
Preston North End Rochdale
19:30 Bunn   52' Report Barton   35' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,395
Referee: Andy Haines
Penalties

Transfers

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Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
21 June 2011 FW   Ashley Grimes   Millwall Free Transfer [3]
24 June 2011 MF   Simon Hackney   Colchester United Free Transfer [4]
24 June 2011 MF   Andrew Tutte   Manchester City Free Transfer [4]
4 July 2011 DF   Marc Twaddle   Falkirk Free Transfer [5]
15 July 2011 DF   Neal Trotman   Preston North End Free Transfer [6]
2 August 2011 MF   Paul Marshall Free Agent Free [7]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
21 June 2011 MF   Matt Done   Barnsley Undisclosed [8]
21 June 2011 DF   Scott Wiseman   Barnsley Undisclosed [8]
1 July 2011 GK   Owain Fôn Williams   Tranmere Rovers Free Transfer [9]
4 July 2011 DF   Robbie Williams   Plymouth Argyle Free Transfer [10]
7 July 2011 DF   Chris Brown   Droylsden Free Transfer [11]
25 July 2011 FW   Anthony Elding   Grimsby Town Undisclosed [12]
9 August 2011 FW   Chris O'Grady   Sheffield Wednesday Undisclosed [13]
Players loaned in
Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
7 July 2011 DF   Stephen Darby   Liverpool 31 May 2012 [14]
2 August 2011 GK   Jake Kean   Blackburn Rovers 31 May 2012 [15]
19 August 2011 DF   Pim Balkestein   Brentford January 2012 [16]
25 August 2011 FW   Matthew Barnes-Homer   Luton Town 16 January 2012 [17]
31 August 2011 FW   David Ball   Peterborough United [18]
31 August 2011 MF   Ahmed Benali   Manchester City [18]
Players loaned out
Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.
16 December 2011 FW   Reece Gray   Hyde 16 January 2011 [19]

References

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  1. ^ "All Rochdale players: 2012".
  2. ^ "Rochdale FC Club Details | First Team Squad | Soccer Base".
  3. ^ "Rochdale capture Millwall striker Ashley Grimes". BBC Football. 21 June 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Rochdale sign Andrew Tutte and Simon Hackney". BBC Football. 25 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Rochdale sign Falkirk defender Marc Twaddle". BBC Football. 6 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Dale snap up defender Trotman". Sky Sports.
  7. ^ "Marshall signs for Rochdale". Sky Sports.
  8. ^ a b "Barnsley swoop for Dale duo". Sky Sports. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  9. ^ "Tranmere Rovers sign goalkeeper Owain Fon Williams". BBC Football. 1 July 2011.
  10. ^ "Plymouth Argyle sign Robbie Williams and Durrell Berry". BBC Football. 4 July 2011.
  11. ^ "Statement from Dave Pace". Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  12. ^ "Grimsby sign Rochdale striker Anthony Elding". BBC Football. 25 July 2011.
  13. ^ "Sheffield Wednesday snap up striker Chris O'Grady". BBC Football. 10 August 2011.
  14. ^ "Dale tie up Darby loan". Sky Sports.
  15. ^ "Kean set for Dale loan move". Sky Sports.
  16. ^ "Rochdale sign Brentford defender Pim Balkestein on loan". BBC Football. 19 August 2011.
  17. ^ "Rochdale seal Matthew Barnes-Homer loan". BBC Football. 25 August 2011.
  18. ^ a b "Rochdale snap up David Ball and Ahmed Benali". BBC Football. 31 August 2011.
  19. ^ "Reece Gray joins Hyde on loan". Hyde F.C. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2011.