2010–11 Rochdale A.F.C. season

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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)
Away colours
Third colours

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.

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[]

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[]

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 England ENG Josh Lillis 27 0 23 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
2 DF Gibraltar GIB Scott Wiseman 41 0 37 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
3 DF England ENG Joe Widdowson 38 0 30 + 4 0 1 + 0 0 2 + 0 0 0 + 1 0
4 DF England ENG Marcus Holness 50 1 46 + 0 1 1 + 0 0 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
6 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Brian Barry-Murphy 36 0 31 + 1 0 1 + 0 0 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
7 MF England ENG Jason Kennedy 48 4 44 + 1 4 1 + 0 0 2 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
8 MF England ENG Gary Jones 49 19 45 + 1 17 1 + 0 0 2 + 0 2 0 + 0 0
9 FW England ENG Anthony Elding 21 5 9 + 8 3 1 + 0 1 1 + 1 1 1 + 0 0
10 FW England ENG Jack Redshaw 3 0 0 + 2 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
11 FW Wales WAL Matt Done 36 6 16 + 17 5 0 + 0 0 0 + 2 0 1 + 0 1
12 DF England ENG Alan Goodall 6 0 3 + 2 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
13 GK Wales WAL Owain Fôn Williams 22 0 22 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
13 GK England ENG Danny Taberner 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
14 FW France FRA Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro 36 4 8 + 24 4 0 + 1 0 1 + 1 0 1 + 0 0
15 MF England ENG Joe Thompson 34 2 19 + 13 2 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
16 MF England ENG Will Atkinson 21 2 15 + 6 2 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
16 MF England ENG Andrew Tutte 9 0 5 + 2 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 1 0
17 MF England ENG Bobby Grant 6 2 5 + 1 2 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
17 FW England ENG Deane Smalley 3 0 0 + 3 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
17 DF England ENG Robbie Williams 9 0 9 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
18 DF England ENG Josh Thompson 14 1 11 + 1 1 0 + 0 0 0 + 1 0 1 + 0 0
19 FW England ENG Chris O'Grady 49 9 45 + 1 9 1 + 0 0 2 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
20 FW England ENG Liam Dickinson 14 0 7 + 7 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
21 GK Scotland SCO Matty Edwards 1 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
22 MF England ENG David Flitcroft 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
23 DF England ENG Tom Kennedy 6 0 6 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
24 DF England ENG Chris Brown 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
25 MF England ENG Callum Byrne 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
26 DF England ENG Craig Dawson 48 11 44 + 1 10 1 + 0 1 2 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
27 FW Nigeria NGA Godwin Abadaki 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
27 DF England ENG Josh Brizell 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
28 DF England ENG Matthew Flynn 1 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
29 MF Wales WAL Nicky Adams 31 0 25 + 5 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
31 GK England ENG Luke Daniels 1 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
31 GK England ENG Ryan Jones 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
32 GK England ENG Chris Oldfield 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
34 FW Angola ANG Helio André 2 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 1 0
35 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Scott Hogan 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
36 MF England ENG Reece Gray 2 1 0 + 2 1 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
GK England ENG Jordan Andrews 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0

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Results[]

Pre-season Friendlies[]

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

League One[]

7 August 2010 (2010-08-07) 1 Rochdale 0–0 Hartlepool United Rochdale
15:00 BST Widdowson Yellow card 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 Red card 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 Yellow card 51'
O'Grady 60'
Kennedy 62' Yellow card 18' Yellow-red card 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 Yellow card 90'
Report Macken 4'
Byfield 45'
Davis Yellow card 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 Yellow card 78'
Chadwick Yellow card 87'
Report Kennedy 20'
Widdowson Yellow card 41'
J.W. Thompson Yellow card 49'
Goodall Yellow card 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' Yellow card 90'
Barry-Murphy Yellow card 90'
Report Wright-Phillips 18'
Noone Yellow card 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 Yellow card 37'
J. Thompson Yellow card 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 Yellow card 22'
Widdowson Yellow card 70'
Done Yellow card 87'
Report Freeman 66'
Smith Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 90'
Report Green Yellow card 61'
Scannell 64'
Arber 68'
Gain Yellow card 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 Yellow card 76'
Report O'Grady 45'
Adams Yellow card 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' Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 47' Yellow-red card 61'
Report Dawson Yellow card 34'
Jones 62' (pen)
Holness Yellow card 78'
Done Yellow card 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 Yellow card 80'
Mvoto Yellow card 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 Yellow card 56'
Kennedy Yellow card 80'
Grant Yellow card 67' 84'
Report Broomes Red card 24'
Thomas-Moore Yellow card 36' 81' (pen)
Labadie 42'
Goodison Yellow card 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 Yellow card 63'
Trotman Yellow card 79'
Furman 87'
Report O'Grady 64', 76'
Wiseman Red card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 83' Report Jones 17'
Fôn Williams Yellow card 77'
J.W. Thompson Yellow card 89'
Wiseman Yellow card 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 Yellow card 55'
Labadie Yellow card 59'
Report Akpa Akpro Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 51' Yellow-red card 74'
Hoskins 79'
Kalala Yellow card 81'
Williams Yellow card 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' Yellow card 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 Yellow card 84'
Dickinson Yellow card 89'
Report Vine 15'
Powell 19'
Leven Yellow card 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 Yellow card 81'
Edwards Yellow card 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 Yellow card 54' Report Jones 23'
Dawson 56' Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 7'
Atkinson 22'
Wiseman Yellow card 36'
Jones 71' (pen)
Report Painter Yellow card 27'
Wood 29' (pen)
Dicker 51'
Navarro Yellow card 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 Yellow card 60'
Report Dawson 7'
Atkinson 15'
Jones Yellow card 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 Yellow card 65' Report Diagouraga Yellow card 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' Yellow card 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 Yellow card 25'
Racon 31'
Parrett 52'
Eccleston 76'
Report Atkinson Yellow card 35'
Holness 51'
Wiseman Yellow card 71'
Adams Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 61'
Gray 80' Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Goldsands Stadium
Attendance: 9,005
Referee: Gavin Ward

FA Cup[]

5 November 2010 1 Rochdale 2–3 F.C. United of Manchester Rochdale
19:45 GMT Elding 53'
Dawson 78'
Lillis Yellow card 90'
Holness Yellow card 90'
Report 42'
49'
Yellow card 61'
90'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7,048
Referee: Geoff Eltringham

League Cup[]

10 August 2010 (2010-08-10) 1 Barnsley 0–1 Rochdale Barnsley
19:45 BST Doyle Yellow card 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[]

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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