2010–11 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale A.F.C.
2010–11 season
Chairman	Chris Dunphy
Manager	Keith Hill
Stadium	Spotland Stadium; Rochdale, Greater Manchester
FA Cup	Second Round
League Cup	First Round
League Trophy	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Gary Jones; All: Gary Jones

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Josh Lillis	27	0	23 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
2	DF		Scott Wiseman	41	0	37 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
3	DF		Joe Widdowson	38	0	30 + 4	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
4	DF		Marcus Holness	50	1	46 + 0	1	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
6	MF		Brian Barry-Murphy	36	0	31 + 1	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
7	MF		Jason Kennedy	48	4	44 + 1	4	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
8	MF		Gary Jones	49	19	45 + 1	17	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	2	0 + 0	0
9	FW		Anthony Elding	21	5	9 + 8	3	1 + 0	1	1 + 1	1	1 + 0	0
10	FW		Jack Redshaw	3	0	0 + 2	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
11	FW		Matt Done	36	6	16 + 17	5	0 + 0	0	0 + 2	0	1 + 0	1
12	DF		Alan Goodall	6	0	3 + 2	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
13	GK		Owain Fôn Williams	22	0	22 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
13	GK		Danny Taberner	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
14	FW		Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro	36	4	8 + 24	4	0 + 1	0	1 + 1	0	1 + 0	0
15	MF		Joe Thompson	34	2	19 + 13	2	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
16	MF		Will Atkinson	21	2	15 + 6	2	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
16	MF		Andrew Tutte	9	0	5 + 2	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
17	MF		Bobby Grant	6	2	5 + 1	2	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
17	FW		Deane Smalley	3	0	0 + 3	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
17	DF		Robbie Williams	9	0	9 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
18	DF		Josh Thompson	14	1	11 + 1	1	0 + 0	0	0 + 1	0	1 + 0	0
19	FW		Chris O'Grady	49	9	45 + 1	9	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
20	FW		Liam Dickinson	14	0	7 + 7	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
21	GK		Matty Edwards	1	0	0 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
22	MF		David Flitcroft	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
23	DF		Tom Kennedy	6	0	6 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
24	DF		Chris Brown	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
25	MF		Callum Byrne	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
26	DF		Craig Dawson	48	11	44 + 1	10	1 + 0	1	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
27	FW		Godwin Abadaki	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
27	DF		Josh Brizell	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
28	DF		Matthew Flynn	1	0	0 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
29	MF		Nicky Adams	31	0	25 + 5	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
31	GK		Luke Daniels	1	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
31	GK		Ryan Jones	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
32	GK		Chris Oldfield	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
34	FW		Helio André	2	0	0 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
35	FW		Scott Hogan	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
36	MF		Reece Gray	2	1	0 + 2	1	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
	GK		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 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	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' 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' 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) 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' 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	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	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

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

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

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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