2011–12 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale A.F.C.
2011–12 season
Chairman	Chris Dunphy
Stadium	Spotland Stadium; Rochdale, Greater Manchester

League table

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

Appearances and goals

As of 14 April 2012^[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jake Kean	14	0	14+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Stephen Darby	34	0	31+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Joe Widdowson	31	0	27+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF		Marcus Holness	26	1	23+1	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Neal Trotman	13	0	12+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF		Brian Barry-Murphy	22	0	17+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Jason Kennedy	43	1	35+6	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF		Gary Jones	44	2	42+0	1	0+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
10	FW		Ashley Grimes	37	4	27+8	2	0+0	0	2+0	2	0+0	0
11	MF		Nicky Adams	40	1	30+8	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
12	DF		Pim Balkestein	14	0	12+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF		Marc Twaddle	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF		Joe Thompson	17	0	6+9	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
16	MF		Andrew Tutte	39	0	25+12	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF		Paul Marshall	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF		Simon Hackney	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW		Matthew Barnes-Homer	5	0	1+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	DF		Jordan Fagbola	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	GK		Matty Edwards	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	GK		David Lucas	18	0	16+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF		Ahmad Benali	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	FW		Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro	40	3	27+11	2	0+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
28	FW		Reece Gray	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW		Godwin Abadaki	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
39	FW		David Ball	14	2	12+2	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
			Dean Holden	20	0	19+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Stephen Jordan	19	0	17+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Kevin Long	14	0	14+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
			Michael Symes	14	0	13+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
			Kevin Amankwaah	13	0	12+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK		Peter Kurucz	11	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Harry Bunn	6	0	5+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Daniel Bogdanovic	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Nathan Eccleston	5	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Brett Ormerod	5	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Roland Bergkamp	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Rochdale who no longer at the club:
	FW		Chris O'Grady	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Top scorers

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

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
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

Pre-season Friendlies

16 July 2011	Southport	1 - 2	Rochdale	Haig Avenue
15:00	Gray 62'		Grimes 55' Hackney 82'

19 July 2011	Rochdale	0 – 1	Leeds United	Spotland Stadium
19:30			Gradel 30'	Attendance: 3,935

23 July 2011	Wrexham	3 – 2	Rochdale	Racecourse Ground
15:00	Wright 6' Holness 21' Tolley ?'		Grimes ?' Jarrett 45'	Attendance: 835

26 July 2011	Rochdale	3 – 0	West Bromwich Albion	Spotland Stadium
19:45	Grimes 6' Jones 28' (pen.) Akpa Akpro 79'			Attendance: 1,743

30 July 2011	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 1	Rochdale	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Miller 2' Shelley 18' (pen.)		Marshall 78'

League One

6 August 2011 1	Sheffield Wednesday	2 – 0	Rochdale	Hillsborough Stadium
15:00	Jones 16' Prutton 72'			Attendance: 21,174

13 August 2011 2	Rochdale	2 – 2	Huddersfield Town	Spotland Stadium
15:00	Akpa Akpro 43' Grimes 89'		Novak 15' Ward 69'	Attendance: 5,074

16 August 2011 3	Rochdale	0 – 0	Carlisle United	Spotland Stadium
19:45				Attendance: 2,671

20 August 2011 4	Oldham Athletic	2 – 0	Rochdale	Boundary Park
15:00	Reid 32' (pen.) Clarke 45+3'			Attendance: 5,266

27 August 2011 5	Rochdale	1 – 3	Hartlepool United	Spotland Stadium
15:00	Akpa Akpro 16'		Boyd 7' Poole 47', 87'	Attendance: 2,600

3 September 2011 6	Stevenage	4 – 2	Rochdale	Broadhall Way
15:00	Reid 13' Beardsley 30', 45+2' Trotman 70' (o.g.)		Jones 28' Ball 71'	Attendance: 3,021

10 September 2011 7	Bury	2 – 4	Rochdale	Gigg Lane Stadium
15:00	M. Jones 21' Bishop 63'		Grimes 5' Holness 10' Adams 18' Ball 47'	Attendance: 4,897

13 September 2011 8	Rochdale	1 – 0	Scunthorpe United	Spotland Stadium
19:45	Kennedy 59'			Attendance: 2,368

17 September 2011 9	Rochdale	2 – 3	Charlton Athletic	Spotland Stadium
15:00	Grimes 57' Ball 60'		Hollands 20', 80' Wiggins 44'	Attendance: 2,909

24 September 2011 10	Notts County	2 – 0	Rochdale	Meadow Lane
15:00	Hughes 35' Sodje 90+4'			Attendance: 6,199

1 October 2011 11	Rochdale	2 – 1	Wycombe Wanderers	Spotland Stadium
15:00	Grimes 21', 66'		Donnelly 6'	Attendance: 2,266

8 October 2011 12	Bournemouth	1 – 1	Rochdale	Dean Court
15:00	Symes 68' (pen.)		Jones 30' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,345

15 October 2011 13	Rochdale	2 – 2	Colchester United	Spotland Stadium
15:00	Holness 43' Jones 88'		Henderson 3' Odejayi 14'	Attendance: 2,226

22 October 2011 14	Exeter City	3 – 1	Rochdale	St James Park
15:00	Nardiello 45', 56' (pen.) Taylor 81'		Eccleston 31'	Attendance: 3,844

25 October 2011 15	Rochdale	1 – 1	Chesterfield	Spotland Stadium
19:45	Jones 74'		Westcarr 36'	Attendance: 2,494

29 October 2011 16	Rochdale	0 – 2	Leyton Orient	Spotland Stadium
15:00			Smith 12' Mooney 65'	Attendance: 2,322

5 November 2011 17	MK Dons	3 – 1	Rochdale	Stadium:mk
15:00	Smith 17' MacDonald 22' Beevers 31'		Barry-Murphy 8'	Attendance: 7,120

19 November 2011 18	Preston North End	0 – 1	Rochdale	Deepdale
15:00			Adams 84'	Attendance: 10,456

26 November 2011 19	Rochdale	1 – 2	Brentford	Spotland Stadium
15:00	Holness 65'		Alexander 11' (pen.) Saunders 78'	Attendance: 2,466

10 December 2011 20	Sheffield United	3 – 0	Rochdale	Bramall Lane
15:00	Evans 39', 64' Cresswell 57'			Attendance: 15,892

17 December 2011 21	Rochdale	0 – 0	Yeovil Town	Spotland Stadium
15:00				Attendance: 2,692

26 December 2011	Tranmere Rovers	P – P	Rochdale	Prenton Park
15:00

31 December 2011 22	Walsall	0 – 0	Rochdale	Bescot Stadium
15:00				Attendance: 3,907

2 January 2012 23	Rochdale	1 – 1	Preston	Spotland Stadium
13:00	Bogdanović 25'		Jervis 16'	Attendance: 4,570

7 January 2012 24	Hartlepool United	2 – 0	Rochdale	Victoria Park
15:00	Brown 74' James 80'			Attendance: 4,663

14 January 2012 25	Rochdale	1 - 5	Stevenage	Spotland Stadium
15:00	Ormerod 52' Widdowson 56'		Freeman 18', 58' Wilson 46', 53' Byrom 66'	Attendance: 2,367

17 January 2012 26	Tranmere Rovers	0 - 0	Rochdale	Prenton Park
19:45				Attendance: 4,153

21 January 2012 27	Wycombe Wanderers	3 - 0	Rochdale	Adams Park
15:00	Beavon 32' (73) Winfield 75'			Attendance: 4,285

28 January 2012 28	Rochdale	3 - 0	Bury	Spotland Stadium
15:00	Akpa Akpro 15' Grimes 41' (55)			Attendance: 5,033

14 February 2012 29	Scunthorpe	1 - 0	Rochdale	Glanford Park
19:45	Thompson 64'			Attendance: 3,409

18 February 2012 30	Rochdale	1 - 0	AFC Bournemouth	Spotland Stadium
15:00	Jones 90+2' (pen.)			Attendance: 2,499

21 February 2012 31	Charlton Athletic	1 - 1	Rochdale	The Valley
19:45	Kermorgant 56'		Adams 53'	Attendance: 15,067

25 February 2012 32	Colchester United	0 - 0	Rochdale	Weston Homes Community Stadium
15:00				Attendance: 3,096

28 February 2012 33	Rochdale	0 - 1	Notts County	Spotland Stadium
19:45			Bencherif 45'	Attendance: 2,326

3 March 2012 34	Rochdale	0 - 0	Sheffield Wednesday	Spotland Stadium
15:00				Attendance: 5,361

6 March 2012 35	Carlisle United	2 - 1	Rochdale	Brunton Park
19:45	McGovern 58' Zoko 76'		Kennedy 74'	Attendance: 3,694

10 March 2012 36	Huddersfield Town	2 - 2	Rochdale	Galpharm Stadium
15:00	Ward 45+1' Rhodes 48'		Tutte 45+2' Grimes 82'	Attendance: 13,715

17 March 2012 37	Rochdale	3 - 2	Oldham Athletic	Spotland Stadium
15:00	Symes 3' (47), 70'		Kuqi 21' Reid 74'	Attendance: 4,671

20 March 2012 38	Rochdale	0 - 2	Tranmere Rovers	Spotland Stadium
19:45			Wallace 28' Cassidy 82'	Attendance: 2,618

24 March 2012 39	Brentford	2 - 0	Rochdale	Griffin Park
15:00	Diagouraga 32' Donaldson 85'			Attendance: 4,919

31 March 2012 40	Rochdale	3 - 3	Walsall	Spotland Stadium
15:00	Kennedy 66' Symes 82' (pen.) Akpa Akpro 90+3'		Ledesma 25' Widdowson 38' (o.g.) Butler 90+4'	Attendance: 2,516

7 April 2012 41	Yeovil Town	3 - 1	Rochdale	Huish Park
15:00	Franks 7' Hinds 29' Woods 75'		Grounds 80' (o.g.)	Attendance: 3,859

10 April 2012 42	Rochdale	2 - 5	Sheffield United	Spotland Stadium
19:45	Kennedy 3' Obadeyi 68'		McDonald 5' Evans 22' (45+3) Williamson 25' Doyle 57'	Attendance: 5,309

14 April 2012 43	Rochdale	3 - 2	Exeter City	Spotland Stadium
15:00	Twaddle 58' Adams 79' Thompson 81' Kennedy 88'		Nardiello 28' (pen.) Sercombe 62'	Attendance: 1,930

21 April 2012 44	Chesterfield	2 - 1	Rochdale	B2net Stadium
15:00	Randall 44' Bowery 76' Boden 81' Whitaker 86'		Widdowson 52' Akpa Akpro 73'	Attendance: 5,954

28 April 2012 45	Rochdale	1 - 2	Milton Keynes Dons	Spotland Stadium
15:00	Akpa Akpro 85'		O'Shea 3' Bowditch 58'	Attendance: 2,212

5 May 2012 46	Leyton Orient	2 - 1	Rochdale	Matchroom Stadium
15:00	Cox 32' Odubajo 41'		Gray 61' 75'	Attendance: 4,110

FA Cup

12 November 2011 Round 1	Bradford City	1 – 0	Rochdale	Coral Windows Stadium
15:00	Wells 84'			Attendance: 3,579

League Cup

9 August 2011 Round 1	Rochdale	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Chesterfield	Spotland Stadium
19:45	Grimes 19', 111' Mattis 103' (o.g.)		Whitaker 11', 95' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,718

23 August 2011 Round 2	Queens Park Rangers	0 – 2	Rochdale	Loftus Road
19:45			Akpa Akpro 5' Jones 81'	Attendance: 4,755

20 September 2011 Round 3	Aldershot Town	2 – 1	Rochdale	EBB Stadium
19:45	Rankine 47' Hylton 78'		Grimes 45'	Attendance: 3,334

Football League Trophy

4 October 2011 Round 2	Rochdale	1 – 1	Walsall	Spotland Stadium
19:15	Ball 49'		Hurst 66'	Attendance: 2,089

8 November 2011 Round 3	Rochdale	1 – 1	Preston North End	Spotland Stadium
19:30	Bunn 52'		Barton 35'	Attendance: 2,395

Transfers

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

References

↑ http://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/page/Appearances/0,,10441~201110441,00.html
↑ "Rochdale capture Millwall striker Ashley Grimes". BBC Football. 21 June 2011.
1 2 "Rochdale sign Andrew Tutte and Simon Hackney". BBC Football. 25 June 2011.
↑ "Rochdale sign Falkirk defender Marc Twaddle". BBC Football. 6 July 2011.
↑ "Dale snap up defender Trotman". Sky Sports.
↑ "Marshall signs for Rochdale". Sky Sports.
1 2 "Barnsley swoop for Dale duo". Sky Sports. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
↑ "Tranmere Rovers sign goalkeeper Owain Fon Williams". BBC Football. 1 July 2011.
↑ "Plymouth Argyle sign Robbie Williams and Durrell Berry". BBC Football. 4 July 2011.
↑ "Statement from Dave Pace". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
↑ "Grimsby sign Rochdale striker Anthony Elding". BBC Football. 25 July 2011.
↑ "Sheffield Wednesday snap up striker Chris O'Grady". BBC Football. 10 August 2011.
↑ "Dale tie up Darby loan". Sky Sports.
↑ "Kean set for Dale loan move". Sky Sports.
↑ "Rochdale sign Brentford defender Pim Balkestein on loan". BBC Football. 19 August 2011.
↑ "Rochdale seal Matthew Barnes-Homer loan". BBC Football. 25 August 2011.
1 2 "Rochdale snap up David Ball and Ahmed Benali". BBC Football. 31 August 2011.
↑ "Reece Gray joins Hyde on loan". Hyde F.C. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2011.

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[1] ttp://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/page/Appearances/0,,10441~201110441,00.html

[2] "Rochdale capture Millwall striker Ashley Grimes". BBC Football. 21 June 2011.

[bbc-3] 1 2 "Rochdale sign Andrew Tutte and Simon Hackney". BBC Football. 25 June 2011.

[4] "Rochdale sign Falkirk defender Marc Twaddle". BBC Football. 6 July 2011.

[5] "Dale snap up defender Trotman". Sky Sports.

[6] "Marshall signs for Rochdale". Sky Sports.

[sky-7] 1 2 "Barnsley swoop for Dale duo". Sky Sports. Retrieved 24 April 2013.

[8] "Tranmere Rovers sign goalkeeper Owain Fon Williams". BBC Football. 1 July 2011.

[9] "Plymouth Argyle sign Robbie Williams and Durrell Berry". BBC Football. 4 July 2011.

[10] "Statement from Dave Pace". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 24 April 2013.

[11] "Grimsby sign Rochdale striker Anthony Elding". BBC Football. 25 July 2011.

[12] "Sheffield Wednesday snap up striker Chris O'Grady". BBC Football. 10 August 2011.

[13] "Dale tie up Darby loan". Sky Sports.

[14] "Kean set for Dale loan move". Sky Sports.

[15] "Rochdale sign Brentford defender Pim Balkestein on loan". BBC Football. 19 August 2011.

[16] "Rochdale seal Matthew Barnes-Homer loan". BBC Football. 25 August 2011.

[bbc2-17] 1 2 "Rochdale snap up David Ball and Ahmed Benali". BBC Football. 31 August 2011.

[Reece_Gray_joins_Hyde_on_loan-18] "Reece Gray joins Hyde on loan". Hyde F.C. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2011.

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