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

[1] [2]

Top scorers

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Place Position Nation Number Name League One FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
1 FW England  10 Ashley Grimes 3 0 2 0 5
2 FW France  26 Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro 2 0 1 0 3
3 FW England  39 David Ball 2 0 0 0 2
= MF England  8 Gary Jones 1 0 1 0 2
4 MF Wales  11 Nicky Adams 1 0 0 0 1
= DF England  4 Marcus Holness 1 0 0 0 1
= MF England  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
Yellow card  Red card  Yellow card  Red card  Yellow card  Red card  Yellow card  Red card  Yellow card  Red card 
5 England  DF Neal Trotman 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
11 Wales  MF Nicky Adams 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2 England  DF Stephen Darby 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
26 France  FW Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 England  FW Ashley Grimes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 England  DF Marcus Holness 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 England  MF Gary Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 England  GK Jake Kean 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 England  MF Andrew Tutte 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 England  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' Yellow card  69'
Morrison Yellow card  53'
Prutton   72'
Report Trotman Yellow card  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 Yellow card  90'
Report Novak   15'
Gobern Yellow card  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 Yellow card  34'
Holness Yellow card  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 Yellow card  40'   45+3'
Report Trotman Yellow card  28' Yellow-red card  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' Yellow card  53'
Beardsley   30', 45+2'
Trotman   70' (o.g.)
Report Jones   28' Yellow card  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' Yellow card  19' Yellow-red card  76'
Ball   47'
Tutte Yellow card  48'
Darby Yellow card  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 Yellow card  66'
Kennedy   59'
Kean Yellow card  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 Yellow card  31'
Widdowson Yellow card  40'
Grimes   57'
Ball   60'
Report Hollands   20', 80'
Wiggins   44'
Jackson Yellow card  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' Yellow card  81'
Sodje Yellow card  88'   90+4'
Report Balkestein Yellow card  45'
Adams Yellow card  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 Yellow card  81'
Report Donnelly   6'
McCoy Yellow card  61'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,266
Referee: Mark Heywood
8 October 2011 12 Bournemouth 1–1 Rochdale Bournemouth
15:00 BST Zubar Yellow card  29'
Arter Yellow card  58'
Symes   68' (pen.)
Report Jones   30' (pen.)
Kean Yellow card  67'
Ball Yellow card  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 Yellow card  65'
Jones   88'
Report Henderson   3'
Odejayi   14' Yellow card  90'
Okuonghae Red card  29'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,226
Referee: David Webb
22 October 2011 14 Exeter City 3–1 Rochdale Exeter
15:00 BST Oakley Yellow card  26'
Nardiello   45', 56' (pen.)
Sercombe Yellow card  52'
Taylor   81'
Report Eccleston   31'
Grimes Yellow card  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 Yellow card  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 Yellow card  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 Yellow card  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 Yellow card  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 Yellow card  16'
Jordan Yellow card  21'
Bergkamp Yellow card  44'
Holness   65'
Report Alexander   11' (pen.) Yellow card  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 Yellow card  90' Report Gilbert Yellow card  42' Yellow-red card  77' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,692
Referee: Chris Sarginson
31 December 2011 22 Walsall 0–0 Rochdale Walsall
15:00 GMT Smith Yellow card  42'
Beevers Yellow card  54'
Bowerman Yellow card  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 Yellow card  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 Yellow card  86'
Report Widdowson Yellow card  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 Yellow card  26' Yellow-red card  56'
Report Freeman   18', 58'
Wilson   46', 53' Yellow card  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 Yellow card  57'
Weir Yellow card  78'
Report Akpa Akpro Yellow card  50'
Barry-Murphy Yellow card  75'
Ormerod Yellow card  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 Yellow card  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 Yellow card  63'
Bishop Yellow card  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 Yellow card  68'
Long Yellow card  73'
Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 3,409
Referee: Robert Madley
18 February 2012 30 Rochdale 1–0 AFC Bournemouth Rochdale
15:00 GMT Grimes Yellow card  52'
Jones   90+2' (pen.)
Report Francis Yellow card  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 Yellow card  56'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 15,067
Referee: Fred Graham
25 February 2012 32 Colchester United 0–0 Rochdale Colchester
15:00 GMT Izzet Yellow card  74' Report Symes Yellow card  22'
Long Yellow card  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 Yellow card  27'
Bencherif   45'
Harley Yellow card  46'
Nelson Yellow card  78'
Hughes Red card  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 Yellow card  33'
McGovern   58'
Zoko   76'
Report Kennedy   74'
Widdowson Yellow card  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 Yellow card  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 Yellow card  78'
Report Kuqi   21'
Mvoto Yellow card  33'
Tarkowski Yellow card  69' Yellow-red card  90+6'
Reid   74'
Taylor Yellow card  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' Yellow card  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 Yellow card  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 Yellow card  55'
Woods   75'
Report Holness Yellow card  56'
Grounds   80' (o.g.)
Tutte Yellow card  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' Yellow card  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 Yellow card  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 Yellow card  44'
Bowery Yellow card  76'
Boden   81'
Whitaker   86'
Report Widdowson Yellow card  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 Yellow card  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' Yellow card  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 Yellow card  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 Yellow card  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 Yellow card  43'
Grimes   45' Yellow card  90'
Balkestein Yellow card  68'
Jones Yellow card  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 England  Ashley Grimes England  Millwall Free Transfer [3]
24 June 2011 MF England  Simon Hackney England  Colchester United Free Transfer [4]
24 June 2011 MF England  Andrew Tutte England  Manchester City Free Transfer [4]
4 July 2011 DF Scotland  Marc Twaddle Scotland  Falkirk Free Transfer [5]
15 July 2011 DF England  Neal Trotman England  Preston North End Free Transfer [6]
2 August 2011 MF England  Paul Marshall Free Agent Free [7]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
21 June 2011 MF England  Matt Done England  Barnsley Undisclosed [8]
21 June 2011 DF England  Scott Wiseman England  Barnsley Undisclosed [8]
1 July 2011 GK Wales  Owain Fôn Williams England  Tranmere Rovers Free Transfer [9]
4 July 2011 DF England  Robbie Williams England  Plymouth Argyle Free Transfer [10]
7 July 2011 DF England  Chris Brown England  Droylsden Free Transfer [11]
25 July 2011 FW England  Anthony Elding England  Grimsby Town Undisclosed [12]
9 August 2011 FW England  Chris O'Grady England  Sheffield Wednesday Undisclosed [13]
Players loaned in
Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
7 July 2011 DF England  Stephen Darby England  Liverpool 31 May 2012 [14]
2 August 2011 GK England  Jake Kean England  Blackburn Rovers 31 May 2012 [15]
19 August 2011 DF Netherlands  Pim Balkestein England  Brentford January 2012 [16]
25 August 2011 FW England  Matthew Barnes-Homer England  Luton Town 16 January 2012 [17]
31 August 2011 FW England  David Ball England  Peterborough United [18]
31 August 2011 MF England  Ahmed Benali England  Manchester City [18]
Players loaned out
Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.
16 December 2011 FW England  Reece Gray England  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.