The 2009–10 Rochdale A.F.C. season was the club's 89th season in the Football League, and the 36th consecutive season in the bottom division of the League. Rochdale finished the season in 3rd place in League Two and won automatic promotion to League One, ending a period of 36 years in the fourth tier.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Notts County (C, P) 46 27 12 7 96 31 +65 93 Promotion to Football League One
2 Bournemouth (P) 46 25 8 13 61 44 +17 83
3 Rochdale (P) 46 25 7 14 82 48 +34 82
4 Morecambe 46 20 13 13 73 64 +9 73 Qualification to League Two play-offs
5 Rotherham United 46 21 10 15 55 52 +3 73
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: football-league.co.uk
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Kenny Arthur 18 0 15 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
2 DF Gibraltar GIB Scott Wiseman 37 1 33 + 3 1 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 1 0
3 DF England ENG Tom Kennedy 48 3 44 + 0 3 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
4 DF England ENG Nathan Stanton 39 0 37 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
5 MF England ENG Clark Keltie 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
6 MF Northern Ireland NIR Ciarán Toner 13 0 7 + 6 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
7 MF England ENG Jason Kennedy 46 0 40 + 2 0 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
8 MF England ENG Gary Jones 37 4 32 + 2 4 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
9 FW England ENG Chris Dagnall 49 20 45 + 0 20 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
10 MF England ENG Andy Haworth 7 0 3 + 4 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
10 FW England ENG Adam Le Fondre 1 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
10 FW England ENG Scott Spencer 5 0 0 + 4 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 1 0
11 DF England ENG Michael Lea 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
11 MF England ENG Adam Rundle 16 1 6 + 6 1 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
12 FW England ENG Danny Glover 2 0 0 + 2 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
12 MF England ENG Dale Stephens 6 1 3 + 3 1 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
13 GK England ENG Danny Taberner 1 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
14 MF England ENG Tope Obadeyi 11 1 5 + 6 1 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
14 MF England ENG Simon Whaley 9 2 8 + 1 2 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
15 MF England ENG Joe Thompson 40 8 27 + 9 6 2 + 0 2 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
16 FW Cameroon CMR Marcus Magna 3 0 0 + 2 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
17 MF England ENG Jon Shaw 2 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0
18 FW England ENG Kallum Higginbotham 32 3 6 + 23 3 0 + 2 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0
19 FW England ENG Chris O'Grady 45 22 43 + 0 22 2 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
21 GK Scotland SCO Matty Edwards 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
22 MF England ENG David Flitcroft 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
23 DF Northern Ireland NIR Rory McArdle 22 0 17 + 3 0 2 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
24 DF England ENG Chris Brown 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 1 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 46 11 40 + 2 9 2 + 0 1 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 1
27 DF England ENG Josh Brizell 1 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 1 0 0 + 0 0
28 DF England ENG Matthew Flynn 11 0 7 + 3 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
29 GK England ENG Josh Lillis 1 0 1 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
30 MF England ENG Will Buckley 18 3 12 + 3 3 0 + 1 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
31 DF England ENG Marcus Holness 15 0 7 + 4 0 2 + 0 0 1 + 0 0 1 + 0 0
32 MF England ENG Will Atkinson 15 3 15 + 0 3 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
33 GK England ENG Frank Fielding 18 0 18 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
33 MF England ENG Jason Taylor 23 1 23 + 0 1 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
34 GK England ENG Jordan Andrews 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
34 FW England ENG Scott Hogan 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
36 MF England ENG Reece Gray 2 0 0 + 2 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
38 GK England ENG Tom Heaton 12 0 12 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
FW England ENG Denis Sheriff 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0
DF England ENG George Bowyer 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 + 0 0

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Results

Pre-season Friendlies

15 July 2009 (2009-7-15) Radcliffe Borough 0–1 Rochdale Radcliffe
Report Stadium: Stainton Park
18 July 2009 (2009-7-18) Rochdale 1–4 Everton Rochdale
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
25 July 2009 (2009-7-25) Rochdale 1–1 Blackpool Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium

League Two

8 August 2009 (2009-8-8) 1 Port Vale 1–1 Rochdale Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Richards 75' (pen.) Report Thompson 66' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,158
Referee: Jock Waugh
15 August 2009 (2009-8-15) 2 Rochdale 1–0 Aldershot Town Rochdale
15:00 BST Stanton Red card 16'
Kennedy 90' (pen.)		 Report Halls Yellow card 70' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,465
Referee: Phil Gibbs
18 August 2009 (2009-8-18) 3 Rochdale 0–1 Cheltenham Town Rochdale
19:45 BST Report Diallo Yellow card 89'
Alsop 90'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,311
Referee: Andy Haines
23 August 2009 (2009-8-23) 4 Rotherham United 2–1 Rochdale Rotherham
15:00 BST Le Fondre 43'
Warne 61'		 Report Stanton Yellow card 43'
Dagnall 45'		 Stadium: Don Valley Stadium
Attendance: 3,602
Referee: Gary Sutton
29 August 2009 (2009-8-29) 5 Rochdale 3–0 Bury Rochdale
15:00 BST Dagnall Yellow card 29' 73'
Thompson 59'
Flynn Yellow card 78'
Kennedy 81' (pen.) Yellow card 81'		 Report Scott Yellow card 12'
Robertson Yellow card 47'
Sodje Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,534
Referee: Keith Stroud
4 September 2009 (2009-9-4) 6 Morecambe 3–3 Rochdale Morecambe
19:45 BST Jevons 33', 42'
Craney 38'		 Report Dagnall 48'
Thompson 64'
Stephens 76'		 Stadium: Christie Park
Attendance: 2,367
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
12 September 2009 (2009-9-12) 7 Rochdale 2–1 Torquay United Rochdale
15:00 BST Dagnall 25', 76' Report Robertson Yellow card 37'
Hargreaves 90'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,407
Referee: Peter Quinn
19 September 2009 (2009-9-19) 8 Northampton Town 1–2 Rochdale Northampton
15:00 BST Gilligan 64' Report O'Grady 19'
Buckley 68'		 Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 4,048
Referee: Darren Sheldrake
26 September 2009 (2009-9-26) 9 Rochdale 4–1 Hereford United Rochdale
15:00 BST Dagnall 19'
Whaley 45'
Kennedy Yellow card 69'
Buckley 80'
Dawson 83'		 Report Pugh 23'
Jones Yellow card 45'
Green Yellow card 71' Yellow-red card 90'
Gwynne Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,620
Referee: Craig Pawson
29 September 2009 (2009-9-29) 10 Darlington 0–2 Rochdale Darlington
19:45 BST Report Buckley 60'
O'Grady 81'		 Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 1,748
Referee: Steve Rushton
4 October 2009 (2009-10-4) 11 Burton Albion 1–0 Rochdale Burton
15:00 BST Walker 3'
Simpson Yellow card 55'		 Report Kennedy Yellow card 63' Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 3,119
Referee: Fred Graham
10 October 2009 (2009-10-10) 12 Rochdale 2–1 Barnet Rochdale
15:00 BST Dagnall 11'
Kennedy 45' (pen.)
Jones Yellow card 75'		 Report Hyde 84'
Cole Yellow card 87'
Hughes Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,648
Referee: Colin Webster
17 October 2009 (2009-10-17) 13 Grimsby Town 0–2 Rochdale Grimsby
15:00 BST Wood Yellow card 58'
Bore Yellow card 87'		 Report Rundle 24'
O'Grady 85'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 3,754
Referee: Jonathan Moss
24 October 2009 (2009-10-24) 14 Rochdale 1–2 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
15:00 BST Dagnall 90' Report Edwards Yellow card 39'
Kempson Yellow card 43'
Grant 45'
Symes Yellow card 54' 70'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,206
Referee: Russell Booth
31 October 2009 (2009-10-31) 15 Bournemouth 0–4 Rochdale Bournemouth
15:00 GMT Garry Yellow card 65'
Cummings Yellow card 83'		 Report Kennedy Yellow card 36'
Dagnall 45'
O'Grady 63', 72'
Whaley Yellow card 66' 69'
Stanton Red card 82'		 Stadium: Goldsands Stadium
Attendance: 6,378
Referee: Phil Crossley
14 November 2009 (2009-11-14) 16 Rochdale 2–3 Chesterfield Rochdale
15:00 GMT O'Grady 49'
Dawson 52'
Wiseman Yellow card 90'		 Report Lester 25', 28'
Perkins 63'
Picken Yellow card 79'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,011
Referee: P Gibbs
21 November 2009 (2009-11-21) 17 Dagenham & Redbridge 1–2 Rochdale Dagenham
15:00 GMT Gain 3'
Thomas Red card 90'		 Report Higginbotham 70'
Dawson 72'
Kennedy Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: 2,235
Referee: Keith Stroud
24 November 2009 (2009-11-24) 18 Rochdale 2–1 Notts County Rochdale
19:45 GMT Dagnall 41' (pen.)
O'Grady 45'		 Report Jackson Yellow card 10'
Lee Yellow card 14'
Davies 35'
Hunt Yellow card 45'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,779
Referee: Nigel Miller
1 December 2009 (2009-12-1) 19 Bradford City 0–3 Rochdale Bradford
19:45 GMT Report Dagnall 12', 28'
Kennedy Yellow card 54'
O'Grady 58'		 Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 11,472
Referee: Dave Foster
5 December 2009 (2009-12-5) 20 Rochdale 3–0 Macclesfield Town Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stanton Yellow card 9'
Kennedy Yellow card 26'
Atkinson 30'
Wiseman 33'
Taylor 90'		 Report Tremarco Yellow card 52'
Brisley Red card 69'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,003
Referee: S D Cook
12 December 2009 (2009-12-12) 21 Lincoln City 1–3 Rochdale Lincoln
15:00 GMT Lichaj Yellow card 20'
Herd 23' Yellow card 73'
Hughton Yellow card 69'		 Report O'Grady 36'
Dawson 45'
Thompson 59'		 Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 3,293
Referee: Andy Woolmer
19 December 2009 (2009-12-19) 22 Rochdale 4–0 Shrewsbury Town Rochdale
15:00 GMT Dawson 8', 53'
O'Grady 38', 67'		 Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,596
Referee: Rob Shoebridge
26 December 2009 (2009-12-26) 23 Crewe Alexandra 2–2 Rochdale Crewe
15:00 GMT Westwood 71'
Tootle 77'		 Report Dawson 53'
Higginbotham 74'
Kennedy Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,563
Referee: Oliver Langford
28 December 2009 (2009-12-28) 24 Rochdale 4–1 Morecambe Rochdale
15:00 GMT O'Grady 12'
Dagnall 22'
Atkinson 72', 86'		 Report Hunter Yellow card 53'
Wilson Yellow card 63'
Curtis 84'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,309
Referee: Graham Salisbury
19 January 2010 (2010-1-19) 25 Aldershot Town 1–1 Rochdale Aldershot
19:45 GMT Soares 87' Report Dagnall 74' Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 2,453
Referee: Graham Scott
23 January 2010 (2010-1-23) 26 Cheltenham Town 1–4 Rochdale Cheltenham
15:00 GMT Townsend Yellow card 44' 90' Report O'Grady 18', 49', 90'
Dawson 56'		 Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 3,460
Referee: Graham Horwood
26 January 2010 (2010-1-26) 27 Rochdale 0–0 Port Vale Rochdale
19:45 GMT Report Owen Yellow card 87' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,081
Referee: Craig Pawson
1 February 2010 (2010-2-1) 28 Bury 1–0 Rochdale Bury
19:45 GMT Sodje Yellow card 63'
Lowe 78'		 Report Kennedy Yellow card 48'
Wiseman Yellow card 69'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 6,528
Referee: Andy Penn
6 February 2010 (2010-2-6) 29 Rochdale 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
15:00 GMT O'Grady 8'
Tootle 46' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 3,164
Referee: Steve Rushton
20 February 2010 (2010-2-20) 30 Rochdale 3–1 Dagenham & Redbridge Rochdale
15:00 GMT Obadeyi 9'
Jones 83'
O'Grady 90'		 Report Scott 10'
Gain Yellow card 45'
Green Yellow card 60'
Ogogo Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 3,153
Referee: Kevin Wright
23 February 2010 (2010-2-23) 31 Rochdale 1–3 Bradford City Rochdale
19:45 GMT Obadeyi Yellow card 38'
Dagnall 45'
Stanton Yellow card 79'		 Report Clarke 10'
Bullock Yellow card 20'
Threlfall 80'
Evans 87'		 Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 3,055
Referee: Christopher Sarginson
27 February 2010 (2010-2-27) 32 Macclesfield Town 0–1 Rochdale Macclesfield
15:00 GMT Draper Yellow card 34' Report O'Grady 60'
Atkinson Yellow card 66'		 Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 2,462
Referee: Mark Haywood
2 March 2010 (2010-3-2) 33 Rochdale 4–0 Rotherham United Rochdale
19:45 GMT Dagnall 9'
Dawson Yellow card 32' 71'
Kennedy Yellow card 52'
Green 64' (o.g.)
O'Grady 74'
Atkinson Yellow card 80'		 Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,502
Referee: Steve Tanner
6 March 2010 (2010-3-6) 34 Rochdale 1–1 Lincoln City Rochdale
15:00 GMT Dagnall 70' Yellow card 76' Report Herd 27'
Broughton Yellow card 75'
Somma Yellow card 76'
Lennon Yellow card 89'
Burch Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,453
Referee: Dave Foster
13 March 2010 (2010-3-13) 35 Shrewsbury Town 0–1 Rochdale Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT Cansdell-Sherriff Red card 75' Report Thompson 62'
O'Grady Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 6,081
Referee: Andy D'Urso
20 March 2010 (2010-3-20) 36 Accrington Stanley 2–4 Rochdale Accrington
15:00 GMT Joyce Yellow card 39'
Symes 61' Yellow card 74'
Miles 65'		 Report Dagnall Yellow card 22'
Jones 67', 72'
Taylor Red card 75'
O'Grady 83'
Higginbotham 90'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 3,025
Referee: Graham Salisbury
27 March 2010 (2010-3-27) 37 Rochdale 4–1 Grimsby Town Rochdale
15:00 GMT Thompson 17'
Dagnall 20', 41', 90'
O'Grady Yellow card 59'		 Report Chambers 43'
Atkinson Yellow card 79'		 Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 4,724
Referee: Fred Graham
3 April 2010 (2010-4-3) 38 Chesterfield 2–0 Rochdale Chesterfield
15:00 BST Whing Yellow card 63'
Conlon 68' (pen.), 83' (pen.)
Rundle Yellow card 75'		 Report McArdle Yellow card 84' Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 4,471
Referee: Peter Quinn
5 April 2010 (2010-4-5) 39 Rochdale 0–0 Bournemouth Rochdale
15:00 BST Higginbotham Yellow card 9'
Dagnall Yellow card 59'		 Report Bartley Yellow card 17' Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 5,027
Referee: Carl Boyeson
10 April 2010 (2010-4-10) 40 Torquay United 5–0 Rochdale Torquay
15:00 BST Rendell 29'
Benyon 31', 35'
Wroe 62' (pen.)
Carayol 77'		 Report Fielding Yellow card 60' Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 3,093
Referee: Gary Sutton
13 April 2010 (2010-4-13) 41 Rochdale 0–1 Darlington Rochdale
19:45 BST Report Mulligan 35'
Miller Yellow card 82'
Redmond Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5,371
Referee: Oliver Langford
17 April 2010 (2010-4-17) 42 Rochdale 1–0 Northampton Town Rochdale
15:00 BST O'Grady 23'
Stanton Yellow card 69'		 Report Beckwith Yellow card 8'
Gilbert Yellow card 45'		 Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 5,025
Referee: Andy Haines
20 April 2010 (2010-4-20) 43 Notts County 1–0 Rochdale Nottingham
19:45 BST Hughes 30'
Lee Yellow card 51'		 Report Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 10,536
Referee: Mark Halsey
24 April 2010 (2010-4-24) 44 Hereford United 2–1 Rochdale Hereford
15:00 BST King 52'
Valentine 61'
Green Yellow card 78'		 Report Jones Yellow card 27' 62'
McArdle Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 1,975
Referee: David Webb
1 May 2010 (2010-5-1) 45 Rochdale 1–2 Burton Albion Rochdale
15:00 BST O'Grady 79' Report Penn Yellow card 45'
Taylor 62'
Harrad 66' (pen.)
Parkes Yellow card 79'		 Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 3,749
Referee: Karl Evans
8 May 2010 (2010-5-8) 46 Barnet 1–0 Rochdale London
15:00 BST Jarrett 90' Yellow card 90' Report Holness Yellow card 22' Stadium: Underhill Stadium
Attendance: 4,638
Referee: Jonathan Moss

FA Cup

7 November 2009 (2009-11-7) First round Luton Town 3–3 Rochdale Luton
15:00 GMT Murray Yellow card 7'
Basham 4', 29'
Newton 21' Yellow card 78'
White Yellow card 90'		 Report Dawson 58'
Thompson 87', 89'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 3,167
Referee: Danny McDermid
11 November 2009 (2009-11-11) First round replay Rochdale 0–2 Luton Town Rochdale
20:00 GMT Report Nicholls Yellow card 16'
White Yellow card 34'
Gallen 64', 70'
Gnakpa Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 1,982
Referee: Anthony Bates

League Cup

11 August 2009 (2009-8-11) First round Sheffield Wednesday 3–0 Rochdale Sheffield
19:45 BST Esajas 19'
Johnson 21', 50'		 Report Kennedy Yellow card 90' Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 6,696
Referee: Christopher Sarginson

EFL Trophy

1 September 2009 (2009-9-1) First round Rochdale 1–2 Bradford City Rochdale
19:15 BST Dawson 59' Report Flynn 74'
Neilson 79'		 Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Geoff Eltringham

References

  1. ^ "All Rochdale players: 2010".
  2. ^ "Rochdale FC Club Details | First Team Squad | Soccer Base".
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Rochdale_A.F.C._season
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