2007–08 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 2007–08 Rochdale A.F.C. season was the club's 87th season in the Football League, and the 34th consecutive season in the bottom division of the League. Rochdale finished the season in 5th place in League Two, but missed out on promotion to League One after losing in the play-off final against Stockport County.

Rochdale

2007–08 season
Chairman	Chris Dunphy
Manager	Keith Hill
League Two	5th
FA Cup	First Round
League Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Adam Le Fondre All: Adam Le Fondre

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
3	Hereford United (P)	46	26	10	10	72	41	+31	88	Promotion to 2008–09 League One
4	Stockport County (O, P)	46	24	10	12	72	54	+18	82	Qualification for League Two playoffs
5	Rochdale	46	23	11	12	77	54	+23	80
6	Darlington	46	22	12	12	67	40	+27	78
7	Wycombe Wanderers	46	22	12	12	56	42	+14	78

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2008. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Play-offs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		James Spencer	22	0	20 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
2	DF		Simon Ramsden	41	2	35 + 0	2	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	3 + 0	0
3	DF		Tom Kennedy	50	2	43 + 0	2	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	3 + 0	0
4	DF		Nathan Stanton	30	0	27 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0
5	MF		John Doolan	28	0	19 + 6	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 1	0	0 + 1	0
6	DF		Lee Crooks	10	0	5 + 4	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
7	FW		Ben Muirhead	36	0	18 + 13	0	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 3	0
8	MF		Gary Jones	50	7	43 + 0	7	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	3 + 0	0
9	FW		Chris Dagnall	19	9	7 + 7	7	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	3 + 0	2
10	FW		Adam Le Fondre	53	17	30 + 16	16	1 + 0	1	0 + 2	0	1 + 0	0	1 + 2	0
11	MF		Adam Rundle	49	6	37 + 5	5	0 + 1	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	3 + 0	1
12	DF		Nathan D'Laryea	10	0	2 + 4	0	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0
13	GK		Lloyd Rigby	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
14	DF		Gary Brown	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
15	MF		Joe Thompson	13	1	5 + 7	1	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 1	0	0 + 0	0
16	MF		David Perkins	45	6	40 + 0	4	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	1	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	1
17	DF		Chris Basham	13	0	5 + 8	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
17	FW		Glenn Murray	27	10	21 + 2	9	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	1	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
18	FW		Kallum Higginbotham	38	3	22 + 11	3	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 1	0	3 + 0	0
18	MF		Callum Warburton	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
19	DF		Kelvin Lomax	10	0	10 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
19	FW		Lee McEvilly	7	3	3 + 4	3	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
19	FW		Lee Thorpe	8	1	5 + 3	1	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
19	MF		Jerome Watt	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
20	DF		Raphale Evans	1	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
21	GK		Sam Russell	17	0	15 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
22	MF		David Flitcroft	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
23	DF		Rory McArdle	49	3	42 + 1	2	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	3 + 0	1
24	FW		Rene Howe	23	9	19 + 1	9	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	2 + 1	0
25	DF		Guy Branston	6	0	4 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
25	FW		Ben Wharton	1	0	0 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
26	DF		Rob Atkinson	2	0	0 + 2	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
26	MF		Lewis Montrose	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
27	MF		Rory Prendergast	18	3	2 + 12	1	0 + 1	0	0 + 2	1	1 + 0	1	0 + 0	0
28	MF		Martin Donnelly	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
30	MF		Will Buckley	8	0	1 + 6	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
30	FW		Scott Taylor	4	0	2 + 2	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
31	DF		Marcus Holness	21	0	13 + 6	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
32	GK		Tommy Lee	14	0	11 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	3 + 0	0
33	MF		George Bowyer	1	0	0 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
34	MF		Reece Kelly	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
39	GK		David Button	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
	FW		Kyle Buckley	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
	MF		Jamie Mullan	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0

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Competitions

Pre-season Friendlies

21 July 2007	Southport	0–0	Rochdale	Southport
BST		Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue

24 July 2007	Rochdale	2–1	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
BST		Report		Stadium: Spotland

4 August 2007	Northwich Victoria	1–2	Rochdale	Northwich
BST		Report		Stadium: Wincham Park

League Two

11 August 2007 1	Peterborough United	3–0	Rochdale	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Morgan  8' Low  10' McLean  10' Crow  90'	Report Report		Stadium: London Road Attendance: 5,575 Referee: Ray Lee

18 August 2007 2	Rochdale	1–2	Chester City	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Ramsden  6'  21'	Report Report	Roberts  10' Linwood  11' Grant  39'  58' Ellison  90'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 3,243 Referee: Steve Bratt

25 August 2007 3	Hereford United	1–1	Rochdale	Hereford
15:00 BST	Robinson  27' McClenahan  29' Diagouraga  39' Brown  81'	Report Report	Dagnall  22' (pen.) Perkins  68'  86' Murray  81'	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,732 Referee: Graham Horwood

1 September 2007 4	Rochdale	3–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Doolan  8' Dagnall  20', 90' Branston  25' Kennedy  45' Le Fondre  90'	Report Report	Gallen  16', 28' Swailes  59' Lewington  73'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,743 Referee: Anthony Bates

15 September 2007 5	Barnet	0–0	Rochdale	London
15:00 BST		Report Report	Branston  80'	Stadium: Underhill Attendance: 2,040 Referee: Fred Graham

22 September 2007 6	Rochdale	1–1	Macclesfield Town	Rochdale
15:00 BST	McNulty (o.g.)  17' Branston  30' Lomax  55' Doolan  69'	Report Report	McIntyre  22' (pen.)  60' Edghill  37' Dimech  61'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 3,066 Referee: Andy Haines

29 September 2007 7	Shrewsbury Town	3–4	Rochdale	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Hibbert  38' Drummond  62' Hunt  88' Langmead Nicholson	Report Report	Rundle  46' Murray  80' Jones  85' Le Fondre  90' Muirhead Higginbotham	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 6,262 Referee: Steven Cook

2 October 2007 8	Darlington	1–1	Rochdale	Darlington
19:30 BST	Wright  59' Foster	Report Report	Prendergast  88' Le Fondre	Stadium: The Darlington Arena Attendance: 3,031 Referee: Carl Boyeson

6 October 2007 9	Rochdale	1–2	Bury	Rochdale
15:00 BST	McArdle  61' Doolan	Report Report	Mangan  2' Adams  12' Futcher Bishop	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 4,692 Referee: Mike Pike

12 October 2007 10	Grimsby Town	1–2	Rochdale	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Logan  18'	Report Report	Le Fondre  12' McArdle  34' Jones  49' Murray  59'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,829 Referee: Dean Whitestone

20 October 2007 11	Rochdale	1–1	Brentford	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Murray  63'	Report Report	Charles  45' Poole  88'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,424 Referee: Michael Oliver

27 October 2007 12	Morecambe	1–1	Rochdale	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Artell  17'  55' Stanley  65' Twiss  67' Howard  90'	Report Report	McArdle  55'  87'	Stadium: Christie Park Attendance: 3,651 Referee: Kevin Friend

3 November 2007 13	Rochdale	1–0	Dagenham & Redbridge	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Foster  59' (o.g.) Holness  38'	Report Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,278 Referee: Dave Foster

6 November 2007 14	Rochdale	1–2	Stockport County	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	Kennedy  37' Le Fondre  69' (pen.) McArdle  75'	Report Report	Dickinson  28', 53' Tierney  35' Taylor  37'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,915 Referee: Mike Jones

24 November 2007 15	Rochdale	1–0	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	McEvilly  67'	Report Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,431 Referee: Colin Webster

1 December 2007 16	Rochdale	0–0	Wrexham	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Higginbotham  21' Murray  66'	Report Report	Taylor  40' Baynes  56'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,808 Referee: Mark Haywood

5 December 2007 17	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Rochdale	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Richardson  21' Craney  23' Roberts  54'	Report Report	Perkins  20' Higginbotham  56' Kennedy  58' Murray  75'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,621 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

8 December 2007 18	Rotherham United	2–4	Rochdale	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Sharps  14' Holmes  16' Brogan  53' Harrison  90'	Report Report	Jones  4' Le Fondre  7' Ramsden  19' Murray  48' Kennedy  85' McEvilly  90' Rundle  90'	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 3,808 Referee: Iain Williamson

26 December 2007 19	Wrexham	0–2	Rochdale	Wrexham
15:00 GMT	Spann  4'	Report Report	Murray  7'  40' McEvilly  60'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 4,302 Referee: Karl Evans

29 December 2007 20	Macclesfield Town	2–2	Rochdale	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT	Reid  20' Evans  30'	Report Report	Higginbotham  18' Rundle  63' Murray  90'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 2,742 Referee: Steven Cook

1 January 2008 21	Rochdale	3–1	Darlington	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Thompson  22' Rundle  36' Murray  37' Le Fondre  45' (pen.) McArdle  90'	Report Report	White  31'  74' Austin  36' Keltie  54' (pen.) Ravenhill  55' Wright  81'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 3,116 Referee: Robert Lewis

5 January 2008 22	Rochdale	0–2	Lincoln City	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Thompson  37' Murray  71'	Report Report	Brown  72' Forrester  82' Frecklington  83'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,721 Referee: Rob Shoebridge

12 January 2008 23	Wycombe Wanderers	0–1	Rochdale	Wycombe
15:00 GMT	McCracken  90' Knight  90'	Report Report	Higginbotham  33' McArdle  81' Kennedy  90' (pen.)	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,493 Referee: Gavin Ward

16 January 2008 24	Chesterfield	3–4	Rochdale	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Downes  49' Lester  59'  67' Rooney  90'	Report Report	Perkins  18', 39', 86' Stanton  67' Murray  88'	Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 3,595 Referee: Andy Haines

26 January 2008 25	Milton Keynes Dons	0–1	Rochdale	Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT	Johnson  75'	Report Report	Stanton  13'  13' Jones  32' Russell  63' Perkins  72'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 7,882 Referee: Mike Thorpe

29 January 2008 26	Chester City	0–4	Rochdale	Chester
19:45 GMT	Wilson  29'  86' Ellison  32' Butler  64' Lindfield  90'	Report Report	Le Fondre  29' Butler  44' (o.g.) Kennedy  60' Rundle  88'	Stadium: Deva Stadium Attendance: 2,131 Referee: Richard Beeby

2 February 2008 27	Rochdale	0–2	Peterborough United	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Jones  69'	Report Report	Boyd  57' McLean  76'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 3,076 Referee: Darren Drysdale

9 February 2008 28	Lincoln City	2–1	Rochdale	Lincoln
15:00 GMT	Forrester  45' Hone  81'  90' Dodds  ?'	Report Report	Howe  56' Higginbotham  78' Stanton  82'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,955 Referee: Andy Woolmer

12 February 2008 29	Rochdale	2–4	Hereford United	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	Ramsden  7' Howe  90'	Report Report	MacDonald  14', 21', 31' Hooper  73'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,884 Referee: Scott Mathieson

16 February 2008 30	Bradford City	1–2	Rochdale	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Thorne  45'	Report Report	Clarke  12' (o.g.) Thorpe  72' Le Fondre  90'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 14,017 Referee: Carl Boyeson

23 February 2008 31	Rochdale	0–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Kennedy  42'	Report Report	Knight  13' Doherty  53' Sutton  88'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,616 Referee: Graham Laws

1 March 2008 32	Rochdale	0–1	Chesterfield	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Stanton  89'	Report Report	Downes  44' Hartley  66' Ward  74' Leven  89'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 3,108 Referee: Clive Oliver

8 March 2008 33	Mansfield Town	0–4	Rochdale	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Louis  74'	Report Report	Jones  27', 55' Le Fondre  47' Howe  67'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 2,351 Referee: Paul Armstrong

11 March 2008 34	Stockport County	2–0	Rochdale	Stockport
19:45 GMT	Dickinson  10', 56'	Report Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 5,530 Referee: Nigel Miller

16 March 2008 35	Rochdale	4–1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
14:00 GMT	Le Fondre  45' (pen.), 65', 83'  48'? Jones  48'  48'? Basham  52'	Report Report	Whalley  34' Mullin  24'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 3,247 Referee: Paul Taylor

22 March 2008 36	Notts County	1–0	Rochdale	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Edwards  24' Johnson  28'	Report Report	Kennedy  82'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 4,030 Referee: Ray Lee

24 March 2008 37	Rochdale	4–1	Rotherham United	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Jones  30' Dagnall  81', 86', 90' Thorpe  71'	Report Report	Joseph  7' Harrison  57' Holmes  77' Taylor  90'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,985 Referee: Andy Woolmer

29 March 2008 38	Brentford	0–2	Rochdale	Brentford
15:00 GMT		Report Report	Thorpe  76' Rundle  90'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 4,896 Referee: Stuart Attwell

1 April 2008 39	Rochdale	2–1	Bradford City	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Perkins  1'  56' Le Fondre  87' Ramsden  32' Muirhead  45'	Report Report	Thorne  60' (pen.) Colbeck  77'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 3,811 Referee: Andy Haines

4 April 2008 40	Rochdale	3–1	Grimsby Town	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Perkins  35' Howe  47', 55', 90' Le Fondre  90'	Report Report	Hunt  15' Jarman  33'  37' Taylor  85'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,974 Referee: Danny McDermid

8 April 2008 41	Rochdale	4–2	Notts County	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Howe  58' Rundle  70' Le Fondre  78' Johnson  85' (o.g.)	Report Report	Hunt  65' Lee  72' MacKenzie  90' (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 3,536 Referee: Dean Whitestone

12 April 2008 42	Dagenham & Redbridge	1–1	Rochdale	Dagenham
15:00 BST	Strevens  33' Nurse  76' Gain  90'	Report Report	Higginbotham  28'  74' Ramsden  37' Basham  86'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 2,032 Referee: Roger East

15 April 2008 43	Rochdale	3–0	Barnet	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Le Fondre  34' Howe  50' Higginbotham  72'	Report Report	Burton  55'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,925 Referee: Andy Hall

19 April 2008 44	Rochdale	1–0	Morecambe	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Holness  17' Howe  66'	Report Report	Yates  77' McStay  89'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 3,706 Referee: Jonathan Moss

26 April 2008 45	Bury	1–1	Rochdale	Bury
15:00 BST	Adams  56' Futcher  74'  78' Bishop  89'	Report Report	Stanton  30' Jones  37' Rundle  65' Le Fondre  90' (pen.)	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 6,271 Referee: Mike Jones

3 May 2008 46	Rochdale	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Dagnall  54' Thompson  70' Le Fondre  78' Muirhead  88'	Report Report	Hall  34' Meredith  47' McIntyre  49' Pugh  62'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Anthony Bates

League Two Play-offs

10 May 2008 1st Leg	Darlington	2–1	Rochdale	Darlington
17:35 BST	Kennedy  28' Miller  90'	Report Report	Dagnall  70' Jones  90'	Stadium: The Darlington Arena Attendance: 8,057 Referee: Paul Armstrong

17 May 2008 2nd Leg	Rochdale	2–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Darlington	Rochdale
12:00 BST	Howe  29' Dagnall  43' Perkins  78'  109'	Report Report	Keltie  28' (pen.) Wainwright  33' Ravenhill  49' White  74'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 6,271 Referee: Richard Beeby
	Penalties
	Dagnall Kennedy Le Fondre Jones Muirhead		Guylain Purdie Wainwright Ravenhill Kennedy

26 May 2008 Final	Stockport County	3–2	Rochdale	London
15:00 BST	Stanton  34' (o.g.) Pilkington  49' Dickinson  67' McSweeney  88' Logan  90'	Report Report	McArdle  24'  83' Rundle  77' Stanton  69'	Stadium: Wembley Attendance: 35,715 Referee: Stuart Attwell

FA Cup

10 November 2007 1	Southend United	2–1	Rochdale	Southend
15:00 GMT	Bailey  1' Harrold  24' (pen.) Gower  80'	Report Report	Le Fondre  12' D'Laryea  33' McArdle  37' Stanton  85' Jones  90'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,180 Referee: Graham Horwood

League Cup

14 August 2007 1	Rochdale	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Stoke City	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Le Fondre  72' Perkins  83' D'Laryea  89' Prendergast  101'	Report Report	Shawcross  4' Cresswell  68'  120' Dickinson  78'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,369 Referee: Mark Haywood
	Penalties
	Kennedy Le Fondre Prendergast Muirhead Jones		Cresswell Pulis Lawrence Dickinson

28 August 2007 2	Rochdale	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Norwich City	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Murray  9' Ramsden  49' McArdle  105' Muirhead  109'	Report Report	Brellier  27' Dublin  49' Doherty  83'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,990 Referee: Colin Webster
	Penalties
	Kennedy Le Fondre Prendergast Dagnall Jones		Brown Lappin Martin Huckerby

League Trophy

9 October 2007	Rochdale	1–3	Bury	Rochdale
19:00 BST	Prendergast  45'	Report Report	Hurst  57', 84' Rouse  82'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,376 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

References

1. https://www.11v11.com/teams/rochdale/tab/players/season/2008/
2. https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2175&comp_id=3