2011–12 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale A.F.C.
2011–12 season
Chairman	Chris Dunphy
Manager	Steve Eyre; Chris Beech; John Coleman
Stadium	Spotland Stadium; Rochdale, Greater Manchester
League One	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Third round
Football League Trophy	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ashley Grimes; (8 goals); All: ; Ashley Grimes; (11 goals)
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

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.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

^[1] ^[2]

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	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

6 August 2011 1	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Rochdale	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Jones 16' 69' Morrison 53' Prutton 72'	Report	Trotman 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 90'	Report	Novak 15' Gobern 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 34' Holness 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 40' 45+3'	Report	Trotman 28' 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' 53' Beardsley 30', 45+2' Trotman 70' (o.g.)	Report	Jones 28' 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' 19' 76' Ball 47' Tutte 48' Darby 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 66' Kennedy 59' Kean 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 31' Widdowson 40' Grimes 57' Ball 60'	Report	Hollands 20', 80' Wiggins 44' Jackson 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' 81' Sodje 88' 90+4'	Report	Balkestein 45' Adams 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 81'	Report	Donnelly 6' McCoy 61'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,266 Referee: Mark Heywood

8 October 2011 12	Bournemouth	1–1	Rochdale	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Zubar 29' Arter 58' Symes 68' (pen.)	Report	Jones 30' (pen.) Kean 67' Ball 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 65' Jones 88'	Report	Henderson 3' Odejayi 14' 90' Okuonghae 29'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,226 Referee: David Webb

22 October 2011 14	Exeter City	3–1	Rochdale	Exeter
15:00 BST	Oakley 26' Nardiello 45', 56' (pen.) Sercombe 52' Taylor 81'	Report	Eccleston 31' Grimes 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 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 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 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 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 16' Jordan 21' Bergkamp 44' Holness 65'	Report	Alexander 11' (pen.) 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 90'	Report	Gilbert 42' 77'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,692 Referee: Chris Sarginson

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

31 December 2011 22	Walsall	0–0	Rochdale	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Smith 42' Beevers 54' Bowerman 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 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 86'	Report	Widdowson 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 26' 56'	Report	Freeman 18', 58' Wilson 46', 53' 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 57' Weir 78'	Report	Akpa Akpro 50' Barry-Murphy 75' Ormerod 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 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 63' Bishop 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 68' Long 73'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,409 Referee: Robert Madley

18 February 2012 30	Rochdale	1–0	AFC Bournemouth	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Grimes 52' Jones 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Francis 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 56'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 15,067 Referee: Fred Graham

25 February 2012 32	Colchester United	0–0	Rochdale	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Izzet 74'	Report	Symes 22' Long 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 27' Bencherif 45' Harley 46' Nelson 78' Hughes 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 33' McGovern 58' Zoko 76'	Report	Kennedy 74' Widdowson 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 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 78'	Report	Kuqi 21' Mvoto 33' Tarkowski 69' 90+6' Reid 74' Taylor 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' 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 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 55' Woods 75'	Report	Holness 56' Grounds 80' (o.g.) Tutte 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' 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 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 44' Bowery 76' Boden 81' Whitaker 86'	Report	Widdowson 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 61' 75'	Stadium: Matchroom Stadium Attendance: 4,110 Referee: Stuart Atwell

FA Cup

12 November 2011 Round 1	Bradford City	1–0	Rochdale	Bradford
15:00	Wells 84' 85'	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 3,579 Referee: Dean Mohareb

League Cup

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 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 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 43' Grimes 45' 90' Balkestein 68' Jones 87'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 3,334 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Football League Trophy

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
	Ball Grimes Kennedy		Taundry Hurst Nicholls Jarvis

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
	Jones Darby Grimes Barry-Murphy		Parry Nicholson Alexander Clark

Transfers

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

References

^ "All Rochdale players: 2012".
^ "Rochdale FC Club Details | First Team Squad | Soccer Base".
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^ ^a ^b "Rochdale sign Andrew Tutte and Simon Hackney". BBC Football. 25 June 2011.
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^ "Dale snap up defender Trotman". Sky Sports.
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^ ^a ^b "Barnsley swoop for Dale duo". Sky Sports. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
^ "Tranmere Rovers sign goalkeeper Owain Fon Williams". BBC Football. 1 July 2011.
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^ "Kean set for Dale loan move". Sky Sports.
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^ ^a ^b "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.

[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.

[bbc-4] "Rochdale sign Andrew Tutte and Simon Hackney". BBC Football. 25 June 2011.

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