Hartlepool United 2-0 Rochdale: result and report

League One · Saturday 7 January 2012

Result

Hartlepool United 2-0 Rochdale

League One · Saturday 7 January 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Hartlepool United 2-0 Rochdale: match report

Hartlepool United beat Rochdale 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 7 January 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

James Brown opened the scoring in the 74th minute. Hartlepool United's goals came from James Brown (74') and Luke James (80'). Rochdale did not score.

Discipline: Hartlepool United received 1 yellow card; Rochdale received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Hartlepool United were 17th on 29 points from 24 and Rochdale 22nd on 20 points from 23. Hartlepool United went on to finish that season 13th with 56 points, and Rochdale 24th with 39.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Hartlepool United win, 1 draw and 1 for Rochdale.

Going into the match Hartlepool United's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Rochdale's D-D-D-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 74'Goal · James BrownHartlepool United · 1-0
  • 80'Goal · Luke JamesHartlepool United · 2-0
  • 82'Yellow card · Joe WiddowsonRochdale
  • 86'Yellow card · Andy MonkhouseHartlepool United

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Hartlepool United 1, draws 1, Rochdale 1.

Team news

Hartlepool United line-up

S. Flinders, Neil Jeffrey Austin, Evan Horwood, Jack Baldwin, Peter Hartley, Gary Liddle, Andy Monkhouse, Paul Murray, Luke James, Sam Collins, Antony Sweeney

Rochdale line-up

Péter Kurucz, Stephen Darby, Stephen Jordan, Jason Kennedy, Gary Jones, Nicky Adams, Daniel Bogdanović, David Ball, Joe Widdowson, Dean Holden, Brett Ormerod