Rochdale 4-1 Cheltenham Town: result and report

League Two · Friday 21 December 2012

Result

Rochdale 4-1 Cheltenham Town

League Two · Friday 21 December 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Rochdale 4-1 Cheltenham Town: match report

Rochdale won against Cheltenham Town 4-1 in the League Two on Friday 21 December 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.

Bobby Grant opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Rochdale's goals came from Bobby Grant (38'), Ashley Grimes (45+2'), Ashley Grimes (67') and Bamberdele Adebola (69'). Cheltenham Town scored through an own goal by Phil Edwards (48').

Discipline: Rochdale received 1 yellow card; Cheltenham Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rochdale were 15th on 30 points from 22 and Cheltenham Town 3rd on 39 points from 22. Rochdale went on to finish that season 12th with 61 points, and Cheltenham Town 6th with 75.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Goal · Bobby GrantRochdale · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Darren CarterCheltenham Town
  • 45+2'Goal · Ashley GrimesRochdale · 2-0
  • 48'Own goal · Phil EdwardsCheltenham Town · 2-1
  • 67'Goal · Ashley GrimesRochdale · 3-1
  • 69'Goal · Bamberdele AdebolaRochdale · 4-1
  • 72'Yellow card · B. JonesCheltenham Town
  • 80'Yellow card · Rhys BennettRochdale
  • 82'Yellow card · Darryl DuffyCheltenham Town

Team news

Rochdale line-up

Josh Lillis, Rhys Bennett, Peter Cavanagh, Ryan Edwards, Phil Edwards, Kevin McIntyre, Jason Kennedy, Andrew Tutte, Ashley Grimes, Bamberdele Adebola, Bobby Grant

Cheltenham Town line-up

Scott Brown, Billy Jones, Steve Elliott, Alan Bennett, Sido Jombati, Darren Carter, Marlon Pack, Russell Penn, Jake Taylor, Shaun Harrad, Chris Zebroski