Rochdale 3-0 Gillingham: result and report

League One · Saturday 23 September 2017

Result

Rochdale 3-0 Gillingham

League One · Saturday 23 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Rochdale 3-0 Gillingham: match report

Rochdale defeated Gillingham 3-0 in the League One on Saturday 23 September 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

Ian Henderson opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Rochdale's goals came from Ian Henderson (24'), Joe Rafferty (26') and M. Done (90+1'). Gillingham did not score.

Discipline: Rochdale received 2 yellow cards; Gillingham received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Rochdale were 21st on 6 points from 8 and Gillingham 20th on 6 points from 8. Rochdale went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Gillingham 17th with 56.

Rochdale lined up in a 4-3-3 and Gillingham in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rochdale win, 1 draw and 2 for Gillingham.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Ian HendersonRochdale · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · Joe RaffertyRochdale · 2-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Tom EavesGillingham
  • 36'Yellow card · Steven DaviesRochdale
  • 44'Red card · Tom EavesGillingham
  • 48'Yellow card · Gabriel ZakuaniGillingham
  • 57'Yellow card · MJ WilliamsRochdale
  • 87'Missed penalty · Ian HendersonRochdale
  • 90+1'Goal · M. DoneRochdale · 3-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Rochdale 1, draws 1, Gillingham 2.

Team news

Rochdale line-up (4-3-3)

Josh Lillis, Joe Rafferty, Jimmy McNulty, Harrison McGahey, Joe Bunney, Callum Camps, MJ Williams, Oliver Rathbone, Brad Inman, Steven Davies, Ian Henderson

Gillingham line-up (4-3-1-2)

Tomas Holy, Luke O'Neill, Alex Lacey, Max Ehmer, Gabriel Zakuani, Ben Nugent, Sean Clare, Billy Bingham, Mark Byrne, Tom Eaves, Conor Wilkinson