Rochdale 3-2 Tranmere Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 1 January 2011
Result
Rochdale 3-2 Tranmere Rovers
League One · Saturday 1 January 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Rochdale 3-2 Tranmere Rovers: match report
Rochdale defeated Tranmere Rovers 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 1 January 2011. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Gary Jones opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Rochdale's goals came from Gary Jones (25', penalty), Gary Jones (44') and R. Grant (84'). Tranmere Rovers scored through Joss Labadie (42') and Ian Thomas-Moore (81', penalty).
Discipline: Rochdale received 3 yellow cards; Tranmere Rovers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Rochdale were 17th on 24 points from 19 and Tranmere Rovers 5th on 31 points from 19. Rochdale went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Tranmere Rovers 10th with 67.
Going into the match Rochdale's last five read L-D-D-D-L and Tranmere Rovers's W-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 24'Red card · Marlon Broomes
- 25'Penalty goal · Gary Jones
- 36'Yellow card · Ian Thomas-Moore
- 42'Goal · Joss Labadie
- 44'Goal · Gary Jones
- 56'Yellow card · B. Barry-Murphy
- 67'Yellow card · Ian Goodison
- 67'Yellow card · R. Grant
- 80'Yellow card · J. Kennedy
- 81'Penalty goal · Ian Thomas-Moore
- 84'Goal · R. Grant
Team news
Rochdale expected line-up
Josh Lillis, Craig Dawson, Josh Thompson, Marcus Holness, Gary Jones, Jason Kennedy, Chris O'Grady, Brian Barry-Murphy, Joe Widdowson
Tranmere Rovers line-up
Joe Collister, Aaron Cresswell, Marlon Broomes, Ian Goodison, Ash Taylor, Scott Wootton, John Welsh, Joss Labadie, Lateef Elford-Alliyu, Enoch Showunmi, Ian Thomas-Moore