Shrewsbury Town 3-2 Rochdale: result and report

League One · Saturday 19 August 2017

Result

Shrewsbury Town 3-2 Rochdale

League One · Saturday 19 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Shrewsbury Town 3-2 Rochdale: match report

Shrewsbury Town defeated Rochdale 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 19 August 2017. The half-time score was 2-1.

Steven Davies opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Shrewsbury Town's goals came from Shaun Whalley (30', penalty), Carlton Morris (33') and S. Payne (74'). Rochdale scored through Steven Davies (17', penalty) and Steven Davies (63', penalty).

Discipline: Shrewsbury Town received no yellow cards; Rochdale received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Shrewsbury Town were 6th on 6 points from 2 and Rochdale 19th on 1 point from 2. Shrewsbury Town went on to finish that season 3rd with 94 points, and Rochdale 20th with 51.

Shrewsbury Town lined up in a 4-5-1 and Rochdale in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Shrewsbury Town wins, 0 draws and 2 for Rochdale.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Penalty goal · Steven DaviesRochdale · 0-1
  • 30'Penalty goal · Shaun WhalleyShrewsbury Town · 1-1
  • 33'Goal · Carlton MorrisShrewsbury Town · 2-1
  • 63'Penalty goal · Steven DaviesRochdale · 2-2
  • 67'Yellow card · Harrison McGaheyRochdale
  • 68'Yellow card · Joe RaffertyRochdale
  • 74'Goal · S. PayneShrewsbury Town · 3-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Shrewsbury Town 2, draws 0, Rochdale 2.

Team news

Shrewsbury Town line-up (4-5-1)

Dean Henderson, Matt Sadler, Junior Brown, James Bolton, Toto Nsiala, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Abdelhak Belaid, Alex Rodman, Shaun Whalley, Carlton Morris, Louis Dodds

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

Brendan Moore, Joe Rafferty, Kgosi Ntlhe, Jimmy McNulty, Niall Canavan, Harrison McGahey, Callum Camps, Oliver Rathbone, Brad Inman, Steven Davies, Ian Henderson