2004–05 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 2004–05 Rochdale A.F.C. season was the club's 84th season in the Football League, and the 31st consecutive season in the fourth tier (now renamed as League Two). Rochdale finished the season in 9th place.

Rochdale

2004–05 season
Chairman	David Kilpatrick
Manager	Steve Parkin
League Two	9th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Grant Holt (17 goals) All: Grant Holt (24 goals)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW	KEN	Taiwo Atieno	17	2	7+7	2	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	NZL	Leo Bertos	47	4	34+9	4	2+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Neil Brisco	12	0	6+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	DF	ENG	Gary Brown	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Daryl Burgess	25	0	19+2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	IRL	Brian Cash	7	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Jamie Clark	48	1	33+9	1	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
	MF	ENG	Ernie Cooksey	40	5	28+7	5	3+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	GK	WAL	Neil Edwards	17	0	16+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	WAL	Wayne Evans	46	0	41+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Tony Gallimore	39	0	32+2	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	ENG	Kevin Gibbins	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	SCO	Matt Gilks	36	0	31+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	ENG	Alan Goodall	38	2	28+7	2	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	WAL	Gareth Griffiths	44	4	37+3	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	3
	DF	ENG	Greg Heald	33	2	30+0	2	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Grant Holt	46	24	41+0	17	3+0	5	1+0	1	1+0	1
	MF	ENG	Gary Jones	45	8	40+0	8	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Ben Kitchen	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Rickie Lambert	15	6	15+0	6	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	NIR	Pat McCourt	8	0	3+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Leighton McGivern	30	1	2+23	1	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
	DF	ENG	Ashley Probets	12	0	4+5	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+2	0
	FW	ENG	Marc Richards	5	2	4+1	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Marcus Richardson	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Paul Tait	42	3	27+9	2	3+0	0	1+0	1	2+0	0
	FW	ENG	Kevin Townson	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Scott Warner	32	0	25+3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Weller	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Matt Williams	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Chris Armstrong	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	Danny Woodhall	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

League Two

Scunthorpe United v Rochdale

7 August  2004 (2004 -08-07) 1	Scunthorpe United	3–1	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
	Crosby    44 ' Taylor   68 ' Hayes   75 ' Butler    81 ' Sparrow   90 '	Report	Brisco    30 ' Bertos   45 ' Goodall    56 ' Tait    90 '	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,409 Referee: Mike Russell

Rochdale v Swansea City

10 August  2004 (2004 -08-10) 2	Rochdale	0–2	Swansea City	Rochdale
	Goodall    20 '	Report	Nugent   21 ' Robinson   61 ' Tate    71 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,514 Referee: Andy Penn

Rochdale v Southend United

14 August  2004 (2004 -08-14) 3	Rochdale	2–0	Southend United	Rochdale
	Jones   3', 60' (pen.) Holt    32 ' Bertos   54 ' Goodall    60 '	Report	Maher    30 ' Bentley    55 ' Dudfield    83 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,218 Referee: Russell Booth

Wycombe Wanderers v Rochdale

21 August  2004 (2004 -08-21) 4	Wycombe Wanderers	0–3	Rochdale	High Wycombe
		Report	Cash    45 ' Holt    60 '   70 ' Jones   89' (pen.) McGivern   90 '    90 '	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,440 Referee: Keith Stroud

Rochdale v Bury

28 August  2004 (2004 -08-28) 5	Rochdale	0–3	Bury	Rochdale
	Heald    26 ' McGivern    65 '	Report	Nugent    26 '   77 ' Mattis   27 ' Swailes   52 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,913 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Leyton Orient v Rochdale

30 August  2004 (2004 -08-30) 6	Leyton Orient	2–1	Rochdale	London
	Steele   26 ' Newey   77 '	Report	Holt   70 ' Bertos    84 '	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 3,243 Referee: Trevor Parkes

Grimsby Town v Rochdale

4 September  2004 (2004 -09-04) 7	Grimsby Town	0–1	Rochdale	Cleethorpes
	Whittle    36 ' Reddy    62 ' Crowe    76 '	Report	Griffiths    38 ' Gallimore    61 ' Holt   80 '	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,795 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Rochdale v Darlington

11 September  2004 (2004 -09-11) 8	Rochdale	1–1	Darlington	Rochdale
	Holt   30 ' Brisco    64 ' Tait    74 ' McGivern    90 '	Report	Liddle    13 ' Hignett   87 ' Wainwright    89 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,616 Referee: Paul Melin

Mansfield Town v Rochdale

18 September  2004 (2004 -09-18) 9	Mansfield Town	1–0	Rochdale	Mansfield
	Larkin   85 ' Murray    86 '	Report	Griffiths    42 ' Goodall    67 ' Tait    90 '	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 4,266 Referee: Jarnail Singh

Rochdale v Notts County

25 September  2004 (2004 -09-25) 10	Rochdale	0–3	Notts County	Rochdale
	Cooksey    17 '	Report	Wilson    25 ' Hurst   40', 65', 90 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,370 Referee: Mark Cowburn

Rushden & Diamonds v Rochdale

2 October  2004 (2004 -10-02) 11	Rushden & Diamonds	0–0	Rochdale	Irthlingborough
	Allen    71 '	Report	Holt    73 '	Stadium: Nene Park Attendance: 2,619 Referee: Phil Joslin

Rochdale v Yeovil Town

8 October  2004 (2004 -10-08) 12	Rochdale	2–1	Yeovil Town	Rochdale
	Bertos    58 ' Holt   68 '    90 ' Burgess    71 ' Jones   82 ' Tait    90 '	Report	Jevons   48 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,402 Referee: Nigel Miller

Rochdale v Cheltenham Town

16 October  2004 (2004 -10-16) 13	Rochdale	1–2	Cheltenham Town	Rochdale
	Weller    66 ' Jones   88' (pen.)   90'	Report	McCann    46 ' Vincent    61 ' Melligan   63 ' Wilson   84 '    90 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,778 Referee: Clive Oliver

Lincoln City v Rochdale

19 October  2004 (2004 -10-19) 14	Lincoln City	1–1	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Bloomer   50 '	Report	Jones    27 ' Clarke   86 '	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,274 Referee: Kevin Friend

Northampton Town v Rochdale

23 October  2004 (2004 -10-23) 15	Northampton Town	5–1	Rochdale	Northampton
	Burgess   9' (o.g.) Smith   21' (pen.), 28 ' Edwards   63' (o.g.) Low   90 ' Chambers    90 '	Report	Jones    19 ' Gallimore    27 ' Griffiths   77 ' Bertos    87 '	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,342 Referee: Joe Ross

Rochdale v Macclesfield Town

30 October  2004 (2004 -10-30) 16	Rochdale	3–0	Macclesfield Town	Rochdale
	Holt   42 '   70' Cooksey   55 ' Jones   67 '	Report	Widdrington    66 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,704 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Rochdale v Cambridge United

6 November  2004 (2004 -11-06) 17	Rochdale	2–1	Cambridge United	Rochdale
	Burgess   8'   34 ' Holt   31', 83 '	Report	Easter    3 ' Konte    17 '   47 ' Duncan    75 ' Chillingworth    81 ' Walker   86'   89 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,353 Referee: Ray Olivier

Oxford United v Rochdale

20 November  2004 (2004 -11-20) 18	Oxford United	0–1	Rochdale	Oxford
		Report	Cooksey    62 ' Goodall    66 ' Tardif   90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 4,204 Referee: Lee Probert

Rochdale v Boston United

27 November  2004 (2004 -11-27) 19	Rochdale	2–0	Boston United	Rochdale
	Griffiths    47 ' Cooksey    51 '   84 ' Bertos   62' Holt    70 '	Report	Ellender    33 ' Greaves    86 ' Noble    86 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,474 Referee: Phil Prosser

Shrewsbury Town v Rochdale

7 December  2004 (2004 -12-07) 20	Shrewsbury Town	0–2	Rochdale	Shrewsbury
		Report	Tait   53 ' Griffiths    61 ' Holt   66 ' Cooksey    74 '	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 3,677 Referee: Steve Tanner

Kidderminster Harriers v Rochdale

11 December  2004 (2004 -12-11) 21	Kidderminster Harriers	2–1	Rochdale	Kidderminster
	Keates   5 ' Beswetherick    57 ' Foster   69' (pen.) Hatswell    77 ' Beardsley    87 '	Report	Holt   36 ' McGivern    86 ' Griffiths    90 '	Stadium: Aggborough Stadium Attendance: 2,337 Referee: Paul Danson

Rochdale v Bristol Rovers

18 December  2004 (2004 -12-18) 22	Rochdale	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Rochdale
	Tait    39 ' Holt    46 ' Jones    86 '	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,623 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Darlington v Rochdale

26 December  2004 (2004 -12-26) 23	Darlington	0–3	Rochdale	Darlington
	Fleming    37 ' Webster    77 '	Report	Atieno   18 ' Holt   62', 78 '	Stadium: The Darlington Arena Attendance: 7,028 Referee: Michael Jones

Rochdale v Chester City

28 December  2004 (2004 -12-28) 24	Rochdale	2–2	Chester City	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Atieno    30'   64 ' Goodall    37 ' Bertos   58 '	Report	Ellison   6 ' Branch    45 '   83 ' Belle    69 ' Harris    90 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,724 Referee: Tony Leake

Notts County v Rochdale

3 January  2005 (2005 -01-03) 25	Notts County	0–0	Rochdale	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Ullathorne    46 ' Whitlow    71 '	Report	Bertos    26 ' Cooksey   45 ' Griffiths   35'   75 '	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,258 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Rochdale v Mansfield Town

15 January  2005 (2005 -01-15) 26	Rochdale	1–1	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
	Tait   4 ' Heald    40 ' Holt    43 '	Report	Barker   38 ' Dimech    43 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,576 Referee: Colin Webster

Chester City v Rochdale

22 January  2005 (2005 -01-22) 27	Chester City	0–0	Rochdale	Chester
	Carden   70 ' Drummond    75 ' Branch    80 ' Belle   83 '	Report	Jones    62 '	Stadium: Deva Stadium Attendance: 2,985 Referee: Kevin Wright

Yeovil Town v Rochdale

25 January  2005 (2005 -01-25) 28	Yeovil Town	2–2	Rochdale	Yeovil
	Tarachulski    44 '   54 ' Johnson   85' (pen.)	Report	Goodall   8 ' Heald    63 ' Tait    68 ' Bertos   77 '	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 5,180 Referee: Paul Armstrong

Rochdale v Rushden & Diamonds

29 January  2005 (2005 -01-29) 29	Rochdale	2–0	Rushden & Diamonds	Rochdale
	Cooksey   56 ' Goodall    62 ' Warner    62 ' Holt   82 '	Report	Sharp    13 ' Connelly    79 ' Hawkins    84 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,664 Referee: Graham Laws

Cheltenham Town v Rochdale

5 February  2005 (2005 -02-05) 30	Cheltenham Town	2–0	Rochdale	Cheltenham
	Devaney   20', 89 ' Caines    85 ' Odejayi    90 '	Report	Holt    70 ' Goodall    78 ' Evans   89 '	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,951 Referee: Jarnail Singh

Rochdale v Lincoln City

12 February  2005 (2005 -02-12) 31	Rochdale	3–1	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Holt   7 '    48 ' Cooksey   23 ' Heald   59 ' Goodall   74 '	Report	Yeo   24' (pen.) McAuley    43 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,847 Referee: Russell Booth

Macclesfield Town v Rochdale

19 February  2005 (2005 -02-19) 32	Macclesfield Town	3–0	Rochdale	Macclesfield
	Tipton   8', 12', 90 '    52 ' Morley    43 '	Report	Griffiths    6 '	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 3,031 Referee: Mike Pike

Rochdale v Kidderminster Harriers

26 February  2005 (2005 -02-26) 33	Rochdale	1–1	Kidderminster Harriers	Rochdale
	Lambert   40 '    72 ' Warner    59 '	Report	Beardsley   18 ' Mullins    53 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,385 Referee: Ray Olivier

Rochdale v Grimsby Town

1 March  2005 (2005 -03-01) 34	Rochdale	2–0	Grimsby Town	Rochdale
	Lambert   27 ' Goodall    33 ' Holt    64 ' Evans   65 ' Jones   90 '    90 '	Report	Crowe    43 ' Ramsden    44 ' Pinault    50 ' Soames    83 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,312 Referee: Phil Prosser

Bristol Rovers v Rochdale

5 March  2005 (2005 -03-05) 35	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Rochdale	Bristol
	Elliott    19 ' Ryan    49 '	Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5,464 Referee: Andy Penn

Rochdale v Northampton Town

8 March  2005 (2005 -03-08) 36	Rochdale	1–0	Northampton Town	Rochdale
	Lambert   56 ' Warner    63 ' Bertos    70 ' Tait    78 '	Report	Hearn    21 ' Rowson    58 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,107 Referee: Tony Bates

Swansea City v Rochdale

12 March  2005 (2005 -03-12) 37	Swansea City	2–2	Rochdale	Swansea
	Trundle   37 ' Gurney   46 ' Holt   52' (o.g.)	Report	Holt   31 '    55 ' Griffiths    35 ' Tait   38 ' Lambert   90 '	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 6,804 Referee: Trevor Parkes

Rochdale v Scunthorpe United

19 March  2005 (2005 -03-19) 38	Rochdale	0–0	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
	McGivern    80 '	Report	Beagrie    58 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,605 Referee: Graham Laws

Southend United v Rochdale

25 March  2005 (2005 -03-25) 39	Southend United	3–0	Rochdale	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Eastwood   44 ' Bentley   55 ' Gray   60 '	Report		Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,656 Referee: Grant Hegley

Rochdale v Wycombe Wanderers

28 March  2005 (2005 -03-28) 40	Rochdale	1–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Jones   16' (pen.) Holt    62 '	Report	Tyson   47 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,707 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Bury v Rochdale

2 April  2005 (2005 -04-02) 41	Bury	0–0	Rochdale	Bury
		Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,606 Referee: Chris Foy

Rochdale v Leyton Orient

9 April  2005 (2005 -04-09) 42	Rochdale	2–0	Leyton Orient	Rochdale
	Richards   47', 59 '	Report	Simpson    76 ' Wallis    88 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,255 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Rochdale v Shrewsbury Town

16 April  2005 (2005 -04-16) 43	Rochdale	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Rochdale
	Cooksey    30 ' Lambert   40 ' Richards    86 '	Report	Sheron   6 ' Tolley    31 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,142 Referee: Alan Kaye

Cambridge United v Rochdale

23 April  2005 (2005 -04-23) 44	Cambridge United	0–0	Rochdale	Cambridge
		Report	McGivern    88 ' Gallimore    90 '	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,738 Referee: Joe Ross

Rochdale v Oxford United

30 April  2005 (2005 -04-30) 45	Rochdale	5–1	Oxford United	Rochdale
	Heald   3 ' Cooksey   11 ' Holt   14', 69 ' Lambert   25 ' Bertos    83 '	Report	Hackett    27 ' Cominelli    74 ' Robinson   81 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,579 Referee: Mark Warren

Boston United v Rochdale

7 May  2005 (2005 -05-07) 46	Boston United	1–1	Rochdale	Boston
	Pitt   71 '	Report	Holt    14 ' Gallimore    37 ' Cooksey   50 '	Stadium: York Street Attendance: 2,528 Referee: Andy Hall

FA Cup

Rochdale v Oxford United

13 November  2004 (2004 -11-13) 1	Rochdale	2–1	Oxford United	Rochdale
	Holt   36', 90'	Report	Bradbury   20' Mackay   90'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,333 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Stevenage Borough v Rochdale

4 December  2004 (2004 -12-04) 2	Stevenage Borough	0–2	Rochdale	Stevenage
	Brough   32' Bulman   36' Rogers   59' Laker   69' Woodman   88'	Report	Holt   70', 90'   51'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Jarnail Singh

Charlton Athletic v Rochdale

8 January  2005 (2005 -01-08) 3	Charlton Athletic	4–1	Rochdale	London
	Hughes   19', 56' Fortune   44' Murphy   64'	Report	Holt   51' Burgess   63'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 13,955 Referee: Richard Beeby

League Cup

Rochdale v Wolverhampton Wanderers

23 August  2004 (2004 -08-23) 1	Rochdale	2–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Rochdale
	Holt   4'   66' Tait   26'	Report	Ince   42' Clarke   53' Miller   60' Andrews   78'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,292 Referee: Paul Robinson

League Trophy

Rochdale v Scarborough

28 September  2004 (2004 -09-28) 1	Rochdale	4–1	Scarborough	Rochdale
	Griffiths   3', 77', 90' (pen.) Holt   75'	Report	Gilroy   45'   86' Senior   49' Hotte   76' Walker   90'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 837 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Chester City v Rochdale

2 November  2004 (2004 -11-02) 2	Chester City	1–0	Rochdale	Chester
	Bolland   44' Rapley   45' Hessey   54'	Report	Griffiths   45' Cooksey   76'	Stadium: Deva Stadium Attendance: 1,419 Referee: Paul Danson

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References

1. "All Rochdale players: 2005".
2. "Rochdale FC Club Details | First Team Squad | Soccer Base".