# 2010–11 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 2010–11 season is Rochdale's 104th year in existence and their first season in League One following promotion from League Two the previous season. Along with competing in League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011.
This was the club's first season in the third tier since 1974. An 9th place finish was their highest league finish since 1970.

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 71 | 62 | +9 | 70 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 66 | 73 | −7 | 70 |
| 9 | Rochdale | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 63 | 55 | +8 | 68 |
| 10 | Colchester United | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 57 | 63 | −6 | 62 |
| 11 | Brentford | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 55 | 62 | −7 | 61 |

## Statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Josh Lillis | 27 | 0 | 23 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GIB | Scott Wiseman | 41 | 0 | 37 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Joe Widdowson | 38 | 0 | 30 + 4 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Marcus Holness | 50 | 1 | 46 + 0 | 1 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Brian Barry-Murphy | 36 | 0 | 31 + 1 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Jason Kennedy | 48 | 4 | 44 + 1 | 4 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Gary Jones | 49 | 19 | 45 + 1 | 17 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 2 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Anthony Elding | 21 | 5 | 9 + 8 | 3 | 1 + 0 | 1 | 1 + 1 | 1 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Jack Redshaw | 3 | 0 | 0 + 2 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | WAL | Matt Done | 36 | 6 | 16 + 17 | 5 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 2 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Alan Goodall | 6 | 0 | 3 + 2 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | WAL | Owain Fôn Williams | 22 | 0 | 22 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Danny Taberner | 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro | 36 | 4 | 8 + 24 | 4 | 0 + 1 | 0 | 1 + 1 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Joe Thompson | 34 | 2 | 19 + 13 | 2 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Will Atkinson | 21 | 2 | 15 + 6 | 2 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Andrew Tutte | 9 | 0 | 5 + 2 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Bobby Grant | 6 | 2 | 5 + 1 | 2 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Deane Smalley | 3 | 0 | 0 + 3 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Robbie Williams | 9 | 0 | 9 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Josh Thompson | 14 | 1 | 11 + 1 | 1 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 1 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Chris O'Grady | 49 | 9 | 45 + 1 | 9 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Liam Dickinson | 14 | 0 | 7 + 7 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | SCO | Matty Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 + 1 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | David Flitcroft | 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Tom Kennedy | 6 | 0 | 6 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Chris Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Callum Byrne | 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Craig Dawson | 48 | 11 | 44 + 1 | 10 | 1 + 0 | 1 | 2 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NGA | Godwin Abadaki | 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Josh Brizell | 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Matthew Flynn | 1 | 0 | 0 + 1 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | WAL | Nicky Adams | 31 | 0 | 25 + 5 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Luke Daniels | 1 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Ryan Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | ENG | Chris Oldfield | 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ANG | Helio André | 2 | 0 | 0 + 1 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 1 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | IRL | Scott Hogan | 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Reece Gray | 2 | 1 | 0 + 2 | 1 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Jordan Andrews | 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |