# 2011–12 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 2011–12 season is Rochdale's 105th year in existence and their second consecutive season in League One. 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 2011 to 30 June 2012.

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 20 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 48 | 75 | −27 | 50 | |
| 21 | Wycombe Wanderers (R) | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 65 | 88 | −23 | 43 | Relegation to Football League Two |
| 22 | Chesterfield (R) | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 56 | 81 | −25 | 42 | Relegation to Football League Two |
| 23 | Exeter City (R) | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 46 | 75 | −29 | 42 | Relegation to Football League Two |
| 24 | Rochdale (R) | 46 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 47 | 81 | −34 | 38 | Relegation to Football League Two |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| 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 | Jake Kean | 15 | 0 | 14 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | HUN | Peter Kurucz | 11 | 0 | 11 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Stephen Darby | 40 | 0 | 34 + 1 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 3 + 0 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Joe Widdowson | 35 | 0 | 30 + 2 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 3 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Marcus Holness | 30 | 3 | 23 + 1 | 3 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 3 + 0 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Kevin Amankwaah | 16 | 0 | 15 + 1 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Neal Trotman | 14 | 0 | 12 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Brian Barry-Murphy | 26 | 1 | 17 + 5 | 1 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 1 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Jason Kennedy | 50 | 4 | 38 + 6 | 4 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 3 + 0 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Gary Jones | 50 | 6 | 45 + 0 | 5 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 3 + 0 | 1 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Harry Bunn | 8 | 1 | 5 + 1 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Michael Symes | 15 | 4 | 14 + 1 | 4 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Ashley Grimes | 42 | 11 | 27 + 9 | 8 | 0 + 1 | 0 | 3 + 0 | 3 | 0 + 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | WAL | Nicky Adams | 47 | 4 | 30 + 11 | 4 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 3 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | NED | Pim Balkestein | 15 | 0 | 12 + 1 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | IRL | Kevin Long | 16 | 0 | 16 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Marc Twaddle | 3 | 0 | 1 + 1 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Joe Thompson | 21 | 1 | 8 + 9 | 1 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 3 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Andrew Tutte | 45 | 1 | 28 + 12 | 1 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 3 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Dean Holden | 22 | 0 | 20 + 1 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Paul Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 + 1 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Simon Hackney | 2 | 0 | 1 + 1 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Matthew Barnes-Homer | 7 | 0 | 1 + 4 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 1 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | MLT | Daniel Bogdanovic | 5 | 1 | 5 + 0 | 1 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Sam Minihan | 1 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Chris O'Grady | 1 | 0 | 0 + 1 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Tope Obadeyi | 6 | 1 | 3 + 3 | 1 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Jordan Fagbola | 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | SCO | Matty Edwards | 9 | 0 | 6 + 2 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Stephen Jordan | 21 | 0 | 17 + 2 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | ENG | David Lucas | 20 | 0 | 16 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | IRL | Neill Byrne | 3 | 0 | 2 + 1 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Nathan Eccleston | 7 | 1 | 3 + 2 | 1 | 0 + 1 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | [[|Libya]] | Ahmed Benali | 3 | 0 | 0 + 2 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | FRA | Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro | 47 | 8 | 30 + 11 | 7 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 3 + 0 | 1 | 1 + 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NED | Roland Bergkamp | 3 | 0 | 2 + 1 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Sean McConville | 4 | 0 | 2 + 2 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Reece Gray | 4 | 1 | 1 + 3 | 1 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | NGA | Godwin Ababaki | 2 | 0 | 0 + 2 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Brett Ormerod | 5 | 1 | 4 + 1 | 1 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Jordan Andrews | 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ENG | David Ball | 15 | 4 | 12 + 2 | 3 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 1 |
| | GK | ENG | Danny Taberner | 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ANG | David Kuagica | 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Paul McCallum | 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Ashley Grimes | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | 26 | Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 39 | David Ball | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | MF | 8 | Gary Jones | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 11 | Nicky Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 4 | Marcus Holness | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 7 | Jason Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy | Total | Total |
| 5 | DF | Neal Trotman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Nicky Adams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Stephen Darby | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Ashley Grimes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Marcus Holness | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Gary Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Jake Kean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Andrew Tutte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Joe Widdowson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |

## Transfers

Players transferred in :
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 21 June 2011 | FW | Ashley Grimes | Millwall | Free Transfer | |
| 24 June 2011 | MF | Simon Hackney | Colchester United | Free Transfer | |
| 24 June 2011 | MF | Andrew Tutte | Manchester City | Free Transfer | |
| 4 July 2011 | DF | Marc Twaddle | Falkirk | Free Transfer | |
| 15 July 2011 | DF | Neal Trotman | Preston North End | Free Transfer | |
| 2 August 2011 | MF | Paul Marshall | Free Agent | Free | |
| Players transferred out ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 21 June 2011 | MF | Matt Done | Barnsley | Undisclosed | |
| 21 June 2011 | DF | Scott Wiseman | Barnsley | Undisclosed | |
| 1 July 2011 | GK | Owain Fôn Williams | Tranmere Rovers | Free Transfer | |
| 4 July 2011 | DF | Robbie Williams | Plymouth Argyle | Free Transfer | |
| 7 July 2011 | DF | Chris Brown | Droylsden | Free Transfer | |
| 25 July 2011 | FW | Anthony Elding | Grimsby Town | Undisclosed | |
| 9 August 2011 | FW | Chris O'Grady | Sheffield Wednesday | Undisclosed | |
| Players loaned in ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 7 July 2011 | DF | Stephen Darby | Liverpool | 31 May 2012 | |
| 2 August 2011 | GK | Jake Kean | Blackburn Rovers | 31 May 2012 | |
| 19 August 2011 | DF | Pim Balkestein | Brentford | January 2012 | |
| 25 August 2011 | FW | Matthew Barnes-Homer | Luton Town | 16 January 2012 | |
| 31 August 2011 | FW | David Ball | Peterborough United | | |
| 31 August 2011 | MF | Ahmed Benali | Manchester City | | |
| Players loaned out ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 16 December 2011 | FW | Reece Gray | Hyde | 16 January 2011 | |