Bradford City 2-4 Rochdale: result and report

League Two · Saturday 29 December 2012

Result

Bradford City 2-4 Rochdale

League Two · Saturday 29 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-4

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Bradford City 2-4 Rochdale: match report

Bradford City were beaten by Rochdale 2-4 in the League Two on Saturday 29 December 2012. It was 2-4 at half-time.

Terry Gornell opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Bradford City's goals came from Alan Connell (18', penalty) and Alan Connell (35', penalty). Rochdale scored through Terry Gornell (5'), A. Tutte (26'), Ashley Grimes (32') and Terry Gornell (39').

Discipline: Bradford City received 2 yellow cards; Rochdale received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bradford City were 6th on 36 points from 22 and Rochdale 13th on 33 points from 24. Bradford City went on to finish that season 7th with 72 points, and Rochdale 12th with 61.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bradford City wins, 1 draw and 4 for Rochdale.

Going into the match Bradford City's last five read D-W-D-W-L and Rochdale's L-W-L-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Terry GornellRochdale · 0-1
  • 12'Yellow card · Nathan DoyleBradford City
  • 18'Penalty goal · Alan ConnellBradford City · 1-1
  • 26'Goal · A. TutteRochdale · 1-2
  • 32'Goal · Ashley GrimesRochdale · 1-3
  • 35'Penalty goal · Alan ConnellBradford City · 2-3
  • 39'Goal · Terry GornellRochdale · 2-4
  • 81'Yellow card · Joe RaffertyRochdale
  • 85'Yellow card · K. ReidBradford City

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Bradford City 2, draws 1, Rochdale 4.

Team news

Bradford City line-up

Matt Duke, Stephen Darby, James Meredith, Rory McArdle, Kyel Romaine Reid, Garry Thompson, Gary Jones, Nathan Doyle, Tom Naylor, James Hanson, Alan Connell

Rochdale line-up

Josh Lillis, Joe Rafferty, Peter Cavanagh, Ryan Edwards, Phil Edwards, Kevin McIntyre, Jason Kennedy, Andrew Tutte, Ashley Grimes, Bobby Grant, Terry Gornell