Rochdale 3-1 Accrington Stanley: result and report

League Two · Saturday 3 January 2009

Result

Rochdale 3-1 Accrington Stanley

League Two · Saturday 3 January 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rochdale 3-1 Accrington Stanley: match report

Rochdale defeated Accrington Stanley 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 3 January 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Adam Le Fondre opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Rochdale's goals came from Adam Le Fondre (22', penalty), Will Buckley (56') and K. Higginbotham (87'). Accrington Stanley scored through Peter Cavanagh (24').

Discipline: Rochdale received 2 yellow cards; Accrington Stanley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rochdale were 11th on 32 points from 21 and Accrington Stanley 21st on 21 points from 21. Rochdale went on to finish that season 9th with 68 points, and Accrington Stanley 18th with 49.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Rochdale wins, 1 draw and 0 for Accrington Stanley.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Penalty goal · Adam Le FondreRochdale · 1-0
  • 24'Yellow card · Rory McArdleRochdale
  • 24'Goal · Peter CavanaghAccrington Stanley · 1-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Lee McEvillyRochdale
  • 44'Yellow card · Andrew ProcterAccrington Stanley
  • 56'Goal · Will BuckleyRochdale · 2-1
  • 59'Yellow card · K. CharnockAccrington Stanley
  • 87'Goal · K. HigginbothamRochdale · 3-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Rochdale 4, draws 1, Accrington Stanley 0.