Rochdale 3-0 Blackpool: result and report

League One · Saturday 16 April 2016

Result

Rochdale 3-0 Blackpool

League One · Saturday 16 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rochdale 3-0 Blackpool: match report

Rochdale won against Blackpool 3-0 in the League One on Saturday 16 April 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ashley Eastham opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Rochdale's goals came from Ashley Eastham (45'), Joe Bunney (50') and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (60'). Blackpool did not score.

Discipline: Rochdale received 1 yellow card; Blackpool received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rochdale were 9th on 61 points from 41 and Blackpool 21st on 45 points from 42. Rochdale went on to finish that season 10th with 69 points, and Blackpool 22nd with 46.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rochdale win, 0 draws and 0 for Blackpool.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Goal · Ashley EasthamRochdale · 1-0
  • 50'Goal · Joe BunneyRochdale · 2-0
  • 60'Goal · Nathaniel Mendez-LaingRochdale · 3-0
  • 88'Yellow card · Emmerson BoyceBlackpool
  • 89'Yellow card · P. VincentiRochdale

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Rochdale 1, draws 0, Blackpool 0.

Team news

Rochdale line-up

Josh Lillis, Joe Rafferty, Jimmy McNulty, Ashley Eastham, Javier Klimowicz, Joe Bunney, Donald McDermott, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Jamie Allen, Michael Rose, Callum Camps

Blackpool line-up

Colin Doyle, Clark Robertson, Tom Aldred, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Luke Higham, Jim McAlister, Brad Potts, David Norris, Mark Cullen, Danny Philliskirk, Jacob Blyth