Rochdale 4-1 Cheltenham Town: result and report
League Two · Friday 21 December 2012
Result
Rochdale 4-1 Cheltenham Town
League Two · Friday 21 December 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Rochdale 4-1 Cheltenham Town: match report
Rochdale won against Cheltenham Town 4-1 in the League Two on Friday 21 December 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.
Bobby Grant opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Rochdale's goals came from Bobby Grant (38'), Ashley Grimes (45+2'), Ashley Grimes (67') and Bamberdele Adebola (69'). Cheltenham Town scored through an own goal by Phil Edwards (48').
Discipline: Rochdale received 1 yellow card; Cheltenham Town received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rochdale were 15th on 30 points from 22 and Cheltenham Town 3rd on 39 points from 22. Rochdale went on to finish that season 12th with 61 points, and Cheltenham Town 6th with 75.
Going into the match Rochdale's last five read L-L-L-L-W and Cheltenham Town's D-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 38'Goal · Bobby Grant
- 42'Yellow card · Darren Carter
- 45+2'Goal · Ashley Grimes
- 48'Own goal · Phil Edwards
- 67'Goal · Ashley Grimes
- 69'Goal · Bamberdele Adebola
- 72'Yellow card · B. Jones
- 80'Yellow card · Rhys Bennett
- 82'Yellow card · Darryl Duffy
Team news
Rochdale line-up
Josh Lillis, Rhys Bennett, Peter Cavanagh, Ryan Edwards, Phil Edwards, Kevin McIntyre, Jason Kennedy, Andrew Tutte, Ashley Grimes, Bamberdele Adebola, Bobby Grant
Cheltenham Town line-up
Scott Brown, Billy Jones, Steve Elliott, Alan Bennett, Sido Jombati, Darren Carter, Marlon Pack, Russell Penn, Jake Taylor, Shaun Harrad, Chris Zebroski