Rochdale 2-3 Chesterfield: result and report

League One · Saturday 9 January 2016

Result

Rochdale 2-3 Chesterfield

League One · Saturday 9 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Rochdale 2-3 Chesterfield: match report

Rochdale were beaten by Chesterfield 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 9 January 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

J. O'Shea opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Rochdale's goals came from Ian Henderson (58') and Rhys Bennett (90+3'). Chesterfield scored through J. O'Shea (26'), Lee Novak (78') and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (80').

Discipline: Rochdale received 3 yellow cards; Chesterfield received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Rochdale were 9th on 34 points from 24 and Chesterfield 18th on 27 points from 25. Rochdale went on to finish that season 10th with 69 points, and Chesterfield 18th with 53.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rochdale win, 6 draws and 3 for Chesterfield.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · M. RoseRochdale
  • 26'Goal · J. O'SheaChesterfield · 0-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Sam HirdChesterfield
  • 46'Yellow card · Donald McDermottRochdale
  • 48'Yellow card · Gboly AriyibiChesterfield
  • 53'Yellow card · Matty LundRochdale
  • 58'Goal · Ian HendersonRochdale · 1-1
  • 78'Goal · Lee NovakChesterfield · 1-2
  • 80'Goal · Sylvan Ebanks-BlakeChesterfield · 1-3
  • 86'Second yellow · Gboly AriyibiChesterfield
  • 86'Yellow card · Dan GardnerChesterfield
  • 90+3'Goal · Rhys BennettRochdale · 2-3
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Tommy LeeChesterfield

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rochdale 1, draws 6, Chesterfield 3.

Team news

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Rochdale line-up

Josh Lillis, Jimmy McNulty, Javier Klimowicz, Peter Vincenti, Matthew Lund, Donald McDermott, Jamie Allen, Michael Rose, Andy Cannon, Calvin Andrew, Ian Henderson

Chesterfield line-up

Tommy Lee, Sam Hird, Charlie Raglan, Dion Donohue, Chris Herd, Sam Morsy, Jay O'Shea, Liam O'Neil, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Lee Novak, Gboly Ariyibi