Rochdale 3-2 Exeter City: result and report

League One · Saturday 14 April 2012

Result

Rochdale 3-2 Exeter City

League One · Saturday 14 April 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Rochdale 3-2 Exeter City: match report

Rochdale defeated Exeter City 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 14 April 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Daniel Nardiello opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Rochdale's goals came from Nicky Adams (79'), Joe Thompson (81') and J. Kennedy (88'). Exeter City scored through Daniel Nardiello (28', penalty) and Liam Sercombe (62').

Discipline: Rochdale received 1 yellow card; Exeter City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Rochdale were 24th on 35 points from 42 and Exeter City 22nd on 39 points from 42. Rochdale went on to finish that season 24th with 39 points, and Exeter City 22nd with 43.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rochdale wins, 0 draws and 3 for Exeter City.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Penalty goal · Daniel NardielloExeter City · 0-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Marc TwaddleRochdale
  • 62'Goal · Liam SercombeExeter City · 0-2
  • 79'Goal · Nicky AdamsRochdale · 1-2
  • 81'Goal · Joe ThompsonRochdale · 2-2
  • 88'Goal · J. KennedyRochdale · 3-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Rochdale 0, draws 0, Exeter City 3.

Team news

Rochdale expected line-up

David Lucas, Kevin Amankwaah, Kevin Long, Neill Byrne, Gary Jones, Jason Kennedy, Michael Symes, Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro, Tope Obadeyi, Andrew Tutte, Joe Widdowson

Exeter City line-up

Artur Krysiak, Steve Tully, Billy Jones, Troy Archibald-Henville, Pat Baldwin, James Dunne, Liam Sercombe, David Noble, Jake Taylor, Alan Gow, Daniel Nardiello