Rochdale 3-2 Oldham Athletic: result and report

League One · Saturday 17 March 2012

Result

Rochdale 3-2 Oldham Athletic

League One · Saturday 17 March 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rochdale 3-2 Oldham Athletic: match report

Rochdale won against Oldham Athletic 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 17 March 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Michael Symes opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Rochdale's goals came from Michael Symes (3'), Michael Symes (47') and Michael Symes (70'). Oldham Athletic scored through Shefki Kuqi (21') and R. Reid (74').

Discipline: Rochdale received 1 yellow card; Oldham Athletic received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Rochdale were 24th on 31 points from 36 and Oldham Athletic 15th on 42 points from 34. Rochdale went on to finish that season 24th with 39 points, and Oldham Athletic 16th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rochdale win, 2 draws and 1 for Oldham Athletic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Michael SymesRochdale · 1-0
  • 21'Goal · Shefki KuqiOldham Athletic · 1-1
  • 33'Yellow card · J. M'votoOldham Athletic
  • 47'Goal · Michael SymesRochdale · 2-1
  • 69'Yellow card · James TarkowskiOldham Athletic
  • 70'Goal · Michael SymesRochdale · 3-1
  • 74'Goal · R. ReidOldham Athletic · 3-2
  • 78'Yellow card · J. Akpa AkproRochdale
  • 90+6'Second yellow · James TarkowskiOldham Athletic
  • 90+6'Yellow card · C. TaylorOldham Athletic

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Rochdale 1, draws 2, Oldham Athletic 1.

Team news

Rochdale line-up

David Lucas, Stephen Darby, Kevin Long, Stephen Jordan, Jason Kennedy, Gary Jones, Michael Symes, Ashley Grimes, Tope Obadeyi, Andrew Tutte, Dean Holden

Oldham Athletic line-up

Alex Cisak, Jean-Yves M'voto, Reece Brown, James Tarkowski, Tom Adeyemi, Chris Taylor, Kieran Lee, Youssouf M'Changama, David Mellor, Harry Bunn, Shefki Kuqi