Rochdale 3-2 Scunthorpe United: result and report

League One · Saturday 10 December 2016

Result

Rochdale 3-2 Scunthorpe United

League One · Saturday 10 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rochdale 3-2 Scunthorpe United: match report

Rochdale defeated Scunthorpe United 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 10 December 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Joe Thompson opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Rochdale's goals came from Joe Thompson (41'), Oliver Rathbone (53') and Calvin Andrew (75'). Scunthorpe United scored through Tom Hopper (80') and Neal Bishop (84').

Discipline: Rochdale received 1 yellow card; Scunthorpe United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rochdale were 5th on 30 points from 20 and Scunthorpe United 1st on 44 points from 20. Rochdale went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Scunthorpe United 3rd with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Rochdale wins, 1 draw and 4 for Scunthorpe United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Neal BishopScunthorpe United
  • 41'Goal · Joe ThompsonRochdale · 1-0
  • 53'Goal · Oliver RathboneRochdale · 2-0
  • 75'Goal · Calvin AndrewRochdale · 3-0
  • 80'Goal · Tom HopperScunthorpe United · 3-1
  • 84'Goal · Neal BishopScunthorpe United · 3-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Ian HendersonRochdale

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Rochdale 3, draws 1, Scunthorpe United 4.

Team news

Rochdale line-up

Conrad Logan, Joe Rafferty, Jimmy McNulty, Harrison McGahey, Joe Bunney, Matthew Lund, Callum Camps, Oliver Rathbone, Joe Thompson, Steven Davies, Ian Henderson

Scunthorpe United line-up

Luke Daniels, S. Wiseman, Murray Wallace, Charlie Goode, Conor Townsend, Stephen Dawson, Josh Morris, Neal Bishop, Paddy Madden, Kevin van Veen, Duane Holmes