Rochdale 2-1 Shrewsbury Town: result and report

League Two · Friday 26 December 2008

Result

Rochdale 2-1 Shrewsbury Town

League Two · Friday 26 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Rochdale 2-1 Shrewsbury Town: match report

Rochdale beat Shrewsbury Town 2-1 in the League Two on Friday 26 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

Grant Holt opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Rochdale's goals came from Lee McEvilly (67') and Lee McEvilly (83'). Shrewsbury Town scored through Grant Holt (59').

Discipline: Rochdale received 2 yellow cards; Shrewsbury Town received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Rochdale were 11th on 29 points from 19 and Shrewsbury Town 5th on 33 points from 20. Rochdale went on to finish that season 9th with 68 points, and Shrewsbury Town 7th with 71.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Rochdale wins, 2 draws and 1 for Shrewsbury Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Clark KeltieRochdale
  • 30'Yellow card · Simon RamsdenRochdale
  • 59'Goal · Grant HoltShrewsbury Town · 0-1
  • 67'Goal · Lee McEvillyRochdale · 1-1
  • 83'Goal · Lee McEvillyRochdale · 2-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Rochdale 3, draws 2, Shrewsbury Town 1.