Rochdale 3-1 Shrewsbury Town: result and report

League One · Friday 30 March 2018

Result

Rochdale 3-1 Shrewsbury Town

League One · Friday 30 March 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rochdale 3-1 Shrewsbury Town: match report

Rochdale beat Shrewsbury Town 3-1 in the League One on Friday 30 March 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Nathan Thomas opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Rochdale's goals came from Oliver Rathbone (45+12'), Steven Davies (80') and Ian Henderson (90+6'). Shrewsbury Town scored through Nathan Thomas (8').

Discipline: Rochdale received no yellow cards; Shrewsbury Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rochdale were 23rd on 35 points from 36 and Shrewsbury Town 3rd on 78 points from 38. Rochdale went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Shrewsbury Town 3rd with 94.

Rochdale lined up in a 5-3-2 and Shrewsbury Town in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Rochdale wins, 2 draws and 3 for Shrewsbury Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Nathan ThomasShrewsbury Town · 0-1
  • 45+12'Goal · Oliver RathboneRochdale · 1-1
  • 80'Goal · Steven DaviesRochdale · 2-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Carlton MorrisShrewsbury Town
  • 90+6'Goal · Ian HendersonRochdale · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rochdale 5, draws 2, Shrewsbury Town 3.

Team news

Rochdale line-up (5-3-2)

Josh Lillis, Joe Rafferty, Kgosi Ntlhe, Jimmy McNulty, Harrison McGahey, Callum Camps, Oliver Rathbone, Stephen Humphrys, Calvin Andrew, Matt Done, Ian Henderson

Shrewsbury Town line-up (4-1-4-1)

Dean Henderson, Ben Godfrey, Matt Sadler, Omar Beckles, Luke Hendrie, Toto Nsiala, Abdelhak Belaid, Shaun Whalley, Carlton Morris, Nathan Thomas, Arthur Gnahoua