Rochdale 3-2 Walsall: result and report

League One · Saturday 11 September 2010

Result

Rochdale 3-2 Walsall

League One · Saturday 11 September 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Rochdale 3-2 Walsall: match report

Rochdale beat Walsall 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 11 September 2010. The half-time score was 2-2.

J. Macken opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Rochdale's goals came from J. Thompson (27'), Anthony Elding (44') and Gary Jones (65', penalty). Walsall scored through J. Macken (4') and D. Byfield (45').

Discipline: Rochdale received 1 yellow card; Walsall received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rochdale were 7th on 8 points from 5 and Walsall 13th on 6 points from 5. Rochdale went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Walsall 21st with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rochdale wins, 1 draw and 1 for Walsall.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · J. MackenWalsall · 0-1
  • 27'Goal · J. ThompsonRochdale · 1-1
  • 44'Goal · Anthony EldingRochdale · 2-1
  • 45'Goal · D. ByfieldWalsall · 2-2
  • 65'Penalty goal · Gary JonesRochdale · 3-2
  • 85'Yellow card · David DavisWalsall
  • 90'Yellow card · A. TutteRochdale

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Rochdale 0, draws 1, Walsall 1.

Team news

Rochdale line-up

Josh Lillis, Marcus Holness, Josh Thompson, Craig Dawson, Jason Kennedy, Gary Jones, Anthony Elding, Joe Widdowson, Brian Barry-Murphy, Andrew Tutte, Chris O'Grady

Walsall line-up

Jon Brain, Clayton McDonald, Manny Smith, Ryan McGivern, Aaron Lescott, Matthew Richards, Paul Marshall, Julian Gray, David Davis, Darren Byfield, Jon Macken