Stevenage 4-2 Rochdale: result and report
League One · Saturday 3 September 2011
Result
Stevenage 4-2 Rochdale
League One · Saturday 3 September 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Stevenage 4-2 Rochdale: match report
Stevenage beat Rochdale 4-2 in the League One on Saturday 3 September 2011. The half-time score was 3-1.
Craig Reid opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Stevenage's goals came from Craig Reid (13'), Chris Beardsley (30'), Chris Beardsley (45+2') and an own goal by Neal Trotman (70'). Rochdale scored through Gary Jones (28') and David Ball (71').
Discipline: Stevenage received 1 yellow card; Rochdale received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Stevenage were 14th on 6 points from 5 and Rochdale 22nd on 2 points from 5. Stevenage went on to finish that season 6th with 74 points, and Rochdale 24th with 39.
Going into the match Stevenage's last five read L-D-W-D-D and Rochdale's L-L-D-D-L.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Craig Reid
- 28'Goal · Gary Jones
- 30'Goal · Chris Beardsley
- 31'Yellow card · Gary Jones
- 45+2'Goal · Chris Beardsley
- 53'Yellow card · Craig Reid
- 70'Own goal · Neal Trotman
- 71'Goal · David Ball
Team news
Stevenage line-up
Chris Day, Lawrie Wilson, Scott Laird, Mark Roberts, John Mousinho, Ronnie Henry, Joel Byrom, Michael Bostwick, Craig Reid, Chris Beardsley, Darius Charles
Rochdale line-up
Stephen Darby, Neal Trotman, Pim Balkestein, Jason Kennedy, Gary Jones, Ashley Grimes, Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro, David Ball, J. Kean, Joe Widdowson, Andrew Tutte