2000–01 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
2000–01 season
Chairman	David Kilpatrick
Manager	Steve Parkin
League Division Three	8th
FA Cup	1st Round
League Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Paul Connor All: Paul Connor Clive Platt
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 Rochdale A.F.C. season was the club's 80th season in the Football League, and the 27th consecutive season in the fourth tier (League Division Three).

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Division 3		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW	ENG	Lee Buggie	2	0	0 + 2	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
	FW	ENG	Paul Connor	14	10	14 + 0	10	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
	GK	SCO	Matt Gilks	3	0	2 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
	FW	ENG	Phil Hadland	35	2	12 + 20	2	1 + 0	0	0 + 1	0	1 + 0	0
	DF	ENG	Dean Howell	3	0	2 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
	FW	SCO	Kevin Kyle	6	0	3 + 3	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
	FW	ENG	Christian Lee	5	1	2 + 3	1	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
	DF	ENG	Michael Oliver	42	0	25 + 13	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
	DF	ENG	Lee Todd	43	3	40 + 0	3	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
	FW	IRL	Andy Turner	4	0	2 + 2	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
	FW	ENG	David Walsh	1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 1	0	0 + 0	0
	DF	ENG	Jason Lanns	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
1	GK	WAL	Neil Edwards	48	0	44 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
2	DF	WAL	Wayne Evans	49	2	45 + 0	2	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
3	DF	ENG	Sean McAuley	2	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
4	DF	ENG	Simon Coleman	5	0	5 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
5	DF	ENG	Mark Monington	36	7	31 + 3	7	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
6	DF	ENG	Keith Hill	28	0	22 + 3	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
7	MF	ENG	David Flitcroft	44	0	40 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 1	0	0 + 1	0
8	DF	ENG	Paul Ware	34	2	17 + 13	2	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
10	FW	ENG	Graham Lancashire	18	3	6 + 10	3	0 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
11	MF	ENG	Graeme Atkinson	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
13	GK	ENG	Phil Priestley	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
14	DF	ENG	Tony Ford	41	2	36 + 2	2	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
16	DF	ENG	Dave Bayliss	44	3	41 + 0	3	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
17	DF	ENG	Graham Hicks	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
18	MF	ENG	Gary Jones	48	9	44 + 0	8	1 + 0	0	1 + 1	0	1 + 0	1
19	FW	ENG	Kevin Townson	3	0	1 + 2	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
21	FW	ENG	Clive Platt	47	10	39 + 4	8	1 + 0	1	2 + 0	1	1 + 0	0
23	FW	NIR	Gary Hamilton	3	0	0 + 3	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
24	FW	ENG	Tony Ellis	31	7	25 + 3	6	0 + 1	0	1 + 0	1	1 + 0	0
25	GK	ENG	John Baker	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
29	MF	WAL	Simon Davies	16	1	7 + 5	1	0 + 1	0	1 + 1	0	0 + 1	0

Competitions

Football League Third Division

12 August 2000 (2000 -08-12) 1	Rochdale	1 – 1	Darlington	Rochdale
	Davies 53' (pen.) 66 ' Flitcroft 84 '	Report	Nogan 9 ' Reed 36 ' Kaak 42 ' Himsworth 47 ' Heckingbottom 51 ' Elliott 75 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3255 Referee: M. Cooper

19 August 2000 (2000 -08-19) 2	Brighton & Hove Albion	2 – 1	Rochdale	Brighton
	Zamora 17', 45 ' Crosby 19 ' Hart 26 ' Oatway 61 '	Report	Ford 14 ' Ellis 19 ' Hill 37 ' Ware 59 ' Todd 61 ' Lancashire 85 '	Stadium: Withdean Stadium Attendance: 6076 Referee: P. Prosser

26 August 2000 (2000 -08-26) 3	Rochdale	3 – 2	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
	Bayliss 6 ' Ellis 35 ' Platt 54 ' Ware 63 ' 85 '	Report	Sheldon 43 ' Hodges 47' (pen.) 60 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2561 Referee: M. Warren

28 August 2000 (2000 -08-28) 4	Halifax Town	1 – 2	Rochdale	Halifax
	Bradshaw 18 '	Report	Platt 4 ' Jones 61 '	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 2783 Referee: C. Webster

2 September 2000 (2000 -09-02) 5	Rochdale	1 – 1	Cardiff City	Rochdale
	Hadland 81 '	Report	Brayson 10 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2844 Referee: Mike Dean

9 September 2000 (2000 -09-09) 6	Carlisle United	1 – 2	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Stevens 37 '	Report	Platt 16 ' 71 ' Todd 90 '	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3906 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

12 September 2000 (2000 -09-12) 7	York City	0 – 2	Rochdale	York
	Sertori 75 '	Report	Platt 8 ' Monington 41 '	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2215 Referee: Roy Pearson

16 September 2000 (2000 -09-16) 8	Rochdale	2 – 1	Torquay United	Rochdale
	Monington 3 ' Ellis 24 '	Report	Russell 44 ' Herrera 53 ' Bedeau 72 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2871 Referee: Anthony Bates

23 September 2000 (2000 -09-23) 9	Shrewsbury Town	0 – 4	Rochdale	Shrewsbury
	Peer 23 '	Report	Ellis 18 ' Platt 55 ' Monington 63 ' Bayliss 69 '	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 3427 Referee: Trevor Parkes

30 September 2000 (2000 -09-30) 10	Rochdale	0 – 1	Southend United	Rochdale
	Ellis 20 ' Flitcroft 44 ' Davies 86 '	Report	Carruthers 31 ' Booty 42 ' Roget 44 ' Houghton 54 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3264 Referee: Phil Dowd

6 October 2000 (2000 -10-06) 11	Kidderminster Harriers	0 – 0	Rochdale	Kidderminster
		Report	Platt 58 ' Bayliss 77 '	Stadium: Aggborough Stadium Attendance: 3904 Referee: M. North

14 October 2000 (2000 -10-14) 12	Rochdale	2 – 1	Hartlepool United	Rochdale
	Ford 17 ' Jones 79' (pen.)	Report	Lormor 44 ' 59 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2813 Referee: G. Stretton

17 October 2000 (2000 -10-17) 13	Rochdale	2 – 2	Chesterfield	Rochdale
	Jones 20' (pen.) Ellis 50 ' Bayliss 67 ' Monington 70 ' Flitcroft 79 '	Report	Tutill 10 ' Monington 36' (o.g.) Reeves 40 ' Blatherwick 50 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5008 Referee: G. B. Frankland

21 October 2000 (2000 -10-21) 14	Cheltenham Town	0 – 2	Rochdale	Cheltenham
	Freeman 35 '	Report	Monington 34 ' Jones 50 ' Flitcroft 57 ' Monington 63 ' 78 ' Platt 81 '	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 4033 Referee: P. Rejer

24 October 2000 (2000 -10-24) 15	Rochdale	2 – 2	Macclesfield Town	Rochdale
	Lee 76 ' 85 ' Ware 83 '	Report	Sedgemore 4 ' Glover 6 ' Barker 33 ' Askey 89 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3608 Referee: Mark Cowburn

28 October 2000 (2000 -10-28) 16	Exeter City	0 – 1	Rochdale	Exeter
	Curran 17 ' Campbell 36' 89 '	Report	Evans 50 ' Platt 89 '	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 2606 Referee: Paul Alcock

4 November 2000 (2000 -11-04) 17	Rochdale	0 – 0	Barnet	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3657 Referee: David Laws

11 November 2000 (2000 -11-11) 18	Mansfield Town	1 – 0	Rochdale	Mansfield
	Hassell 35 ' Greenacre 86 '	Report	Monington 29 '	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 2453 Referee: Lee Cable

2 December 2000 (2000 -12-02) 19	Rochdale	1 – 0	Blackpool	Rochdale
	Oliver 39 ' Evans 75 ' Jones 79 ' 79 '	Report	Collins 69 ' Reid 85 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4186 Referee: Phil Prosser

16 December 2000 (2000 -12-16) 20	Lincoln City	1 – 1	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Dudgeon 17 ' Walker 73 '	Report	Oliver 50 ' Ellis 56 '	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 2320 Referee: Bill Burns

23 December 2000 (2000 -12-23) 21	Leyton Orient	1 – 1	Rochdale	London
	Walschaerts 76 '	Report	Jones 21' (pen.)	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 4398 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

26 December 2000 (2000 -12-26) 22	Rochdale	1 – 0	Hull City	Rochdale
	Jones 19 '	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4327 Referee: Howard Webb

6 January 2001 (2001 -01-06) 23	Darlington	1 – 2	Rochdale	Darlington
	Hodgson 55 '	Report	Ellis 21 ' Platt 54 ' Evans 76 '	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 3481 Referee: Brian Curson

13 January 2001 (2001 -01-13) 24	Rochdale	0 – 1	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Flitcroft 26 ' Bayliss 68 '	Report	Kerrigan 31 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4123 Referee: Graham Laws

28 January 2001 (2001 -01-28) 25	Rochdale	3 – 1	Leyton Orient	Rochdale
	Ellis 17 ' Todd 38 ' Jones 41 ' Hadland 48 '	Report	Smith 90 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3676 Referee: Graham Frankland

2 February 2001 (2001 -02-02) 26	Cardiff City	0 – 0	Rochdale	Cardiff
	Fortune-West 68 '	Report		Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11912 Referee: Bill Jordan

13 February 2001 (2001 -02-13) 27	Scunthorpe United	0 – 0	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
	Thom 3 ' Dawson 35 '	Report	Evans 22 ' Flitcroft 32 ' Todd 73 '	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 2821 Referee: Ray Oliver

17 February 2001 (2001 -02-17) 28	Torquay United	1 – 0	Rochdale	Torquay
	Hill 23 ' Herrera 90 ' Rees 90 '	Report	Bayliss 83 '	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2195 Referee: Frazer Stretton

20 February 2001 (2001 -02-20) 29	Rochdale	0 – 1	York City	Rochdale
	Bayliss 81 ' Kyle 84 ' Ellis 89 '	Report	Emmerson 75 ' Nogan 81 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2807 Referee: Colin Webster

24 February 2001 (2001 -02-24) 30	Rochdale	1 – 7	Shrewsbury Town	Rochdale
	Lancashire 11 ' Bayliss 65 ' Hill 82 ' Edwards 90 '	Report	Rodgers 2', 71', 77 ' 46' 78 ' Tretton 14 ' Jemson 36 ' Redmile 46 ' Lowe 56 ' Jagielka 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2647 Referee: Brian Curson

3 March 2001 (2001 -03-03) 31	Southend United	3 – 0	Rochdale	Southend
	Hutchings 14 ' Whelan 30 ' Lee 44' (pen.), 57 '	Report	Hill 58 ' Edwards 80 '	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 3681 Referee: Paul Alcock

6 March 2001 (2001 -03-06) 32	Hartlepool United	1 – 1	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Henderson 33 ' Sharp 43 ' Aspin 45 ' Tinkler 78 ' Lormor 88 '	Report	Bayliss 33 ' Jones 35 ' Lancashire 35 ' 43 ' Hill 38 ' Todd 89 '	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3492 Referee: Trevor Jones

10 March 2001 (2001 -03-10) 33	Rochdale	0 – 0	Kidderminster Harriers	Rochdale
	Hill 33 '	Report	Broughton 35 ' Clarkson 71 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2552 Referee: Scott Mathieson

17 March 2001 (2001 -03-17) 34	Chesterfield	1 – 1	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Williams 61 ' Howard 89 '	Report	Oliver 28 ' Connor 30 ' 45 '	Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 4338 Referee: Jeff Winter

23 March 2001 (2001 -03-23) 35	Rochdale	1 – 1	Cheltenham Town	Rochdale
	Coleman 40 ' Connor 73 '	Report	Grayson 12 ' Duff 20 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2713 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

27 March 2001 (2001 -03-27) 36	Hull City	3 – 2	Rochdale	Hull
	Brabin 26 ' Edwards 35 ' Rowe 69' (pen.)	Report	Flitcroft 11 ' Monington 56 ' Bayliss 74 ' Connor 77 '	Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 7365 Referee: Alan Kaye

3 April 2001 (2001 -04-03) 37	Rochdale	1 – 1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Rochdale
	Bayliss 34 ' Evans 38 ' Connor 60 ' Todd 90 '	Report	Mayo 75 ' Carpenter 87 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2444 Referee: Peter Walton

10 April 2001 (2001 -04-10) 38	Rochdale	6 – 0	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Jones 8 ' Todd 22 ' Connor 30', 34', 64 ' Evans 61 '	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2892 Referee: Michael Jones

14 April 2001 (2001 -04-14) 39	Macclesfield Town	0 – 0	Rochdale	Macclesfield
	Keen 84 '	Report	Todd 12 ' Oliver 36 '	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 2255 Referee: Mike Ryan

16 April 2001 (2001 -04-16) 40	Rochdale	3 – 0	Exeter City	Rochdale
	Connor 6', 55 ' Bayliss 22 ' Ford 40 '	Report	Roscoe 8 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2773 Referee: Paul Robinson

21 April 2001 (2001 -04-21) 41	Barnet	3 – 0	Rochdale	London
	Heald 16', 57 ' Arber 32 '	Report		Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 2381 Referee: Trevor Parkes

23 April 2001 (2001 -04-23) 42	Rochdale	3 – 1	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Platt 9 ' Hill 43 ' Connor 60 ' Monington 71 '	Report	Thorpe 55 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2592 Referee: John Brandwood

26 April 2001 (2001 -04-26) 43	Blackpool	3 – 1	Rochdale	Blackpool
	Clarkson 43 ' Reid 47 ' Ormerod 62 ' Murphy 64 '	Report	Flitcroft 15 ' Platt 44 ' Lancashire 75 ' Edwards 84 '	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 5470 Referee: Phil Richards

28 April 2001 (2001 -04-28) 44	Rochdale	1 – 0	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
	Platt 32 '	Report	Disley 69 ' Lawrence 70 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3114 Referee: Roger Furnandiz

1 May 2001 (2001 -05-01) 45	Rochdale	2 – 1	Plymouth Argyle	Rochdale
	Monington 24 ' Hill 29 ' Elliott 54' (o.g.) Connor 58 ' Flitcroft 62' 78 '	Report	Evans 34 ' 80 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4027 Referee: Phil Joslin

5 May 2001 (2001 -05-05) 46	Plymouth Argyle	0 – 0	Rochdale	Plymouth
	Wills 50 '	Report	Bayliss 33 ' Flitcroft 38 '	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 5125 Referee: Phil Dowd

FA Cup

18 November 2000 (2000 -11-18) 1	Cambridge United	2 – 1	Rochdale	Cambridge
	Axeldahl 6 ' Hansen 80 ' 83 '	Report	Oliver 1 ' Platt 31 ' Ware 67 ' Hadland 67 ' Ford 86 '	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3142 Referee: Mark Cooper

Football League Cup (Worthington Cup)

22 August 2000 (2000 -08-22) 1	Rochdale	1 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
	Hill 42 ' Bayliss 87 ' Ellis 90 '	Report	Blake 59 ' Flitcroft 68 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4873 Referee: Roger Furnandiz

6 September 2000 (2000 -09-06) 1	Blackburn Rovers	6 – 1	Rochdale	Blackburn
	Duff 27', 90 ' Dunn 45' (pen.), 55' (pen.), 65' (pen.) Diawara 57 '	Report	Platt 35 '	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12977 Referee: Bill Burns

Football League Trophy (LDV Vans Trophy)

5 December 2000 (2000 -12-05) 1	Doncaster Rovers	3 – 2	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Turner 39 ' 45 ' Penney 59' (pen.) Campbell 92 '	Report	Jones 21' (pen.) Ware 31 ' Bayliss 75 ' Campbell 90' (o.g.) Flitcroft 90 '	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 1453 Referee: Mike Ryan

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References

^ "All Rochdale players: 2001".
^ "Rochdale FC Club Details | First Team Squad | Soccer Base".
^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

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League competitions

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Level 5	Football Conference
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Summer 2000 transfers
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