| 2005–06 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | David Kilpatrick | 
| Manager | Steve Parkin | 
| League Two | 14th | 
| FA Cup | First round | 
| League Cup | First round | 
| Top goalscorer | League:  Rickie Lambert (22 goals) All: Rickie Lambert (22 goals)  | 
The 2005–06 Rochdale A.F.C. season was the club's 85th season in the Football League, and the 32nd consecutive season in the bottom division of the League. Rochdale finished the season in 14th place in League Two.
Statistics
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | Matt Gilks | 50 | 0 | 46 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Warren Goodhind | 12 | 0 | 10 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Tony Gallimore | 37 | 0 | 32 + 2 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | MF | Ernie Cooksey | 37 | 3 | 27 + 7 | 3 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 1 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Gareth Griffiths | 31 | 2 | 29 + 0 | 2 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | Jon Boardman | 24 | 1 | 17 + 4 | 1 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | Lee Cartwright | 29 | 1 | 21 + 6 | 1 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Neil Brisco | 17 | 0 | 14 + 2 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Chris Dagnall | 21 | 3 | 15 + 6 | 3 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Grant Holt | 24 | 15 | 21 + 0 | 14 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | FW | Iyseden Christie | 14 | 2 | 10 + 4 | 2 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | FW | Paul Tait | 13 | 3 | 4 + 7 | 1 | 0 + 1 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | MF | Gary Jones | 46 | 4 | 42 + 0 | 4 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | DF | Alan Goodall | 44 | 3 | 37 + 3 | 3 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | DF | Scott Warner | 26 | 1 | 16 + 8 | 1 | 0 + 1 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | Rory McArdle | 20 | 1 | 16 + 3 | 1 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | MF | Joe Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 + 1 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | MF | Tommy Jaszczun | 19 | 0 | 12 + 5 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | FW | Rickie Lambert | 50 | 22 | 43 + 3 | 22 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 2 + 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | DF | Jamie Clark | 26 | 0 | 21 + 1 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 1 | 0 | |
| 18 | DF | Simon Ramsden | 15 | 1 | 15 + 0 | 1 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | FW | Blair Sturrock | 35 | 6 | 15 + 16 | 6 | 0 + 1 | 0 | 0 + 1 | 0 | 1 + 1 | 0 | |
| 20 | FW | Clive Moyo-Modise | 9 | 0 | 1 + 8 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | MF | Ben Kitchen | 9 | 0 | 3 + 5 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 1 | 0 | |
| 22 | MF | John Doolan | 18 | 0 | 16 + 2 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | DF | Kevin Gibbins | 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | DF | Mark Jackson | 12 | 0 | 12 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | DF | Dave Bayliss | 4 | 0 | 4 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | DF | Theo Coleman | 1 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | DF | Gary Brown | 17 | 0 | 6 + 10 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 1 + 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | GK | Danny Woodhall | 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | |
| DF | Matt Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | 0 + 0 | 0 | ||
League Two
| 6 August 2005 1 | Shrewsbury Town | 0 – 1 | Rochdale | Shrewsbury | 
| BST | Cowan		 | 
Report | Holt	 | 
Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 4,927 Referee: Jonathan Moss  | 
| 9 August 2005 2 | Rochdale | 1 – 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | Rochdale | 
| BST | Jones		 Holt  | 
Report | Williamson	 Bloomfield Tyson  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,755 Referee: Paul Robinson  | 
| 13 August 2005 3 | Rochdale | 1 – 1 | Cheltenham Town | Rochdale | 
| BST | Brisco		 Lambert  | 
Report | Spencer	 | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,344 Referee: Gary Sutton  | 
| 20 August 2005 4 | Leyton Orient | 1 – 4 | Rochdale | London | 
| BST | Mackie		 Lockwood Echanomi  | 
Report | Holt	 Lambert Clarke Goodall  | 
Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 4,223 Referee: Pat Miller  | 
| 27 August 2005 5 | Rochdale | 3 – 1 | Macclesfield Town | Rochdale | 
| BST | Holt		 Goodall Clarke  | 
Report | Sandwith	 Townson  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,606 Referee: Eddie Ilderton  | 
| 29 August 2005 6 | Darlington | 2 – 1 | Rochdale | Darlington | 
| BST | Johnson		 Clarke Logan Sodje  | 
Report | Jaszczun	 Holt  | 
Stadium: The Darlington Arena Attendance: 4,318 Referee: Clive Oliver  | 
| 3 September 2005 7 | Rochdale | 4 – 1 | Torquay United | Rochdale | 
| BST | Brisco		 Lambert Warner Holt  | 
Report | Connell	 Sharp Taylor Garner  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,388 Referee: Phil Joslin  | 
| 10 September 2005 8 | Boston United | 3 – 2 | Rochdale | Boston | 
| BST | Ellender		 Whelan White  | 
Report | Holt	 Griffiths Brisco Gallimore  | 
Stadium: York Street Attendance: 2,274 Referee: Andy Penn  | 
| 17 September 2005 9 | Rochdale | 2 – 0 | Mansfield Town | Rochdale | 
| BST | Sturrock		 Holt  | 
Report | Uhlenbeek	 Hjelde  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,965 Referee: Michael Jones  | 
| 24 September 2005 10 | Barnet | 1 – 1 | Rochdale | Barnet | 
| BST | Strevens		 Batt Grazioli Hatch  | 
Report | Holt	 Brown  | 
Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 2,338 Referee: Keith Stroud  | 
| 27 September 2005 11 | Rochdale | 0 – 1 | Oxford United | Rochdale | 
| BST | McArdle		 Clarke Holt  | 
Report | Quinn	 Mansell Roget  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,347 Referee: Andy Woolmer  | 
| 1 October 2005 12 | Rochdale | 2 – 1 | Rushden & Diamonds | Rochdale | 
| BST | Sturrock		 Boardman  | 
Report | Broughton	 Young Okuonghae  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,606 Referee: Rob Lewis  | 
| 7 October 2005 13 | Chester City | 2 – 3 | Rochdale | Chester | 
| BST | Dimech		 Drummond Davies Curtis Bertos Regan  | 
Report | Gilks	 Jones Lambert Holt Lambert  | 
Stadium: Deva Stadium Attendance: 4,327 Referee: Darren Drysdale  | 
| 15 October 2005 14 | Rochdale | 3 – 0 | Notts County | Rochdale | 
| BST | Lambert		 Cartwright Goodhind Jones  | 
Report | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,348 Referee: Graham Salisbury  | 
| 22 October 2005 15 | Peterborough United | 3 – 1 | Rochdale | Peterborough | 
| BST | Newton		 Crow Burton  | 
Report | Holt	 Griffiths Gallimore  | 
Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,314 Referee: Darren Deadman  | 
| 29 October 2005 16 | Rochdale | 1 – 2 | Lincoln City | Rochdale | 
| BST | Cooksey		 Goodall Griffiths Holt  | 
Report | Robinson	 Keates Brown  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,420 Referee: Russell Booth  | 
| 12 November 2005 17 | Bristol Rovers | 1 – 2 | Rochdale | Bristol | 
| GMT | Leary		 Agogo  | 
Report | Holt	 Sturrock  | 
Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,042 Referee: Jarnail Singh  | 
| 19 November 2005 18 | Rochdale | 2 – 2 | Chester City | Rochdale | 
| GMT | Sturrock		 Brown Lambert  | 
Report | Bolland	 Curtis Davies  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,618 Referee: Nigel Miller  | 
| 26 November 2005 19 | Rochdale | 4 – 3 | Shrewsbury Town | Rochdale | 
| GMT | Holt		 Brisco Lambert Brown  | 
Report | McMenamin	 Cowan Ashton Stallard  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,845 Referee: Brian Curson  | 
| 6 December 2005 20 | Grimsby Town | 4 – 1 | Rochdale | Cleethorpes | 
| GMT | G. Jones		 Cohen R. Jones Reddy  | 
Report | Lambert	 | 
Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 3,896 Referee: Mike Thorpe  | 
| 10 December 2005 21 | Wycombe Wanderers | 3 – 0 | Rochdale | Wycombe | 
| GMT | Mooney		 Griffin  | 
Report | Goodhind	 Jones Goodall Holt  | 
Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,928 Referee: Darren Deadman  | 
| 17 December 2005 22 | Rochdale | 2 – 4 | Leyton Orient | Rochdale | 
| GMT | Jones		 Goodall Sturrock Lambert  | 
Report | Alexander	 Tudor Mackie Easton  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,666 Referee: Graham Salisbury  | 
| 26 December 2005 23 | Wrexham | 2 – 1 | Rochdale | Wrexham | 
| GMT | Ferguson		 Crowell  | 
Report | Cooksey	 Tait  | 
Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 5,127 Referee: Gary Sutton  | 
| 31 December 2005 24 | Carlisle United | 2 – 1 | Rochdale | Carlisle | 
| GMT | Billy		 Livesey Bridges  | 
Report | Sturrock	 | 
Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,897 Referee: Paul Robinson  | 
| 2 January 2006 25 | Rochdale | 1 – 1 | Northampton Town | Rochdale | 
| GMT | Goodall		 Low Jones  | 
Report | Bojic	 Kirk  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,030 Referee: Phil Joslin  | 
| 14 January 2006 26 | Rochdale | 0 – 1 | Stockport County | Rochdale | 
| GMT | Goodhind		 Boardman  | 
Report | Easter	 Dickinson  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,520 Referee: Neil Swarbrick  | 
| 21 January 2006 27 | Mansfield Town | 1 – 0 | Rochdale | Mansfield | 
| GMT | Reet		 | 
Report | Dagnall	 Griffiths  | 
Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3,018 Referee: Darren Deadman  | 
| 24 January 2006 28 | Torquay United | 1 – 3 | Rochdale | Torquay | 
| GMT | Sako		 | 
Report | Jones	 Dagnall Griffiths Lambert McArdle  | 
Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2,043 Referee: Jarnail Singh  | 
| 28 January 2006 29 | Rochdale | 1 – 1 | Boston United | Rochdale | 
| GMT | Doolan		 Griffiths  | 
Report | Keene	 Silk Holland  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,384 Referee: Colin Webster  | 
| 4 February 2006 30 | Oxford United | 1 – 1 | Rochdale | Oxford | 
| GMT | Ashton  | 
Report | Griffiths	 Ramsden Cooksey  | 
Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 3,978 Referee: Trevor Parkes  | 
| 14 February 2006 31 | Stockport County | 3 – 0 | Rochdale | Stockport | 
| GMT | Boshell		 Griffin Briggs  | 
Report | Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 4,312 Referee: Russell Booth  | 
| 25 February 2006 32 | Cheltenham Town | 1 – 1 | Rochdale | Cheltenham | 
| GMT | Guinan		 | 
Report | Lambert	 | 
Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,184 Referee: Dean Whitestone  | 
| 28 February 2006 33 | Rochdale | 1 – 1 | Bury | Rochdale | 
| GMT | Lambert		 | 
Report | Youngs	 | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,876 Referee: Tony Leake  | 
| 11 March 2006 34 | Macclesfield Town | 1 – 3 | Rochdale | Macclesfield | 
| GMT | Miles		 Harsley  | 
Report |  McArdle	 Christie Jones Lambert  | 
Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 2,211 Referee: Gary Lewis  | 
| 18 March 2006 35 | Rochdale | 0 – 1 | Wrexham | Rochdale | 
| GMT | Bayliss		 Doolan  | 
Report | Derbyshire	 Williams Bennett  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,856 Referee: Mike Russell  | 
| 21 March 2006 36 | Rochdale | 2 – 2 | Grimsby Town | Rochdale | 
| GMT | Jackson		 Ramsden Lambert  | 
Report | Toner	 Futcher Reddy Bolland Newey  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,865 Referee: Keith Hill  | 
| 25 March 2006 37 | Bury | 2 – 1 | Rochdale | Bury | 
| GMT | Youngs		 Gobern Barry-Murphy  | 
Report | Doolan	 Jones  | 
Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,276 Referee: Paul Robinson  | 
| 4 April 2006 38 | Rochdale | 0 – 2 | Darlington | Rochdale | 
| BST | Goodall		 | 
Report | Cooke	 Johnson Kendrick  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,963 Referee: Rob Lewis  | 
| 8 April 2006 39 | Northampton Town | 2 – 2 | Rochdale | Northampton | 
| BST | Low		 McGleish  | 
Report | Lambert	 Cooksey  | 
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,732 Referee: Jarnail Singh  | 
| 15 April 2006 40 | Rushden & Diamonds | 1 – 1 | Rochdale | Irthlingborough | 
| BST | Caskey		 Hatswell Broughton Bull  | 
Report | Dagnall	 | 
Stadium: Nene Park Attendance: 3,135 Referee: Mick Fletcher  | 
| 17 April 2006 41 | Rochdale | 1 – 0 | Peterborough United | Rochdale | 
| BST | Lambert		 Christie  | 
Report | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,318 Referee: Eddie Ilderton  | 
| 22 April 2006 42 | Notts County | 1 – 1 | Rochdale | Nottingham | 
| BST | Needham		 Doyle Martin Baudet  | 
Report | Lambert	 | 
Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 4,413 Referee: Graham Salisbury  | 
| 25 April 2006 43 | Rochdale | 1 – 1 | Barnet | Rochdale | 
| BST | Dagnall		 Griffiths  | 
Report | Hendon	 Hatch Hessenthaler Kandol  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,769 Referee: Carl Boyeson  | 
| 29 April 2006 44 | Rochdale | 2 – 0 | Bristol Rovers | Rochdale | 
| BST | Lambert		 Cooksey  | 
Report | Hinton	 | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,649 Referee: Scott Mathieson  | 
| 2 May 2006 45 | Rochdale | 0 – 2 | Carlisle United | Rochdale | 
| BST | Griffiths		 | 
Report | Billy	 Livesey Murphy  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,439 Referee: Michael Jones  | 
| 6 May 2006 46 | Lincoln City | 1 – 1 | Rochdale | Lincoln | 
| BST | McAuley		 | 
Report | Lambert	 | 
Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 7,165 Referee: Ray Olivier  | 
FA Cup
League Cup
| 23 August 2005 1 | Rochdale | 0 – 5 | Bradford City | Rochdale | 
| BST | Holt  Cartwright Jones  | 
Report | Windass  Cadamarteri Petta Bridge-Wilkinson  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,820 Referee: Carl Boyeson  | 
League Trophy
| 18 October 2005 1 | Rochdale | 3 – 1 | Stockport County | Rochdale | 
| BST | Raynes  Holt Gilks Griffin Clarke  | 
Report | Goodhind  Dolan Greenwood  | 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,683 Referee: Colin Webster  | 
| 22 November 2005 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 3 – 2 | Rochdale | Birkenhead | 
| GMT | Facey  Harrison Greenacre  | 
Report | Tait  | 
Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 2,867 Referee: Graham Salisbury  | 
References
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