Rochdale 3 Peterborough 3

09/12/2006

Rochdale went into this first ever clash with Peterborough on the back of a draw with local rivals Bury. Rochdale took the lead through a marvellous goal from Luke Lloyd. He picked the ball up and jinked past the Posh defence before slamming the ball home at the near post.

Dale were well in control but a mistake from Coluccio in goal gifted Borough the equaliser. Buffon kicked his clearance straight to the Peterborough striker who made no mistake in finding the net.

Dale went in front again from a similar goal to their first, only this time Higginbotham was the man to beat the defence and lash the ball home. However Dale threw away the lead again when a cross was dropped by Coluccio on the line and the striker had the simple task of tapping the ball into the net.

It was 3-2 immediately from the kick off when a speculative long effort somehow went over everyone including the keeper and dropped into the goal. Dale battled hard to regain an equal standing in the scoreline but it didn't come until the last minute when a long throw by Milnes evaded everyone apart from defender Hindle who had been thrown up-front in search of the equaliser. Hindle did the job and finished nicely, this was his first goal for 2 years.

Overall a draw was probably a fair reflection of the play but Dale will be keen to halt the run of draws when they take on their next opponents.

Line Up

1 - Coluccio

2 - P Woodall

5 - Crossley

6 - Hindle

3 - D Veevers

7 - Milnes

8 - P Veevers

4 - Higginbotham

11 - Harwood

9 - Lloyd

10 - M Woodall