Rochdale 5 Tranmere 2

28/10/2006

 

Rochdale went into this IFA league game hoping to keep their unbeaten record in the league intact. Woodall was able to name the same starting 11 that started against Lincoln last week.  

Rochdale started the game well, passing the ball around and creating chances. It wasn’t long before the 1^st goal came. Good hassling by both Woodall and Kaminskas on Tranmere’s defence led to them tackling one of the defenders and Kaminskas slotted the ball home. 1-0. 

Tranmere managed to get a bit of a foot hold in the game creating a couple of chances. Fortunately for Rochdale the defence and goalkeeper held out.  

The next bit of action came after good work from Luke Lloyd and Paul Veevers. The ball was played to Kaminskas who ran down the right and crossed for Mark Woodall to score. 2-0. 

The game became very end to end with both teams having chances to score. The 3^rd goal for Rochdale came with a long throw in by Milnes into the Tranmere box and Kaminskas headed in. 3-0. 

After going 3-0 down Tranmere seemed to improve and pushed further forward managing to get a goal back before half time. From Rochdale’s point of view it was a silly goal to give away. 3-1. 

At half time manager Woodall could only ask the players to keep playing the way they were and that the next goal was crucial.  

In the 2^nd half Tranmere looked a completely different side, creating more chances.

Good defending managed to keep the Rochdale goal in tact. It took Rochdale about 20 minutes into this half to get going. 

Good work from Kaminskas down the left played the ball back to the edge of the area for Milnes to hit a cracking drive against the cross bar. 

Rochdale’s 4^th goal soon followed. A good pass from Simon Irving up to Mark Woodall who laid the ball back to Paul Veevers. Veevers then hit a sweet drive into the top left hand corner of the goal. 4-1. 

Woodall made a few changes bringing Luke Evans onto the right wing. He had an immediate impact. Paul Veevers played the ball into Evan’s path and continued his run into the box. Evan’s crossed the ball right onto the head of Veevers who scored his second goal of the game. 5-1. 

Tranmere managed to get another consolation goal towards the end of the game. The game became very open with both sides having more chances to score. 5-2.

Rochdale managed to put the ball in the back of the net again. Milnes hit a long free kick to Evan’s who crossed for Kaminskas to score but it was disallowed due for offside. 

A good game for Rochdale who managed to win to keep their unbeaten league record going. Up next week is a tough game against Bury.

 

Squad

G - Jon Coluccio

RB - Dave Veevers

LB - Phil Woodall

CB - Simon Irving

CB - Kenny Hindle

RM - Luke Lloyd

LM - Jan Harwood

CM - Craig Milnes

CM - Paul Veevers MOM

F - Mark Woodall

F - Anthony Kaminskas

Substitutes

Damien Dutton replaced Dave Veevers

Ryan Higginbotham replaced Jan Harwood

Luke Evans replaced Luke Lloyd

Mark Sweetmore