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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Spotland Stadium
  • Attendance: 3706
  • Referee: Moss, J

Live Commentary

90 mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

89 mins

Henry McStay goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

78 mins

Adam Le Fondre is replaced by Chris Dagnall.

77 mins

The referee has booked Adam Yates.

72 mins

Craig Stanley is being taken off, Jon Newby has come on in his place.

72 mins

Matthew Blinkhorn is being taken off, Paul Lloyd has come on in his place.

66 mins

Goal!! Rene Howe scores for Rochdale.

62 mins

Rochdale are replacing Adam Rundle with Ben Muirhead.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by J Moss

42 mins

Marcus Holness is being taken off, Nathan D'Laryea has come on in his place.

17 mins

The referee has booked Marcus Holness.

0 mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Rene Howe's 66th-minute goal helped Rochdale secure their sixth successive home win and confirmed their place in the end-of-season play-offs.

With other results also going their way, Dale are still in the race for automatic promotion.

Rochdale were on top throughout the whole of the game with Morecambe setting out their stall to frustrate them and the plan might have worked but for Howe's goal.

In a first half of one-way traffic, Morecambe keeper Scott Davies kept his side in the match, making saves in the 11th minute from David Perkins and Adam Rundle three minutes later.

Then, in a 22nd-minute goalmouth scramble, he managed to keep out efforts from Tom Kennedy and Howe before home skipper Gary Jones saw his goal-bound effort cleared off the line by defender Jim Bentley.

At the other end, home keeper Tommy Lee was no more than a spectator throughout, and it was Davies who was again kept busy at the start of the second half.

However, he was powerless when Howe fired home a powerful 12-yard shot midway through the second period after the visitors' defence had failed to clear their lines from a corner.

Morecambe boss Sammy McIlroy made changes having seen his side fall behind, but the Shrimps failed to register an on-target shot in the game and the home side might have gone on to win by a wider margin with Perkins, Jones twice and Kallum Higginbotham all off target when perhaps they might have done better.

In the dying seconds Davies capped a fine performance by denying substitute Ben Muirhead as he burst through as he successfully managed to keep the scoreline respectable.

Rochdale Team

Morecambe Team

Rochdale

Morecambe

Corners

8 3

Fouls

8 15

Goal attempts

21 4

Shots off target

9 4

Offsides

1 4

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