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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: The New Meadow
  • Attendance: 6262
  • Referee: Cook, S

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Goal!! Rochdale have scored with Kallum Higginbotham putting it in the back of the net.

88mins

Goal!! Shrewsbury have scored with David Hunt putting it in the back of the net.

88mins

The referee has booked Kallum Higginbotham.

85mins

Goal!! Gary Jones scores for Rochdale.

81mins

Goal!! Rochdale have scored with Glenn Murray putting it in the back of the net.

75mins

Rochdale are replacing Ben Muirhead with Kallum Higginbotham.

70mins

Ben Muirhead goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

67mins

Adam Rundle is replaced by Rory Prendergast.

62mins

Goal!! Shrewsbury have scored with Stewart Drummond putting it in the back of the net.

59mins

David Hunt is booked for unsporting behaviour.

56mins

Stuart Nicholson is replaced by Michael Symes.

55mins

Stewart Drummond goes into the referees book for dissent.

53mins

The referee has booked Stuart Nicholson.

53mins

Kelvin Langmead goes into the referees book for dissent.

51mins

Rochdale are replacing Lee Crooks with Adam Le Fondre.

48mins

Chris Humphrey is being taken off, Neil Ashton has come on in his place.

46mins

Goal!! Rochdale have scored with Adam Rundle putting it in the back of the net.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by S Cook

39mins

Glenn Murray goes into the referees book for dissent.

38mins

Goal!! Dave Hibbert scores for Shrewsbury.

0mins

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

Match Report

Shrewsbury Town were beaten for the first time at their new stadium when Rochdale, without an away win this term, took the points from a seven-goal thriller.

Leading by a Dave Hibbert goal at the break, Town fell behind in the second half at 3-2 as Rochdale stormed back into the game, yet when David Hunt tied things up at 3-3 with 90 seconds remaining, it appeared the home side would emerge with a point.

But in the dying seconds substitute Kallum Higginbotham put the visitors ahead for the second and final time, as they dramatically snatched a victory their exciting second-half display just about deserved.

From the outset the match was fast and open and it was a surprise that it took 38 minutes for a breakthrough as both sides had each gone close to taking the lead, but seven minutes before the interval Hibbert struck, sidefooting home after Dale keeper James Spencer was unable to hold a Stewart Drummond header.

But barely a minute into the second half Dale were level, Adam Rundle heading home unmarked at the far post, but Shrewsbury were ahead once more just after the hour mark as Drummond scored with a neat left-footed drive from the edge of the box.

However, as this enthralling contest continued to ebb and flow, Rochdale fought back to level on 80 minutes when Glenn Murray met a cross from skipper Gary Jones and nodded in from six yards.

The visitors finally grabbed the lead in the 85th minute when Jones went from provider to scorer, smashing home an unstoppable 20-yarder that took Dale to the brink of the victory.

There just two minutes left when Shrewsbury were awarded a free-kick on the edge of the box and although the initial effort was cleared, referee Cook ordered a retake and second time around Hunt lashed a low shot beyond Spencer and into the net.

But there was still one time for one more incredible twist, with Dale breaking quickly down the left from where an Adam Le Fondre cross found the head of Higginbotham, whose header settled this breathtaking encounter.

Shrewsbury Town Team

Rochdale Team

Shrewsbury Town

Rochdale

Corners

33

Fouls

512

Goal attempts

77

Shots off target

33

Offsides

12

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