| 2¹ | A penalty box meleé resulted in NOMBE knocking a low shot wide. |
| 5¹ | Uncertainty in the Gillingham defence enabled NOMBE to hammer an effort over the bar. |
| 8¹ | A delightful strike from FELLOWS was dealt with by a useful stop from BONHAM. |
| 12¹ | LARKÈCHE snapped at a simple chance. |
| 16¹ | PATERSON beat four Gillingham players and drove a golden opportunity just beyond the far post. |
| 26¹ | DEMPSEY's shot beat KOVÁR but rebounded off the Rochdale upright. |
| 28¹ | HOUGHTON ran onto a delightful ball from LARKÈCHE but pulled his shot wide. |
| 38¹ | FELLOWS drove a looping shot over from thirty yards out. |
| 43¹ | A poor shot from FELLOWS trickled agonisingly wide. |
| 0² | SAMUEL's shot was well held by the Rochdale 'keeper. |
| 4² | SAMUEL was put clear by DEMPSEY and he beat the 'keeper but thrust his shot wide. |
| 6² | An inswinging corner was forced into the arms of BONHAM by TWINE. |
| 9² | A cross from HARNESS left DEMPSEY in lots of space but he rushed his shot. |
| 10² | MEDLEY shot wide. |
| 11² | PITMAN headed over the bar. |
| 20² | GOAL!! A corner shot into the goalmouth and HOUGHTON fumbled the ball into his own net. (1-0 Rochdale)| 23² | NOMBE dribbled past TUCKER and rattled a tame shot over the bar. | | 24² | A clumsy foul on DEMPSEY by GRAHAM results in a booking. | | 25² | GOAL!! A strike from COYLE which the Rochdale 'keeper was able to claw away was deemed over the line and WRIGHT gave the goal. (1-1)| 28² | TWINE turned LARKÈCHE but nudged the ball into the arms of the 'keeper. | | 33² | The hapless Gillingham 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from HARNESS dropped just wide. | | 39² | The Rochdale 'keeper was able to palm clear a weak header from HARNESS. | | |