WHILE a 3-0 scoreline, especially away from home, would enough to satisfy most, the players must still be shaking their heads how they didn't double or treble that tally.

A goal to the good after just three minutes, when Rob Duffy finished off with a good drive from a Marc Williams head down, the recently signed striker could ten have grabbed himself a hat-trick withing the forst quarter of an hour.

The Reds kept surging forward against their young opponents and created chance after chance, but the somehow failed to take any more of them before the break.

The woodwork was rattled, open goals missed, good saves produced by the Dale keeper and Mike Carvill even managed to put himself in the back of the net instead of the ball on one occasion.

Rochdale's luck couldn't hold for the full match through and just before the hour mark, Marc Williams followed up to finish off when the home keeper couldn't hold onto the ball after making a save from Duffy.

A few minutes later a third was added, when a high hanging ball on the edge of the home penalty area was headed away by the keeper, but only straight at Robert Duffy, who fired home from 25-yards into an empty net.

The only blot on the night was an injury to youth defender Chris Marriott, which has turned out to be a fractured wrist.

After falling awkwardly in the first half, he was taken to hospital in Bury for an x-ray, which confirmed the news that physio Mike Williams has suspected.

Wrexham: Michael Jones, Wes Baynes, Chris Marriott (Jamie Price 25), Robbie Garrett, Mike Williams, Lee Jones, Mike Carvill, Andy Fleming, Rob Duffy, Marc Williams, Sam Aiston.
Subs: Vinnie Whelan, Paul Williams, Mark Head, Mark Stewart.