2016–17 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale

2016–17 season

Chairman

Chris Dunphy

Manager

Keith Hill

Stadium

Spotland

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The 2016–17 season is Rochdale's 110th year in existence and their third consecutive season in League One.^[1] Along with competing in League One, the club will participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB	Niall Canavan	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	^[2]
1 July 2016	CB	Harrison McGahey	Sheffield United	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2016	AM	Oliver Rathbone	Manchester United	Free transfer	^[4]
7 August 2016	RM	Joe Thompson	Carlisle United	Free transfer	^[5]
10 August 2016	GK	Conrad Logan	Hibernian	Free transfer	^[6]
17 August 2016	CF	Steve Davies	Bradford City	Free transfer	^[7]

Out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	SS	Lewis Alessandra	Hartlepool United	Free transfer	^[8]
1 July 2016	CF	Nyal Bell	Gateshead ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Released	^[10]
1 July 2016	CB	Rhys Bennett	Mansfield Town ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Released	^[10]
1 July 2016	CB	Ashley Eastham	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	^[12]
1 July 2016	LB	Tom Kennedy	Free agent	Mutual consent	^[13]
1 July 2016	CB	Olly Lancashire	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer	^[14]
1 July 2016	CF	Billy Hasler-Cregg	Altrincham ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Released	^[10]
1 July 2016	CF	Grant Holt	Hibernian ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Released	^[10]
1 July 2016	CF	Joel Logan	Free agent	Released	^[10]
1 July 2016	LB	Michael Rose	Morecambe ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Released	^[10]
1 July 2016	CM	Dave Syers	Free agent	Released	^[10]

↑ Following Bell's release, he signed for Gateshead.^[9]
↑ Following Bennett's release, he signed for Mansfield Town.^[11]
↑ Following Hasler-Cregg's release, he signed for Altrincham.^[15]
↑ Following Holt's release, he signed for Hibernian.^[16]
↑ Following Rose's release, he signed for Morecambe.^[17]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
25 July 2016	LW		Sanmi Odelusi	Wigan Athletic	End of Season	^[18]
31 August 2016	CM		Keith Keane	Cambridge United	3 January 2017	^[19]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
2 September 2016	GK		Johny Diba	FC United of Manchester	30 September 2016	^[20]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12) Friendly	AFC Fylde	1–2	Rochdale	Medlar with Wesham
19:30	Gilchrist 66'	Report	Eccleston 25' Henderson 51'	Stadium: Mill Farm

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly	Curzon Ashton	1–3	Rochdale	Ashton-under-Lyne
15:00	Ennis 54'	Report	Mendez-Laing 12', 72' Bunney 19'	Stadium: Tameside Stadium

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) Friendly	Rochdale	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
19:45	McDermott 64'	Report	Graham 11'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Friendly	Rochdale	4–1	Wigan Athletic	Rochdale
15:00	Noble-Lazarus 26' Mendez-Laing 31' Canavan 79' Andrew 82'	Report	Wildschut 77'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Friendly	Macclesfield Town	2–0	Rochdale	Macclesfield
19:00	Whitaker 17' Holroyd 36'	Report		Stadium: Moss Rose

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Friendly	FC United of Manchester	0–3	Rochdale	Moston
15:00		Report	Odelusi 9' Tanser 24' Cannon 65'	Stadium: Broadhurst Park

League One

Main article: 2016–17 Football League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	Sheffield United	20	11	5	4	34	22	+12	38	Qualification for League One play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Bradford City	20	9	8	3	27	18	+9	35
5	Rochdale	20	9	3	8	27	25	+2	30
6	Peterborough United	19	8	5	6	28	21	+7	29
7	AFC Wimbledon	20	7	8	5	30	24	+6	29

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Football League Championship.

Matches

6 August 2016 1	Rochdale	2–3	Peterborough United	Spotland
15:00 BST	Cannon 8' Henderson 32' (pen.)	Report	Forrester 21', 37' Baldwin 45+2' Edwards 89'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,243 (718 visiting)

13 August 2016 2	Sheffield United	1–1	Rochdale	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Fleck 23' Sharp 81'	Report	McDermott 35' Cannon 43'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,399 Referee: Kevin Johnson

16 August 2016 3	Port Vale	1–0	Rochdale	Burslem
19:45 BST	Grant 18' Smith 52' Streete 80'	Report	Cannon 17' McNulty 72' Canavan 90+5'	Stadium: Vale Park

20 August 2016 4	Rochdale	0–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Spotland
15:00 BST	McGahey 50' Lund 70'	Report	Upson 48' Wootton 90+5'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Referee: Carl Boyeson

27 August 2016 5	Rochdale	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Spotland
15:00 BST	Camps 82', 82' Mendez-Laing 90+4' Allen 90+6'	Report	Robinson 9' Barcham 12' Meades 30' Francomb 85' Reeves 90+3'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium

3 September 2016 6	Oxford United	1–0	Rochdale	Oxford
15:00 BST	Maguire 27' Raglan 42' Sercombe 88'	Report	Mendez-Laing 49'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,939 Referee: Brendan Malone

10 September 2016 7	Bristol Rovers	2–2	Rochdale	Bristol
15:00 BST	Taylor 21', 49' Lines 56' Harrison 70'	Report	Camps 17' Henderson 22' Vincenti 42' Allen 47' Canavan 49', 72' McNulty 90+4'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium

17 September 2016 8	Rochdale	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Spotland
15:00 BST	Lund 10' 70' McGahey 23' Davies 85' Bunney 88'	Report	McLaughlin 19' Grant 23' (pen.) Neal 58' Woolford 81'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium

24 September 2016 9	Millwall	2–3	Rochdale	South Bermondsey, London
15:00 BST	O'Brien 11' Gregory 18' (pen.) Thompson 61', 73' Webster 69' Craig 74' Abdou 86' Williams 87'	Report	Camps 9' Canavan 19' Bunney 45+3' Andrew 67' 85' Henderson 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: The Den

27 September 2016 10	Rochdale	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Lund 32' Davies 52'	Report	Taylor 61'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,011 Referee: David Coote

1 October 2016 (2016-10-01) 11	Charlton Athletic	0–1	Rochdale	Charlton, London
15:00 BST	Jackson Lookman 90+3'	Report	Andrew 25' Lund 40'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 14,460 Referee: Robert Jones

8 October 2016 12	Rochdale	3–0	Southend United	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Canavan 18' Andrew 27' Mendez-Laing 83'	Report	Inniss 60' O'Neill 75'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Darren England

15 October 2016 13	Rochdale	2–0	Bury	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Henderson 38' (pen.) Mendez-Laing 74' Andrew 79' Bunney 79'	Report	Maher 17' Mellis 39', 87' Soares 43' Vaughan 66' Bryan 77' Miller 79' Kay 80'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 5,344 Referee: Peter Bankes

18 October 2016 14	Swindon Town	3–0	Rochdale	Swindon
19:45 BST	Furlong 24' 72' Delfouneso 32' 45+2' Thompson 80'	Report	Henderson 47' Keane 48' Andrew 52' Bunney 72' Camps 77' Cannon 79'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,048 Referee: Gavin Ward

22 October 2016 15	Coventry City	2–0	Rochdale	Coventry
15:00 BST	Agyei 28' Turnbull 38' Wright 84'	Report	Lund 66'	Stadium: City of Coventry Stadium Attendance: 8,133 Referee: Richard Clark

29 October 2016 16	Rochdale	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Lund 40'	Report	Burgess 15' Dummigan 65' McLaughlin 90+4'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 5,204 Referee: Tony Harrington

12 November 2016 17	Bradford City	4–0	Rochdale	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Clarke 41' Dieng 44' Vincelot 55' Hanson 59' Marshall 63'	Report	Canavan 19', 58' Bunney 66' Noble-Lazarus 78'	Stadium: The Coral Windows Stadium Attendance: 18,205 Referee: Ross Joyce

19 November 2016 18	Rochdale	4–0	Swindon Town	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Rathbone 22' Bunney 29' 30' Lund 55' Davies 57', 66' (pen.)	Report	Rodgers 25' Goddard 31' Raphael Branco 54'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 2,196 Referee: Darren Handley

22 November 2016 19	Rochdale	4–0	Walsall	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	Rathbone 32' Noble-Lazarus 41' Davies 76' (pen.), 90+1'	Report	Edwards 52'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 1,907 Referee: Andy Haines

26 November 2016 20	Gillingham	3–0	Rochdale	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Nouble 53' 70' Emmanuel-Thomas 89' Byrne 90+1' 90+5'	Report	Rafferty 59'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,409 Referee: Trevor Kettle

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

6 November 2016 First round	Maidstone United	1–1	Rochdale	Maidstone
14:00 GMT	Taylor 21' (pen.) Rogers 45+3' Mills 69' Lokko 90+4'	Report	Canavan 20' Lund 45+3' Rathbone 59' Camps 90+4'	Stadium: Gallagher Stadium Attendance: 2,227 Referee: Charles Breakspear

15 November 2016 First round replay	Rochdale	2–0	Maidstone United	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	Davies 14', 22' (pen.)	Report	Loza 63' Taylor 87'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Nigel Miller

3 December 2016 Second round	Carlisle United	0–2	Rochdale	Carlisle
15:00 GMT		Report	Canavan 35' Davies 48' Mendez-Laing 90+3'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,426 Referee: Mark Haywood

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

9 August 2016 First round	Rochdale	3–1	Chesterfield	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Henderson 47' Cannon 53' Mendez-Laing 78'	Report	McGinn 30'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium

23 August 2016 Second round	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Rochdale	Shepherd's Bush, London
19:45 BST	Sandro 29' 41', 74'	Report	Lund 5' 70' Rafferty 66'	Stadium: Loftus Road

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Rochdale	3	2	1	0	0	5	3	+2	8	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Sunderland Academy	3	2	0	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Notts County	3	1	0	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	L2	Hartlepool United	3	0	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Source: EFL.com

6 September 2016 Group stage 1	Rochdale	1–1 (4–2 p)	Sunderland U23	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Henderson 57'		Embleton 51' Denayer 57' Nelson 74'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium

4 October 2016 Group stage 2	Rochdale	2–1	Notts County	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Odelusi 60' 61' Davies 69'	Report	Forte 25' Aborah 58'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 1,147 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

9 November 2016 Group stage 3	Hartlepool United	1–2	Rochdale	Hartlepool
19:30 GMT	Donnelly 29' Oates 85'	Report	Noble-Lazarus 21' Gillam 67'	Stadium: The Northern Gas and Power Stadium Attendance: 380 Referee: Scott Duncan

6 December 2016 Second round	Rochdale	v	Chesterfield	Rochdale
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Crown Oil Arena

References

↑ "History". Statto.
↑ "Rochdale complete Canavan signing". BBC. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
↑ "Harrison McGahey Agrees To Join Dale". Rochdale Official Site. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
↑ "Rochdale Sign Ex-Manchester United Midfielder Oliver Rathbone". Rochdale Official Site. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
↑ "Joe Thompson Returns To Rochdale AFC". Rochdale Official Site. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
↑ "Conrad Logan Returns To Rochdale AFC". Rochdale Official Site. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
↑ "Striker Steven Davies joins Rochdale". Rochdale Official Site. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
↑ "Lewis Alessandra Departs". Rochdale Official Site. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
↑ "Gateshead sign ex-Rochdale striker Bell". BBC. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Grant Holt among eight to exit". BBC. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
↑ "Stags sign Rochdale defender Bennett". BBC. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
↑ "Ashley Eastham to Fleetwood Town". Rochdale Official Site. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
↑ "Tom Kennedy Departs". Rochdale Official Site. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
↑ "Lancashire Leaves". Rochdale Official Site. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
↑ "Alty boss brings in wing duo". NonLeagueDaily. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
↑ "Striker Holt signs deal with Hibernian". BBC. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
↑ "Morecambe sign Rose". BBC. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
↑ "Sanmi Odelusi Joins Rochdale On Loan". Rochdale Official Site. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
↑ "Keith Keane Joins Rochdale On Loan From Cambridge United". Rochdale Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
↑ "Johny Diba Joins FC United On Loan". Rochdale Official Site. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

Rochdale Association Football Club

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Matches: 1962 League Cup Final 2008 play-off final

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National teams

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League competitions

Level 1	Premier League

Levels 2–4	English Football League (Championship, League 1, League 2)

Levels 5–6	National League

Levels 7–8	Isthmian League Northern Premier League Southern League

Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League Midland League Northern Counties East League Northern League North West Counties League Southern Combination League Southern Counties East League South West Peninsula League (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League United Counties League Wessex League Western League West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)

EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under 23	Professional U23 Development League Premier League Cup

Under 18	Professional U18 Development League FA Youth Cup

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