2024–25 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
2024–25 season
Chairman	Simon Gauge
Manager	Jimmy McNulty
Stadium	Crown Oil Arena
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is the 118th season in the history of Rochdale and their second consecutive in the National League. The club will also compete in the FA Cup and the FA Trophy. ^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 21 September 2024

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		National League		FA Cup		FA Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IRL	Luke McNicholas	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Kyron Gordon	10	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Finlay Armstrong	6	0	2+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Ryan East	10	1	9+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	MF	ENG	Aaron Henry	9	1	5+4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Ethan Ebanks-Landell	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	TAN	Tarryn Allarakhia	10	1	10+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Harvey Gilmour	8	0	6+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	GRN	Kairo Mitchell	10	7	10+0	7	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW	ENG	Devante Rodney	9	4	8+1	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW	NGA	Ody Alfa	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	ENG	Tobi Adebayo-Rowling	10	0	9+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	FW	IRL	Leon Ayinde	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF	SCO	Kyle Ferguson	4	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	ENG	Courtney Senior	4	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Aidan Barlow	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	ENG	Jake Burger	10	0	4+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	DF	ENG	Dan Sassi	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	SCO	Connor McBride	9	1	5+4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW	ENG	Joe Westley	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	GK	WAL	David Robson	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	ENG	Sam Beckwith	10	0	9+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	FW	ENG	Ian Henderson	7	1	0+7	1	0+0	0	0+0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
3 June 2024	MF	Connor McBride	Gateshead	Undisclosed	^[4]
4 June 2024	DF	Tobi Adebayo-Rowling	Notts County	Undisclosed	^[5]
6 June 2024	DF	Finlay Armstrong	Fleetwood Town	Undisclosed	^[6]
10 June 2024	MF	Tarryn Allarakhia	Wealdstone	Undisclosed	^[7]
1 July 2024	MF	Aidan Barlow	Eastleigh	Free	^[8]
5 July 2024	DF	Sam Beckwith	Maidenhead United	Undisclosed	^[9]
25 July 2024	MF	Ody Alfa	Chelmsford City	Undisclosed	^[10]
30 July 2024	MF	Jake Burger	Luton Town	Undisclosed	^[11]
9 August 2024	MF	Courtney Senior	Barnet	Undisclosed	^[12]
7 September 2024	GK	David Robson	Hull City	Undisclosed	^[13]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
18 June 2024	DF	George Nevett	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	^[14]
29 June 2024	MF	Jimmy Keohane	Galway United	Undisclosed	^[15]
2 July 2024	DF	Cameron John	York City	Released	^[16]
3 July 2024	MF	Jesurun Uchegbulam	Oldham Athletic	Undisclosed	^[17]

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	Date until	Ref
9 July 2024	MF	Aaron Henry	Charlton Athletic	End of season	^[18]
15 July 2024	GK	Luke McNicholas	Wrexham	End of season	^[19]
30 August 2024	FW	Leon Ayinde	Ipswich Town	1 January 2025	^[20]
2 September 2024	DF	Dan Sassi	Blackpool	November 2024	^[21]
7 September 2024	FW	Joe Westley	Burnley	October 2024	^[22]

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	Date until	Ref

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

13 July 2024 (2024-07-13)	Warrington Town	3–0	Rochdale	Warrington
15:00 BST	Harris 12' Trialist 31' McDonald 37'	Report		Stadium: Cantilever Park

20 July 2024 (2024-07-20)	Fleetwood Town	1–1	Rochdale	Fleetwood
13:00 BST	Graydon 1'	Report	Rodney	Stadium: Highbury Stadium

23 July 2024 (2024-07-23)	Macclesfield	2–2	Rochdale	Macclesfield
19:45 BST	Rooney 70' (pen.) Duffy 84'	Report	Rodney 4' McBride 78'	Stadium: Moss Rose

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)	Rochdale	2–1	Carlisle United	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Mitchell 42' Henry 49'	Report	Butterworth 72'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)	Avro	1–0	Rochdale	Oldham
19:45 BST	Liam Ellis 54'	Report	Barlow	Stadium: Whitebank Stadium

3 August 2024 (2024-08-03)	Rochdale	5–2	Salford City	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Mitchell 15', 30' Henry 35' Rodney 45' McBride 89'	Report	Ashley 3' Dackers 50'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium

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Competitions

Overall record

Competition	Starting round	Record
Competition	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National League	Matchday 1	10	5	2	3	16	9	+7	050.00
FA Cup	Fourth qualifying round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
FA Trophy	First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total		10	5	2	3	16	9	+7	050.00

Source: Soccerway

National League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	York City	10	6	3	1	15	6	+9	21	Qualification for the National League play-off semi-finals
4	Eastleigh	10	6	1	3	17	13	+4	19	Qualification for the National League play-off quarter-finals
5	Rochdale	10	5	2	3	16	9	+7	17
6	Oldham Athletic	10	4	5	1	14	10	+4	17
7	Gateshead	9	5	2	2	17	14	+3	17

Updated to match(es) played on 21 September 2024. Source: National League official site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	5	2	3	16	9	+7	17	2	2	1	8	4	+4	3	0	2	8	5	+3

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	L
Position	3	6	12	13	7	4	3	2	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

10 August 2024 (2024 -08-10) 1	Boston United	0–3	Rochdale	Boston
15:00 BST	Mills 38' Hill 90+1'	Report	Rodney 15', 40' Gilmour 28' Beckwith 45+3' Adebayo-Rowling 53' Allarakhia 80' Henderson 90+2'	Stadium: Boston Community Stadium Attendance: 2,578 Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle

17 August 2024 (2024 -08-17) 2	Rochdale	1–1	Dagenham & Redbridge	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Gordon 75' Allarakhia 76'	Report	Pereira 52' Mahorn 80' Lawless 90+4'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,631 Referee: Scott Jackson

20 August 2024 (2024 -08-20) 3	York City	1–0	Rochdale	York
19:45 BST	Aguiar 4' Howe 53' Armstrong 62' O'Connor 69' Hunt 76' John-Lewis 83' Male 90+2'	Report	Ebanks-Landell 25'	Stadium: York Community Stadium Attendance: 5,362 Referee: John Mulligan

24 August 2024 (2024 -08-24) 4	Rochdale	0–0	Forest Green Rovers	Rochdale
15:00 BST		Report	Sercombe 66'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,261 Referee: Andrew Miller

26 August 2024 (2024 -08-26) 5	Yeovil Town	0–1	Rochdale	Yeovil
15:00 BST	Jarvis 90+5'	Report	Allarakhia 41' Henry 48' McBride 90+1' Ferguson 90+5' Beckwith 90+8'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 3,686 Referee: Alan Dale

31 August 2024 (2024 -08-31) 6	Rochdale	3–0	Woking	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Mitchell 5', 88' 40' Henry 60'	Report	Dyche 32'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,315 Referee: William Davis

7 September 2024 (2024 -09-07) 7	Aldershot Town	0–2	Rochdale	Aldershot
17:30 BST	Menayese 35' Maghoma 58' Barrett 90+1'	Report	Mitchell 13' Rodney 27' Burger 47'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 2,565 Referee: James Durkin

10 September 2024 (2024 -09-10) 8	Rochdale	3–1	Maidenhead United	Rochdale
19:45 BST	East 18' Mitchell 41', 47' Adebayo-Rowling 52'	Report	Ajose 61' Golding 90+4'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,313 Referee: Paul Cooper

14 September 2024 (2024 -09-14) 9	Rochdale	1–2	Solihull Moors	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Mitchell 65' 86'	Report	Wilkinson 26', 59' Stevenson 33' Newton 81'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,614 Referee: James Bancroft

21 September 2024 (2024 -09-21) 10	Eastleigh	4–2	Rochdale	Eastleigh
15:00 BST	McCallum 22', 77' (pen.) Francillette 35' Shade 39' Maguire 60'	Report	Mitchell 6' 75' Beckwith 34' Robson 42' Gilmour 61' Rodney 70'	Stadium: Ten Acres Referee: Aaron Farmer

24 September 2024 (2024 -09-24)	Hartlepool United	v	Rochdale	Hartlepool
19:45 BST				Stadium: Victoria Park

28 September 2024 (2024 -09-28)	Rochdale	v	Braintree Town	Rochdale
15:00 BST				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

5 October 2024 (2024 -10-05)	Ebbsfleet United	v	Rochdale	Northfleet
15:00 BST				Stadium: Stonebridge Road

19 October 2024 (2024 -10-19)	Rochdale	v	Southend United	Rochdale
15:00 BST				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

22 October 2024 (2024 -10-22)	Rochdale	v	Halifax Town	Rochdale
19:45 BST				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

26 October 2024 (2024 -10-26)	Barnet	v	Rochdale	Edgware
15:00 BST				Stadium: The Hive Stadium

9 November 2024 (2024 -11-09)	Rochdale	v	Sutton United	Rochdale
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

16 November 2024 (2024 -11-16)	Wealdstone	v	Rochdale	Ruislip
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Grosvenor Vale

23 November 2024 (2024 -11-23)	Rochdale	v	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

26 November 2024 (2024 -11-26)	Gateshead	v	Rochdale	Gateshead
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium

30 November 2024 (2024 -11-30)	Rochdale	v	Tamworth	Rochdale
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

14 December 2024 (2024 -12-14)	Dagenham & Redbridge	v	Rochdale	Dagenham
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Victoria Road

21 December 2024 (2024 -12-21)	Rochdale	v	Boston United	Rochdale
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

26 December 2024 (2024 -12-26)	Fylde	v	Rochdale	Wesham
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Mill Farm

1 January 2025 (2025 -01-01)	Rochdale	v	Altrincham	Rochdale
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

11 January 2025 (2025 -01-11)	Tamworth	v	Rochdale	Tamworth
15:00 GMT				Stadium: The Lamb Ground

14 January 2025 (2025 -01-14)	Rochdale	v	York City	Rochdale
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

18 January 2025 (2025 -01-18)	Forest Green Rovers	v	Rochdale	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT				Stadium: The New Lawn

25 January 2025 (2025 -01-25)	Rochdale	v	Yeovil Town	Rochdale
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

1 February 2025 (2025 -02-01)	Woking	v	Rochdale	Woking
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Kingfield Stadium

8 February 2025 (2025 -02-08)	Rochdale	v	Ebbsfleet United	Rochdale
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

15 February 2025 (2025 -02-15)	Southend United	v	Rochdale	Southend
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Roots Hall

18 February 2025 (2025 -02-18)	Halifax Town	v	Rochdale	Halifax
19:45 GMT				Stadium: The Shay

22 February 2025 (2025 -02-22)	Rochdale	v	Barnet	Rochdale
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

1 March 2025 (2025 -03-01)	Sutton United	v	Rochdale	Sutton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Gander Green Lane

4 March 2025 (2025 -03-04)	Rochdale	v	Gateshead	Rochdale
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

8 March 2025 (2025 -03-08)	Rochdale	v	Wealdstone	Rochdale
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

15 March 2025 (2025 -03-15)	Oldham Athletic	v	Rochdale	Oldham
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Boundary Park

22 March 2025 (2025 -03-22)	Maidenhead United	v	Rochdale	Maidenhead
15:00 GMT				Stadium: York Road

29 March 2025 (2025 -03-29)	Rochdale	v	Aldershot Town	Rochdale
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

5 April 2025 (2025 -04-05)	Solihull Moors	v	Rochdale	Solihull
15:00 BST				Stadium: Damson Park

12 April 2025 (2025 -04-12)	Rochdale	v	Eastleigh	Rochdale
15:00 BST				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

18 April 2025 (2025 -04-18)	Altrincham	v	Rochdale	Altrincham
15:00 BST				Stadium: Moss Lane

21 April 2025 (2025 -04-21)	Rochdale	v	Fylde	Rochdale
15:00 BST				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

26 April 2025 (2025 -04-26)	Rochdale	v	Hartlepool United	Rochdale
15:00 BST				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

5 May 2025 (2025 -05-05)	Braintree Town	v	Rochdale	Braintree
15:00 BST				Stadium: Cressing Road

FA Cup

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

FA Trophy

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

References

^ "Club History - Rochdale AFC".
^ "Clubs - the Vanarama National League".
^ "Season Start Date Confirmed".
^ "McBride Becomes First Summer Signing". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
^ "Adebayo-Rowling Joins Dale". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
^ "Finlay Armstrong Returns". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
^ "Allarakhia Is Fourth Summer Signing". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
^ "Dale Sign Aidan Barlow". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
^ "Beckwith Becomes Sixth Summer Signing – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
^ "Ody Alfa Joins Dale – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
^ "Jake Burger Joins Dale – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
^ "Courtney Senior Joins Dale – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
^ "David Robson Joins On Short-Term Deal – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
^ "Nevett Departs". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
^ "Jimmy Keohane Departs – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
^ "Cameron John Departs – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
^ "Uchegbulam Departs – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
^ "Henry Joins On Loan – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
^ "Goalkeeper Joins On Loan – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
^ "Ipswich Youngster Joins On Loan – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
^ "Dan Sassi Returns – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
^ "Joe Westley Signs On Loan – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
^ "Dale Name Friendly Opponents".

[1] "Club History - Rochdale AFC".

[2] "Clubs - the Vanarama National League".

[3] "Season Start Date Confirmed".

[4] "McBride Becomes First Summer Signing". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-04.

[5] "Adebayo-Rowling Joins Dale". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-04.

[6] "Finlay Armstrong Returns". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-06.

[7] "Allarakhia Is Fourth Summer Signing". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-10.

[8] "Dale Sign Aidan Barlow". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-01.

[9] "Beckwith Becomes Sixth Summer Signing – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-06.

[10] "Ody Alfa Joins Dale – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-25.

[11] "Jake Burger Joins Dale – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-30.

[12] "Courtney Senior Joins Dale – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-09.

[13] "David Robson Joins On Short-Term Deal – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-07.

[14] "Nevett Departs". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-18.

[15] "Jimmy Keohane Departs – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-29.

[16] "Cameron John Departs – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-02.

[17] "Uchegbulam Departs – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-03.

[18] "Henry Joins On Loan – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-09.

[19] "Goalkeeper Joins On Loan – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-16.

[20] "Ipswich Youngster Joins On Loan – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-30.

[21] "Dan Sassi Returns – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-03.

[22] "Joe Westley Signs On Loan – Rochdale AFC". rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-07.

[23] "Dale Name Friendly Opponents".

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