Pre-season report
It have been a pretty good pre-season here at Rochdale. We played 9 frendlys, and we won 6 of them. Most notably, we won a competition that the club ran. We had a 5-0 win over Badalona in that competition, and new signing Djima Oyawolé scored a hattrick and Romano Sion also grabbed himself a goal. The team are all in good spirits after the pre-season friendlies and are fired up for the start of the leauge campaign. Another part of pre-season that was good was our game against Ranger. Even though we lost, we had a amazing attendance of 9814! That is just 186 people off full capacity. The support from the fan was brillant, and I would like to thank them for that.
Transfer Updates
Rochdale have brought in another striker to the club to join new signing Sion. 32 year old Djima Oyawolé signed a 2 year contract with the dale worth 1,600 p/w. The togo player has earned 32 caps for his country and has scored 10 goals in them games. Oyawolé will be looking to score many goals for his new side and help them gain promotion
Celtic, Parent club to Rochdale, have sent young centre back Josh Thompson on loan the the club on a season long deal. The young player is looking to use this opportunity to gain valuble first team experience to help futher his carrer at celtic in the future. Rollinson was very pleased with this deal, and stated that he would be very much part of his first team plans.
Transfer Rumours
Rochdale are looking to bring in 18 year old Tom Cairney on a season long loan. The left midfielder is currently contracted to Hull City.
Rochdale are also keeping tabs on Hearts left winger, Arvydas Novikovas. They are hoping to bring the young winger in on a season long loan.
August Fixtures
Port Vale vs Rochdale (L2)
Rochdale vs Stockport (LC)
Rochdale vs Aldershot (L2)
Rochdale vs Cheltenham (L2)
Rotherham vs Rochdale (L2)
Rochdale vs Bury (L2)
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Rochdale off to a flyer
Rochdale have started their leauge campaign with a big win over Port Vale. Rollinson's buying spee was evedent in the match today, as all four of the goal scores score on the debut. Jason Kennedy opened the scoring with a marvelous long range effort. Graig Dawson and Chris O'grady add more and Winston Faerber headered home a forth in injury time. Rochdale didnt have the whole match their own way though. Port Vale did threaten a few times, and missed a clear cut opportunity. Port Vale did hit the back of the net, but unfortunaly for Rochdale keeper, Frank Fielding, the ball rebounded off him and into the net. After the game, the keeper said he was unfazed by this event and was ready to put another good performance in for the next game.
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Rochdale claim massive win over rivals Stockport
Rochdale has a great game today over rivals Stockport in the 1st round of the Leauge Cup, but they put their fans through the aggony of a penalty shoot-out. Neither team was able to score within 120 minutes, and penalties we're needed to separate the teams. Tom Kennedy could have won the game for Rochdale in normal time, but the left back missed this penalty opportunity. Rollinson kept faith in Kennedy's abillity though, and picked him to take a penalty in the shoot-put, which this time he slotted home. Sion also had a chance to finish the game in injury time, but the strikers shot cannoned off the cross bar.
The fans went home in a cheerful mood, and are now eagerly anticipating the draw for the next round. When asked who they would rather face, most fans said they didnt mind who their club played, as long as it was a home game so they could enjoy going to the game.
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Another solid win for Rochdale
Rochdale claimed another victory today this fine August afternoon, up against the opposition of Aldershot. Todays matchs featured new Dale signing Romano Sion. The striker looked in good form, and grabbed himself a goal on his debut. Rochdale didnt have it all their own way though. Anthony Charles opened the scoring for Aldershot with a calm finish after 8 minutes. A goal from Sion and another two from Obadeyi put Rochdale 3-1 up. Sandell then scored a late goal to make the home fans nervous, but it proved to be nothing more than consolation goal. The Rochdale manager said that he was delighted to add another win to his tally, and is now looking forward to his next game
