2020–21 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
2020–21 season
ChairmanAndrew Kilpatrick
ManagerBrian Barry-Murphy
StadiumSpotland Stadium
League One21st (relegated to League Two)
FA CupFirst round
EFL CupSecond round
EFL TrophyGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stephen Humphrys (11)
All:
Stephen Humphrys (11)

The 2020–21 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 114th in existence and their seventh consecutive season in EFL League One, Along with League One, the club contested in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covered from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

First-team squad

As of 18 January 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Name Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Apps. Goals Year signed Signed from Transfer fee
Goalkeepers
1 Gavin Bazunu GK (2002-02-20) 20 February 2002 20 0 2020 Manchester City Loan
12 Jay Lynch GK (1993-03-31) 31 March 1993 22 0 2019 AFC Fylde Loan
30 Ben Chalton GK 0 0 2020 Academy Trainee
Defenders
2 Ryan McLaughlin RB/LB/RM (1994-09-30) 30 September 1994 38 0 2019 Blackpool Undisclosed
3 Gabriel Osho CB/RB (1998-08-14) 14 August 1998 3 0 2021 Luton Town Loan
4 Jimmy McNulty CB/LB (1985-02-13) 13 February 1985 207 4 2015 Bury Free
5 Paul McShane CB (1986-01-06) 6 January 1986 25 1 2019 Free Agent Free
6 Eoghan O'Connell CB (1995-08-13) 13 August 1995 60 2 2019 Bury Free
15 Haydon Roberts CB/LB/DM (2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 19 0 2020 Brighton & Hove Albion Loan
19 Yeboah Amankwah CB (2000-10-19) 19 October 2000 2 0 2020 Manchester City Loan
32 Joe Dunne CB/LB (2001-10-25) 25 October 2001 3 0 2020 Academy Trainee
Midfielders
7 Stephen Dooley LM/RM (1991-10-19) 19 October 1991 82 5 2018 Coleraine Free
8 Aaron Morley CM/DM (2000-02-27) 27 February 2000 76 7 2017 Academy Trainee
13 Jimmy Keohane CM/AM/RM/RB (1991-01-22) 22 January 1991 76 5 2019 Cork City Undisclosed
14 Oliver Rathbone CM/DM/LM (1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 164 13 2015 Manchester United Free
16 Matt Done LM/LW/LB (1988-07-22) 22 July 1988 264 32 2017 Sheffield United Free
18 Lewis Bradley CM (2001-05-29) 29 May 2001 8 0 2019 Academy Trainee
20 Jimmy Ryan CM/RM/LM (1988-09-06) 6 September 1988 50 1 2019 Blackpool Free
21 Matty Lund CM/RB/RM (1990-11-21) 21 November 1990 162 34 2020 Scunthorpe United Undisclosed
23 Harrison Hopper CM (2000-12-24) 24 December 2000 8 0 2019 Academy Trainee
24 Ethan Brierley CM 8 0 2020 Academy Trainee
Forwards
9 Stephen Humphrys CF/RW/LW (1997-09-15) 15 September 1997 14 7 2020 Southend United Free
10 Alex Newby RW/CF (1995-11-21) 21 November 1995 29 7 2020 Chorley Free
11 Jake Beesley CF (1996-12-12) 12 December 1996 19 3 2020 Solihull Moors Undisclosed
17 Fábio Tavares CF/LW/RW (2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 39 4 2019 Academy Trainee
22 Kwadwo Baah LW/RW (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 28 3 2019 Academy Trainee

Statistics

As of 9 May 2021
No. Pos Nat Player Total League One F.A. Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  IRL Gavin Bazunu 32 0 29+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF  NIR Ryan McLaughlin 36 0 23+11 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF  ENG Tolaji Bola 12 0 9+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF  ENG Gabriel Osho 22 1 22+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF  SCO Jimmy McNulty 22 0 9+8 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
5 DF  IRL Paul McShane 20 0 18+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF  IRL Eoghan O'Connell 43 2 39+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
7 MF  NIR Stephen Dooley 37 1 16+15 1 0+1 0 1+1 0 2+1 0
8 MF  ENG Aaron Morley 50 2 39+5 2 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+1 0
9 FW  ENG Stephen Humphrys 29 11 24+5 11 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW  ENG Alex Newby 43 7 27+11 6 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+2 1
11 FW  ENG Jake Beesley 30 7 27+0 6 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
12 GK  ENG Jay Lynch 20 0 17+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
13 MF  IRL Jimmy Keohane 50 10 40+4 10 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+1 0
14 MF  ENG Oliver Rathbone 46 3 40+0 3 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+1 0
15 DF  ENG Haydon Roberts 26 0 24+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF  ENG Matt Done 41 3 20+17 3 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
17 FW  POR Fábio Tavares 18 2 0+12 1 0+1 0 0+2 0 3+0 1
17 MF  EIR Conor Grant 20 1 16+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF  ENG Lewis Bradley 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
19 DF  ENG Yeboah Amankwah 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
19 MF  IRL Conor Shaughnessy 18 1 14+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF  IRL Jimmy Ryan 17 0 11+3 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
21 MF  NIR Matty Lund 35 12 28+4 11 1+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
22 FW  ENG Kwadwo Baah 34 3 13+17 3 0+0 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
23 MF  ENG Harrison Hopper 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
24 MF  ENG Ethan Brierley 8 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
27 MF  ENG Abraham Odoh 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW  WAL Jack Vale 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 DF  ENG Joe Dunne 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
33 DF  POL Kacper Mialkowski 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0

Goals record

As of 9 May 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
1 21 CM Matty Lund 11 1 0 0 12
2 9 CF Stephen Humphrys 11 0 0 0 11
3 13 AM Jimmy Keohane 10 0 0 0 10
4 10 CF Alex Newby 6 0 0 1 7
11 CF Jake Beesley 6 0 0 1 7
6 22 CF Kwadwo Baah 3 0 0 0 3
14 CM Oliver Rathbone 3 0 0 0 3
16 MF Matt Done 3 0 0 0 3
9 17 CF Fábio Tavares 1 0 0 1 2
6 CB Eoghan O'Connell 1 0 1 0 2
8 CM Aaron Morley 2 0 0 0 2
12 7 RM Stephen Dooley 1 0 0 0 1
17 MF Conor Grant 1 0 0 0 1
19 MF Connor Shaughnessy 1 0 0 0 1
3 DF Gabriel Osho 1 0 0 0 1
Total 61 1 1 3 66

Disciplinary record

As of 9 May 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
         
1 21 CM Matty Lund 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 0
2 6 CB Eoghan O'Connell 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0
3 14 CM Oliver Rathbone 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 1
4 22 CF Kwadwo Baah 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
5 2 RB Ryan McLaughlin 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
6 5 CB Paul McShane 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
7 20 CM Jimmy Ryan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
7 RM Stephen Dooley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
11 CF Jake Beesley 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
9 CF Stephen Humphrys 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
11 4 DF Jimmy McNulty 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
10 CF Alex Newby 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
16 MF Matt Done 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
13 MF Jimmy Keohane 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
15 3 DF Gabriel Osho 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
15 CB Haydon Roberts 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
23 CM Harrison Hopper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
1 GK Gavin Bazunu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
19 MF Connor Shaughnessy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 GK Jay Lynch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 62 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 70 0 3

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Pos. Nat. Name From Fee Ref.
3 August 2020 CF Alex Newby Chorley Free transfer [1]
11 September 2020 CF Stephen Humphrys Southend United Undisclosed [2]
24 September 2020 CF Jake Beesley Solihull Moors Undisclosed [3]
1 February 2021 CM Conor Grant Sheffield Wednesday Undisclosed [4]
1 February 2021 DM Conor Shaughnessy Leeds United Free transfer [5]
26 February 2021 MF Abraham Odoh Charlton Athletic Free transfer [6]

Loans in

Date Pos. Nat. Name From Till Ref.
25 August 2020 GK Gavin Bazunu Manchester City End of season [7]
7 September 2020 CB Yeboah Amankwah Manchester City End of season [8]
8 October 2020 LB Tolaji Bola Arsenal 31 January 2021 [9]
19 October 2020 CB Haydon Roberts Brighton & Hove Albion End of season [10]
21 January 2021 CB Gabriel Osho Luton Town End of season
[11]
1 February 2021 CF Jack Vale Blackburn Rovers End of season [12]

Loans out

Date Pos. Nat. Name To Till Ref.
3 September 2020 FW Keaton Mulvey Mossley December 2020 [13]
19 September 2020 GK Bradley Wade Guiseley End of season [14]
26 September 2020 CM Lewis Bradley Bradford (Park Avenue) 31 October 2020 [15]

Transfers out

Date Pos. Nat. Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 CF Calvin Andrew Unattached Released [16]
1 July 2020 CM Callum Camps Fleetwood Town Released [16][17]
1 July 2020 CF Matty Gillam Guiseley Released [16][18]
1 July 2020 CF Ian Henderson Salford City Released [16][19]
1 July 2020 GK Josh Lillis Barrow Released [16][20]
1 July 2020 RB Ryan McLaughlin Unattached Released [16]
1 July 2020 CF Aaron Wilbraham Unattached Released [16]
1 July 2020 DM Jordan Williams Blackpool Released [16][21]
8 July 2020 RB John Stewart Europa Point Free transfer [22]
14 September 2020 CF Morgan Moreland Ramsbottom United Free transfer [23]
1 February 2021 CF Fabio Tavares Coventry City Undisclosed [24]

Pre-season

Rochdale announced two pre-season friendlies against Atherton Collieries[25] and Stockport County.[26]

19 August 2020 Friendly Atherton Collieries 1–4 Rochdale Atherton
19:30 BST Rokka 9' (pen.) Report Newby 2', 16'
Ryan 6'
Morley 61' (pen.)		 Stadium: Skuna Stadium
Attendance: 0
22 August 2020 Friendly Stockport County 0–2 Rochdale Stockport
13:00 BST Report Lund 59'
Baah 90'		 Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 0
25 August 2020 Friendly Oldham Athletic 0–1 Rochdale Oldham
13:00 BST Report Newby 63' Stadium: Chapel Road
Attendance: 0
29 August 2020 Friendly Port Vale 2–1 Rochdale Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Conlon 45' (pen.), 56' (pen.) Report Morley 65' (pen.) Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0

Competitions

EFL League One

Main article: 2020–21 EFL League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
17 Shrewsbury Town 46 13 15 18 50 57 −7 54
18 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 11 21 53 80 −27 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 46 12 15 19 54 70 −16 51
20 Wigan Athletic 46 13 9 24 54 77 −23 48
21 Rochdale (R) 46 11 14 21 61 78 −17 47 Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Northampton Town (R) 46 11 12 23 41 67 −26 45
23 Swindon Town (R) 46 13 4 29 55 89 −34 43
24 Bristol Rovers (R) 46 10 8 28 40 70 −30 38
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[27]
(R) Relegated

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
46 11 14 21 61 78  −17 47 4 9 10 27 42  −15 7 5 11 34 36  −2

Last updated: 9 May 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHAHAAHHAHHAHAAHHAHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHHAAHA
ResultLDLWLLWWDDLLDWLLWLDDDLDLWLLLDDLLLLWDLDLWWWDDLW
Position19212317182317151414162020171820161821201818181818181819181820232424222424242424222222212121
Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[28]

12 September 2020 1 Swindon Town 3–1 Rochdale Swindon
15:00 BST T. Smith 4'
Grant 33'
M. Smith 41'
Jaiyesimi  46'
Pitman  90'		 Report Lund  89'
Keohane 90+3'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Young
20 September 2020 2 Rochdale 0–0 Portsmouth Rochdale
15:00 BST McShane  86' Report Brown  43'
Naylor  51'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Salisbury
26 September 2020 3 Ipswich Town 2–0 Rochdale Ipswich
15:00 BST Bishop 53'
Edwards 59'
Nolan  65'		 Report Ryan  8'
O'Connell  50'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Busby
3 October 2020 4 Rochdale 2–1 Fleetwood Town Rochdale
15:00 BST Lund 13'
Beesley  39'
Tavares 90'		 Report Hill  54'
Saunders 77'
Evans  90+1'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Oldham
10 October 2020 5 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Rochdale Accrington
15:00 BST Pritchard 64'
Russell 66'		 Report Keohane 54' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Scott Oldham
17 October 2020 6 Rochdale 0–3 Hull City Rochdale
15:00 BST Beesley  67'
Lund  81'		 Report Wilks 20', 73'
Magennis 75'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gavin Ward
20 October 2020 7 Burton Albion 0–1 Rochdale Burton
19:45 BST O'Toole  35' Report Lund 49'
Roberts  50'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Purkiss
24 October 2020 8 Shrewsbury Town 1–2 Rochdale Shrewsbury
15:00 BST Vela  39'
Pierre 45+2'  86'
Fossey  59'		 Report Rathbone 22'
Newby 36'		 Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Brook
27 October 2020 9 Rochdale 2–2 Sunderland Rochdale
19:45 GMT McLaughlin  21'
Lund 25', 44'
Ryan  63'
Rathbone  90+2'		 Report Wyke 15'
Wright 40'
Sanderson  79'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Bell
31 October 2020 10 Rochdale 1–1 Bristol Rovers Rochdale
15:00 GMT Newby 25'
Rathbone  50'
Lund  80'
O'Connell  90'		 Report Nicholson 9'
Grant  34'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Steve Martin
3 November 2020 11 Oxford United 3–1 Rochdale Oxford
19:00 GMT Moore 35', 82'
Shodipo 58'
Henry  72'
Clare  90+5'		 Report Lund 42' (pen.)
Ryan  45'
Rathbone  56'		 Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Rock
14 November 2020 P Charlton Athletic P–P Rochdale London
Stadium: The Valley
Note: Postponed due to international call-ups for four Charlton Athletic players.
21 November 2020 12 Rochdale 0–1 Wimbledon Rochdale
15:00 GMT Report Hartigan  30'
McLoughlin  72'
Chislett 90+2'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Declan Bourne
24 November 2020 13 Rochdale 1–1 Northampton Town Rochdale
19:00 GMT Humphrys 85' Report Smith 20'
Sowerby  79'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Haines
1 December 2020 14 Plymouth Argyle 0–4 Rochdale Plymouth
19:45 GMT Report Beesley 3'
Morley 23'
Keohane 45+12'
Humphrys 72'		 Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Will Finnie
5 December 2020 15 Rochdale 0–2 Lincoln City Rochdale
15:00 GMT Lund  54'
O'Connell  90+2'		 Report Edun  14'
Jones 38'
Montsma 68'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Allison
12 December 2020 16 Peterborough United 4–1 Rochdale Peterborough
15:00 GMT Clarke-Harris 5' (pen.), 10', 22'
Beevers  36'
Thompson 40'  45+1'		 Report Humphrys 9' Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Brett Huxtable
15 December 2020 17 Wigan Athletic 0–5 Rochdale Wigan
19:00 GMT Long  37'
Perry  45'
Tilt  55'
James  61'		 Report Baah 4'
Lund 19'  60'
Dooley  52' 58'
Newby 64' (pen.), 90+2'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Graham Salisbury
19 December 2020 18 Rochdale 1–4 Gillingham Rochdale
13:00 GMT O'Connell 90+2'  90+4' Report McKenzie 9'
Akinde 21', 47' (pen.)
Ogilvie 45+1'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ollie Yates
26 December 2020 P Blackpool P–P Rochdale Blackpool
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Note: Postponed due to positive Covid-19 cases.
29 December 2020 P Rochdale P–P Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
19:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Note: Postponed due to positive Covid-19 cases.
2 January 2021 P Milton Keynes Dons P–P Rochdale Milton Keynes
Stadium: Stadium MK
Note: Postponed due to positive Covid-19 cases.
9 January 2021 19 Rochdale 3–3 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
15:00 GMT Lund  41' 60', 84'
Humphrys 47'		 Report Finney 6', 35'
Dale 23'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Haines
12 January 2021 20 Charlton Athletic 4–4 Rochdale London
19:00 GMT Aneke 23', 65'
Pearce  29'  88'
Forster-Caskey 37'
Gilbey  40'
Schwartz 67'
Morgan  84'		 Report Lund 12'
Baah 21', 31'
Humphrys 42'  42'
Bazunu  69'		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 0
Referee: Trevor Kettle
16 January 2021 21 Rochdale 3–3 Wigan Athletic Rochdale
15:00 GMT Humphrys 7', 90+5'
McNulty  43'
Lund  48'
Beesley 58'		 Report Joseph 9'
Lang 16'
Perry  73'
Keane 77'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Madley
19 January 2021 22 Doncaster Rovers 1–0 Rochdale Doncaster
19:00 GMT Taylor 31' Report Baah  83' Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
23 January 2021 23 Gillingham 2–2 Rochdale Gillingham
15:00 GMT Oliver 43'  64'
Akinde 90+3'		 Report Lund  11'
Keohane 69', 75'
Baah  85'		 Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christopher Pollard
26 January 2021 24 Rochdale 3–4 Oxford United Rochdale
19:00 GMT Done  6' 22'
Humphrys 30'  77'
Rathbone  48'
Lund 64'		 Report Agyei 12'
Moore 49'
Brannagan  60'
Henry 62'
Shodipo 90+2'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ross Joyce
30 January 2021 25 Bristol Rovers 1–2 Rochdale Bristol
15:00 GMT Leahy 34' Report Newby 16', 64'
Dooley  75'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Declan Bourne
6 February 2021 26 Rochdale 0–2 Charlton Athletic Rochdale
15:00 GMT O'Connell  72' Report Aneke 7'
Oshilaja 27'
Gunter  60'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thomas Bramall
9 February 2021 27 Rochdale 1–4 Milton Keynes Dons Rochdale
19:00 GMT O'Connell  30'
Lund 39'  65'		 Report O'Riley 5'
Jules 55'
Fraser 58'
Jerome 62'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Boyeson
13 February 2021 P Wimbledon P–P Rochdale Wimbledon
Stadium: Plough Lane
Note: Postponed due to a frozen pitch.
16 February 2021 28 Blackpool 1–0 Rochdale Blackpool
19:00 GMT Kaikai 21' Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
20 February 2021 29 Rochdale 0–0 Plymouth Argyle Rochdale
15:00 GMT McShane  18'
Baah  22'
McLaughlin  90'		 Report Opoku  47' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Wright
23 February 2021 30 Northampton Town 0–0 Rochdale Northampton
19:00 GMT Kioso  56'
McWilliams  75'
Sheehan  90+4'		 Report Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Johnson
27 February 2021 31 Rochdale 0–2 Burton Albion Rochdale
15:00 GMT Baah  40'
Rathbone  77'
O'Connell  90+2'		 Report Hemmings 65'
Clare  75'
Smith  78'
Akins 86'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Edwards
2 March 2021 32 Hull City 2–0 Rochdale Hull
19:00 GMT Wilks 24'
Osho 69' (o.g.)
Slater  86'		 Report McShane  72'
Shaughnessy  77'		 Stadium: KCOM Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Bell
6 March 2021 33 Sunderland 2–0 Rochdale Sunderland
15:00 GMT Sanderson 7'
McFadzean  14'
Wyke 35'
Jones  45+1'		 Report McLaughlin  6'
Baah  58'
Newby  90+9'		 Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ross Joyce
9 March 2021 34 Rochdale 0–2 Shrewsbury Town Rochdale
19:00 GMT McShane  26'
Baah  72'		 Report Williams  19'
Daniels 55'
Vela 64'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Coy
13 March 2021 35 Lincoln City 1–2 Rochdale Lincoln
15:00 GMT Rogers 60' Report Rathbone 36'
Humphrys 74'		 Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 0
Referee: Antony Coggins
20 March 2021 36 Rochdale 3–3 Peterborough United Rochdale
15:00 GMT Humphrys 55' (pen.)
Rathbone  58'
Beesley 87'
Keohane 90'
Baah  90+5'		 Report Dembélé 5'
Szmodics 45+1'
Kent  77'
Clarke-Harris 90+3' (pen.)		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Rock
2 April 2021 37 Portsmouth 2–1 Rochdale Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Williams 5'  76'
Curtis 37'		 Report Keohane  24'
Beesley 90+3'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lee Swabey
6 April 2021 38 Rochdale 0–0 Ipswich Town Rochdale
15:00 GMT Report Harrop  89' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Lewis
10 April 2021 39 Fleetwood Town 1–0 Rochdale Fleetwood
15:00 GMT O'Connell 52' (o.g.)
Connolly  66'		 Report McLaughlin  54' Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Madley
13 April 2021 40 Rochdale 2–1 Swindon Town Rochdale
19:00 BST Keohane 11'
Grant 64'
Osho  74'		 Report Garrick 88' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Allison
17 April 2021 41 Rochdale 3–1 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
12:30 BST Keohane 10'
McLaughlin  29'
Beesley 66'  90+5'
Shaughnessy 90+1'		 Report Barclay 13'  46'
Smyth  22'
Burgess  90'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Scott Oldham
20 April 2021 42 Rochdale 1–0 Blackpool Rochdale
19:00 BST Rathbone 69'  90'
Lund  70'
Lynch  90+4'		 Report Ward  66' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Hicks
24 April 2021 43 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Rochdale Crewe
15:00 BST Evans  52'
Kirk 90'		 Report O'Connell  90'
Done 90+7'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Haines
27 April 2021 44 Wimbledon 3–3 Rochdale Wimbledon
19:00 BST O'Neill  13'
Rudoni 61'
Palmer 66'
Pigott 90+7'		 Report Beesley 41'
Osho 57'
Done  71'
Keohane 73'
McNulty  85'
Humphrys  90+3'		 Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Brook
1 May 2021 45 Rochdale 1–2 Doncaster Rovers Rochdale
15:00 BST Rathbone  54'
Done 83'
Keohane  90+3'		 Report Richards 30', 56' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
9 May 2021 46 Milton Keynes Dons 0–3 Rochdale Milton Keynes
12:00 BST Kasumu  23' Report Morley 46'
Keohane 50'
Humphrys 85'		 Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tim Robinson

FA Cup

Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[29]

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 November 2020 First round Rochdale 1–2 Stockport County Rochdale
15:00 GMT Lund 22' Report Rooney 7'
Reid 14'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Scott Oldham

EFL Cup

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[30] The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[31]

5 September 2020 First round Huddersfield Town 0–1 Rochdale Huddersfield
15:00 BST Report O'Connell 51' Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium[32]
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Toner
15 September 2020 Second round Rochdale 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday Rochdale
19:45 BST O'Connell  45+1'
Rathbone  90+2'		 Report Pelupessy  34'
Kachunga 54'
Hunt  57'
Reach  64'
Windass 88'		 Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Referee: Seb Stockbridge

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[33]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Salford City 3 2 0 0 1 4 7 −3 6 Advance to Round 2
2 ACA Manchester United U21 3 1 1 0 1 6 4 +2 5
3 L1 Rochdale 3 1 0 1 1 3 3 0 4
4 L2 Morecambe 3 1 0 0 2 5 4 +1 3
Source: EFL.com
8 September 2020 (2020-09-08) Group stage Morecambe 1–2 Rochdale Morecambe
19:45 BST Lavelle 23'  55'
O'Sullivan  61'		 Report Tavares 86'
Newby 90+3'		 Stadium: Mazuma Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Samuel Barrott
29 September 2020 Group stage Rochdale 0–0
(4–5 p)		 Manchester United U21 Rochdale
19:45 BST Lund  27'
Done  65'
Newby  80'
Hopper  85'		 Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Coy
Penalties
Morley
Newby
Tavares
Keohane
Rathbone
Hopper 		Mejbri
McCann
Wellens
Hansen-Aaroen
Elanga
Hugill
10 November 2020 (2020-11-10) Group stage Rochdale 1–2 Salford City Rochdale
19:00 GMT Beesley 8'
Rathbone  80'
O'Connell  90+6'		 Report Andrade 53'
Golden  57'
Dieseruvwe 82' (pen.)
Burgess  90+4'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Madley

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