2024–25 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
2024–25 season
ChairmanSimon Gauge
ManagerJimmy McNulty
StadiumCrown Oil Arena
National League4th
FA Cup1st Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Devante Rodney (17}
All: Devante Rodney (20)

The 2024–25 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 118th in existence and their second consecutive in the National League. The club also competed in the FA Cup, FA Trophy and the newly formed National League Cup. [1] [2] [3]

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total National League FA Cup FA Trophy NL Cup Play-offs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  IRL Luke McNicholas 9 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
1 GK  IRL Killian Barrett 11 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF  ENG Kyron Gordon 46 2 38+0 2 2+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF  ENG Finlay Armstrong 15 0 2+10 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF  ENG Ryan East 44 2 36+1 2 2+0 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
5 MF  ENG Aaron Henry 16 1 8+6 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF  ENG Ethan Ebanks-Landell 16 0 11+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF  TAN Tarryn Allarakhia 52 5 34+8 4 2+0 0 4+0 1 2+1 0 1+0 0
8 MF  ENG Harvey Gilmour 43 2 34+3 2 0+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW  GRN Kairo Mitchell 51 19 35+9 14 2+0 3 2+2 2 0+0 0 0+1 0
10 FW  ENG Devante Rodney 39 20 28+7 17 0+0 0 3+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 2
11 FW  NGA Ody Alfa 5 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
11 FW  ENG Michael Adu-Poku 7 0 4+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 GK  ENG Bradley Kelly 5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
13 GK  ENG Sam Waller 24 0 20+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF  ENG Tobi Adebayo-Rowling 46 2 36+3 1 1+0 0 3+1 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
15 FW  NGA Leon Ayinde 34 3 11+16 2 0+0 0 2+2 0 2+0 1 0+1 0
16 DF  SCO Kyle Ferguson 22 0 6+9 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF  ENG Courtney Senior 9 0 1+5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
18 MF  ENG Aidan Barlow 34 6 18+8 2 0+1 1 3+1 1 2+0 2 1+0 0
19 MF  ENG Jake Burger 31 1 13+12 1 2+0 0 1+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF  ENG Dan Sassi 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF  SCO Connor McBride 35 4 19+12 4 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
22 FW  ENG Matthew Dennis 10 2 1+3 0 1+0 0 0+2 1 3+0 1 0+0 0
24 MF  ENG Corey Edwards 11 0 5+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 3+1 0 0+0 0
25 FW  ENG Joe Westley 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF  ENG Liam Hogan 36 0 26+3 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
27 DF  ENG Matt Penney 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW  ENG Jay Bird 11 6 6+3 4 0+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 1
28 DF  SCO Jack Kingdon 17 0 9+7 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 DF  GER Jid Okeke 14 0 6+2 0 0+0 0 1+2 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
30 DF  ENG Jili Buyabu 33 0 16+6 0 2+0 0 2+2 0 3+1 0 0+1 0
31 GK  WAL David Robson 10 0 8+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 MF  ENG Charlie Weston 16 1 1+7 0 0+0 0 2+2 0 3+0 1 0+1 0
32 MF  ENG Isaac Burgess 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
33 DF  ENG Sam Beckwith 52 3 43+1 2 2+0 1 4+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
39 FW  NIR Oscar Kelly 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
40 FW  ENG Ian Henderson 52 13 9+32 9 0+2 1 2+2 0 3+1 3 0+1 0
41 DF  ENG Ben Horne 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
45 DF  ENG Joe Akpan 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
47 MF  ENG Lucas Martinez 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0

Goals record

Rank No. Nat. Po. Name National League FA Cup FA Trophy NL Cup Play-offs Total
1 10 FW Devante Rodney 17 0 1 0 2 20
2 9 FW Kairo Mitchell 14 3 2 0 0 19
3 40 FW Ian Henderson 9 1 0 3 0 13
4 18 MF Aidan Barlow 2 1 1 2 0 6
27 FW Jay Bird 4 0 1 0 1 6
6 7 MF Tarryn Allarakhia 4 0 1 0 0 5
7 21 MF Connor McBride 4 0 0 0 0 4
8 15 FW Leon Ayinde 2 0 0 1 0 3
33 DF Sam Beckwith 2 0 0 0 0 3
10 2 DF Kyron Gordon 2 0 0 0 0 2
4 MF Ryan East 2 0 0 0 0 2
8 MF Harvey Gilmour 2 0 0 0 0 2
14 DF Tobi Adebayo-Rowling 1 0 1 0 0 2
22 FW Matthew Dennis 0 0 1 1 0 2
15 5 MF Aaron Henry 1 0 0 0 0 1
19 MF Jake Burger 1 0 0 0 0 1
31 MF Charlie Weston 0 0 0 1 0 1
Total 67 5 8 8 3 92

Disciplinary record

Rank No. Nat. Po. Name National League FA Cup FA Trophy NL Cup Play-offs Total
           
1 33 DF Sam Beckwith 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
2 9 FW Kairo Mitchell 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
3 7 MF Tarryn Allarakhia 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
4 26 DF Liam Hogan 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
5 14 DF Tobi Adebayo-Rowling 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
8 MF Harvey Gilmour 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
2 DF Kyron Gordon 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
8 18 MF Aidan Barlow 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
19 MF Jake Burger 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
30 DF Jili Buyabu 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
11 4 MF Ryan East 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
6 DF Ethan Ebanks-Landell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
28 DF Jack Kingdon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
16 DF Kyle Ferguson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
15 3 DF Finlay Armstrong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 5 MF Aaron Henry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
21 MF Connor McBride 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
29 DF Jid Okeke 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
31 GK David Robson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
10 FW Devante Rodney 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
17 MF Courtney Senior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 MF Corey Edwards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 53 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 3 0 0 63 2 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 FW 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]
27 September 2024 DF Liam Hogan Oldham Athletic Undisclosed [14]
11 October 2024 GK Josh Lillis Barrow Undisclosed [15]
16 November 2024 DF Matt Penney Ipswich Town Undisclosed [16]
3 December 2024 MF Charlie Weston Barrow Undisclosed [17]

Out

Date Pos Player Transferred to Fee Ref
18 June 2024 DF George Nevett Peterborough United Undisclosed [18]
29 June 2024 MF Jimmy Keohane Galway United Undisclosed [19]
2 July 2024 DF Cameron John York City Released [20]
3 July 2024 MF Jesurun Uchegbulam Oldham Athletic Undisclosed [21]
16 November 2024 GK David Robson Alfreton Town Undisclosed [16]
21 December 2024 FW Ody Alfa Slough Town Undisclosed [22]
7 January 2025 DF Matt Penney Altrincham Undisclosed [23]
23 May 2025 FW Kairo Mitchell TBC Released [24]
23 May 2025 GK Bradley Kelly TBC Released [24]
23 May 2025 MF Kyle Ferguson Yeovil Town Released [24]
23 May 2025 MF Courtney Senior TBC Released [24]
23 May 2025 MF Charlie Weston TBC Released [24]

Loaned in

Date Pos Player Loaned from Date until Ref
9 July 2024 MF Aaron Henry Charlton Athletic 7 January 2025 [25][23]
15 July 2024 GK Luke McNicholas Wrexham 1 February 2025 [26][27]
30 August 2024 FW Leon Ayinde Ipswich Town End of season [28][29][30]
2 September 2024 DF Dan Sassi Blackpool 16 November 2024 [31][16]
7 September 2024 FW Joe Westley Burnley 8 October 2024 [32][33]
12 October 2024 DF Jili Buyabu Sheffield United End of season [34][35][36][30]
31 October 2024 FW Matthew Dennis MK Dons 30 January 2025 [37][38]
31 October 2024 DF Jidechi Okeke Stockport County End of season [39][30]
16 November 2024 GK Sam Waller Burnley End of season [16][40][30]
25 January 2025 DF Jack Kingdon Manchester United End of season [41][30]
25 February 2025 FW Jay Bird Exeter City End of season [42][30]
11 March 2025 FW Michael Adu-Poku Watford End of season [43]
28 March 2025 GK Killian Barrett Sheffield Wednesday End of season [44][30]

Loaned out

Date Pos Player Loaned to Date until Ref
6 December 2024 MF Courtney Senior Chorley End of season [45][46]
24 January 2025 DF Finlay Armstrong King's Lynn 1 April 2025 [47][48]
14 March 2025 DF Kyle Ferguson Yeovil Town 12 April 2025 [49][50]

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 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

[51]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Overall record

Competition Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
National League Matchday 1 47 21 11 15 72 48 +24 044.68
FA Cup Fourth qualifying round 2 1 0 1 7 5 +2 050.00
FA Trophy Third round 5 3 2 0 8 3 +5 060.00
NL Cup First round 4 2 1 1 6 2 +4 050.00
Total 58 27 14 17 93 58 +35 046.55

Source: Soccerway

National League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 York City 46 29 9 8 95 42 +53 96 Qualification for National League play-off semi-finals
3 Forest Green Rovers 46 22 17 7 69 42 +27 83
4 Rochdale 46 21 11 14 69 44 +25 74 Qualification for the National League play-off quarter-finals
5 Oldham Athletic (O, P) 46 19 16 11 64 48 +16 73
6 FC Halifax Town 46 19 13 14 50 46 +4 70
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
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

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 21 11 14 69 44  +25 74 13 4 6 43 21  +22 8 7 8 26 23  +3

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAAAHAAHHHAAHAHHHAHAHHAAHAHHAA
ResultWDLDWWWWLLWWDLWLWLWLWWLWLDDDLDWWWDLDLWDLWWDWWL
Position36121374325544564656696686788910109877777667655444
Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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
Attendance: 1,836
Referee: Aaron Farmer
24 September 2024 (2024-09-24) 11 Hartlepool United 0–3 Rochdale Hartlepool
19:45 BST Sheron  36' Report McBride 45'
Burger  56'
Mitchell 58'
Rodney 79'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,012
Referee: Martin Woods
28 September 2024 (2024-09-28) 12 Rochdale 1–0 Braintree Town Rochdale
15:00 BST Mitchell 7'
Gordon  85'
Report Vennings  5'
Marshall-Miranda  83'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,609
Referee: Gareth Rhodes
5 October 2024 (2024-10-05) 13 Ebbsfleet United 2–2 Rochdale Northfleet
15:00 BST Wright  34'
Dallison  40'
Chapman 64'
Bingham 67' (pen.)
Report Allarakhia 36'
McBride 45'
Stadium: Stonebridge Road
Attendance: 1,452
Referee: Wayne Cartmel
19 October 2024 (2024-10-19) 14 Rochdale 0–1 Southend United Rochdale
17:30 BST Allarakhia  26'
Buyabu  49'
Report Walker 45+3'
Gubbins  55'
Crowther  79'
Forson  90+6'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,806
Referee: Stuart Morland
22 October 2024 (2024-10-22) 15 Rochdale 2–1 Halifax Town Rochdale
19:45 BST Allarakhia  19'
Gordon 40'
Mitchell  43'
McBride 81'
Report Senior  11'
Waters 76'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,926
Referee: Michael Barlow
26 October 2024 (2024-10-26) 16 Barnet 2–1 Rochdale Edgware
15:00 BST Kabamba 6'
Coker 41'
Collinge  78'
Clifford  90+2'
Report Hogan  20'
Gordon  46'
Henderson 70'
Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 2,137
Referee: Jacob Miles
9 November 2024 (2024-11-09) 17 Rochdale 2–1 Sutton United Rochdale
15:00 GMT East 22'
Rodney 90+3'
Report Vaz 29'
Harris  45+6'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,602
Referee: Richard Aspinall
16 November 2024 (2024-11-16) 18 Wealdstone 2–0 Rochdale Ruislip
15:00 GMT Kretzschmar 46'
Cesay 67'
Report Barlow  90+4' Stadium: Grosvenor Vale
Attendance: 1,922
Referee: Stephen Parkinson
23 November 2024 (2024-11-23) Rochdale P–P Oldham Athletic Rochdale
12:30 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
26 November 2024 (2024-11-26) 19 Gateshead 0–1 Rochdale Gateshead
19:45 GMT Booty  25' Report Beckwith  16'  53'
Tinkler 55' (o.g.)
Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium
Attendance: 712
Referee: Paul Marsden
30 November 2024 (2024-11-30) Rochdale P–P Tamworth Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Note: Postponed due to Tamworth's FA Cup progression.
14 December 2024 (2024-12-14) 20 Dagenham & Redbridge 1–0 Rochdale Dagenham
15:00 GMT Morias 79'
Crichlow  90+2'
Report Mitchell  86' Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: 1,569
Referee: Alan Dale
17 December 2024 (2024-12-17) 21 Rochdale 3–0 Tamworth Rochdale
19:45 GMT Barlow  59'
Gilmour 73'
Gordon 80'
East  82'
Rodney 87'
Report Cullinane-Liburd  59'
Tonks  68'
Crompton  70'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,705
Referee: William Cavanagh
21 December 2024 (2024-12-21) Rochdale P–P Boston United Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
26 December 2024 (2024-12-26) 22 Fylde 1–3 Rochdale Wesham
15:00 GMT Massey 5'
Mitchell  84'
Report Mitchell 18', 64'
Gilmour 56'
Stadium: Mill Farm
Attendance: 2,292
Referee: Elliot Swallow
1 January 2025 (2025-01-01) Rochdale P–P Altrincham Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
11 January 2025 (2025-01-11) Tamworth P–P Rochdale Tamworth
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Lamb Ground
Note: Postponed due to Tamworth's FA Cup progression.
15 January 2025 (2025-01-15) Rochdale P–P York City Rochdale
19:45 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Note: Postponed due to planned pitch works.
18 January 2025 (2025-01-18) 23 Forest Green Rovers 1–0 Rochdale Nailsworth
15:00 GMT McAllister  31'
Sercombe  51' 71'
Report Okeke  29' Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 1,771
Referee: James Durkin
25 January 2025 (2025-01-25) 24 Rochdale 4–0 Yeovil Town Rochdale
15:00 GMT Rodney 49'
Mitchell 57' (pen.)
Ayinde 64'
Beckwith  90'
Burger 90+4'
Report Cousin-Dawson  10'
Bernard  41'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,463
Referee: Scott Oldham
28 January 2025 (2025-01-28) Rochdale P–P Boston United Rochdale
19:45 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
1 February 2025 (2025-02-01) Woking P–P Rochdale Woking
15:00 GMT Stadium: Kingfield Stadium
Note: Postponed due to the progression of both teams in the FA Trophy.
4 February 2025 (2025-02-04) 25 Rochdale 0–1 Oldham Athletic Rochdale
19:45 GMT Report
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5,880
Referee: Paul Marsden
8 February 2025 (2025-02-08) 26 Rochdale 0–0 Ebbsfleet United Rochdale
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,134
Referee: Wayne Cartmel
15 February 2025 (2025-02-15) 27 Southend United 1–1 Rochdale Southend
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 6,908
Referee: Declan Bourne
19 February 2025 (2025-02-19) 28 Halifax Town 0–0 Rochdale Halifax
19:45 GMT Hoti 83' Report
Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 2,682
Referee: James Bancroft
22 February 2025 (2025-02-22) 29 Rochdale 0–4 Barnet Rochdale
15:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,316
Referee: William Davis
25 February 2025 (2025-02-25) 30 Tamworth 1–1 Rochdale Tamworth
19:45 GMT
  • Tonks  38'
  • Waller 43' (o.g.)
  • Singh  90'
Report Mitchell 90+1' Stadium: The Lamb Ground
Attendance: 805
Referee: Niall Smith
1 March 2025 (2025-03-01) Sutton United P–P Rochdale Sutton
15:00 GMT Stadium: Gander Green Lane
Note: Postponed due to Rochdale's progression in the FA Trophy.
4 March 2025 (2025-03-04) 31 Rochdale 1–0 Gateshead Rochdale
19:45 GMT Allarakhia 82' Report Roles  57' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,540
Referee: Dale Baines
8 March 2025 (2025-03-08) 32 Rochdale 4–1 Wealdstone Rochdale
15:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,289
Referee: Scott Simpson
11 March 2025 (2025-03-11) 33 Rochdale 3–0 Altrincham Rochdale
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,053
Referee: Stuart Morland
15 March 2025 (2025-03-15) 34 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Rochdale Oldham
12:30 GMT
Report Bird 5' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 8,611
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
18 March 2025 (2025-03-18) 35 Rochdale 2–3 Boston United Rochdale
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,974
Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis
22 March 2025 (2025-03-22) 36 Maidenhead United 1–1 Rochdale Maidenhead
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: York Road
Attendance: 2,261
Referee: Michael Crusham
25 March 2025 (2025-03-25) 37 Rochdale 0–4 York City Rochdale
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,707
Referee: Greg Rollason
29 March 2025 (2025-03-29) 38 Rochdale 4–0 Aldershot Town Rochdale
15:00 GMT
Report Barrett  58' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,270
Referee: Andrew Miller
1 April 2025 (2025-04-01) 39 Woking 1–1 Rochdale Woking
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Kingfield Stadium
Attendance: 1,853
Referee: Richie Watkins
5 April 2025 (2025-04-05) Solihull Moors P–P Rochdale Solihull
15:00 BST Stadium: Damson Park
Note: Postponed due to Rochdale's progression in the FA Trophy.
8 April 2025 (2025-04-08) 40 Sutton United 1–0 Rochdale Sutton
19:45 BST Gordon 87' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Gander Green Lane
Attendance: 2,087
Referee: Matthew Russell
12 April 2025 (2025-04-12) 41 Rochdale 4–0 Eastleigh Rochdale
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,762
Referee: James Westgate
18 April 2025 (2025-04-18) 42 Altrincham 1–2 Rochdale Altrincham
15:00 BST
  • Wilson  27'
  • Marriott 58'
  • Kosylo  69'
Report
Stadium: Moss Lane
Attendance: 3,464
Referee: Neil Hair
21 April 2025 (2025-04-21) 43 Rochdale 0–0 Fylde Rochdale
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,957
Referee: Niall Smith
26 April 2025 (2025-04-26) 44 Rochdale 5–1 Hartlepool United Rochdale
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,550
Referee: Jamie O'Connor
29 April 2025 (2025-04-29) 45 Solihull Moors 0–1 Rochdale Solihull
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Damson Park
Attendance: 838
Referee: Melissa Burgin
5 May 2025 (2025-05-05) 46 Braintree Town 2–0 Rochdale Braintree
15:00 BST Lisbie 45', 56' Report Stadium: Cressing Road
Attendance: 1,427
Referee: Robert Ellis

Play-offs

15 May 2025 (2025-05-15) QF Rochdale 3–4 (a.e.t.) Southend United Rochdale
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5,560
Referee: Andrew Humphries

FA Cup

12 October 2024 (2024-10-12) Q4 Fylde 1–4 Rochdale Wesham
15:00 BST Roberts 86' Report Mitchell 54', 76', 81'
Barlow 84'
Stadium: Mill Farm
Referee: Jamie O'Connor
2 November 2024 (2024-11-02) 1 Rochdale 3–4 Bromley Rochdale
15:00 GMT Beckwith 24'  87'
Webster 52' (o.g.)
Hogan  67'
Henderson 80'
Report Whitely 1', 90+2'
Cheek 3'
Webster  49'
Imray  64'  90+3'
Amantchi 90+1'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,329
Referee: Aaron Bannister

FA Trophy

7 December 2024 (2024-12-07) 3 Leamington P–P Rochdale Leamington Spa
15:00 GMT Stadium: New Windmill Ground
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
10 December 2024 (2024-12-10) 3 Leamington 0–2 Rochdale Leamington Spa
19:45 GMT Report Adebayo-Rowling 41'
Dennis 84'
Stadium: New Windmill Ground
Attendance: 302
Referee: Wayne Cartmel
4 January 2025 (2025-01-04) 4 Rochdale P–P Stockton Town Rochdale
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch
8 January 2025 (2025-01-08) 4 Rochdale 0–0
(4–3 p)
Stockton Town Stockton-on-Tees
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Bishopton Road West
Attendance: 1,158
Referee: Paul Cooper
Penalties
East
Dennis
Barlow
Beckwith
Allarakhia
Buyabu
Butterworth
Scott
Hayes
Fowler
Thompson
Harker
1 February 2025 (2025-02-01) 5 Worthing 1–2 Rochdale Worthing
Partington 75' Report Mitchell 7', 20' Stadium: Woodside Road
Attendance: 2,230
Referee: Stephen Parkinson
1 March 2025 (2025-03-01) QF Rochdale 2–0 Altrincham Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,029
Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle
5 April 2025 (2025-04-05) SF Rochdale 2–2
(4–5 p)
Spennymoor Town Rochdale
Report
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5,527
Referee: Declan Bourne
Penalties
Beckwith
Barlow
Mitchell
Buyabu
Allarakhia
Taylor
Simpson
Harris
Rutledge
Staunton

National League Cup

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ACA Manchester United U21 4 4 0 0 0 13 2 +11 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 NL Altrincham 4 2 1 0 1 9 9 0 8
3 NL Rochdale 4 2 0 1 1 8 4 +4 7
4 ACA Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 4 1 2 0 1 7 6 +1 7
5 NL Oldham Athletic 4 2 0 1 1 7 10 −3 7
5 November 2024 (2024-11-05) 1 Rochdale 4–1 Blackburn Rovers U21 Rochdale
19:00 GMT Dennis 18'
Buyabu  45+2'
Barlow 47', 55'
Ferguson  81'
Henderson 90+1'
Report Litherland 41'
Murphy-Worrell  71'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Referee: Paul Cooper
3 December 2024 (2024-12-03) 1 Rochdale 0–1 Manchester United U21 Rochdale
19:00 GMT Allarakhia  22'
Senior  65'
Report Jackson  36'
Wheatley  77'
Ibragimov 82'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Referee: John Mulligan
7 January 2025 (2025-01-07) Rochdale P–P Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 Rochdale
19:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Note: Postponed due to planned pitch works.
21 January 2025 (2025-01-21) 1 Rochdale 2–0 Stoke City U21 Rochdale
19:00 GMT Ayinde 14'
Armstrong  30'  57'
Weston 47'
Report Dixon  23'
Griffin  90+3'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Referee: Michael Crusham
11 February 2025 (2025-02-11) 1 Rochdale 2–2
(1–4 p)
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 Rochdale
19:00 GMT
Report
  • Whittingham 2'
  • Hubner  89' 90+6'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Referee: Gareth Rhodes
Penalties
  • Ángel
  • Whittingham
  • Lopes
  • Hubner

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