2021–22 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 2021–22 season is Rochdale's 115th year in their history and first season back in League Two since the 2013–14 season following relegation last season. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Rochdale
2021–22 season
ChairmanAndrew Kelly
ManagerRobbie Stockdale
StadiumSpotland
League Two18th
FA CupFirst round
EFL CupThird round
EFL TrophySecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jake Beesley (4)

All:
Jake Beesley (6)

Manager changes

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On 30 June, Dale announced they reluctantly agreed to release manager Brian Barry-Murphy from his contract.[1]

Robbie Stockdale was appointed as the new manager on July 10, signing a two-year contract with the club.[2]

First-team squad

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Statistics

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As of 7 May 2022
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   ENG Jay Lynch 31 0 25+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF   ENG Corey O'Keeffe 50 5 38+4 2 3+0 1 2+0 0 3+0 2
3 DF   IRL Aidy White 17 0 7+5 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
4 DF   SCO Jimmy McNulty 14 0 9+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF   ENG Max Taylor 29 3 19+3 3 2+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
6 DF   IRL Eoghan O'Connell 50 1 45+0 1 3+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF   NIR Stephen Dooley 44 0 30+8 0 1+2 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF   ENG Aaron Morley 26 2 19+2 1 3+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF   ENG Jimmy Ball 11 3 11+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   ENG Jake Beesley 26 12 21+0 9 3+0 1 2+0 2 0+0 0
9 FW   ENG Luke Charman 19 2 10+9 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW   ENG Alex Newby 39 6 27+9 6 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
11 FW   IRL Conor Grant 38 4 21+12 4 1+1 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
12 DF   ENG Jeriel Dorsett 44 0 35+1 0 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+2 0
13 MF   IRL Jimmy Keohane 32 2 25+2 2 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+1 0
14 MF   ENG George Broadbent 27 1 13+8 1 0+2 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
15 DF   ENG Sam Graham 14 0 11+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF   ENG Matt Done 28 1 13+12 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
17 DF   ENG Paul Downing 10 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF   ENG Abraham Odoh 38 3 17+15 3 2+1 0 2+0 0 0+1 0
19 FW   ENG Josh Andrews 22 5 7+10 3 2+0 1 0+2 0 1+0 1
20 FW   ENG Danny Cashman 29 3 9+14 2 0+1 0 2+0 1 2+1 0
21 GK   ENG Jake Eastwood 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF   ENG Liam Kelly 36 6 24+6 5 3+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 1
24 MF   ENG Ethan Brierley 5 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
25 DF   ENG Joe Dunne 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
26 DF   ENG Max Clark 23 1 22+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 MF   ENG Tahvon Campbell 13 2 13+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 GK   ENG Joel Coleman 21 0 19+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0

Goals record

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As of 7 May 2022
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
1 9   FW Jake Beesley 9 1 2 0 12
2 10   FW Alex Newby 6 0 0 0 6
23   MF Liam Kelly 5 0 0 1 6
4 19   FW Josh Andrews 3 1 0 1 5
2   DF Corey O'Keeffe 2 1 0 2 5
6 11   FW Conor Grant 4 0 0 0 4
7 20   FW Danny Cashman 2 0 1 0 3
5   DF Max Taylor 3 0 0 0 3
8   MF Jimmy Ball 3 0 0 0 3
18   MF Abraham Odoh 3 0 0 0 3
11 8   MF Aaron Morley 1 1 0 0 2
29   MF Tahvon Campbell 2 0 0 0 2
13   MF Jimmy Keohane 2 0 0 0 2
9   FW Luke Charman 2 0 0 0 2
15 14   MF George Broadbent 1 0 0 0 1
26   DF Max Clark 1 0 0 0 1
6   DF Eoghan O'Connell 1 0 0 0 1
16   MF Matt Done 1 0 0 0 1
Total 51 4 3 4 62

Disciplinary record

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As of 30 April 2022
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
                                       
1 6   DF Eoghan O'Connell 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
2 2   DF Corey O'Keeffe 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
3 12   DF Jeriel Dorsett 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
4 18   MF Abraham Odoh 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
5 9   FW Jake Beesley 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
14   MF George Broadbent 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
23   MF Liam Kelly 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
5   DF Max Taylor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
9 20   FW Danny Cashman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
33   GK Joel Coleman 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
29   MF Tahvon Campbell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
8   MF Jimmy Ball 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
7   MF Stephen Dooley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
13   MF Jimmy Keohane 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
15 15   DF Sam Graham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
3   DF Aidy White 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
11   FW Conor Grant 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
17   DF Paul Downing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1   GK Jay Lynch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
4   DF Jimmy McNulty 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
9   FW Luke Charman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 51 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 60 0 0

Pre-season friendlies

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Rochdale announced they would play friendly matches against Luton Town,[3] Barnsley,[4] Fleetwood Town,[5] Rotherham United,[6] AFC Fylde[3] and Stalybridge Celtic[6] as part of their pre-season preparation.

10 July 2021 Friendly Luton Town 4–0 Rochdale Neutral venue
15:00 BST Adebayo   18' (pen.)
Burke   45'
Cornick   54'
Jerome   65'
Report Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
14 July 2021 Friendly Rochdale 1–2 Barnsley Spotland
TBC BST Morley   53' (pen.) Report Morris   12'
Kitching   19'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
17 July 2021 Friendly Rochdale 3–3 Fleetwood Town Spotland
15:00 BST Dooley   8'
Beesley   60'
Holgate   66' (o.g.)
Report Andrew   50'
Edmondson   83', 87'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
20 July 2021 Friendly Rochdale 2–2 Rotherham United Spotland
19:00 BST Beesley   65' (pen.), 71' Report Ogbene   83'
Ihiekwe   90'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
24 July 2021 Friendly AFC Fylde 0–1 Rochdale Medlar-with-Wesham
15:00 BST Report Beesley   35' Stadium: Mill Farm
30 July 2021 Friendly Rochdale 5–1 Oldham Athletic Spotland
14:00 BST Morley   49'
McNulty   55'
Hart   64' (o.g.)
Beesley   66'
Done   76'
Report Trialist   79' Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
3 August 2021 Friendly Stalybridge Celtic Cancelled Rochdale XI Stalybridge
TBC BST Stadium: Bower Fold
Note: Match was cancelled due to limited player availability.[7]

Competitions

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League Two

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
15 Colchester United 46 14 13 19 48 60 −12 55
16 Walsall 46 14 12 20 47 60 −13 54
17 Hartlepool United 46 14 12 20 44 64 −20 54
18 Rochdale 46 12 17 17 51 59 −8 53
19 Harrogate Town 46 14 11 21 64 75 −11 53
20 Carlisle United 46 14 11 21 39 62 −23 53
21 Stevenage 46 11 14 21 45 68 −23 47
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[8]


Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 12 17 17 51 59  −8 53 7 11 5 28 23  +5 5 6 12 23 36  −13

Last updated: 22 March 2022.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by matchday

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Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAAAHAHHAAHHAHAHHHAHAHA
ResultLDLWDWWDLLLDDWWDDDDLLWLDDDLDWDWLLDDLLLWDWLWLLW
Position161522151710581116181718151313131313161814181818181819171616171718171919201920161715182018
Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2022. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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Dale's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.[9]

7 August 2021 1 Harrogate Town 3–2 Rochdale Harrogate
15:00 BST Armstrong   5'
Pattison   10'   59'
Burrell   90+1'
Report Newby   15'
Beesley   43'
Grant   49'
Odoh   60'
Stadium: EnviroVent Stadium
Attendance: 1,841
Referee: Antony Coggins
14 August 2021 2 Rochdale 0–0 Scunthorpe United Rochdale
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,679
Referee: Martin Coy
17 August 2021 3 Rochdale 1–2 Forest Green Rovers Rochdale
19:45 BST O'Keeffe   22'
Newby   48'
Report Matt   33'
Stevens   49'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,188
Referee: Andy Haines
21 August 2021 4 Northampton Town 1–3 Rochdale Northampton
15:00 BST Guthrie   21'
Nelson   46'
Hoskins   66'
Report Taylor   17'
Andrews   73'
Odoh   90+5'
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 4,870
Referee: Carl Brook
27 August 2021 5 Rochdale 1–1 Colchester United Rochdale
19:45 BST Keohane   61' Report Taylor   40' (o.g.)
Welch-Hayes   45'
Daniels   64'
Sarpong-Wiredu   87'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,054
Referee: Rebecca Welch
4 September 2021 6 Port Vale 2–3 Rochdale Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Proctor   8', 59' Report Beesley   24', 53'   88'
O'Keeffe   78'
O'Connell   90+1'
Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,113
Referee: Marc Edwards
11 September 2021 7 Rochdale 1–0 Tranmere Rovers Rochdale
15:00 BST Dooley   76'
Cashman   84'
Dorsett   87'
Report Watson   23'
Davies   26'
McManaman   36'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,877
Referee: Charles Breakspear
18 September 2021 8 Mansfield Town 1–1 Rochdale Mansfield
15:00 BST Maris   68'
McLaughlin   71'
Johnson   73'   90+1'
Clarke   90+4'
Report Cashman   50' Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 4,336
Referee: Carl Boyeson
25 September 2021 9 Rochdale 0–1 Oldham Athletic Rochdale
15:00 BST O'Connell   35' Report Keillor-Dunn   59'
Whelan   89'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5,234
Referee: Will Finnie
2 October 2021 10 Bradford City 2–0 Rochdale Bradford
15:00 BST Gilliead   37'   40'
O'Connor   66'
Cook   75' (pen.)
Ridehalgh   81'
Report Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 15,809
Referee: James Bell
9 October 2021 11 Rochdale 0–1 Crawley Town Rochdale
15:00 BST Cashman   90+4' Report Appiah   14'
Bansal-McNulty   60'
Craig   85'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,268
Referee: Ollie Yates
16 October 2021 12 Swindon Town 2–2 Rochdale Swindon
15:00 BST Gladwin   37'
Mitchell-Lawson   82'
Williams   90+3'
Report O'Connell   45+1'
Broadbent   57'
Kelly   79'
Stadium: The County Ground
Attendance: 9,310
Referee: Simon Mather
19 October 2021 13 Salford City 0–0 Rochdale Salford
19:45 BST Willock   32'
Lowe   50'
Touray   70'
Report Broadbent   17'
O'Keeffe   68'
Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 2,173
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
23 October 2021 14 Rochdale 3–2 Sutton United Rochdale
15:00 BST Newby   23'
Kelly   66'
Morley   90+5'
Report Bennett   45+2'
Olaofe   82'
Smith   90'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,248
Referee: Paul Howard
30 October 2021 15 Barrow 1–2 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness
15:30 BST Gordon   53'
Banks   56'
Brown   58'
Platt   90+3'
Report Beesley   28', 72'
Graham   53'
Odoh   85'
Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 3,366
Referee: Declan Bourne
13 November 2021 16 Rochdale 2–2 Leyton Orient Rochdale
15:00 GMT Newby   1', 90'
Odoh   11'
O'Keeffe   31'
Coleman   90+3'
Report Kyprianou   15'
Drinan   24'
Ogie   30'
Clay   66'
Kemp   69'
Smith   90+3'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,751
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
20 November 2021 17 Walsall 0–0 Rochdale Walsall
15:00 BST Monthé   54' Report Dorsett   51' Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 6,144
Referee: Sam Purkiss
23 November 2021 18 Rochdale 2–2 Stevenage Rochdale
19:00 GMT Beesley   4'
Andrews   35'
Kelly   90'
Report List   27', 47'
Melbourne   74'
Read   89'
Cuthbert   90+4'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,176
Referee: Scott Oldham
27 November 2021 19 Rochdale 1–1 Exeter City Rochdale
15:00 GMT Taylor   69' Report Ray   59' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,102
Referee: Andy Haines
8 December 2021 20 Hartlepool United 2–1 Rochdale Hartlepool
19:45 GMT Odusina   15'
Cullen   64'
Shelton   90+2'
Report Andrews   55'
White   66'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,214
Referee: Tom Nield
11 December 2021 21 Bristol Rovers 4–2 Rochdale Bristol
15:00 GMT Evans   10'
Collins   51', 89'
Anderson   84'
Report Beesley   60', 66' (pen.)   64' Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 6,215
Referee: James Linington
18 December 2021 22 Rochdale 3–0 Newport County Rochdale
15:00 GMT Beesley   2', 72' (pen.)
Coleman   64'
Grant   74'
Kelly   89'
Report Demetriou   70'
Norman   72'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,232
Referee: Carl Boyeson
26 December 2021 P Carlisle United P–P Rochdale Carlisle
Stadium: Brunton Park
Note: Postponed due to positive Covid-19 cases.
29 December 2021 P Rochdale P–P Port Vale Rochdale
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Note: Postponed due to positive Covid-19 cases.
1 January 2022 P Rochdale P–P Mansfield Town Rochdale
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Note: Postponed due to positive Covid-19 cases.
8 January 2022 P Colchester United P–P Rochdale Colchester
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
15 January 2022 23 Tranmere Rovers 2–0 Rochdale Birkenhead
15:00 GMT Jolley   3', 16'   48'
Doohan   90+2'
Report Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 7,046
Referee: Ben Toner
22 January 2022 24 Rochdale 0–0 Bradford City Rochdale
15:00 GMT Report O'Connor   63' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,941
Referee: Carl Brook
29 January 2022 25 Oldham Athletic 0–0 Rochdale Oldham
15:00 GMT Hunt   8'
Hart   51'
Piergianni   57'
Report O'Keeffe   51'
O'Connell   88'
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 8,199
Referee: Darren Drysdale
1 February 2022 26 Colchester United 1–1 Rochdale Colchester
19:45 GMT Skuse   41'
Judge   53'
Report O'Connell   65'
Grant   76'
Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 2,298
Referee: Craig Hicks
5 February 2022 P Rochdale P–P Carlisle United Rochdale
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
8 February 2022 27 Forest Green Rovers 2–1 Rochdale Nailsworth
19:45 GMT Cargill   61'
Aitchison   73'
Stevens   86'
Report Ball   47'
Campbell   64'
Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 1,923
Referee: Paul Howard
12 February 2022 28 Rochdale 3–3 Harrogate Town Rochdale
15:00 GMT Clark   18'
O'Connell   48'
Odoh   61'
Ball   76'
Campbell   87'
Report Pattison   3', 24' (pen.)
Diamond   47'
Legge   66'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,264
Referee: Neil Hair
19 February 2022 29 Scunthorpe United 1–2 Rochdale Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT Onariase   13'
Rowe   17'
Hackney   28'
Report O'Connell   38'
Kelly   51'
Taylor   83'
Broadbent   90+5'
Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 2,548
Referee: Robert Madley
22 February 2022 30 Rochdale 1–1 Port Vale Rochdale
19:45 GMT O'Connell   76'
Ball   90+3'
O'Keeffe   90+6'
Report Garrity   45'
Worrall   55'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,667
Referee: Samuel Barrott
26 February 2022 31 Rochdale 1–0 Northampton Town Rochdale
15:00 GMT Campbell   53' Report Mills   78'
Lubala   88'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,643
Referee: Ollie Yates
1 March 2022 32 Carlisle United 2–0 Rochdale Carlisle
19:45 GMT Patrick   25'
Gibson   79'
Armer   88'
Sho-Silva   89'
Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,360
Referee: Marc Edwards
5 March 2022 33 Sutton United 3–0 Rochdale Sutton
15:00 GMT Boldewijn   12', 45+2'
Kizzi   57'
Milsom   78'
Report O'Connell   22'
Dorsett   41'
Stadium: Gander Green Lane
Attendance: 2,874
Referee: Ben Speedie
12 March 2022 34 Rochdale 0–0 Barrow Rochdale
15:00 GMT Dorsett   68'
Broadbent   84'
Report Banks   45+2'
Sea   86'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,935
Referee: Charles Breakspear
15 March 2022 35 Rochdale 1–1 Salford City Rochdale
19:45 GMT Ball   27'
Kelly   72'
Report Lund   66' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,041
Referee: Chris Sarginson
19 March 2022 36 Leyton Orient 3–1 Rochdale Leyton
15:00 GMT Smyth   40'
Kyprianou   49'
Sotiriou   58'
Smith   80'
Vigouroux   85'
Report Newby   6'
Ball   82'
Campbell   85'
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 4,791
Referee: David Rock
22 March 2022 37 Rochdale 0–1 Mansfield Town Rochdale
19:45 GMT Downing   31' Report Bowery   86' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,088
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
26 March 2022 38 Crawley Town 1–0 Rochdale Crawley
15:00 GMT Nadesan   18'
Davies   85'
Report Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,164
Referee: Trevor Kettle
29 March 2022 39 Rochdale 2–0 Carlisle United Rochdale
19:45 BST Kelly   10' (pen.)
Lynch   70'
Grant   81'
Report Simeu   5'
Devine   63'
Dickenson   90+3'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,160
Referee: James Oldham
2 April 2022 40 Rochdale 0–0 Swindon Town Rochdale
15:00 BST Dorsett   12' Report Iandolo   55' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,779
Referee: Declan Bourne
9 April 2022 41 Rochdale 1–0 Walsall Rochdale
15:00 BST Grant   55' Report Perry   45+1'
Labadie   73'
Wilkinson   86'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,437
Referee: Adam Herczeg
15 April 2022 42 Stevenage 1–0 Rochdale Stevenage
15:00 BST Cuthbert   48'
Lines   87'
Report O'Connell   90+1' Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 3,172
Referee: Robert Lewis
18 April 2022 43 Rochdale 2–1 Hartlepool United Rochdale
15:00 BST Keohane   61'
Dooley   83'
O'Connell   90+4'
Report Morris   10' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Tom Nield
23 April 2022 44 Exeter City 2–0 Rochdale Exeter
15:00 BST Dieng   34'
Zanzala   52'
Jay   60'
Brown   81'
Key   85'
Report McNulty   51'
Taylor   75'
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,935
Referee: Carl Brook
30 April 2022 45 Rochdale 3–4 Bristol Rovers Rochdale
15:00 BST Charman   11', 17'   85'
Keohane   58'
O'Keeffe   60'   83'
Taylor   69'
Report Finley   54'
Collins   66', 89'
Anderson   90+5'
Coutts   90+8'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,628
Referee: Ross Joyce
7 May 2022 46 Newport County 0–2 Rochdale Newport
15:00 BST Report Done   16'
Odoh   90+2'
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 5,322
Referee: Lee Swabey

FA Cup

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Rochdale were drawn at home to Notts County in the first round[10] and Plymouth Argyle in the second round.[11]

7 November 2021 First round Rochdale 1–1 Notts County Rochdale
15:00 GMT O'Keeffe   45'   89' Report Kelly-Evans   3'
Wootton   62'
Cameron   85'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,587
Referee: Ross Joyce
16 November 2021 First round replay Notts County 1–2 Rochdale Nottingham
19:45 GMT White   63' (o.g.) Report Andrews   15'
Dorsett   72'
Beesley   90'
Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 4,416
Referee: James Bell
5 December 2021 Second round Rochdale 1–2 Plymouth Argyle Rochdale
12:15 GMT Morley   55' Report Garrick   17'
Wilson   37'
Law   64'
Houghton   77'
Jephcott   86'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,687
Referee: Andrew Kitchen

EFL Cup

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Rochdale were drawn away to Harrogate Town in the first round[12][13] Shrewsbury Town in the second round[14] and Burnley in the third round.[15]

10 August 2021 First round Harrogate Town Away Walkover Rochdale Harrogate
19:45 BST Stadium: EnviroVent Stadium
Note: Match was postponed due to positive cases of COVID-19 being identified within Harrogate's squad.[16]
Rochdale received a bye into the second round after it was determined the fixture could not be rearranged within the required time period.[17]
24 August 2021 Second round Shrewsbury Town 0–2 Rochdale Shrewsbury
19:45 BST Bennett   53'
Ebanks-Landell   60'
Pennington   67'
Report Odoh   36'
Beesley   68' (pen.)
Cashman   77'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 2,229
Referee: Scott Oldham
21 September 2021 Third round Burnley 4–1 Rochdale Burnley
19:45 BST Rodriguez   50', 60', 62', 76'
Tarkowski   63'
Report Beesley   47'
O'Keeffe   63'
O'Connell   64'
Stadium: Turf Moor
Referee: Geoff Eltringham

EFL Trophy

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Rochdale were drawn into Northern Group D alongside Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool U21s and Port Vale.[18][19] The dates for the group stage fixtures were revealed on July 8.[20]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Bolton Wanderers 3 3 0 0 0 10 3 +7 9 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Port Vale 3 2 0 0 1 8 3 +5 6
3 L2 Rochdale 3 1 0 0 2 4 4 0 3
4 ACA Liverpool U21 3 0 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source: EFL.com
31 August 2021 Group game 1 Rochdale 4–0 Liverpool U21s Rochdale
19:00 BST Kelly   33'
O'Keeffe   50' (pen.), 72'
Andrews   78'
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,107
Referee: Ben Toner
5 October 2021 Group game 2 Port Vale 1–0 Rochdale Burslem
19:00 BST J. Taylor   2'
Walker   40'
Benning   82'
M. Taylor   90+3' (o.g.)
Report Keohane   29'
M. Taylor   55'
Kelly   57'
Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 1,727
Referee: James Oldham
2 November 2021 Group game 3 Rochdale 0–3 Bolton Wanderers Rochdale
19:00 GMT Cashman   4' Report Afolayan   16'
John   19'
Doyle   45+1' (pen.)
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,116
Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Transfers

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Transfers in

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Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
29 July 2021 CB   Sam Graham   Sheffield United Free transfer [21]
2 August 2021 CB   Max Taylor   Manchester United Free transfer [22]
5 August 2021 LB   Aidy White   Heart of Midlothian Free transfer [23]
6 August 2021 GK   Joel Coleman   Fleetwood Town Free transfer [24]
24 August 2021 CM   Liam Kelly   Feyenoord Free transfer [25]
15 September 2021 CB   Jesper Laurence   East Thurrock United Undisclosed [26]
20 January 2022 CF   Luke Charman   Darlington Undisclosed [27]
21 January 2022 LB   Max Clark   Fleetwood Town Free transfer [28]
27 January 2022 CF   Tahvon Campbell   Woking Undisclosed [29]
28 January 2022 RB   Corey O'Keeffe   Mansfield Town Free transfer [30]
31 January 2022 CM   James Ball   Solihull Moors Undisclosed [31]

Loans in

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Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
3 August 2021 CM   George Broadbent   Sheffield United 1 January 2022 [32]
3 August 2021 RB   Corey O'Keeffe   Mansfield Town 1 January 2022 [33]
6 August 2021 CF   Danny Cashman   Coventry City End of season [34]
10 August 2021 CF   Josh Andrews   Birmingham City End of season [35]
20 August 2021 CB   Jeriel Dorsett   Reading End of season [36]
13 January 2022 CB   Paul Downing   Portsmouth End of season [37]
30 April 2022 GK   Jake Eastwood   Sheffield United 7 May 2022 [38]

Loans out

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Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
23 October 2021 GK   Bradley Wade   Guiseley 7 December 2021 [39][40]
9 December 2021 CB   Joe Dunne   Stafford Rangers End of season [41][42]
9 February 2022 GK   Brad Kelly   Mossley March 2022 [43]
23 March 2022 DF   Sam Graham   Notts County End of season [44]
24 March 2022 CM   Ethan Brierley   Spennymoor Town 29 April 2022 [45][46]

Transfers out

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Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
17 May 2021 LW   Kwadwo Baah   Watford Undisclosed [47]
30 June 2021 CM   Lewis Bradley   Free agent Released [48]
30 June 2021 CM   Harrison Hopper   York City Released [48][49]
30 June 2021 CM   Matty Lund   Salford City Contract expired [50][51]
30 June 2021 RB   Ryan McLaughlin   Morecambe Released [48][52]
30 June 2021 DF   Paul McShane   Manchester United Released [48][53]
30 June 2021 CM   Jimmy Ryan   Free agent Released [48]
30 June 2021 DM   Conor Shaughnessy   Burton Albion Free transfer [54]
9 July 2021 CF   Stephen Humphrys   Wigan Athletic Undisclosed [55]
9 July 2021 CM   Oliver Patrick   Accrington Stanley Free transfer [56]
12 July 2021 MF   Ethan Pye   Stockport County Free transfer [57]
4 August 2021 CM   Oliver Rathbone   Rotherham United Undisclosed [58]
10 January 2022 CF   Jake Beesley   Blackpool Undisclosed [59]
11 January 2022 CM   Aaron Morley   Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed [60]

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