2015–16 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 2015–16 season is Rochdale's 109th year in existence and their second consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and JP Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Rochdale

2015–16 season
Chairman	Chris Dunphy
Manager	Keith Hill
Stadium	Spotland
FA Cup	Second Round
League Cup	Second Round
JP Trophy	Northern QF
Lancashire Senior Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Ian Henderson All: Ian Henderson

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Josh Lillis	44	0	40 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
2	DF		Joe Rafferty	33	1	29 + 2	1	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
3	DF		Rhys Bennett	21	2	7 + 9	2	1 + 1	0	0 + 1	0	1 + 1	0
4	DF		Jimmy McNulty	52	0	46 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	2 + 0	0
5	DF		Ash Eastham	24	2	19 + 1	2	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0
6	MF		Ollie Lancashire	36	2	34 + 0	2	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
7	MF		Peter Vincenti	43	8	26 + 12	8	1 + 1	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
8	MF		Matty Lund	32	1	25 + 4	1	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0
9	FW		Calvin Andrew	35	6	14 + 16	6	1 + 1	0	1 + 1	0	1 + 0	0
10	MF		Lewis Alessandra	11	2	3 + 5	1	0 + 0	0	0 + 1	0	1 + 1	1
11	FW		Reuben Noble-Lazarus	13	1	2 + 8	1	0 + 0	0	1 + 1	0	0 + 1	0
12	MF		Donal McDermott	43	3	32 + 5	2	1 + 1	0	1 + 1	1	2 + 0	0
15	DF		Niall Canavan	11	1	11 + 0	1	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
16	MF		John O'Sullivan	3	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
17	DF		Scott Tanser	11	1	6 + 1	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	1
18	FW		Grant Holt	14	2	3 + 11	2	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
19	MF		Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	36	10	18 + 15	7	1 + 0	3	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0
20	DF		Brian Barry-Murphy	2	0	0 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
21	GK		Johny Diba	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
23	GK		Steve Collis	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
24	DF		Jamie Allen	40	3	35 + 3	3	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
25	DF		Michael Rose	34	1	23 + 7	1	1 + 1	0	0 + 1	0	1 + 0	0
26	FW		Joel Logan	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
27	MF		Andy Cannon	30	0	22 + 3	0	1 + 1	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0
28	MF		Callum Camps	36	5	28 + 4	5	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
29	FW		John-Christophe Ayina	1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
29	MF		Dave Syers	6	0	2 + 4	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
31	FW		Nyal Bell	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
32	MF		Billy Hasler-Cregg	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
33	DF		Tom Kennedy	21	0	17 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
34	FW		James Hooper	3	0	1 + 1	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
39	FW		Joe Bunney	34	9	19 + 13	9	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
40	MF		Ian Henderson	42	13	36 + 3	13	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
44	GK		Joel Pereira	8	0	6 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
	DF		Kisimba Kisimba	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0

[1]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	RW		Lewis Alessandra	Plymouth Argyle	Free transfer	[2]
1 July 2015	LW		Donal McDermott	Ramsbottom United	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2015	CB		Jimmy McNulty	Bury	Free transfer	[4]
27 August 2015	RW		Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	Peterborough United	Free transfer	[5]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	CF		Febian Brandy	Free Agent	Released	[6]
1 July 2015	CM		Stephen Dawson	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	[7]
1 July 2015	DM		Bastien Héry	Carlisle United	Free transfer	[8]
1 July 2015	CB		Sean McGinty	Aldershot Town [lower-alpha 1]	Free transfer	[6]
1 July 2015	CF		Jack Muldoon	Lincoln City [lower-alpha 2]	Free transfer	[6]
3 August 2015	GK		Rhys Lovett	Cheltenham Town	Free transfer	[11]

1. Following McGinty's release on 5 May 2015, he later signed for Aldershot Town on 3 June 2015.[9]
2. Following Muldoon's release on 5 May 2015, he later signed for Lincoln City on 28 May 2015.[10]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 August 2015	CF		Joel Logan	Wrexham	10 January 2016	[12][lower-alpha 1]
18 September 2015	ST		Nyal Bell	Droylsden	16 October 2015	[14]
18 September 2015	ST		Billy Hasler-Cregg	Droylsden	16 October 2015	[14]

1. Logan's Wrexham loan was extended on 27 August 2015, until 10 January 2016.[13]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 8 May 2015, Rochdale confirmed their first pre-season friendly against Macclesfield Town on 18 July 2015.[15] On 11 May 2015, the second confirmed pre-season friendly was announced against Chester on 14 July 2015.[16] On 14 May 2015, a friendly against AFC Fylde was announced.[17] A day later the club confirmed their fourth friendly, against Blackburn Rovers.[18] On 21 May 2015, a fifth friendly was announced against Huddersfield Town.[19] On 29 May 2015, Rochdale announced they will face Accrington Stanley on 28 July 2015.[20] On 21 July 2015, Dale announced a third pre-season friendly.[21]

12 July 2015 Friendly	AFC Fylde	1–0	Rochdale	Warton
14:00 BST	Allen  68' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Kellamergh Park

14 July 2015 Friendly	Chester	0–1	Rochdale	Chester
19:45 BST		Report	Henderson  84'	Stadium: Deva Stadium

18 July 2015 Friendly	Macclesfield Town	0–0	Rochdale	Macclesfield
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Moss Rose

21 July 2015 Friendly	Rochdale	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Henderson  32', 83'	Report	Williamson  19'	Stadium: Spotland

25 July 2015 Friendly	Rochdale	4–3	Huddersfield Town	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Andrew  7' Alessandra  ?' Camps  ?', 38'	Report	Wells  ?', 48' Scannell  ?'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 1,165

28 July 2015 Friendly	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Rochdale	Accrington
19:45 BST	McCartan  65'	Report		Stadium: Crown Ground

1 August 2015 Friendly	Rochdale	2–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Noble-Lazarus  62' McDermott  83'	Report	Bowditch  38'	Stadium: Spotland

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Coventry City	46	19	12	15	67	49	+18	69
9	Gillingham	46	19	12	15	71	56	+15	69
10	Rochdale	46	19	12	15	68	61	+7	69
11	Sheffield United	46	18	12	16	64	59	+5	66
12	Port Vale	46	18	11	17	56	58	−2	65

Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[22]

8 August 2015 1	Rochdale	2–0	Peterborough United	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Camps  18' Noble-Lazarus  69' Vincenti  90+2'	Report	Ntlhe  44'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 3,319 Referee: Andy Haines

15 August 2015 2	Blackpool	0–2	Rochdale	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Redshaw  20' Osayi-Samuel  23'	Report	Allen  18' McDermott  58' Henderson  87'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 7,076 Referee: Darren Drysdale

18 August 2015 3	Rochdale	1–2	Walsall	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Andrew  80' Rafferty  55'	Report	Taylor  65' Mantom  71' Morris  85'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,381 Referee: David Webb

22 August 2015 4	Chesterfield	0–0	Rochdale	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Evatt  87'	Report	Henderson  82' Andrew  89'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 6,254 Referee: Keith Hill

29 August 2015 5	Rochdale	3–0	Barnsley	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Andrew  8' Vincenti  36' Henderson  63' Kennedy  27'	Report	Hourihane  5'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 3,618 Referee: Gary Sutton

5 September 2015 6	Fleetwood Town	1–1	Rochdale	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Jónsson  82' Matt  87' Maxwell  90+4'	Report	Vincenti  55' Rafferty  86'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Referee: Geoff Eltringham

12 September 2015 7	Burton Albion	1–0	Rochdale	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Binnom-Williams  29' Beavon  34' Cansdell-Sherriff  60' Butcher  79'	Report	Rafferty  24' Allen  42' Noble-Lazarus  90+4'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,787 Referee: Carl Boyeson

19 September 2015 8	Rochdale	2–1	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Bunney  67' Vincenti  85'	Report	Hopper  49' Bishop  51' Wallace  76'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,958 Referee: Peter Bankes

26 September 2015 9	Millwall	3–1	Rochdale	Bermondsey
15:00 BST	Abdou  4' Williams  45' Morison  60' O'Brien  63'	Report	Vincenti  43'  83' Cannon  63'	Stadium: New Den Attendance: 8,023 Referee: James Adcock

29 September 2015 10	Rochdale	3–2	Shrewsbury	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Vincenti  4'  86' Cannon  10' Henderson  12' (pen.) Allen  15' Kennedy  73'	Report	Knight-Percival  35'  85' Collins  41' (pen.) Halstead  86' Tootle  90+1'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,190 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

3 October 2015 11	Rochdale	1–3	Bradford	Rochdale
15:00 BST	McDermott  2' Vincenti  41'	Report	Liddle  30' Evans  34' Cole  59' Lancashire  61' (o.g.) Davies  68'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,534 Referee: Richard Harrington

10 October 2015 12	Sheffield United	3–2	Rochdale	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Adams  29', 40' Collins  74'	Report	Cannon  21' Vincenti  37' (pen.) Alessandra  72'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,039 Referee: Oliver Langford

17 October 2015 13	Bury	0–0	Rochdale	Bury
15:00 BST	Pugh  32' Brown  61'	Report	Lund  67' Cannon  71' Allen  88' Vincenti  90+2'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 6,470 Referee: Andy Woolmer

20 October 2015 14	Rochdale	0–0	Coventry City	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Henderson  68'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,495 Referee: Mark Haywood

24 October 2015 15	Rochdale	0–0	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Lancashire  23' McNulty  54' Cannon  56' Camps  73' Allen  83'	Report	Jones  32' Kelly  62' Eckersley  81'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 5,690 Referee: Andy Madley

31 October 2015 16	Southend United	2–2	Rochdale	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT	Timlin  24' Mooney  39' (pen.) Leonard  41'	Report	Lillis  38' Bunney  63' Lancashire  72' Rose  79' Lund  90+1'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,111 Referee: Steve Martin

14 November 2015 17	Rochdale	0–2	Wigan Athletic	Rochdale
12:30 GMT	Eastham  34'	Report	Pearce  16' Morgan  36' Jacobs  61'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,835 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

21 November 2015 18	Doncaster	0–2	Rochdale	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Williams  8'	Report	Cannon  23' Henderson  34'  84', 90+6' Rose  90+5'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,521 Referee: Kevin Friend

24 November 2015 19	Gillingham	2–0	Rochdale	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	Dack  7' Oshilaja  41'  80' Donnelly  67'	Report	Camps  12' Andrew  88' Lancashire  90+4'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,088 Referee: Stuart Attwell

28 November 2015 20	Rochdale	2–1	Port Vale	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	O'Sullivan  15' Henderson  40' (pen.) McDermott  54' Mendez-Laing  78' Andrew  81' Camps  88'	Report	Birchall  13' Dickinson  40'  90+6'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,510 Referee: Darren England

12 December 2015 21	Swindon Town	2–1	Rochdale	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Robert  33' Gladwin  34'	Report	O'Sullivan  12' McDermott  40' Henderson  58' Lancashire  60' Lund  71' McNulty  90+6'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,149 Referee: David Webb

19 December 2015 22	Rochdale	3–1	Colchester United	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Henderson  30' (pen.) McDermott  34' Lancashire  64'	Report	Porter  21' Harriott  56' Briggs  67'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,205 Referee: Trevor Kettle

26 December 2015 Postponed	Rochdale	P–P	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

28 December 2015 23	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Mirfin  33' Dawson  74' Bishop  82' van Veen  88'	Report	McDermott  16' Henderson  22' Lancashire  48' Lund  57'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,860 Referee: Darren Bond

2 January 2016 24	Walsall	0–3	Rochdale	Walsall
15:00 BST		Report	Henderson  3' McDermott  35' Andrew  58', 77'  90+1' Cannon  67' Vincenti  82'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,857 Referee: Graham Salisbury

9 January 2016 25	Rochdale	2-3	Chesterfield	Rochdale
15:00	Rose  22' McDermott  46' Lund  53' Henderson  58' Bennett  90+3'	Report	O'Shea  26' Hird  35' Ariyibi  48'  Novak  78' Ebanks-Blake  80' Gardener  86' Lee  90+4'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,965 Referee: Carl Boyeson

23 January 2016 26	Barnsley	6-1	Rochdale	Barnsley
15:00	Mawson  8' Winnall  52'  69'  89' Watkins  84' Long  90+3'	Report	Mendez-Laing  65' McNulty  89'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 8,823 Referee: Nigel Miller

30 January 2016 27	Rochdale	2-1	Burton Albion	Rochdale
15:00	Camps  8' Henderson  24' (pen.)	Report	Akins  78'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,994 Referee: Stuart Attwell

6 February 2016 28	Crewe Alexandra	2-0	Rochdale	Crewe
15:00	Fox  7' Haber  31' Inman  45'	Report	Rafferty  49' Lund  57'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 4,130 Referee: Ross Joyce

13 February 2016 29	Rochdale	0-1	Millwall	Rochdale
15:00	Lancashire  10' Henderson  50'	Report	Nelson  50' Gregory  54' Martin  57' Williams  76'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,882 Referee: Graham Salibury

16 February 2016 30	Rochdale	2-2	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
19:45	Bennett  2' Bunney  6' Lund  45+6' Rose  45+6'	Report	Haber  24' Seager  27' Bakayogo  45+5'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,985 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

20 February 2016 31	Bradford City	2-2	Rochdale	Bradford
15:00	McArdle  40' Davies  62' McMahon  69'	Report	Bunney  12'  51' Eastham  17'	Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium Attendance: 17,936 Referee: Richard Clark

23 February 2016 32	Rochdale	1-0	Fleetwood Town	Rochdale
19:45	Bunney  12' Henderson  30'	Report	Maxwell  31'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,767 Referee: Darren Handley

27 February 2016 33	Rochdale	2-0	Sheffield United	Rochdale
15:00	Lund  25' Canavan  29' Vincenti  56'  67' Holt  81'	Report	Adams  45+2'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,210 Referee: Mark Heywood

1 March 2016 34	Shrewsbury Town	2-0	Rochdale	Shrewsbury
19:45	Whalley  12' Knight-Percival  45'	Report	Allen  83'	Stadium: Greenhous Meadow Attendance: 4,221 Referee: Ben Toner

5 March 2016 35	Coventry City	0-1	Rochdale	Coventry
15:00		Report	Camps  83' Henderson  89' (pen.)	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 9,942 Referee: Oliver Langford

12 March 2016 36	Rochdale	3-0	Bury	Rochdale
15:00	Mendez-Laing  11'  17' Eastham  53'	Report	Gardener  26' Pugh  57'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,538 Referee: Tony Harrington

19 March 2016 37	Oldham Athletic	2-3	Rochdale	Oldham
15:00	Amadi-Holloway  29'  71'	Report	Henderson  31'   37' (pen.) Gerrard  49' (o.g.) Camps  55' Rafferty  90+4'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 6,117 Referee: Paul Tierney (referee)

25 March 2016 38	Rochdale	4-1	Southend United	Rochdale
15:00	Holt  41' Rafferty  49' McNulty  56' Allen  61' Vincenti  83' Bunney  90'	Report	Payne  28'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,018 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

28 March 2016 39	Wigan Athletic	1-0	Rochdale	Wigan
13:30	Perkins  29' Pearce  34' McAleny  67'	Report	Henderson  33' McNulty  70' Rafferty  74'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,407 Referee: Mark Brown

2 April 2016 40	Rochdale	2-2	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
15:00	Camps  43' Vincenti  83' Canavan  90+6'	Report	Lund  57' Butler  68' Alcock  83'  Chaplow  90+6'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,727 Referee: Darren Bond

9 April 2016 41	Peterborough United	1-2	Rochdale	Peterborough
15:00	Smith  34' Maddison  90+1'	Report	Bunney  8' Mendez-Laing  23' Rafferty  53' Lund  72'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 4,785 Referee: Fred Graham (referee)

16 April 2016 42	Rochdale	3-0	Blackpool	Rochdale
15:00	Eastham  45' Bunney  50' Mendez-Laing  60' Vincenti  89'	Report	Boyce  88'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,247 Referee: Lee Collins

19 April 2016 43	Rochdale	1-1	Gillingham	Rochdale
19:45	Camps  45+1' Rose  56'	Report	Egan  77' Hessenthaler  80'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,385 Referee: Kevin Wright

23 April 2016 44	Port Vale	4-1	Rochdale	Burslem
15:00	Robinson  37' O'Connor  45' (pen.)  76' (pen.) Hooper  46'	Report	Eastham  29' Andrew  50'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,380 Referee: Nick Kinseley

30 April 2016 45	Rochdale	2-2	Swindon Town	Rochdale
15:00	Henderson  16' Camps  34' Allen  45+2' Lund  63'  67'	Report	Obika  2' Ormonde-Ottewill  36'  88' Thompson  45+1' Thompson  45+3'  58' Raphael Rossi Branco  65'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,806 Referee: Scott Duncan (referee)

8 May 2016 46	Colchester United	1-2	Rochdale	Colchester
12:30	Edwards  53'	Report	Mendez-Laing  18' Andrew  69'	Stadium: Weston Homes Community Stadium Attendance: 3,435 Referee: Andrew Davies

FA Cup

On 26 October 2015, the first round draw was made. Rochdale were drawn at home against Swindon Town.[23] Rochdale were at home to Bury in the second round.[24]

7 November 2015 1st round	Rochdale	3–1	Swindon	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Mendez-Laing  24', 46', 69' (pen.)	Report	Ajose  71' (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,060 Referee: Chris Sarginson

6 December 2015 2nd round	Rochdale	0–1	Bury	Rochdale
12:00		Report	Rose  8'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 4,887 Referee: Darren Drysdale

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Rochdale were drawn at home against Coventry City.[25] Rochdale were drawn away to Hull City in the second round.[26]

11 August 2015 1st round	Rochdale	1–1 (5–3 p)	Coventry City	Rochdale
19:45 BST	McDermott  45'	Report	Tudgay  84'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 1,986 Referee: Eddie Ilderton
	Penalties
	Rose Henderson Kennedy Rafferty Andrew		Tudgay Morris Maddison Lameiras

25 August 2015 2nd round	Hull City	1–0	Rochdale	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST	Luer  9'	Report[27]		Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 10,430 Referee: Mark Haywood

Football League Trophy

On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Rochdale will host Chesterfield.[28]

6 October 2015 2nd round	Rochdale	2-1	Chesterfield	Rochdale
19:00 BST	Tanser  18' Bennett  45' Alessandra  66'		Eastham  65' (o.g.)	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 1,042 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

10 November 2015 Northern QF	Rochdale	0-1	Morecambe	Rochdale
19:45 BST	McNulty  24' Cannon  82'		Mullin  17' Miller  79' McGowan  88'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 1,428 Referee: David Coote

Lancashire Senior Cup

On the Lancashire FA website the first round details were announced, Rochdale will face Manchester United.[29]

9 September 2015 1st round	Rochdale	2–3	Manchester United	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Alessandra  45' Rose  62' (pen.)	Report	Fletcher  10', 18', 47' (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Referee: Paul Marsden

References

1. https://www.11v11.com/teams/rochdale/tab/players/season/2016/
2. "Lewis Set To Join". Rochdale AFC. 8 June 2015.
3. "Donal McDermott Is Dale's First Close Season Signing". Rochdale AFC. 7 May 2015.
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