2021–22 Rochdale A.F.C. season

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Rochdale
2021–22 season
ChairmanAndrew Kelly
ManagerRobbie Stockdale
StadiumSpotland
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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.

Manager changes[]

On 30 June, Dale announced they recluctantly 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[]

Statistics[]

As of 11 September 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 England Jay Lynch 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England Corey O'Keeffe 9 3 7+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 2
3 DF England Aidy White 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF Scotland Jimmy McNulty 4 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF England Max Taylor 10 1 8+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF Republic of Ireland Eoghan O'Connell 8 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF Northern Ireland Stephen Dooley 9 0 7+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF England Aaron Morley 9 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW England Jake Beesley 8 3 7+0 2 0+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
10 FW England Alex Newby 9 2 8+0 2 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
11 FW Republic of Ireland Conor Grant 5 1 1+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
12 DF England Jeriel Dorsett 6 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
13 MF Republic of Ireland Jimmy Keohane 8 1 4+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
14 MF England George Broadbent 4 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
15 DF England Sam Graham 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF England Matt Done 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF England Abraham Odoh 9 1 6+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW England Josh Andrews 5 2 1+2 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 1
20 FW England Danny Cashman 10 3 2+6 2 0+0 0 1+0 1 1+0 0
23 MF England Liam Kelly 1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
24 MF England Ethan Brierley 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
25 DF England Joe Dunne 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
33 GK England Joel Coleman 6 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0

Goals record[]

As of 18 September 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
1 2 England DF Corey O'Keeffe 1 0 0 2 3
9 England FW Jake Beesley 2 0 1 0 3
20 England FW Danny Cashman 2 0 1 0 3
4 10 England FW Alex Newby 2 0 0 0 2
19 England FW Josh Andrews 1 0 0 1 2
6 11 Republic of Ireland FW Conor Grant 1 0 0 0 1
5 England DF Max Taylor 1 0 0 0 1
18 England MF Abraham Odoh 1 0 0 0 1
13 Republic of Ireland MF Jimmy Keohane 1 0 0 0 1
23 England MF Liam Kelly 0 0 0 1 1
Total 12 0 2 4 18

Disciplinary record[]

As of 11 September 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 18 England MF Abraham Odoh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
9 England FW Jake Beesley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
3 2 England DF Corey O'Keeffe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
6 Republic of Ireland DF Eoghan O'Connell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
7 Northern Ireland MF Stephen Dooley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
12 England DF Jeriel Dorsett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0

Pre-season friendlies[]

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 Goal 18' (pen.)
Burke Goal 45'
Cornick Goal 54'
Jerome Goal 65'		 Report Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
14 July 2021 Friendly Rochdale 1–2 Barnsley Spotland
TBC BST Morley Goal 53' (pen.) Report Morris Goal 12'
Kitching Goal 19'		 Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
17 July 2021 Friendly Rochdale 3–3 Fleetwood Town Spotland
15:00 BST Dooley Goal 8'
Beesley Goal 60'
Holgate Goal 66' (o.g.)		 Report Andrew Goal 50'
Edmondson Goal 83', 87'		 Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
20 July 2021 Friendly Rochdale 2–2 Rotherham United Spotland
19:00 BST Beesley Goal 65' (pen.), 71' Report Ogbene Goal 83'
Ihiekwe Goal 90'		 Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
24 July 2021 Friendly AFC Fylde 0–1 Rochdale Medlar-with-Wesham
15:00 BST Report Beesley Goal 35' Stadium: Mill Farm
30 July 2021 Friendly Rochdale 5–1 Oldham Athletic Spotland
14:00 BST Morley Goal 49'
McNulty Goal 55'
Hart Goal 64' (o.g.)
Beesley Goal 66'
Done Goal 76'		 Report Trialist Goal 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[]

League Two[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL League Two

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Exeter City 8 3 4 1 11 5 +6 13 Qualification for League Two play-offs
6 Hartlepool United 8 4 1 3 8 6 +2 13
7 Port Vale 8 3 3 2 9 6 +3 12
8 Rochdale 8 3 3 2 12 10 +2 12
9 Bradford City 8 3 3 2 11 9 +2 12
10 Swindon Town 8 3 3 2 9 7 +2 12
11 Tranmere Rovers 8 3 2 3 4 3 +1 11
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2021. 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[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
8 3 3 2 12 10  +2 12 1 2 1 3 3  0 2 1 1 9 7  +2

Last updated: pre-season.
Source:[citation needed]

Results by matchday[]

Matchday12345678
GroundAHHAHAHA
ResultLDLWDWWD
Position16152215171058
Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

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

7 August 2021 1 Harrogate Town 3–2 Rochdale Harrogate
15:00 BST Armstrong Goal 5'
Pattison Goal 10' Yellow card 59'
Burrell Goal 90+1'		 Report Newby Goal 15'
Beesley Yellow card 43'
Grant Goal 49'
Odoh Yellow card 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 Yellow card 22'
Newby Goal 48'		 Report Matt Goal 33'
Stevens Goal 49'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,188
Referee: Andy Haines
21 August 2021 4 Northampton Town 1–3 Rochdale Northampton
15:00 BST Guthrie Goal 21'
Nelson Yellow card 46'
Hoskins Yellow card 66'		 Report Taylor Goal 17'
Andrews Goal 73'
Odoh Goal 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 Goal 61' Report Taylor Goal 40' (o.g.)
Welch-Hayes Yellow card 45'
Daniels Yellow card 64'
Sarpong-Wiredu Yellow card 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 Goal 8', 59' Report Beesley Goal 24', 53' Yellow card 88'
O'Keeffe Goal 78'
O'Connell Yellow card 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 Yellow card 76'
Cashman Goal 84'
Dorsett Yellow card 87'		 Report Watson Yellow card 23'
Davies Yellow card 26'
McManaman Yellow card 36'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Referee: Charles Breakspear
18 September 2021 8 Mansfield Town 1–1 Rochdale Mansfield
15:00 BST Maris Yellow card 68'
McLaughlin Yellow card 71'
Johnson Goal 73' Yellow card 90+1'
Clarke Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Cashman Goal 50' Stadium: Field Mill
Referee: Carl Boyeson

FA Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

EFL Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Rochdale were drawn away to Harrogate Town in the first round[10][11] Shrewsbury Town in the second round[12] and Burnley in the third round.[13]

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.[14]
Rochdale received a bye into the second round after it was determined the fixture could not be rearranged within the required time period.[15]
24 August 2021 Second round Shrewsbury Town 0–2 Rochdale Shrewsbury
19:45 BST Bennett Yellow card 53'
Ebanks-Landell Yellow card 60'
Pennington Red card 67'		 Report Odoh Yellow card 36'
Beesley Goal 68' (pen.)
Cashman Goal 77'		 Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
21 September 2021 Third round Burnley v Rochdale Burnley
19:45 BST Stadium: Turf Moor

EFL Trophy[]

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Trophy

Rochdale were drawn into Northern Group D alongside Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool U21s and Port Vale.[16][17] The dates for the group stage fixtures were revealed on July 8.[18]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Rochdale 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 +4 3 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Bolton Wanderers 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 +1 3
3 L2 Port Vale 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 −1 0
4 ACA Liverpool U21 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 −4 0
Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2021. Source: EFL.com
31 August 2021 Group game 1 Rochdale 4–0 Liverpool U21s Rochdale
19:00 BST Kelly Goal 33'
O'Keeffe Goal 50' (pen.), 72'
Andrews Goal 78'		 Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Referee: Ben Toner
5 October 2021 Group game 2 Port Vale v Rochdale Burslem
19:00 BST Stadium: Vale Park
9 November 2021 Group game 3 Rochdale v Bolton Wanderers Rochdale
19:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
29 July 2021 CB England Sam Graham England Sheffield United Free transfer [19]
2 August 2021 CB England Max Taylor England Manchester United Free transfer [20]
5 August 2021 LB Republic of Ireland Aidy White Scotland Heart of Midlothian Free transfer [21]
6 August 2021 GK England Joel Coleman England Fleetwood Town Free transfer [22]
24 August 2021 CM Republic of Ireland Liam Kelly Netherlands Feyenoord Free transfer [23]
15 September 2021 CB England Jesper Laurence England East Thurrock United Undisclosed [24]

Loans in[]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
3 August 2021 CM England George Broadbent England Sheffield United January 2022 [25]
3 August 2021 RB Republic of Ireland Corey O'Keeffe England Mansfield Town January 2022 [26]
6 August 2021 CF England Danny Cashman England Coventry City End of season [27]
10 August 2021 CF England Josh Andrews England Birmingham City End of season [28]
20 August 2021 CB England Jeriel Dorsett England Reading End of season [29]

Loans out[]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.

Transfers out[]

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
17 May 2021 LW England Kwadwo Baah England Watford Undisclosed [30]
30 June 2021 CM Northern Ireland Matty Lund England Salford City Contract expired [31][32]
30 June 2021 DM Republic of Ireland Conor Shaughnessy England Burton Albion Free transfer [33]
9 July 2021 CF England Stephen Humphrys England Wigan Athletic Undisclosed [34]
12 July 2021 MF England Ethan Pye England Stockport County Free transfer [35]
23 July 2021 DF Republic of Ireland Paul McShane England Manchester United Undisclosed
4 August 2021 CM England Oliver Rathbone England Rotherham United Undisclosed [36]
10 September 2021 RB Northern Ireland Ryan McLaughlin England Morecambe Free transfer [37]

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