Rochdale AFC
| Rochdale AFC | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Surname | Rochdale Association Football Club | |||
| Seat | Rochdale , England | |||
| founding | 1907 | |||
| Website | rochdaleafc.co.uk | |||
| First soccer team | ||||
| Head coach | Brian Barry-Murphy | |||
| Venue | Spotland Stadium , Rochdale | |||
| Places | 10,249 | |||
| league | EFL League One | |||
| 2019/20 | 18th place | |||
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The AFC Rochdale (officially: Rochdale Association Football Club ) - also known as The Dale - is an English football -Club from Rochdale . The club, nicknamed The Dale, plays its home games at the Spotland Stadium .
history
The association was founded in 1907 and played from 1974 to 2010 (36 years) without interruption in the fourth English top flight, today EFL League Two - a record in English football, which the League the playful nickname "the Rochdale Division" ( German the Rochdale- League ) gave. In April 2010, after a 1-0 win against Northampton Town , the club managed to advance to Football League One , the third highest division. After two seasons, however, they rose back to fourth division in 2012 as bottom of the table.
In 1962, the club reached the final of a national cup competition as the first fourth division in the league cup. However, they lost to Norwich City .
literature
- Steven Phillipps: Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907-2001 . Yore Publications, Harefield 2001, ISBN 978-1-874427-09-4 .
Web links
- Official homepage of the association (English)