2025–26 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
2025–26 season
ChairmanSimon Gauge
ManagerJimmy McNulty
StadiumCrown Oil Arena

The 2025–26 season is Rochdale A.F.C.'s 119th in existence and their third consecutive in the National League. The club will also be competing in the FA Cup, FA Trophy and the National League Cup. [1] [2]

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 18 March 2026
No. Pos Nat Player Total National League FA Cup FA Trophy NL Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  ENG Oliver Whatmuff 33 0 33+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF  ENG Kyron Gordon 38 7 37+0 7 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF  COD David Tutonda 15 0 1+9 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+2 0
4 MF  ENG Ryan East 40 5 34+2 5 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
5 DF  ENG Liam Hogan 11 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
6 DF  ENG Ethan Ebanks-Landell 36 2 33+2 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF  TAN Tarryn Allarakhia 33 2 18+10 2 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+1 0
8 MF  ENG Harvey Gilmour 34 3 32+1 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW  ENG Emmanuel Dieseruvwe 33 26 28+4 25 1+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW  ENG Devante Rodney 37 7 31+4 7 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
11 MF  FRA Anthony Gomez Mancini 8 1 0+3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 1+1 1
12 FW  ENG Levi Amantchi 20 2 2+12 0 0+1 0 0+1 1 3+1 1
14 DF  ENG Tobi Adebayo-Rowling 33 2 29+1 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
16 MF  ENG Casey Pettit 40 2 6+28 2 0+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
17 MF  ENG Joe Pritchard 23 2 12+8 2 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
18 MF  ENG Aidan Barlow 34 1 22+8 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
19 MF  ENG Jake Burger 21 2 7+8 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+3 2
20 GK  ENG Tom Myles 7 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
21 MF  SCO Connor McBride 34 4 11+16 3 0+1 0 1+1 0 3+1 1
22 DF  ENG Dan Moss 37 1 13+17 1 0+1 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
23 DF  ENG Bryce Hosannah 7 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
25 MF  ENG Jack Griffiths 4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+3 0
25 GK  ENG Nathan Broome 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF  ENG Callum Perry 16 0 16+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF  ENG Liam Humbles 6 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
29 DF  ENG Bryant Bilongo 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 DF  ENG Kevin Berkoe 12 0 5+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
30 FW  NED Manny Duku 4 1 2+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 GK  ENG Jackson Smith 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF  ENG Sam Beckwith 22 1 18+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
35 DF  ENG Charlie Waller 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
36 MF  ENG Ed Francis 7 0 2+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 DF  ENG Ryan Galvin 5 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
38 FW  ENG Tyler Smith 20 6 3+13 5 0+1 0 1+1 1 1+0 0
39 FW  ENG Matt Done 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
40 FW  ENG Ian Henderson 26 6 5+15 5 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+4 1

Transfers

In

Date Pos Player Transferred from Fee Ref
30 May 2025 DF Bryce Hosannah AFC Fylde Undisclosed [3]
13 June 2025 DF Dan Moss Woking Undisclosed [4]
27 June 2025 MF Liam Humbles Salford City Undisclosed [5]
2 July 2025 MF Anthony Gomez-Mancini Hartlepool United Undisclosed [6]
3 July 2025 DF David Tutonda Morcambe Undisclosed [7]
4 July 2025 FW Emmanuel Dieseruvwe Hartlepool United Undisclosed [8]
7 July 2025 MF Casey Pettit Maidenhead United Undisclosed [9]
10 July 2025 MF Joe Pritchard Oldham Athletic Undisclosed [10]
31 July 2025 GK Tom Myles Manchester United Undisclosed [11]
3 October 2025 FW Tyler Smith Bradford City Undisclosed [12]
15 January 2026 DF Bryant Bilongo Bristol Rovers Undisclosed [13]
15 January 2026 FW Manny Duku Tamworth Undisclosed [14]
10 February 2026 MF Ed Francis Exeter City Undisclosed [15]

Out

Date Pos Player Transferred to Fee Ref
8 July 2025 DF Finlay Armstrong Waterford Undisclosed [16]
24 February 2026 DF Liam Hogan Morecambe Undisclosed [17]

Loaned in

Date Pos Player Loaned from Date until Ref
11 July 2025 GK Oliver Whatmuff Manchester City End of season [18]
25 July 2025 FW Levi Amantchi Walsall 6 January 2026 [19][20]
13 September 2025 DF Kevin Berkoe Salford City January 2026 [21]
10 October 2025 GK Jackson Smith Barnsley 20 December 2025 [22]
28 November 2025 DF Ryan Galvin Barnet 6 January 2026 [23][24]
29 November 2025 GK Nathan Broome Bolton Wanderers 6 January 2026 [25][26]
19 December 2025 DF Charlie Waller Milton Keynes Dons 17 January 2026 [27][28]
15 January 2026 DF Callum Perry Coventry City [29]

Loaned out

Date Pos Player Loaned to Date until Ref
1 September 2025 MF Corey Edwards Stockport County January 2026 [30]
12 January 2026 MF Liam Humbles Altrincham End of season [31]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 July 2025 (2025-07-12) F.C. United of Manchester 0–3 Rochdale Moston
15:00 BST Report
  • Barlow 32'
  • Dieseruvwe 40'
  • Pritchard 63'
Stadium: Broadhurst Park
Attendance: 1,122
19 July 2025 (2025-07-19) Rochdale 2–0 Grimsby Town Rochdale
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,174
23 July 2025 (2025-07-23) Chorley 1–2 Rochdale Chorley
19:45 BST Sampson 16' Report Dieseruvwe 66', 72' Stadium: Victory Park
26 July 2025 (2025-07-26) Barrow 1–0 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST Hemmings 88' (pen.) Report Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 1,051
2 August 2025 (2025-08-02) Rochdale 1–1 Manchester United U21 Rochdale
15:00 BST Adebayo-Rowling 71' Report Ennis 61' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,756

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Overall record

Competition Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
National League Matchday 1 38 29 4 5 74 29 +45 076.32
FA Cup Fourth qualifying round 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
FA Trophy Third round 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 050.00
NL Cup First round 4 3 0 1 6 5 +1 075.00
Total 45 33 5 7 83 37 +46 073.33

Source: Soccerway

National League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Rochdale (T) 39 30 4 5 77 31 +46 94 Promotion to EFL League Two
2 York City (T) 39 28 8 3 104 36 +68 92 Qualification for National League play-off semi-finals
3 Carlisle United 39 24 6 9 75 48 +27 78
4 Boreham Wood 39 22 8 9 80 52 +28 74 Qualification for the National League play-off quarter-finals
5 Scunthorpe United 39 21 10 8 71 55 +16 73
Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2026. 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
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated

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
38 29 4 5 74 29  +45 91 16 1 2 44 14  +30 13 3 3 30 15  +15

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAAHAAHHHHHAHHAAHHAA
ResultWWWLWWWWWWLWWDWLWWWWWLWWWWWWWDDWDWWWWL
Position43142121212111242111134221111211211111
Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

9 August 2025 (2025-08-09) 1 Boreham Wood 0–2 Rochdale Borehamwood
15:00 BST Report Beckwith  26'
Dieseruvwe 49', 52'  60'
Tutonda  81'
Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 1,151
Referee: Wayne Cartmel
16 August 2025 (2025-08-16) 2 Rochdale 2–1 Altrincham Rochdale
12:30 BST Allarakhia 35'
Golden 60' (o.g.)
Dieseruvwe  90+5'
Report Ward 19'  55'
Gale  33'
Crawford  69'
Sassi  90+5'
Reed  90+5'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,940
Referee: William Davis
20 August 2025 (2025-08-20) 3 Rochdale 4–0 Gateshead Rochdale
19:45 BST Ebanks-Landell 13'
Dieseruvwe 43'
Rodney 70'
McBride 79'
Gordon  90+5'
Report Chapman  45+1'
Adom  69'
Richardson  82'
Sheaf  90+4'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,313
Referee: Paul Marsden
23 August 2025 (2025-08-23) 4 Brackley Town 2–1 Rochdale Brackley
15:00 BST Haynes 14'
Dean  55'
Price  55'
Hall 60'
Brown  90+4'
Report McBride 52'
Myles  59'
Gomez-Mancini  66'
Dieseruvwe  68'
Adebayo-Rowling  90+3'
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,136
Referee: Isaac Searle
25 August 2025 (2025-08-25) 5 Rochdale 1–0 Sutton United Rochdale
15:00 BST Dieseruvwe 50'
Gilmour  62'
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,647
Referee: Declan Brown
30 August 2025 (2025-08-30) 6 Wealdstone 1–3 Rochdale Ruislip
15:00 BST Mussa  38'
Massey 76'
Report Barlow 4'
Ebanks-Landell  24'
Dieseruvwe  30' 46'
Rodney 40'
Gilmour  60'
Stadium: Grosvenor Vale
Attendance: 1,365
Referee: Lee Swabey
6 September 2025 (2025-09-06) 7 Rochdale 2–0 Braintree Town Rochdale
15:00 BST Dieseruvwe 26', 32' Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,562
Referee: James Westgate
13 September 2025 (2025-09-13) 8 Truro City 0–1 Rochdale Truro
15:00 BST Sanders  14'
Donnellan  65'
Report Gordon 11'  26'
Dieseruvwe  76'
Stadium: Truro City Stadium
Attendance: 2,201
Referee: Richie Watkins
20 September 2025 (2025-09-20) P Rochdale P–P Southend United Rochdale
17:30 BST Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
23 September 2025 (2025-09-23) 9 Rochdale 4–1 Solihull Moors Rochdale
19:45 BST East 8', 17'  61'
Rodney 20'
Beckwith 50'
Gordon  84'
Petit  90+1'
Report Wakeling  6'
Osborne  46'
McFarlane 58'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,128
Referee: Steven Copeland
27 September 2025 (2025-09-27) 10 Carlisle United 0–2 Rochdale Carlisle
15:00 BST Mugabi  58'
Linney  69'
Report Dieseruvwe 5', 56'
Adebayo-Rowling  61'
Moss  81'
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 8,014
Referee: Ollie Yates
1 October 2025 (2025-10-01) 11 Rochdale 1–2 FC Halifax Town Rochdale
19:45 BST Barlow  58'
Rodney 60'  76'
Gordon  80'
Moss  85'
Report Harris  37'
Hmami 41', 54'
Hugill  43'
Cooke  90+5'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,466
Referee: Scott Oldham
4 October 2025 (2025-10-04) 12 Forest Green Rovers 0–1 Rochdale Nailsworth
15:00 BST Knowles  45'
Pemberton  90+1'
Report Moss  37'
Gordon 44'
Gilmour  45'
Ebanks-Landell  83'
Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 2,482
Referee: Tom Reeves
18 October 2025 (2025-10-18) 13 Rochdale 3–0 Yeovil Town Rochdale
15:00 BST Dieseruvwe 5', 30'  12'
East 43'
Report Pendleton  45+2'
McCormick  50'
Jarvis  86'
Williams  86'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,716
Referee: Jamie O'Connor
25 October 2025 (2025-10-25) 14 Woking 0–0 Rochdale Woking
15:00 BST Drewe  78'
Jääskeläinen  83'
Report Ebanks-Landell  89' Stadium: Kingfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,979
Referee: Martin Ross
4 November 2025 (2025-11-04) P Rochdale P–P Scunthorpe United Rochdale
19:45 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
8 November 2025 (2025-11-08) 15 Boston United 1–3 Rochdale Boston
15:00 GMT Lankshear 82'
John-Lewis  85'
Lavinier  85'
Report Rodney 42' 50'
Smith 69', 87'
Stadium: Boston Community Stadium
Attendance: 1,971
Referee: Paul Marsden
11 November 2025 (2025-11-11) 16 York City 4–1 Rochdale York
19:45 GMT Pearce 35', 59'
Stones 46', 49'
Report Berkoe  28'
Adebayo-Rowling 39'
Pettit  81'
Stadium: York Community Stadium
Attendance: 6,643
Referee: Matthew Corlett
15 November 2025 (2025-11-15) 17 Rochdale 1–0 Aldershot Town Rochdale
15:03 GMT Gilmour 65'
Barlow  88'
Report Anderson  55'
Jones  90+3'
Henry  90+3'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,295
Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle
22 November 2025 (2025-11-22) 18 Tamworth 1–2 Rochdale Tamworth
12:30 GMT Cockerill-Mollett  69'
Creaney 74'
Tonks  90+3'
Report Gilmour  5'
Gordon 41'
Dieseruvwe 71' (pen.)
Amantchi  90+5'
Whatmuff  90+5'
Stadium: The Lamb Ground
Attendance: 1,067
Referee: Dale Baines
29 November 2025 (2025-11-29) 19 Rochdale 2–0 Eastleigh Rochdale
15:00 GMT Humphries 54' (o.g.)
Allarakhia 73'
Report Lundstram  81' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,219
Referee: Gareth Rhodes
6 December 2025 (2025-12-06) P Rochdale P–P Boreham Wood Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Note: Postponed due to the progression of Boreham Wood in the FA Cup.
6 December 2025 (2025-12-06) A Rochdale A–A Southend United Rochdale
15:00 GMT East 53'
Allarakhia 74'
Report Coker 6'
Boyes  57'
Miley  58'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Referee: Andrew Humphries
Note: Abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch.
20 December 2025 (2025-12-20) 20 Altrincham 0–3 Rochdale Altrincham
19:45 GMT Report Pritchard 17'
McBride 35'  45'
Smith 74'
Stadium: Moss Lane
Attendance: 3,332
Referee: Peter Wright
26 December 2025 (2025-12-26) 21 Morecambe 1–2 Rochdale Morecambe
15:00 GMT Nolan 47'
Lewis  71'
Francillette  85'
Report Pritchard  27' 41'
Henderson 45'
Ebanks-Landell  78'
Gilmour 80'
Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium
Attendance: 4,266
Referee: Aaron Jackson
30 December 2025 (2025-12-30) 22 Rochdale 1–2 Hartlepool United Accrington
19:45 GMT Henderson 79' Report Kouogun 21'
Charman 28'
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,026
Referee: William Davis
3 January 2026 (2026-01-03) P Rochdale P–P Brackley Town Accrington
15:00 GMT Stadium: Crown Ground
Note: Postponed due to a frozen pitch.
17 January 2026 (2026-01-17) 23 Gateshead 0–2 Rochdale Gateshead
15:00 GMT Storey  14'
Home  84'
Report Duku 32'
East 87'
Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium
Attendance: 887
Referee: Ross Joyce
21 January 2026 (2026-01-21) 24 Solihull Moors 0–1 Rochdale Solihull
19:45 GMT Report Pritchard 90+4' Stadium: Damson Park
Attendance: 1,015
Referee: Alan Dale
24 January 2026 (2026-01-24) 25 Rochdale 2–0 Truro City Rochdale
15:00 GMT Smith 3'
Henderson 33' 35'
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,239
Referee: Paul Marsden
27 January 2026 (2026-01-27) 26 Rochdale 2–1 Southend United Rochdale
19:45 GMT Gordon 44'  90+6'
Gilmour 90'
Report Scott-Morriss 40' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,435
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
31 January 2026 (2026-01-31) P Southend United P–P Rochdale Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT Stadium: Roots Hall
Note: Postponed due to the progression of Southend United in the FA Trophy.
3 February 2026 (2026-02-03) 27 Rochdale 4–1 Boreham Wood Rochdale
19:45 GMT Rodney 6'
Dieseruvwe 29', 50'
Whatmuff  70'
Henderson 75'
Report Bush  65'
Brunt 71' (pen.)
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,356
Referee: Simon Mather
7 February 2026 (2026-02-07) 28 Rochdale 1–0 Carlisle United Rochdale
15:00 GMT Moss 41'
Barlow  80'
Report Galvin  41'
Embleton  83'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,725
Referee: Charles Breakspear
11 February 2026 (2026-02-11) 29 Rochdale 2–1 Forest Green Rovers Rochdale
19:45 GMT Dieseruvwe 2', 64'
Gilmour  56'
Report McAllister 43'
Buyabu  84'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,646
Referee: Richard Eley
14 February 2026 (2026-02-14) 30 Yeovil Town 1–1 Rochdale Yeovil
15:00 GMT Cousin-Dawson 15'
Jarvis  69'
Report Barlow 13' Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 3,161
Referee: Niall Smith
17 February 2026 (2026-02-17) 31 Rochdale 1–1 Scunthorpe United Rochdale
19:45 GMT East 32' Report Roberts 17'
Evans  37'
Westbrooke  49'
Mahady  56'
Ubaezuonu  83'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,615
Referee: Darren Drysdale
21 February 2026 (2026-02-21) 32 Rochdale 3–0 Woking Rochdale
15:00 GMT Gordon  24' 27'
Dieseruvwe 35', 74' (pen.)
Moss  51'
Report Gbodé  61'
Drewe  73'
O. Akinola  75'
T. Akinola  81'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,826
Referee: Steven Copeland
24 February 2026 (2026-02-24) 33 FC Halifax Town 2–2 Rochdale Halifax
19:45 GMT Hmami  64'
Johnson  70'
Harris 87'
Lavery 90+2'
Kawa  90+5'
Report Rodney 15'
McBride  72'
Mills 84' (o.g.)
Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 2,749
Referee: Declan Brown
28 February 2026 (2026-02-28) 34 Aldershot Town 0–2 Rochdale Aldershot
15:00 GMT Henry  27'
Hargreaves  67'
Report Dieseruvwe 17', 50'
Moss  42'
Gilmour  53'
Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 2,822
Referee: Lewis Sandoe
3 March 2026 (2026-03-03) 35 Rochdale 3–2 Brackley Town Rochdale
19:45 GMT Dieseruvwe 3', 60'
Gordon 71'
Report Lilly 39', 90+4' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,280
Referee: Gareth Thomas
7 March 2026 (2026-03-07) 36 Rochdale 1–0 Boston United Rochdale
15:00 GMT Gordon  80'
Smith 82'
Report Cursons  23'
Lavinier  68'
Grimes  72'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,296
Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle
14 March 2026 (2026-03-14) 37 Eastleigh 1–3 Rochdale Eastleigh
17:30 GMT Maher  68'
Tabor 88'
Report Dieseruvwe 16'
Pettit 61'
Ebanks-Landell 69'
Stadium: Ten Acres
Attendance: 2,541
Referee: Harry Wager
17 March 2026 (2026-03-17) 38 Southend United 3–2 Rochdale Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT Dallas 3'  19'
Golding 17'
Hopper 27'
Report Gordon  17'
Dieseruvwe 20'
Pettit 55'  76'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 7,259
Referee: Charles Breakspear
21 March 2026 (2026-03-21) Rochdale v Tamworth Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
25 March 2026 (2026-03-25) Scunthorpe United v Rochdale Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT Stadium: Glanford Park
28 March 2026 (2026-03-28) Sutton United v Rochdale Sutton
15:00 GMT Stadium: Gander Green Lane
3 April 2026 (2026-04-03) Rochdale v Morecambe Rochdale
19:45 BST Stadium: Spotland Stadium
6 April 2026 (2026-04-06) Hartlepool United v Rochdale Hartlepool
19:45 BST Stadium: Victoria Park
11 April 2026 (2026-04-11) Rochdale v Wealdstone Rochdale
15:00 BST Stadium: Spotland Stadium
18 April 2026 (2026-04-18) Braintree Town v Rochdale Braintree
15:00 BST Stadium: Cressing Road
25 April 2026 (2026-04-25) Rochdale v York City Rochdale
15:00 BST Stadium: Spotland Stadium

FA Cup

11 October 2025 (2025-10-11) Q4 Rochdale 1–2 York City Rochdale
15:00 BST Dieseruvwe 71' Report Newby 56', 89' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,981
Referee: Declan Bourne

FA Trophy

13 December 2025 (2025-12-13) 3 Leamington 0–1 Rochdale Leamington Spa
15:00 BST Report Amantchi 51' Stadium: New Windmill Ground
Attendance: 421
Referee: Niall Smith
10 January 2026 (2026-01-10) P Tamworth P–P Rochdale Tamworth
15:00 BST Stadium: The Lamb Ground
Note: Postponed due to an unplayable pitch.
13 January 2026 (2026-01-13) 4 Tamworth 1–1
(7–6 p)
Rochdale Tamworth
19:45 BST Acquaye 72' Report Smith 44' Stadium: The Lamb Ground
Attendance: 534
Referee: Richard Holmes
Penalties
Mols
Lissimore
Lynch
Ponticelli
Donkor
Cullinane-Liburd
Tonks
Curley
Barlow
McBride
Burger
Pettit
Gomez-Mancini
Tutonda
Pritchard
Waller

National League Cup

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 NL Tamworth 4 4 0 0 0 12 1 +11 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 NL Brackley Town 4 3 0 1 0 7 3 +4 10
3 NL Rochdale 4 3 0 0 1 6 5 +1 9
4 NL Solihull Moors 4 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 8
5 ACA Everton U21 4 1 1 0 2 4 5 −1 5
13 August 2025 (2025-08-13) 1 Rochdale 2–1 Burnley U21 Rochdale
13:00 BST Griffiths  48'
Henderson 56'
Amantchi 78'
Report Ryan  58'
McMahon-Brown 75'
Blackie  88'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,452
Referee: Aaron Jackson
16 September 2025 (2025-09-16) 1 Rochdale 3–2 Blackburn Rovers U21 Rochdale
19:00 BST McBride 7'
Gomez-Mancini 53'
Burger 76'
Moss  88'
Report Houghton 12'
Wood 33'
Tyjon  42'
Atcheson  45+1'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,135
Referee: Gareth Thomas
28 October 2025 (2025-10-28) 1 Rochdale 0–2 Manchester United U21 Rochdale
19:00 BST Petit  30' Report Obi 11'
Scanlon 90+3'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,960
Referee: Aaron Jackson
25 November 2025 (2025-11-25) 1 Rochdale 1–0 Everton U21 Rochdale
19:00 BST Burger 51' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Referee: Matthew Scholes

References

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