Not one for overly emotive links/topics but saw this on the BBC today and having had a lad myself recently I confess to having a lot of some dust in my eyes after reading.

 

Fair play Dale, will bring a lot of happy memories to that family I would imagine

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37926623

 

Brilliant....just brilliant. Well done Rochdale!

Stick your premier league billions up your backside - this is what football is all about. Community clubs there to support their community and vice versa

TBF it's nowt to do with money, or in Everton's case, it is

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3786241/Everton-donate-200-000-Bradley-Lowery-s-cancer-fund-Sunderland-fan-leads-team-out.html

Not one for overly emotive links/topics but saw this on the BBC today and having had a lad myself recently I confess to having a lot of some dust in my eyes after reading.

 

Fair play Dale, will bring a lot of happy memories to that family I would imagine

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37926623

 

 

Fantastic stuff. As others have said, stick your Premier League. This is what supporting a football club and it supporting us back is all about.

Great play by the dale. I hope the poor little fella enjoys what time he has left. Truly horrible illness for him and his family

Superb this

 

Good club Rochdale

 

Got a soft spot for em me

Superb this

 

Good club Rochdale

 

Got a soft spot for em me

Decided a while back if we ever folded and I had to go watching someone else it'd be them

 

Probably the least offensive football league team

I did watch them quite a bit a few seasons back when their homes didn't clash with ours and really enjoyed it.

 

Good, well run club who do a lot in the local community and have brought through a string of talented young players over recent seasons with very limited facilities.

 

The list of strikers whose time there has led to big things is impressive: Grant Holt, Ricky Lambert, ALF, and Scott Hogan (Brentford) to name a few

I used to watch them occasionally as well, as said a good club and still charge decent prices on the terrace behind the goal, plus the pies are superb. Though I must say - in the nicest possible way - I hope we aren't at the same level for very long.

Decided a while back if we ever folded and I had to go watching someone else it'd be them

 

Probably the least offensive football league team

Fleetwood for me.

Decided a while back if we ever folded and I had to go watching someone else it'd be them

 

Probably the least offensive football league team

 

This.

 

Had some good players over the last few years too. Grant Holt, Ricky Lambert, ALF, Craig Dawson, Will Buckley.

Always had a soft spot for Rochdale meself (worked in Milnrow for a few years - even watched the Hornets once!).

 

Chalk and cheese comparison with those odious twats from Giggle Lane.

 

Great to see such community spirit from a football club. Properly representing their town.

Decided a while back if we ever folded and I had to go watching someone else it'd be them

 

Probably the least offensive football league team

Hamburg for me

I couldn't bring myself to watch another league team. I'd pick on a non league team to watch, maybe Rammy Utd

If I lived back up north I would go dale after this.  Never offended me either.

 

Down here it's either Rovers or City and being south of the river I should probably go City but feel more drawn to Rovers

 

(why are we thinking these abominable thoughts ?!? 

Hamburg for me

 

 

Excellent choice.

 

 

Stalybridge Celtic would be my alternative team.

Up the Fucking Colls ffs.

Couldn't be arsed watching non league shite, I'd go watching German games

I'd just fuck it all off and be an even more miserable fucker on a Saturday.

When we won the old Div 3 championship under Sir Jimmy, weren't Rochdale Div 4 champions same season?

 

I have a recollection that four Lancashire clubs were champions of all Football League divisions that year.

When we won the old Div 3 championship under Sir Jimmy, weren't Rochdale Div 4 champions same season?

 

I have a recollection that four Lancashire clubs were champions of all Football League divisions that year.

Before the boundary changes in April 74.

Liverpool

Burnley

Bolton Wanderers

Southport.

I think Greenhall's brewery had a special bottle of stout to celebrate it at the time.

It was southport

 

Liverpool champs

 

Can't remember division 2

The Greater Manchester Champions of 1996/97.

DMB

Bolton Wanderers

Bucket Shakers

Pie Eyters.

Cant recall any brewery making any ale for that occasion.

The Greater Manchester Champions of 1996/97.

DMB

Bolton Wanderers

Bucket Shakers

Pie Eyters.

Cant recall any brewery making any ale for that occasion.

Macclesfield won the Conference that year as well. Remember North West Tonight having every trophy and captain on one night.