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 21 December 2025
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 17 0 17+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF  ENG Kyron Gordon 20 3 19+0 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF  COD David Tutonda 9 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 0
4 MF  ENG Ryan East 23 3 17+2 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
5 DF  ENG Liam Hogan 8 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
6 DF  ENG Ethan Ebanks-Landell 19 1 17+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF  TAN Tarryn Allarakhia 22 2 11+7 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
8 MF  ENG Harvey Gilmour 21 1 19+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW  ENG Emmanuel Dieseruvwe 19 13 16+2 12 1+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW  ENG Devante Rodney 20 5 16+2 5 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
11 MF  FRA Anthony Gomez Mancini 6 1 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+1 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 22 1 18+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
16 MF  ENG Casey Pettit 22 0 2+15 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
17 MF  ENG Joe Pritchard 8 1 5+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
18 MF  ENG Aidan Barlow 21 1 12+6 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
19 MF  ENG Jake Burger 10 2 1+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+3 2
20 GK  ENG Tom Myles 6 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
21 MF  SCO Connor McBride 24 4 8+10 3 0+1 0 1+0 0 3+1 1
22 DF  ENG Dan Moss 21 0 2+13 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
23 DF  ENG Bryce Hosannah 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+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 2 0 2+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
30 DF  ENG Kevin Berkoe 12 0 5+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+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 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 DF  ENG Ryan Galvin 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
38 FW  ENG Tyler Smith 9 3 1+5 3 0+1 0 0+1 0 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 9 1 2+2 0 0+0 0 1+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]

Out

Date Pos Player Transferred to Fee Ref
8 July 2025 DF Finlay Armstrong Waterford Undisclosed [13]

Loaned in

Date Pos Player Loaned from Date until Ref
11 July 2025 GK Oliver Whatmuff Manchester City End of season [14]
25 July 2025 FW Levi Amantchi Walsall January 2026 [15]
13 September 2025 DF Kevin Berkoe Salford City January 2026 [16]
10 October 2025 GK Jackson Smith Barnsley [17]
28 November 2025 DF Ryan Galvin Barnet [18]
29 November 2025 GK Nathan Broome Bolton Wanderers [19]
19 December 2025 DF Charlie Waller Milton Keynes Dons [20]

Loaned out

Date Pos Player Loaned to Date until Ref
1 September 2025 MF Corey Edwards Stockport County January 2026 [21]

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 20 16 1 3 39 13 +26 080.00
FA Cup Fourth qualifying round 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
FA Trophy Third round 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
NL Cup First round 4 3 0 1 6 5 +1 075.00
Total 26 20 1 5 47 20 +27 076.92

Source: Soccerway

National League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Rochdale 20 16 1 3 39 13 +26 49 Promotion to EFL League Two
2 Forest Green Rovers 23 14 7 2 41 21 +20 49 Qualification for National League play-off semi-finals
3 York City 22 14 6 2 59 23 +36 48
4 Boreham Wood 22 14 5 3 42 21 +21 47 Qualification for the National League play-off quarter-finals
5 Carlisle United 23 14 4 5 40 27 +13 46
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2025. 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

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
20 16 1 3 39 13  +26 49 9 0 1 22 5  +17 7 1 2 17 8  +9

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHA
ResultWWWLWWWWWWLWWDWLWWWW
Position43142121212111242111
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) Morecambe v Rochdale Morecambe
15:00 GMT Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium
30 December 2025 (2025-12-30) Rochdale v Hartlepool United Accrington
19:45 GMT Stadium: Crown Ground
3 January 2026 (2026-01-03) Rochdale v Brackley Town Accrington
15:00 GMT Stadium: Crown Ground
17 January 2026 (2026-01-17) Gateshead v Rochdale Gateshead
15:00 GMT Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium
21 January 2026 (2026-01-21) Solihull Moors v Rochdale Solihull
19:45 GMT Stadium: Damson Park
24 January 2026 (2026-01-24) Rochdale v Truro City Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
31 January 2026 (2026-01-31) Southend United v Rochdale Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT Stadium: Roots Hall
3 February 2026 (2026-02-03) Rochdale v Boreham Wood Rochdale
19:45 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
7 February 2026 (2026-02-07) Rochdale v Carlisle United Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
11 February 2026 (2026-02-11) Rochdale v Forest Green Rovers Rochdale
19:45 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
14 February 2026 (2026-02-14) Yeovil Town v Rochdale Yeovil
15:00 GMT Stadium: Huish Park
21 February 2026 (2026-02-21) Rochdale v Woking Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
24 February 2026 (2026-02-24) FC Halifax Town v Rochdale Halifax
19:45 GMT Stadium: The Shay
28 February 2026 (2026-02-28) Aldershot Town v Rochdale Aldershot
15:00 GMT Stadium: Recreation Ground
7 March 2026 (2026-03-07) Rochdale v Boston United Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
14 March 2026 (2026-03-14) Eastleigh v Rochdale Eastleigh
15:00 GMT Stadium: Ten Acres
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) 4 Tamworth v Rochdale Tamworth
15:00 BST Stadium: The Lamb Ground

National League Cup

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 NL Tamworth (Q) 4 4 0 0 0 12 1 +11 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 NL Brackley Town (Q) 4 3 0 1 0 7 3 +4 10
3 NL Rochdale (E) 4 3 0 0 1 6 5 +1 9
4 NL Solihull Moors (E) 4 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 8
5 ACA Everton U21 (E) 4 1 1 0 2 4 5 −1 5
Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2025. Source: Premier League
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
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

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