2018–19 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 112th in existence and their fifth consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Rochdale

2018–19 season
Chairman	Chris Dunphy
Manager	Keith Hill (until 4 March)[1] Brian Barry-Murphy (from 3 April)[2]
Stadium	Spotland
League One	16th
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	Second round
EFL Trophy	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Ian Henderson (15 goals) All: Ian Henderson (16 goals)
Highest home attendance	6,546 (6 Apr 2019 vs. Sunderland)
Lowest home attendance	615 (7 Nov 2018 vs. Leicester City U21)
Average home league attendance	3,574
Biggest win	3–0 (15 Sep 2018 vs. Gillingham)
Biggest defeat	0–5 (1 Jan 2019 at Doncaster Rovers)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

First-team squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Josh Lillis	GK		Derby	38	297	0	Scunthorpe United	1 July 2012	Free	2020
24	Magnus Norman	GK		London	28	12	0	Fulham	15 August 2018	Loan	2019
31	Bradley Wade	GK			18	0	0	Academy	1 July 2018	Trainee	2019
Defenders
2	Ryan McLaughlin	RB		Belfast	30	2	0	Blackpool	23 January 2019	Undisclosed	2020
3	Kgosi Ntlhe	LB		Pretoria	31	44	1	Stevenage	1 July 2017	Free	2019
4	Jimmy McNulty	CB		Runcorn	40	161	3	Bury	1 July 2015	Free	2019
5	Ryan Delaney	CB		Wexford	28	53	4	Burton Albion	9 January 2018	Undisclosed	2021
6	Ethan Ebanks-Landell	CB		West Bromwich	32	4	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11 January 2019	Loan	2019
39	Joe Bunney	LB		Gorton	31	145	17	Northampton Town	31 January 2019	Loan	2019
41	Luke Matheson	RB			22	6	0	Academy	1 July 2018	Trainee	Undisclosed
Midfielders
7	Stephen Dooley	RM		Ballymoney	33	17	1	Coleraine	1 July 2018	Free	2020
8	Michael J. Williams	DM		Bangor	29	40	0	Liverpool	1 July 2018	Free	2020
10	Callum Camps	CM		Tameside	29	187	22	Academy	1 July 2013	Trainee	2020
14	Oliver Rathbone	CM		Blackburn	28	99	8	Manchester United	1 July 2015	Free	2019
15	Joe Thompson	RM		Rochdale	36	203	21	Carlisle United	7 August 2016	Free	2019
16	Matt Done	LM		Oswestry	37	196	30	Sheffield United	3 August 2017	Free	2019
19	Brad Inman	CM		Adelaide	33	73	12	Peterborough United	4 July 2018	Free	2019
25	Daniel Adshead	CM		Manchester	23	23	1	Academy	1 July 2017	Free	2019
27	Ethan Hamilton	CM			26	4	2	Manchester United	11 January 2019	Loan	2019
28	Aaron Morley	CM		Bury	25	12	0	Academy	1 March 2017	Trainee	2019
Forwards
9	Calvin Andrew	CF		Luton	38	191	28	York City	25 July 2014	Free	2020
11	Jordan Williams	LW/CF		Warrington	32	40	3	Barrow	1 July 2017	Undisclosed	2019
18	Aaron Wilbraham	CF		Knutsford	45	15	1	Bolton Wanderers	1 July 2018	Free	2019
23	Rory Holden	CF			27	6	0	Bristol City	3 January 2019	Loan	2019
30	Rekeil Pyke	CF		Leeds	27	1	0	Huddersfield Town	30 January 2019	Loan	2019
36	Matty Gillam	CF		Bexley	26	27	5	Academy	1 July 2016	Trainee	2020
40	Ian Henderson	CF		Bury St Edmunds	40	290	105	Colchester United	1 July 2013	Free	2020

Statistics

As of 30 June 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Josh Lillis	28	0	25+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	NIR	Ryan McLaughlin	13	0	13+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	RSA	Kgosi Ntlhe	23	3	14+5	3	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF	SCO	Jimmy McNulty	28	3	24+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	2
5	DF	IRL	Ryan Delaney	34	2	28+1	1	2+0	0	2+0	1	1+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Ethan Ebanks-Landell	16	2	15+1	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	NIR	Stephen Dooley	27	1	16+6	0	2+0	0	0+1	0	2+0	1
8	MF	WAL	Jordan Williams	32	0	21+6	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Calvin Andrew	43	4	13+25	3	1+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	1
10	MF	NIR	Callum Camps	42	3	38+1	3	1+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
11	FW	ENG	Jordan Williams	23	3	11+7	2	2+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	1
13	MF	IRL	Jimmy Keohane	8	0	4+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	ENG	Oliver Rathbone	31	6	25+2	4	0+0	0	1+0	2	3+0	0
16	MF	ENG	Matt Done	42	2	26+9	2	2+0	0	0+1	0	4+0	0
18	FW	ENG	Aaron Wilbraham	25	4	16+7	4	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
19	MF	AUS	Brad Inman	32	4	14+13	4	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+2	0
23	FW	ENG	Rory Holden	6	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
24	GK	ENG	Andy Lonergan	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	ENG	Daniel Adshead	16	1	8+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	4+1	1
26	FW	ENG	Zach Clough	13	1	4+5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+1	1
27	MF	SCO	Ethan Hamilton	14	4	13+1	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	ENG	Aaron Morley	6	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
30	FW	ENG	Rekeil Pyke	6	0	3+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	FW	ENG	Matty Gillam	13	2	5+4	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	2+1	1
39	DF	ENG	Joe Bunney	16	0	12+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	FW	ENG	Ian Henderson	47	21	43+0	20	2+0	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
41	DF	ENG	Luke Matheson	7	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
42	MF	ENG	Florent Hoti	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
44	DF	ENG	Juwon Hamzat	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
45	FW	ENG	Florian Yonsian	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
46	DF	ENG	Harrison Hopper	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
49	FW	ENG	Lewis Bradley	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
2	DF	IRL	Joe Rafferty	31	1	24+1	0	2+0	0	1+1	0	1+1	1
6	DF	ENG	Harrison McGahey	27	0	21+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
12	DF	ENG	Connor Randall	3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
15	MF	ENG	Joe Thompson	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	ENG	David Perkins	21	0	11+6	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
21	MF	ENG	Sam Hart	13	0	11+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
22	GK	USA	Brendan Moore	10	0	7+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
23	DF	IRL	James Finnerty	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
24	GK	ENG	Mangus Norman	12	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
27	MF	ENG	Andy Cannon	16	1	4+8	0	0+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	1

Goals record

As of 30 June 2019

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	40		CF	Ian Henderson	20	1	0	0	21
2	14		CM	Oliver Rathbone	4	0	2	0	6
3	9		CF	Calvin Andrew	3	0	0	1	4
	18		CF	Aaron Wilbraham	4	0	0	0	4
	19		AM	Brad Inman	4	0	0	0	4
	27		CM	Ethan Hamilton	4	0	0	0	4
7	3		LB	Kgosi Ntlhe	3	0	0	0	3
	4		CB	Jimmy McNulty	1	0	0	2	3
	10		CM	Callum Camps	3	0	0	0	3
	11		LW	Jordan Williams	2	0	0	1	3
11	5		CB	Ryan Delaney	1	0	1	0	2
	6		CB	Ethan Ebanks-Landell	2	0	0	0	2
	16		LM	Matt Done	2	0	0	0	2
	36		CF	Matty Gillam	1	0	0	1	2
15	2		RB	Joe Rafferty	0	0	0	1	1
	7		RM	Stephen Dooley	0	0	0	1	1
	25		CM	Daniel Adshead	0	0	0	1	1
	26		CF	Zach Clough	0	0	0	1	1
	27		RM	Andy Cannon	0	0	0	1	1
Total					50	2	3	10	65

Disciplinary record

As of 30 June 2019

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
1	8		DM	Jordan Williams	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0
2	10		CM	Callum Camps	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
	14		CM	Oliver Rathbone	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
	27		CM	Ethan Hamilton	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
5	6		CB	Ethan Ebanks-Landell	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1
	40		CF	Ian Henderson	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
7	6		CB	Harrison McGahey	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	16		LM	Matt Done	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	17		CM	David Perkins	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0
	21		LB	Sam Hart	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	39		LB	Joe Bunney	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
11	4		CB	Jimmy McNulty	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	5		CB	Ryan Delaney	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	19		AM	Brad Inman	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
14	2		RB	Joe Rafferty	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	18		CF	Aaron Wilbraham	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
16	2		RB	Conor McLaughlin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	7		RM	Stephen Dooley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	11		LW	Jordan Williams	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	3		LB	Kgosi Nthle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	9		CF	Calvin Andrew	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	12		RB	Connor Randall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	13		AM	Jimmy Keohane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	24		GK	Mangus Norman	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	24		GK	Andy Lonergan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	25		CM	Daniel Adshead	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	26		CF	Zach Clough	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	27		RM	Andy Cannon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					89	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	98	1	2

Contracts

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Status	Contract Length	Expiry date	Ref.
4 July 2018	CB		Ryan Delaney	Signed	3 Years	June 2021	[3]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	RM		Stephen Dooley	Coleraine	Undisclosed	[4]
1 July 2018	CB		James Finnerty	Aston Villa	Free transfer	[5]
1 July 2018	DM		David Perkins	Wigan Athletic	Free transfer	[6]
1 July 2018	CF		Aaron Wilbraham	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer	[7]
1 July 2018	DM		Jordan Williams	Liverpool	Free transfer	[8]
3 July 2018	CM		Brad Inman	Peterborough United	Free transfer	[9]
23 January 2019	RB		Ryan McLaughlin	Blackpool	Undisclosed	[10]
1 February 2019	AM		Jimmy Keohane	Cork City	Free transfer	[11]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	CB		Reece Brown	Free agent	Released	[12]
1 July 2018	CB		Niall Canavan	Plymouth Argyle	Released	[12][13]
1 July 2018	CF		Steve Davies	Blackpool	Released	[12][14]
1 July 2018	DM		Keith Keane	Free agent	Released	[12]
1 July 2018	LB		Mark Kitching	Hartlepool United	Released	[12][15]
16 July 2018	CB		Andy Hollins	Southport	Free transfer	[16]
1 December 2018	CB		James Finnerty	Bohemian	Mutual consent	[17]
2 January 2019	RB		Andy Cannon	Portsmouth	Undisclosed	[18]
2 January 2019	GK		Brendan Moore	Atlanta United	Mutual Consent	[19][20]
4 January 2019	CB		Harrison McGahey	Scunthorpe United	Undisclosed	[21]
5 January 2019	DM		David Perkins	Tranmere Rovers	Undisclosed	[22]
23 January 2019	RB		Joe Rafferty	Preston North End	Undisclosed	[23]
5 February 2019	RM		Joe Thompson	Retired		[24]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
15 August 2018	GK		Magnus Norman	Fulham	31 January 2019	[25][26][27]
23 August 2018	RB		Connor Randall	Liverpool	1 January 2019	[28][29]
30 August 2018	LB		Sam Hart	Blackburn Rovers	2 January 2019	[30][31]
31 August 2018	SS		Zach Clough	Nottingham Forest	1 January 2019	[32]
3 January 2019	CF		Rory Holden	Bristol City	31 May 2019	[33]
11 January 2019	CB		Ethan Ebanks-Landell	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31 May 2019	[34]
11 January 2019	CM		Ethan Hamilton	Manchester United	31 May 2019	[34]
30 January 2019	CF		Rekeil Pyke	Huddersfield Town	31 May 2019	[35]
31 January 2019	LB		Joe Bunney	Northampton Town	31 May 2019	[36]
31 January 2019	SS		Zach Clough	Nottingham Forest	31 May 2019	[37]
7 February 2019	GK		Andy Lonergan	Middlesbrough	21 February 2019	[38][39]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
12 December 2018	GK		Morgan Piper	Wythenshawe Town	Work experience	[40]
25 January 2019	GK		Bradley Wade	Barrow	February 2019	[41]
14 February 2019	CF		Matty Gillam	Cork City	July 2019	[42]

Competitions

Friendlies

On 17 May 2018, Rochdale scheduled a friendly away to Tranmere Rovers for the following July.^[43] A match with Stalybridge Celtic was announced a day later, prior to a match versus Stockport County being set on 21 May.^[44][45]

Stalybridge Celtic v Rochdale

6 July 2018 Friendly	Stalybridge Celtic	0–3	Rochdale	Stalybridge
19:30 BST		Report	Andrew 45' Inman 54' Rathbone 89'	Stadium: Bower Fold

Stockport County v Rochdale

17 July 2018 Friendly	Stockport County	0–1	Rochdale	Stockport
19:45 BST		Report	Thompson 57'	Stadium: Edgeley Park

Rochdale v Hull City

21 July 2018 Friendly	Rochdale	1–0	Hull City	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Rafferty 90'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Rochdale v Middlesbrough

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) Friendly	Rochdale	3–2	Middlesbrough	Rochdale
19:30 BST	Andrew 69' Inman 85' Rathbone 90+1'	Report	Fletcher 13' Chapman 52'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena

Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale

28 July 2018 Friendly	Tranmere Rovers	1–3	Rochdale	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Gilmour 82'	Report	Camps 31' Inman 42' Wilbraham 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Prenton Park

FC United of Manchester v Rochdale

31 July 2018 (2018-07-31) Friendly	FC United of Manchester	2–4	Rochdale	Moston
19:45 BST	Barry-Murphy 12' (o.g.) Dickinson 27'	Report	Rathbone 39' Gillam 45+1' 56' (o.g.) Williams 63'	Stadium: Broadhurst Park

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Accrington Stanley	46	14	13	19	51	67	−16	55
15	Bristol Rovers	46	13	15	18	47	50	−3	54
16	Rochdale	46	15	9	22	54	87	−33	54
17	Wycombe Wanderers	46	14	11	21	55	67	−12	53
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	16	18	51	59	−8	52

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results^[46]

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
46	15	9	22	54	87	−33	54	8	4	11	25	37	−12	7	5	11	29	50	−21

Last updated: 4 May 2019.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L
Position	5	14	15	18	19	14	13	13	14	17	15	15	16	16	17	14	16	18	16	17	18	19	17	16	16	17	18	19	19	20	18	18	20	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	19	20	17	14	14	16

Updated to match(es) played on 9 April 2019. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League One fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[47][48]

Burton Albion v Rochdale

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1	Burton Albion	1–2	Rochdale	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Buxton  2' Fox  60' Boyce 71'	Report	Inman 10', 22' MJ Williams  88'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,987 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Rochdale v Peterborough United

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 2	Rochdale	1–4	Peterborough United	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Henderson 17' (pen) McGahey  45+3'	Report	Cummings 25' O'Hara 34', 90+3' Woodyard  41' Godden 45+3'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,693 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Fleetwood Town v Rochdale

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 3	Fleetwood Town	2–2	Rochdale	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Holt  3' McNulty 29'(o.g.) Evans  45' 56' Dempsey  88' Cairns  90+2' Jones  90+4'	Report	Henderson 50' (pen), 90+5'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,565 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Rochdale v Barnsley

21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) 4	Rochdale	0–4	Barnsley	Rochdale
19:45 BST		Report	Potts 35' Dougall  41' Moore 42', 48', 68'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,359 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Rochdale v Walsall

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 5	Rochdale	1–2	Walsall	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Done  29' Camps 79'	Report	Ginnelly 32' Ismail 77'  86'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,080 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Coventry City v Rochdale

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 6	Coventry City	0–1	Rochdale	Coventry
15:00 BST		Report	Andrew 47' Williams  57'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 9,879 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Scunthorpe United v Rochdale

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08) 7	Scunthorpe United	3–3	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Novak 2' Colclough 18' Goode 54' Lund  73'	Report	Clough  26' Rathbone 52', 66' Camps  55' Hart  68' Gillam 83'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,898 Referee: Ross Joyce

Rochdale v Gillingham

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 8	Rochdale	3–0	Gillingham	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Henderson 9', 18', 64'  86'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,925 Referee: Martin Coy

Sunderland v Rochdale

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9	Sunderland	4–1	Rochdale	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Loovens  22' Maja 37', 45' Gooch 41', 66'	Report	Rafferty  45+3' Rathbone  51' Henderson  52' Done 71' Hart  85'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 28,764 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Rochdale v Portsmouth

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10	Rochdale	1–3	Portsmouth	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Wilbraham 4'	Report	Lowe 25'  60' Pitman 71' Clarke 81'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,796 Referee: John Busby

Rochdale v Bristol Rovers

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 11	Rochdale	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Norman  45+2' Inman  71' Hart  90'	Report	Craig  39' Clarke  54'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,301 Referee: Matt Donohue

Blackpool v Rochdale

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 12	Blackpool	2–2	Rochdale	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Thompson 5' Tilt 29' Guy  41' Spearing  76'	Report	Delaney 9' Hart  45+3' MJ Williams  46' Perkins  57' Rathbone  69' Andrew 86' J Williams  90+3'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,520 Referee: Robert Jones

Rochdale v Doncaster Rovers

13 October 2018 (2018-10-13) 13	Rochdale	2–3	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Henderson 59' MJ Williams  70' Cannon  73' Ntlhe 82'	Report	Mason  17' Crawford 20' Wright  27' Butler 50' Anderson 68' Taylor  88'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Scott Oldham

Bradford City v Rochdale

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 14	Bradford City	0–2	Rochdale	Bradford
15:00 BST	Wood  30' O'Brien  66' Miller  90' O'Donnell  90+4'	Report	Henderson 83' (pen.), 90+5' (pen.) Done  90+1'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 15,875 Referee: Ben Toner

Wycombe Wanderers v Rochdale

23 October 2018 15	Wycombe Wanderers	3–0	Rochdale	High Wycombe
19:45 BST	Morris 10' Akinfenwa 67' Onyedinma 72'	Report	Ntlhe  28' Dooley  64'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 3,997 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Rochdale v Charlton Athletic

28 October 2018 (2018-10-28) 16	Rochdale	1–0	Charlton Athletic	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Henderson 4' Inman  45+1' Rathbone  49'	Report	Taylor 20' Ward  48' Cullen  82'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,109 Referee: Andy Haines

Rochdale v Luton Town

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 17	Rochdale	0–0	Luton Town	Rochdale
15:00 GMT			Shinnie  8' Hylton  74'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,689 Referee: Ollie Yates

Shrewsbury Town v Rochdale

17 November 2018 (2018-11-17) 18	Shrewsbury Town	3–2	Rochdale	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Norburn 32' (pen.), 72' Okenabirhie 65'	Report	Camps  30' Inman 45+1' J. Williams 58' Perkins  87'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,861 Referee: Lee Swabey

Rochdale v Accrington Stanley

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 19	Rochdale	1–0	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Delaney  41' Henderson 69' McGahey  72'	Report	Finley  90'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,497 Referee: Lee Probert

Oxford United v Rochdale

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) 20	Oxford United	4–2	Rochdale	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Mackie 11' Henry 14' Browne  45+4' 52', 78'	Report	Henderson 30' Randall  36' Wilbraham  39' McNulty  48' M.J. Williams  55' Camps 69' McGahey  90+2'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,204 Referee: Craig Hicks

AFC Wimbledon v Rochdale

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 21	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Rochdale	London
15:00 GMT	Barcham 70' Purrington  81'	Report	Andrew 35' M.J. Willams  90+2'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 3,988 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Rochdale v Plymouth Argyle

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 22	Rochdale	1–2	Plymouth Argyle	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Perkins  62' Inman 76'	Report	Grant 73' Perkins 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,863 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Southend United v Rochdale

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 23	Southend United	1–2	Rochdale	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	White 81' Dieng  90+2'	Report	Rathbone  5' Williams 23' Camps  51' 87'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,735 Referee: Neil Hair

Rochdale v Blackpool

26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 24	Rochdale	2–1	Blackpool	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Rathbone 19' Camps  31' Henderson 89'	Report	Thompson  30' Nottingham 35' O'Connor  77'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,006 Referee: Thomas Bramall

Rochdale v Bradford City

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 25	Rochdale	0–4	Bradford City	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	M.J. Williams  27' Rathbone  47'	Report	Knight-Percival 23'  44' Ball  42' McGowan 48'  70' Caddis  51' Doyle 60' (pen.) Miller 89'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,673 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Doncaster Rovers v Rochdale

1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) 26	Doncaster Rovers	5–0	Rochdale	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	May 1' Crawford 23' Marquis 28', 75' T Anderson  50' Coppinger 82'	Report	McGahey  39' Williams  60' Camps  66' Inman  72' Rathbone  75'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,408 Referee: Martin Coy

Rochdale v Burton Albion

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) 27	Rochdale	0–4	Burton Albion	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	M.J. Williams  29' Camps  35' Rathbone  62'	Report	Myers-Harness 19', 30', 86' Hutchinson  50' Boyce 78'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,666 Referee: Scott Duncan

Peterborough United v Rochdale

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 28	Peterborough United	2–1	Rochdale	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Tomlin 23' Cooper 84'	Report	Done  37' Hamilton  52' 90'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 6,025 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Rochdale v Fleetwood Town

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 29	Rochdale	1–1	Fleetwood Town	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Hamilton  42' Henderson 75' Camps  80'	Report	Madden 36' Coyle  54' Cairns  82'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,713 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Barnsley v Rochdale

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 30	Barnsley	2–1	Rochdale	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Moore 54' Dougall  57' Woodrow 75' Davies  83'	Report	Delaney  47' Henderson 49' Dooley  68' Ebanks-Landell  90+5'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,379 Referee: Alan Young

Walsall v Rochdale

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 31	Walsall	1–2	Rochdale	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Edwards 36' Devlin  43' Cook  83'	Report	Ebanks-Landell 4' Hamilton 60'  78' Henderson  90+6'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,021 Referee: Scott Oldham

Rochdale v Coventry City

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 32	Rochdale	0–1	Coventry City	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Ebanks-Landell  38' Dooley  73' Hamilton  76'	Report	Hiwula 68' Thomas  90+3'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,661 Referee: Paul Marsden

Rochdale v AFC Wimbledon

19 February 2019 (2019-02-19) 33	Rochdale	3–4	AFC Wimbledon	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	Pyke 2' Hamilton 37' Henderson 81'	Report	Pigott 36', 46', 90+5' (pen.)  90+6' Wordsworth 76' McDonald  88'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,410 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Plymouth Argyle v Rochdale

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 34	Plymouth Argyle	5–1	Rochdale	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Ladapo 26', 75' Edwards 61' Sarcevic  67' Threlkeld 85' Smith-Brown 90+4'	Report	Done 48' Ebanks-Landell  58' Camps  72'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 9,360 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Luton Town v Rochdale

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 35	Luton Town	2–0	Rochdale	Luton
15:00 GMT	Mpanzu  24' Hylton 59' Shinnie  65' Collins 90+1'	Report	Hamilton  1'  85' Lonergan  45' Williams  70'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 9,905 Referee: Lee Swabey

Rochdale v Shrewsbury Town

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 36	Rochdale	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Ntlhe 15' Ebanks-Landell  43' McNulty 47'  87' Bunney  55'	Report	Waterfall  40' Williams  51' Docherty 90+1'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,217 Referee: John Brooks

Rochdale v Oxford United

12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) 37	Rochdale	0–0	Oxford United	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	McNulty  32'	Report	Dickie  46'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,331 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Accrington Stanley v Rochdale

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) P	Accrington Stanley	P–P	Rochdale	Accrington
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Crown Ground
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.[49]

Rochdale v Scunthorpe United

23 March 2019 (2019-03-23) 38	Rochdale	3–1	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Wilbraham 14', 60' Ntlhe 51'	Report	Hallam 16' McGahey  27' McMahon  42'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,361 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Gillingham v Rochdale

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 39	Gillingham	1–1	Rochdale	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Byrne 45+2' Hanlan  59' Fuller  90+6'	Report	Henderson  22' 37' Ebanks-Landell  52' Wilbraham  62' Andrew  65' Bunney  80'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,686 Referee: Alan Young

Rochdale v Sunderland

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 40	Rochdale	1–2	Sunderland	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Henderson 28' Bunney  50' Williams  85'	Report	Hume  16' McGeouch  53' Wyke 56' Honeyman 89'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,546 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Accrington Stanley v Rochdale

9 April 2019 (2019-04-09) 41	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Rochdale	Accrington
19:45 BST		Report	McLaughlin  27' Henderson  39' Rathbone 71' Hamilton  78'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,824 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

Portsmouth v Rochdale

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 42	Portsmouth	4–1	Rochdale	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Hawkins 21' Pitman 45+1' (pen.) Evans 62' Lowe 79'	Report	Wilbraham  38' 54' Ebanks-Landell  45' Bunney  52'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,197 Referee: Lee Swabey

Rochdale v Wycombe Wanderers

19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 43	Rochdale	1–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Henderson 79' Rathbone  83'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,711 Referee: Andy Haines

Bristol Rovers v Rochdale

22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 44	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Rochdale	Bristol
15:00 BST	Upson  22' Clarke  57'	Report	McNulty  14' Bunney  38' Williams  78' Hamilton 82' Done  85'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,516 Referee: Craig Hicks

Rochdale v Southend United

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 45	Rochdale	1–0	Southend United	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Williams  38' Henderson 53'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ben Toner

Charlton Athletic v Rochdale

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 46	Charlton Athletic	4–0	Rochdale	London
17:30 BST	Aribo 19' Andrew 32' (o.g.) Taylor 40' Sarr  50' Bielik 75'	Report	Keohane  57' Delaney  90'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 12,705 Referee: Charles Breakspear

FA Cup

Main article: 2018–19 FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October.^[50] The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November.^[51]

Rochdale v Gateshead

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) First round	Rochdale	2–1	Gateshead	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Mellish 21' (o.g.) Henderson 23' McGahey  31' Inman  84'	Report	Mellish 49'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,415 Referee: Peter Wright

Rochdale v Portsmouth

2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) Second round	Rochdale	0–1	Portsmouth	Rochdale
14:00 GMT	Delaney  90'	Report	Lowe  45' Thompson  61' Green 90'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,555 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

EFL Cup

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.^[52] The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.^[53]

Grimsby Town v Rochdale

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) First round	Grimsby Town	0–2	Rochdale	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Welsh  68'	Report	Rathbone 39', 79' McNulty  67'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 1,781 Referee: Darren England

Middlesbrough v Rochdale

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) Second round	Middlesbrough	2–1	Rochdale	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Johnson 37' Hugill 53'	Report	Delaney 83'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 10,344 Referee: Ben Toner

EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced.^[54] The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November.^[55] On 8 December, the third round draw was drawn by Alan McInally and Matt Le Tissier on Soccer Saturday.^[56]

Pos	Lge	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Rochdale	3	2	0	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Round 2
2	L2	Bury	3	2	0	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	ACA	Leicester City U21	3	0	2	0	1	5	6	−1	4
4	L1	Fleetwood Town	3	0	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source: EFL.com

Rochdale v Bury

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04) Group Game 1	Rochdale	2–1	Bury	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Clough 16' Gillam 19'	Report	Lavery 70' (pen.) Moore  89'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1582 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Fleetwood Town v Rochdale

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09) Group Game 2	Fleetwood Town	0–2	Rochdale	Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Dempsey  42' Biggins  61' Holt  78'	Report	J Williams 16' Cannon 47'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 669 Referee: Ross Joyce

Rochdale v Leicester City U21

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07) Group Game 3	Rochdale	2–2 (3–4 p)	Leicester City U21	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	Andrew 5' McNulty 17'	Report	Pașcanu 28' Loft 66'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 615 Referee: Thomas Bramall
	Penalties
	Clough Perkins Wilbraham Hoti Hooper MJ Williams		Johnson Dewsbury-Hall Pașcanu Thomas Loft Sherif

Rochdale v Oldham Athletic

5 December 2018 (2018-12-05) Second round	Rochdale	P–P	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Note: Fixture was postponed due to waterlogged pitch.[57]

Rochdale v Oldham Athletic

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11) Second round	Rochdale	2–0	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
19:00 GMT	Rafferty  52' 90+2' (pen.) Perkins  75' Adshead 90+4'	Report	Maouche  51' Clarke  52' Hunt  63'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,854 Referee: Oliver Langford

Rochdale v Manchester City U21

8 January 2019 (2019-01-08) Third round	Rochdale	2–4	Manchester City U21	Rochdale
19:00 GMT	McNulty 4' Dooley 29'	Report	Richards 25' 84' Sandler  27' Bolton 50' Braaf 67', 82'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,176 Referee: Ross Joyce