Rochdale Relegated

[blue matt]

Rochdale swap places with Wrexham and fall out of the league

they were rivals with us in the dungeon in the early 90's

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Rochdale swap places with Wrexham and fall out of the league

they were rivals with us in the dungeon in the early 90's

That's a shame

Grand old club with great fans who stick by their team despite united and City on their doorstep

[Elwood Blues]

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Rochdale swap places with Wrexham and fall out of the league

they were rivals with us in the dungeon in the early 90's

The end of their 102 year stay in the football league

[Cardiff-Cal]

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Whenever I hear of Rochdale I think about the fact they spent 36 consecutive seasons in League 2 (aka Div 3/Div 4/The Rochdale Division)

From the mid 70s to 2010.

Mental.

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Whenever I hear of Rochdale I think about the fact they spent 36 consecutive seasons in League 2 (aka Div 3/Div 4/The Rochdale Division)

From the mid 70s to 2010.

Mental.

You mean they were never in the second tier of English football ?

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You mean they were never in the second tier of English football ?

They were in league 2 ....ie the old division 4 , for 36 years ?

Is that what you mean ?

[NYCBlue]

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They were in league 2 ....ie the old division 4 , for 36 years ?

Is that what you mean ?

They've never been outside the bottom two divisions.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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I remember going to Spotland in the 70s when City's game away to Bolton was cancelled, just as we arrived outside Burnden Park.
So about 6 coach-loads of us headed to watch Rochdale at home to Darlington.
I have no idea what Rochdale's average attendance was that season , but it was 'swelled' by about 300 City fans on the day. :hehe:

[Cardiff-Cal]

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They were in league 2 ....ie the old division 4 , for 36 years ?

Is that what you mean ?

Yeah. 35 seasons without relegation or promotion, the 36th they got promoted.

[Canton68]

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I was there. I think it was Workington they were playing in their last season in the league.

[the other bob wilson]

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I bet Rochdale, Bury and Oldham have all played some great derbies against each other down the years in front of big crowds in the Football League. All of them gone now, that's a pretty big part of Greater Manchester without an EFL club now and, sadly, I think Rochdale and Bury face a real struggle to get back - Oldham might be able to given their history over the past thirty odd years, but there's some pretty big clubs in the National League now and I see Scunthorpe have suffered their second successive relegation.

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They've never been outside the bottom two divisions.

I had no idea what he meant

[Cardiff-Cal]

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I had no idea what he meant

I read back what I wrote and I can’t see how it would be confusing.

They spent 36 seasons in league 2 without getting promoted or relegated.

I put aka Div 3/Div 4 because in those 36 years (1974-2010) the league changed its name a few times.

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I read back what I wrote and I can’t see how it would be confusing.

They spent 36 seasons in league 2 without getting promoted or relegated.

I put aka Div 3/Div 4 because in those 36 years (1974-2010) the league changed its name a few times.

It confused me , mind you it's not hard to do that cc

[Cardiff-Cal]

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It confused me , mind you it's not hard to do that cc

In the same time period I think we changed divisions 14 times.

Fair play to any loyal Rochdale fans during that period.