Rochdale Relegated

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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.

Wasn’t there some talk of them combining to form a new club Manchester North End? or something equally as daft?

It was around the time that Robert Maxwell wanted to unite Oxford, Swindon and Reading and call them Thames Valley Royals?

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Wasn’t there some talk of them combining to form a new club Manchester North End? or something equally as daft?

It was around the time that Robert Maxwell wanted to unite Oxford, Swindon and Reading and call them Thames Valley Royals?

As much as people hate the idea, there may be some merit to merging. I think there are too many pro clubs in England, competing with each other not just on the pitch but for finances. I'd say that's part of the reason so many are just scraping by, at lower levels happy to exist.

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Wasn’t there some talk of them combining to form a new club Manchester North End? or something equally as daft?

It was around the time that Robert Maxwell wanted to unite Oxford, Swindon and Reading and call them Thames Valley Royals?

Thomas valley royals

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Thomas valley royals

Thames

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Thomas valley royals

Thames Valley Transit

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Played them first game of the season some years ago. Took the kids with us and arrived early at Spotland to find ground staff on stepladders covering up the concession prices above the turnstiles, reasoning with us that we’d most probably have a large following and it was a way of cashing in.

Went for a few beers at the pub nearby, the one with the crown bowling green in the garden. When we got to the turnstiles before the game the old fella taking the money told us to chuck the kids over the turnstile because he was disgusted at the club charging nippers full price. Decent people, sad to see them go, I fear for them.

3-3 draw, if I recall, Tony Bird getting a couple.

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As much as people hate the idea, there may be some merit to merging. I think there are too many pro clubs in England, competing with each other not just on the pitch but for finances. I'd say that's part of the reason so many are just scraping by, at lower levels happy to exist.

The main reason is the greed of the Premier league in taking everything for themselves and throwing scraps to the rest

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Played them first game of the season some years ago. Took the kids with us and arrived early at Spotland to find ground staff on stepladders covering up the concession prices above the turnstiles, reasoning with us that we’d most probably have a large following and it was a way of cashing in.

Went for a few beers at the pub nearby, the one with the crown bowling green in the garden. When we got to the turnstiles before the game the old fella taking the money told us to chuck the kids over the turnstile because he was disgusted at the club charging nippers full price. Decent people, sad to see them go, I fear for them.

3-3 draw, if I recall, Tony Bird getting a couple.

It's very sad

The fans of clubs near to big glory teams I think are the spirit of football

Rochdale , Bury , Stockport , Halifax , Doncaster , Crewe , Tranmere , Chester , Hartlepool , Barnsley , Walsall etc

[J R Hartley]

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That's a shame

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

Oh please. They got some of the worst attendances in the football league and always have.

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Oh please. They got some of the worst attendances in the football league and always have.

Why do you think a town with very little success just 8 miles from Manchester United and Manchester City and not far from Liverpool gets such poor crowds ?

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Why do you think a town with very little success just 8 miles from Manchester United and Manchester City and not far from Liverpool gets such poor crowds ?

Because of people like you who go and glory support the bigger teams instead of supporting their local club.

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Rochdale has a population of nearly a quarter of million people ffs. People talk about them like they are a village team.

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Because of people like you who go and glory support the bigger teams instead of supporting their local club.

Well that might be relevant to your mates who support wolves or Liverpool up your way and ignore Merthyr as they do but it's got nothing to do with me

I have no idea which part of Merthyr Wolverhampton or Liverpool is in ?

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Rochdale has a population of nearly a quarter of million people ffs. People talk about them like they are a village team.

No it doesn't

That's the population of the metropolitan Borough

It's like including the likes of Barry , Penarth and Llantristant in Cardiffs population

Did you struggle at school ?

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No it doesn't

That's the population of the metropolitan Borough

It's like including the likes of Barry , Penarth and Llantristant in Cardiffs population

Did you struggle at school ?

I did ok at school. Ive got a decent enough job that pays the bills and dont need to sponge off the state or my parents. What about you? Whens the last time you had a job? Sponger.