2015–16 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
2015–16 season
Chairman Chris Dunphy
Manager Keith Hill
Stadium Spotland
League Cup Second Round
Lancashire Senior Cup First Round

The 2015–16 season is Rochdale's 109th year in existence and their second consecutive season in League One.[1] Along with competing in League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and JP Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 RW England Lewis Alessandra Plymouth Argyle Free transfer [2]
1 July 2015 LW Republic of Ireland Donal McDermott Ramsbottom United Free transfer [3]
1 July 2015 CB Scotland James McNulty Bury Free transfer [4]
27 August 2015 RW England Nathaniel Mendez-Laing Peterborough United Free transfer [5]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CF England Febian Brandy Free Agent Released [6]
1 July 2015 CM Republic of Ireland Stephen Dawson Scunthorpe United Free transfer [7]
1 July 2015 DM France Bastien Héry Carlisle United Free transfer [8]
1 July 2015 CB Republic of Ireland Sean McGinty Aldershot Town [lower-alpha 1] Free transfer [6]
1 July 2015 CF England Jack Muldoon Lincoln City [lower-alpha 2] Free transfer [6]
3 August 2015 GK England Rhys Lovett Cheltenham Town Free transfer [11]
  1. Following McGinty's release on 5 May 2015, he later signed for Aldershot Town on 3 June 2015.[9]
  2. Following Muldoon's release on 5 May 2015, he later signed for Lincoln City on 28 May 2015.[10]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
1 August 2015 CF England Joel Logan Wrexham 10 January 2016 [12][lower-alpha 1]
18 September 2015 ST England Nyal Bell Droylsden 16 October 2015 [14]
18 September 2015 ST England Billy Hasler-Cregg Droylsden 16 October 2015 [14]
  1. Logan's Wrexham loan was extended on 27 August 2015, until 10 January 2016.[13]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 8 May 2015, Rochdale confirmed their first pre-season friendly against Macclesfield Town on 18 July 2015.[15] On 11 May 2015, the second confirmed pre-season friendly was announced against Chester on 14 July 2015.[16] On 14 May 2015, a friendly against AFC Fylde was announced.[17] A day later the club confirmed their fourth friendly, against Blackburn Rovers.[18] On 21 May 2015, a fifth friendly was announced against Huddersfield Town.[19] On 29 May 2015, Rochdale announced they will face Accrington Stanley on 28 July 2015.[20] On 21 July 2015, Dale announced a third pre-season friendly.[21]

League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Coventry City 46 19 12 15 67 49 +18 69
9 Gillingham 46 19 12 15 71 56 +15 69
10 Rochdale 46 19 12 15 68 61 +7 69
11 Sheffield United 46 18 12 16 64 59 +5 66
12 Port Vale 46 18 11 17 56 58 2 65
Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[22]

FA Cup

On 26 October 2015, the first round draw was made. Rochdale were drawn at home against Swindon Town.[23] Rochdale were at home to Bury in the second round.[24]

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Rochdale were drawn at home against Coventry City.[25] Rochdale were drawn away to Hull City in the second round.[26]

Football League Trophy

On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Rochdale will host Chesterfield.[28]

Lancashire Senior Cup

On the Lancashire FA website the first round details were announced, Rochdale will face Manchester United.[29]

References

  1. "History". Statto.
  2. "Lewis Set To Join". Rochdale AFC. 8 June 2015.
  3. "Donal McDermott Is Dale's First Close Season Signing". Rochdale AFC. 7 May 2015.
  4. "Jim McNulty Signs". Rochdale AFC. 2 June 2015.
  5. "Nathaniel Mendez-Laing Signs For Rochdale". Rochdale AFC. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 "Trio leaving Rochdale". Rochdale AFC. 5 May 2015.
  7. "Stephen Dawson Agrees To Join Scunthorpe United". Rochdale AFC. 20 May 2015.
  8. "Bastien Hery Departs". Rochdale AFC. 24 June 2015.
  9. "Barry Makes First Two Signings". Aldershot Town FC. 3 June 2015.
  10. "Muldoon Puts Pen To Paper". Lincoln City FC. 28 May 2015.
  11. "Rhys Lovett: Cheltenham Town announce 14th new signing". BBC Sport. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  12. "Joel Logan Heads Out On Loan". Rochdale AFC. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  13. "Joel Logan To Extend Wrexham Stay". Rochdale AFC. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  14. 1 2 "Nyal Bell and Billy Hasler-Cregg Head Out On Loan". Rochdale AFC. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  15. "First Pre-Season Friendly Confirmed". Rochdale AFC. 8 May 2015.
  16. "Chester Friendly Confirmed". Rochdale AFC. 11 May 2015.
  17. "AFC Fylde Friendly Confirmed". Rochdale AFC. 14 May 2015.
  18. "Home Friendly Confirmed". Rochdale AFC. 15 May 2015.
  19. "Dale To Face Huddersfield Town In Pre-Season". Rochdale AFC. 21 May 2015.
  20. "Dale To Face Accrington Stanley In Pre-Season". Rochdale AFC. 29 May 2015.
  21. "Third Home Friendly Added To The Calendar". Rochdale AFC. 21 July 2015.
  22. "Dale's 2015-16 Fixtures Confirmed". Rochdale AFC. 17 June 2015.
  23. "The Emirates FA Cup first round proper draw completed". The FA. 26 October 2015.
  24. "Emirates FA Cup second round draw made at Civil Service FC". The FA. 9 November 2015.
  25. "Capital One Cup 2015/16 Round 1 Draw". Capital One Cup. 16 June 2015.
  26. "Capital One Cup Round 2 draw". Capital One Cup. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  27. "Hull 1 – 0 Rochdale". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  28. "Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Round 2 draw". Football League. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  29. "LFA fixtures – first round". Lancashire FA. August 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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