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

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 England ENG Oliver Whatmuff 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England ENG Kyron Gordon 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD David Tutonda 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
4 MF England ENG Ryan East 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF England ENG Liam Hogan 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF England ENG Ethan Ebanks-Landell 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF Tanzania TAN Tarryn Allarakhia 3 1 1+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF England ENG Harvey Gilmour 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW England ENG Emmanuel Dieseruvwe 2 2 2+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW England ENG Devante Rodney 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF France FRA Anthony Gomez Mancini 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
12 FW England ENG Levi Amantchi 3 1 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
14 DF England ENG Tobi Adebayo-Rowling 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF England ENG Casey Pettit 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
17 MF England ENG Joe Pritchard 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
18 MF England ENG Aidan Barlow 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF England ENG Jake Burger 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
20 GK England ENG Tom Myles 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Connor McBride 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
22 DF England ENG Dan Moss 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
25 MF England ENG Jack Griffiths 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
27 MF England ENG Liam Humbles 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
33 DF England ENG Sam Beckwith 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
40 FW England ENG Ian Henderson 2 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 1

Transfers

In

Date Pos Player Transferred from Fee Ref
30 May 2025 DF England Bryce Hosannah England AFC Fylde Undisclosed [3]
13 June 2025 DF England Dan Moss England Woking Undisclosed [4]
27 June 2025 MF England Liam Humbles England Salford City Undisclosed [5]
2 July 2025 MF France Anthony Gomez-Mancini England Hartlepool United Undisclosed [6]
3 July 2025 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo David Tutonda England Morcambe Undisclosed [7]
4 July 2025 FW England Emmanuel Dieseruvwe England Hartlepool United Undisclosed [8]
7 July 2025 MF England Casey Pettit England Maidenhead United Undisclosed [9]
10 July 2025 MF England Joe Pritchard England Oldham Athletic Undisclosed [10]
31 July 2025 GK England Tom Myles England Manchester United Undisclosed [11]

Out

Date Pos Player Transferred to Fee Ref
8 July 2025 DF England Finlay Armstrong Republic of Ireland Waterford Undisclosed [12]


Loaned in

Date Pos Player Loaned from Date until Ref
11 July 2025 GK England Oliver Whatmuff England Manchester City End of season [13]
25 July 2025 FW England Levi Amantchi England Walsall January 2026 [14]

Loaned out

Date Pos Player Loaned to Date until Ref


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 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
FA Cup Fourth qualifying round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
FA Trophy Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
NL Cup First round 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
Total 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 100.00

Source: Soccerway

National League

Main article: 2025–26 National League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Southend United 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6 Promotion to EFL League Two
2 Scunthorpe United 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6 Qualification for National League play-off semi-finals
3 Rochdale 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6
4 Wealdstone 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Qualification for the National League play-off quarter-finals
5 Carlisle United 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 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
2 2 0 0 4 1  +3 6 1 0 0 2 1  +1 1 0 0 2 0  +2

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round12
GroundAH
ResultWW
Position43
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 Yellow card 26'
Dieseruvwe 49', 52' Yellow card 60'
Tutonda Yellow card 81'		 Stadium: Meadow Park
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 Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Ward 19' Yellow card 55'
Gale Yellow card 33'
Crawford Yellow card 69'
Sassi Yellow card 90+5'
Reed Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Referee: William Davis
20 August 2025 (2025-08-20) 3 Rochdale v Gateshead Rochdale
19:45 BST Stadium: Spotland Stadium
23 August 2025 (2025-08-23) 4 Brackley Town v Rochdale Brackley
15:00 BST Stadium: St James Park
25 August 2025 (2025-08-25) 5 Rochdale v Sutton United Rochdale
15:00 BST Stadium: Spotland Stadium
30 August 2025 (2025-08-30) 6 Wealdstone v Rochdale Ruislip
15:00 BST Stadium: Grosvenor Vale
6 September 2025 (2025-09-06) 7 Rochdale v Braintree Town Rochdale
15:00 BST Stadium: Spotland Stadium
13 September 2025 (2025-09-13) 8 Truro City v Rochdale Truro
15:00 BST Stadium: Truro City Stadium
20 September 2025 (2025-09-20) 9 Rochdale v Southend United Rochdale
15:00 BST Stadium: Spotland Stadium
23 September 2025 (2025-09-23) 10 Rochdale v Solihull Moors Rochdale
19:45 BST Stadium: Spotland Stadium
27 September 2025 (2025-09-27) 11 Carlisle United v Rochdale Carlisle
15:00 BST Stadium: Brunton Park
1 October 2025 (2025-10-01) 12 Rochdale v FC Halifax Town Rochdale
19:45 BST Stadium: Spotland Stadium
4 October 2025 (2025-10-04) 13 Forest Green Rovers v Rochdale Nailsworth
15:00 BST Stadium: The New Lawn
18 October 2025 (2025-10-18) 14 Rochdale v Yeovil Town Rochdale
15:00 BST Stadium: Spotland Stadium
25 October 2025 (2025-10-25) 15 Woking v Rochdale Woking
15:00 BST Stadium: Kingfield Stadium
4 November 2025 (2025-11-04) 16 Rochdale v Scunthorpe United Rochdale
19:45 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
8 November 2025 (2025-11-08) 17 Boston United v Rochdale Boston
15:00 GMT Stadium: Boston Community Stadium
11 November 2025 (2025-11-11) 18 York City v Rochdale York
19:45 GMT Stadium: York Community Stadium
15 November 2025 (2025-11-15) 19 Rochdale v Aldershot Town Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
22 November 2025 (2025-11-22) 20 Tamworth v Rochdale Tamworth
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Lamb Ground
29 November 2025 (2025-11-29) 21 Rochdale v Eastleigh Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
6 December 2025 (2025-12-06) 22 Rochdale v Boreham Wood Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
20 December 2025 (2025-12-20) 23 Altrincham v Rochdale Altrincham
15:00 GMT Stadium: Moss Lane
26 December 2025 (2025-12-26) 24 Morecambe v Rochdale Morecambe
15:00 GMT Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium
30 December 2025 (2025-12-30) 25 Rochdale v Hartlepool United Rochdale
19:45 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
3 January 2026 (2026-01-03) 26 Rochdale v Brackley Town Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
17 January 2026 (2026-01-17) 27 Gateshead v Rochdale Gateshead
15:00 GMT Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium
21 January 2026 (2026-01-21) 28 Solihull Moors v Rochdale Solihull
19:45 GMT Stadium: Damson Park
24 January 2026 (2026-01-24) 29 Rochdale v Truro City Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
31 January 2026 (2026-01-31) 30 Southend United v Rochdale Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT Stadium: Roots Hall
7 February 2026 (2026-02-07) 31 Rochdale v Carlisle United Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
11 February 2026 (2026-02-11) 32 Rochdale v Forest Green Rovers Rochdale
19:45 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
14 February 2026 (2026-02-14) 33 Yeovil Town v Rochdale Yeovil
15:00 GMT Stadium: Huish Park
21 February 2026 (2026-02-21) 34 Rochdale v Woking Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
24 February 2026 (2026-02-24) 35 FC Halifax Town v Rochdale Halifax
19:45 GMT Stadium: The Shay
28 February 2026 (2026-02-28) 36 Aldershot Town v Rochdale Aldershot
15:00 GMT Stadium: Recreation Ground
7 March 2026 (2026-03-07) 37 Rochdale v Boston United Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
14 March 2026 (2026-03-14) 38 Eastleigh v Rochdale Eastleigh
15:00 GMT Stadium: Ten Acres
21 March 2026 (2026-03-21) 39 Rochdale v Tamworth Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium
25 March 2026 (2026-03-25) 40 Scunthorpe United v Rochdale Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT Stadium: Glanford Park
28 March 2026 (2026-03-28) 41 Sutton United v Rochdale Sutton
15:00 GMT Stadium: Gander Green Lane
3 April 2026 (2026-04-03) 42 Rochdale v Morecambe Rochdale
19:45 BST Stadium: Spotland Stadium
6 April 2026 (2026-04-06) 43 Hartlepool United v Rochdale Hartlepool
19:45 BST Stadium: Victoria Park
11 April 2026 (2026-04-11) 44 Rochdale v Wealdstone Rochdale
15:00 BST Stadium: Spotland Stadium
18 April 2026 (2026-04-18) 45 Braintree Town v Rochdale Braintree
15:00 BST Stadium: Cressing Road
25 April 2026 (2026-04-25) 46 Rochdale v York City Rochdale
15:00 BST Stadium: Spotland Stadium

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup
11 October 2025 (2025-10-11) Q4 Rochdale v TBC
15:00 BST

FA Trophy

Main article: 2025–26 FA Trophy
13 December 2025 (2025-12-13) 3 Rochdale v TBC
15:00 BST

National League Cup

Main article: 2025–26 National League Cup
13 August 2025 (2025-08-13) 1 Rochdale 2–1 Burnley U21 Rochdale
13:00 BST Griffiths Yellow card 48'
Henderson 56'
Amantchi 78'		 Report Ryan Yellow card 58'
McMahon-Brown 75'
Blackie Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,452
16 September 2025 (2025-09-16) Rochdale v Blackburn Rovers U21
19:00 BST
21 October 2025 (2025-10-21) Rochdale v Manchester United U21
19:00 BST
25 November 2025 (2025-11-25) Rochdale v Everton U21
19:00 BST

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