2018–19 Rochdale A.F.C. season

2018–19 EFL Trophy
Country	England; Wales
Teams	64
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Rochdale
	2018–19 season
Chairman	Chris Dunphy
Manager	Keith Hill (until 4 March); Brian Barry-Murphy (from 3 April)
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)
← 2017–18	2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season is Rochdale's 112th year 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.

First-team squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Josh Lillis	GK	Derby	37	297	0	Scunthorpe United	1 July 2012	Free	2020
24	Magnus Norman	GK	London	27	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	29	2	0	Blackpool	23 January 2019	Undisclosed	2020
3	Kgosi Ntlhe	LB	Pretoria	30	44	1	Stevenage	1 July 2017	Free	2019
4	Jimmy McNulty	CB	Runcorn	39	161	3	Bury	1 July 2015	Free	2019
5	Ryan Delaney	CB	Wexford	27	53	4	Burton Albion	9 January 2018	Undisclosed	2021
6	Ethan Ebanks-Landell	CB	West Bromwich	31	4	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11 January 2019	Loan	2019
39	Joe Bunney	LB	Gorton	30	145	17	Northampton Town	31 January 2019	Loan	2019
41	Luke Matheson	RB		21	6	0	Academy	1 July 2018	Trainee	Undisclosed
Midfielders
7	Stephen Dooley	RM	Ballymoney	32	17	1	Coleraine	1 July 2018	Free	2020
8	Michael J. Williams	DM	Bangor	28	40	0	Liverpool	1 July 2018	Free	2020
10	Callum Camps	CM	Tameside	28	187	22	Academy	1 July 2013	Trainee	2020
14	Oliver Rathbone	CM	Blackburn	27	99	8	Manchester United	1 July 2015	Free	2019
15	Joe Thompson	RM	Rochdale	35	203	21	Carlisle United	7 August 2016	Free	2019
16	Matt Done	LM	Oswestry	36	196	30	Sheffield United	3 August 2017	Free	2019
19	Brad Inman	CM	Adelaide	32	73	12	Peterborough United	4 July 2018	Free	2019
25	Daniel Adshead	CM	Manchester	22	23	1	Academy	1 July 2017	Free	2019
27	Ethan Hamilton	CM		25	4	2	Manchester United	11 January 2019	Loan	2019
28	Aaron Morley	CM	Bury	24	12	0	Academy	1 March 2017	Trainee	2019
Forwards
9	Calvin Andrew	CF	Luton	37	191	28	York City	25 July 2014	Free	2020
11	Jordan Williams	LW/CF	Warrington	31	40	3	Barrow	1 July 2017	Undisclosed	2019
18	Aaron Wilbraham	CF	Knutsford	44	15	1	Bolton Wanderers	1 July 2018	Free	2019
23	Rory Holden	CF		26	6	0	Bristol City	3 January 2019	Loan	2019
30	Rekeil Pyke	CF	Leeds	26	1	0	Huddersfield Town	30 January 2019	Loan	2019
36	Matty Gillam	CF	Bexley	25	27	5	Academy	1 July 2016	Trainee	2020
40	Ian Henderson	CF	Bury St Edmunds	39	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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Josh Lillis	28	0	25+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Ryan McLaughlin	13	0	13+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Kgosi Ntlhe	23	3	14+5	3	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF		Jimmy McNulty	28	3	24+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	2
5	DF		Ryan Delaney	34	2	28+1	1	2+0	0	2+0	1	1+0	0
6	DF		Ethan Ebanks-Landell	16	2	15+1	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Stephen Dooley	27	1	16+6	0	2+0	0	0+1	0	2+0	1
8	MF		Jordan Williams	32	0	21+6	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
9	FW		Calvin Andrew	43	4	13+25	3	1+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	1
10	MF		Callum Camps	42	3	38+1	3	1+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
11	FW		Jordan Williams	23	3	11+7	2	2+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	1
13	MF		Jimmy Keohane	8	0	4+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF		Oliver Rathbone	31	6	25+2	4	0+0	0	1+0	2	3+0	0
16	MF		Matt Done	42	2	26+9	2	2+0	0	0+1	0	4+0	0
18	FW		Aaron Wilbraham	25	4	16+7	4	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
19	MF		Brad Inman	32	4	14+13	4	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+2	0
23	FW		Rory Holden	6	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
24	GK		Andy Lonergan	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF		Daniel Adshead	16	1	8+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	4+1	1
26	FW		Zach Clough	13	1	4+5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+1	1
27	MF		Ethan Hamilton	14	4	13+1	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF		Aaron Morley	6	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
30	FW		Rekeil Pyke	6	0	3+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	FW		Matty Gillam	13	2	5+4	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	2+1	1
39	DF		Joe Bunney	16	0	12+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	FW		Ian Henderson	47	21	43+0	20	2+0	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
41	DF		Luke Matheson	7	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
42	MF		Florent Hoti	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
44	DF		Juwon Hamzat	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
45	FW		Florian Yonsian	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
46	DF		Harrison Hopper	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
49	FW		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		Joe Rafferty	31	1	24+1	0	2+0	0	1+1	0	1+1	1
6	DF		Harrison McGahey	27	0	21+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
12	DF		Connor Randall	3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
15	MF		Joe Thompson	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF		David Perkins	21	0	11+6	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
21	MF		Sam Hart	13	0	11+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
22	GK		Brendan Moore	10	0	7+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
23	DF		James Finnerty	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
24	GK		Mangus Norman	12	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
27	MF		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.	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
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
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
5	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
14	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	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	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	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	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]

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

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

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

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

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

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	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

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Matches

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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]

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

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]

The 2018–19 EFL Trophy, known as the Checkatrade Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is the 36th season in the history of the competition, a knock-out tournament for English football clubs in League One and League Two of the English football system, and also including 16 Premier League and Championship "B teams" with Category One status.

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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2018–19 Rochdale A.F.C. season

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