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Another one gone
at 17:34 27 Feb 2026

Managers are not given much time today, Eric Ramsay appointed in January 2026, sacked February 2026 after eight games, so McNulty who is approaching three years in charge of Rochdale seems an achievement in modern football.
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Refwatch - Halifax Town v Rochdale
at 19:30 25 Feb 2026

According to the Dale website, it was 2,749 (including 1,393 Dale fans).
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Beckwith Extends
at 18:00 25 Feb 2026

It good news indeed, did Ethan Ebanks-Landell also sign an extension?
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Refwatch - Halifax Town v Rochdale
at 00:05 25 Feb 2026

It was poor to concede two goals in the dying minutes, but in truth we were second best in the second half and the subs may have impacted on our performance in the second half. McNulty stated that fatigue had set in and yes Mani was quiet tonight and the injury to TAR was unfortunate, in that we had free range down the wing with TAR and Gordon But i have to agree bringing Hosannah on was a mistake, in that he looked poor tonight and he seemed to struggle on the ball.

In the first half, we played well, but slowly let them into the game and failed to convert our chances, but why did we sit back in the second half was baffling and taking both Mani and Rodney off at the same time was a mistake in my opinion. I cannot explain Henderson's miss, you have put good money on him scoring normally, but that miss sums our night.

It is now advantage York, in that I cannot see York losing or drawing any games between now and the end of the season at the moment, they are beating teams with ease, yes we can hope, but it would take a miracle.
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Refwatch - Rochdale v Woking
at 19:53 21 Feb 2026

We played very well today, hopefully we can repeat it on Tuesday at Halifax and get another win, and hopefully Scunthorpe will do us a favour on Tuesday, but I somehow doubt it.

In respect to the referee and linesman (Wilbutts lane side) was shocking today, the foul on Gordon was a clear penalty and Mani offside goal was not offside. There was another decision by the linesman, when he ruled Rodney (I think) offside, despite a yard behind the Woking defender.

But I will take the win.
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Refwatch - Rochdale v Woking
at 14:15 20 Feb 2026

I think it is almost the correct team, but I can see Moss starting and what as happened to TAR? Also if Burger is injured would there be a temptation to give Francis a start or to put Henderson in the role behind Mani D.
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Refwatch - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United
at 08:38 18 Feb 2026

Just listening to McNulty's post match comments, he said the referee had basically no control of the players on the edge of the box and was screaming, distracting Mani, but the referee thought Mani stopped his run to take the penalty, so awarded a free kick. Yet Mani thought the referee was shouting at him not to take the penalty and so jogs around the ball, crucially according to McNulty the assessor said the penalty should have been retaken and the referee made a mistake.

So it will be interesting to see what the official stance is, but we had enough chances and did not take them.
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Refwatch - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United
at 22:23 17 Feb 2026

In fifty years of watching the Dale, I have never seen a penalty decision like that before, please can anyone explain the referee did not order a retake, did Mani touch it, it left me baffled to say the least.

I thought Rodney was out standing tonight and we dominated the game, but could not take the chances, we need to be more clinical, but sometimes I think we over pass the ball around the opposition penalty box. It was a good game, but two points lost sadly based on our domination of the game.
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Refwatch - Yeovil Town v Rochdale
at 12:22 15 Feb 2026

As anyone any knowledge or rumours on Smith's injury and his return. I agree if we win on Tuesday, then we have an edge on York, but Scunthorpe are a good team, but if we don't win, it could have a negative impact on the squad and fans. McNulty's naivety in making unnecessary changes to a winning team, as cost us this season and yet he repeats then, yes I want McNulty to succeed, because if he succeeds then the club would have achieved promotion.

So hopefully McNulty and the team will get a win on Tuesday, and send a message to York that Yeovil was a unfortunate performance.
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Refwatch - Yeovil Town v Rochdale
at 17:43 14 Feb 2026

We cannot expect to win every game, but McNulty sometimes make changes like he is a tactical genius and the performances are usually under par as a result. I may be old school, I was brought up to the idea that you do not make unnecessary changes to a winning team, yes one or at best two, but four is questionable. No doubt McNulty will say he is resting players due to the heavy fixture programme, but all he has done is to give advantage to York in the promotion battle. It is not the first time McNulty as buggered up in his belief in rotating the squad, yes I will praise him in that he as done exceptionally well in achieving the our league position we have, the number of wins so far, but you don't see York changing their team every week. Now Tuesday is a must win.
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Refwatch - Rochdale v Carlisle United
at 18:11 7 Feb 2026

Give Carlisle the credit they deserve, they came with a plan to stifle us and it worked for a majority of the game. Carlisle have to some good players and it showed in the way the never gave us time on the ball and it did help that we passed the ball across the defence, whilst seeking a gap to open us the Carlisle team, which slowed the game.

As somebody else as mentioned, I cannot think of Whatmuff having a shot to save.

It may not have be the best game to watch, but a win is a win.
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Matheus Mane
at 11:11 10 Jan 2026

It would nice, if they had the decency to offer us some money as a thank you, i.e £500,000 now he has emerged into a talented first team player. after he spent around eight years I think in our youth system.
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The Fitzture List - Rochdale Rising: Inside McNulty’s push for sustainable suc
at 11:59 4 Jan 2026

Have there been any updates on the return of Whatmuff and Mani to first team action?

If Levi is going back to Walsall as been implied by other posters, hopefully the club as someone lined up. Would anyone be tempted to enquire about Scott Hogan situation at MK Dons, is he injured or out of favour?

Also we could see Edwards return from Stockport, which could bolster our midfield, which is already strong.
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TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Hartlepool United
at 08:59 31 Dec 2025

One Saturday, we need to beat Brackley and hope the results go in our favour, in that Boreham Wood are home to York, a win for us and a draw between them would put us back top.

This may be wishful thinking, but we can still hope the results go in our favour, other games of interest
Forest Green - Halifax (hopefully a draw), Carlisle - Wealdstone (a potential difficult game for Carlisle), Scunthorpe - Sutton (I expect a home win).
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TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Hartlepool United
at 23:22 30 Dec 2025

The first half cost us, we looked like a team who had never played together before, we struggled to pass to each other and more often passed to a Hartlepool player. and was second to every ball, there was no structure. I would agree that Broome seem to struggled and looked poor in the way he walked the ball out of his box, like he didn't know what to do or who to pass the ball too in the first half, but this may have been the lack of support from the people around him. To give credit Hartlepool they deserved, they pressurised us and forced us to make errors, and in truth we could have conceded more then two goals in the half.

We improved in the second half, especially when we brought Mancini, Pettit, Galvin and Hendo on, but the damage had already been done and in the case of Mancinii, Pettit and Henderson we left it far to long. What I could not understand, was why we seem to have Rodney wide and Smith down the centre, despite the Hartlepool team being a big physical team, Rodney looks best in the central role. But overall it was a bad night in terms of the team selection and team performance in the first half especially.
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Refwatch - Morecambe v Rochdale
at 09:31 27 Dec 2025

I thought it would be a tight game, Morecambe have improved in recent weeks and are fighting relegation, and at 1-1 I thought it would end that way. However give credit to the team, we have put out a weaken team in the last few games and still managed to grind out results, which would not have happened last season. This is an indication of the team spirit which we seem to have.
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Merry Christmas Daleys
at 09:27 25 Dec 2025

Happy Christmas Phil, I hope you have a nice day.
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Refwatch - Altrincham v Rochdale
at 09:31 20 Dec 2025

The team at Altrincham revealed the depth and strength of the squad, which is due to McNulty's recruitmemt, but crucially to the support of the Ogden family.

Despite missing Whatmuff, Beckwith, Barlow, Allarakhia, Dieseruvwe,
and with Mancini, Hosannah, Humbles, Hogan and Myles also not in the team last night, I am unsure if some of these are injured or unwell or just not selected. We still managed to put out a strong team, with people like Pettit, Rodney, Smith, Burger, Moss, Tutonda and Amantchi on the bench, many who would get into the starting eleven of many teams.

So the result was excellent, I must admit I was worried that it could be a banana skin type of a game with so many missing, but credit to the team for the performance.
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Carlisle v Woking
at 08:55 12 Dec 2025

I must admit, when Carlisle went 1 up, I thought they would win the game, so for Woking to win 3-1 was a bonus that I did not expect.
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Refwatch - Rochdale v Southend United
at 09:49 7 Dec 2025

I know the away game at Eastleigh was ordered to be replayed, when it was 0-0, the home game against Wealdstone (I think) stood, when it was 2-1, but Wealdstone agreed to the result standing.

But if you listen to McNulty he says "he doesn't know if the result stands or not and I hope it does", so even Jim is unsure what the National League Board will decide on what happens going forward. So until we get the decision from the league, we are all in the dark, I expect a replay personally.
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