| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) 08:15 - May 1 with 25050 views | RochdaleAFC.com |
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| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 09:27 - May 1 with 13774 views | Dalenet |
Always a good read if you can get one. Lets hope that the club have printed more for this Sunday - they had sold out a full hour before kick off last Saturday | | | |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 13:49 - May 1 with 13534 views | D_Alien |
Heavy rain forecast for Sunday morning now, continuing a bit lighter during the afternoon
No concerns about the game being on whatsoever (what a nightmare that would've presented!) but it'll likely be a different surface to the York game, perhaps (even) more attritional |  |
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| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 14:08 - May 1 with 13505 views | EllDale |
Congratulations and thanks to TVOS for getting this produced at such short notice. 👏👏 | | | |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 15:32 - May 1 with 13379 views | TVOS1907 |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 14:08 - May 1 by EllDale |
Congratulations and thanks to TVOS for getting this produced at such short notice. 👏👏 |
Thanks.
Fortunately, I did most of it before the York game, "just in case". |  |
| Maestro? No.
Elite? No.
Heavyweight poster? No.
Able to be rational and not over-react to individual results? Yes. |
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| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 16:22 - May 1 with 13275 views | Yorkshire_Dale |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 15:32 - May 1 by TVOS1907 |
Thanks.
Fortunately, I did most of it before the York game, "just in case". |
Would you be involved if we manage to go just that little bit further after Sunday?
How does it work,like? | | | |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 16:54 - May 1 with 13170 views | TVOS1907 |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 16:22 - May 1 by Yorkshire_Dale |
Would you be involved if we manage to go just that little bit further after Sunday?
How does it work,like? |
No, as the final isn't our home game! The National League outsource production to a publishing company.
They will have access to our/my photos and player profiles and the club's media may have to do something for them, but that's me done until July/August. | |
| Maestro? No.
Elite? No.
Heavyweight poster? No.
Able to be rational and not over-react to individual results? Yes. |
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| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 17:23 - May 1 with 13100 views | Yorkshire_Dale |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 16:54 - May 1 by TVOS1907 |
No, as the final isn't our home game! The National League outsource production to a publishing company.
They will have access to our/my photos and player profiles and the club's media may have to do something for them, but that's me done until July/August. |
Thanks......job well done I'd say. | | | |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 06:37 - May 2 with 12650 views | D_Alien |
With the additional Willbutts allocation, Sunday's gate is bound to exceed the gate against York
When was the last time we had consecutive 7000+ home gates? | |
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| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 07:42 - May 2 with 12589 views | EllDale |
There were some pretty high attendances towards the end of the first promotion season.
I think Doncaster, Wrexham, Halifax and Southend were all 9000 plus.
Capacity was so much higher in those days though which is slightly frightening when you think about it. | | | |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 08:51 - May 2 with 12509 views | D_Alien |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 07:42 - May 2 by EllDale |
There were some pretty high attendances towards the end of the first promotion season.
I think Doncaster, Wrexham, Halifax and Southend were all 9000 plus.
Capacity was so much higher in those days though which is slightly frightening when you think about it. |
I don't think they were quite that high, maybe in the 6000-7000 range, including one against.... York
If anyone has records from back then, might be worth checking?
Can't recall anything similar since then [Post edited 2 May 8:58]
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| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 09:14 - May 2 with 12491 views | EllDale |
Home attendances from Easter onwards in 1969:
York 6886
Doncaster 12647
Chester 4884
Chesterfield 7600
Wrexham 6635
Halifax 12806
Southend 9095
I was way out with the Wrexham figure, sorry.
The Southend attendance was notable inasmuch as there were very few away fans. | | | |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 09:22 - May 2 with 12479 views | D_Alien |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 09:14 - May 2 by EllDale |
Home attendances from Easter onwards in 1969:
York 6886
Doncaster 12647
Chester 4884
Chesterfield 7600
Wrexham 6635
Halifax 12806
Southend 9095
I was way out with the Wrexham figure, sorry.
The Southend attendance was notable inasmuch as there were very few away fans. |
Cheers
So 57 years ago when it last happened, and possibly only the second time in our history tomorrow
Games seemed so much easier to stage then, despite the hooligan element. You just turned up with cash. Progress, eh? [Post edited 2 May 9:24]
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| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 09:58 - May 2 with 12377 views | 442Dale |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 09:14 - May 2 by EllDale |
Home attendances from Easter onwards in 1969:
York 6886
Doncaster 12647
Chester 4884
Chesterfield 7600
Wrexham 6635
Halifax 12806
Southend 9095
I was way out with the Wrexham figure, sorry.
The Southend attendance was notable inasmuch as there were very few away fans. |
First two home games in Division 3 after promotion in 1969:
Orient 7114
Bury 9752
Then in Oct/Nov that season, three home games:
Stockport 7889
Tranmere 7892
Reading 7977 [Post edited 2 May 9:59]
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| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 11:45 - May 2 with 12216 views | D_Alien |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 09:58 - May 2 by 442Dale |
First two home games in Division 3 after promotion in 1969:
Orient 7114
Bury 9752
Then in Oct/Nov that season, three home games:
Stockport 7889
Tranmere 7892
Reading 7977 [Post edited 2 May 9:59]
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Good shouts
Still more than half a century ago, i.e. a supporting lifetime for many
It feels a privilege to have been there... and now here. Much depends on a successful conclusion to the three-year plan of course, but eventually we should be able to look back on last Saturday as a slippery stepping stone on our journey, and a tale to tell the children / grandchildren (like the one my father told me) | |
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| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 11:45 - May 2 with 12216 views | Yorkshire_Dale |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 09:22 - May 2 by D_Alien |
Cheers
So 57 years ago when it last happened, and possibly only the second time in our history tomorrow
Games seemed so much easier to stage then, despite the hooligan element. You just turned up with cash. Progress, eh? [Post edited 2 May 9:24]
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.....and it was quite easy to climb over the various perimiter fences surrounding San Spotty and get in without paying. | | | |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 12:07 - May 2 with 12174 views | TVOS1907 |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 09:58 - May 2 by 442Dale |
First two home games in Division 3 after promotion in 1969:
Orient 7114
Bury 9752
Then in Oct/Nov that season, three home games:
Stockport 7889
Tranmere 7892
Reading 7977 [Post edited 2 May 9:59]
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And not forgetting the first two home games of 1921/22 (7000 & 8000), 1922/23 (8000 & 10000), etc...
Then when attendances became more precise, in Feb 1926 (8342 v Chesterfield, 7544 v Grimsby), the first three home games of 1926/27 (7440 v Crewe, 7947 v Durham, 7564 v Wrexham), the first two home games of 1927/28 (10253 v Stockport, 9669 v Nelson), and so on.
A good week in September 1947 - 9027 v Hull, 10868 v Halifax, 8551 v Accrington.
But it looks like the best run occurred in October 1948 - 10836 v Crewe, 11151 v Accrington, 14967 v Hull. | |
| Maestro? No.
Elite? No.
Heavyweight poster? No.
Able to be rational and not over-react to individual results? Yes. |
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| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 13:16 - May 2 with 12087 views | D_Alien |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 12:07 - May 2 by TVOS1907 |
And not forgetting the first two home games of 1921/22 (7000 & 8000), 1922/23 (8000 & 10000), etc...
Then when attendances became more precise, in Feb 1926 (8342 v Chesterfield, 7544 v Grimsby), the first three home games of 1926/27 (7440 v Crewe, 7947 v Durham, 7564 v Wrexham), the first two home games of 1927/28 (10253 v Stockport, 9669 v Nelson), and so on.
A good week in September 1947 - 9027 v Hull, 10868 v Halifax, 8551 v Accrington.
But it looks like the best run occurred in October 1948 - 10836 v Crewe, 11151 v Accrington, 14967 v Hull. |
That's great info
The key point about opening up these conversations about our history - even where my initial impressions aren't 100% accurate in terms of the finer detail (especially when it's a story passed down to me) is that it might help put our current situation in a greater context, and maybe even help with the perspective of those who're "not sure about how we can recover" from last Saturday. If the conversation helps with the latter, it's a bonus, but not necessary
I'll emphasise again therefore - it's about the context and having the history to look back on, and should be taken in the spirit it's intended | |
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| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 13:40 - May 2 with 12018 views | Nerazzurri |
Glad you asked this, I was wondering. Let’s hope for a successful week & it being the start of a new era for us, we seem to have missed out on the recent crowd boom as it coincided with us getting relegated but last Saturday, despite the outcome really seems to have captured the attention of the town. |  |
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| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 14:12 - May 2 with 11986 views | Olddale |
My first game was 5/10/57 with a crowd of 18,728 against bury. | | | |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 18:30 - May 2 with 11669 views | davidab2202 |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 14:12 - May 2 by Olddale |
My first game was 5/10/57 with a crowd of 18,728 against bury. |
I was there too for that one as well.
A hell of a crush leaving the ground at the Sandy Lane end is an abiding memory as a nine year old, a mate who my brother and I took with us don't think he ever went again. | | | |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 18:46 - May 2 with 11642 views | dawlishdale |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 09:58 - May 2 by 442Dale |
First two home games in Division 3 after promotion in 1969:
Orient 7114
Bury 9752
Then in Oct/Nov that season, three home games:
Stockport 7889
Tranmere 7892
Reading 7977 [Post edited 2 May 9:59]
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I was at all those games...my first season being allowed to attend. The Orient game was my very first League match and we lost 3-0. But apart from that setback; we had a really good start to life in the third division (as it was back then) until Tony Buck suffered a broken leg and we couldn't afford to replace him.
I think I'd attended the Lancashire Cup game against Everton just before those...remember Steve Melledew signing for them soon after. That was my first visit to Spotland, and I was hooked. | | | |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 18:51 - May 2 with 11612 views | D_Alien |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 18:30 - May 2 by davidab2202 |
I was there too for that one as well.
A hell of a crush leaving the ground at the Sandy Lane end is an abiding memory as a nine year old, a mate who my brother and I took with us don't think he ever went again. |
Edited [Post edited 3 May 10:06]
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| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 20:19 - May 2 with 11441 views | pioneer |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 18:46 - May 2 by dawlishdale |
I was at all those games...my first season being allowed to attend. The Orient game was my very first League match and we lost 3-0. But apart from that setback; we had a really good start to life in the third division (as it was back then) until Tony Buck suffered a broken leg and we couldn't afford to replace him.
I think I'd attended the Lancashire Cup game against Everton just before those...remember Steve Melledew signing for them soon after. That was my first visit to Spotland, and I was hooked. |
Melledew signed for. Everton shortly after the pre season friendly with Everton. He later played for Everton in a Lancashire Senior Cup game at Spotland. | | | |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 09:31 - May 3 with 11080 views | EllDale |
I’ve just had the random thought that if the weather forecast is for rain this afternoon then the more exuberant spectators may be deterred from running onto the pitch.
Six months ago I would have been anxious at the prospect of rain. | | | |
| TVOS Preview - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (Playoff Semi-Final) on 14:10 - May 3 with 10732 views | isitme |
Beckwith back on the bench instead of Barlow. Otherwise same as last week. Would have preferred a more attacking option at left wing back. |  | | |
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