Widdowson leads released list
Joe Widdowson, Dean Holden and David Lucas were the only players to be released by Dale on Friday in a retained list which raised one or two eyebrows.
In what was promised as a squad overhaul, supporters were surprised to see that just three players were released from Dale at the end of the relegation season.
New deals were offered to Joe Thompson, Kevin Amankwaah, Jean-Louis Apka Akpro, and Simon Hackney with further talks expected to take place with Brian Barry-Murphy over a new deal.
There remains a number of contracted players at the club, with Nicky Adams at present being the only one to be placed on the transfer list. It is expected that there will be further departures from those contracted before the start of 2012-13.
As things stand, our squad looks as follows:
Goalkeepers:
Matty Edwards
Defenders:
Marcus Holness
Stephen Jordan
Neill Byrne
Marc Twaddle
Sam Minihan
Midfielders:
Gary Jones
Jason Kennedy
Andrew Tutte
Nicky Adams
Forwards:
Godwin Abadaki
Reece Gray
Ashley Grimes
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