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Rochdale away preview for Saturday

Postby Sweden Stag » Thu Nov 10, 2022 2:09 pm

Following three winless home games on the trot, the Stags’ worst home for over a year, the Stags are on the road the road this weekend. The opponents are Rochdale, who the other night beat Salford at headquarters thanks to a club record-breaking goal courtesy of Ian Henderson, who had a two-season spell at Salford in which he came on as sub late on against the Stags at Salford in front of the previewer, prior to his Rochdale return. There, he has scored over a century of League goals during the last decade, a very good feat in modern football.

Last season out, on the Stags’ first visit to Rochdale since Boxing Day 2013, then the final one during a 13-match winless run that campaign, a late Jordan Bowery strike sealed the win for the Stags.

Earlier last season, the sides played out a 1-1 draw at One Call, and that was the second time last season, the Stags had faced an opponent on exactly the same Saturday at headquarters as during a previous season in preview history. The facts: we faced Bristol Rovers on the opening day on the 2004-05 season and the current one. In that same 2004-05 season, we faced Rochdale at home on September 18, 2004, when Colin Larkin hit a late winning goal for the Stags.

Two and a half years later, the previewer watched a home fixture against Rochdale, who hit a late winner to a 1-2 scoreline on April 14, 2007. Then, the Stags scored more home goals than three of the promoted sides, while Rochdale found the net on the road on 37 occasions, more than any other side that campaign. But what happened to some of the players who then locked horns at Mansfield?

Stags:

Muggleton: bowed out at the Stags after a career spanning two decades and nearly 600 games for 14 clubs
Mullins: retired in 2019, last club was Cheltenham
Baptiste: still playing, eleven games for Bolton this season, but none after the turn of the year
Hjelde: Stags scorer then, returned to Norway upon retiring
Hamshaw: had later spells at Notts County and Macclesfield (when they were relegated from the EFL in 2012)
Kitchen: played just four more Stags games, one was at Swindon the week after the Rochdale game
Lloyd: left the Stags for Kettering after the 2006-07 season without playing, then at Hinckley United
Hodge: after a loan spell at Millwall, has played over a decade in Scotland, latest club Stenhousemuir
Dawson: played for Rochdale during the 2014-15 season, latest club Hereford FC
Conlon: represented Bradford City after leaving the Stags. Last club was Dundalk, one game in 2012
Michael Boulding:another one leaving for Bradford City

Arnold: latest EFL club was Lincoln in 2017-18
Gritton: played for a handful clubs now outside the EFL after leaving, last club was Stockport
Rory Boulding: another one playing north of the border. Last clubs Falkirk and Livingston in 2014-15

The then Rochdale line-up included a player later to be a profilic scorer for Brighton in two spells, 103 League goals in total, a very good feat. But by the time the Stags clipped the Seagulls in the FA Cup in January 2008, he was still at Spotland. Latest club was Nottingham Forest. The name: Glenn Murray.

The scorer of the then winning goal for Rochdale, Dodds, had later a long spell at Port Vale, and his latest known club was the 2020-21 FA Cup giant-killers Chorley. Ex-Stag Adam Rundle came on as sub about midway in the second half then, while a later Stags boss, David Flitcroft, was an unused sub for Rochdale.

Before last September, the latest clash between the sides was in the League Cup four years earlier, but not for the first time in that competition. About two decades ago, the Stags went through 3-1 on aggregate in a League Cup campaign which later saw the Stags famously dispose of then PL side Leeds to an aggregate 1-0 scoreline thanks to a Simon Ireland header at Elland Road.

And Rochdale’s best cup exploit of all time took place a little more than half a century ago. Way back in the 1961-62 season as a Division Four side at a time when several top-flight outfits did not even enter, Rochdale went all the way to the final after being sides like Southampton, Charlton and Blackburn on the way. Their opponents then were Norwich City, then in the FL second tier, eventually emerged 4-0 winners on aggregate after winning at Rochdale 3-0, then 1-0 at Carrow Road. One Rochdale player, later to be a Stag, played for Rochdale in the home tie at Spotland. The name: Doug Wragg.

The sides have also met once in the FA Cup. On November 22, 1980, the Stags went through to the the second round thanks to a 3-1 victory at Field Mill.

During recent League One seasons, Rochdale’s best ones ever in the EFL, Rochdale made a few FA Cup headlines as well. Drawing against Tottenham, earning then a replay at Wembley, was a highlight during the 2017-18 season. Synonymous was the management by Keith Hill, who oversaw both of the two latest Rochdale promotions from the bottom tier, the first one after a record consecutive 36 seasons there, and the goal-scoring exploits of Ian Henderson. Before his move to Salford, Henderson netted 112 League goals for Rochdale, a fantastic feat, but did not hit the net in their 3-0 home victory against the Stags on Boxing Day 2013. And this season, Henderson has netted twice. By the way, Rochdale’s first-ever promotion was way back in the 1968-69, the Stags’ famous FA Cup run one. But halfway through that campaign, Rochdale were much closer to the then re-election places than the promotions ones.

Before last season, the sides faced each other in league fixtures last time out, was in the 2013-14 campaign. At Spotland, Rochdale easily ran out 3-0 winners in a game which was to be the last during a 13-match winless run after the famous 1-0 victory at Chesterfield. But the Stags scorer there, Calvin Andrew, played later for Rochdale and appeared in a few fixtures for Barrow in the 2020-21 campaign after them beating the Stags at Holker Street last March.

But when the Stags faced Rochdale at home in April 2014, the Stags took revenge to a 3-0 scoreline thanks to three second-half headers within the space of the last 20 minutes. One later Stags player, playing every single minute in 2016-17 then finishing on the losing side was Rhys Bennett. Bennett, now at Morecambe after a short spell at Gillingham, played against Rochdale in the League Cup four years ago.

Overall, the Stags have faced Rochdale during 46 of the Stags’ previous FL seasons, and the first encounters took place in 1932-33, in fact the Stags won five ALL the pre-world-war-II Field Mill encounters to a score of 19-3. On October 12, 1932, Readman, Prior (2), and Bowater netted for the Stags in front of 4441. Worse was to follow on February 24, 1934, with a 5-0 stuffing thanks to two goals apiece from Johnson and Bytheway, also one from Munnings. In the Harston record-breaking season, 1936-37, he almost single-footed routed “Dale” with five of the six Stags goals, Atkinson getting the other in front of 7404 on September 9, 1936.

And the first away win at Spotland was recorded on September 1, 1936 due to Ted Harston’s first hat-trick in his 55-goals season. One week later it was to be worse for Rochdale (see above).

Some memorable post-world-war II fixtures are listed below:

* The biggest Stags win at Rochdale was a 4-1 on November 1, 1980, the last of six consecutive league wins that season. A Terry Austin hat-trick including a penalty was his last Stags haul before being sold to Huddersfield, the other scorers being the late Arthur Mann for the Stags and O’Loughlin for Rochdale.

* Two away wins have been achieved in promotion seasons. The first was on March 1, 1975 when Ray Clarke hit the only goal of the game, and the second was on October 12, 1991 when 3671 saw Paul Holland and Phil Stant strike for the Stags.

* The teams fought against each other for promotion in 2001-02. On February 2, 2002, a good crowd of 4876 watched Greenacre net twice and Pemberton once in the 3-1 home win, a crucial one in the final reckoning. (In fact, Rochdale, like Cheltenham, drew more than double of the league games compared to the Stags and that contributed to Dale’s 5th position. yet just one more win and Rochdale had overhauled the Stags in the 3rd position race). The away game on September 29, 2001 was lost 3-1 with Greenacre getting the Stags goal.

* The biggest Stags win in a low-scoring 1984-85 season was achieved very early on, and thus in the first home fixture that campaign. On September 1, 1984, 2627 witnessed a 5-1 mauling thanks to two goals from Caldwell, one apiece from Vinter, Kearney and Lowery.

Not only have the Stags faced Rochdale on a final day of a promotion season, on May 2, 1992, when a 2-1 win and a Blackpool defeat 34 miles away at Lincoln clinched it, but also on a promotion season opening day. This happened in 1962-63, when the commencing game was at home to Rochdale on August 18, 1962, in front of 6121 who saw Ken Wagstaff net the only goal of the game, his first of 34 league strikes that first-ever Stags promotion campaign.

The biggest Stags victory over Rochdale of all time was recorded on March 24, 1956. Then, three goals from Murray, one apiece from Jepson, Darwin and Mitten completed a rout to a 6-0 scoreline in front of 8563 at headquarters. Murray, Jepson and Darwin were the three Stags players to hit double figures despite the fact that the side finished in 18th position in the old division 3 (N) then.

Overall, only THREE games at Spotland as well as THREE at Field Mill over the years between the sides have ended goal-less.

Some Stags defeats against Rochdale have seen Stags managerial changes. Carlton Palmer resigned after a defeat at Rochdale in September 2005, while Billy Dearden's final game as Stags boss was to be the 4-0 home reverse on March 8, 2008.

After two away defeats, the Stags now search their first away victory at Rochdale for almost 25 years. On April 5, 1997, Cresswell hit the only goal of the game in the latest of overall seven Stags wins at Spotland. But the Stags have failed to score on 18 occasions at Rochdale over the years.

This season, Rochdale have struggled around the trap-door zone and became the first EFL club to change their manager. Robbie Stockdale departed in August and current Rochdale boss is Jim Bentley, who as Morecambe manager faced the Stags on several occasions from 2013 onwards. Rochdale’s main objective this season must be to avoid the trap door, while the Stags need to bounce back after their latest reverses.

Some well-known names have managed Rochdale. Among them are Bob Stokoe in two spells, one before and one after Sunderland’s FA Cup triumph in 1973, Harry Catterick (later for Everton, there succeeded by ex-Stags manager Billy Bingham), Jimmy Greenhoff, Eddie Gray and Alan Buckley.

Another, and maybe not so well-known, fact is that the Birmingham defence horror man of April 3, 1990, Steve Wilkinson, spent a loan spell without playing for Rochdale before signing for the Stags, but had a short loan spell at Crewe prior to putting on a Stags shirt for the first time. But there are, see below, quite a number of players having appeared for both sides. One of them, John Doolan, played his first Rochdale game AGAINST the Stags at Field Mill on January 21, 2006, when Danny Reet hit his FIRST Stags goal, the only one of the game. Another one, who played for the Stags in the 2001-02 season, Martin Pemberton, starred a few seasons ago for then Conference North side Farsley Celtic in their FA Cup games, one replay, against Milton Keynes Dons. Others to be noted are Tony Ford, Steve Whitehall and Adam Rundle.

Played for both sides: Calvin Andrew, Will Atkinson, Wilfred Barks, Phillip Bartley, Rhys Bennett, Eric Betts, Andy Carr, Iyseden Christie, Darrell Clarke, Jamie Clark, Simon Coleman, Ossie Collier, Paul Connor, Graeme Crawford, Stephen Dawson, John Doolan, John Dungworth, Thomas Dutton, Desmond Fawcett, Tony Ford, David Frain, Robert Frith, Paul Gibson, David Goodwin, Simon Grand, Neville Hamilton, Wally Hunt, Jake Kean, Ged Keegan, Conrad Logan, Noel Luke, John Meehan, Terence Melling, John Moore, Ernie Moss, Corey O’Keefe, Martin Pemberton (one game on loan from Stockport, loan period cancelled due to injury according to reports), Kevin Pilkington, Danny Reet, Karl Rose, Ted Roseboom, Adam Rundle, John Ryan, Conor Shaughnessy, Tyrese Sinclair, Jon Shaw, Frank Spriggs, Blair Sturrock, Steve Taylor, Reg Trotman, Peter Vincenti, Keith Welch, Paul Wheatcroft, Steve Whitehall, Doug Wragg

Managed both sides: Steve Parkin.

Home stats: P 47, W 29, D 10, L 8, GF 94, GA 47
Away stats: P 47, W 8, D 14, L 25, GF 42, GA 74

Season Home Date Away Date

1932-33 4-1 1932-12-10 1-2 1932-10-01 Div 3 (N)
1933-34 5-0 1934-02-24 2-2 1933-10-14 Div 3 (N)
1934-35 1-0 1935-02-23 0-1 1934-10-13 Div 3 (N)
1935-36 3-0 1935-11-09 1-3 1936-02-29 Div 3 (N)
1936-37 6-2 1936-09-09 3-1 1936-09-01 Div 3 (N)
1947-48 1-1 1947-10-18 2-1 1948-03-06 Div 3 (N)
1948-49 2-0 1949-04-30 0-1 1949-04-04 Div 3 (N)
1949-50 1-1 1950-01-28 1-7 1950-03-04 Div 3 (N)
1950-51 1-0 1951-04-16 0-0 1951-04-14 Div 3 (N)
1951-52 1-1 1951-09-17 0-1 1951-09-04 Div 3 (N)
1952-53 2-1 1952-12-13 0-1 1953-04-29 Div 3 (N)
1953-54 2-0 1954-02-20 0-1 1953-10-03 Div 3 (N)
1954-55 3-2 1955-03-26 0-2 1954-11-06 Div 3 (N)
1955-56 6-0 1956-03-24 1-1 1955-11-12 Div 3 (N)
1956-57 2-3 1956-08-20 0-0 1956-08-29 Div 3 (N)
1957-58 2-4 1957-08-24 0-3 1957-12-21 Div 3 (N)
1958-59 0-0 1959-03-30 2-2 1959-03-27 Div 3 (old)
1960-61 0-2 1960-08-22 2-1 1960-08-30 Div 4 (old)
1961-62 0-1 1961-12-26 2-3 1962-04-11 Div 4 (old)
1962-63 1-0 1962-08-18 1-3 1962-12-15 Div 4 (old)
1969-70 1-2 1969-11-03 1-2 1969-11-24 Div 3 (old)
1970-71 3-2 1970-10-03 1-1 1971-04-12 Div 3 (old)
1971-72 3-1 1972-03-18 1-2 1971-08-21 Div 3 (old)
1974-75 2-0 1974-08-30 1-0 1975-03-01 Div 4 (old)
1980-81 2-2 1981-04-04 4-1 1980-11-01 Div 4 (old)
1981-82 4-3 1981-11-14 1-1 1982-04-03 Div 4 (old)
1982-83 2-1 1982-09-25 2-2 1983-02-05 Div 4 (old)
1983-84 3-0 1983-11-01 0-0 1984-02-14 Div 4 (old)
1984-85 5-1 1984-09-01 1-2 1985-05-14 Div 4 (old)
1985-86 3-2 1985-11-30 1-1 1986-04-26 Div 4 (old)
1991-92 2-1 1992-05-02 2-0 1991-10-12 Div 4 (old)
1993-94 0-1 1994-04-16 1-1 1993-11-02 Div 3
1994-95 1-1 1995-03-07 3-3 1994-10-29 Div 3
1995-96 2-2 1996-04-16 1-1 1995-09-16 Div 3
1996-97 0-0 1996-08-31 1-0 1997-04-05 Div 3
1997-98 3-0 1998-01-03 0-2 1997-08-16 Div 3
1998-99 3-1 1999-03-13 0-1 1998-11-07 Div 3
1999-00 0-0 2000-03-28 1-2 1999-11-14 Div 3
2000-01 1-0 2000-11-11 0-1 2001-04-28 Div 3
2001-02 3-1 2002-02-02 1-3 2001-09-29 Div 3
2003-04 1-0 2003-12-26 0-3 2004-02-07 Div 3
2004-05 1-0 2004-09-18 1-1 2005-01-15 League Two
2005-06 1-0 2006-01-21 0-2 2005-09-17 League Two
2006-07 1-2 2007-04-14 0-2 2006-11-25 League Two
2007-08 0-4 2008-03-08 0-1 2007-11-24 League Two
2013-14 3-0 2014-04-12 0-3 2013-12-26 League Two
2021-22 1-1 2021-09-18 1-0 2022-03-22 League Two

Cup games:

1980-81 3-1 1980-11-22 (at Mansfield) FA Cup 1st round
1994-95 2-1 1994-08-16 (at Rochdale) League Cup 1st round first leg
1994-95 1-0 1994-08-23 (at Mansfield) League Cup 1st round second leg (Stags through 3-1 on aggregate)
2017-18 0-1 2017-08-08 (at Mansfield) League Cup 1st round

The Stags need to bounce back now. Come on Mansfield!
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