2020–21 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
2020–21 season
Chairman	Andrew Kilpatrick
Manager	Brian Barry-Murphy
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
League One	14th
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	Second round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	Matty Lund (4)

The 2020–21 Rochdale A.F.C. season is the club's 114th season in their history and the seventh consecutive season in EFL League One, Along with League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

First-team squad

As of 18 January 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Apps.	Goals	Year signed	Signed from	Transfer fee
Goalkeepers
1	Gavin Bazunu	GK	(2002-02-20) 20 February 2002	20	0	2020	Manchester City	Loan
12	Jay Lynch	GK	(1993-03-31) 31 March 1993	22	0	2019	AFC Flyde	Loan
30	Ben Charlton	GK		0	0	2020	Academy	Trainee
Defenders
2	Ryan McLaughlin	RB/LB/RM	(1994-09-30) 30 September 1994	38	0	2019	Blackpool	Undisclosed
3	Gabriel Osho	CB/RB	(1998-08-14) 14 August 1998	3	0	2021	Luton Town	Loan
4	Jimmy McNulty	CB/LB	(1985-02-13) 13 February 1985	207	4	2015	Bury	Free
5	Paul McShane	CB	(1986-01-06) 6 January 1986	25	1	2019	Free Agent	Free
6	Eoghan O'Connell	CB	(1995-08-13) 13 August 1995	60	2	2019	Bury	Free
15	Haydon Roberts	CB/LB/DM	(2002-05-10) 10 May 2002	19	0	2020	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loan
19	Yeboah Amankwah	CB	(2000-10-19) 19 October 2000	2	0	2020	Manchester City	Loan
32	Joe Dunne	CB/LB	(2001-10-25) 25 October 2001	3	0	2020	Academy	Trainee
Defenders
7	Stephen Dooley	LM/RM	(1991-10-19) 19 October 1991	82	5	2018	Coleraine	Free
8	Aaron Morley	CM/DM	(2000-02-27) 27 February 2000	76	7	2017	Academy	Trainee
13	Jimmy Keohane	CM/AM/RM/RB	(1991-01-22) 22 January 1991	76	5	2019	Cork City	Undisclosed
14	Oliver Rathbone	CM/DM/LM	(1996-10-10) 10 October 1996	164	13	2015	Manchester United	Free
16	Matt Done	LM/LW/LB	(1988-07-22) 22 July 1988	264	32	2017	Sheffield United	Free
18	Lewis Bradley	CM	(2001-05-29) 29 May 2001	8	0	2019	Academy	Trainee
20	Jimmy Ryan	CM/RM/LM	(1988-09-06) 6 September 1988	50	1	2019	Blackpool	Free
21	Matty Lund	CM/RB/RM	(1990-11-21) 21 November 1990	162	34	2020	Scunthorpe United	Undisclosed
23	Harrison Hopper	Centre midfielder	(2000-12-24) 24 December 2000	8	0	2019	Academy	Trainee
24	Ethan Brierley	CM		8	0	2020	Academy	Trainee
Forwards
9	Stephen Humphrys	CF/RW/LW	(1997-09-15) 15 September 1997	14	7	2020	Southend United	Free
10	Alex Newby	RW/CF	(1995-11-21) 21 November 1995	29	7	2020	Chorley	Free
11	Jake Beesley	CF	(1996-12-12) 12 December 1996	19	3	2020	Solihull Moors	Undisclosed
17	Fábio Tavares	CF/LW/RW	(2001-01-22) 22 January 2001	39	4	2019	Academy	Trainee
22	Kwadwo Baah	LW/RW	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001	28	3	2019	Academy	Trainee

Statistics

As of 30 January 2021

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		F.A. Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Gavin Bazunu	20	0	17+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Ryan McLaughlin	19	0	9+8	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF		Tolaji Bola	12	0	9+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Gabriel Osho	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF		Jimmy McNulty	16	0	5+6	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
5	DF		Paul McShane	8	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Eoghan O'Connell	22	2	18+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	1	1+0	0
7	MF		Stephen Dooley	26	1	10+10	1	0+1	0	1+1	0	2+1	0
8	MF		Aaron Morley	31	2	25+0	2	1+0	0	2+0	0	2+1	0
9	FW		Stephen Humphrys	14	7	13+1	7	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW		Alex Newby	29	7	21+3	6	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+2	1
11	FW		Jake Beesley	19	3	16+0	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
12	GK		Jay Lynch	11	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
13	MF		Jimmy Keohane	30	5	23+1	5	1+0	0	2+0	0	2+1	0
14	MF		Oliver Rathbone	28	1	22+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	2+1	0
15	DF		Haydon Roberts	19	0	19+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF		Matt Done	23	1	8+11	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
17	FW		Fábio Tavares	18	2	0+12	1	0+1	0	0+2	0	3+0	1
18	MF		Lewis Bradley	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
19	DF		Yeboah Amankwah	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
20	MF		Jimmy Ryan	16	0	11+2	0	1+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
21	MF		Matty Lund	27	11	24+0	10	1+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
22	FW		Kwadwo Baah	18	3	7+7	3	0+0	0	1+1	0	1+1	0
23	MF		Harrison Hopper	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
24	MF		Ethan Brierley	8	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	3+0	0
32	DF		Joe Dunne	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
33	DF		Kacper Mialkowski	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0

Goals record

As of 30 January 2021

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	21	CM	Matty Lund	10	1	0	0	11
3	9	CF	Stephen Humphrys	8	0	0	0	8
2	10	CF	Alex Newby	6	0	0	1	7
4	13	AM	Jimmy Keohane	5	0	0	0	5
5	22	CF	Kwadwo Baah	3	0	0	0	3
5	11	CF	Jake Beesley	2	0	0	1	3
7	8	CM	Aaron Morley	2	0	0	0	2
	17	CF	Fábio Tavares	1	0	0	1	2
	6	CB	Eoghan O'Connell	1	0	1	0	2
10	7	RM	Stephen Dooley	1	0	0	0	1
	14	CM	Oliver Rathbone	1	0	0	0	1
	16	LM/LW/LB	Matt Done	1	0	0	0	1
Total				41	1	1	3	46

Disciplinary record

As of 30 January 2021

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	21		CM	Matty Lund	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
2	6		CB	Eoghan O'Connell	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
3	14		CM	Oliver Rathbone	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
4	7		RM	Stephen Dooley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
4	20		CM	Jimmy Ryan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
6	11		CF	Jake Beesley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	22		CF	Kwadwo Baah	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	9		CF	Stephen Humphrys	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	2		RB	Ryan McLaughlin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	5		CB	Paul McShane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	10		CF	Alex Newby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	15		CB	Haydon Roberts	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	23		CM	Harrison Hopper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	1		GK	Gavin Bazunu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	4		DF	Jimmy McNulty	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	16		LM/LW/LB	Matt Done	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					33	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	41	0	1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
3 August 2020	CF	Alex Newby	Chorley	Free transfer	[1]
11 September 2020	CF	Stephen Humphrys	Southend United	Undisclosed	[2]
24 September 2020	CF	Jake Beesley	Solihull Moors	Undisclosed	[3]
1 February 2021	CM	Conor Grant	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed	[4]
1 February 2021	DM	Conor Shaughnessy	Leeds United	Free transfer	[5]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Till	Ref.
25 August 2020	GK	Gavin Bazunu	Manchester City	End of season	[6]
7 September 2020	CB	Yeboah Amankwah	Manchester City	End of season	[7]
8 October 2020	LB	Tolaji Bola	Arsenal	31 January 2021	[8]
19 October 2020	CB	Haydon Roberts	Brighton & Hove Albion	End of season	[9]
21 January 2021	CB	Gabriel Osho	Luton Town	End of season	[10]
1 February 2021	CF	Jack Vale	Blackburn Rovers	End of season	[11]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Till	Ref.
3 September 2020	FW	Keaton Mulvey	Mossley	December 2020	[12]
19 September 2020	GK	Bradley Wade	Guiseley	End of season	[13]
26 September 2020	CM	Lewis Bradley	Bradford (Park Avenue)	31 October 2020	[14]

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020	CF	Calvin Andrew	Unattached	Released	[15]
1 July 2020	CM	Callum Camps	Fleetwood Town	Released	[15][16]
1 July 2020	CF	Matty Gillam	Guiseley	Released	[15][17]
1 July 2020	CF	Ian Henderson	Salford City	Released	[15][18]
1 July 2020	GK	Josh Lillis	Barrow	Released	[15][19]
1 July 2020	RB	Ryan McLaughlin	Unattached	Released	[15]
1 July 2020	CF	Aaron Wilbraham	Unattached	Released	[15]
1 July 2020	DM	Jordan Williams	Blackpool	Released	[15][20]
8 July 2020	RB	John Stewart	Europa Point	Free transfer	[21]
14 September 2020	CF	Morgan Moreland	Ramsbottom United	Free transfer	[22]
1 February 2021	CF	Fabio Tavares	Coventry City	Undisclosed	[23]

Pre-season

Rochdale announced two pre-season friendlies against Atherton Collieries[24] and Stockport County.[25]

19 August 2020 Friendly	Atherton Collieries	1–4	Rochdale	Atherton
19:30 BST	Rokka 9' (pen.)	Report	Newby 2', 16' Ryan 6' Morley 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Skuna Stadium Attendance: 0

22 August 2020 Friendly	Stockport County	0–2	Rochdale	Stockport
13:00 BST		Report	Lund 59' Baah 90'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 0

25 August 2020 Friendly	Oldham Athletic	0–1	Rochdale	Oldham
13:00 BST		Report	Newby 63'	Stadium: Chapel Road Attendance: 0

29 August 2020 Friendly	Port Vale	2–1	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Conlon 45' (pen.), 56' (pen.)	Report	Morley 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 0

Competitions

EFL League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
14	Plymouth Argyle	25	9	7	9	35	41	−6	34
15	Fleetwood Town	25	8	7	10	29	23	+6	31
16	Milton Keynes Dons	25	8	7	10	31	30	+1	31
17	Shrewsbury Town	23	6	9	8	23	27	−4	27
18	Rochdale	25	6	8	11	40	48	−8	26
19	Swindon Town	26	7	3	16	32	50	−18	24
20	Bristol Rovers	24	6	5	13	24	41	−17	23
21	Northampton Town	24	6	5	13	20	40	−20	23	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	AFC Wimbledon	25	5	7	13	26	45	−19	22	Relegation to EFL League Two

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[26]

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
25	6	8	11	40	48	−8	26	1	6	5	16	25	−9	5	2	6	24	23	+1

Last updated: 30 January 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	W
Position	19	21	23	17	18	23	17	15	14	14	16	20	20	17	18	20	16	18	21	20	18	18	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[27]

12 September 2020 1	Swindon Town	3–1	Rochdale	Swindon
15:00 BST	T. Smith 4' Grant 33' M. Smith 41' Jaiyesimi 46' Pitman 90'	Report	Lund 89' Keohane 90+3'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Young

20 September 2020 2	Rochdale	0–0	Portsmouth	Rochdale
15:00 BST	McShane 86'	Report	Brown 43' Naylor 51'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Salisbury

26 September 2020 3	Ipswich Town	2–0	Rochdale	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Bishop 53' Edwards 59' Nolan 65'	Report	Ryan 8' O'Connell 50'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 0 Referee: John Busby

3 October 2020 4	Rochdale	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Lund 13' Beesley 39' Tavares 90'	Report	Hill 54' Saunders 77' Evans 90+1'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: James Oldham

10 October 2020 5	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Rochdale	Accrington
15:00 BST	Pritchard 64' Russell 66'	Report	Keohane 54'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Scott Oldham

17 October 2020 6	Rochdale	0–3	Hull City	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Beesley 67' Lund 81'	Report	Wilks 20', 73' Magennis 75'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Gavin Ward

20 October 2020 7	Burton Albion	0–1	Rochdale	Burton
19:45 BST	O'Toole 35'	Report	Lund 49' Roberts 50'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Purkiss

24 October 2020 8	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Rochdale	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Vela 39' Pierre 45+2' 86' Fossey 59'	Report	Rathbone 22' Newby 36'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Brook

27 October 2020 9	Rochdale	2–2	Sunderland	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	McLaughlin 21' Lund 25', 44' Ryan 63' Rathbone 90+2'	Report	Wyke 15' Wright 40' Sanderson 79'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: James Bell

31 October 2020 10	Rochdale	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Newby 25' Rathbone 50' Lund 80' O'Connell 90'	Report	Nicholson 9' Grant 34'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Steve Martin

3 November 2020 11	Oxford United	3–1	Rochdale	Oxford
19:00 GMT	Moore 35', 82' Shodipo 58' Henry 72' Clare 90+5'	Report	Lund 42' (pen.) Ryan 45' Rathbone 56'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: David Rock

14 November 2020 P	Charlton Athletic	P–P	Rochdale	London
				Stadium: The Valley
Note: Postponed due to international call-ups for four Charlton Athletic players.

21 November 2020 12	Rochdale	0–1	AFC Wimbledon	Rochdale
15:00 GMT		Report	Hartigan 30' McLoughlin 72' Chislett 90+2'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne

24 November 2020 13	Rochdale	1–1	Northampton Town	Rochdale
19:00 GMT	Humphrys 85'	Report	Smith 20' Sowerby 79'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Haines

1 December 2020 14	Plymouth Argyle	0–4	Rochdale	Plymouth
19:45 GMT		Report	Beesley 3' Morley 23' Keohane 45+12' Humphrys 72'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Will Finnie

5 December 2020 15	Rochdale	0–2	Lincoln City	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Lund 54' O'Connell 90+2'	Report	Edun 14' Jones 38' Montsma 68'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Allison

12 December 2020 16	Peterborough United	4–1	Rochdale	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Clarke-Harris 5' (pen.), 10', 22' Beevers 36' Thompson 40' 45+1'	Report	Humphrys 9'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Brett Huxtable

15 December 2020 17	Wigan Athletic	0–5	Rochdale	Wigan
19:00 GMT	Long 37' Perry 45' Tilt 55' James 61'	Report	Baah 4' Lund 19' 60' Dooley 52' 58' Newby 64' (pen.), 90+2'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Graham Salisbury

19 December 2020 18	Rochdale	1–4	Gillingham	Rochdale
13:00 GMT	O'Connell 90+2' 90+4'	Report	McKenzie 9' Akinde 21', 47' (pen.) Ogilvie 45+1'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ollie Yates

26 December 2020 P	Blackpool	P–P	Rochdale	Blackpool
				Stadium: Bloomfield Road

29 December 2020 P	Rochdale	P–P	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

2 January 2021 P	Milton Keynes Dons	P–P	Rochdale	Milton Keynes
				Stadium: Stadium MK

9 January 2021 19	Rochdale	3–3	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Lund 41' 60', 84' Morley 47'	Report	Finney 6', 35' Dale 23'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Haines

12 January 2021 20	Charlton Athletic	4–4	Rochdale	London
19:00 GMT	Aneke 23', 65' Pearce 29' 88' Forster-Caskey 37' Gilbey 40' Schwartz 67' Morgan 84'	Report	Lund 12' Baah 21', 31' Humphrys 42' 42' Bazunu 69'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 0 Referee: Trevor Kettle

16 January 2021 21	Rochdale	3–3	Wigan Athletic	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Humphrys 7', 90+5' McNulty 43' Lund 48' Beesley 58'	Report	Joseph 9' Lang 16' Perry 73' Keane 77'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Madley

19 January 2021 22	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Rochdale	Doncaster
19:00 GMT	Taylor 31'	Report	Baah 83'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

23 January 2021 23	Gillingham	2–2	Rochdale	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Oliver 43' 64' Akinde 90+3'	Report	Lund 11' Keohane 69', 75' Baah 85'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Christopher Pollard

26 January 2021 24	Rochdale	3–4	Oxford United	Rochdale
19:00 GMT	Done 6' 22' Humphrys 30' 77' Rathbone 48' Lund 64'	Report	Agyei 12' Moore 49' Brannagan 60' Henry 62' Shodipo 90+2'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ross Joyce

30 January 2021 25	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Rochdale	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Leahy 34'	Report	Newby 16', 64' Dooley 75'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne

FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[28]

Win Draw Loss

7 November 2020 First round	Rochdale	1–2	Stockport County	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Lund 22'	Report	Rooney 7' Reid 14'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Scott Oldham

EFL Cup

Win Draw Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[29] The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[30]

5 September 2020 First round	Huddersfield Town	0–1	Rochdale	Huddersfield
15:00 BST		Report	O'Connell 51'	Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium[31] Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Toner

15 September 2020 Second round	Rochdale	0–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Rochdale
19:45 BST	O'Connell 45+1' Rathbone 90+2'	Report	Pelupessy 34' Kachunga 54' Hunt 57' Reach 64' Windass 88'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Referee: Seb Stockbridge

EFL Trophy

Win Draw Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[32]

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Salford City	3	2	0	0	1	4	7	−3	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Manchester United U21	3	1	1	0	1	6	4	+2	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Rochdale	3	1	0	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	L2	Morecambe	3	1	0	0	2	5	4	+1	3

Source: EFL.com

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08) Group stage	Morecambe	1–2	Rochdale	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Lavelle 23' 55' O'Sullivan 61'	Report	Tavares 86' Newby 90+3'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Samuel Barrott

29 September 2020 Group stage	Rochdale	0–0 (4–5 p)	Manchester United U21	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Lund 27' Done 65' Newby 80' Hopper 85'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Coy
	Penalties
	Morley Newby Tavares Keohane Rathbone Hopper		Mejbri McCann Wellens Hansen-Aaroen Elanga Hugill

10 November 2020 (2020-11-10) Group stage	Rochdale	1–2	Salford City	Rochdale
19:00 GMT	Beesley 8' Rathbone 80' O'Connell 90+6'	Report	Andrade 53' Golden 57' Dieseruvwe 82' (pen.) Burgess 90+4'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Madley

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[1] "Alex Newby Joins Rochdale". Rochdale A.F.C. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

[2] "Stephen Humphrys Joins Rochdale For An Undisclosed Fee". Rochdale A.F.C. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

[3] "Forward Jake Beesley Signs For Dale". Rochdale A.F.C. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.

[4] "Conor Grant Signs From Sheffield Wednesday". Rochdale AFC - Official Site. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[5] "Leeds United seal first exit of January transfer window deadline day". Leeds Live. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[6] "Goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu Joins Rochdale On Loan From Manchester City". Rochdale A.F.C. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[7] "Yeboah Amankwah Joins Rochdale On Loan From Manchester City". Rochdale A.F.C. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

[8] "Tolaji Bola Joins On Loan From Arsenal". Rochdale A.F.C. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

[9] "Haydon Roberts Joins Dale On Loan From Brighton & Hove Albion". Rochdale AFC. Retrieved 19 October 2020.

[10] "Gabriel Osho moves to Rochdale on loan for the rest of the season". Luton Town - Official Site. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

[11] "Forward Jack Vale Joins On Loan". Rochdale AFC - Official Site. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[12] "Keaton Mulvey Joins Mossley AFC On Loan". Rochdale A.F.C. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

[13] "Brad Wade Returns On Season Long Loan Deal". Guiseley A.F.C. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[14] "Bower's first dip into the loan market for the new season". Bradford (Park Avenue) AFC. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

[Retained_List-15] "Retained/Released List 2019/20". Rochdale A.F.C. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

[16] "Camps joins Fleetwood Town". Fleetwood Town F.C. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

[17] "Matty Gillam Joins The Lions". Guiseley A.F.C. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.

[18] "Ian Henderson: Salford City sign ex-Rochdale striker on two-year contract". BBC Sport. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

[19] "Josh Lillis Joins As Player Coach". Barrow A.F.C. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

[20] "Jordan Williams Signs For Blackpool". Blackpool F.C. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.

[21] John Stewart Signs Europa Point FC on Twitter. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

[22] "Ramsbotton United Announce A Host Of Signings". Northern Premier League. Retrieved 19 October 2020.

[23] "Coventry City complete deadline day signing of striker". Coventry Live. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[24] "Dale To Face Atherton Collieries". Rochdale A.F.C. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

[25] "Dale To Face Stockport County". Rochdale A.F.C. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

[EFL_Regulations-26] "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

[27] "Sky Bet League One fixtures 2020/21". Sky Sports. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

[28] "EFL League One And Two Clubs Join Emirates FA Cup After Monday's First Round Draw". The FA. Retrieved 28 October 2020.

[29] "Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed". English Football League. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.

[30] "Carabao Cup: Round Two and Three draw confirmed". English Football League. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.

[31] "EFL CUP GAME TO TAKE PLACE AT JSS". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

[32] "EFL Trophy Regional Groups confirmed". English Football League. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.