2015–16 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
2015–16 season
Chairman	Chris Dunphy
Manager	Keith Hill
Stadium	Spotland
League One	10th
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	Second round
League Trophy	Northern quarter-finals
Lancashire Senior Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ian Henderson; (13 goals); All: ; Ian Henderson; (13 goals)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season is Rochdale's 109th year in existence and their second consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and JP Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Josh Lillis	44	0	40 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
2	DF	ENG	Joe Rafferty	33	1	29 + 2	1	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
3	DF	ENG	Rhys Bennett	21	2	7 + 9	2	1 + 1	0	0 + 1	0	1 + 1	0
4	DF	ENG	Jimmy McNulty	52	0	46 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	2 + 0	0
5	DF	ENG	Ash Eastham	24	2	19 + 1	2	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0
6	MF	ENG	Ollie Lancashire	36	2	34 + 0	2	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
7	MF	ENG	Peter Vincenti	43	8	26 + 12	8	1 + 1	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
8	MF	NIR	Matty Lund	32	1	25 + 4	1	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0
9	FW	ENG	Calvin Andrew	35	6	14 + 16	6	1 + 1	0	1 + 1	0	1 + 0	0
10	MF	ENG	Lewis Alessandra	11	2	3 + 5	1	0 + 0	0	0 + 1	0	1 + 1	1
11	FW	ENG	Reuben Noble-Lazarus	13	1	2 + 8	1	0 + 0	0	1 + 1	0	0 + 1	0
12	MF	IRL	Donal McDermott	43	3	32 + 5	2	1 + 1	0	1 + 1	1	2 + 0	0
15	DF	IRL	Niall Canavan	11	1	11 + 0	1	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
16	MF	IRL	John O'Sullivan	3	0	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
17	DF	ENG	Scott Tanser	11	1	6 + 1	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	1
18	FW	ENG	Grant Holt	14	2	3 + 11	2	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
19	MF	ENG	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	36	10	18 + 15	7	1 + 0	3	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0
20	DF	IRL	Brian Barry-Murphy	2	0	0 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
21	GK	ENG	Johny Diba	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
23	GK	ENG	Steve Collis	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
24	DF	ENG	Jamie Allen	40	3	35 + 3	3	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
25	DF	ENG	Michael Rose	34	1	23 + 7	1	1 + 1	0	0 + 1	0	1 + 0	0
26	FW	ENG	Joel Logan	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
27	MF	ENG	Andy Cannon	30	0	22 + 3	0	1 + 1	0	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0
28	MF	NIR	Callum Camps	36	5	28 + 4	5	2 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
29	FW	FRA	John-Christophe Ayina	1	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
29	MF	ENG	Dave Syers	6	0	2 + 4	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
31	FW	ENG	Nyal Bell	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
32	MF	ENG	Billy Hasler-Cregg	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
33	DF	ENG	Tom Kennedy	21	0	17 + 1	0	0 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 1	0
34	FW	ENG	James Hooper	3	0	1 + 1	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
39	FW	ENG	Joe Bunney	34	9	19 + 13	9	1 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
40	MF	ENG	Ian Henderson	42	13	36 + 3	13	1 + 0	0	2 + 0	0	0 + 0	0
44	GK	POR	Joel Pereira	8	0	6 + 0	0	1 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	1 + 0	0
	DF	ENG	Kisimba Kisimba	0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0	0 + 0	0

^[1]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	RW	Lewis Alessandra	Plymouth Argyle	Free transfer	^[2]
1 July 2015	LW	Donal McDermott	Ramsbottom United	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2015	CB	Jimmy McNulty	Bury	Free transfer	^[4]
27 August 2015	RW	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	Peterborough United	Free transfer	^[5]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	CF	Febian Brandy	Free Agent	Released	^[6]
1 July 2015	CM	Stephen Dawson	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	^[7]
1 July 2015	DM	Bastien Héry	Carlisle United	Free transfer	^[8]
1 July 2015	CB	Sean McGinty	Aldershot Town ^[a]	Free transfer	^[6]
1 July 2015	CF	Jack Muldoon	Lincoln City ^[b]	Free transfer	^[6]
3 August 2015	GK	Rhys Lovett	Cheltenham Town	Free transfer	^[11]

^ Following McGinty's release on 5 May 2015, he later signed for Aldershot Town on 3 June 2015.^[9]
^ Following Muldoon's release on 5 May 2015, he later signed for Lincoln City on 28 May 2015.^[10]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 August 2015	CF	Joel Logan	Wrexham	10 January 2016	^[12]^[a]
18 September 2015	ST	Nyal Bell	Droylsden	16 October 2015	^[14]
18 September 2015	ST	Billy Hasler-Cregg	Droylsden	16 October 2015	^[14]

^ Logan's Wrexham loan was extended on 27 August 2015, until 10 January 2016.^[13]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 8 May 2015, Rochdale confirmed their first pre-season friendly against Macclesfield Town on 18 July 2015.^[15] On 11 May 2015, the second confirmed pre-season friendly was announced against Chester on 14 July 2015.^[16] On 14 May 2015, a friendly against AFC Fylde was announced.^[17] A day later the club confirmed their fourth friendly, against Blackburn Rovers.^[18] On 21 May 2015, a fifth friendly was announced against Huddersfield Town.^[19] On 29 May 2015, Rochdale announced they will face Accrington Stanley on 28 July 2015.^[20] On 21 July 2015, Dale announced a third pre-season friendly.^[21]

12 July 2015 (2015-07-12) Friendly	AFC Fylde	1–0	Rochdale	Warton
14:00 BST	Allen 68' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Kellamergh Park

14 July 2015 (2015-07-14) Friendly	Chester	0–1	Rochdale	Chester
19:45 BST		Report	Henderson 84'	Stadium: Deva Stadium

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly	Macclesfield Town	0–0	Rochdale	Macclesfield
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Moss Rose

21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly	Rochdale	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Henderson 32', 83'	Report	Williamson 19'	Stadium: Spotland

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly	Rochdale	4–3	Huddersfield Town	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Andrew 7' Alessandra ?' Camps ?', 38'	Report	Wells ?', 48' Scannell ?'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 1,165

28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Rochdale	Accrington
19:45 BST	McCartan 65'	Report		Stadium: Crown Ground

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly	Rochdale	2–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Noble-Lazarus 62' McDermott 83'	Report	Bowditch 38'	Stadium: Spotland

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Coventry City	46	19	12	15	67	49	+18	69
9	Gillingham	46	19	12	15	71	56	+15	69
10	Rochdale	46	19	12	15	68	61	+7	69
11	Sheffield United	46	18	12	16	64	59	+5	66
12	Port Vale	46	18	11	17	56	58	−2	65

Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[22]

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Rochdale	2–0	Peterborough United	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Camps 18' Noble-Lazarus 69' Vincenti 90+2'	Report	Ntlhe 44'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 3,319 Referee: Andy Haines

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2	Blackpool	0–2	Rochdale	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Redshaw 20' Osayi-Samuel 23'	Report	Allen 18' McDermott 58' Henderson 87'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 7,076 Referee: Darren Drysdale

18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3	Rochdale	1–2	Walsall	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Andrew 80' Rafferty 55'	Report	Taylor 65' Mantom 71' Morris 85'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,381 Referee: David Webb

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4	Chesterfield	0–0	Rochdale	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Evatt 87'	Report	Henderson 82' Andrew 89'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 6,254 Referee: Keith Hill

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5	Rochdale	3–0	Barnsley	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Andrew 8' Vincenti 36' Henderson 63' Kennedy 27'	Report	Hourihane 5'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 3,618 Referee: Gary Sutton

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 6	Fleetwood Town	1–1	Rochdale	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Jónsson 82' Matt 87' Maxwell 90+4'	Report	Vincenti 55' Rafferty 86'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Referee: Geoff Eltringham

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 7	Burton Albion	1–0	Rochdale	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Binnom-Williams 29' Beavon 34' Cansdell-Sherriff 60' Butcher 79'	Report	Rafferty 24' Allen 42' Noble-Lazarus 90+4'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,787 Referee: Carl Boyeson

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8	Rochdale	2–1	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Bunney 67' Vincenti 85'	Report	Hopper 49' Bishop 51' Wallace 76'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,958 Referee: Peter Bankes

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9	Millwall	3–1	Rochdale	Bermondsey
15:00 BST	Abdou 4' Williams 45' Morison 60' O'Brien 63'	Report	Vincenti 43' 83' Cannon 63'	Stadium: New Den Attendance: 8,023 Referee: James Adcock

29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10	Rochdale	3–2	Shrewsbury	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Vincenti 4' 86' Cannon 10' Henderson 12' (pen.) Allen 15' Kennedy 73'	Report	Knight-Percival 35' 85' Collins 41' (pen.) Halstead 86' Tootle 90+1'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,190 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 11	Rochdale	1–3	Bradford	Rochdale
15:00 BST	McDermott 2' Vincenti 41'	Report	Liddle 30' Evans 34' Cole 59' Lancashire 61' (o.g.) Davies 68'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,534 Referee: Richard Harrington

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) 12	Sheffield United	3–2	Rochdale	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Adams 29', 40' Collins 74'	Report	Cannon 21' Vincenti 37' (pen.) Alessandra 72'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,039 Referee: Oliver Langford

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 13	Bury	0–0	Rochdale	Bury
15:00 BST	Pugh 32' Brown 61'	Report	Lund 67' Cannon 71' Allen 88' Vincenti 90+2'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 6,470 Referee: Andy Woolmer

20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 14	Rochdale	0–0	Coventry City	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Henderson 68'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,495 Referee: Mark Haywood

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 15	Rochdale	0–0	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Lancashire 23' McNulty 54' Cannon 56' Camps 73' Allen 83'	Report	Jones 32' Kelly 62' Eckersley 81'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 5,690 Referee: Andy Madley

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 16	Southend United	2–2	Rochdale	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT	Timlin 24' Mooney 39' (pen.) Leonard 41'	Report	Lillis 38' Bunney 63' Lancashire 72' Rose 79' Lund 90+1'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,111 Referee: Steve Martin

14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) 17	Rochdale	0–2	Wigan Athletic	Rochdale
12:30 GMT	Eastham 34'	Report	Pearce 16' Morgan 36' Jacobs 61'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,835 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 18	Doncaster	0–2	Rochdale	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Williams 8'	Report	Cannon 23' Henderson 34' 84', 90+6' Rose 90+5'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,521 Referee: Kevin Friend

24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 19	Gillingham	2–0	Rochdale	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	Dack 7' Oshilaja 41' 80' Donnelly 67'	Report	Camps 12' Andrew 88' Lancashire 90+4'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,088 Referee: Stuart Attwell

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 20	Rochdale	2–1	Port Vale	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	O'Sullivan 15' Henderson 40' (pen.) McDermott 54' Mendez-Laing 78' Andrew 81' Camps 88'	Report	Birchall 13' Dickinson 40' 90+6'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,510 Referee: Darren England

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 21	Swindon Town	2–1	Rochdale	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Robert 33' Gladwin 34'	Report	O'Sullivan 12' McDermott 40' Henderson 58' Lancashire 60' Lund 71' McNulty 90+6'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,149 Referee: David Webb

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 22	Rochdale	3–1	Colchester United	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Henderson 30' (pen.) McDermott 34' Lancashire 64'	Report	Porter 21' Harriott 56' Briggs 67'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,205 Referee: Trevor Kettle

26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) Postponed	Rochdale	P–P	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) 23	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Mirfin 33' Dawson 74' Bishop 82' van Veen 88'	Report	McDermott 16' Henderson 22' Lancashire 48' Lund 57'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,860 Referee: Darren Bond

2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 24	Walsall	0–3	Rochdale	Walsall
15:00 BST		Report	Henderson 3' McDermott 35' Andrew 58', 77' 90+1' Cannon 67' Vincenti 82'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,857 Referee: Graham Salisbury

9 January 2016 25	Rochdale	2–3	Chesterfield	Rochdale
15:00	Rose 22' McDermott 46' Lund 53' Henderson 58' Bennett 90+3'	Report	O'Shea 26' Hird 35' Ariyibi 48' Novak 78' Ebanks-Blake 80' Gardener 86' Lee 90+4'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,965 Referee: Carl Boyeson

23 January 2016 26	Barnsley	6–1	Rochdale	Barnsley
15:00	Mawson 8' Winnall 52' 69' 89' Watkins 84' Long 90+3'	Report	Mendez-Laing 65' McNulty 89'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 8,823 Referee: Nigel Miller

30 January 2016 27	Rochdale	2–1	Burton Albion	Rochdale
15:00	Camps 8' Henderson 24' (pen.)	Report	Akins 78'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,994 Referee: Stuart Attwell

6 February 2016 28	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Rochdale	Crewe
15:00	Fox 7' Haber 31' Inman 45'	Report	Rafferty 49' Lund 57'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 4,130 Referee: Ross Joyce

13 February 2016 29	Rochdale	0–1	Millwall	Rochdale
15:00	Lancashire 10' Henderson 50'	Report	Nelson 50' Gregory 54' Martin 57' Williams 76'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,882 Referee: Graham Salibury

16 February 2016 30	Rochdale	2–2	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
19:45	Bennett 2' Bunney 6' Lund 45+6' Rose 45+6'	Report	Haber 24' Seager 27' Bakayogo 45+5'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,985 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

20 February 2016 31	Bradford City	2–2	Rochdale	Bradford
15:00	McArdle 40' Davies 62' McMahon 69'	Report	Bunney 12' 51' Eastham 17'	Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium Attendance: 17,936 Referee: Richard Clark

23 February 2016 32	Rochdale	1–0	Fleetwood Town	Rochdale
19:45	Bunney 12' Henderson 30'	Report	Maxwell 31'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,767 Referee: Darren Handley

27 February 2016 33	Rochdale	2–0	Sheffield United	Rochdale
15:00	Lund 25' Canavan 29' Vincenti 56' 67' Holt 81'	Report	Adams 45+2'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,210 Referee: Mark Heywood

1 March 2016 34	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Rochdale	Shrewsbury
19:45	Whalley 12' Knight-Percival 45'	Report	Allen 83'	Stadium: Greenhous Meadow Attendance: 4,221 Referee: Ben Toner

5 March 2016 35	Coventry City	0–1	Rochdale	Coventry
15:00		Report	Camps 83' Henderson 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 9,942 Referee: Oliver Langford

12 March 2016 36	Rochdale	3–0	Bury	Rochdale
15:00	Mendez-Laing 11' 17' Eastham 53'	Report	Gardener 26' Pugh 57'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,538 Referee: Tony Harrington

19 March 2016 37	Oldham Athletic	2–3	Rochdale	Oldham
15:00	Amadi-Holloway 29' 71'	Report	Henderson 31' 37' (pen.) Gerrard 49' (o.g.) Camps 55' Rafferty 90+4'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 6,117 Referee: Paul Tierney (referee)

25 March 2016 38	Rochdale	4–1	Southend United	Rochdale
15:00	Holt 41' Rafferty 49' McNulty 56' Allen 61' Vincenti 83' Bunney 90'	Report	Payne 28'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,018 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

28 March 2016 39	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Rochdale	Wigan
13:30	Perkins 29' Pearce 34' McAleny 67'	Report	Henderson 33' McNulty 70' Rafferty 74'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,407 Referee: Mark Brown

2 April 2016 40	Rochdale	2–2	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
15:00	Camps 43' Vincenti 83' Canavan 90+6'	Report	Lund 57' Butler 68' Alcock 83' Chaplow 90+6'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,727 Referee: Darren Bond

9 April 2016 41	Peterborough United	1–2	Rochdale	Peterborough
15:00	Smith 34' Maddison 90+1'	Report	Bunney 8' Mendez-Laing 23' Rafferty 53' Lund 72'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 4,785 Referee: Fred Graham (referee)

16 April 2016 42	Rochdale	3–0	Blackpool	Rochdale
15:00	Eastham 45' Bunney 50' Mendez-Laing 60' Vincenti 89'	Report	Boyce 88'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,247 Referee: Lee Collins

19 April 2016 43	Rochdale	1–1	Gillingham	Rochdale
19:45	Camps 45+1' Rose 56'	Report	Egan 77' Hessenthaler 80'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,385 Referee: Kevin Wright

23 April 2016 44	Port Vale	4–1	Rochdale	Burslem
15:00	Robinson 37' O'Connor 45' (pen.) 76' (pen.) Hooper 46'	Report	Eastham 29' Andrew 50'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,380 Referee: Nick Kinseley

30 April 2016 45	Rochdale	2–2	Swindon Town	Rochdale
15:00	Henderson 16' Camps 34' Allen 45+2' Lund 63' 67'	Report	Obika 2' Ormonde-Ottewill 36' 88' Thompson 45+1' Thompson 45+3' 58' Raphael Rossi Branco 65'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,806 Referee: Scott Duncan (referee)

8 May 2016 46	Colchester United	1–2	Rochdale	Colchester
12:30	Edwards 53'	Report	Mendez-Laing 18' Andrew 69'	Stadium: Weston Homes Community Stadium Attendance: 3,435 Referee: Andrew Davies

FA Cup

On 26 October 2015, the first round draw was made. Rochdale were drawn at home against Swindon Town.^[23] Rochdale were at home to Bury in the second round.^[24]

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 1st round	Rochdale	3–1	Swindon	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Mendez-Laing 24', 46', 69' (pen.)	Report	Ajose 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,060 Referee: Chris Sarginson

6 December 2015 (2015-12-06) 2nd round	Rochdale	0–1	Bury	Rochdale
12:00		Report	Rose 8'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 4,887 Referee: Darren Drysdale

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Rochdale were drawn at home against Coventry City.^[25] Rochdale were drawn away to Hull City in the second round.^[26]

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) 1st round	Rochdale	1–1 (5–3 p)	Coventry City	Rochdale
19:45 BST	McDermott 45'	Report	Tudgay 84'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 1,986 Referee: Eddie Ilderton
	Penalties
	Rose Henderson Kennedy Rafferty Andrew		Tudgay Morris Maddison Lameiras

25 August 2015 2nd round	Hull City	1–0	Rochdale	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST	Luer 9'	Report^[27]		Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 10,430 Referee: Mark Haywood

Football League Trophy

On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Rochdale will host Chesterfield.^[28]

6 October 2015 (2015-10-06) 2nd round	Rochdale	2–1	Chesterfield	Rochdale
19:00 BST	Tanser 18' Bennett 45' Alessandra 66'		Eastham 65' (o.g.)	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 1,042 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

10 November 2015 Northern QF	Rochdale	0–1	Morecambe	Rochdale
19:45 BST	McNulty 24' Cannon 82'		Mullin 17' Miller 79' McGowan 88'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 1,428 Referee: David Coote

Lancashire Senior Cup

On the Lancashire FA website the first round details were announced, Rochdale will face Manchester United.^[29]

9 September 2015 (2015-09-09) 1st round	Rochdale	2–3	Manchester United	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Alessandra 45' Rose 62' (pen.)	Report	Fletcher 10', 18', 47' (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Referee: Paul Marsden

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^ "The Emirates FA Cup first round proper draw completed". The FA. 26 October 2015.
^ "Emirates FA Cup second round draw made at Civil Service FC". The FA. 9 November 2015.
^ "Capital One Cup 2015/16 Round 1 Draw". Capital One Cup. 16 June 2015. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
^ "Capital One Cup round 2 draw". Capital One Cup. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 16 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
^ "Hull 1 – 0 Rochdale". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
^ "Johnstone's Paint Trophy Round 2 draw". Football League. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
^ "LFA fixtures – first round". Lancashire FA. August 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

[10] Following McGinty's release on 5 May 2015, he later signed for Aldershot Town on 3 June 2015.^[9]

[12] Following Muldoon's release on 5 May 2015, he later signed for Lincoln City on 28 May 2015.^[10]

[16] Logan's Wrexham loan was extended on 27 August 2015, until 10 January 2016.^[13]

[1] "All Rochdale players: 2016".

[2] "Lewis Set To Join". Rochdale AFC. 8 June 2015.

[3] "Donal McDermott Is Dale's First Close Season Signing". Rochdale AFC. 7 May 2015.

[4] "Jim McNulty Signs". Rochdale AFC. 2 June 2015.

[5] "Nathaniel Mendez-Laing Signs For Rochdale". Rochdale AFC. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[Three_Released-6] "Trio leaving Rochdale". Rochdale AFC. 5 May 2015.

[7] "Stephen Dawson Agrees To Join Scunthorpe United". Rochdale AFC. 20 May 2015.

[8] "Bastien Hery Departs". Rochdale AFC. 24 June 2015.

[9] "Barry Makes First Two Signings". Aldershot Town FC. 3 June 2015.

[11] "Muldoon Puts Pen To Paper". Lincoln City FC. 28 May 2015.

[13] "Rhys Lovett: Cheltenham Town announce 14th new signing". BBC Sport. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

[14] "Joel Logan Heads Out On Loan". Rochdale AFC. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[15] "Joel Logan To Extend Wrexham Stay". Rochdale AFC. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[Bell_and_Hasler-Cregg_Loaned_To_Droylsden-17] "Nyal Bell and Billy Hasler-Cregg Head Out On Loan". Rochdale AFC. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.

[18] "First Pre-Season Friendly Confirmed". Rochdale AFC. 8 May 2015.

[19] "Chester Friendly Confirmed". Rochdale AFC. 11 May 2015.

[20] "AFC Fylde Friendly Confirmed". Rochdale AFC. 14 May 2015.

[21] "Home Friendly Confirmed". Rochdale AFC. 15 May 2015.

[22] "Dale To Face Huddersfield Town In Pre-Season". Rochdale AFC. 21 May 2015.

[23] "Dale To Face Accrington Stanley In Pre-Season". Rochdale AFC. 29 May 2015.

[24] "Third Home Friendly Added To The Calendar". Rochdale AFC. 21 July 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

[25] "Dale's 2015–16 Fixtures Confirmed". Rochdale AFC. 17 June 2015.

[26] "The Emirates FA Cup first round proper draw completed". The FA. 26 October 2015.

[27] "Emirates FA Cup second round draw made at Civil Service FC". The FA. 9 November 2015.

[28] "Capital One Cup 2015/16 Round 1 Draw". Capital One Cup. 16 June 2015. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.

[29] "Capital One Cup round 2 draw". Capital One Cup. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 16 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

[Hull_1_–_0_Rochdale-30] "Hull 1 – 0 Rochdale". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

[31] "Johnstone's Paint Trophy Round 2 draw". Football League. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.

[32] "LFA fixtures – first round". Lancashire FA. August 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

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