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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Woking
at 12:00 23 Feb 2026
Thank goodness we are not playing at Grimsby. Their pitch is a real mess - the ball wasn't running freely in their televised FA Cup game at the weekend. I would think Scunthorpe's pitch is better than that. |
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Reply | Andy Duff
at 09:20 22 Feb 2026
Its a shame that Andy wants a new challenge. He seems to have a real grip on the club and has always come across well. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Woking
at 09:17 22 Feb 2026
I think it is fair to say that our budgets have always been tight compared to the bigger clubs in any of the leagues we have competed. When we got into League One we were told we had a playing budget of £3.5m. Allowing for inflation that would be around £4.25m today. Carlisle and Forest Green Rovers to name just two clubs has a larger playing budget than that in the National League. We are spending less than £2m today. Quite remarkable really. |
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Reply | BBC radio Manchester
at 13:27 19 Feb 2026
I think there is an argument that some BBC regions are saturated with league teams and some have none. Hence regions like BBC Lincolnshire and Gloucester cover non league teams. I live in the North East and Look North covers Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesbrough significantly, but every Monday night they show the goals for Carlisle, Hartlepool, Gateshead, York and Harrogate religiously, and have a preview on a Friday night of all the teams in the region. It can be done. BBC Radio Newcastle doesn't tend to have a commentary team at Gateshead though unless it is a big game like the FA Cup. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United
at 12:00 18 Feb 2026
A comment from a Scunny fan on their Board probably sums up where we are. "York are the best attacking team in the division and Rochdale are the best overall team. Will be an interesting fight to the end". We are certainly a complete team, and if York weren't doing quite so well, we'd all be very happy with what we have. Amassing north of 100 points is dreamland for us - regardless of whether we are top or second. Lets make sure we do. |
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Reply | Security
at 17:34 17 Feb 2026
We have some numpties still in the ground according to the CEO at the Fans Forum. The club explained that they are to be fined for not controlling fans properly, and that even for games like Borehamwood, there were Dale fans trying to attack the small number of middle aged men that had travelled from Borehamwood to the game. I guess the police and the safety officer have had to step things up until it settles down. And to think we hardly had to have the police at games a couple of years ago. |
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Reply | Refwatch - Rochdale v Scunthorpe United
at 08:12 17 Feb 2026
We need to take the pressure off the lads. They know what needs to be done - let them play without pressure and the results will come. We know they are good enough. What we don't need is a tension around the place - still remember when we topped League Two and fell away to get promoted in 3rd place. This team is good enough to go up as Champions. Enjoy. |
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Reply | Fans forum
at 15:33 13 Feb 2026
Thank you TVOS. |
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Thread | Fans forum
at 14:24 13 Feb 2026
For those of us who are exiled and couldn't get to the forum last night, was there anything of note to share? It seems to be all quiet on here today |
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Reply | Refwatch - Yeovil Town v Rochdale
at 12:00 13 Feb 2026
With you on that one. I can't see us changing the keeper - our No 2 doesn't even get on the bench nowadays. We have to pick up 3 points at Yeovil as there will be a harder game to come on Tuesday. No silly experiments Jim please - although apart from Brackley away he hasn't really done that. |
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Reply | Security
at 11:38 11 Feb 2026
Fair enough. I was in the queue for a good 10 minutes and nobody was searched on Sunday in that time. I was over aggressively searched on Saturday. Is the same level of intimidation being applied to people entering the main stand via the main entrance? [Post edited 11 Feb 11:38]
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Reply | Security
at 18:33 10 Feb 2026
Just a further observation to pee everyone off. I am assuming that the Stadium safety officer is the same regardless of game or sport? At the Hornets game on Sunday, when 4300 attended, the stewards made no attempts to search anyone. |
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Reply | 8,000 at COA this weekend
at 20:40 8 Feb 2026
Not sure, but looking at the scores through the weekend, the second string teams have all been well thrashed ny Superleague clubs. It really was man v boys as hard as Hornets tried. But by heck, the fans get through the booze. The takings would have been substantial. |
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Reply | Security
at 14:26 8 Feb 2026
The stadium chaos is even worse for Hornets. They have sold out the mainstand to home fans and have one turnstile open. Queueing right round to the ticket office. Welcome to COA |
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Thread | 8,000 at COA this weekend
at 22:18 7 Feb 2026
We had more than 4.700 today and a great atmosphere it created. Hornets have sold more than 3,000 tickets for their Challenge Cup game against Wigan tomorrow. It's good for sport in the town, and for our bar takings, that 8,000 will pass through COA in two days. I am going to go tomorrow whilst I am down. Of course Hornets may struggle to keep Wigan to less than 100 points. |
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Reply | Security
at 21:56 7 Feb 2026
It is sad that we need this thread on a day when we have had a good win against a promotion rival and amassed 70 points. But it is needed
We seem to have lost any sense of what it means to be fan focussed in recent months. The stewards were like this at the Truro game and it took 3 minutes for a steward to search 3 people. Today was worse. Waving a wand is fine. A pat down is just about tolerable. But being asked to take garments off and being frisked quite aggressively is not on. We had about 700 extra home fans today - will they be prepared to come back and put up with the queues and the farce? Where is the Risk Assessment that deems it is necessary. I have been a fan in the main stand for 30 years and can't remember a single incidence of anybody using weapons or pyrotechnics in that stand. Most of the fans in there are retired. They were searching 80 year old men today FFS. The pretence that we were looking for Carlisle fans is utter tosh. Strip searching without a single word being spoken, or asking to see my season ticket, will never identify me as Dale fan or an away fan. The club MUST now publish the Risk Assessment that shows that this level of security is needed for Spotland. The Risk Assessment has to be displayed somewhere in the stadium in any case. And if this fixture was deemed so high risk, why were there a reduced number of stewards in the main stand? |
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Reply | Forest Green
at 10:49 5 Feb 2026
WOW, over £6m on player wages. Carlisle were allegedly spending £5m on their playing budget too. As shareholders at Dale, we get very detailed breakdown of costs and revenues. Our playing budget for last year, including coaching staff and bonuses was c£1.5m. I doubt we are spending more than £2m this season.
As for revenue, it shows how much Vince is pumping in from his other businesses. Matchday income is probably in line with ours, but he is pumping more than £4m per year in commercial rights/fees. Staggering really and definitely not sustainable if he walks away. He has just borrowed £17m to pay off his divorce settlement. Of course he is wealthy on paper through his utility business. |
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Reply | Season 25-26 Bar Operations & Feedback
at 10:40 5 Feb 2026
They'd be pretty daft not to open it. Hornets are expecting a crowd of 2,500 after Dale have 4,000 on Saturday. Plenty of cash to be taken in all the bars. |
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