Rochdale A.F.C
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| Full name | Rochdale Association Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Dale |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Ground | Spotland Stadium |
| Capacity | 9,961 |
| Chairman | Chris Dunphy |
| Manager | Keith Hill |
| League | League One |
| 2016–17 | League One, 9th |
| Website | Club home page |
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| Location | Spotland, Rochdale, England |
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| Capacity | 10,249 |
| Opened | 1920 |
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| Rochdale A.F.C (1920–present) Rochdale Hornets RLFC (1988–present) |
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Rochdale Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier in the English football league system. The club's colours are black and blue and they play their home games at Spotland Stadium, which has a capacity of 10,500. Formed in 1907 and nicknamed the Dale, they were accepted into the Football League in 1921. Since then, the club has remained in the bottom two professional divisions of English Football.
The team has only achieved promotion three times – in 1969, 2010 and 2014. Rochdale attract a small, but loyal fanbase, with a hardcore following of around 3000 home fans on average per match. Local fixtures however attract a considerably higher turnout.
Rochdale played 36 consecutive seasons in the Football League's bottom division from 1974 to 2010, the longest time any team has been in the bottom division of the League, with some even derisively calling it "the Rochdale Division". The club has the lowest average position of all the clubs which have existed continuously in the Football League since its expansion to four divisions in 1921–22 (76th) and since its expansion to 92 clubs in 1950–51 (79th). Additionally, the club holds the distinction of having played the most seasons in the English Football League without either reaching the top two tiers (89 seasons through 2016–17) or being relegated to the National League.
The club reached the League Cup Final in 1962. This was the first time a club from the bottom league division had reached the final of a major competition – where they lost to Norwich City.
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