by Hannah Palmer | Apr 6, 2024 | Ladies
With their final match of the season being at home – hosting Bowdon 6s -, Rochdale ladies were raring to go out with a bang. Having felt unlucky throughout the season that they could hold their own but never quite get close enough to secure their own goals, they...
by Graham Broadley | Mar 23, 2024 | M2
Saturday 23 March saw Rochdale men’s second team in action at home to Didsbury men’s 6’s. It was expected to prove an easier game than recent weeks, Didsbury being only a couple of places above Rochdale, but Rochdale still had a job to do. After last weeks results,...
by Graham Broadley | Mar 16, 2024 | M2
Saturday 16 March saw Rochdale away in East Didsbury, in the last of their top 3 clashes against title hopefuls Didsbury 4’s. It was always going to be a tough game, against a young fit side that train hard, but Rochdale were determined to give it a go and see what...
by Hannah Palmer | Mar 9, 2024 | Ladies
This weekend was derby weekend as Rochdale Ladies were playing away against Oldham 2s. It was a highly charged and tough match, but even though they went behind 1-0 before half time, overall Rochdale kept their heads and came back stronger in the second half. They...
by Graham Broadley | Mar 9, 2024 | M2
Saturday 09 March saw Rochdale men’s 2’s at home against Bowden men’s 5’s. Bowden were in the top three of the league (all of whom are well ahead of the rest of the table), so not much was expected from Rochdale. That said, the lads were determined to give it a go and...
by Hannah Palmer | Mar 2, 2024 | Ladies
This week Rochdale were away to play against Didsbury Grey 2s, who are currently in contention to win the league. So before they even set foot on the pitch Rochdale ladies knew they had their work cut out for them.Once they were on the pitch they rose to meet that...
by Graham Broadley | Feb 24, 2024 | M2
Saturday 24th February saw Rochdale men’s 2’s at home to Timperley men’s 4’s. Timperley are in the top three and competing for promotion. They have a goal difference of over 80 and beat Rochdale 14-0 in the reverse of this fixture (as some of you may remember), in a...
by Hannah Palmer | Feb 24, 2024 | Ladies
Back on home turf today, Rochdale were hoping to pick up after the slip weekend where they left off, and build some momentum in the last portion of the season. They knew it would be difficult with no substitutes, but they were determined to go out and play their game...
by Graham Broadley | Feb 17, 2024 | M2
Saturday 17 February saw Rochdale men’s 2’s playing away against Stockport Bramhall men’s 2’s. Rochdale had one substitute, but several players were carrying injuries. Stockport had a few substitutes and a better average age. Rain was expected, but thankfully held off...
by Graham Broadley | Feb 10, 2024 | M2
Saturday 10th February saw Rochdale men’ 2’s take on Didsbury 5’s at home at Older Hill Leisure centre. The home team had lots of substitutes this week, but so did Didsbury with both sides fielding full strength squads. The weather was good, being a nice spring like...
by Hannah Palmer | Feb 10, 2024 | Ladies
This weekend Rochdale Ladies travelled to play Timperley 4s away. As both teams threw themselves into the match, it appeared to be well matched, with both teams making it difficult for each other to progress whilst also opening up their own chances. Rochdale had found...
by Hannah Palmer | Feb 4, 2024 | Ladies
It’s been a hard two weeks for Rochdale Ladies with four matches in total, but this Sunday saw them fully caught up on their fixtures, and right off the back of their first win of the season the previous day.Unfortunately it was Buxton who scored first today,...
by Hannah Palmer | Feb 3, 2024 | Ladies
Good weather brought good omens for Rochdale ladies as they set out against Bolton at home. After tough hassling in the first half the home team scored, Knowles’ lifted cross finding Yates’ reverse stick and into the goal. Rochdale had countless opportunities driving...
by Graham Broadley | Feb 3, 2024 | M2
Saturday 3 February saw Rochdale men’s 2’s away against Horwich men’s 1’s. It was a late push back (16:30), meaning the game was played under floodlights. Rochdale were without their captain and top scorer, who was struck down with flu the day before. Another on the...
by Graham Broadley | Jan 27, 2024 | M2
Saturday 27 January saw Rochdale men’s 2’s taking on Brooklands Manchester University men’s 5’s, at home at Older Hill Leisure centre. Rochdale had two substitutes and Brooklands had a few as well. The weather was a little chilly, but otherwise clear and sunny. This...
by Hannah Palmer | Jan 27, 2024 | Ladies
This Sunday Rochdale were hosting Bowdon 5s in a fixture rearranged a couple of times due to adverse weather, and it was also their second match of the weekend.Bowdon started as the stronger team, pushing high and utilising any gap they could and positioning...
by Graham Broadley | Jan 21, 2024 | M2
Sunday 22 January saw Rochdale men’s 2nd team playing away at the Armitage centre in Manchester, in what would have been their second game of the weekend, had Saturday’s game against Stockport not been called off due to a frozen pitch. Didsbury had played a game the...
by Graham Broadley | Jan 13, 2024 | M2
Saturday 13 January saw Rochdale men’s 2’s return to action after the winter break, at home against Buxton men’s 2’s in the reverse of the opening fixture. Hopes were high going into the match, as the away score was a close 4-3 defeat. The weather was largely clear...
by Hannah Palmer | Jan 13, 2024 | Ladies
After last week where Rochdale Ladies hurtled straight out of the blocks to score a goal in under a minute, they were hoping to capitalise on the progress they’ve made and how it all seemed to come together for them to play so well even though they drew. They...
by Hannah Palmer | Jan 6, 2024 | Ladies
Rochdale Ladies first hockey match after the festive break was a rearranged fixture away against Manchester Manto. They started with a bang, with a goal within the very first minute of the match. Knowles on the left of midfield passed the ball to Burrell who had run...
by Graham Broadley | Dec 16, 2023 | M2
Saturday 16 December saw Rochdale men’s 2’s at home to Didsbury 4’s, in a rearranged fixture, as it had been called off for a frozen pitch a few weeks ago. The weather was much better today, clear and sunny, a little chilly but nowhere near frozen. Unfortunately, due...
by Hannah Palmer | Dec 16, 2023 | Ladies
Rochdale Ladies final match before the festive break was a rescheduled fixture against Oldham 2s on a surprisingly sunny Saturday morning, and a win would have been perfect for their last match of the calendar year. Initially Oldham looked the stronger team, but their...
by Graham Broadley | Dec 9, 2023 | M2
Saturday 9 December saw Rochdale men’s 2’s return to action after a couple of weeks off, due to frozen pitches. With both sides near the bottom of the table, it was really a 6 point game that Rochdale really needed to win. The weather was warmer and wetter, but the...
by Hannah Palmer | Dec 9, 2023 | Ladies
Despite the horrendous wind and rain, Rochdale set to play against Bowdon 6’s away from home. Bowdon was quick off the mark, making the most of their home advantage and multiple substitutes and ultimately securing two goals in a short space of time. Although conceding...
by Graham Broadley | Nov 18, 2023 | M2
Saturday 18 November saw Rochdale men’s 2’s away at Bowden men’s 5’s in Cheshire. Rochdale managed to take one substitute, but were a bit light on numbers against the top of the league side. The weather was a fairly warm for the time of the year and the rain held off...
by Hannah Palmer | Nov 11, 2023 | Ladies
A glorious sunny day saw Rochdale at home against Didsbury greys 2’s. Didsbury started confident with attacking runs from pushback but were soon met with a strong Rochdale defence; even the opposition themselves admitting Hoyle was like a brick wall against chances...
by Stuart Dearden | Nov 11, 2023 | M1
After a pretty dismal start to the season Rochdale were still looking for their first win of the season at home to Bolton on Saturday. In their previous game, a 2-1 defeat to unbeaten League leaders Bowdon, where the team had put in their most complete performance...
by Graham Broadley | Nov 11, 2023 | M2
Seconds second comeback Saturday 11 November saw Rochdale men’s seconds take the last of the three home fixtures for Rochdale hockey club, on their family fun day, against Manchester men’s 1’s who had only lost one game from 6 so far this season. The weather had been...
by Graham Broadley | Nov 4, 2023 | M2
Saturday 4 November saw Rochdale men’s 2’s away at Timperley against their 4th team in Cheshire. The weather was cool and overcast, but the rain largely held off, just a few decent showers. Timperley were second in the league at the start of the match and with...
by Hannah Palmer | Nov 4, 2023 | Ladies
It was an early start at the Armitage to play Didsbury Northern Ladies 5s for Rochdale ladies this weekend. And it quickly became apparent that their opponents would use both the bounciness of the pitch and their impressive fitness to their advantage as they appeared...
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