by Dave Jackson | Oct 8, 2018 | Uncategorised
With Saturday’s disappointing last minute defeat, the ladies were desperate to come on top thus; motivation was high! The intensity of the game was high from the first whistle meaning each unit was working hard. However; with Manchester Uni pushing high down the...
by Dave Jackson | Oct 8, 2018 | Uncategorised
Rochdale traveled to Fylde coast a place where they had been turned over last season. But not this time, running out 7-1 winners and thoroughly deserving it. From the first minute of the game Rochdale pressed high and gave the Fylde players nowhere to hide. The...
by Dave Jackson | Oct 8, 2018 | Uncategorised
Rochdale 2nd team faced up against Didsbury Northern 6’s, a team which history shows they have always performed poorly against and haven’t won a game in any encounter. The game started off with high tempo and was flowing well for Rochdale until Didsbury managed to...
by Dave Jackson | Oct 8, 2018 | Uncategorised
Perfect weather conditions on Saturday saw Rochdale Ladies playing hosts to Didsbury Northern Ladies. With confidence gained from last weeks win Rochdale knew they were capable of kicking on with another win today. Straight from the whistle Didsbury piled on the...
by Dave Jackson | Oct 1, 2018 | Uncategorised
This game has become somewhat of a derby over the last few years, it is normally a high charge close game and this was to prove no different. Rochdale were coming off the back of a poor performance to Southport and missing severest first team regulars. However...
by Dave Jackson | Oct 1, 2018 | Uncategorised
Rochdale Mens 2nd team, after a fine performance the previous week, were facing Golborne and just like the Mens 1st team knew that this was going to be a close and exciting game. Rochdale, again set up in the new formation and were ready to attack from the off. This...
by Dave Jackson | Oct 1, 2018 | Uncategorised
Rochdale travelled to Ashton on Saturday to face Glossop in their second game of the season. Despite missing captain Becky Knowles they had a strong squad of fourteen players, all eager to take the win, with Pickering stepping up as captain. It was clear from the...
by Dave Jackson | Sep 24, 2018 | Uncategorised
Saturday saw Rochdale’s first fixtures of the new season. The men’s second team were at home to Salford University and it gave both the new captain Dean Close and coach Aasim Chaudhry a chance to put plans in to action. Rochdale’s new high press set up is designed to...
by Dave Jackson | Sep 24, 2018 | Uncategorised
Rochdale Ladies first game of the season on Saturday was against Didsbury Greys who are always notorious for being a strong side. With regular goalkeeper Sam Partington out of action (Jenny Banks took on the responsibility ) and the combination of new players and some...
by Dave Jackson | Mar 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
With Rochdale having won the previous game and 7th place not far behind the only good outcome from the game was going to be a win against St Helens who had beaten Rochdale 6 nil in their previous game to be able to move ahead of Didsbury for 5th place. The game...
by Dave Jackson | Mar 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
Rochdale faced local rivals Oldham in a Sunday fixture at home, with Oldham securing promotion early in the season, the Rochdale ladies were going to have to dig deep to take the win. Rochdale ladies pushed down the pitch providing support for the defensive unit –...
by Dave Jackson | Mar 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
Rochdale faced off against bottom of the league Bolton, who had already been confirmed as being demoted, in the final weekend of the Hockey season. Rochdale started off with good possession and were absolutely dominating play. The ball at times wasn’t even...
by Dave Jackson | Mar 19, 2018 | Uncategorised
As the 2017/2018 season draws to an end, Rochdale had one more away fixture to play, so on Saturday they headed for the Armitage Sports Centre for a 10.30am push back against Didsbury. With Rochdale keen on carrying the momentum from last weeks’ win whilst hoping to...
by Dave Jackson | Mar 12, 2018 | Uncategorised
Both influential captains Karl Wynn and Dean Close were missing for Rochdale’s return clash against City of Manchester on Saturday, this was a game Rochdale had won earlier in the season 12-1. So Graham Broadley, who was stepping up as temporary captain, had a...
by Dave Jackson | Mar 12, 2018 | Uncategorised
Rochdale ladies second match of the week was on Sunday 11th March against University of Manchester, where the ladies were hoping to end a fairly successful week, with a win. With Rochdale only having ten players, the ladies knew they were going to have to fight from...
by Dave Jackson | Mar 12, 2018 | Uncategorised
On Tuesday 6th March Rochdale took on Bolton 2nds at 7.30pm at their home pitch as poor weather conditions meant the original fixture had to be cancelled. Whilst this was strange for the Rochdale team – as they usually play on weekends – the ladies worked hard to move...
by Dave Jackson | Feb 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
Rochdale, keen on carrying the momentum from their double header last weekend which saw them draw one game and win the other, faced a tough South Manchester side on Saturday. The game started in the way that has plagued Rochdale’s season so far with the first 10...
by Dave Jackson | Feb 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
Rochdale welcomed Glossop to Oulder Hill on Saturday for a 12.00pm pushback with hopes of securing their fourth win of the season. With Paula MacDonald still enjoying half term, Saturday saw Becky Knowles play in the middle of the park and Kie Leech take on left wing...
by Dave Jackson | Feb 20, 2018 | Uncategorised
‘Composed Captain Takes Chances’ This weekend saw Rochdale Mens 1s take on Fylde for only the 2nd time in their history, and were looking to get revenge after being on the losing end earlier in the season, even though Rochdale had a bare 11...
by Dave Jackson | Feb 19, 2018 | Uncategorised
Saturday saw Rochdale Ladies take on Salford University with hopes of bringing home the win. With keeper Sam Partington, centre midfield Paula MacDonald and centre defender Nicky Mongan away enjoying half term, Rochdale welcomed back Jennie Ransome and junior Sarah...
by Dave Jackson | Feb 19, 2018 | Uncategorised
Rochdale had to play a second game this weekend against Urmston, who are currently 2nd in the league, and were defeated by the Rochdale, earlier in the season. Rochdale started the game strong with good pace and passing initially but did concede a lot of possession...
by Dave Jackson | Feb 19, 2018 | Uncategorised
Rochdale travelled to Southport on Saturday, looking to avenge the 7-2 lose from earlier in the season. But it was Southport who started the game putting a lot of pressure on the Rochdale defence in the first 10 minutes but when Rochdale got the chance to counter they...
by Dave Jackson | Feb 12, 2018 | Uncategorised
Rochdale ladies travelled to Urmston ladies on Sunday with hopes of getting another win behind them despite Gill Owen and Nikki Mongan unable to play, meaning Becky Knowles made her 2017/2018 season debut in defence. Sundays game also saw Jennie Ransome make her first...
by Dave Jackson | Feb 5, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Sunday fixture saw Rochdale put together a mixed 1s and 2s team to face Carlisle. The game started well for Rochdale, who controlled most of the first half but unfortunately never really look like actually scoring, while any threat for the Carlisle forwards was...
by Dave Jackson | Feb 5, 2018 | Uncategorised
Rochdale travelled to Bury to play the reverse fixture which saw both teams draw. This would prove to be a different game as the pitch conditions were not great with mud patches on some of the key areas. This would just be another obstacle to overcome as Rochdale...
by Dave Jackson | Feb 5, 2018 | Uncategorised
Bad weather conditions made Rochdale’s AD Plate Cup game against Bolton a scrappy affair. As soon as the whistle sounded Bolton pressed high up the pitch pressuring Rochdale to find space – something which proved difficult as they struggled to get out of their own...
by Dave Jackson | Feb 5, 2018 | Uncategorised
Rochdale Men’s 1s got back to winning ways with a 3-2 win against local rivals Bury 1s on Saturday. The first half was a bit of a non event with both teams cancelling each other out and the half ending 0-0. In the second half Rochdale upped the tempo and began...
by Dave Jackson | Jan 29, 2018 | Uncategorised
Rochdale mens 2s hosted Horwich 1s who are currently top of the league and are enjoying an undefeated season, at Oulder Hill on Saturday. This was going to be a difficult game and Rochdale were fully aware that the first 15 minutes could be key to the outcome. But,...
by Dave Jackson | Jan 29, 2018 | Uncategorised
After two successful weekends on the bounce Rochdale were hoping to carry on their winning streak and begin to climb up the league table. However; with testing weather conditions combined with Dionne Collinson and Susan Halpin becoming injured early on – meaning...
by Dave Jackson | Jan 22, 2018 | Uncategorised
Rochdale were excited to play this weekend as they wanted to push on from their win last weekend but the late pushback time meant they were down a few key players. Junior player Rebecca Newton, now professional golfer Susan Halpin and retiree Jenny Banks kindly...
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