# 2024–25 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 118th season in the history of Rochdale and their second consecutive in the National League. The club will also compete in the FA Cup, FA Trophy and the newly formed National League Cup.

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 15 March 2025
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | National League | National League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Trophy | FA Trophy | NL Cup | NL Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IRL | Luke McNicholas | 9 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Kyron Gordon | 36 | 3 | 30+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Finlay Armstrong | 14 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Ryan East | 39 | 2 | 32+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ENG | Aaron Henry | 16 | 1 | 8+6 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ethan Ebanks-Landell | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | TAN | Tarryn Allarakhia | 39 | 5 | 26+5 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Harvey Gilmour | 30 | 2 | 23+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GRN | Kairo Mitchell | 37 | 19 | 29+3 | 14 | 2+0 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Devante Rodney | 27 | 9 | 20+5 | 9 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NGA | Ody Alfa | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Bradley Kelly | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Sam Waller | 21 | 0 | 17+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Tobi Adebayo-Rowling | 36 | 2 | 28+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | NGA | Leon Ayinde | 25 | 2 | 8+12 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | SCO | Kyle Ferguson | 17 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Courtney Senior | 9 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Aidan Barlow | 21 | 5 | 9+6 | 2 | 0+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Jake Burger | 30 | 1 | 12+12 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Dan Sassi | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Connor McBride | 31 | 4 | 17+10 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Matthew Dennis | 10 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Corey Edwards | 5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Joe Westley | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Liam Hogan | 28 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Matt Penney | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Jay Bird | 6 | 3 | 3+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | SCO | Jack Kingdon | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GER | Jid Okeke | 14 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Jili Buyabu | 26 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | WAL | David Robson | 10 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Charlie Weston | 10 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 32 | MF | ENG | Isaac Burgess | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Sam Beckwith | 40 | 1 | 33+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | NIR | Oscar Kelly | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | ENG | Ian Henderson | 38 | 7 | 3+26 | 3 | 0+2 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 3 |
| 41 | DF | ENG | Ben Horne | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | ENG | Joe Akpan | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | ENG | Lucas Martinez | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| 3 June 2024 | MF | Connor McBride | Gateshead | Undisclosed |
| 4 June 2024 | DF | Tobi Adebayo-Rowling | Notts County | Undisclosed |
| 6 June 2024 | DF | Finlay Armstrong | Fleetwood Town | Undisclosed |
| 10 June 2024 | MF | Tarryn Allarakhia | Wealdstone | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2024 | MF | Aidan Barlow | Eastleigh | Free |
| 5 July 2024 | DF | Sam Beckwith | Maidenhead United | Undisclosed |
| 25 July 2024 | FW | Ody Alfa | Chelmsford City | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2024 | MF | Jake Burger | Luton Town | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2024 | MF | Courtney Senior | Barnet | Undisclosed |
| 7 September 2024 | GK | David Robson | Hull City | Undisclosed |
| 27 September 2024 | DF | Liam Hogan | Oldham Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 11 October 2024 | GK | Josh Lillis | Barrow | Undisclosed |
| 16 November 2024 | DF | Matt Penney | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed |
| 3 December 2024 | MF | Charlie Weston | Barrow | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee |
| 18 June 2024 | DF | George Nevett | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
| 29 June 2024 | MF | Jimmy Keohane | Galway United | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2024 | DF | Cameron John | York City | Released |
| 3 July 2024 | MF | Jesurun Uchegbulam | Oldham Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 16 November 2024 | GK | David Robson | Alfreton Town | Undisclosed |
| 21 December 2024 | FW | Ody Alfa | Slough Town | Undisclosed |
| 7 January 2025 | DF | Matt Penney | Altrincham | Undisclosed |

### Loaned in

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned from | Date until |
| 9 July 2024 | MF | Aaron Henry | Charlton Athletic | 7 January 2025 |
| 15 July 2024 | GK | Luke McNicholas | Wrexham | 1 February 2025 |
| 30 August 2024 | FW | Leon Ayinde | Ipswich Town | End of season |
| 2 September 2024 | DF | Dan Sassi | Blackpool | 16 November 2024 |
| 7 September 2024 | FW | Joe Westley | Burnley | 8 October 2024 |
| 12 October 2024 | DF | Jili Buyabu | Sheffield United | End of season |
| 31 October 2024 | FW | Matthew Dennis | MK Dons | 30 January 2025 |
| 31 October 2024 | DF | Jid Okeke | Stockport County | End of season |
| 16 November 2024 | GK | Sam Waller | Burnley | End of season |
| 25 January 2025 | DF | Jack Kingdon | Manchester United | End of season |
| 25 February 2025 | FW | Jay Bird | Exeter City | End of season |
| 11 March 2025 | FW | Michael Adu-Poku | Watford | End of season |

### Loaned out

| Date | Pos | Player | Loaned to | Date until |
| 6 December 2024 | MF | Courtney Senior | Chorley | February 2025 |
| 24 January 2025 | DF | Finlay Armstrong | King's Lynn | February 2025 |
| 14 March 2025 | DF | Kyle Ferguson | Yeovil Town | End of season |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Overall record

| Competition | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| National League | Matchday 1 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 045.71 |
| FA Cup | Fourth qualifying round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 050.00 |
| FA Trophy | Third round | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 075.00 |
| NL Cup | First round | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | 45 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 70 | 41 | +29 | 048.89 |
Source: Soccerway

### National League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | FC Halifax Town | 37 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 62 | Qualification for the National League play-off quarter-finals |
| 6 | Gateshead | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 60 | Qualification for the National League play-off quarter-finals |
| 7 | Rochdale | 35 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 56 | Qualification for the National League play-off quarter-finals |
| 8 | Altrincham | 37 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 57 | 47 | +10 | 55 | |
| 9 | Southend United | 37 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 53 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: pre-season. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 3 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches
### National League Cup

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ACA | Manchester United U21 (A) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | NL | Altrincham (A) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | NL | Rochdale (E) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | |
| 4 | ACA | Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 (E) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 | |
| 5 | NL | Oldham Athletic (E) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 7 | |