Rochdale v Salford 12:31 - Oct 11 with 6243 views | diver | I see that rearranged game against Salford is to be on Tuesday November 8th.Neither Dale or Salford have a game on Saturday November 5th is it a league ruling that all rearranged games have to be played on a weekday night? The last game we played against Salford was on a Tuesday night with a low attendance so this will cost the club money. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Rochdale v Salford on 12:36 - Oct 11 with 4797 views | leedsdale | That will be the FA Cup 1st round date | ![](/images/avatars/1159.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Rochdale v Salford on 12:36 - Oct 11 with 4795 views | EllDale | Isn't 5th November the Saturday earmarked for the first round proper of the FA Cup? | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Rochdale v Salford on 13:05 - Oct 11 with 4710 views | diver | didn’t know about cup !! not mentioned on fixture list. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Rochdale v Salford on 13:17 - Oct 11 with 4678 views | TVOS1907 |
Rochdale v Salford on 13:05 - Oct 11 by diver | didn’t know about cup !! not mentioned on fixture list. |
Probably because it doesn't get drawn until Monday night. | ![](/images/avatars/1107.gif) |
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Rochdale v Salford on 14:10 - Oct 11 with 4584 views | EllDale | Whilst we're on the subject.....who would you like to see Dale drawn against? Besides Bury AFC of course. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Rochdale v Salford on 14:23 - Oct 11 with 4563 views | diver | Oldham would be interesting!!😂 | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Rochdale v Salford on 15:32 - Oct 11 with 4431 views | kel | Salford so we don’t lose any money. | ![](/images/avatars/1007.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Rochdale v Salford on 15:51 - Oct 11 with 4376 views | James1980 | What is the perfect formula for a first round FA cup tie? | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Rochdale v Salford on 16:13 - Oct 11 with 4354 views | EllDale | There are two schools of thought. One is an easy game at home in the hope of progressing towards the third round and a plum tie. The other says a home game against someone who will fill the away end and drag in revenue regardless of the result. Oldham would certainly fit the latter category but the costs of stewarding/policing could be astronomical. It would certainly bring memories of the first round game in 1970 as well! | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Rochdale v Salford on 16:47 - Oct 11 with 4265 views | James1980 |
Rochdale v Salford on 16:13 - Oct 11 by EllDale | There are two schools of thought. One is an easy game at home in the hope of progressing towards the third round and a plum tie. The other says a home game against someone who will fill the away end and drag in revenue regardless of the result. Oldham would certainly fit the latter category but the costs of stewarding/policing could be astronomical. It would certainly bring memories of the first round game in 1970 as well! |
I see Halifax Town are a potential opponent as well I imagine that tie would fit the second criteria. With the potential for TV money due to the A List owners perhaps Wrecsam although the last time we played them wasn't exactly entertaining. Perhaps York away for a good day out. Is the whole reelection controversy regarding Altrincham still a thing, or was it never really one? | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Rochdale v Salford on 16:48 - Oct 11 with 4261 views | EllDale | To be honest I don't think Halifax would bring more than a thousand at the moment. Would be nice to play Derby at home. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Rochdale v Salford on 17:42 - Oct 11 with 4156 views | TVOS1907 |
Rochdale v Salford on 15:51 - Oct 11 by James1980 | What is the perfect formula for a first round FA cup tie? |
A team we have a good chance of beating and getting through. Everything else is incidental. | ![](/images/avatars/1107.gif) |
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Rochdale v Salford on 17:50 - Oct 11 with 4142 views | TVOS1907 |
Rochdale v Salford on 16:13 - Oct 11 by EllDale | There are two schools of thought. One is an easy game at home in the hope of progressing towards the third round and a plum tie. The other says a home game against someone who will fill the away end and drag in revenue regardless of the result. Oldham would certainly fit the latter category but the costs of stewarding/policing could be astronomical. It would certainly bring memories of the first round game in 1970 as well! |
...for people aged 52 or older. | ![](/images/avatars/1107.gif) |
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Rochdale v Salford on 21:09 - Oct 11 with 3888 views | EllDale | Very true. There are games I’d have love to have attended but wasn’t around at the time. Perhaps a suitable thread for when this board is quiet in summer? My personal first choice would probably be the cup tie against Notts County in 1949. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Rochdale v Salford on 22:09 - Oct 11 with 3791 views | 442Dale |
The standard of reporting was so superior a hundred years ago. You can’t copy and paste that lot. Also, they cared about their work back then too. | ![](/images/avatars/1212.gif) |
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Rochdale v Salford on 22:18 - Oct 11 with 3776 views | DaleiLama |
Rochdale v Salford on 22:09 - Oct 11 by 442Dale | The standard of reporting was so superior a hundred years ago. You can’t copy and paste that lot. Also, they cared about their work back then too. |
Not enough to spell lessen correctly | ![](/images/avatars/17584.gif) |
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Rochdale v Salford on 22:31 - Oct 11 with 3730 views | 442Dale |
Rochdale v Salford on 22:18 - Oct 11 by DaleiLama | Not enough to spell lessen correctly |
That can be forgiven for spending more time actually writing something original. | ![](/images/avatars/1212.gif) |
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Rochdale v Salford on 22:40 - Oct 11 with 3716 views | EllDale | It probably took all day on Sunday to write and all day on Monday to typeset! The Observer was a broadsheet in those days but this probably took up most of a page which shows the importance of the occasion. I hadn’t spotted last year the fact that Accrington fans had arrived in 51 charas plus a special train. No away attendance announcement in those days of course! | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Rochdale v Salford on 22:48 - Oct 11 with 3702 views | D_Alien |
Rochdale v Salford on 22:40 - Oct 11 by EllDale | It probably took all day on Sunday to write and all day on Monday to typeset! The Observer was a broadsheet in those days but this probably took up most of a page which shows the importance of the occasion. I hadn’t spotted last year the fact that Accrington fans had arrived in 51 charas plus a special train. No away attendance announcement in those days of course! |
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Rochdale v Salford on 23:03 - Oct 11 with 3675 views | 442Dale |
Rochdale v Salford on 22:40 - Oct 11 by EllDale | It probably took all day on Sunday to write and all day on Monday to typeset! The Observer was a broadsheet in those days but this probably took up most of a page which shows the importance of the occasion. I hadn’t spotted last year the fact that Accrington fans had arrived in 51 charas plus a special train. No away attendance announcement in those days of course! |
Bradford brought more. | ![](/images/avatars/1212.gif) |
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Rochdale v Salford on 06:37 - Oct 12 with 3537 views | pioneer | 10 Jan 1920. FA Cup Arsenal v Dale FA Cup third round (equivalent) Lost 4-2 sounds like it was a belter based on newspaper reports Or perhaps Dale v Wolves 1923-4 two teams scrapping it out for promotion to division 2 (now championship) - ended 0-0 but also sounds like a belter. A Dale win would have seen us promoted. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Rochdale v Salford on 09:13 - Oct 12 with 3436 views | AtThePeake |
Rochdale v Salford on 14:10 - Oct 11 by EllDale | Whilst we're on the subject.....who would you like to see Dale drawn against? Besides Bury AFC of course. |
As always, I'll take any draw away at a ground I've never been to before. Preferably a non-league one to give us a better chance of going through. | ![](/images/avatars/1813.gif) |
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Rochdale v Salford on 15:49 - Oct 14 with 2948 views | DaleiLama |
Rochdale v Salford on 22:40 - Oct 11 by EllDale | It probably took all day on Sunday to write and all day on Monday to typeset! The Observer was a broadsheet in those days but this probably took up most of a page which shows the importance of the occasion. I hadn’t spotted last year the fact that Accrington fans had arrived in 51 charas plus a special train. No away attendance announcement in those days of course! |
It got me wondering about how a ref travelled from Preston to Spotland at the end of August 1921. I did some very rudimentary research and seems the railways were well established. https://www.flickr.com/photos/36844288@N00/51694605921 (steady James ) and the wakes holidays would likely have finished in the town https://mlfhs.uk/blog/1921-census-industrial-holidays-of-the-north One of the things I wondered, bizarrely, was what time the ref would have left Preston to get to the match early enough to carry out his duties and what time he got home. Can't see him having had one of them fancy new motors. This even pre-dates Big Kindo! | ![](/images/avatars/17584.gif) |
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Rochdale v Salford on 16:14 - Oct 14 with 2900 views | EllDale | One of the major criteria for Football League membership until the 1930's was easy access to the rail network. And until 1920 clubs were obliged to provide suitable transport for the away team to and from the railway station. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
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