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Rochdale legends 08:53 - Jul 7 with 16546 viewsAtThePeake

If you had to pick 10 players and 10 players only from the club's history to describe as 'Rochdale legends' who would they be?

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Rochdale legends on 09:41 - Jul 7 with 13049 viewsdale5758

With nothing to lose I'll give it a go. Not Sure why just asked for 10 players ATP? But Playing 4 4 2
Conrad Logan
Graham Smith Alan Reeves Craig Dawson Tom Kennedy
Norman Whitehead Gary Jones Billy Rudd Ian Henderson
Reg Jenkins Grant Holt

Subs
Chris Harker
Adam Le Fondre
Joe Ashworth
Rickie Lambert
Jason Kennedy
Scott Hogan
Wayne Evans
[Post edited 7 Jul 2015 11:20]

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Rochdale legends on 09:55 - Jul 7 with 13021 viewsdingdangblue

Craig Dawson
Gary Jones
Rickie Lambert
Grant Holt
Alan Reeves
Chris O'Grady
Reg Jenkins
Scott Hogan
Ian Henderson
Lyndon Simmonds

Its a BRILLIANT goal to cap a BRILLIANT start by Rochdale - Don Goodman 26/08/10
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Rochdale legends on 09:57 - Jul 7 with 13012 viewsdownunder

Presume formations and positions are not to be involved.

Keith Hill, Reg Jenkins, Gary Jones, Neil Edwards, Craig Dawson, Norman Whiteside, Billy Rudd, Steve Melledew, Rickie Lambert, Grant Holt

If you had gone for 11, I would add Paddy McCourt
[Post edited 7 Jul 2015 9:58]
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Rochdale legends on 10:18 - Jul 7 with 12974 viewsTomRAFC

Only picking players that I actually saw.

Neil Edwards
Craig Dawson
Wayne Evans
Gary Jones
David Perkins
Ian Henderson
Paddy McCourt
Grant Holt
Rickie Lambert
Chris O'Grady
Chris Dagnall

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Rochdale legends on 10:58 - Jul 7 with 12928 viewsD_Alien

No particular order:

Reg Jenkins
Joe Ashworth
Billy Rudd
Graham Smith
Gary Jones
Chris O'Grady
Paddy McCourt
Craig Dawson
Grant Holt
Ian Henderson

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Rochdale legends on 11:54 - Jul 7 with 12836 viewsYadHoDale

Albert Whitehurst - legendary goalscorer (I)
Walter Birch - legendarily better after pre-match pints
Reg Jenkins - legendary goalscorer (ii)
Eric Snookes - legendary ginger
Shaun Reid - legendarily mad as a box of frogs
Alan Reeves - legendary class
Tony Brown - legendary tache
Gary Jones - legendary longevity
Wayne Evans - legendary reliability
Neil Edwards - legendarily unbeatable from the spot

Only "retired" players included - so Jonah may have to be temporarily dropped if he carries on playing!
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Rochdale legends on 11:56 - Jul 7 with 12831 viewsDale1940

Jimmy Constantine, Walter Birch, Tommy Barkas, Billy Rudd, Reg Jenkins, Tommy Dryburgh, Stan Milburn, Dave Reid , David Cross, Alan Taylor
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Rochdale legends on 13:07 - Jul 7 with 12688 viewsChaffRAFC

Gary Jones
Reg Jenkins
Alan Reeves
Neil Edwards
Ian Henderson
Chris O'Grady
Craig Dawson
Shaun Reid
Grant Holt
Rickie Lambert

That said, by it's true definition, the one that I will tell my son and any of his future kids, is Paddy McCourt.

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Rochdale legends on 13:18 - Jul 7 with 12654 viewsFred_Talbot

Alan Reeves
Shaun Reid
Mark Stuart
Steve Whitehall
Grant Holt
Rickie Lambert
Chris O'Grady
Craig Dawson
Ian Henderson
Peter Vincenti

Where's Fred?

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Rochdale legends on 13:24 - Jul 7 with 12637 views442Dale

Steve Taylor
Lyndon Simmonds
Alan Reeves
Steve Whitehall
Neil Edwards
Gary Jones
Paddy McCourt
Grant Holt
Craig Dawson
Chris O'Grady

It's one of those lists you could change on a daily basis.

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Rochdale legends on 13:59 - Jul 7 with 12572 viewsShun

Gary Jones
Craig Dawson
COG
Scott Hogan
Richie Lambert

I'm only picking players I saw, and I can't think of ten. I've seen more then ten incredibly gifted players, but these are my only legends. One for record appearances, one for being an incredibly gifted local player who went to the Premier League, two for being our best players in the two promotion seasons I've seen, and one for being our only (I think?) player who went on to play for England.
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Rochdale legends on 14:08 - Jul 7 with 12557 viewsflyerdale

Of players I've actually seen with my own eyes;

Dawson
Jobson
Jones
Holt
Lambert
Atkinson
Stuart
Wiseman
Edwards
O Grady

Oh and Andy Morris is a leg end for that goal he scored falling over against hull live on the telly
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Rochdale legends on 14:38 - Jul 7 with 12514 viewssandylaner1

players i have watched...

Gary Jones
Craig Dawson
Chris O'Grady
Scott Hogan
Grant Holt
Rickie Lambert
Conrad Logan - if he resigns for us
Hendo
Chris Dagnall
McCourt
[Post edited 7 Jul 2015 14:41]
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Rochdale legends on 14:41 - Jul 7 with 12503 viewsdingdangblue

Rochdale legends on 13:59 - Jul 7 by Shun

Gary Jones
Craig Dawson
COG
Scott Hogan
Richie Lambert

I'm only picking players I saw, and I can't think of ten. I've seen more then ten incredibly gifted players, but these are my only legends. One for record appearances, one for being an incredibly gifted local player who went to the Premier League, two for being our best players in the two promotion seasons I've seen, and one for being our only (I think?) player who went on to play for England.


Geoff Thomas.


Its a BRILLIANT goal to cap a BRILLIANT start by Rochdale - Don Goodman 26/08/10
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Rochdale legends on 20:10 - Jul 7 with 12259 viewsboromat

N.Edwards
W.Evans
D.Flitcroft
K.Hill
G.Jones
R.Lambert
G.Holt
T.Ellis
C.Dawson
P.McCourt


There are plenty more that could make the list. Dagnall, LeFondre, Buckley, Peake, A.Johnson, Stuart, Murray, O'Grady, Gilks, McEvilly, Platt, Griffith's, Bayliss all for different reasons. I've also only gone for players I've seen.

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Rochdale legends on 22:04 - Jul 7 with 12167 viewsdalebolt

Keith Welch
Alan Reeves
Craig Dawson
Gary Jones
Shaun Reid
Eui Martinez
Steve Taylor
Grant Holt
Lyndon Symonds
Chris Ogrady
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Rochdale legends on 22:35 - Jul 7 with 12131 viewsBrierls

Want us to write the article for you as well?

I don't think we've had ten legends, I'd say we've probably had four...

Reg Jenkins
Albert Whitehurst
Lyndon Simmonds
Gary Jones

If I have to stretch the list to ten, I'll add...

Neil Edwards
Alan Reeves
Grant Holt
Rickie Lambert
Craig Dawson
Ian Henderson

If its on players I've seen, lose messrs Jenkins, Whitehurst & Simmonds and replace with...

Wayne Evans
Chris O'Grady
Paddy McCourt

Like Chaff has said above, the one player I feel we will never see anything like, ever again, is Paddy. I think that makes his legendary. If I hadn't seen him glide past players like he does with my own eyes, I'd have him down as mythical!
[Post edited 7 Jul 2015 22:44]
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Rochdale legends on 01:25 - Jul 8 with 12069 viewsAtThePeake

Ha! No article, just thought it would be interesting to see people's opinions.

Tangled up in blue.

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Rochdale legends on 10:25 - Jul 8 with 11972 viewsSilverDale

Ted Burgin
Stan Milburn
Ray Aspden
Jim Thompson
Norman Bodell
Dougie Wragg
Colin Whittaker
Tony Collins
Norman Whitehead
Reg Jenkins

Showing my age-so a subs bench from recent years

Craig Dawson
Chris O'Grady
David Perkins
Gary Jones
Ian Henderson
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Rochdale legends on 11:29 - Jul 8 with 11930 viewsFrog

Rochdale legends on 10:25 - Jul 8 by SilverDale

Ted Burgin
Stan Milburn
Ray Aspden
Jim Thompson
Norman Bodell
Dougie Wragg
Colin Whittaker
Tony Collins
Norman Whitehead
Reg Jenkins

Showing my age-so a subs bench from recent years

Craig Dawson
Chris O'Grady
David Perkins
Gary Jones
Ian Henderson


Ones I've seen:

Maybe not legends in the true sense, but gave me a lot of pleasure:

Lyndon Simmonds
Grant Holt
Dave Thompson
Craig Dawson
Chris O'Grady
Keith Welch
Kevin Townson
Steve Taylor
The blonde guy, same team as Platty, scored 65 goals in his first 8 gsmes
Platty
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Rochdale legends on 11:49 - Jul 8 with 11903 viewsColDale

I know Shun makes reference to it, but had Lambert's career peaked at Bristol Rovers, would he be included on this list? He had a great spell with us, but to be a Rochdale legend, surely he can only be judged by what he did for us and not what he went on to do - or as mentioned Geoff Thomas would be included for the reasons.

In terms of strikers, you'd have to include Steve Taylor ahead of him due to number of goals scored in a season, Lyndon for his impact on the club staying in the FL, and I'd have said Holt, O'Grady and Henderson have all outperformed him for Dale.

My ten would be in no particular order tho based on impact, ability and pure sentiment:
Reeves
Dawson
Holt
Henderson
Jones
Perkins
Buckley
Simmonds
Taylor
Johnson
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Rochdale legends on 14:05 - Jul 8 with 11814 viewsBrierls

Rochdale legends on 11:49 - Jul 8 by ColDale

I know Shun makes reference to it, but had Lambert's career peaked at Bristol Rovers, would he be included on this list? He had a great spell with us, but to be a Rochdale legend, surely he can only be judged by what he did for us and not what he went on to do - or as mentioned Geoff Thomas would be included for the reasons.

In terms of strikers, you'd have to include Steve Taylor ahead of him due to number of goals scored in a season, Lyndon for his impact on the club staying in the FL, and I'd have said Holt, O'Grady and Henderson have all outperformed him for Dale.

My ten would be in no particular order tho based on impact, ability and pure sentiment:
Reeves
Dawson
Holt
Henderson
Jones
Perkins
Buckley
Simmonds
Taylor
Johnson


I can't believe Jamie Taylor made it onto that list

I included Lambert on the basis of the goals he scored when we were struggling. We could have been in deep trouble if Lambert hadn't stepped up at the time.
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Rochdale legends on 14:18 - Jul 8 with 11797 viewsdingdangblue

Rochdale legends on 14:05 - Jul 8 by Brierls

I can't believe Jamie Taylor made it onto that list

I included Lambert on the basis of the goals he scored when we were struggling. We could have been in deep trouble if Lambert hadn't stepped up at the time.


Grant Holt and Rickie Lambert as a front 2 was the stuff of dreams at our level. If only they had been able to play a full season together instead of the end of one and the beginning of the next. Has anyone ever worked out the goals/points they/we got if those split seasons had been combined?

Its a BRILLIANT goal to cap a BRILLIANT start by Rochdale - Don Goodman 26/08/10
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Rochdale legends on 15:37 - Jul 8 with 11742 viewsAtThePeake

Rochdale legends on 11:49 - Jul 8 by ColDale

I know Shun makes reference to it, but had Lambert's career peaked at Bristol Rovers, would he be included on this list? He had a great spell with us, but to be a Rochdale legend, surely he can only be judged by what he did for us and not what he went on to do - or as mentioned Geoff Thomas would be included for the reasons.

In terms of strikers, you'd have to include Steve Taylor ahead of him due to number of goals scored in a season, Lyndon for his impact on the club staying in the FL, and I'd have said Holt, O'Grady and Henderson have all outperformed him for Dale.

My ten would be in no particular order tho based on impact, ability and pure sentiment:
Reeves
Dawson
Holt
Henderson
Jones
Perkins
Buckley
Simmonds
Taylor
Johnson


Holt's record eclipses Lambert's for sure, but Lambert's more prolific season was in a worse team that finished only a few places above the relegation zone if I remember correctly?

Tangled up in blue.

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Rochdale legends on 16:33 - Jul 8 with 11698 viewsaleanddale

My 10 would be...

Gary Jones Number 1.
Lyndon Simmonds
Steve Taylor
Reg Jenkins
Alan Reeves
Mark Hilditch / Micky French ( toss up )
Craig Dawson
Rickie Lambert
Grant Holt

and a current legend ( in the making ) Ian Henderson
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