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TVOS Preview: Rochdale v Harrogate Town

Rochdale AFC’s matchday programme — The Voice of Spotland — is back for Saturday’s League Two fixture against Harrogate Town.

We start with a front cover image of defender Ethan Ebanks-Landell, who joined Dale in the summer for his second spell with the club

Manager Jim Bentley looks back at the last fixture at Sutton and ahead to the busy period coming up, after which we have a host of features, including:

FANTASY 5-A-SIDE TEAM — Richard O’Donnell picks the best 5-a-side team he would love to manage.

THROUGH THE YEARS — what were Dale doing at this time 5, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago?

BEYOND THE HEADLINE — looking in detail at a record-breaking game against one of Harrogate’s Yorkshire neighbours

ON THIS DAY — previous games and Dale events on 3rd December

THE WORLD CUP CONNECTION — one of only three England players to score a hat-trick in the finals tournament and his link to Dale

ASK STATTO — our statistician answers more Dale-related trivia

Traveller’s Tales reports on the trips to Colchester United and Newport County, while our regular Half-Time Quiz page will get you scratching your heads.

Visitors Harrogate Town get six pages of coverage, which includes a feature on a man who played for and managed both clubs.

Scrutator gives his view on the first fortnight of the World Cup and Brian Quigley discusses football’s link with Mathematics, while action photos appear from the games against Newport County and Barrow.

All this and much, much more will be in Saturday’s The Voice of Spotland, on sale in the Club Shop and around the ground, priced £3.00.

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