It was twenty years ago today that a certain Keith Hill made his Dale debut.

His Dale debut was the first game of the Graham Barrow era, and we travelled down to Divisioni 3 stalwarts Swansea City, then managed by Scouse talking Danish international Jan Molby who was sent off during the game.

It's probably not a game that those there will reminisce on regularly but for Hilly's debut, it will forever remain in the history books.

Just for fun, see how many of the Dale team from that day can you pick out from their initials:

1) IG
2) AF
3) KF (DM)
4) AJ
5) KH
6) AF
7) AR (DT)
8) JD
9) ML
10) SW
11) MS (MC)

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rafc1984 added 09:57 - Aug 17 1. Ian gray 2. Andy fensome 3. 4. Andy Johnson 5. Keith hill 6. Andy farrell 7. 8. 9. 10. Steve Whitehall 11. Best I can do, might have 1 or 2 of them wrong, hope someone can complete it, if only so I can kick myself.
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Swissdale added 10:12 - Aug 17 3. Kevin Formby 7. Alex Russell 8. John Deary 9. Mark Leonard 11. Mark Stuart (Mark Carter?)
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TVOS1907 added 11:06 - Aug 17 Molby also missed a penalty that day.
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SalwaDale added 13:42 - Aug 17 Is MC Mike Cecere, rather than Mark Carter? Is DT Dave Thompson?
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