FA Cup - ROCHDALE 0-4 TOWN

ROCHDALE v TOWN.
4th round FA Cup .

UPDATE- Sat 28th !
Davis & Lund out through injury for this afternoon for Rochdale.
Lowe, Parra, Mooy 'should' be available for TOWN - source BBC Sport.

What to expect !
Well, Lets address the issue of the Rochdale Ultras !
Just two minutes of your time... The Police should sort this problem out ?
You have been warned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6S7agOnOTE

The Horror show doesn't end there !
They have had some crushing defeats this season, despite being in a similar position to TOWN albeit in their respective division. sat just inside the play-offs.
Just last week at home, Oxford did 'em 4-0 ! This defeat brought to an end the 10 home fixtures winning streak ! previously :-
Gillingham beat them 3-0
And Bradford 4-0. Even bottom side Coventry have beaaten them 2-0.

positive results include wins against table toppers Scunthorpe 3-2, and they beat Bolton at the Reebok (whatever) 1-0.

It's the FA Cup, & anything can & does happen... But I'd say if TOWN get on top early, this lot might literally fold..
They have some handy goal scorers mind...
Henderson 12, with 4 in cup comps.
Davis, 11, & 4 (cup)
two other lads with good contributions , Lund 7 & Andrew 6.

How did they get this far...
round 1, Maidstone 2-0
r 2. Carlisle 0-2
r3. Barrow 0-2. ...now TOWN.

Spotland has a capacity of a shade over 10thou these days, TOWN have sold out their allocation of 3,600, an all seater section apparently,
The average attendance this season is 3,400. I'd say they might be close to a full house on Saturday.

Formed in 1907, 1 year before 'us'. however they've only had three promotions in that time, the 1st being the same season we last made it to 'league division 1' in 69/70.
The club badge is the original, traditional type, They were one of the few clubs to retain 'tradition' after the county & Borough changes of 1974.
I give 'em a thumbs up for that
(many clubs changed to more 'modern' designs - then gone back to the older style years later.)

Just a little change from 'tradition' on our board this weekend ????
The will be awarded for the 55th comment, in remembrance of that
little lad... Joshua McCormack, the Rochdale fan who died in December.
The club assigned him that number on his shirt. and then 'retired' the number, they even named him 'sub' v Hartlepool in November,
to Rochdale FC, great gesture.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/rochdale-fc-retire-squad-number-12450925

Easy win for TOWN,
round 5 here we come
As ever.."Set 'em alight the Blue & White"