Rochdale United

Rochdale United

Rochdale United is a Hattrick football club from Rochdale, England. Rochdale United are managed by Pirahna1uk, and so far have achieved litle success. However, the signs of growth, and future potential are there to be seen, as United recently won the Norfolk Cup. Rochdale United currently play in VI.967

Rochdale United (7474)
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Managed By:	Pirahna1uk
Location:	Rochdale, England
Founded:	2010-15-06
Ground:	Springfield Park (Capacity: 24,000)
Fan Club:	The Orange Knights
Coach	Diogo Gamiero
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Other Honors	2011-Norfolk Cup 2011-Gardiner Road Shield

History

The club was formed on the 15th of June 2010, from the ashes chodelets, joining mid way through season 42. United (Chodelets) had already been eliminated from the cup, so manager Pirahna1uk only had the league to focus on. United only had five matches remaining, and Pirahna1uk steered them to a decent 5th place. Season 43 was planned as a season of development with the manager wishing to strengthen his team. United made it to round 2 in the cup before being knocked out, and achieved a comfortable 4th place in the league. Season 44 was again about strengthening the team, but this time Pirahna1uk was wanting his squad to push for a top 2 spot. Once again United crashed out of the cup in round 2, but their season was far from over, three matches from the end of the season, United were sitting 2nd in the league. United lost 1-0 to Roonited Nations, who moved up to 2nd, they then played 1st placed Transform FC, losing 2-0, destroying all hopes of a 2nd place finish. They won their final match 1-0 to secure 3rd place but after being 2nd for most of the season, it seemed like a bit of an anticlimax. Season 45 Rochdale United maintained competitive for the first half of the season spending their time sitting 2nd in the league, with only goal difference separating them from leaders Transform FC, United unfortunately started slipping, and by the end of the season they finished 3 points behind Transform in second place. They have however been knocked out once again in the 2nd round of the cup. Season 46 saw Transform FC go into administration, and was shut down, Wardys Wombles replaced them, and faced United in the first match of the season. United took this opportunity of upheaval to set about getting themselve into a strong position from the off, resulting in what turned out to be a comfortable 9-0 victory.

The Cup

Rochdale United have been consistently poor in the cup, never progressing from the second round. On the same token, they have been incredibly consistant reaching round two on every attempt(currently three in total).

KHA Champons League

Rochdale United enter the tournament for the first time in Season 45.

Norfolk Cup

Rochdale United competed in the first Norfolk cup on 13th of May 2011. Winning in the final 2-0 against The Canaries. Whether the cup will return however is at present unknown.

The Black Knights

The Black Knights, formed at the same time as the club, have steadily increased its members,exceeding the one thousand mark, the fan base is in rude health and growing weekly.

Stadium

Springfield Park constantly seems to be under development, it currently stands at 40,000 capacity, and no doubt the board are planning further expansions to the stadium. Currently the stadium consists of four banks of stands and four corner stands, with turnstyles along the west and south side.

The Future

The future of Rochdale United is looking exciting, fighting it out at the top of the table again, who's to know what will happen. The team is looking strong, and the manager is always on the look out for new talent. The youth team is also producing quality talent, Charles Colbourne being a perfect example of the systems productivity. Contact has recently been made with the former England U20 manager regarding Goalkeeper Charles Colbourne. It is felt that he has the potential to make it into the U20 squad in the next few years if he can continue with his current rate of development. He recently made his debut for the first team, and already shows great promise.

Players To Watch

		Player	Aquired	Age	Spec	TSI	Place of Birth
GK		Charles Colbourne	10.07.2011	17	None	4000	Rochdale, England
GK		Andres Saar	18.06.2011	17	None	1420	Moscow, Russia

Mentoring

Manager Pirahna1uk has also begun to mentor the managers of the future, currently giving direction and advice to DLCaRo, manager of The Canaries (957688) and also XjammieX, manager of FC Original Inc. (59067)