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The stadium was officially opened in 1920, and was used exclusively by Rochdale for the first 68 years of its existence. From 1988 to 2016 the ground was jointly owned by the football club, Rochdale Council and rugby league club Rochdale Hornets. In 2016 Rochdale A.F.C. bought the stadium shares they did not hold to own 100% of Spotland Stadium.
Club Owner(s) Estimated combined net worth Source of wealth Barnsley: Neerav Parekh The Cryne Family Julie Anne Quay Chien Lee: $9.1B [88] NewCity capital Pidilite Industries Birmingham City: Tom Wagner (45.6%) [89] Knighthead Capital Management Blackpool: Simon Sadler (96.2%) Asset Management Bolton Wanderers: Football Ventures (Whites) Ltd ...
Rochdale A.F.C is an English professional association football club based in Rochdale, England. The club was formed in 1907 and currently sits within the National League, the fifth tier of English football. The current manager is Jimmy McNulty. Keith Hill was the club's longest serving manager over two spells, from 2006 to 2011, and from 2013 ...
They also formed links with the major club of the town, Rochdale, who gave their blessing to the name change. They also adopted Rochdale's centenary kit of black and white stripes. [ 7 ] Their first home game in the league as Rochdale Town was a 4–5 defeat at the start of the 2008–09 season to the newly formed AFC Liverpool on 16 August 2008.
FC Paços de Ferreira – The football club FC Paços de Ferreira is owned by its members (socios). Benfica, FC Porto and Sporting CP football teams are also fan owned through a SAD for football as far as the club remains the owner of a majority of the SAD's stock. Some legal provisions are made to guarantee that in any case, the club have the ...
Rochdale's preferred bidders the Ogden family submit an offer to buy the National League side and invest £2m in the club.
Rochdale A.F.C. was formed in 1907. After World War I the Football League was expanded and the club unsuccessfully applied to join. In 1921 Rochdale was recommended to be included in the new Third Division North, and played their first League game at home against Accrington Stanley on 27 August 1921, winning 6–3.
In the late 19th century the predominant team sport in Rochdale was rugby, in contrast to nearby towns such as Bury and Bolton where association football was the dominant code. The town did not have an association football club until 1896, when the Rochdale Athletic Club and the Rochdale Athletic Ground Company formed Rochdale A.F.C. [ 1 ] The ...