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Four key questions Rochdale must answer in EFL return

Rochdale are about to start an EFL season for the first time in four years, but they do so with several questions to answer

09.08.26, 18:00 Updated 09.08.26, 18:00 5 Minute Read

Matt Turner

Matt Turner

ROCHDALE are about to play their first EFL game for more than three years – but how ready are they for it?

Having escaped the National League at the third attempt under Jim McNulty, Dale are back in the Football League under new management with Ian Watson having taken over following McNulty’s departure for Stockport County.

With 11 (and counting) new signings also made, a bedding-in period is natural and leaves plenty of questions hanging over them.

Heading into the season opener at Newport County, the Pearl Street Post addresses the most pressing of them…

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Matt Turner

Matt Turner A lifelong Rochdale fan, Matt has a decade of experience in sports journalism including a brief spell reporting on The Dale for the Rochdale Observer. He currently writes for the Warrington Guardian sports desk.

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