Wow they must have some of the most patient fans in the country

Iv just looked it up on wikipedia and found this a tad harsh but made me chuckle

"Since suffering relegation from the third to the fourth tier in 1974, they have spent the past 35 years in the English leagues basement division; longer than any other club in the division. It is therefore fair to claim that Rochdale are the worst professional football club in England."

[i35 years of pain...it's not coming home.[/i

I did want Shrewsbury to go up but the way their goalie behaved in the shoot-out I hope they get beat now. How old is he? 12? What a pratt!
Ideally he'll drop one in his own net in the 95th minute!
Also the Gills fans singing about 'Northern slums' was ironic given they were voted the biggest dump by an Observer poll of football fans a while back. It's a nightmare to get to as well so hopefully they go up. They won't be missed.

Because no other keepers have ever played mind games with the opposition players. A penalty kick is a a situation hugely weighted in favour of the taker and so anything the keeper does to try and save the penalty (as long as its within the rules) is fine by me.

Dagenham fan here. Superb season for us, was so gutting on the last day against the Shrews but I'd of settled for 8th at the start of the season! But I think this will be our best EVER season, lots of players out of contract etc. Mid-Table mediocrity beckons!

Hey mate, Shrews fan I am, nice club are the Daggers. Didnt think we would beat you last game of the season but happy that we did obviously. You have a good setup down there and a decent manager, hope you dont lose too many players.

Mind games?



He kicked the ball away when the bloke went to pick it up. If the ref had any balls he'd have booked the gloit!

Booked him for what? Kicking the ball closer to the penalty spot? Did you not see the game, he already sent off Leslie for one of the most innocuous challenges you will see.

Ungentlemanly conduct! Also having a player dismissed does not preclude a team from having other players disciplined.
COME ON YOU GILLS!

So "professional" clubs Rushden. Kidderminster, Torquay, Maidstone. York. Aldershot, Cambridge. Scarborough, Halifax etc are better than Rochdale?????


Very harsh I'd say....at least they have never been relegated out of the league and infact in all those years have not had that many narrow escapes.

Just ordered my tickets for the final woooooooooo come on you Gills

Thats my point to call them the worst club is a silly statement

[url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1661945,00.htmlPity poor Darlo[/url, just when they thought they'd hit rock bottom with the admin struggle, this happens.

I don't even need to open that to know what you're referring to

Quite right too.....Roichdale are an example of how small clubs should operate they never flirt with administration, live within their means and produce good football year in year out....good luck to them.

Aye, Todd did a shocking job at Bradford. Didn't we plummet soon after he left?

Indeed, if we'd kept him we'd have stayed up, maybe even got promoted, after all the 3 wins we managed in his last 23 games in charge was Championship form.

And the 1 win from the 16 (?) games following his departure certainly would have got us promoted?

I think the rot had set in by then and it's difficult to turn round. I attended very few games during the Todd era so it's difficult for me to comment, but the style of football was not to many peoples tastes.

No, but to say we plummeted after getting rid of him is clearly flawed, we were 1 point and 1 place above the relegation zone when he got the boot, having been in the top 4 at the end of October.

The plummet was well under way, and to be quite honest I'd rather spend my money watching us play football in the NE Counties League than whatever game it was Todd had us playing.

The mighty Gillingham sneak past Shrewsbury with a goal in the 91st minute in the League 2 play-off final. Congrats.

The Gills will now have the dubious pleasure of playing Leeds next season in League 1.

Burton will be happy first season up and they get a fair few local opponents.

Congrats to Gillingham. Was a crappy match though

Thought they looked ok in the first half and to be fair the Shrews keeper really kept them in it...I believe he is on loan from WBA and on that show and the previous round at Bury he has a decent future ahead of him.