May as well kick it off. I hope that they approach the game with same mindset that they adopted for the Oldham at home game, bearing in mind what Rochdale did to us at home (no arguments). If they cannot get up for this six pointer there is no hope. We(myself and the Father in Law) are making our first vist to Rochdale since the infamous 12 man win, marred only by my brush with one of their speccies who appeared to have come from the Local Shop above Royston Vasey. Father in Law has been tempted by cake and the threat of more cake. The only problem will be smuggling in a five litre flask of tea to wash it all down. Heres to a good day, plenty of support for the sore feet brigade and then the team. See you Sunday

And as he correctly points out, cake day it is. So bring your cake to what I hope will be a cracker of a game with some tasty treats!

Just for the sake of the Father in Law remind me of the origin of cake day please.

The first one came around as it was the day after Rob Clayton had a big birthday party. There was a couple of cakes left at the end so we thought we'd take them to Rochdale and shared them out.

The next year, as the game approached, someone said "remember when we had cake at Rochdale last year?". So we thought yes, and we can do it again! By year three the supporters bus was full of people holding cakes and the tradition was born

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oh dear, i didnt realise the cake day was born from my birthday party!!! how drunk was i? lol

full time Dons 26-16 Richdale

Team today;

Butterfield
Coady
Spurr
Morrison
Potts
Fawcett
Spaven
Scott
Ely
Dee
Robinson
Edwards
Emmett

Carbutt
Kesik
Crawley
Hughes C

Tries: Spurr 3, Hughes, Morrison.
Goals: Spaven 3.

HT Rochdale 16 Dons 18 (Rochdale led 10-0 after 17 mins)
FT Rochdale 16 Dons 26

Good effort from the boys after a somewhat sloppy start.

Sad to report that Craig Fawcett suffered an injury which saw him stretchered off.

Other Championship One results; Keighley 92 Gateshead 6 Oldham 40 Whitehaven 20 Workington 36 Swinton 16 Dons up to fourth.

Other Championship One results; Keighley 92 Gateshead 6 Oldham 40 Whitehaven 20 Workington 36 Swinton 16 Dons up to fourth.