Tuesday evening saw the Dale Trust Legends Night and what a success it was.





Hosted by the incomparable Les Duckworth a panel of true legends of Rochdale Football Club entertained fans and above all showed their love of Rochdale Football Club.

Former Chairman David Kilpatrick, the man responsible for the club actually still being in existence spoke as ever with his own special blend of dry wit and candour. His highlight among many gems on the evening was the description of former manager Jimmy Greenhoff's eating habits and a penchant for hard boiled eggs and lemons.

Lyndon Simmonds a man who scored the goals to keep Dale in the League more than 20 years agao but who saw his career ended in his early twenties revealed just how hard defenders and Noel Blake in particular used to be and his love for scoring goals.

Neil Edwards, probaly our most popular ever goalkeeper told of his best  Dale game, his love for the fans at this club and his penchant for dancing, although his strange dress sense did get more than the odd mention his even stranger haircuts suprisingly didn't.

Former striker Steve Whitehall showed his love for talking and remembered his first ever goal, scored here at Spotland against Carlisle United. He revealed that Steve Parkin was hard but fair and that Dave Sutton was certainly different. He also waxed lyrical about "refueling habits" on the team coach after matches.

Alan Reeves was, as ever, in truly magnificent form speaking seriously about Mk Dons/ Wimbledon and the way that the Premier League has gone and the fact that very few players have emulated him by making the move into the big league at the age of 25. He told his spellbound audience about his time at Wimbledon .He earmarked Uwe Rosler and Paul Walsh as nasty little people and Ian Wright as being a nightmare to mark.We also learned about the grudge he still holds for losing a Man of the match award when he scored both goals in a 2-0 win

All of the panel agreed what a truly magnificent job that Keith Hill and Dave Flitcroft are doing and that the Boys of 08 will overturn that 2-1 deficit when action resumes in the Play off's on Saturday.

A grand night was had by all, with these Legendary names in Rochdale's history freely and happily mixing with supporters, signing autographs and reminiscing about their  times at Spotland.

Our thanks go to the Dale Trust and to the panel for putting on a memorable evening as the curtain begins to fall on our Centenary Season.



  The team. L to R;- Les, Lyndon, Alan, Neil, David, Steve.