Eastleigh

Rochdale AFC’s matchday programme – The Voice of Spotland – Vanarama National League fixture against Eastleigh.

The new-look TVOS starts with a front cover image of striker Kairo Mitchell, a former Eastleigh player who netted his first goal for Dale in Tuesday’s defeat at Woking.

Jimmy McNulty gives his honest views on that midweek game in Surrey, after which we have a host of features, including:

ONCE A DALEY – A series looking at Dale players we saw only once or who scored just one goal for the club.

DALE ALTER EGOS – A page featuring a Dale player who shares his names with someone else.

ON THIS DAY – previous games and Dale events on 19th August.

THROUGH THE YEARS – what Dale were doing at this time 5, 10, 20, 30, 40 & 50 Years Ago.

DALE ACTION – a selection of images from the pre-season friendlies against Chorley and Tranmere.

FROZEN IN TIME – an image and its story from a past game on 19th August

Visitors Eastleigh get five pages of coverage, which includes a look at five players with a link to both clubs.

Meanwhile, regular columnists, Scrutator and Brian Quigley are here with their take on recent and more generic footballing matters.

There is also a comprehensive preview of the forthcoming away trip to York City, as well as the next home game against Bromley.

All this and more will be in Saturday’s The Voice of Spotland, priced £3.00.