English National League

FT Saturday, April 18, 2026
Rochdale DWLDW 2
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BRN Braintree Town DLLDL 1
1st2ndT
RCH112
BRN011
Rare Breed Meat Co. Stadium · 1,309 att.

Head to Head

RCH leads series 2-1

Lineups

BRN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Caleb AnsenG
  2. 32James ClarridgeCD-L
  3. 2Aidan Francis-ClarkeCD-R
  4. 21Ben DrakeLB
  5. 8Ryan BattrumRB
  6. 19Matthew Dibley-DiasAM
  7. 6James VenningsLM
  8. 39Elliot Morgan ThorpeRM
  9. 9Lewis WalkerF
  10. 16Goran BabicAM-L
  11. 11Chay CooperAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Amir HadiSUB
  2. 14John AkindeSUB
  3. 15Tommy SmithSUB
  4. 5Manny OmroreSUB
  5. 18Sahid KamaraSUB
  6. 33Emmanuel OkunowoSUB

RCH · 3-2-4-1

  1. 1Oliver WhatmuffG
  2. 6Ethan Ebanks-LandellCD
  3. 25Callum PerryLB
  4. 2Kyron GordonRB
  5. 8Harvey GilmourCM-L
  6. 4Ryan EastCM-R
  7. 12Luke HannantLM
  8. 14Tobi Adebayo-RowlingRM
  9. 9Emmanuel DieseruvweF
  10. 10Devante RodneyAM-L
  11. 18Aidan BarlowAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 36Edward Francis
  2. 38Tyler Smith
  3. 22Daniel Moss
  4. 16Casey Pettit
  5. 37John-Kymani Gordon
  6. 17Joe Pritchard
  7. 40Ian Henderson

Timeline

  1. 36' Aidan Barlow (Rochdale) Goal at 36'
  2. 51' James Clarridge (Braintree Town) Yellow Card at 51'
  3. 53' Aidan Francis-Clarke (Braintree Town) Yellow Card at 53'
  4. 56' Harvey Gilmour (Rochdale) Yellow Card at 56'
  5. 59' Luke Hannant (Rochdale) Yellow Card at 59'
  6. 63' Sahid Kamara (Braintree Town) Substitution at 63'
  7. 65' Daniel Moss (Rochdale) Substitution at 65'
  8. 65' Edward Francis (Rochdale) Substitution at 65'
  9. 74' John Akinde (Braintree Town) Substitution at 74'
  10. 75' Amir Hadi (Braintree Town) Substitution at 75'
  11. 75' Emmanuel Okunowo (Braintree Town) Substitution at 75'
  12. 80' Ian Henderson (Rochdale) Substitution at 80'
  13. 80' Joe Pritchard (Rochdale) Substitution at 80'
  14. 84' Manny Omrore (Braintree Town) Substitution at 84'
  15. 90'+1' John Akinde (Braintree Town) Goal at 91'
  16. 90'+4' John-Kymani Gordon (Rochdale) Substitution at 94'
  17. 90'+9' Emmanuel Dieseruvwe (Rochdale) Goal at 99'

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