Daily Express writer Mick Dennis nominates Dale fans as truly remarkable in his latest column.  Comparing support for clubs up and down the country and looking at the expectancy levels on Tyneside  Mr Dennis wrote;

"When Manchester City were playing at that level, they drew an average of 28,273. Nottingham Forest, another club who could tell Newcastle a tale or too about unfulfilled hopes, managed an average of 20,612 in League One last season.

Of course, attendances are not the only measure of loyalty or passion. That's why I'd nominate the supporters of Rochdale as being truly remarkable. There are fewer than 3,000 hardcore fans, but they punt up week after week to cheer, despite having precious little to cheer about. Dale are the least successful club in the history of the Football League.

Most clubs are unsuccessful. That is the inevitable and irrevocable truth about football. Yet the level of support all the way down the game's pyramid is astonishing. No country on the planet can match it."

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