Preview | Dale v Tottenham Hotspur - Emirates FA Cup Fifth Round

17 February 2018

Dale v Tottenham Hotspur: Emirates FA Cup Fifth Round, Sunday 18th February, 4pm Kick-Off

Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspur visit the Crown Oil Arena this weekend, in the fifth round of the Emirates FA Cup.

It is only the third time Dale have reached this stage in the club’s history, doing so in 1990 and 2003.

Spurs are eight-time winners of the FA Cup, and visit the Crown Oil Arena off the back of a 2-2 draw away to Juventus in the Champions League knockout stages.

Mauricio Pochettino’s side have beaten AFC Wimbledon and Newport County so far in the competition.

PRE-MATCH INTERVIEW

Keith Hill and Matty Done both spoke to iFollow ahead of Sunday’s tie. Follow the links below to watch for FREE:

Keith Hill Part 1

Keith Hill Part 2

Matty Done

TICKET COLLECTIONS

Sunday’s match is officially SOLD OUT. Fans who purchased online or over the phone MUST collect their tickets from the Crown Oil Arena.

This can be done from 9am on Sunday. All HOME ticket collections will be from Rochdale Hornets’ offices in the Main Reception.

Press and Scout tickets can be collected from the Ticket Collection Cabin on the corner of the Main Stand and Pearl Street stands.

PARKING

There is no parking available on the day of the game at the Crown Oil Arena. It is street parking only.

ORDER OF THE DAY

9:00 – Ticket Office opens

11:00 – Club Shop opens

13:00 – Pearl Street Stand turnstiles open

14:00 – Players arrive at Crown Oil Arena

14:00 – Kids Beach Party begins!

14:30 – Main Stand, Sandy Lane and Reside Stand (Willbutts Lane) turnstiles open

15:00 – Teams are announced

15:05 – Goalkeepers out to warm-up

15:15 – Outfielders out to warm-up

15:45 – Warm-ups finished

15:55 – Teams enter the pitch

16:00 – Kick-off - Dale vs Spurs

REF WATCH

Referee: Robert Madley

Assistant Referee: Simon Bennett

Assistant Referee: Sian Massey-Ellis

Fourth Official: Stephen Martin

PRE-MATCH

Bring the kids along early to our Beach Party in the Carlsberg Lounge! Children can make their own sand art, paint their own personalised pebbles and decorate shells.

Visit the Carlsberg Lounge via the Pearl Street turnstiles from 2pm onwards. Click HERE for full details.

The Ratcliffe Bar, situated on the Crown Oil Arena car park, is open to both home and away supporters from midday.

Click HERE for full details.

FIRST TIME VISITOR

Coming to the Crown Oil Arena for the first time? View our first-time visitor guide HERE.

FA CUP JOURNEY SO FAR

Dale have beaten Bromley, Slough Town, Doncaster Rovers and Millwall to reach the fifth-round stage.

Click HERE to view Dale’s Emirates FA Cup journey so far, including highlights.

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Rochdale AFC’s matchday programme – The Voice of Spotland – is back for Sunday’s Emirates FA Cup fifth round tie against Tottenham Hotspur.

The Souvenir Programme has been extended to 84 pages for this special occasion and contains plenty of reading to keep fans entertained and informed before, during and after the match.

TVOS will be on sale in the Club Shop and around the ground on matchday, priced at £4.

Click HERE for the full preview.

WE’VE GOT IT COVERED

Fans in the UK can listen to LIVE match audio commentary on iFollow. The programme will start at 3.50pm.

Click HERE to subscribe to iFollow.

The match will not be available to watch live for overseas supporters on iFollow due to broadcasting rights.

To access commentar via your desktop, go through our match centre. The match centre will be located on the home page of the main website (www.rochdaleafc.co.uk). Once you’ve clicked through, a link will appear on the left-hand side of the page for you to access the commentary. This will appear on the site around half an hour before kick-off.

We will be tweeting live updates from the match, and will go behind-the-scenes with our Instagram Story feature. Follow @officiallydale (Twitter and Instagram).

The match is of course LIVE on BBC1. The programme starts at 3.35pm.

Match Previews

Match Reports

Report | Dale 2-2 Spurs

18 February 2018

Steven Davies’ 93rd minute strike earned Dale a draw against Tottenham Hotspur and a date at Wembley, in the Emirates FA Cup fifth round.

Dale were the better team in the opening period, in which Ian Henderson struck on the stroke of half-time to give Keith Hill’s men the lead.

Brazilian Lucas Moura equalised on the hour mark for Spurs, before Harry Kane’s 88^th minute penalty looked to have knocked Dale out of the cup.

However, the hosts never gave up, and Steven Davies’ strike in stoppage time ensured Dale live to fight another day in the cup at Wembley.

Harrison McGahey came in for the cup-tied Scott Wiseman in the only change from midweek.

Dale began strongly, and were more than a match for their Premier League opponents throughout the opening period.

Josh Lillis was first called into action after 12 minutes, saving comfortable from Toby Alderweireld’s flicked header, and moments later Dale had legitimate claims for a penalty.

Andy Cannon turned Alderweireld in the area, with the Belgian falling on top of the ball and making a connection with his arm, but referee Bobby Madeley waved away any shouts.

Dale’s first effort on target fell to Henderson, who fired straight at Michel Vorm after Cannon had won the ball high up the pitch allowing Dale to break.

Lillis made a strong one-on-one stop from Heung-Min Son, before Fernando Llorente clipped the resulting effort wide after the ball had come to him.

Lucas Moura then powered a shot wide of the upright after Kieran Trippier’s ball across the face goal was kept alive by Llorente, before Henderson sliced an effort well wide after being found by a through ball.

On the stroke of half-time, the moment came. Mark Kitching won the ball high up the pitch and found Stephen Humphries, who played a lovely ball into the channel for Cannon.

He played Henderson in, who fired clinically first-time past Vorm to give Dale the lead.

After the interval, Spurs came out full of intent, with Harry Winks testing Lillis after a strong run forward.

Then came their equaliser. Moussa Sissoko found Lucas on the left side of the area, and he finished calmly high past Lillis.

Dale continued to battle well against Spurs, with Callum Camps sending a low free-kick wide of the near post, whilst the visitors introduced their big guns in the shape of Erik Lamela, Alli and Kane.

Victor Wanyama turned a back-post corner over the bar, whilst Alli fired a shot off the body of Lillis before the ball ricocheted back off the England star and out for a goal kick.

Matty Done headed off the line after Ryan Delaney threw his body on the line in the way of a Spurs effort, but it looked as though Dale’s FA Cup adventure had come to an end when Kane converted a penalty two minutes from time.

However, Davies would have the last word, bringing down a Done cross impeccably before firing home low at the near post, setting up a date at Wembley in over a week’s time.

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