Biographies and career details of the players used by the club from 1999 to 2016.  Earlier seasons are covered in three other volumes, details of which will be found elsewhere on this web site.

The author’s trawl through the career records of every player to have worn the Dale shirt has come to a conclusion at the end of the 2015-16 season. Volume 4 is written to the same level of detail as the previous three volumes and includes a 30 page section on the club’s recent history. It is an illustrated with photographs of nearly every player.