To keep up with Rochdale news sign up to the MyRochdale newsletter here Former Rochdale AFC player Ray Aspden who played in the club's famous run to the League Cup Final in 1962 has died, aged 83.
News of the passing of Ray, who played as a centre-half, has been posted on the club's website. He was one of Dale's 'all-time stalwarts' and for a time was both the club's youngest ever player and their appearance record holder.
This was despite the 'most inauspicious of starts' when the team lost on his debut, 7-2 to Chesterfield in 1955. READ MORE:Rochdale AFC chairman hails 'bright future' after takeover collapse He didn’t appear again until the following March and with his National Service in the RAF also intervening, it was halfway through
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