Colours
| Rochdale home colours, used until the 2006/07 season |
Rochdale's current home colours are black and blue shirts, white shorts and blue and black hooped socks. Previously, Dale's usual colours were blue and white, introduced in 1949. Prior to this, Rochdale wore black and white stripes, which was influenced by the strong Newcastle United side of 1907 (the year Rochdale were formed), the strip which they adopted for their centenary season in 2007.
| Rochdale's centenary kit, used in the 2007/08 season. |
This black and white kit was re-introduced in the 2007/08 season as the one-off centenary kit; the new Internazionale-influenced design which succeeded it was an amalgamation of both the striped kit and the blue kit to herald the second century of Dale's existence. Between 2010 and 2012 Rochdale's shirts were predominantly blue with black pinstripes on the body and black sleeves.
Other kits have included white shirts with black shorts, white shirts with blue shorts and a blue shirt with white sleeves.
Rochdale's away kit comprises white shirts with a purple stripe, purple shorts and purple and white hooped socks. Other historical away kits have included yellow, teal, green and red.
It was announced in June 2009 that the kit supplier for the next three seasons would be Carbrini.
The Dale have had sponsored shirts since 1983. Former sponsors include Carcraft, MMC Estates, All-in-One Garden Centre, Smith Metals, Keytech, Freebets and Carbrini. On 28 April 2011 The Co-operative was unveiled as the clubs new principal sponsor in an initial 2 year deal.
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