102 years in the EFL all came down to that game. Been a tough season but we go again in the National League. Ps. Thanks again for letting me go in the video

Respect for fans of Rochdale. I hope this club come back again soon. I love this emotions.

You are incredibly skilled at conveying how much a football club means to us and that we follow the club through thick and thin. Even here in Norway, people have been following Rochdale. There was a lot of focus on Rochdale in a Norwegian football newspaper in the late 70s and 80s when they were in danger of losing their place in the league, but were voted back in an impressive four times. We have also learned that the fourth division is also called the Rochdale League. There should be three teams that are promoted directly from the National League and the fourth place goes to the playoffs. I hope we see Rochdale back in the football leauge soon.

Stockport fan here. This is the best football vlog I’ve watched. Especially toward the end, where it seemed like you were on the verge of tears on behalf of the Dale fans. Great work

Being from the US, we don’t have promotion or relegation. Our teams have bad seasons and we just move onto next year. People stop supporting the team all together due to bad play and they take it for granted. This is why I love football. It’s just complete, raw emotions from every single fan. It makes promotion that much more meaningful. P.S. just found this channel today and am already a massive fan! Well done!

This is an incredible video. To make me, a Sunderland fan, feel genuine emotion & empathy towards the plight of Rochdale is a real skill. At the end of the day we all just want a football club to be proud of and when that is taken away from you, it hurts, but the feeling you get when it returns is just absolutely brilliant.

Nothing but the utmost respect for fans of smaller clubs in the north west, particularly with the Manchester giants on their doorstep. Proper, proper football fans. Cracking video again Nieve - you’ve got a long and successful career in footy journalism ahead of ya.

Another great video Nieve! A completely different take on football in your videos. Very interesting to watch. Keep them coming.

I’ve supported Halifax Town since 1993. Two relegations into National League. Folded as a club and watched them compete in the Evostik Division One East. One Fa Trophy amongst that. Trip to Wembley this season and happy survived relegation this season. The joys of supporting a football team.

So glad the algorithm sent me your channel. I've learned so much about football culture in England. Thank you!

As a Wrexham fan, we know exactly what it’s like to go down and hit hard times. Hopefully you get back up in no time

Just went down the rabbit hole and watched a bunch of your videos, you are an amazing sports reporter! Your passion for the sport definitely shows! Keep up the amazing work!

"Without those sad times, you just have expectation, you wouldn't have hope" Truer words were never spoken; I remember speaking to a New England Patriots (who play in Boston) fan after they won the Super Bowl in 2019 (their 3rd in 5 years). He was not elated, he wasn't even excited, it was just like any other game to him. Boston teams have 12 championships across leagues, and appeared in finals 12 additional times. Boston have so many winning sports teams that fans expect winning, and those fans have definitely turned from hope to expectation. I got kind of upset at his blasé attitude, because I know how much it has meant for me when my teams *almost* made it to the promised land (none have in my lifetime). Having a "well, that's another season done 🤷" reaction to the team that he was supposedly passionate about winning it all just rubbed me the wrong way

Consistently one of the most interesting football youtubers around. You used the word empathy earlier and this channel has that quality in spades.

So happy to see you uploading consistently. I don't follow many of them, but I think you're the best matchday vlogger there is on here - no fake, over the top excitement, cool shots, a relaxed vibe, and a spotlight on various teams that as a non-english person I don't know much about. Keep doing what you're doing!

It's amazing to see, how English football clubs and their fans live through decades of the history of their club and experience all these ups and downs through generations. I don't think that there is any country in the world, where promotion to/relegation from lower tier football leagues can have such an impact on people. It's just unconditional love and passion for football and own club.

I am NOT a football fan. But watched this because my nephew lives in Stockport. I thought this was gritty, passionate & compelling to watch. Many see ordinary here. I see spirited people & an area on the way UP. Very professional, video.

This is a hidden jewel of a channel. Absolutely amazing

Respect to you for conveying so well what it means to be a fan. You fall in love with a team and never fall out of love, even if loving your team is sometimes hard. Lovely to see the unconditional love so many of the fans have for Rochdale.

So sorry to see Dale go down. Fantastic club and great, friendly supporters. I came to Spotland to watch my team Bradford recently and we received such a warm welcome. You’ll be back and hopefully it will be sooner than later. Brilliant, impassioned film by the way. You are very articulate and empathetic. Keep your great films coming. Mike

A very articulate and empathetic way of recording this sad day for Rochdale. I hope they bounce back soon, from a Bradford fan.

What an inspiration you are. Amidst the heartache of relegation to the National League you still managed to provide a positive outlook on things. Hope and faith. That came over in abundance, and those two go beyond football as well. You've got a new subscriber. Chris (an Evertonian) 💙👍

In 1987 my lot Burnley nearly did a Rochdale, we won the last game of the season to stay up. For most of us football is a cycle of ups and downs, it's only the super rich clubs that have it easy, not winning a cup or missing out on qualifying for the Champions League registers zero on the football hardship scale. I hope Rochdale come back and prosper but more importantly it's great to see that Luke will be back next season, people like him are what football is truly about. Great video.

Wrexham fan here, I feel this. I remember being relegated at Hereford and then spending 15 years struggling to get back. I really pray for Rochdale, hopefully you bounce back soon. Proper football league club.

My club (DVTK, Hungary) just got promoted to the first league after two years in the second tier. Tears of joy there, tears of sadness here. You just have to love football for how much passion and emotion it creates in people!

What a poignant video the passion in the narrators voice is 100% from the heart ❤ i wish you the very best for the upcoming season

You were always a pleasure to watch, but your last few vids have got me teary eyed for small football towns halfway across the world.😅 You are a blessing to the football(soccer) community. Keep up the great work. ❤

So much emotion in that video well done nieve that was from the heart a true football fan something the big six will never have is a journey up an down the football pyramid proper history ❤

I remember Stockport being in the Championship, then...it happened so fast...not only were they out of league football, they weren't even in the 5th tier anymore. That is the depth of their fall, but now they've struggled back, it took them years. Rochdale have had a bad time, but their town will continue to have a club, and that club will be back as one of the 92 again, some day.

Notts County fan here. Best of luck Rochdale. Hopefully, we're _not_ playing you next season, but the National League is probably one of the hardest in Europe to win/get out of. Keep your heads up.

I've got to say that's the best I've ever heard from a commentary, and your message to those fans was heart felt and genuinely sincere.

Thank you so much for these videos. I live in America and we don’t get these perspectives you show about the love, support, and care fans have for their football clubs. Some network in the UK needs to hire you as a football analyst or reporter. Your command of language and your perspectives are spot on and really bring emotion to what you’re communicating.

This is the first video I've ever seen by you and I hope it blows up, wonderful idea and we can tell you truly have passion for football and empathy for the Rochdale fans

Brilliant, passionate, profoundly articulate. Thank you for this.

Heartbreaking I'm from Northern Ireland lived in Chester for 21 years supported the team now back home so sad to see the decline.

I just found this channel today, during a shift at work and been loving it. I searched for Rochdale and found out they are 30 min away from playing Chesterfield, which took part of the previous video I watched. WTF. Wish I could find a way to watch this match

7:21 So beautifully put. You just summed up life. Blessings from New Zealand

Stunning ending monologue, very well written and said.

I love the way you document lower league football. probably one of the only (and best) larger channels that shows the true culture of football in england. as an american, I appreciate it

I’m sitting in my garage in Texas watching this crying tears for some reason.

What a fantastic video. Such a brilliant way to convey just how much football means to people. Brilliantly shot and edited, interviews were heartbreaking. Keep it up Nieve, hope you’re doing well

Just for into although Edgeley park is surrounded by housing, it's not a housing estate. Nice to see you visited x

Watching this straight after ben fosters wrexham vlog, its easy to get trapped in your own teams bubble, but its crazy to see both the highs and lows this sport manages to deliver, utter jubilation to complete devastation

Fair play to you, Nieve, for doing videos about these wrenching aspects of football fandom. I don't see other vloggers making this kind of content, and it's very relatable and affecting. I think you sum it all up well at the end, too. Fine job.

Gutted for Rochdale supporters, I know the feeling minus 30 years as Scunthorpe went down in 21-22 after 72 years. And now we’re going down again. You’ll be back Rochdale, real great video, your videos are always great. Up the Iron!

As a football fan from down under, I don’t know why the KZfaq algorithm led me your way…but I’m sure glad it did. As a fan of both struggling AFL and EPL clubs, the high and lows are amplified…but you always stick by your team and ride it out. Your closing words brought a lump to my throat. Thank you.

Feel gutted for Rochdale, I have had a soft spot for them, ever since I started following football, way back in the 70's. I'm from New Zealand, but my grandparents are from Lancashire, and every Monday the newspapers would print the English football leagues out in their entirety. My grandfather supported PNE, and in those days would scroll down to third division tables, I used to do the same, and week after week, year after year, Rochdale would prop up the rest of the football league. Really hope that they can recover, and bounce back. When I spent some time in the UK, I lived not far from Barnet, they were a real yo-yo team, if ever there was one. They have struggled along in the National League for a few years, and their form hasn't been great lately. I have a soft spot for them as well. Bristol Rovers, and a couple of other teams have bounced back after a relatively short time in the National League, hopefully Rochdale can do it.

This video came up in my feed so I watched it. Firstly commiserations to the fans - this excellent video was packed with raw emotion, and here's where your hope and your first challenge awaits - bounce straight back, you can do it. I'm a Sunderland fan and watching us plummet like a stone and struggle in league one for 4 painful years was hard. And here we are now knocking on the door of the premiership. Accept this, learn from this go forth with belief and attitude and you'll do it.

From a West Ham fan Great video. These are true supporters the life and soul of a club . Hope you come straight back up 👍

This is absolutely spot on. You've hit the nail on the head. I know exactly how it feels, been through it all as a Stockport County fan. Every emotion you can think of has perfectly been described by yourself. As we all say in football.. "We go again."

I love this style of video, and that message at the end was perfectly delivered. And that's the sad reality of football - in the blink of an eye you can find your club in the national league when 5 minutes ago you were fighting for promotion to the championship, and once you're down there, it's usually almost impossible to make it back soon (ask Yeovil Town fans as well this season - mental as a Brentford fan to think that they beat us to promotion to the championship a decade ago, and now we're top half in the prem and they're in the 6th tier next season)

What can I say I’ve only just recently come across you. I just wanted to convey my admiration for you wonderful content. You are fabulous. Your delivery, research, editing, emotion just spot on. I will look forward to you presenting pitch side on tv cos that’s where I think you should be in the not too distant future. Well done.

Very sad times for the Dale. Hope they bounce back soon! Also hope you’re all OK Nieve, great video as always! ❤

Well done as always, Nieve. You are a wonderful human being and I love that you cover angles of the game that few do. We're all better informed for it.

respect from a Portsmouth fan hope to see you back in the efl soon

It's not the end of the world, as you said we (County) were out of the league for 11 years, we still had football to attend every week, great vlog by the way.

Bristol Rovers fan here, hope Dale get back ASAP. Know the feeling. Don’t give up

Superb video, really encapsulates the emotion of not only relegation but out of the football league. As a Bristol Rovers fan bouncing back from relegation to the National League at the first opportunity was the biggest achievement in the clubs history. Such a tough division.

American here, you came up on my feed and I checked out a video or 6. I just gotta say you are great at this style of reporting. Love the videos and the way you put them together.

Excellent video from a new US subscriber. Thank you for showing the heartache of the relegation experience, something that is missing from the MLS/US version of the game, and something most Americans wouldn’t understand.

I think you summary summed up everything about being a football fan. As a Manchester City Fan for over 50 years I have experienced all those ups and downs and thankfully mostly Ups at the minute. Keep up the great work your content is always informative and entertaining.

I'm a Leyton Orient fan and we been there I do hope Rochdale bounce back straight away

Football is more than just a game, it's a sense of belonging. When you're watching your club there's nothing that beats it, home or away. The ups, the downs. The tears and the joy is just unrivalled.

I'm a West Ham fan but I read 'Kicking in The Wind' a few years ago and always looked out for Rochdale's results. I seem to remember a fanzine called 'The 92nd Club' as well? Best of luck in the National League, hope you bounce back

Ironic, the two teams currently bottom of Division 2 are two of the best footballing sides I have seen at Blundel Park this year. I hope they both are back soon, the EFL needs teams like Dale and Pool, fantastic fans.

Hello I'm an ipswich fan I went to Rochdale about 3 half years ago wasn't sure how welcomed we'd feel as it was my only visit to the stadium and I have to say I was laughing and joking with the Rochdale fan's in the chippy across the road and loved the vibe of the place as I'm a Nottinghamshire lad I get the culture the humour the music played before the game stone roses, oasis, inspiral carpets a proper feel a proper football club real genuine roots .With those credentials YOU WILL DEFINITELY BOUNCE BACK I'm convinced. I can guarantee you the board will already be planning a quick return but its you the fan s who make all the difference. I really hope you return next season please don't lose heart stay true YOU WILL BE BACK.

Your channel has taught me so much more about football that as an American fan watching the Premier League I'd never know. There's so much beauty in the experience of those lower tiers, it makes me wish American sports had promotion and relegation.

Come back stronger. FROM A BAGGIES FAN.👍. What a fantastic young lady and great channel..

I remember for donkeys years Rochdale were stuck in League Two and then finally got to League One and now this....sad times.

Fair play to the Rochdale fans and fans of all clubs in the lower divisions whether football league or non league. Football is for the fans and fans are the lifeblood of any club. Away from the glitz and glamour of the top divisions, you have this more pure version of football. And shoutout to stuntpegg for these kinds of videos - always awesome seeing the fan experience at other clubs, especially those down the pyramid or without the profile of bigger clubs.

Absolutely wonderful, heart wrenching video. One of the things that I was looking forward to most about getting promoted back to League 2 was visiting Rochdale again after so many years. Gutted they are going down.

Yet another top, top video. You are a great, empathetic story teller. Absolutely love your vids. Best wishes from Melbourne.

She talks as if she were a Rochdale fan herself towards the end. Real empathy.

My dear, this is the first time I’ve commented on your channel, and i would like to say that I think your content is some of the best football content on KZfaq. Please keep up the great work well done 👍🏼

A Dale supporter since 1964 here. I have seen all the highs and lows in that time and know how the Dale work. I needed this video, you have sensitively recorded and shared the hurt and pain of relegation to the NL. Your note of optimism at the end about better days is coming to fruition now with Big Jim and ‘total options’footy. UP the DALE💙

youre an incredible journalist. this was such a great video, although the result is hurtful for the Rochdale fans. that you find such great stories to bring to people every time is what makes you great. keep it up, and dudes, at least you're not Chelsea

My goodness, I just learned about the whole pro/rel system two years ago. And this season was the first that I watched multiple tiers of English football for the entire season starting back in August. They post promotion videos on KZfaq but there aren't many interviews like this that show what it's like to be in the stands the moment your team is knocked out of the division. It honestly looks and sounds like a funeral procession coming out of the grounds. It seems to me that being relegated hurts 10x worse than the joy of gaining promotion. I don't know how you guys do it.

Stumbled upon the video - excellent so eloquent and well filmed and really got over the emotion of the day. Very best of luck to you and team for next season.

Thank you for the insight into this, I’ve been a football fan for years but I don’t have a local team so this was interesting and I can’t imagine the heartbreak they feel… knowing how long it might be before they can get promoted.. Great job on the video and interviews!

I really appreciate your videos - thank you for all your hard work.

I feel the passion and disappointment in every word you said, amazing video. Football is all about the ups and downs. No clearly can that be seen than in my club here in Ireland (Cork City). We won the league and cup double in 2017, got relegated in 2021, dominated the second tier in 2022, and now we are struggling near the bottom of the premier division so far this year. The true fans are the ones who will back the club through the hardest of times. I hope this pain isn’t too prolonged for Rochdale fans.

I love how you capture the community of watching football. Really enjoy your style of videos. Your love of English football really shines through the camera

wow i just found your channel and have been so moved by your videos thank u so much and keep it up:)

I found your video as I was wondering about the team that would relegated for Wrexham to have their moment and in eight minutes you got me to care about the fans of a team I've never seen in a place I've never heard of in a sport I don't follow. You are a very impressive presenter with at least one new subscriber.

Powerful ending message. One that can be used in many hard times in life. Not just football

Arsenal fan. This was brilliant video. Always had a passing interest in Rochdale as they seem to be the club just always ‘there’. Losing league status must feel like the end of the world 😢

another great vlog to watch here in New Zealand to remind me of olde blighty well done as always Stunt Pegg

Love your work. You’ll be a sports journalist sooner than later!

Gutted for you, Rochdale. Came back soon. From a Pompey fan.

Great video Nieve! We are living similar emotions with RCD Espanyol this season. All the best for Rochdale

You're down, but not out. Y'all can come back. Best regards from a Pennsylvania Leicester fan,

Reminds me of when my club (Grimsby) finished bottom of the EFL 2 years ago, (2020/21, behind closed doors) only that we couldn’t be there to see it happen. Maybe for those Grimsby players, it really was for the best because it would have got very ugly amongst Grimsby fans… Luckily for us, we ended up with better owners, denied Wrexham and went straight back to the EFL via the hardest Play Off Path that is possible. Look it up, the National League Play Offs are brutal. We also went on to cause 5 FA Cup Upsets (the most from any team ever in the FA Cup) which included Southampton at St. Mary’s to get a 1st FA Cup Quarter Final since 1939, and the 1st as a League 2 club since 1990; but that’s another discussion for another day. Point is, when you get relegated out of the EFL, you don’t imagine amazing stuff like THAT FA Cup Run or that immediate EFL Return happening at all.

Great video , gutted for Rochdale ,all the best for a quick return next season from a Cardiff fan

Another great video stuntpegg, always class

Thanks heaps Pegg and respect to the Rochdale fans. As an Everton fan this went someway to preparing me for the jeers, gestures, anger and aftermath likely in a few weeks.

Up the Dale! All the best from Carlisle You will get back. Keep the faith

very happy for stockport conty my second team my dads team gutted for rochdale hope they bounce straight back up never had the honour of doing there ground when i could go football another well presented show thank you

Loved the video Nieve, so well edited with heart felt comments as usual, cool music edit, keep them coming girl your spot on with your content and thoughts !

Traveled there many years ago with Bristol City. Great day out. Really great set of supporters. We went in the pub near the ground. Recieved a warm welcome with people who wanted to have a laugh, talk football!

Excellent video. As a Brighton fan, I know about those tough times. But also I always look out for Rochdale's progress, because we had some great away days at Spotland. They treated us with great hospitality and fun. A top chap called Less Duckworth oversaw everything and made us feel at home. Hope you bounce back soon!