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Dale just kept coming back

By Joseph Saunders, Sportsbeat

VINCE Lombardi, the legendary Green Bay Packers coach, said the mark of a good team is not whether they get knocked down, it’s whether they get back up.
And when it comes to climbing off the canvas, Rochdale are the best in the business.
Last month, they bounced back from conceding a 90th-minute equaliser at Braintree to score a 99th-minute winner and take the title fight to the final day.

PARTY TIME: Rochdale players celebrate winning promotion in the Wembley dressing room
PICTURE: John Sinclair

At Spotland, in that now historic winner-takes-al...

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