DALE RETURN TO WINNING WAYS

Manager Jimmy McNulty praised his Rochdale players after they ended a worrying slump with a much-needed home victory against Aldershot Town who slipped out of the play-off places.

- Tony Bugby

Dale, now only four points outside the top seven, turned the form book upside down with only their second win in nine National League games against a Shots side who had won five of their previous games.

Goals from Jimmy Keohane and Kairo Mitchell enabled Dale, who had fallen behind to a Jack Barham goal, to produce a stirring fightback to the delight of McNulty.

“It was a deserved victory,” he said. “We had full control of the game and were more than value for the win.

“It was a long week reflecting on a last-minute loss (last Saturday at Wealdstone). We are still learning and trying to build this, and there is still so much more to do.”