"Take us on!" - Keith Hill's challenge to league two rivals

Photo: Alan Ryder

Keith Hill bellows instructions from the touchline at Macclesfield on Saturday.

Rochdale manager Keith Hill has laid down a challenge to the other teams in League Two to see if they can play better football than his side.

The cry came ahead of tonight's re-arranged fixture against Morecambe at Spotland and follows the manager's claim that Dale 'footballed Macclesfield to death' during the first half of Saturday's 1-0 win at the Moss Rose.

Dale's attacking brand of football has helped them to four consecutive league wins and Hill's men think they can keep that run going to the end of the season.

"If anyone wants to take us on football-wise then take us on! I am more than happy to take anybody on at the moment," said Hill.

"We are counting down the games now and we have got some great games to look forward to. The games are running out so we need as many three points as we possibly can."

The Dale boss is expected to name an unchanged side for tonight's game. "We are in a winning formula so we won't be changing it much," said Hill. "We will just tweak it a bit perhaps after we have been briefed on the opposition.

"We want to win all 17 games left and I am more than happy to put that challenge down to the players and they have put that challenge down to me. We want to be successful and that's the way to do it."

Under-16s can get into tonight's game for just £1. Tickets for children must be brought at the ticket office before going through the turnstiles.

If you can't make it to the game be sure to visit Rochdale Online for half time and full time match reports, which go online as soon as the whistle blows, and re-live the action later tonight with photographs from matchday photographer Jon Coluccio.