Rochdale radar since last summer

indicating that he’d be getting recalled.

“It was an unexpected phone call but I understand where Cookie was coming from.

!It left me in a hole, so it made common sense to try and get Scott Wiseman in because he knows the way that we do things. There could have been a younger option, but I don’t think it would have been the right decision.

“Scott knows exactly what we want from him as a player and the demands that we put on the players to perform in a certain way.

“He has been very successful with us, so it’s a good acquisition and the right acquisition.

“If I’m being honest, I tried to recruit him in the summer and he chose to go Chesterfield, and I can understand why, but we got there in the end with this one as well.”

Meanwhile, Dale will cross swords with Cook’s side at the Crown Oil Arena on Tuesday 10th April 2018, 7.45pm kick-off after the initial postponement of the fixture due to a waterlogged pitch recently.

It will third time lucky after the initial match was postponed due to international call-ups, while the water-logged pitch put paid to the original rearranged game going ahead.

Tickets already purchased for the game are valid for the rearranged fixture.

If supporters cannot make the new date but have already bought a ticket they should visit the Ticket Office for a refund.