The club had a number of nicknames including the Angels, the Messengers, the Guardians, the Castlemen and the Garrison.

They played in the Rochdale Alliance League and moved to their present ground, Butterworth Park, (since renamed as Castleton Sports Centre) in 1979.

[4] The 2005–06 season saw a third consecutive last place, conceding 122 goals, including a 10–2 defeat to FC United of Manchester at Gigg Lane on 10 December 2005.

They also formed links with the major club of the town, Rochdale, who gave their blessing to the name change.

[7] Their first home game in the league as Rochdale Town was a 4–5 defeat at the start of the 2008–09 season to the newly formed AFC Liverpool on 16 August 2008.

[8] At the end of the 2015–16 season, Rochdale Town were relegated to Step 7 due to ground grading issues.