In spite of declaring his desire for a winter break in this week’s Sky Bet EFL Q&A, Rochdale striker Ian Henderson has already enjoyed his festive football this year with two goals in the 3-0 Boxing Day victory over Chesterfield.
The 31-year-old will lead his team’s attack again against Shrewsbury on Friday. A career which began at Norwich has included stops at Northampton, Luton, Colchester and in Turkey for six months with Ankaragucu.
He considers Rochdale’s promotion to League One as his best moment in the game, but that would surely be supplanted if ‘Dale can convert their current position in the play-off places into promotion to the Sky Bet Championship come May.