Hornets start our 2014 Championship campaign at the Owlerton greyhound/speedway/Rugby League stadium - the new/old home of Sheffield Eagles.
In a mouthwatering clash of 2013 Grand Final winners, it's a little bit of history repeating.
Those of us of a certain vintage will recall a dim and distant trip to Owlerton back in September 1984, where Hornets were served up as sacrificial lambs as opponents for Sheffield's first ever ever game in the pro ranks. Sheffield fielded a one-armed winger and Hornets' marquee Australian Import Derek Schafer broke his leg in a bizarre game that Hornets duly lost by 29-10.
More on that closer to the time. Meantime, get the fixtures stuck on the fridge and prepare for a season back in the... er ... medium-time playing real clubs with real fans at real grounds. Excited? Too right...
Hornets 2014 Kingstone Press Championship fixtures are:
Round 1
16/02/2014 Sheffield Eagles v Rochdale Hornets 2.00pm
Round 2
23/02/2014 Rochdale Hornets v Dewsbury Rams 3.00pm
Round 3
02/03/2014 Rochdale Hornets v Keighley Cougars 3.00pm
Round 4
09/03/2014 Featherstone Rovers v Rochdale Hornets 3.00pm
Tetley’s Challenge Cup
Round 3 – weekend of March 15-16
Round 5
23/03/2014 Rochdale Hornets v Batley Bulldogs 3.00pm
Round 6
30/03/2014 Leigh Centurions v Rochdale Hornets 3.00pm
Tetley’s Challenge Cup
Round 4 – weekend of April 6
Round 7
13/04/2014 Rochdale Hornets v Whitehaven 3.00pm
Round 8
18/04/2014 North Wales Crusaders v Rochdale Hornets 2.30pm
Tetley’s Challenge Cup
Round 5 – Weekend of April 27
Round 9
04/05/2014 Rochdale Hornets v Swinton Lions 3.00pm
Round 10
11/05/2014 Rochdale Hornets v Workington Town 3.00pm
Round 11
18/05/2014 Rochdale Hornets v Halifax 3.00pm
Round 12
25/05/2014 Doncaster v Rochdale Hornets 3.00pm
Round 13
01/06/2014 Barrow Raiders v Rochdale Hornets 3.00pm
Round 14
08/06/2014 Batley Bulldogs v Rochdale Hornets 2.00pm
Round 15
15/06/2014 Swinton Lions v Rochdale Hornets TBC
Round 16
22/06/2014 Halifax v Rochdale Hornets 3.00pm
Round 17
29/06/2014 Keighley Cougars v Rochdale Hornets 3.00pm
Round 18
06/07/2014 Rochdale Hornets v Featherstone Rovers 3.00pm
Round 19
13/07/2014 Rochdale Hornets v Barrow Raiders 3.00pm
Round 20
20/07/2014 Workington Town v Rochdale Hornets 3.00pm
Round 21
27/07/2014 Rochdale Hornets v Leigh Centurions 3.00pm
Round 22
03/08/2014 Rochdale Hornets v North Wales Crusaders 3.00pm
Round 23
10/08/2014 Dewsbury Rams v Rochdale Hornets 3.00pm
Round 24
17/08/2014 Rochdale Hornets v Doncaster 3.00pm
Round 25
31/08/2014 Whitehaven v Rochdale Hornets 3.00pm
Round 26
07/09/2014 Rochdale Hornets v Sheffield Eagles 3.00pm
Championship play-offs
Start: weekend of September 13-14
Grand Final: weekend of October 4-5
Tetleys Challenge Cup
Quarter-finals – Weekend of June 8
Semi-finals – Weekend of August 10
Final – Saturday August 23