Another loan for Dale
20 Oct 2007 - 11:17:03
Rochdale manager Keith Hill has secured the emergency loan signing of defender Robert Atkinson from Barnsley for one month.
Hill's squad has suffered an amazing injury crisis recently which has forced him to move quickly to bring in new players.
Twenty-year-old Atkinson is rated as one of the hottest prospects to come out of the Oakwell academy.
He has previously been on loan at Halifax Town and Scarborough, making four appearances for the Shaymen and playing 20 games for the Seadogs.
In the 2006-07 campaign, Atkinson made eight appearances for the Tykes, putting in some impressive performances either at right-back or at the heart of the first-team's defence.
Like the other new loanees, Scott Taylor and Kelvin Lomax, Atkinson will be thrown straight into the squad for Dale's home match against Brentford on Saturday.