Son of former Linfield and Finn Harps player Anthony Gorman Dale began his career with his local team Glencar Schoolboys. Joined Letterkenny Rovers a few seasons later and was a regular on the Donegal Schoolboys 1996 League Centre squad. Capped at U-15 level by Northern Ireland in 2010 and has played regularly with them since then. Signed for Stevenage in the English Division 1 in 2015 and broke into the first team in September. Some good performances since then have resulted in the signing of a new 3 year contract recently.