1978–79 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1978–79 season
ManagerMike Ferguson
Peter Madden (C)
Doug Collins
League Division Four20th
FA Cup1st Round
League Cup1st Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Terry Owen
All: Terry Owen

The 1978–79 season saw Rochdale compete in their 5th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division.

Statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Division 4 F.A. Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG Andy Slack 3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF England ENG Paul Hallows 20 0 18+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF England ENG Eric Snookes 38 1 35+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF England ENG Brian Hart 42 0 39+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF England ENG Bob Scott 34 2 31+0 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF England ENG Ian Bannon 22 0 15+5 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
FW England ENG Terry Owen 44 11 41+0 11 1+0 0 2+0 0
MF England ENG Bobby Scaife 37 2 34+0 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
FW England ENG Phil Ashworth 13 1 9+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
MF England ENG Phil Mullington 11 0 8+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF England ENG Nigel O'Loughlin 48 2 45+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 1
MF England ENG Dave Esser 43 5 37+3 5 1+0 0 0+2 0
GK England ENG Chris Shyne 11 0 10+0 0 1+0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Bobby Hoy 42 10 39+2 10 1+0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Mark Hilditch 28 3 19+8 3 1+0 0 0 0
MF England ENG John Price 11 0 9+1 0 1+0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Ted Oliver 8 1 8+0 1 0+0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Tony Morrin 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0 0
GK Wales WAL David Felgate 35 0 35+0 0 0+0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Geoff Forster 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Peter Creamer 20 0 18+2 0 0+0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Brian Taylor 26 1 26+0 1 0+0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Chris Jones 21 10 21+0 10 0+0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Doug Collins 8 0 6+2 0 0+0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Mike Milne 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0 0

Final League Table

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Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts Promotion
18 AFC Bournemouth 46 11 6 6 34 19 3 5 15 13 29 −1 39
19 Northampton Town 46 12 4 7 40 30 3 5 15 24 46 −12 39
20 Rochdale 46 11 4 8 25 26 4 5 14 22 38 −17 39
21 Darlington 46 8 8 7 25 21 3 7 13 24 45 −17 37 Re-elected
22 Doncaster Rovers 46 8 8 7 25 22 5 3 15 25 51 −23 37
Source: [citation needed]

Competitions

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Football League Fourth Division

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19 August  1978 (1978 -08-19) 1 Rochdale 1–2 York City Rochdale
Scaife 58' Report Staniforth 4'
Randall 56'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1241
23 August  1978 (1978 -08-23) 2 Reading 2–0 Rochdale Reading
Hetzke
Earles
Report Stadium: Elm Park
Attendance: 4481
26 August  1978 (1978 -08-26) 3 Rochdale 1–1 Aldershot Rochdale
Owen 78' Report Brodie 58' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 976
2 September  1978 (1978 -09-02) 4 Port Vale 1–1 Rochdale Stoke-on-Trent
Beamish 68' Report Owen 89' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 3222
9 September  1978 (1978 -09-09) 5 Rochdale 0–2 Portsmouth Rochdale
Report Davey 15'
Lathan 44'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1479
13 September  1978 (1978 -09-13) 6 Wigan Athletic 3–0 Rochdale Wigan
Wright
Hinnigan
Corrigan
Report Scott Red card Stadium: Springfield Park
Attendance: 5736
Referee: M Lowe
16 September  1978 (1978 -09-16) 7 Bournemouth 3–1 Rochdale Bournemouth
Barton 13'
Impey 27'
Butler 79'
Report Owen 26' Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 2674
23 September  1978 (1978 -09-23) 8 Rochdale 0–2 Hereford United Rochdale
Report Gould 14'
Emery 27' (pen.)
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1068
25 September  1978 (1978 -09-25) 9 Rochdale 0–0 Wimbledon Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1263
30 September  1978 (1978 -09-30) 10 Grimsby Town 4–0 Rochdale Cleethorpes
Brolly 2', 62'
Liddell 21', 51'
Report Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 3929
7 October  1978 (1978 -10-07) 11 Rochdale 1–1 Halifax Town Rochdale
Hoy 65' Report Bell 32' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1579
14 October  1978 (1978 -10-14) 12 Torquay United 1–1 Rochdale Torquay
Green 58' Report Scaife 28' Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 2818
17 October  1978 (1978 -10-17) 13 Newport County 0–0 Rochdale Newport
Report Stadium: Somerton Park
Attendance: 3472
21 October  1978 (1978 -10-21) 14 Rochdale 2–1 Darlington Rochdale
Owen 34'
Esser 85'
Report Ferguson 22' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1272
28 October  1978 (1978 -10-28) 15 Hartlepool United 5–1 Rochdale Hartlepool
Ayre 28'
Goldthorpe 38', 48'
Lawrence 65'
Houchen 86'
Report Esser 51' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3084
4 November  1978 (1978 -11-04) 16 Rochdale 2–1 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
Hoy 83' (pen.), 89' Report Coyne 24' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1352
11 November  1978 (1978 -11-11) 17 Rochdale 0–1 Port Vale Rochdale
Report Keenan 74' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1882
18 November  1978 (1978 -11-18) 18 Aldershot 1–0 Rochdale Aldershot
Dungworth 35' (pen.) Report Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 3043
2 December  1978 (1978 -12-02) 19 Doncaster Rovers 1–0 Rochdale Doncaster
Owen 35' Report Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 2248
9 December  1978 (1978 -12-09) 20 Rochdale 0–3 Barnsley Rochdale
Report Bell 35'
Millar 37'
Clarke 43'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3136
26 December  1978 (1978 -12-26) 21 Bradford City 1–0 Rochdale Bradford
McNiven Report Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 4940
30 December  1978 (1978 -12-30) 22 Scunthorpe United 0–4 Rochdale Scunthorpe
Report Jones 27'
Hoy 40', 72'
Owen 85'
Stadium: Old Show Ground
Attendance: 2714
13 January  1979 (1979 -01-13) 23 Portsmouth 1–1 Rochdale Portsmouth
Barnard 89' Report Owen 84' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 11596
3 February  1979 (1979 -02-03) 24 Wimbledon 3–2 Rochdale Wimbledon
Parsons 15'
Galvin 50'
Denny 74'
Report Jones 12'
Hoy 17'
Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 3064
3 March  1979 (1979 -03-03) 25 Darlington 0–2 Rochdale Darlington
Report Jones 35'
Esser 75'
Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 1495
10 March  1979 (1979 -03-10) 26 Rochdale 1–1 Hartlepool United Rochdale
Hoy 64' (pen.) Report Crumplin 25' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1931
13 March  1979 (1979 -03-13) 27 Rochdale 2–5 Grimsby Town Rochdale
Jones
Snookes
Report Waters (pen.)
Ford
Liddell
Brolly
Mitchell
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2345
19 March  1979 (1979 -03-19) 28 Rochdale 0–2 Wigan Athletic Rochdale
Report Purdie
Moore
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3627
21 March  1979 (1979 -03-21) 29 Hereford United 2–2 Rochdale Hereford
White 26'
Gould 54'
Report Jones 30', 85' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2351
24 March  1979 (1979 -03-24) 30 Rochdale 1–0 Reading Rochdale
Hoy 6' Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1567
27 March  1979 (1979 -03-27) 31 York City 2–1 Rochdale York
Taylor (o.g.)
McDonald
Report Owen Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 2295
31 March  1979 (1979 -03-31) 32 Northampton Town 1–0 Rochdale Northampton
Robertson 48' Report Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 1653
3 April  1979 (1979 -04-03) 33 Rochdale 2–1 Bournemouth Rochdale
Scott
Jones
Report Butler Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1136
7 April  1979 (1979 -04-07) 34 Rochdale 2–0 Doncaster Rovers Rochdale
Owen 50', 89' Report Bradley Red card Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1606
11 April  1979 (1979 -04-11) 35 Rochdale 0–2 Huddersfield Town Rochdale
Report Fletcher
Robins
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2020
Referee: D Owen
14 April  1979 (1979 -04-14) 36 Rochdale 1–0 Bradford City Rochdale
Scott 44' Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2262
16 April  1979 (1979 -04-16) 37 Stockport County 3–0 Rochdale Stockport
Lee
Henson
Report Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 2863
17 April  1979 (1979 -04-17) 38 Huddersfield Town 1–0 Rochdale Huddersfield
Fletcher Report Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 3346
21 April  1979 (1979 -04-21) 39 Rochdale 1–0 Scunthorpe United Rochdale
Taylor 33' Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1224
23 April  1979 (1979 -04-23) 40 Rochdale 1–0 Newport County Rochdale
Esser Report Thompson Red card 70' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1457
28 April  1979 (1979 -04-28) 41 Barnsley 0–3 Rochdale Barnsley
Report Owen 18', 45'
Hoy 62'
Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 12051
1 May  1979 (1979 -05-01) 42 Rochdale 2–0 Stockport County Rochdale
Esser
Hoy
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2117
5 May  1979 (1979 -05-05) 43 Rochdale 4–1 Northampton Town Rochdale
Oliver 54'
Jones 64', 89'
O'Loughlin 87'
Report Reilly 53' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1751
7 May  1979 (1979 -05-07) 44 Halifax Town 2–1 Rochdale Halifax
Johnson 23' (pen.)
Bradley 40'
Report Hilditch 69' Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 2150
9 May  1979 (1979 -05-09) 45 Rochdale 1–0 Torquay United Rochdale
Hilditch Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2359
18 May  1979 (1979 -05-18) 46 Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Rochdale Crewe
Nelson (pen.) Report Jones
Hilditch
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 2031

F.A. Cup

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25 November  1978 (1978 -11-25) 1 Rochdale 0–1 Droylsden Rochdale
Snookes Red card 82' Report Taylor 35' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3252

League Cup

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12 August  1978 (1978 -08-12) 1 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Rochdale Crewe
Nelson 18' Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 1914
14 August  1978 (1978 -08-14) 1 Rochdale 2–4
(2–5 agg.)
Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
O'Loughlin
Ashworth
Report Nelson
Bowles
Coyne
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1344

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References

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  1. ^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
  2. ^ "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. [not specific enough to verify]