1988–89 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1988–89 season
Manager	Danny Bergara; Dave Sutton (C); Terry Dolan
League Division Four	18th
FA Cup	1st Round
League Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: David Frain; All: David Frain
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 season saw Rochdale compete in their 15th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 4		F.A. Cup		League Cup		A.M. Cup		Lancashire Cup		Rose Bowl
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Keith Welch	56	0	46+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Simon Copeland	38	0	27+1	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Andy Armitage	45	0	33+3	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Geoff Lomax	34	0	26+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Dave Sutton	38	3	28+0	2	2+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	1
	DF	ENG	Jason Smart	49	0	41+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	1+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Shaun Reid	28	5	17+1	2	2+0	1	2+0	1	2+0	0	3+0	1	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Mark Smith	36	8	26+1	7	2+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+1	0	1+0	1
	DF	ENG	Dean Walling	39	5	26+8	3	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	2	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	David Frain	52	13	42+0	12	2+0	1	2+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	WAL	Steve O'Shaughnessy	49	8	38+3	6	2+0	0	2+0	2	2+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
	DF	ENG	David Mycock	13	0	10+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	WAL	Carl Harris	13	1	9+1	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	MF	ENG	Stuart Mellish	17	1	12+3	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	MF	ENG	Chris Beaumont	39	9	31+3	7	2+0	1	0+1	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Neil Edmonds	43	9	34+5	8	2+0	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Wood	7	0	2+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Ashley Fothergill	10	0	8+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Dave Windridge	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Carl Alford	4	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Roberts	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Malcolm Brown	11	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Steve Taylor	17	4	16+1	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Joe McIntyre	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Paul Jones	14	2	14+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Chris Lucketti	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	AUS	Zacari Hughes	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Lee Warren	4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Steve Wilkinson	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+1	0

Final League Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts
16	Burnley	46	12	6	5	35	20	2	7	14	17	41	−9	55
17	Peterborough United	46	10	3	10	29	32	4	9	10	23	42	−22	54
18	Rochdale	46	10	10	3	32	26	3	4	16	24	56	−26	53
19	Hartlepool United	46	10	6	7	33	33	4	4	15	17	45	−28	52
20	Stockport County	46	8	10	5	31	20	2	11	10	23	32	+2	51

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Competitions

Football League Fourth Division

27 August 1988 (1988 -08-27) 1	Burnley	2–1	Rochdale	Burnley
	Comstive 15' Farrell 46' James 57'	Report	Frain 50'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 7511 Referee: EJ Parker

3 September 1988 (1988 -09-03) 2	Rochdale	0–2	Rotherham United	Rochdale
		Report	Williamson 11' Johnson 41'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2107 Referee: MG Peck

10 September 1988 (1988 -09-10) 3	Scarborough	3–3	Rochdale	Scarborough
	Cook 57' (pen.) Brook 63' Morris 77'	Report	Harris 18' Sutton 75' O'Shaughnessy 80'	Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 2456 Referee: AB Wilkie

17 September 1988 (1988 -09-17) 4	Rochdale	2–1	Exeter City	Rochdale
	Smith 24' Frain 51'	Report	Hiley 25'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1375 Referee: JA Kirkby

20 September 1988 (1988 -09-20) 5	Rochdale	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Edmonds 53' Frain 69' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1645 Referee: RF Nixon

24 September 1988 (1988 -09-24) 6	Grimsby Town	1–3	Rochdale	Cleethorpes
	North 25'	Report	Smith 44', 68' Mellish 87'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 2939 Referee: B Hill

1 October 1988 (1988 -10-01) 7	Rochdale	2–1	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Edmonds 54' Smith 59'	Report	Cronin 36'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2227 Referee: A Dawson

4 October 1988 (1988 -10-04) 8	Hartlepool United	0–1	Rochdale	Hartlepool
		Report	Toman 70' (o.g.)	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2363 Referee: T Mills

8 October 1988 (1988 -10-08) 9	Rochdale	1–1	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Reid 13'	Report	Wylde 44'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3021 Referee: VG Callow

14 October 1988 (1988 -10-14) 10	Halifax Town	4–1	Rochdale	Halifax
	McPhillips 1' (pen.), 70' Barr 16' Matthews 47'	Report	Smith 55'	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 2553 Referee: WA Flood

22 October 1988 (1988 -10-22) 11	Rochdale	1–0	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
	Edmonds	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2250 Referee: R Bridges

26 October 1988 (1988 -10-26) 12	Hereford United	4–4	Rochdale	Hereford
	Stant 22', 37', 67' Tester 72'	Report	Frain 28', 76' Beaumont 32' Sutton 39'	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2071 Referee: K Cooper

29 October 1988 (1988 -10-29) 13	Rochdale	2–2	Darlington	Rochdale
	Edmonds 42', 48'	Report	Worthington 39' MacDonald 90'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2462 Referee: KJ Breen

4 November 1988 (1988 -11-04) 14	Tranmere Rovers	2–0	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Bishop 22' Morrissey 74'	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 3740 Referee: PL Wright

8 November 1988 (1988 -11-08) 15	Torquay United	1–0	Rochdale	Torquay
	Thompson 28'	Report		Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 1931 Referee: MJD Bodenham

12 November 1988 (1988 -11-12) 16	Rochdale	3–3	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Reid 56' Beaumont 58' Frain 89'	Report	Jones 38', 48' Preece 90'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2280 Referee: RA Hart

26 November 1988 (1988 -11-26) 17	Rochdale	2–0	York City	Rochdale
	Smith 48' Beaumont 87'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1886 Referee: JL Watson

3 December 1988 (1988 -12-03) 18	Peterborough United	1–0	Rochdale	Peterborough
	Oakes 63'	Report		Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 3272 Referee: TE West

16 December 1988 (1988 -12-16) 19	Rochdale	1–1	Colchester United	Rochdale
	O'Shaughnessy 29'	Report	Walsh 53'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1261 Referee: JM Key

26 December 1988 (1988 -12-26) 20	Carlisle United	1–0	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Stephens 78'	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 10013 Referee: GM Tyson

30 December 1988 (1988 -12-30) 21	Cambridge United	2–0	Rochdale	Cambridge
	Ryan 55' Kimble 56' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2319 Referee: PL Foakes

2 January 1989 (1989 -01-02) 22	Rochdale	0–3	Leyton Orient	Rochdale
		Report	Harvey 35', 88' Juryeff 49'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2036 Referee: J Penrose

7 January 1989 (1989 -01-07) 23	Rochdale	2–2	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	M. Smith 17' Walling 62'	Report	P. Smith 30' Cumming 74'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1515 Referee: JA Kirkby

14 January 1989 (1989 -01-14) 24	Rotherham United	3–1	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Crosby 13' Williamson 24', 66' (pen.)	Report	Frain 37'	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 4530 Referee: PL Wright

21 January 1989 (1989 -01-21) 25	Rochdale	2–1	Burnley	Rochdale
	Frain 53' (pen.) Beaumont 58'	Report	Farrell 40'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5812 Referee: KA Redfern

28 January 1989 (1989 -01-28) 26	Exeter City	5–1	Rochdale	Exeter
	Smith 25', 79' Rowbotham 39' Neville 70' Tupling 88'	Report	Beaumont 21'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 2428 Referee: RG Groves

4 February 1989 (1989 -02-04) 27	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Brockie 85' (pen.)	Report	Frain 84' Beaumont 87' Edmonds 87'	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 1868 Referee: K Morton

11 February 1989 (1989 -02-11) 28	Rochdale	0–2	Grimsby Town	Rochdale
		Report	Alexander 36', 43'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1621 Referee: JW Lloyd

17 February 1989 (1989 -02-17) 29	Stockport County	3–0	Rochdale	Stockport
	Angell 41', 44' Wylde 84'	Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 2848 Referee: R Bridges

28 February 1989 (1989 -02-28) 30	Rochdale	2–2	Hereford United	Rochdale
	O'Shaughnessy 27' Taylor 50'	Report	McLoughlin 15', 42'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1060 Referee: SJ Lodge

4 March 1989 (1989 -03-04) 31	Scunthorpe United	4–0	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
	Daws 24', 86' Brown 39' Hodkinson 61'	Report		Stadium: Old Show Ground Attendance: 4098 Referee: G Aplin

11 March 1989 (1989 -03-11) 32	Rochdale	3–1	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Beaumont 46' O'Shaughnessy 59', 61'	Report	Malkin 37'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2168 Referee: MD Reed

14 March 1989 (1989 -03-14) 33	Darlington	1–2	Rochdale	Darlington
	Gidman 11'	Report	Taylor 30' Walling 65'	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 1876 Referee: JM Key

18 March 1989 (1989 -03-18) 34	Rochdale	2–1	Scarborough	Rochdale
	Jones 1', 40'	Report	Dobson 53'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1636 Referee: RA Hart

25 March 1989 (1989 -03-25) 35	Leyton Orient	3–0	Rochdale	London
	Comfort 12' Hales 56' Castle 76'	Report		Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 4591 Referee: PS Danson

27 March 1989 (1989 -03-27) 36	Rochdale	0–0	Carlisle United	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2145 Referee: T Mills

31 March 1989 (1989 -03-31) 37	Colchester United	3–0	Rochdale	Colchester
	Scott 50' Bennett 67' Wilkins 75'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3631 Referee: DJ Axcell

5 April 1989 (1989 -04-05) 38	Lincoln City	4–1	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Clarke 1' Smith 26' Schofield 29' Evans 89'	Report	Edmonds 86'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 2033 Referee: DT Phillips

8 April 1989 (1989 -04-08) 39	Rochdale	2–1	Cambridge United	Rochdale
	Frain 11' Edmonds 42'	Report	Ryan 19'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1314 Referee: J Penrose

14 April 1989 (1989 -04-14) 40	Crewe Alexandra	3–1	Rochdale	Crewe
	Doyle 30' Fishenden 70' (pen.) Sussex 78'	Report	Frain 68'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4144 Referee: JC Deakin

22 April 1989 (1989 -04-22) 41	Rochdale	0–0	Hartlepool United	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1406 Referee: TJ Holbrook

25 April 1989 (1989 -04-25) 42	Rochdale	1–1	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Frain 73'	Report	Barr 50'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1378 Referee: A Seville

29 April 1989 (1989 -04-29) 43	York City	3–3	Rochdale	York
	Canham 35' Tutill 42' Dunn 71'	Report	Walling 37' Edmonds 85' O'Shaughnessy 86'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 1920 Referee: JB Worrall

1 May 1989 (1989 -05-01) 44	Rochdale	2–1	Torquay United	Rochdale
	Taylor 44' Frain 84' (pen.)	Report	Loram 81'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1239 Referee: KA Lupton

6 May 1989 (1989 -05-06) 45	Rochdale	0–0	Peterborough United	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1430 Referee: P Jones

13 May 1989 (1989 -05-13) 46	Wrexham	2–1	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Kearns 12' Bowden 86'	Report	Taylor 68'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 3125 Referee: A Dawson

F.A. Cup

19 November 1988 (1988 -11-19) 1	Huddersfield Town	1–1	Rochdale	Huddersfield
	May 15'	Report	Edmonds 42'	Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 6178 Referee: DT Phillips

28 November 1988 (1988 -11-28) 1	Rochdale	3–4	Huddersfield Town	Rochdale
	Beaumont 1' Reid 58' (pen.) Frain 60'	Report	Withe 11' O'Shaughnessy 44' (o.g.) Maskell 63' Bent 75'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5645

League Cup (Littlewoods Challenge Cup)

30 August 1988 (1988 -08-30) 1	Rochdale	3–3	Burnley	Rochdale
	O'Shaughnessy 45' Reid 68' (pen.) Beaumont 84'	Report	O'Connell 19' Comstive 54' (pen.) Oghani 80'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3669 Referee: T Fitzharris

6 September 1988 (1988 -09-06) 1	Burnley	2–1 (5–4 agg.)	Rochdale	Burnley
	O'Connell 16', 53'	Report	O'Shaughnessy 67'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 6673 Referee: J Rushton

Associate Members' Cup (Sherpa Vans Trophy)

6 December 1988 (1988 -12-06) PR	Blackpool	2–0	Rochdale	Blackpool
	Madden 20', 62'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 1228 Referee: IA Hendrick

13 December 1988 (1988 -12-13) PR	Rochdale	0–2	Wigan Athletic	Rochdale
		Report	Griffiths 58' Entwistle 86'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1134 Referee: PA Tyldesley

Lancashire Cup

6 August 1988 (1988 -08-06)	Rochdale	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Rochdale
	Walling			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 886

9 August 1988 (1988 -08-09)	Rochdale	1–0	Bury	Rochdale
	Walling			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1129

13 August 1988 (1988 -08-13)	Bolton Wanderers	1–1 (5–4 p)	Rochdale	Bolton
			Reid	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 2423

Rose Bowl

20 August 1988 (1988 -08-20)	Oldham Athletic	5–2	Rochdale	Oldham
			Sutton Smith	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 2663

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References

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

[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]}

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1988–89 season
Manager	Danny Bergara Dave Sutton (C) Terry Dolan
League Division Four	18th
FA Cup	1st Round
League Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: David Frain All: David Frain
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

v t e Rochdale A.F.C. seasons
1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10
1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20
1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
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1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

1988–89 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Statistics

Final League Table

Competitions

Football League Fourth Division

F.A. Cup

League Cup (Littlewoods Challenge Cup)

Associate Members' Cup (Sherpa Vans Trophy)

Lancashire Cup

Rose Bowl

References

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