1993–94 Rochdale A.F.C. season

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Rochdale
1993–94 season
ManagerDave Sutton
League Division Three9th
FA Cup2nd Round
League Cup2nd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Dave Lancaster
Steve Whitehall
All: Dave Lancaster
Steve Whitehall
Mark Stuart

The 1993–94 season saw Rochdale compete in their 20th consecutive season in the fourth tier of the English football league, named at the time as the Football League Third Division.

Statistics[edit]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Division 3 F.A. Cup League Cup A.M. Cup Lancashire Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG Martin Hodge 52 0 42+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF England ENG Neil Matthews 7 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jimmy Graham 38 0 28+1 0 1+0 0 3+1 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
MF England ENG Shaun Reid 48 3 39+0 3 1+0 0 4+0 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
DF England ENG Alan Reeves 51 3 41+0 3 2+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF England ENG Paul Butler 48 2 38+0 2 2+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF England ENG John Ryan 18 0 10+2 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Wales WAL Steve Doyle 42 1 32+2 1 1+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
FW England ENG Dave Lancaster 49 16 37+3 14 2+0 0 4+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 1
FW England ENG Steve Whitehall 47 15 37+2 14 2+0 1 3+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
MF England ENG Mark Stuart 52 16 41+1 13 2+0 1 4+0 1 1+0 0 3+0 1
DF England ENG Andy Thackeray 46 5 35+2 4 1+0 0 4+0 0 0+1 0 2+1 1
DF England ENG Alex Jones 10 1 3+1 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
MF England ENG Jon Bowden 34 4 11+18 3 2+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 1
FW England ENG Andy Flounders 17 3 9+2 0 0+0 0 2+1 1 0+0 0 2+1 2
MF England ENG Trevor Snowden 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
FW England ENG Jamie Taylor 12 1 1+9 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW England ENG Andy Milner 29 2 14+11 2 0+0 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Steve Mulrain 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Darren Oliver 21 0 14+5 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Andy Howard 5 1 0+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Northern Ireland NIR Paul Williams 11 2 9+2 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Alan Finley 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Gary Shelton 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Jason Peake 10 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Kevin Formby 5 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Final League Table[edit]

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Third Division

Pos Team
 Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
7 Carlisle United 42 10 4 7 35 23 8 6 7 22 19 +15 64 Participated in play-offs
8 Chesterfield 42 8 8 5 32 22 8 6 7 23 26 +7 62
9 Rochdale 42 10 5 6 38 22 6 7 8 25 29 +12 60
10 Walsall 42 7 5 9 28 26 10 4 7 20 27 −5 60
11 Scunthorpe United 42 9 7 5 40 26 6 7 8 24 30 +8 59
Source: [citation needed]

Competitions[edit]

Football League Third Division[edit]

Main article: 1993–94 Football League
14 August  1993 (1993 -08-14) 1 Darlington 1–1 Rochdale Darlington
Himsworth 84' Report Thackeray 71' Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 2327
21 August  1993 (1993 -08-21) 2 Rochdale 3–0 Gillingham Rochdale
Butler 36'
Whitehall 42'
Stuart 79'		 Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2092
Referee: JA Kirkby
28 August  1993 (1993 -08-28) 3 Carlisle United 0–1 Rochdale Carlisle
Report Reeves 6' Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5438
31 August  1993 (1993 -08-31) 4 Rochdale 1–2 Wigan Athletic Rochdale
Whitehall 42' Report McKearney 70'
Langley 73'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2628
Referee: EJ Parker
4 September  1993 (1993 -09-04) 5 Rochdale 2–0 Chester City Rochdale
Whitehall 9'
Doyle 41'		 Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3063
11 September  1993 (1993 -09-11) 6 Colchester United 2–5 Rochdale Colchester
McDonough 7'
Brown 36'		 Report Lancaster 11', 71'
Butler 15'
Reeves 65'
Whitehall 82'		 Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 2776
18 September  1993 (1993 -09-18) 7 Rochdale 2–0 Hereford United Rochdale
Lancaster 8', 24' Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2645
25 September  1993 (1993 -09-25) 8 Rochdale 5–1 Chesterfield Rochdale
Reid 17'
Whitehall 27', 37'
Lancaster 42'
Stuart 45'		 Report Norris 15' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2841
2 October  1993 (1993 -10-02) 9 Doncaster Rovers 2–1 Rochdale Doncaster
Roche 10'
Jones 56'		 Report Lancaster 44' Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 3101
9 October  1993 (1993 -10-09) 10 Torquay United 1–1 Rochdale Torquay
Kelly 70' Report Stuart 23' Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 3874
16 October  1993 (1993 -10-16) 11 Rochdale 0–0 Walsall Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2923
Referee: JW Lloyd
23 October  1993 (1993 -10-23) 12 Preston North End 2–1 Rochdale Preston
Ellis 56' (pen.), 62' Report Stuart 84' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 8491
Referee: KM Lynch
30 October  1993 (1993 -10-30) 13 Rochdale 0–1 Lincoln City Rochdale
Report Loughlan 63' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2551
2 November  1993 (1993 -11-02) 14 Rochdale 1–1 Mansfield Town Rochdale
Howard 36' Report Reed 29'
Whitehall Red card 69'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2042
6 November  1993 (1993 -11-06) 15 Crewe Alexandra 2–1 Rochdale Crewe
Jones 34'
Butler 72' (o.g.)		 Report Williams Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4049
20 November  1993 (1993 -11-20) 16 Rochdale 2–1 Bury Rochdale
Bowden 7'
Williams 10'		 Report Mulligan 68' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3758
27 November  1993 (1993 -11-27) 17 Scunthorpe United 2–1 Rochdale Scunthorpe
Toman 49'
Thompstone 51'		 Report Stuart 66' (pen.) Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 3106
11 December  1993 (1993 -12-11) 18 Gillingham 1–2 Rochdale Gillingham
Baker Red card 23'
Forster 87'		 Report Lancaster 37', 47' Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 2493
18 December  1993 (1993 -12-18) 19 Rochdale 0–0 Darlington Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2205
1 January  1994 (1994 -01-01) 20 Rochdale 6–2 Northampton Town Rochdale
Lancaster 9', 40', 74'
Whitehall 44'
Stuart 82'
Taylor 83'		 Report Gilzean 66'
Harmon 78'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2453
4 January  1994 (1994 -01-04) 21 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Rochdale Wigan
Report Stadium: Springfield Park
Attendance: 1912
15 January  1994 (1994 -01-15) 22 Walsall 1–0 Rochdale Walsall
Lillis 2' Report Doyle Red card 89' Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 4437
22 January  1994 (1994 -01-22) 23 Rochdale 4–1 Torquay United Rochdale
Thackeray 45'
Lancaster 68', 76'
Whitehall 85'		 Report Burton 28' Red card 65' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2319
29 January  1994 (1994 -01-29) 24 Lincoln City 1–1 Rochdale Lincoln
Schofield 30' Report Milner 22' Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 2703
5 February  1994 (1994 -02-05) 25 Rochdale 2–1 Preston North End Rochdale
Stuart 38'
Whitehall 46'		 Report Conroy 8' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4317
12 February  1994 (1994 -02-12) 26 Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Rochdale Shrewsbury
Reeves 8' (o.g.) Report Whitehall 54' Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 4882
19 February  1994 (1994 -02-19) 27 Rochdale 0–1 Carlisle United Rochdale
Report Davey 26' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2926
26 February  1994 (1994 -02-26) 28 Chester City 3–1 Rochdale Chester
Pugh 55' (pen.), 75'
Rimmer 80'		 Report Milner 5' Stadium: Deva Stadium
Attendance: 3475
1 March  1994 (1994 -03-01) 29 Rochdale 2–1 Scarborough Rochdale
Reid 44'
Stuart 87'		 Report Young 85' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1827
5 March  1994 (1994 -03-05) 30 Rochdale 1–1 Colchester United Rochdale
Stuart 72' Report Watts 17' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2202
12 March  1994 (1994 -03-12) 31 Hereford United 5–1 Rochdale Hereford
Pike 34', 88'
Clark 39'
Steele 50'
Anderson 53'		 Report Whitehall 90' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 1964
19 March  1994 (1994 -03-19) 32 Chesterfield 1–1 Rochdale Chesterfield
Moss 79' Report Whitehall 53' Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground
Attendance: 3282
26 March  1994 (1994 -03-26) 33 Rochdale 0–1 Doncaster Rovers Rochdale
Report Yates 84' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2165
2 April  1994 (1994 -04-02) 34 Scarborough 2–1 Rochdale Scarborough
White 62'
Charles 76'		 Report Thackeray 49' Stadium: Athletic Ground
Attendance: 1448
4 April  1994 (1994 -04-04) 35 Rochdale 2–2 Wycombe Wanderers Rochdale
Whitehall 3'
Bowden 75'		 Report Carroll 70'
Garner 89'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2575
9 April  1994 (1994 -04-09) 36 Northampton Town 1–2 Rochdale Northampton
Aldridge 64' Report Stuart 43'
Bowden 74'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 3330
12 April  1994 (1994 -04-12) 37 Rochdale 1–2 Shrewsbury Town Rochdale
Reid 68' Report Spink 66'
Walton 89'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2402
16 April  1994 (1994 -04-16) 38 Mansfield Town 0–1 Rochdale Mansfield
Report Thackeray 59' Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 2362
19 April  1994 (1994 -04-19) 39 Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 Rochdale Wycombe
Garner 16' Report Stuart 72' Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 5266
23 April  1994 (1994 -04-23) 40 Rochdale 2–1 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
Stuart 18'
Whitehall 65'		 Report Naylor 51' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3096
30 April  1994 (1994 -04-30) 41 Bury 0–1 Rochdale Bury
Rigby Red card 84' Report Stuart 61' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3272
7 May  1994 (1994 -05-07) 42 Rochdale 2–3 Scunthorpe United Rochdale
Reeves 13'
Lancaster 39'		 Report Thornber 15'
Juryeff 17', 68'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3118

F.A. Cup[edit]

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup
13 November  1993 (1993 -11-13) 1 Chesterfield 0–1 Rochdale Chesterfield
Report Stuart 72' (pen.) Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground
Attendance: 3457
4 December  1993 (1993 -12-04) 2 Burnley 4–1 Rochdale Burnley
Jones 25' (o.g.)
Eyres 42', 72', 88' (pen.)
Monington Red card 53'		 Report Thackeray Red card 52'
Jones Red card 53'
Whitehall 78' (pen.)		 Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 11388

Football League Cup (Coca-Cola Cup)[edit]

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup
17 August  1993 (1993 -08-17) 1 Rochdale 2–0 York City Rochdale
Stuart 52'
Flounders 55' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1952
Referee: PL Wright
24 August  1993 (1993 -08-24) 1 York City 0–0
(0–2 agg.)		 Rochdale York
Report Doyle Red card 79' Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 2835
Referee: TE West
21 September  1993 (1993 -09-21) 2 Rochdale 1–6 Leicester City Rochdale
Carey 5' (o.g.) Report Whitlow 37'
Walsh 48'
Thompson 61'
Oldfield 64'
Speedie 85'
Ormondroyd 90'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4499
Referee: R Shepherd
6 October  1993 (1993 -10-06) 2 Leicester City 2–1
(8–2 agg.)		 Rochdale Leicester
Ormondroyd 44'
Joachim 76'		 Report Lancaster 6' Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 7612
Referee: CR Wilkes

Football League Trophy (Autoglass Trophy)[edit]

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Trophy
30 November  1993 (1993 -11-30) 2 Stockport County 4–0 Rochdale Stockport
Beaumont 34', 59'
Frain 76'
Preece 90'		 Report Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 2484

Lancashire Cup[edit]

23 July  1993 (1993 -07-23) Rochdale 3–4 Bolton Wanderers Rochdale
Thackeray
Flounders
Seagraves (o.g.)


Stadium: Spotland Stadium
26 July  1993 (1993 -07-26) Blackpool 2–1 Rochdale Blackpool

 Bowden Stadium: Bloomfield Road
31 July  1993 (1993 -07-31) Rochdale 4–1 Burnley Rochdale
Stuart
Lancaster
Flounders
Jones 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

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References[edit]

  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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