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 was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 72nd in existence and their 5th consecutive in the Football League Fourth Division.

Statistics

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

Final League Table

Main article: 1978–79 Football League Fourth Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
18 Bournemouth 46 14 11 21 47 48 −1 39
19 Northampton Town 46 15 9 22 64 76 −12 39
20 Rochdale 46 15 9 22 47 64 −17 39
21 Darlington 46 11 15 20 49 66 −17 37 Re-elected
22 Doncaster Rovers 46 13 11 22 50 73 −23 37
Source:

Competitions

Football League Fourth Division

Main article: 1978–79 Football League
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 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 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  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

Main article: 1978–79 FA Cup
25 November 1978 (1978-11-25) 1 Rochdale 0–1 Droylsden Rochdale
Snookes  82' Report Taylor 35' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3252

League Cup

Main article: 1978–79 Football League Cup
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

  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.
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