1992–93 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1992–93 season saw Rochdale compete in their 19th consecutive season in the fourth tier of the English football league. This season saw the formation of the Premier League and therefore the former Fourth Division became the Football League Third Division.

Rochdale

1992–93 season
Manager	Dave Sutton
League Division Three	11th
FA Cup	2nd Round
League Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Flounders Steve Whitehall All: Steve Whitehall
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

Statistics

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	ENG	Kevin Rose	50	0	40+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	ENG	Andy Thackeray	50	8	41+0	6	3+0	0	2+0	0	1+1	2	2+0	0
	DF	SCO	Jimmy Graham	47	1	37+1	0	3+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	1	2+0	0
	MF	ENG	Shaun Reid	49	5	40+0	4	3+0	1	2+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	ENG	Tony Brown	9	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	ENG	Jon Bowden	43	8	31+4	8	3+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	ENG	John Ryan	36	1	25+1	0	3+0	0	2+0	1	3+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	ENG	Mark Payne	37	6	26+2	6	3+0	0	2+0	0	1+1	0	2+0	0
	FW	ENG	Andy Flounders	41	14	31+1	14	3+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
	FW	ENG	Steve Whitehall	51	15	41+1	14	3+0	1	0+1	0	3+0	0	1+1	0
	MF	ENG	Carl Parker	16	0	4+6	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+1	0
	FW	ENG	Andy Howard	20	2	4+11	2	0+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+1	0
	FW	ENG	Jason Anders	19	1	2+13	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
	FW	ENG	Andy Milner	23	4	17+1	4	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Alan Reeves	49	4	40+1	3	3+0	0	2+0	1	3+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Jack Ashurst	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Alex Jones	33	2	28+1	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Paul Butler	17	2	14+2	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Tony Beever	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Steve Mulrain	7	2	3+3	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	WAL	Steve Doyle	19	0	18+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	Tim Clarke	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Trevor Snowden	13	0	8+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Don Page	4	1	3+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Noel Luke	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Mark Leonard	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0

Final League Table

Main article: 1992–93 Football League Third Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts
9	Shrewsbury Town	42	11	3	7	36	30	6	8	7	21	22	+5	62
10	Colchester United^[a]	42	13	3	5	37	26	5	2	14	29	50	−10	59
11	Rochdale	42	10	3	8	38	29	6	7	8	32	41	0	58
12	Chesterfield	42	11	3	7	32	28	4	8	9	27	34	−3	56
13	Scarborough	42	7	7	7	32	30	8	2	11	34	41	−5	54

Source: ^[1]
Notes:

1. New club in the league

Competitions

Football League Third Division

Main article: 1992–93 Football League

Rochdale v Halifax Town

15 August  1992 (1992 -08-15) 1	Rochdale	2–3	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Flounders   59' Milner   61'	Report	Hildersley   43', 55' Wilson   66' (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2497 Referee: KA Lupton

Wrexham v Rochdale

22 August  1992 (1992 -08-22) 2	Wrexham	3–1	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Owen   11' Jones   55' Cross   65'	Report	Whitehall   88'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 2661 Referee: ?

Rochdale v Scarborough

29 August  1992 (1992 -08-29) 3	Rochdale	3–0	Scarborough	Rochdale
	Whitehall   19', 36' Thackeray   32'	Report	Evans   89'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1585

Shrewsbury Town v Rochdale

5 September  1992 (1992 -09-05) 4	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Rochdale	Shrewsbury
	Haylock   87'	Report	Milner   14' Whitehall   57'	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 2547

Rochdale v Gillingham

15 September  1992 (1992 -09-15) 5	Rochdale	1–1	Gillingham	Rochdale
	Payne   34' (pen.)	Report	Henry   70'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1879

Rochdale v Darlington

19 September  1992 (1992 -09-19) 6	Rochdale	3–1	Darlington	Rochdale
	Whitehall   51' Reeves   81' Bowden   86'	Report	Mardenborough   31'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1854

Hereford United v Rochdale

26 September  1992 (1992 -09-26) 7	Hereford United	1–1	Rochdale	Hereford
	Fry   62'	Report	Jones   77'	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 1834

Cardiff City v Rochdale

3 October  1992 (1992 -10-03) 8	Cardiff City	1–1	Rochdale	Cardiff
	Pike   16'	Report	Payne   16' (pen.)	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6486

Rochdale v Carlisle United

10 October  1992 (1992 -10-10) 9	Rochdale	2–2	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Whitehall   23', 56' Ryan   70'	Report	Watson   5' Barnsley   17' Thorpe   85' Edmondson   85'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2543

York City v Rochdale

17 October  1992 (1992 -10-17) 10	York City	3–0	Rochdale	York
	Barnes   27' Borthwick   73', 79'	Report		Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 4161

Rochdale v Walsall

24 October  1992 (1992 -10-24) 11	Rochdale	4–3	Walsall	Rochdale
	Whitehall   6' Milner   44' Payne   49' Flounders   76'	Report	McDonald   18' Whitehall   63' (o.g.) Cecere   86'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1834 Referee: JB Worrall

Chesterfield v Rochdale

31 October  1992 (1992 -10-31) 12	Chesterfield	2–3	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Turnbull   52' Carr   71' McGugan   76'	Report	Bowden   26', 75' Anders   88'	Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 3094

Torquay United v Rochdale

3 November  1992 (1992 -11-03) 13	Torquay United	0–2	Rochdale	Torquay
		Report	Whitehall   37' Reid   73'	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2064

Rochdale v Crewe Alexandra

7 November  1992 (1992 -11-07) 14	Rochdale	0–1	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
		Report	Hignett   88'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3058 Referee: AW Smith

Colchester United v Rochdale

21 November  1992 (1992 -11-21) 15	Colchester United	4–4	Rochdale	Colchester
	Cawley   23' Ball   26' Sorrell   71' McDonough   78'	Report	Payne   15' (pen.) Milner   38' Flounders   75' (pen), 87'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3172

Rochdale v Doncaster Rovers

28 November  1992 (1992 -11-28) 16	Rochdale	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Flounders   89' (pen.) Graham   87'	Report	Morrow   66'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2094 Referee: CR Wilkes

Barnet v Rochdale

12 December  1992 (1992 -12-12) 17	Barnet	2–0	Rochdale	Chipping Barnet
	Showler   43' Carter   85'	Report		Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 2778

Rochdale v Lincoln City

19 December  1992 (1992 -12-19) 18	Rochdale	5–1	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Flounders   9', 33', 49' Whitehall   65' Howard   83'	Report	Matthews   66'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1793 Referee: JW Lloyd

Rochdale v Scunthorpe United

26 December  1992 (1992 -12-26) 19	Rochdale	2–0	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
	Whitehall   30' Flounders   45'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3043

Doncaster Rovers v Rochdale

2 January  1993 (1993 -01-02) 20	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Richards   45'	Report	Payne   70'	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 2559

Gillingham v Rochdale

8 January  1993 (1993 -01-08) 21	Gillingham	4–2	Rochdale	Gillingham
	Arnott   44', 73' Green   53' Baker   90'	Report	Thackeray   26' Payne   80' (pen.) Bowden   86'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 3050

Rochdale v Hereford United

16 January  1993 (1993 -01-16) 22	Rochdale	1–3	Hereford United	Rochdale
	Reid   29'	Report	Hall   17' Brain   63' Jones   89'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1751 Referee: KA Lupton

Darlington v Rochdale

23 January  1993 (1993 -01-23) 23	Darlington	0–4	Rochdale	Darlington
		Report	Flounders   9', 85' Whitehall   34', 44'	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 1710

Rochdale v Wrexham

30 January  1993 (1993 -01-30) 24	Rochdale	1–2	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Mulrain   42'	Report	Owen   16' Watkin   71'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4500 Referee: J Rushton

Halifax Town v Rochdale

6 February  1993 (1993 -02-06) 25	Halifax Town	2–3	Rochdale	Halifax
	Jones   13' (o.g.) Barr   44' (pen.)	Report	Butler   1' Reid   39' Mulrain   46'	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 1906

Rochdale v Shrewsbury Town

13 February  1993 (1993 -02-13) 26	Rochdale	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Rochdale
	Reeves   3', 82'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2446 Referee: MJ Brandwood

Scarborough v Rochdale

20 February  1993 (1993 -02-20) 27	Scarborough	1–1	Rochdale	Scarborough
	Foreman   12'	Report	Page   22'	Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 1765

Carlisle United v Rochdale

27 February  1993 (1993 -02-27) 28	Carlisle United	3–0	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Oghani   18', 72' Arnold   57'	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3021

Rochdale v Cardiff City

6 March  1993 (1993 -03-06) 29	Rochdale	1–2	Cardiff City	Rochdale
	Bowden   83'	Report	Blake   21' (pen.) Griffith   67'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2831

Rochdale v Northampton Town

9 March  1993 (1993 -03-09) 30	Rochdale	0–3	Northampton Town	Rochdale
		Report	Chard   7' Brown   15' Young   21'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1446 Referee: P Jones

Crewe Alexandra v Rochdale

12 March  1993 (1993 -03-12) 31	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Rochdale	Crewe
	Ward   69'	Report	Thackeray   83'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3515

Bury v Rochdale

16 March  1993 (1993 -03-16) 32	Bury	2–2	Rochdale	Bury
	Stevens   63' Daws   86'	Report	Bowden   44' Thackeray   85', 90'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3315

Rochdale v Torquay United

20 March  1993 (1993 -03-20) 33	Rochdale	1–0	Torquay United	Rochdale
	Saunders   43' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1594

Rochdale v Colchester United

27 March  1993 (1993 -03-27) 34	Rochdale	5–2	Colchester United	Rochdale
	Jones   35' Howard   39' Whitehall   46' Thackeray   50' Bowden   73'	Report	Smith   28' Abrahams   42' McDonough   66'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1783 Referee: MG Peck

Northampton Town v Rochdale

2 April  1993 (1993 -04-02) 35	Northampton Town	1–0	Rochdale	Northampton
	Brown   67'	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3037

Rochdale v Barnet

6 April  1993 (1993 -04-06) 36	Rochdale	0–1	Barnet	Rochdale
		Report	Stein   47'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1661

Scunthorpe United v Rochdale

10 April  1993 (1993 -04-10) 37	Scunthorpe United	5–1	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
	Helliwell   24' Goodacre   34', 73' Platnauer   43' Martin   83'	Report	Reid   72'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 2926

Rochdale v Bury

13 April  1993 (1993 -04-13) 38	Rochdale	1–2	Bury	Rochdale
	Flounders   70'	Report	Stevens   60', 75'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2905

Lincoln City v Rochdale

17 April  1993 (1993 -04-17) 39	Lincoln City	1–2	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Lee   37'	Report	Bowden   62', 66'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 2922

Rochdale v York City

24 April  1993 (1993 -04-24) 40	Rochdale	1–0	York City	Rochdale
	Bowden   48'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3920

Walsall v Rochdale

1 May  1993 (1993 -05-01) 41	Walsall	3–1	Rochdale	Walsall
	Clarke   7' McDonald   16' Marsh   88'	Report	Flounders   44'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4118 Referee: CR Wilkes

Rochdale v Chesterfield

8 May  1993 (1993 -05-08) 42	Rochdale	2–1	Chesterfield	Rochdale
	Flounders   59' Butler   89'	Report	Dyche   68'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1544

F.A. Cup

Main article: 1992–93 FA Cup

Blackpool v Rochdale

14 November  1992 (1992 -11-14) 1	Blackpool	1–1	Rochdale	Blackpool
	Mitchell   45'	Report	Whitehall   31'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4069 Referee: SD Bell

Rochdale v Blackpool

25 November  1992 (1992 -11-25) 1	Rochdale	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Blackpool	Rochdale
	Reid   116'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3408 Referee: SD Bell

Bolton Wanderers v Rochdale

5 December  1992 (1992 -12-05) 2	Bolton Wanderers	4–0	Rochdale	Bolton
	McAteer   42' McGinlay   64', 69' Walker   76'	Report	Graham   60'	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 6876

Football League Cup (Coca Cola Cup)

Main article: 1992–93 Football League Cup

Crewe Alexandra v Rochdale

18 August  1992 (1992 -08-18) 1	Crewe Alexandra	4–1	Rochdale	Crewe
	Hignett   9' Harvey   30' Clarkson   39' Naylor   56'	Report	Reeves   88'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 2558 Referee: KA Cooper

Rochdale v Crewe Alexandra

25 August  1992 (1992 -08-25) 1	Rochdale	1–2 (2–6 agg.)	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Ryan   5'	Report	Garvey   75' Hignett   88'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1302 Referee: MG Peck

Associate Members' Cup (Autoglass Trophy)

Main article: 1992–93 Football League Trophy

Rochdale v Bolton Wanderers

1 December  1992 (1992 -12-01) 1	Rochdale	0–0	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1348

Bury v Rochdale

12 January  1993 (1993 -01-12) 1	Bury	1–2	Rochdale	Bury
	Stevens   16'	Report	Thackeray   58', 68'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1215

Rochdale v Scunthorpe United

19 January  1993 (1993 -01-19) A	Rochdale	0–0	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1046
Note: Match abandoned due to floodlight failure.

Rochdale v Scunthorpe United

2 February  1993 (1993 -02-02) 2	Rochdale	1–2	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
	Graham   23'	Report	Daws   36', 88'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1312

Lancashire Cup

Bury v Rochdale

29 July  1992 (1992 -07-29)	Bury	1–0	Rochdale	Radcliffe
				Stadium: Stainton Park

Bolton Wanderers v Rochdale

1 August  1992 (1992 -08-01)	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	Rochdale	Bolton
				Stadium: Burnden Park

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References

1. "England 1992–93". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
2. Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
3. "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}