1981–82 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1981–82 season
Manager	Peter Madden
League Division Four	21st
FA Cup	1st Round
League Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Mark Hilditch; All: Mark Hilditch
	← 1980–81 1982–83 →

The 1981–82 season saw Rochdale compete in their 8th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division.

Statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 4		F.A. Cup		League Cup		Rose Bowl
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Graeme Crawford	21	0	19+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Alan Weir	38	0	32+2	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Eric Snookes	49	0	44+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Terry Dolan	48	2	42+1	1	3+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Brian Taylor	43	0	37+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Terry Cooper	41	3	35+0	2	3+0	0	2+0	1	1+0	0
	MF		Neville Hamilton	23	1	20+1	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
	MF		Nigel O'Loughlin	38	5	32+1	5	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Dave Esser	30	2	20+4	0	2+1	2	2+0	0	1+0	0
	FW		Barry Wellings	52	12	45+1	11	3+0	0	2+0	1	1+0	0
	MF		Eugene Martinez	49	9	42+1	9	3+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	FW		Mark Hilditch	46	16	38+2	14	3+0	0	2+0	1	0+1	1
	GK			32	0	27+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
	DF			32	1	27+0	0	3+0	1	1+0	0	0+1	0
	FW		Dave Goodwin	42	6	34+5	6	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Steve Warriner	8	1	7+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Bill Williams	6	0	4+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		David Thompson	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Final League Table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion
19	Halifax Town	46	6	11	6	28	30	3	11	9	23	42	−21	49
20	Mansfield Town	46	8	6	9	39	39	5	4	14	24	42	−18	49
21	Rochdale	46	7	9	7	26	22	3	7	13	24	40	−12	46	Re-elected
22	Northampton Town	46	9	5	9	32	27	2	4	17	25	57	−27	42
23	Scunthorpe United	46	7	9	7	26	35	2	6	15	17	44	−36	42

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Competitions[]

Football League Fourth Division[]

29 August 1981 (1981 -08-29) 1	Bury	3–0	Rochdale	showBury
	Madden 8' Hilton 11' Johnson 25'	Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3925

5 September 1981 (1981 -09-05) 2	Rochdale	2–1	Hartlepool United	showRochdale
	Martinez 36' Goodwin 89'	Report	Houchen 11'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1481 Referee: DW Civil

12 September 1981 (1981 -09-12) 3	Peterborough United	5–1	Rochdale	showPeterborough
	Quow 5' Cooke 17', 48', 78' Slack 89'	Report	Wellings 32' (pen.)	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 3768

19 September 1981 (1981 -09-19) 4	Rochdale	1–2	Port Vale	showRochdale
	O'Loughlin 58'	Report	Keenan 53' Deakin 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1824

22 September 1981 (1981 -09-22) 5	Rochdale	0–0	Blackpool	showRochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2763

26 September 1981 (1981 -09-26) 6	Bournemouth	1–0	Rochdale	showBournemouth
	Dawtry 7'	Report		Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 5146

30 September 1981 (1981 -09-30) 7	Bradford City	2–0	Rochdale	showBradford
	Gallagher 25' McNiven 37'	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 5388

4 October 1981 (1981 -10-04) 8	Rochdale	0–0	Aldershot	showRochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1821

11 October 1981 (1981 -10-11) 9	Rochdale	1–2	Colchester United	showRochdale
	Wellings 50'	Report	Allinson 64' McDonough 83'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1366

17 October 1981 (1981 -10-17) 10	Halifax Town	0–0	Rochdale	showHalifax
		Report		Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 2140

21 October 1981 (1981 -10-21) 11	Crewe Alexandra	1–2	Rochdale	showCrewe
	Palios 67'	Report	Goodwin 42' Wellings 48'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 1827

24 October 1981 (1981 -10-24) 12	Rochdale	4–1	Stockport County	showRochdale
	Martinez 2', 3' Hilditch 40' Goodwin 48'	Report	Fowler 30'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1778

31 October 1981 (1981 -10-31) 13	Darlington	2–0	Rochdale	showDarlington
	Wicks 2' Hamilton 42'	Report		Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 1454

3 November 1981 (1981 -11-03) 14	Rochdale	0–0	Tranmere Rovers	showRochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1663

8 November 1981 (1981 -11-08) 15	Rochdale	1–0	Torquay United	showRochdale
	Goodwin 53'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1790

14 November 1981 (1981 -11-14) 16	Mansfield Town	4–3	Rochdale	showMansfield
	Parkinson 44' (pen.) Bell 55', 74' Morgan 71'	Report	Hilditch 25', 79' Wellings 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 2300

28 November 1981 (1981 -11-28) 17	Rochdale	1–1	Wigan Athletic	showRochdale
	Hilditch 42' Snookes 60'	Report	Bradd 45'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2765 Referee: MR Baker

5 December 1981 (1981 -12-05) 18	Hereford United	0–0	Rochdale	showHereford
		Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2312

13 January 1982 (1982 -01-13) 19	Rochdale	0–1	Halifax Town	showRochdale
		Report	Davison	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1122

16 January 1982 (1982 -01-16) 20	Rochdale	0–1	Sheffield United	showRochdale
		Report	Edwards 65'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3966

23 January 1982 (1982 -01-23) 21	Rochdale	1–1	Bury	showRochdale
	Martinez 79'	Report	Johnson 35'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3583

30 January 1982 (1982 -01-30) 22	Port Vale	1–1	Rochdale	showStoke-on-Trent
	Tartt 4'	Report	Martinez 5'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 3835

6 February 1982 (1982 -02-06) 23	Rochdale	1–1	Peterborough United	showRochdale
	Hamilton 41'	Report	Cooke 78'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1241

10 February 1982 (1982 -02-10) 24	Blackpool	1–1	Rochdale	showBlackpool
	Entwistle 44'	Report	Hilditch 1'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3294

14 February 1982 (1982 -02-14) 25	Aldershot	2–2	Rochdale	showAldershot
	French 75', 90'	Report	Cooper 10' Hilditch 50'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 2079

20 February 1982 (1982 -02-20) 26	Rochdale	0–1	Bournemouth	showRochdale
		Report	59'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1295

26 February 1982 (1982 -02-26) 27	Colchester United	3–2	Rochdale	showColchester
	Adcock 13', 88' Bremner 29'	Report	O'Loughlin 28' Hilditch 75'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2760

2 March 1982 (1982 -03-02) 28	Northampton Town	2–1	Rochdale	showNorthampton
	Massey 59' Gage 79'	Report	O'Loughlin 63'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1916

9 March 1982 (1982 -03-09) 29	Rochdale	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	showRochdale
	Goodwin 44'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1060

12 March 1982 (1982 -03-12) 30	Stockport County	0–4	Rochdale	showStockport
		Report	Martinez 22' Hilditch 35', 60' Wellings 81'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 2079

16 March 1982 (1982 -03-16) 31	Tranmere Rovers	2–0	Rochdale	showBirkenhead
	Kerr 55', 58'	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 1141

20 March 1982 (1982 -03-20) 32	Rochdale	3–2	Darlington	showRochdale
	O'Loughlin 44' Wellings 65' (pen.) Hilditch 86'	Report	Speedie 30', 57'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1252

27 March 1982 (1982 -03-27) 33	Torquay United	2–1	Rochdale	showTorquay
	Cox 23' Cooper 53'	Report	Hilditch 3'	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 1468

31 March 1982 (1982 -03-31) 34	Hartlepool United	1–1	Rochdale	showHartlepool
	Brown 12'	Report	Wellings 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1259

3 April 1982 (1982 -04-03) 35	Rochdale	1–1	Mansfield Town	showRochdale
	Hilditch 19' Cooper 88'	Report	Parkinson 26'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1276

6 April 1982 (1982 -04-06) 36	Rochdale	0–1	Hull City	showRochdale
		Report	Mutrie 80'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1738

10 April 1982 (1982 -04-10) 37	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Rochdale	showScunthorpe
	Keeley 50' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Old Show Ground Attendance: 1742

12 April 1982 (1982 -04-12) 38	Rochdale	2–0	York City	showRochdale
	Martinez 18' Wellings 54' (pen.)	Report	Aitken	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1421

17 April 1982 (1982 -04-17) 39	Rochdale	0–1	Hereford United	showRochdale
		Report	Bartley 83'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1342

20 April 1982 (1982 -04-20) 40	Rochdale	1–1	Scunthorpe United	showRochdale
	Wellings 80' (pen.)	Report	Telfer 50'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1129

24 April 1982 (1982 -04-24) 41	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Rochdale	showWigan
	Houghton 73'	Report	Martinez 2'	Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 6153 Referee: KP Barratt

27 April 1982 (1982 -04-27) 42	York City	1–2	Rochdale	showYork
	Walwyn 50'	Report	Hilditch 36', 69'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2089

1 May 1982 (1982 -05-01) 43	Rochdale	1–1	Bradford City	showRochdale
	Dolan 43' (pen.)	Report	Staniforth 7'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3080

4 May 1982 (1982 -05-04) 44	Sheffield United	3–1	Rochdale	showSheffield
	Hatton 4' Edwards 22', 48'	Report	Wellings 44'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 21140

8 May 1982 (1982 -05-08) 45	Hull City	2–1	Rochdale	showHull
	Marwood 22', 84'	Report	Cooper 1'	Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 3411

15 May 1982 (1982 -05-15) 46	Rochdale	5–3	Northampton Town	showRochdale
	Martinez 6' Wellings 37' Warriner 57' O'Loughlin 77' Goodwin 79'	Report	Heeley 1' Massey 34' (pen.) 43'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1056

F.A. Cup[]

21 November 1981 (1981 -11-21) 1	Rochdale	2–2	Hull City	showRochdale
	Dolan 63' Esser 83'	Report	McClaren 16' Whitehurst 72'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2722

24 November 1981 (1981 -11-24) 1	Hull City	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Rochdale	showHull
	Whitehurst 27' Swann 117'	Report	47' Esser 114'	Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 4063

30 November 1981 (1981 -11-30) 1	Hull City	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Rochdale	showLeeds
	McClaren 114'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 3628

League Cup[]

1 September 1981 (1981 -09-01) 1	Huddersfield Town	3–1	Rochdale	showHuddersfield
	Wilson Fletcher	Report	Cooper	Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 6713

15 September 1981 (1981 -09-15) 1	Rochdale	2–4 (3–7 agg.)	Huddersfield Town	showRochdale
	Wellings Hilditch	Report	Fletcher Kindon Robins	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3775

Rose Bowl[]

24 August 1981 (1981 -08-24) 1	Rochdale	1–0	Oldham Athletic	showRochdale
	Hilditch			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2462

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References[]

^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ http://www.enfa.co.uk

[1] Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

[2] ttp://www.enfa.co.uk

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