1982–83 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1982–83 season
Manager	Peter Madden; Jimmy Greenhoff
League Division Four	20th
FA Cup	1st Round
League Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Micky French; All: Micky French
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 season saw Rochdale compete in their 9th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division.

Statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 4		F.A. Cup		League Cup		Lancashire Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Chris Pearce	43	0	36+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
	DF		Steve Warriner	9	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	DF		Eric Snookes	40	0	33+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	0
	MF		Ronnie Blair	8	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	DF			12	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	DF		Alan Weir	14	0	7+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	MF		David Thompson	53	6	43+3	5	1+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	1
	MF		Neville Hamilton	19	3	11+0	3	0+1	0	3+1	0	3+0	0
	FW		Micky French	43	12	35+1	11	1+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	1
	FW		Barry Wellings	32	10	20+4	6	1+0	1	4+0	2	3+0	1
	MF		Peter Farrell	47	8	43+0	8	0+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Eugene Martinez	34	3	24+5	3	1+0	0	1+1	0	0+2	0
	DF		Bill Williams	42	0	34+3	0	0+0	0	4+0	0	0+1	0
	FW		Mark Hilditch	42	7	38+1	7	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	MF			3	1	1+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	DF		Gerry Keenan	33	1	30+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Paul Comstive	10	2	9+0	2	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Willie Garner	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Brian Taylor	15	0	13+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Geoff Thomas	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF			4	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Roy Greaves	22	0	19+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Gerry McElhinney	20	1	20+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW			7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW			12	3	10+2	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Jimmy Greenhoff	12	0	12+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Brian Greenhoff	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Everton Carr	9	0	9+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Andy Higgins	11	2	11+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK		Graeme Crawford	11	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	FW		Malcolm O'Connor	1	0	0+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
18	Aldershot	46	11	5	7	40	35	1	10	12	21	47	−21	51
19	Tranmere Rovers	46	8	8	7	30	29	5	3	15	19	42	−22	50
20	Rochdale	46	11	8	4	38	25	0	8	15	17	48	−18	49
21	Blackpool	46	10	8	5	32	23	3	4	16	23	51	−19	49^[a]	Re-elected
22	Hartlepool United	46	11	5	7	30	24	2	4	17	16	52	−30	48	Re-elected

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Blackpool had two points deducted.

Competitions[]

Football League Fourth Division[]

28 August 1982 (1982 -08-28) 1	Darlington	3–0	Rochdale	showDarlington
	Walsh 17', 30' Dunn 80'	Report		Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 1672

4 September 1982 (1982 -09-04) 2	Rochdale	0–1	Chester	showRochdale
		Report	Thomas 25'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1490

7 September 1982 (1982 -09-07) 3	Rochdale	2–0	Hartlepool United	showRochdale
	47' Wellings }75'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 987

10 September 1982 (1982 -09-10) 4	Colchester United	4–1	Rochdale	showColchester
	Allinson 43' (pen.) Wignall 45' Lyons 49', 90'	Report	Wellings 17' (pen.)	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2638

18 September 1982 (1982 -09-18) 5	Rochdale	1–1	Swindon Town	showRochdale
	Hilditch 32'	Report	Emmanuel 5'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1407

25 September 1982 (1982 -09-25) 6	Mansfield Town	2–1	Rochdale	showMansfield
	Waddle 3', 24'	Report	Comstive 14'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 2002

27 September 1982 (1982 -09-27) 7	Stockport County	2–2	Rochdale	showStockport
	Williams 32' 86'	Report	Hamilton 59' Wellings 60'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 1873

2 October 1982 (1982 -10-02) 8	Rochdale	0–0	Bury	showRochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3236

8 October 1982 (1982 -10-08) 9	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Rochdale	showCrewe
	Waller 31'	Report	French 48'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 2168

16 October 1982 (1982 -10-16) 10	Rochdale	3–1	Blackpool	showRochdale
	Hilditch 8' Wellings 54' (pen.) Comstive 59'	Report	Bamber 5'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2001

19 October 1982 (1982 -10-19) 11	Wimbledon	3–0	Rochdale	showWimbledon
	Peters 6', 64' Leslie 90'	Report		Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 2294

23 October 1982 (1982 -10-23) 12	Rochdale	2–2	Halifax Town	showRochdale
	Hilditch 60' D. Thompson 84'	Report	Spooner 31' Keenan 32' (o.g.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1733

30 October 1982 (1982 -10-30) 13	Hereford United	1–0	Rochdale	showHereford
	White 47'	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2402

2 November 1982 (1982 -11-02) 14	Rochdale	2–0	Northampton Town	showRochdale
	Keenan 42' Hamilton 63' Williams 87'	Report	Syrett 87'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1019

6 November 1982 (1982 -11-06) 15	Rochdale	3–3	Port Vale	showRochdale
	French 42' Wellings 52' (61)	Report	Hunter 66' Moss 85' Greenhoff 87'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2220

13 November 1982 (1982 -11-13) 16	Peterborough United	1–0	Rochdale	showPeterborough
	Cooke 22'	Report		Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 2245

27 November 1982 (1982 -11-27) 17	Torquay United	3–2	Rochdale	showTorquay
	Cooper 5', 70' Wilson 90'	Report	Hilditch 44' Hamilton 50'	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2522

4 December 1982 (1982 -12-04) 18	Rochdale	1–0	Bristol City	showRochdale
	Farrell 75'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1307

11 December 1982 (1982 -12-11) 19	Rochdale	0–2	Wimbledon	showRochdale
		Report	Evans 11' Entwistle 75'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1096

18 December 1982 (1982 -12-18) 20	Rochdale	3–1	Aldershot	showRochdale
	D. Thompson 42' Martinez 43' French 75' (pen.)	Report	Banton 81'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 888

27 December 1982 (1982 -12-27) 21	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Rochdale	showScunthorpe
	Cammack 89'	Report	French 32' (pen.)	Stadium: Old Show Ground Attendance: 4989

28 December 1982 (1982 -12-28) 22	Rochdale	1–0	York City	showRochdale
	Farrell 89'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2127

1 January 1983 (1983 -01-01) 23	Hull City	2–1	Rochdale	showHull
	Roberts 18' Marwood 89' (pen.)	Report	D. Thompson 85'	Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 9059

3 January 1983 (1983 -01-03) 24	Rochdale	4–2	Tranmere Rovers	showRochdale
	Mooney 1' (o.g.) Hilditch 12' McElhinney 21' Martinez 70'	Report	Ferguson 15' Kerr 82'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1758

8 January 1983 (1983 -01-08) 25	Chester	5–2	Rochdale	showChester
	Thomas 2', 50', 85' Zelem 80' Wilson 86' (pen.)	Report	French 17' Zelem 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 1729

15 January 1983 (1983 -01-15) 26	Rochdale	1–1	Darlington	showRochdale
	Farrell 20'	Report	McLean 90'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1233

22 January 1983 (1983 -01-22) 27	Swindon Town	4–1	Rochdale	showSwindon
	Rideout 9', 50' (pen.), 55' Pritchard 82'	Report	Hilditch 15'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5442

5 February 1983 (1983 -02-05) 28	Rochdale	2–2	Mansfield Town	showRochdale
	D. Thompson 25' Farrell 80'	Report	Dungworth 25' Matthews 51'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1031

12 February 1983 (1983 -02-12) 29	Bury	0–0	Rochdale	showBury
		Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4376

26 February 1983 (1983 -02-26) 30	Blackpool	1–0	Rochdale	showBlackpool
	McNiven 41'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 2373

4 March 1983 (1983 -03-04) 31	Halifax Town	0–0	Rochdale	showHalifax
		Report		Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 2128

12 March 1983 (1983 -03-12) 32	Rochdale	4–1	Hereford United	showRochdale
	French 44', 56', 84' 63'	Report	Maddy 82'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

15 March 1983 (1983 -03-15) 33	Rochdale	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	showRochdale
	8' Farrell 86'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2497

19 March 1983 (1983 -03-19) 34	Port Vale	4–0	Rochdale	showStoke-on-Trent
	Bromage 23' Newton 72', 75', 83'	Report		Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5129

26 March 1983 (1983 -03-26) 35	Rochdale	1–1	Peterborough United	showRochdale
	Higgins 48'	Report	Chard 83'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1560

2 April 1983 (1983 -04-02) 36	York City	1–0	Rochdale	showYork
	Walwyn 32'	Report		Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 3357

4 April 1983 (1983 -04-04) 37	Rochdale	0–1	Scunthorpe United	showRochdale
		Report	Graham 85'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2056

9 April 1983 (1983 -04-09) 38	Bristol City	0–0	Rochdale	showBristol
		Report		Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 4780

16 April 1983 (1983 -04-16) 39	Rochdale	1–0	Stockport County	showRochdale
	French 26' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1829

19 April 1983 (1983 -04-19) 40	Northampton Town	1–1	Rochdale	showNorthampton
	Tucker 90' (pen.)	Report	French 27'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1728

23 April 1983 (1983 -04-23) 41	Aldershot	6–4	Rochdale	showAldershot
	Senior 35', 40', 65' Banton 44', 73', 81'	Report	Farrell 25', 55' Hilditch 50' D. Thompson 90'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 1651

26 April 1983 (1983 -04-26) 42	Rochdale	2–1	Colchester United	showRochdale
	Higgins 21' French 33'	Report	Allinson 81'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1270

30 April 1983 (1983 -04-30) 43	Rochdale	2–2	Torquay United	showRochdale
	Farrell 30' 75'	Report	Carter 32' 44'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1359

7 May 1983 (1983 -05-07) 44	Hartlepool United	3–0	Rochdale	showHartlepool
	53' (pen.) 64' Dobson 88'	Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1015

14 May 1983 (1983 -05-14) 45	Rochdale	1–3	Hull City	showRochdale
	Martinez 2'	Report	Mutrie 2' Roberts 44' Marwood 75'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2730

16 May 1983 (1983 -05-16) 46	Tranmere Rovers	0–0	Rochdale	showBirkenhead
		Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 1985

F.A. Cup[]

20 November 1982 (1982 -11-20) 1	Altrincham	2–1	Rochdale	showAltrincham
	Davison 26' Anderson 61' Kenyon 77' Howard 82'	Report	Martinez 61' French 77' Wellings 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Moss Lane Attendance: 3053

League Cup (Milk Cup)[]

30 August 1982 (1982 -08-30) 1	Port Vale	1–0	Rochdale	showStoke-on-Trent
	Moss 84'	Report		Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 2565

14 September 1982 (1982 -09-14) 1	Rochdale	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Port Vale	showRochdale
	Wellings 55', 72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1536

5 October 1982 (1982 -10-05) 2	Rochdale	0–1	Bradford City	showRochdale
		Report	Gallagher 41'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2196

27 October 1982 (1982 -10-27) 2	Bradford City	4–0 (5–0 agg.)	Rochdale	showBradford
	Mellor 8' Cooke 42', 76' Gallagher 85'	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 3206

Lancashire Cup[]

14 August 1982 (1982 -08-14)	Bury	2–1	Rochdale	showBury
			French	Stadium: Gigg Lane

17 August 1982 (1982 -08-17)	Rochdale	0–0	Burnley	showRochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2591

21 August 1982 (1982 -08-21)	Oldham Athletic	2–2	Rochdale	showOldham
			D. Thompson Wellings	Stadium: Boundary Park
Note: Also a Rose Bowl match

^[1] ^[2]

References[]

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

[table_hth_BLP0.42748351182206-1] Blackpool had two points deducted.

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

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

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1982–83 season
Manager	Peter Madden Jimmy Greenhoff
League Division Four	20th
FA Cup	1st Round
League Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Micky French All: Micky French
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

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