1993–94 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1993–94 season
Manager	Dave Sutton
League Division Three	9th
FA Cup	2nd Round
League Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Dave Lancaster; Steve Whitehall; All: Dave Lancaster; Steve Whitehall; Mark Stuart
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

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[]

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

Football League Third Division[]

14 August 1993 (1993 -08-14) 1	Darlington	1–1	Rochdale	showDarlington
	Himsworth 84'	Report	Thackeray 71'	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 2327

21 August 1993 (1993 -08-21) 2	Rochdale	3–0	Gillingham	showRochdale
	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	showCarlisle
		Report	Reeves 6'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5438

31 August 1993 (1993 -08-31) 4	Rochdale	1–2	Wigan Athletic	showRochdale
	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	showRochdale
	Whitehall 9' Doyle 41'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3063

11 September 1993 (1993 -09-11) 6	Colchester United	2–5	Rochdale	showColchester
	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	showRochdale
	Lancaster 8', 24'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2645

25 September 1993 (1993 -09-25) 8	Rochdale	5–1	Chesterfield	showRochdale
	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	showDoncaster
	Roche 10' Jones 56'	Report	Lancaster 44'	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 3101

9 October 1993 (1993 -10-09) 10	Torquay United	1–1	Rochdale	showTorquay
	Kelly 70'	Report	Stuart 23'	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 3874

16 October 1993 (1993 -10-16) 11	Rochdale	0–0	Walsall	showRochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2923 Referee: JW Lloyd

23 October 1993 (1993 -10-23) 12	Preston North End	2–1	Rochdale	showPreston
	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	showRochdale
		Report	Loughlan 63'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2551

2 November 1993 (1993 -11-02) 14	Rochdale	1–1	Mansfield Town	showRochdale
	36'	Report	Reed 29' Whitehall 69'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2042

6 November 1993 (1993 -11-06) 15	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Rochdale	showCrewe
	Jones 34' Butler 72' (o.g.)	Report	Williams	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4049

20 November 1993 (1993 -11-20) 16	Rochdale	2–1	Bury	showRochdale
	Bowden 7' Williams 10'	Report	Mulligan 68'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3758

27 November 1993 (1993 -11-27) 17	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Rochdale	showScunthorpe
	Toman 49' Thompstone 51'	Report	Stuart 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3106

11 December 1993 (1993 -12-11) 18	Gillingham	1–2	Rochdale	showGillingham
	Baker 23' Forster 87'	Report	Lancaster 37', 47'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 2493

18 December 1993 (1993 -12-18) 19	Rochdale	0–0	Darlington	showRochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2205

1 January 1994 (1994 -01-01) 20	Rochdale	6–2	Northampton Town	showRochdale
	Lancaster 9', 40', 74' Whitehall 44' Stuart 82' 83'	Report	Gilzean 66' Harmon 78'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2453

4 January 1994 (1994 -01-04) 21	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Rochdale	showWigan
		Report		Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 1912

15 January 1994 (1994 -01-15) 22	Walsall	1–0	Rochdale	showWalsall
	Lillis 2'	Report	Doyle 89'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4437

22 January 1994 (1994 -01-22) 23	Rochdale	4–1	Torquay United	showRochdale
	Thackeray 45' Lancaster 68', 76' Whitehall 85'	Report	Burton 28' 65'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2319

29 January 1994 (1994 -01-29) 24	Lincoln City	1–1	Rochdale	showLincoln
	Schofield 30'	Report	Milner 22'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 2703

5 February 1994 (1994 -02-05) 25	Rochdale	2–1	Preston North End	showRochdale
	Stuart 38' Whitehall 46'	Report	Conroy 8'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4317

12 February 1994 (1994 -02-12) 26	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Rochdale	showShrewsbury
	Reeves 8' (o.g.)	Report	Whitehall 54'	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 4882

19 February 1994 (1994 -02-19) 27	Rochdale	0–1	Carlisle United	showRochdale
		Report	Davey 26'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2926

26 February 1994 (1994 -02-26) 28	Chester City	3–1	Rochdale	showChester
	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	showRochdale
	Reid 44' Stuart 87'	Report	Young 85'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1827

5 March 1994 (1994 -03-05) 30	Rochdale	1–1	Colchester United	showRochdale
	Stuart 72'	Report	Watts 17'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2202

12 March 1994 (1994 -03-12) 31	Hereford United	5–1	Rochdale	showHereford
	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	showChesterfield
	Moss 79'	Report	Whitehall 53'	Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 3282

26 March 1994 (1994 -03-26) 33	Rochdale	0–1	Doncaster Rovers	showRochdale
		Report	Yates 84'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2165

2 April 1994 (1994 -04-02) 34	Scarborough	2–1	Rochdale	showScarborough
	White 62' Charles 76'	Report	Thackeray 49'	Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 1448

4 April 1994 (1994 -04-04) 35	Rochdale	2–2	Wycombe Wanderers	showRochdale
	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	showNorthampton
	Aldridge 64'	Report	Stuart 43' Bowden 74'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3330

12 April 1994 (1994 -04-12) 37	Rochdale	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	showRochdale
	Reid 68'	Report	Spink 66' Walton 89'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2402

16 April 1994 (1994 -04-16) 38	Mansfield Town	0–1	Rochdale	showMansfield
		Report	Thackeray 59'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 2362

19 April 1994 (1994 -04-19) 39	Wycombe Wanderers	1–1	Rochdale	showWycombe
	Garner 16'	Report	Stuart 72'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 5266

23 April 1994 (1994 -04-23) 40	Rochdale	2–1	Crewe Alexandra	showRochdale
	Stuart 18' Whitehall 65'	Report	Naylor 51'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3096

30 April 1994 (1994 -04-30) 41	Bury	0–1	Rochdale	showBury
	Rigby 84'	Report	Stuart 61'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3272

7 May 1994 (1994 -05-07) 42	Rochdale	2–3	Scunthorpe United	showRochdale
	Reeves 13' Lancaster 39'	Report	Thornber 15' Juryeff 17', 68'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3118

F.A. Cup[]

13 November 1993 (1993 -11-13) 1	Chesterfield	0–1	Rochdale	showChesterfield
		Report	Stuart 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 3457

4 December 1993 (1993 -12-04) 2	Burnley	4–1	Rochdale	showBurnley
	Jones 25' (o.g.) Eyres 42', 72', 88' (pen.) Monington 53'	Report	Thackeray 52' Jones 53' Whitehall 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 11388

Football League Cup (Coca-Cola Cup)[]

17 August 1993 (1993 -08-17) 1	Rochdale	2–0	York City	showRochdale
	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	showYork
		Report	Doyle 79'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2835 Referee: TE West

21 September 1993 (1993 -09-21) 2	Rochdale	1–6	Leicester City	showRochdale
	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	showLeicester
	Ormondroyd 44' Joachim 76'	Report	Lancaster 6'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 7612 Referee: CR Wilkes

Football League Trophy (Autoglass Trophy)[]

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

Lancashire Cup[]

23 July 1993 (1993 -07-23)	Rochdale	3–4	Bolton Wanderers	showRochdale
	Thackeray Flounders Seagraves (o.g.)		[[]] [[]] [[]] [[]]	Stadium: Spotland Stadium

26 July 1993 (1993 -07-26)	Blackpool	2–1	Rochdale	showBlackpool
	[[]] [[]]		Bowden	Stadium: Bloomfield Road

31 July 1993 (1993 -07-31)	Rochdale	4–1	Burnley	showRochdale
	Stuart Lancaster Flounders Jones		[[]]	Stadium: Spotland Stadium

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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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