1978–79 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1978–79 season
Manager	Mike Ferguson; Peter Madden (C); Doug Collins
League Division Four	20th
FA Cup	1st Round
League Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Terry Owen; All: Terry Owen
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 season saw Rochdale compete in their 5th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 4		F.A. Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion
18	AFC Bournemouth	46	11	6	6	34	19	3	5	15	13	29	−1	39
19	Northampton Town	46	12	4	7	40	30	3	5	15	24	46	−12	39
20	Rochdale	46	11	4	8	25	26	4	5	14	22	38	−17	39
21	Darlington	46	8	8	7	25	21	3	7	13	24	45	−17	37	Re-elected
22	Doncaster Rovers	46	8	8	7	25	22	5	3	15	25	51	−23	37	Re-elected

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Competitions

Football League Fourth Division

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

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

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

^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}

[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. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}

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1978–79 season
Manager	Mike Ferguson Peter Madden (C) Doug Collins
League Division Four	20th
FA Cup	1st Round
League Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Terry Owen All: Terry Owen
← 1977–78 1979–80 →