List of Rochdale A.F.C. seasons

Rochdale Association Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Rochdale in Greater Manchester. The club plays in the Football League One, the third tier in the English football league system. The club's colours are black and blue and they play their home games at Spotland Stadium, which has a capacity of 10,249.^[1] Formed in 1907 and nicknamed the Dale, they were accepted into the Football League in 1921. Since then, the club has remained in the bottom two professional divisions of English Football.

History

Rochdale A.F.C. was formed in 1907. After World War I the Football League was expanded and the club unsuccessfully applied to join. In 1921 Rochdale was recommended to be included in the new Third Division North, and played their first League game at home against Accrington Stanley on 27 August 1921, winning 6–3. However, this first season ended with the club at the bottom of the League, having to reapply for membership.

The club reached the League Cup final in 1962. This was the first time a club from the bottom league division had reached the final of a major competition – where they lost to Norwich City.

The club's first promotion came in 1969, earned by a team largely assembled by manager Bob Stokoe, though it was Stokoe's assistant, Len Richley who steered Rochdale to promotion after Stokoe moved to Carlisle United. In the early stages of the 1969–70 season, Rochdale topped the Division Three table, sparking hopes of a second successive promotion. The team's form significantly declined around Christmas 1969, however, and a failure to halt the team's decline led to the dismissal of Richley. He was succeeded by Dick Conner, who stabilised the club's form and steered them to a 9th-place finish. The following three seasons saw the club finish in the lower reaches of the Division Three table, narrowly avoiding relegation each time. The board viewed merely surviving in Division Three as unacceptable and replaced Conner with Walter Joyce for the 1973–74 season. This move failed to pay off, and Rochdale was relegated after a campaign in which they won only 2 of 46 league games.

The club finished bottom of the league in 1977–78, but was successful in their bid for re-election. Rochdale finished bottom for a second time in 1979–80, but was again re-elected – by one vote over Altrincham. In 1989–90 the club reached the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time, but lost 1–0 to Crystal Palace.

The club reached the fifth round of the FA Cup again in 2003, but lost 3–1 at Wolverhampton.

Keith Hill, initially appointed as caretaker-manager in December 2006, became arguably the club's most successful manager to date. Hill and his assistant manager David Flitcroft led Rochdale to a 5th-placed finish in 2007–08, securing a play-off place. After beating Darlington 5–4 on penalties in the semi-finals, Rochdale reached Wembley for the first time in their history. Despite taking the lead in the match, they lost the final 3–2 to Stockport County.

In the 2008–09 season, Rochdale reached the League Two play-offs for the second consecutive season but lost 2–1 on aggregate to Gillingham in the playoff semi-finals.

The next season ended a 41-year wait for promotion with a win over Northampton Town as Rochdale secured the third automatic promotion spot. Rochdale continued their progression under Keith Hill, now with the club for 4 years, finishing 9th in the League One with 68 points, equaling their highest league finish since 1969–70.

On 1 June 2011 manager Keith Hill joined Championship side Barnsley. Former Manchester City apprentice and youth coach Steve Eyre was confirmed as Hill's replacement on 12 June 2011. Eyre's spell at Spotland did not last long, as he was sacked after 27 competitive games in charge, the team having recorded just 4 league wins in this time.

On 24 January 2012, Accrington Stanley's John Coleman was confirmed manager as the successor to Steve Eyre and left his club where he had been for more than a decade. John Coleman's first match in charge was a 3–0 win at home over Bury in the local derby. However, on 21 April, Rochdale lost 2–1 to Chesterfield resulting in relegation from League One after two years in the league. John Coleman's and Jimmy Bell's contracts were terminated by Rochdale on 21 January 2013 following a poor run in form.^[2] In January 2013, Keith Hill, previously in charge of Rochdale from 2007 to 2011, was appointed as the new manager.^[3]

Rochdale were promoted to League One on 26 April 2014, after beating Cheltenham Town 2–0.^[4] Playing at the club's highest level the 2014–15 season was the club's most successful yet. Apart from a couple of games, they remained in the top half of the league all season, eventually finishing in eighth place, their highest league placing.

Key

Key to league record

Level = Level of the league in the current league system
Pld = Games played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
GD = Goals difference
Pts = Points
Position = Position in the final league table
Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

Key to cup records

Res = Final reached round
Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses
PR = Preliminary round
QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds
G = Group stage
R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds
QF = Quarter-finalists
SF = Semi-finalists
F = Finalists
A(QF,SF,F) = Area quarter-, semi-, finalists
W = Winners

Seasons

Year	League	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Leading league scorer		FA Cup		FL Cup		FL Trophy		Average home attendance^[5]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Year	League	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Name	Goals	Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Average home attendance^[5]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1908–09	Lancashire Combination Division Two		38	16	6	16	58	60	-2	38	10th of 20			PR	0-0-1
1909–10	Lancashire Combination Division Two		38	23	8	7	92	33	+59	54	4th of 20 Promoted			QR1	0-0-1
1910–11	Lancashire Combination Division One		38	25	6	7	87	45	+32	56	1st of 20			QR5	5-3-1
1911–12	Lancashire Combination Division One		32	23	4	5	81	24	+57	50	1st of 17			QR4	0-0-1
1912–13	Central League		38	17	10	11	67	51	+16	44	7th of 20			R1	5-1-1
1913–14			38	15	9	14	60	51	+9	39	10th of 20			QR4	0-0-1
1914–15			38	12	13	13	63	50	+13	37	9th of 20			R2	4-0-1
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the World War I.
1919–20	Central League		42	12	10	20	59	88	-29	34	19th of 22			R1	3-0-1
1920–21	Central League		42	19	5	18	63	73	-10	43	10th of 22			R1	3-1-1
Football League Third Division North created. The club were invited to join.
1921–22	Football League Third Division North	3	38	11	4	23	52	77	-25	26	20th of 20			QR5	0-0-1					4,550
1922–23			38	13	10	15	42	53	-11	36	12th of 20			QR4	0-0-1					5,460
1923–24			42	25	12	5	60	26	+34	62	2nd of 22			QR5	0-1-1					6,255
1924–25			42	21	7	14	75	53	+22	49	6th of 22			QR6	1-0-1					5,055
1925–26			42	27	5	10	104	58	+46	59	3rd of 22			R2	1-1-1					6,030
1926–27			42	26	6	10	105	65	+40	58	2nd of 22	Albert Whitehurst	44	R1	0-0-1					6,181
1927–28			42	17	7	18	74	77	-3	41	13th of 22			R2	1-0-1					4,222
1928–29			42	13	10	19	79	96	-17	36	17th of 22			R1	0-0-1					5,355
1929–30			42	18	7	17	89	91	-2	43	10th of 22			R1	0-0-1					3,440
1930–31			42	12	6	24	62	107	-45	30	21st of 22			R1	0-0-1					3,162
1931–32			40	4	3	33	48	135	-87	11	21st of 21			R1	0-0-1					3,070
1932–33			42	13	7	22	58	80	-22	33	18th of 22			R1	0-0-1					4,669
1933–34			42	9	6	27	53	103	-50	24	22nd of 22			R1	0-0-1					3,823
1934–35			42	11	11	20	53	71	-18	33	20th of 22			R1	0-0-1					4,593
1935–36			42	10	13	19	58	88	-30	33	20th of 22			R1	0-0-1					4,827
1936–37			42	13	9	20	69	86	-17	35	18th of 22			R1	0-0-1					4,669
1937–38			42	13	11	18	67	78	-11	37	17th of 22			R1	0-1-1					5,374
1938–39			42	15	9	18	92	82	+10	39	15th of 22			R1	0-0-1					6,110
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the World War II.
1945–46														R3	2-2-2
1946–47	Football League Third Division North	3	42	19	10	13	80	64	+16	48	6th of 22			R3	2-0-1					7,577
1947–48			42	15	11	16	48	72	+24	41	12th of 22			R2	1-1-1					8,124
1948–49			42	18	9	15	55	53	+2	45	7th of 22			R1	0-1-1					8,616
1949–50			42	21	9	12	68	41	+27	51	3rd of 22			R2	1-0-1					8,372
1950–51			46	17	11	18	69	62	+7	45	11th of 24			R3	2-0-1					6,519
1951–52			46	11	13	22	47	79	-32	35	21st of 24			R3	2-0-1					4,992
1952–53			46	14	5	27	62	83	-21	33	22nd of 24			R1	0-0-1					6,200
1953–54			46	15	10	21	59	77	-18	40	19th of 24			R1	0-0-1					6,121
1954–55			46	17	14	15	69	66	+3	48	12th of 22			R3	2-1-1					6,202
1955–56			46	17	13	16	66	84	-18	47	12th of 24			R1	0-0-1					4,833
1956–57			46	18	12	16	65	65	0	48	13th of 24			R1	0-0-1					6,280
1957–58			46	19	8	19	79	67	+12	46	10th of 24			R1	0-0-1					6,352
Regional Third divisions merged creating nationwide Third Division and Fourth Division. Club qualified to join Third Division.
1958–59	Football League Third Division	3	46	8	12	26	37	79	-42	28	24th of 24 Relegated			R1	0-2-1					4,810
1959–60	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	18	10	18	65	60	+5	46	12th of 24			R2	1-2-1					4,599
1960–61			46	17	8	21	60	66	-6	42	17th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R3	2-1-1			3,930
1961–62			44	19	7	18	71	71	0	45	12th of 23			R2	1-0-1	F	5-1-3			4,024
1962–63			46	20	11	15	67	59	+8	51	7th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R1	0-1-1			3,306
1963–64			46	12	15	19	56	59	-3	39	20th of 24			R2	1-0-1	R2	1-1-1			3,020
1964–65			46	22	14	10	74	53	+21	58	6th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1			4,686
1965–66			46	16	5	25	71	87	-16	37	21st of 24			R2	1-1-1	R2	1-1-1			2,974
1966–67			46	13	11	22	53	75	-22	37	21st of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1			2,443
1967–68			46	12	14	20	51	72	-21	38	19th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1			2,292
1968–69			46	18	20	8	68	35	+33	56	3rd of 24 Promoted			R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1			5,399
1969–70	Football League Third Division	3	46	18	10	18	69	60	+9	46	9th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1			6,109
1970–71			46	14	15	17	61	68	-7	43	16th of 24			R4	3-1-1	R2	1-1-1			4,866
1971–72			46	12	13	21	57	83	-26	37	18th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-2-1			4,387
1972–73			46	14	17	15	48	54	-6	45	13th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1			3,186
1973–74			46	2	17	27	38	94	-56	21	24th of 24 Relegated			R2	1-1-1	R2	1-0-1			1,890
1974–75	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	13	13	20	59	75	-16	39	19th of 24			R2	1-2-1	R1	0-0-1			1,507
1975–76			46	12	18	16	40	54	-14	42	15th of 24			R3	2-4-1	R1	0-0-2			1,594
1976–77			46	13	12	21	50	59	-9	38	18th of 24			R1	0-2-1	R1	0-0-2			1,745
1977–78			46	8	8	30	43	85	-42	24	24th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R2	1-1-1			1,275
1978–79			46	15	9	22	47	64	-17	39	20th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-2			1,767
1979–80			46	7	13	26	33	79	-46	27	24th of 24			R3	2-2-1	R1	0-1-1			1,926
1980–81			46	14	15	17	60	70	-10	43	15th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1			2,460
1981–82			46	10	16	20	50	62	-12	46	21st of 24			R1	0-2-1	R1	0-1-1			1,837
1982–83			46	11	16	19	55	73	-16	49	20th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-3			1,688
1983–84			46	11	13	22	52	80	-28	46	22nd of 24			R3	2-0-1	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1	1,491
1984–85			46	13	14	19	55	69	-14	53	17th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-2	R2	1-1-1	1,434
1985–86			46	14	13	19	57	77	-20	55	18th of 24			R3	2-1-1	R1	1-0-1	G	1-0-1	1,790
1986–87			46	11	17	18	54	73	-19	50	21st of 24			R2	1-0-1	R2	1-2-1	AQF	1-3-0	2,151
1987–88			46	11	15	20	47	76	-29	48	21st of 24			R1	0-0-1	R2	1-1-2	R1	0-1-2	1,939
1988–89			46	13	14	19	56	82	-26	53	18th of 24			R1	0-1-1	R1	0-1-1	G	0-0-2	1,968
1989–90			46	20	6	20	52	55	-3	66	12th of 22			R5	4-0-1	R1	1-0-1	G	0-1-2	2,027
1990–91			46	15	17	14	50	53	-3	62	12th of 22			R1	0-1-1	R2	1-1-2	R1	1-0-2	2,238
1991–92			42	18	13	11	57	53	+4	67	8th of 22			R2	1-1-1	R2	2-1-1	G	0-1-1	2,657
Football League divisions renamed after the Premier League creation.
1992–93	Football League Third Division	4	42	16	10	16	70	70	0	58	11th of 22			R2	1-1-1	R1	0-0-2	R2	1-1-1	2,312
1993–94			42	16	12	14	63	51	+12	60	9th of 22			R2	1-0-1	R2	1-1-2	R2	0-0-1	2,657
1994–95			42	12	14	16	44	67	-23	50	15th of 22			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-2	AF	5-1-1	2,184
1995–96			46	41	13	19	57	61	-4	55	15th of 24			R3	2-1-1	R1	1-0-1	R2	1-0-2	2,214
1996–97			46	14	16	16	58	58	0	58	14th of 24			R2	1-0-1	R1	1-0-1	R1	0-0-1	1,829
1997–98			46	17	7	22	56	55	+1	58	18th of 24			R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1	R2	1-0-1	1,847
1998–99			46	13	15	18	42	55	-13	54	19th of 24			R2	1-2-1	R1	0-0-2	ASF	2-0-1	2,125
1999–2000			46	18	14	14	57	54	+3	68	10th of 24			R2	1-1-1	R1	0-0-2	AF	2-1-2	2,774
2000–01			46	18	17	11	59	48	+11	71	8th of 24	Paul Connor	10	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1	3,249
2001–02			46	21	15	10	65	52	+13	78	5th of 24	Kevin Townson	10	R2	1-1-1	R2	1-1-0	R2	1-0-1	3,431
2001–02			Lost in the play-off* semifinal.*									Kevin Townson	10	R2	1-1-1	R2	1-1-0	R2	1-0-1	3,431
2002–03			46	12	16	18	63	70	-7	52	19th of 24	Lee McEvilly	14	R5	4-1-1	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	2,740
2003–04			46	12	14	20	49	58	-9	50	21st of 24	Kevin Townson	10	R2	1-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	3,277
Football League divisions renamed.
2004–05	Football League Two	4	46	16	18	12	54	48	+6	66	9th of 24	Grant Holt	17	R3	2-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	2,690
2005–06			46	14	14	18	66	69	-3	56	14th of 24	Rickie Lambert	22	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	2,808
2006–07			46	18	12	16	70	50	+20	66	9th of 24	Chris Dagnall	17	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	0-2-0	2,898
2007–08			46	23	11	12	77	54	+23	80	5th of 24	Adam le Fondre	15	R1	0-0-1	R2	0-2-0	R2	0-0-1	3,057
2007–08			Lost in the play-off* final.*									Adam le Fondre	15	R1	0-0-1	R2	0-2-0	R2	0-0-1	3,057
2008–09			46	19	13	14	70	59	+11	70	6th of 24	Adam le Fondre	18	R2	1-1-1	R1	0-1-0	AQF	0-1-1	3,222
2008–09			Lost in the play-off* semifinal.*									Adam le Fondre	18	R2	1-1-1	R1	0-1-0	AQF	0-1-1	3,222
2009–10			46	25	7	14	82	48	+34	82	3rd of 24 Promoted	Chris O'Grady	22	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	3,443
2010–11	Football League One	3	46	18	14	14	63	55	+8	68	9th of 24	Gary Jones	17	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	R1	0-0-1	3,537
2011–12	Football League One	3	46	8	14	24	47	81	-34	38	24th of 24 Relegated	Ashley Grimes	8	R1	0-0-1	R3	2-0-1	AQF	0-2-0	3,109
2012–13	Football League Two	4	46	16	13	17	68	70	-2	61	12th of 24	Bobby Grant	15	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	0-2-0	2,439
2013–14	Football League Two	4	46	24	9	13	69	48	+21	81	3rd of 24 Promoted	Scott Hogan	17	R4	3-0-1	R1	0-0-1	AQF	1-0-1	2,900
2014–15	Football League One	3	46	19	6	21	72	66	+6	63	8th of 24	Ian Henderson	22	R4	3-2-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	3,309
2015–16	Football League One	3	46	19	12	15	68	61	+7	69	10th of 24	Ian Henderson	13	R2	1-0-1	R2	0-1-1	AQF	1-0-1	3,098

↑ Average home attendance = for league games only

References

↑ "Spotland, Rochdale FC". Football Ground Guide. 26 November 2009.
↑ "Club Statement". Rochdale AFC. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
↑ "Keith Hill: Rochdale return for former Barnsley manager". BBC Sport. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
↑ "Rochdale secured promotion to League One with victory over Cheltenham". BBC. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
↑ "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

Rochdale Association Football Club

Rochdale A.F.C. Original 1896 club Spotland Stadium Players M66 derby

Seasons: 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Matches: 1962 League Cup Final 2008 play-off final

Rochdale A.F.C. seasons

1908–09 1909–10

1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 99–2000

2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Lists of English football seasons by club

Premier League	Arsenal Bournemouth Burnley Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Hull City Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Championship	Aston Villa Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burton Albion Cardiff City Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	AFC Wimbledon Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Bristol Rovers Bury Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Coventry City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall

League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Blackpool Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Notts County Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town

Non-League	Aldershot Town Alfreton Town Altrincham Arlesey Town Ashford United Banbury United Bradford Park Avenue Burnham Cambridge City Chippenham Town Chesham United Cirencester Town Corby Town Dagenham & Redbridge Darlington Dartford Dover Athletic Eastbourne Borough F.C. United of Manchester Forest Green Rovers Gateshead Glossop North End Gloucester City Harrow Borough Havant & Waterlooville Hayes & Yeading United Hitchin Town Kidderminster Harriers Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Maidstone United Margate Nelson Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Town Redditch United Southport Tamworth Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walton & Hersham Welling United Weymouth Woking York City

Defunct teams	Chester City Hereford United Hinckley United Rushden & Diamonds Salisbury Scarborough Wimbledon Wigan Borough

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