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1984–85 Rochdale A.F.C. season

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Rochdale
1984–85 season
ManagerVic Halom
League Division Four17th
FA Cup1st Round
League Cup1st Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Barry Diamond
All: Barry Diamond

The 1984–85 season saw Rochdale compete in their 11th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division.

Statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Division 4 F.A. Cup League Cup A.M. Cup Lancashire Cup Rose Bowl
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG Steve Conroy 9 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
DF England ENG Steve Edwards 10 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
MF England ENG Les Chapman 52 0 43+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
MF England ENG Peter Farrell 8 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Dominica DMA Joe Cooke 49 3 41+0 3 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
DF England ENG Keith Hanvey 21 0 15+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
MF England ENG David Thompson 50 2 40+0 2 1+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
MF England ENG Ged Keegan 7 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
FW England ENG Les Lawrence 21 5 15+0 4 1+0 0 2+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Barry Diamond 52 18 43+0 15 1+0 0 2+0 1 2+0 0 3+0 2 1+0 0
MF England ENG Paul Heaton 50 6 40+1 5 1+0 1 0+1 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
MF England ENG Shaun Reid 27 1 19+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Ian McMahon 45 4 36+2 4 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 1+2 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Bill Williams 32 0 24+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Gary Haworth 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Ian Griffiths 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK England ENG Paul Malcolm 27 0 24+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG John Cavanagh 21 0 14+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Tommy English 3 1 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG John Pemberton 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Les Strong 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Mike Fielding 7 0 6+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Tony Moore 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG John Seasman 9 0 8+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Ian Johnson 9 0 5+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Steve Taylor 33 14 30+0 12 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Frank Gamble 24 6 19+2 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Don McAllister 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK England ENG David Redfern 20 0 19+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Steve Tapley 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Tony Towers 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG David Grant 14 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Wales WAL Phil Dwyer 15 1 15+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Peter Robinson 12 0 9+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Neil Ashworth 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Graham Hurst 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Simon Holden 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0

Final League Table

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Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts
15 Wrexham 46 10 6 7 39 27 5 3 15 28 43 −3 54
16 Chester City 46 11 3 9 35 30 4 6 13 25 42 −12 54
17 Rochdale 46 8 7 8 33 30 5 7 11 22 39 −14 53
18 Exeter City 46 9 7 7 30 27 4 7 12 27 52 −22 53
19 Hartlepool United 46 10 6 7 34 29 4 4 15 20 38 −13 52
Source: [citation needed]

Competitions

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Football League Fourth Division

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25 August  1984 (1984 -08-25) 1 Rochdale 0–1 Hereford United Rochdale
Report Phillips 60' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1396
Referee: PN Willis
1 September  1984 (1984 -09-01) 2 Mansfield Town 5–1 Rochdale Mansfield
Vinter 15'
Caldwell 44', 50'
Kearney 57'
Lowery 57'
Report McMahon 3' Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 2627
Referee: DV Reeves
8 September  1984 (1984 -09-08) 3 Rochdale 0–2 Wrexham Rochdale
Report Steel 32'
Muldoon 72'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1162
Referee: JM Key
15 September  1984 (1984 -09-15) 4 Hartlepool United 0–2 Rochdale Hartlepool
Report English 49'
Lawrence 62'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 1574
Referee: MP Scott
18 September  1984 (1984 -09-18) 5 Northampton Town 0–0 Rochdale Northampton
Report Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 1653
Referee: DS Vickers
22 September  1984 (1984 -09-22) 6 Rochdale 0–0 Torquay United Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1006
Referee: MJ Heath
29 September  1984 (1984 -09-29) 7 Tranmere Rovers 3–1 Rochdale Birkenhead
Clarke 5', 32'
Clayton 24'
Report Heaton 39' Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 1452
Referee: JB Worrall
2 October  1984 (1984 -10-02) 8 Rochdale 1–2 Aldershot Rochdale
Lawrence 10' Report Foyle 57'
Foley 61'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 960
Referee: LM Robinson
5 October  1984 (1984 -10-05) 9 Stockport County 1–1 Rochdale Stockport
Evans 73' Report Lawrence 29'
Cavanagh Red card 33'
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 2681
Referee: F Roberts
13 October  1984 (1984 -10-13) 10 Rochdale 1–2 Port Vale Rochdale
Cooke 37' Report O'Keefe 22'
Brown 33'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1722
Referee: A Saunders
20 October  1984 (1984 -10-20) 11 Rochdale 2–1 Peterborough United Rochdale
Diamond 5', 23' Report Cassidy 20' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1063
Referee: KA Redfern
23 October  1984 (1984 -10-23) 12 Darlington 1–0 Rochdale Darlington
Todd 90' Report Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 3344
Referee: CN Seel
27 October  1984 (1984 -10-27) 13 Crewe Alexandra 3–1 Rochdale Crewe
Blissett 25', 70'
Hart 76'
Report Lawrence 65' Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 2406
Referee: EJ Scales
3 November  1984 (1984 -11-03) 14 Rochdale 0–1 Swindon Town Rochdale
Report Gordon 73' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1082
Referee: J Lovatt
6 November  1984 (1984 -11-06) 15 Rochdale 1–1 Bury Rochdale
Diamond 33' (pen.) Report Madden 26' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3380
Referee: NJ Ashley
10 November  1984 (1984 -11-10) 16 Exeter City 1–1 Rochdale Exeter
Pratt 29' Report Thompson 54' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 2323
Referee: JC Deakin
24 November  1984 (1984 -11-24) 17 Rochdale 1–1 Colchester United Rochdale
Cooke 90' Report Groves 86' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1028
Referee: R Bridges
11 December  1984 (1984 -12-11) 18 Chester City 0–1 Rochdale Chester
Report Heaton 58' Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 1209
Referee: D Hutchinson
15 December  1984 (1984 -12-15) 19 Rochdale 2–2 Southend United Rochdale
Taylor 64'
Diamond 81'
Report Pennyfather 3'
Phillips 84'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1040
Referee: D Hutchinson
21 December  1984 (1984 -12-21) 20 Rochdale 3–1 Chesterfield Rochdale
Diamond 46' Red card 80'
McMahon 63'
Taylor 33'
Report Moss 13' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1177
26 December  1984 (1984 -12-26) 21 Blackpool 3–0 Rochdale Blackpool
Stewart 34', 65'
Windridge 56'
Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 5641
Referee: DB Allison
1 January  1985 (1985 -01-01) 22 Rochdale 2–0 Halifax Town Rochdale
Gamble 25'
Taylor 76'
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1671
2 February  1985 (1985 -02-02) 23 Rochdale 2–1 Tranmere Rovers Rochdale
Heaton 67'
Taylor 85'
Report Clarke 52' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1249
Referee: JD Hough
9 February  1985 (1985 -02-09) 24 Torquay United 1–0 Rochdale Torquay
Walsh 67' Report Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 1186
Referee: DA Hedges
16 February  1985 (1985 -02-16) 25 Rochdale 3–0 Northampton Town Rochdale
Thompson 40'
Diamond 56', 86'
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1228
Referee: NJ Ashley
23 February  1985 (1985 -02-23) 26 Swindon Town 2–1 Rochdale Swindon
Gordon 35', 83' Report Reid 39' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 2938
Referee: DH Brazier
26 February  1985 (1985 -02-26) 27 Scunthorpe United 4–2 Rochdale Scunthorpe
Cammack 39', 60'
Brolly 47', 84'
Report Taylor 18', 69'
Reid Red card 90'
Stadium: Old Show Ground
Attendance: 1694
Referee: GM Tyson
2 March  1985 (1985 -03-02) 28 Rochdale 1–3 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
Diamond 58' Report Thomas 25', 63'
Platt 44'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1483
Referee: A Saunders
5 March  1985 (1985 -03-05) 29 Rochdale 1–2 Darlington Rochdale
Taylor 76' Report Forster 30'
Haire 85'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1341
Referee: MJ Heath
9 March  1985 (1985 -03-09) 30 Peterborough United 1–1 Rochdale Peterborough
Pike 79' (pen.) Report Diamond 14' Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 2475
Referee: PW Vanes
16 March  1985 (1985 -03-16) 31 Port Vale 3–1 Rochdale Stoke-on-Trent
Griffiths 46'
Kellock 70' (pen.)
Brown 89'
Report Gamble 80' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 2788
Referee: HW King
29 March  1985 (1985 -03-29) 32 Bury 2–2 Rochdale Bury
Madden 57'
Entwistle 85'
Report Gamble 44'
Diamond 78'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4559
Referee: VG Callow
3 April  1985 (1985 -04-03) 33 Hereford United 1–2 Rochdale Hereford
Maddy 13' Report Larkin 51' (o.g.)
Heaton 78'
Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 3426
Referee: MJ Cotton
6 April  1985 (1985 -04-06) 34 Rochdale 1–1 Blackpool Rochdale
Taylor 54' Report Windridge 70' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3555
Referee: NH Glover
8 April  1985 (1985 -04-08) 35 Halifax Town 0–2 Rochdale Halifax
Report Gamble 3'
McMahon 64'
Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 1706
Referee: MP Scott
13 April  1985 (1985 -04-13) 36 Rochdale 2–0 Exeter City Rochdale
Diamond 16'
McMahon 46'
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1181
Referee: T Mills
19 April  1985 (1985 -04-19) 37 Colchester United 1–1 Rochdale Colchester
Parkinson 23' Report Diamond 13' (pen.) Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 1858
Referee: J Ball
23 April  1985 (1985 -04-23) 38 Wrexham 2–0 Rochdale Wrexham
Charles 51'
Keay 54'
Report Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 1335
Referee: J Ashworth
27 April  1985 (1985 -04-27) 39 Rochdale 1–2 Chester City Rochdale
Taylor 71' Report Sayer 15'
Rimmer 28' (pen.)
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1358
Referee: D Hutchinson
30 April  1985 (1985 -04-30) 40 Rochdale 4–3 Hartlepool United Rochdale
Taylor 29'
Gamble 44'
Heaton 48'
Brownlie 53' (o.g.)
Report Dixon 63' (pen.)
Dobson 83'
Gavin 90'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 910
Referee: KW Baker
3 May  1985 (1985 -05-03) 41 Southend United 0–2 Rochdale Southend-on-Sea
Report Dwyer 51'
Taylor 67'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 1761
Referee: IJ Borrett
6 May  1985 (1985 -05-06) 42 Rochdale 3–3 Scunthorpe United Rochdale
Diamond 5' (pen.), 87' (pen.)
Taylor 19'
Report Cammack 56' (pen.), 58' (pen.)
Stobart 90'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1482
Referee: F Roberts
8 May  1985 (1985 -05-08) 43 Rochdale 0–0 Stockport County Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1399
Referee: LM Robinson
11 May  1985 (1985 -05-11) 44 Chesterfield 0–0 Rochdale Chesterfield
Report Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground
Attendance: 7006
Referee: A Seville
14 May  1985 (1985 -05-14) 45 Rochdale 2–1 Mansfield Town Rochdale
Diamond 21' (pen.)
Cooke 90'
Report Whatmore Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1098
Referee: RF Nixon
17 May  1985 (1985 -05-17) 46 Aldershot 5–0 Rochdale Aldershot
Coleman 49'
Foyle 65', 81'
Staff 79', 88'
Report Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 1572
Referee: BT Stevens

F.A. Cup

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17 November  1984 (1984 -11-17) 1 Rochdale 1–2 Doncaster Rovers Rochdale
Heaton 42' Report Philliben 30'
Snodin 63'
Harle Red card
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2319
Referee: JE Bray

League Cup (Milk Cup)

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27 August  1984 (1984 -08-27) 1 Stockport County 3–1 Rochdale Stockport
Coyle 35'
Hendrie 81'
Taylor 87'
Report Lawrence 15' Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 2274
Referee: JE Bray
4 September  1984 (1984 -09-04) 1 Rochdale 1–2
(2–5 agg.)
Stockport County Rochdale
Diamond 35' (pen.) Report Taylor 32'
Buxton 71'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1211
Referee: MG Peck

Associate Members' Cup (Freight Rover Trophy)

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5 February  1985 (1985 -02-05) 1 Rochdale 2–2 Preston North End Rochdale
Taylor 64'
Gamble 90'
Report Kelly Red card 8'
Gibson 31'
Houston 52'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1093
Referee: J McAulay
19 February  1985 (1985 -02-19) 1 Preston North End 0–1
(2–3 agg.)
Rochdale Preston
Report Taylor Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 1853
Referee: MG Peck
12 March  1985 (1985 -03-12) 2 Rochdale 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Rochdale
Report Caldwell 90' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2650
Referee: PN Willis

Lancashire Cup

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11 August  1984 (1984 -08-11) Wigan Athletic 3–1 Rochdale Wigan


Diamond Stadium: Springfield Park
Attendance: 1217
14 August  1984 (1984 -08-14) Rochdale 1–0 Burnley Rochdale
Diamond Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1344
18 August  1984 (1984 -08-18) Blackpool 1–0 Rochdale Blackpool
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 1363

Rose Bowl

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8 August  1984 (1984 -08-08) Rochdale 0–0 Oldham Athletic Rochdale
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1490

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References

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  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]