1984–85 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1984–85 season
Manager	Vic Halom
League Division Four	17th
FA Cup	1st Round
League Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Barry Diamond; All: Barry Diamond
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

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

Statistics

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

Pos	Team v t e	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

Football League Fourth Division

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 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' 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 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

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

League Cup (Milk Cup)

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)

5 February 1985 (1985 -02-05) 1	Rochdale	2–2	Preston North End	Rochdale
	Taylor 64' Gamble 90'	Report	Kelly 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

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

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

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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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