1977–78 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1977–78 season
Manager	Brian Green; Mike Ferguson
League Division Four	24th
FA Cup	1st Round
League Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Terry Owen; All: Terry Owen

The 1977–78 season saw Rochdale compete in their 4th 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	Mike Poole	28	0	24+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
	DF	ENG	Paul Hallows	39	1	37+0	1	0+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	ENG	Nigel O'Loughlin	47	5	43+0	5	1+0	0	3+0	0
	MF	ENG	Tony Morrin	33	0	28+1	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
	DF	ENG	Bobby Scott	44	1	40+0	1	1+0	0	3+0	0
	DF	ENG	Ian Bannon	47	0	42+1	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
	FW	ENG	Steve Melledew	39	7	34+1	7	1+0	0	3+0	0
	MF	ENG	Ian Seddon	34	3	30+1	3	0+0	0	3+0	0
	FW	ENG	Bob Mountford	7	2	4+0	1	0+0	0	3+0	1
	MF	ENG	Dave Esser	45	8	40+1	7	1+0	0	3+0	1
	MF	ENG	Alan Tarbuck	29	1	26+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	1
	DF	ENG	Billy Boslem	26	0	21+2	0	1+0	0	0+2	0
	MF	ENG	Ted Oliver	13	0	9+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Paul Cuddy	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Terry Owen	43	11	39+3	9	1+0	2	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	Chris Shyne	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Bobby Scaife	35	6	34+0	6	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Steve Shaw	7	0	6+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Adie Green	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Bobby Hoy	9	1	9+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Brian Hart	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	Andy Slack	14	0	14+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Mark Hilditch	3	1	2+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	John Price	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Bobby Finc	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Final League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	Halifax Town	46	7	10	6	28	23	3	11	9	24	39	−10	41
21	Hartlepool United	46	12	4	7	34	29	3	3	17	17	55	−33	37	Re-elected
22	York City	46	8	7	8	27	31	4	5	14	23	38	−19	36	Re-elected
23	Southport	46	5	13	5	30	32	1	6	16	22	44	−24	31	Failed re-election
24	Rochdale	46	8	6	9	29	28	0	2	21	14	57	−42	24	Re-elected

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Competitions

Football League Fourth Division

20 August 1977 (1977 -08-20) 1	Barnsley	4–0	Rochdale	Barnsley
	Little 5' Murphy 18' (pen.) Joicey 77' Price 89'	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 3901

27 August 1977 (1977 -08-27) 2	Rochdale	2–0	Darlington	Rochdale
	Seddon 69' Mountford 85' Hallows 89'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1295

3 September 1977 (1977 -09-03) 3	Grimsby Town	2–1	Rochdale	Cleethorpes
	Partridge 89' (pen.) Waters 90'	Report	Seddon 6'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 2731

10 September 1977 (1977 -09-10) 4	Swansea City	3–0	Rochdale	Swansea
	May 1' Charles 68' Curtis 88'	Report	Mountford 45'	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 4750

13 September 1977 (1977 -09-13) 5	Rochdale	1–2	Brentford	Rochdale
	Owen 51'	Report	McCulloch 31' Kruse 60'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1164

17 September 1977 (1977 -09-17) 6	Rochdale	0–1	Newport County	Rochdale
		Report	Woods 35'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1114

24 September 1977 (1977 -09-24) 7	Aldershot	2–0	Rochdale	Aldershot
	Brodie 14' Crosby 88'	Report		Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 3633

27 September 1977 (1977 -09-27) 8	Hartlepool United	1–0	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Ayre	Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3389

1 October 1977 (1977 -10-01) 9	Rochdale	2–3	Watford	Rochdale
	Melledew 40' Pritchett 60' (o.g.)	Report	Joslyn 8' Mercer 50' Mayes 63'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1278

4 October 1977 (1977 -10-04) 10	Rochdale	3–1	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Owen 16' Melledew 59', 90'	Report	Alcock	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1201

7 October 1977 (1977 -10-07) 11	Stockport County	2–0	Rochdale	Stockport
	Prudham Thompson	Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 4927

11 October 1977 (1977 -10-11) 12	Northampton Town	3–1	Rochdale	Northampton
	Christie Reilly	Report	Melledew	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2965

15 October 1977 (1977 -10-15) 13	Rochdale	3–1	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Melledew 63' Owen 67' Esser 72'	Report	Hemsley 2'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1963

17 October 1977 (1977 -10-17) 14	Rochdale	0–0	Huddersfield Town	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2489 Referee: GP Owen

21 October 1977 (1977 -10-21) 15	York City	2–2	Rochdale	York
	Hutt Holmes	Report	Scaife Melledew	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 1669

29 October 1977 (1977 -10-29) 16	Rochdale	1–1	Northampton Town	Rochdale
	O'Loughlin 72' (pen.)	Report	Farrington 90'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1198

5 November 1977 (1977 -11-05) 17	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Rochdale	Crewe
	Hallows 33' (o.g.) Mason 82'	Report	Seddon 10'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 2378

12 November 1977 (1977 -11-12) 18	Rochdale	1–1	Bournemouth	Rochdale
	Owen 42'	Report	Showers 41'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 962

19 November 1977 (1977 -11-19) 19	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
	Kilmore 10'	Report		Stadium: Old Show Ground Attendance: 2204

3 December 1977 (1977 -12-03) 20	Rochdale	1–2	Southend United	Rochdale
	Scaife 25'	Report	Laverick 65' Parker 73'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 902

10 December 1977 (1977 -12-10) 21	Torquay United	3–0	Rochdale	Torquay
	Brown 35' Coffill 76' Downs 80'	Report		Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2144

17 December 1977 (1977 -12-17) 22	Halifax Town	3–1	Rochdale	Halifax
	Bullock 36' Flavell 77' Johnston 79'	Report	Scott 4' 75'	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 1918

26 December 1977 (1977 -12-26) 23	Rochdale	3–0	Wimbledon	Rochdale
	Scaife 45', 54' O'Loughlin 75'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1283

28 December 1977 (1977 -12-28) 24	Reading	4–3	Rochdale	Reading
	Kearns Scott (o.g.) Earles	Report	Owen Esser	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 5066

31 December 1977 (1977 -12-31) 25	Southport	3–1	Rochdale	Southport
	Ashworth 76' Jones 84' Gay 87'	Report	Esser 71'	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1908

2 January 1978 (1978 -01-02) 26	Rochdale	0–2	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
		Report	Davies Coyne	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1441

7 January 1978 (1978 -01-07) 27	Huddersfield Town	3–1	Rochdale	Huddersfield
	Butler 28' Mountford 56', 74'	Report	Scaife 72'	Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 5486

14 January 1978 (1978 -01-14) 28	Rochdale	1–1	Barnsley	Rochdale
	Owen 44'	Report	Hinch 52'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2668

24 January 1978 (1978 -01-24) 29	Darlington	1–0	Rochdale	Darlington
	Cochrane	Report		Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 1578

11 February 1978 (1978 -02-11) 30	Newport County	3–0	Rochdale	Newport
	Goddard 64', 74', 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 4288

25 February 1978 (1978 -02-25) 31	Watford	1–0	Rochdale	Watford
	Jenkins 1'	Report		Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 10139

27 February 1978 (1978 -02-27) 32	Rochdale	2–1	Swansea City	Rochdale
	Hoy 3' Melledew 53'	Report	Curtis 11'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1057

4 March 1978 (1978 -03-04) 33	Rochdale	2–1	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Owen 3' O'Loughlin 72' (pen.)	Report	Howard 70' Summerbee 83'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2278

6 March 1978 (1978 -03-06) 34	Brentford	4–0	Rochdale	Brentford
	McCulloch 13' Phillips 34' Sweetzer 59' Lloyd 83'	Report		Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 7215

10 March 1978 (1978 -03-10) 35	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Rochdale	Doncaster
	R. Owen	Report	T. Owen	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 2755

18 March 1978 (1978 -03-18) 36	Rochdale	1–2	York City	Rochdale
	O'Loughlin 64' (pen.)	Report	Randall 15', 60'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1046

20 March 1978 (1978 -03-20) 37	Rochdale	1–3	Grimsby Town	Rochdale
	Scaife	Report	Drinkell Ford Waters	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 787

27 March 1978 (1978 -03-27) 38	Wimbledon	5–1	Rochdale	Wimbledon
	Cork 11', 85' Leslie 45' Bryant 62' Parsons 90'	Report	Esser	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 2737

1 April 1978 (1978 -04-01) 39	Rochdale	2–1	Southport	Rochdale
	Esser 26', 50'	Report	O'Neil 77'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 966

4 April 1978 (1978 -04-04) 40	Rochdale	0–1	Hartlepool United	Rochdale
		Report	Houchen	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 972

8 April 1978 (1978 -04-08) 41	Bournemouth	1–0	Rochdale	Bournemouth
	Showers 48'	Report		Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 2549

15 April 1978 (1978 -04-15) 42	Rochdale	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
	Hallows 43'	Report	O'Donnell 77'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 857

21 April 1978 (1978 -04-21) 43	Southend United	3–1	Rochdale	Southend-on-Sea
	Goodwin 32' Morris 33' Parker 47'	Report	Esser 86'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 11565

24 April 1978 (1978 -04-24) 44	Rochdale	1–0	Reading	Rochdale
	Hilditch	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 734

29 April 1978 (1978 -04-29) 45	Rochdale	1–3	Torquay United	Rochdale
	O'Loughlin 41' (pen.)	Report	Dunne 55' (pen), 60' Cooper 72'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 742

1 May 1978 (1978 -05-01) 46	Rochdale	0–0	Aldershot	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 923

F.A. Cup

26 November 1977 (1977 -11-26) 1	Scarborough	4–2	Rochdale	Scarborough
	Dunn 12' Smith 33', 42', 49'	Report	Owen 40', 49'	Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 4798

League Cup

13 August 1977 (1977 -08-13) 1	Rochdale	1–1	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Esser 43' Tarbuck 89'	Report	Lawson 33' Horsfall 58'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1512

16 August 1977 (1977 -08-16) 1	Halifax Town	1–2 (2–3 agg.)	Rochdale	Halifax
	Lawson 85'	Report	Esser 18' Mountford 47'	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 1784

31 August 1977 (1977 -08-31) 2	Rochdale	0–3	Leeds United	Rochdale
		Report	Jordan 13' Cherry 61' Harris 65'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8664 Referee: RN Perkin

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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.

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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.

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