1989–90 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1989–90 season
Manager	Terry Dolan
League Division Four	12th
FA Cup	5th Round
League Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Steve O'Shaughnessy; All: Steve O'Shaughnessy
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 83rd in existence and their 16th consecutive in the Football League Fourth Division.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 4		F.A. Cup		League Cup		A.M. Cup		Lancashire Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Keith Welch	59	0	46+0	0	5+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	0
	DF	ENG	Wayne Goodison	58	6	45+0	4	5+0	1	2+0	1	3+0	0	3+0	0
	DF	ENG	Vinny Chapman	7	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
	DF	ENG	David Cole	55	5	41+2	5	5+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	MF	ENG	Peter Ward	52	6	39+1	5	5+0	1	2+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	MF	ENG	Colin Small	9	1	5+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	ENG	Micky Holmes	50	4	33+5	2	4+0	0	2+0	1	3+0	1	3+0	0
	FW	ENG	Robbie Whellans	14	1	5+6	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Burns	55	3	42+2	1	4+0	0	2+0	1	2+0	0	3+0	1
	FW	ENG	Kevin Stonehouse	22	4	13+1	2	1+0	1	2+0	0	1+1	0	3+0	1
	MF	ENG	Jon Hill	33	0	22+3	0	1+2	0	2+0	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
	MF	ENG	Neil Edmonds	6	0	2+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	FW	ENG	Jason Hasford	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	FW	ENG	Jason Dawson	34	3	25+2	2	4+0	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+1	0
	MF	ENG	Alan Ainscow	26	1	19+1	0	0+1	0	2+0	0	0+1	0	1+1	1
	DF	ENG	Dean Walling	23	3	9+10	3	0+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Tony Brown	53	0	43+0	0	5+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	WAL	Steve O'Shaughnessy	39	10	27+3	8	5+0	2	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+1	0
	FW	ENG	Steve Elliott	24	6	19+3	6	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Steve Johnson	30	6	20+4	4	3+1	2	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Jimmy Graham	18	0	11+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Andy Milner	18	4	14+2	4	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Lee Duxbury	11	0	9+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Gary Henshaw	9	1	8+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Steve Milligan	5	1	5+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Phil Lockett	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	AUS	Zacari Hughes	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Chris Lucketti	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0

Final League Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Lincoln City	46	18	14	14	48	48	0	68
11	Scunthorpe United	46	17	15	14	69	54	+15	66
12	Rochdale	46	20	6	20	52	55	−3	66
13	York City	46	16	16	14	55	53	+2	64
14	Gillingham	46	17	11	18	46	48	−2	62

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Competitions

Football League Fourth Division

19 August 1989 (1989-08-19) 1	Rochdale	2–1	Burnley	Rochdale
	Walling 14' Harris 75' (o.g.)	Report	White 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5420 Referee: AB Wilkie

26 August 1989 (1989-08-26) 2	Scunthorpe United	0–1	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
		Report	Cole 33'	Stadium: Old Show Ground Attendance: 2808 Referee: P Jones

2 September 1989 (1989-09-02) 3	Rochdale	0–3	Wrexham	Rochdale
		Report	Beaumont 13' Flynn 40', 74'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2331 Referee: KJ Breen

9 September 1989 (1989-09-09) 4	York City	1–0	Rochdale	York
	Spooner 31' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2250 Referee: RK Pawley

16 September 1989 (1989-09-16) 5	Rochdale	2–2	Colchester United	Rochdale
	Whellans 25' Walling 66'	Report	Collins 23' Blake 68'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1466 Referee: A Dawson

23 September 1989 (1989-09-23) 6	Torquay United	1–0	Rochdale	Torquay
	Loram	Report		Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 1809 Referee: ME Pierce

26 September 1989 (1989-09-26) 7	Rochdale	0–0	Hartlepool United	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1511 Referee: J Rushton

30 September 1989 (1989-09-30) 8	Chesterfield	2–1	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Waller 8' Gunn 76' (pen.)	Report	Stonehouse 21' (pen.)	Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 3047 Referee: MC Bailey

7 October 1989 (1989-10-07) 9	Grimsby Town	1–2	Rochdale	Cleethorpes
	Tillson 53'	Report	Elliott 18' Jobling 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 3996 Referee: MD Reed

14 October 1989 (1989-10-14) 10	Rochdale	1–2	Peterborough United	Rochdale
	Elliott 87'	Report	Luke 65' Culpin 88'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1767 Referee: HW King

17 October 1989 (1989-10-17) 11	Rochdale	1–0	Exeter City	Rochdale
	Holmes 67'	Report	Whitehead 75'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1337 Referee: JM Key

21 October 1989 (1989-10-21) 12	Halifax Town	1–0	Rochdale	Halifax
	Juryeff 73'	Report		Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 1864 Referee: G Singh

28 October 1989 (1989-10-28) 13	Rochdale	1–0	Scarborough	Rochdale
	Johnson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1402 Referee: F Roberts

31 October 1989 (1989-10-31) 14	Gillingham	1–0	Rochdale	Gillingham
	Lovell 76' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 3127 Referee: AN Buksh

4 November 1989 (1989-11-04) 15	Hereford United	1–3	Rochdale	Hereford
	M.A. Jones 8'	Report	Johnson 9' Elliott 41', 64'	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2235 Referee: JA Moules

11 November 1989 (1989-11-11) 16	Rochdale	1–3	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Goodison 60' (pen.)	Report	Jones 13', 40', 68'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1716 Referee: PW Vanes

25 November 1989 (1989-11-25) 17	Rochdale	1–2	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	O'Shaughnessy 51'	Report	Saddington 35' Miller 78'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1920 Referee: DT Phillips

2 December 1989 (1989-12-02) 18	Cambridge United	0–3	Rochdale	Cambridge
		Report	O'Shaughnessy 31' Elliott 71' Dawson 75'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2289 Referee: KA Cooper

16 December 1989 (1989-12-16) 19	Rochdale	1–0	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Stonehouse 47' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1216 Referee: AW Smith

26 December 1989 (1989-12-26) 20	Stockport County	2–1	Rochdale	Stockport
	Angell 20' Brown 23'	Report	Goodison 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 4216 Referee: A Dawson

30 December 1989 (1989-12-30) 21	Aldershot	1–1	Rochdale	Aldershot
	Puckett 39'	Report	Ward 84'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 2055 Referee: MJD Bodenham

1 January 1990 (1990-01-01) 22	Rochdale	0–1	Southend United	Rochdale
		Report	Ling 40'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1521 Referee: IG Cruikshanks

13 January 1990 (1990-01-13) 23	Rochdale	3–0	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
	Burns 50' O'Shaughnessy 59', 77'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1781 Referee: JW Lloyd

20 January 1990 (1990-01-20) 24	Burnley	0–1	Rochdale	Burnley
		Report	Ward 40' O'Shaughnessy 55' Burns 70'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 8174 Referee: T Lunt

3 February 1990 (1990-02-03) 25	Rochdale	0–0	Torquay United	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1909 Referee: JL Watson

6 February 1990 (1990-02-06) 26	Rochdale	0–1	York City	Rochdale
		Report	Helliwell 39'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1821 Referee: J Rushton

10 February 1990 (1990-02-10) 27	Colchester United	1–2	Rochdale	Colchester
	Morgan 26'	Report	Cole 39' Johnson 45'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2744 Referee: GR Pooley

13 February 1990 (1990-02-13) 28	Wrexham	1–1	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Chapman 47' (o.g.)	Report	Cole 62'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 1552 Referee: GR Ashby

24 February 1990 (1990-02-24) 29	Carlisle United	0–1	Rochdale	Carlisle
		Report	Walling 76'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4904 Referee: SJ Lodge

3 March 1990 (1990-03-03) 30	Rochdale	3–2	Maidstone United	Rochdale
	Cole 13' Holmes 22' Johnson 90'	Report	Charlery 56' Sorrell 57'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2085 Referee: A Bennett

6 March 1990 (1990-03-06) 31	Rochdale	1–0	Chesterfield	Rochdale
	Ward 2'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2810 Referee: KJ Breen

10 March 1990 (1990-03-10) 32	Hartlepool United	2–1	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Brown 61' (o.g.) Tupling 66'	Report	O'Shaughnessy 2'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2771 Referee: PW Vanes

17 March 1990 (1990-03-17) 33	Rochdale	0–1	Grimsby Town	Rochdale
		Report	Gilbert 84'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3059 Referee: KA Lupton

21 March 1990 (1990-03-21) 34	Peterborough United	0–1	Rochdale	Peterborough
		Report	Ward 23'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 3445 Referee: IJ Borrett

24 March 1990 (1990-03-24) 35	Exeter City	5–0	Rochdale	Exeter
	McNichol 23', 88' (pen.), 89' Neville 38', 61'	Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4701 Referee: RL Hamer

27 March 1990 (1990-03-27) 36	Rochdale	2–0	Cambridge United	Rochdale
	Milner 23' O'Shaughnessy 85'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1669 Referee: RF Nixon

31 March 1990 (1990-03-31) 37	Rochdale	0–2	Halifax Town	Rochdale
		Report	McPhillips 73' Watson 83'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2499 Referee: WC Burns

4 April 1990 (1990-04-04) 38	Maidstone United	2–0	Rochdale	Dartford
	Rumble 48' Lillis 79'	Report		Stadium: Watling Street Attendance: 1507 Referee: JE Martin

7 April 1990 (1990-04-07) 39	Scarborough	2–1	Rochdale	Scarborough
	MacDonald 74' Matthews 81'	Report	Cole 8' 85'	Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 1799 Referee: G Aplin

10 April 1990 (1990-04-10) 40	Rochdale	1–0	Gillingham	Rochdale
	Ward 50'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1334 Referee: GM Tyson

14 April 1990 (1990-04-14) 41	Southend United	3–2	Rochdale	Southend-on-Sea
	Brown 40' (o.g.) Ansah 49' Matin 58'	Report	Small 65' Goodison 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 2584 Referee: MC Bailey

16 April 1990 (1990-04-16) 42	Rochdale	1–1	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Goodison 52' (pen.)	Report	Frain 89'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3194 Referee: A Dawson

21 April 1990 (1990-04-21) 43	Lincoln City	1–2	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Lormor 87'	Report	Milligan 12' Elliott 28'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 2470 Referee: RK Pawley

24 April 1990 (1990-04-24) 44	Rochdale	2–0	Aldershot	Rochdale
	Henshaw 60' Dawson 88'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1419 Referee: AB Wilkie

28 April 1990 (1990-04-28) 45	Doncaster Rovers	4–0	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Muir 28', 90' Jones 34', 53'	Report		Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 2191 Referee: RL Bigger

5 May 1990 (1990-05-05) 46	Rochdale	5–2	Hereford United	Rochdale
	O'Shaughnessy 13' (pen.), 75' Milner 44', 58', 71'	Report	Bowyer 84' Burton 87'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1429 Referee: P Jones

F.A. Cup

17 November 1989 (1989-11-17) 1	Marine	0–1	Rochdale	Liverpool
		Report	Stonehouse 70'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3525 Referee: MD Reed

9 December 1989 (1989-12-09) 2	Rochdale	3–0	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Ward 21' Johnson 33' O'Shaughnessy 55'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2369 Referee: SD Bell

6 January 1990 (1990-01-06) 3	Rochdale	1–0	Whitley Bay	Rochdale
	Johnson 62'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5781 Referee: TE West

27 January 1990 (1990-01-27) 4	Rochdale	3–0	Northampton Town	Rochdale
	O'Shaughnessy 51' Dawson 61' Goodison 83' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9048 Referee: PL Wright

17 February 1990 (1990-02-17) 5	Crystal Palace	1–0	Rochdale	London
	Barber 62'	Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 17044 Referee: RA Hart

League Cup (Littlewoods Challenge Cup)

22 August 1989 (1989-08-22) 1	Rochdale	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
	Holmes 42' Goodison 64'	Report	Thompson 9' (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3464 Referee: EJ Parker

29 August 1989 (1989-08-29) 1	Bolton Wanderers	5–1 (6–3 agg.)	Rochdale	Bolton
	Philliskirk 2' Reeves 44' Savage 49' Cowdrill 67' Darby 80'	Report	Ward 58' Burns 82'	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 4637 Referee: D Scott

Associate Members' Cup (Leyland DAF Cup)

28 November 1989 (1989-11-28) PR	Chester City	0–0	Rochdale	Chester
		Report		Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 1222 Referee: TE West

12 December 1989 (1989-12-12) PR	Rochdale	0–1	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
		Report	Muir 59'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1078

20 December 1989 (1989-12-20) Replay	Rochdale	1–2	Chester City	Rochdale
	Holmes 7'	Report	Lightfoot 36', 38'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 787 Referee: T Simpson

Lancashire Cup

5 August 1989 (1989-08-05)	Rochdale	0–0	Blackpool	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1085

8 August 1989 (1989-08-08)	Rochdale	1–3	Bury	Rochdale
	Burns			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1382

12 August 1989 (1989-08-12)	Preston North End	1–2	Rochdale	Preston
			Stonehouse Ainscow	Stadium: Deepdale

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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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