2003–04 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
2003–04 season
Chairman	David Kilpatrick
Manager	Alan Buckley/Steve Parkin
League Division Three	21st
FA Cup	Second Round
League Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin Townson; All: Kevin Townson
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 Rochdale A.F.C. season was the club's 83rd season in the Football League, and the 30th consecutive season in the fourth tier (League Division Three). Rochdale finished the season in 21st place.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Division 3		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	WAL	Neil Edwards	37	0	34+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	WAL	Wayne Evans	49	0	45+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Michael Simpkins	30	0	25+2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
4	MF	IRL	Sean McClare	41	0	33+5	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	WAL	Gareth Griffiths	35	1	29+4	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Daryl Burgess	38	0	33+2	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	NZL	Leo Bertos	43	10	40+0	9	1+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Chris Beech	16	0	9+5	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Andy Bishop	11	1	8+2	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Grant Holt	14	3	14+0	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	MF	ENG	Chris Shuker	15	1	14+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
10	DF	ENG	Matt Doughty	35	0	25+6	0	1+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Ged Brannan	13	1	11+0	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Gary Jones	27	4	26+0	4	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Martin Pemberton	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	FW	GLP	Mickael Antoine-Curier	10	1	5+3	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
12	MF	ENG	Kevin Donovan	7	0	4+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	DF	ENG	Danny Livesey	13	0	11+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	GK	SCO	Matt Gilks	14	0	12+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	SWE	Kangana Ndiwa	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF	ENG	Robert Betts	6	2	4+1	2	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Shaun Smith	13	0	13+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF	ENG	Jeff Smith	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF	ENG	Greg Heald	10	1	10+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	SCO	Craig Strachan	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	NIR	Paddy McCourt	28	2	6+18	2	2+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
18	FW	NIR	Lee McEvilly	32	6	15+15	6	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Kevin Townson	37	12	17+16	10	1+1	1	0+1	1	1+0	0
20	MF	IRL	Willo Flood	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	ENG	Stephen Hill	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Simon Grand	21	0	11+6	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
27	FW	ENG	Paul Connor	26	6	21+3	6	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
28	FW	NIR	Rory Patterson	9	0	3+4	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
29	DF	ENG	Scott Warner	14	1	10+4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	MF	ENG	Neil Redfearn	9	0	9+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

League Division Three

9 August 2003 (2003 -08-09) 1	Rochdale	1–3	Yeovil Town	Rochdale
	Grand 17 ' McClare 31 ' Shuker 37 ' Connor 45 ' 45 ' Burgess 54 '	Report	Gall 26', 67 ' Johnson 55 ' Rodrigues 57 ' Gosling 62 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,611 Referee: Mark Warren

16 August 2003 (2003 -08-16) 2	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Rochdale	Bristol
	Barrett 14' 45 ' Anderson 16 '	Report	Shuker 71 ' Grand 83 '	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,575 Referee: Paul Taylor

23 August 2003 (2003 -08-23) 3	Rochdale	2–2	Cambridge United	Rochdale
	Grand 37 ' Burgess 45 ' McEvilly 67' (pen.) Shuker 67 ' Connor 79 '	Report	Revell 32 ' Kitson 38 ' 88 ' Walker 72 ' Tann 90 ' Angus 90 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,204 Referee: Kevin Friend

25 August 2003 (2003 -08-25) 4	Torquay United	1–3	Rochdale	Torquay
	Hockley 53' 74 ' Van Heusden 59 ' Graham 75 ' Fowler 79 ' Gritton 87 '	Report	Simpkins 43' 45 ' McEvilly 59' (pen.) 90 ' Betts 63', 78 ' 64 ' Gilks 90 '	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 3,003 Referee: Trevor Kettle

30 August 2003 (2003 -08-30) 5	Rochdale	4–2	Darlington	Rochdale
	McEvilly 37' (pen.), 41 ' Connor 59 ' Bertos 65 '	Report	McGurk 30 ' Keltie 32 ' Pearson 43 ' Robson 60 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,518 Referee: Paul Robinson

6 September 2003 (2003 -09-06) 6	York City	1–2	Rochdale	York
	Wise 70 ' Wilford 73 '	Report	Townson 15 ' Bertos 19 ' Simpkins 64 ' Connor 70 ' Griffiths 86 ' Betts 90 '	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 3,982 Referee: Martin Atkinson

13 September 2003 (2003 -09-13) 7	Carlisle United	3–2	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Simpson 10 ' Foran 17 ' McGill 22 ' Byrne 90 '	Report	McClare 48 ' Connor 76 ' Townson 79 '	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,532 Referee: Mike Ryan

16 September 2003 (2003 -09-16) 8	Rochdale	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Rochdale
	Connor 1 ' Townson 8 ' Brannan 75 ' Simpkins 86 ' Burgess 90 '	Report	Worthington 23 ' 86 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,626 Referee: Howard Webb

20 September 2003 (2003 -09-20) 9	Rochdale	0–2	Hull City	Rochdale
	Burgess 41 '	Report	Green 63 ' Burgess 67 ' Elliott 72 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,215 Referee: Alan Kaye

27 September 2003 (2003 -09-27) 10	Lincoln City	1–1	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Mayo 15 ' Richardson 44 ' Futcher 90 '	Report	Burgess 23 ' Antoine-Curier 40 ' McEvilly 53 ' Bertos 87 '	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 4,141 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

30 September 2003 (2003 -09-30) 11	Macclesfield Town	2–1	Rochdale	Macclesfield
	Welch 66 ' Burgess 67' (o.g.) Whitaker 74 '	Report	Evans 40 ' Shuker 51 ' Brannan 71 ' Simpkins 73 '	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 2,152 Referee: Lee Probert

4 October 2003 (2003 -10-04) 12	Rochdale	2–0	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
	Bertos 82 ' Brannan 89' (pen.)	Report	Kell 38 ' Beagrie 39 ' Russell 88 ' Sparrow 90 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,838 Referee: Kevin Wright

11 October 2003 (2003 -10-11) 13	Rochdale	1–1	Northampton Town	Rochdale
	Townson 69 ' 72 '	Report	Smith 51 ' Hargreaves 51 ' Burgess 87 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,710 Referee: Colin Webster

18 October 2003 (2003 -10-18) 14	Cheltenham Town	0–2	Rochdale	Cheltenham
	Finnigan 49 ' McCann 90 '	Report	Townson 31 ' Bertos 85 '	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,105 Referee: Frazer Stretton

21 October 2003 (2003 -10-21) 15	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Tierney 2 ' Brown 75 ' Albrighton 81 '	Report	Townson 4 ' Burgess 53 ' Bertos 68 ' Simpkins 79 ' Evans 90 '	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 5,890 Referee: Mike Thorpe

25 October 2003 (2003 -10-25) 16	Rochdale	0–1	Swansea City	Rochdale
	Simpkins 45 ' Burgess 51 '	Report	Wilson 16 ' Nardiello 54 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,646 Referee: Mike Pike

1 November 2003 (2003 -11-01) 17	Leyton Orient	2–1	Rochdale	London
	Lockwood 23' (pen.) Newey 32 ' Hunt 34 ' Alexander 88 '	Report	McEvilly 42 ' 59' (pen.) Burgess 47 ' Shuker 76 ' McCourt 87 '	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 3,623 Referee: Iain Williamson

15 November 2003 (2003 -11-15) 18	Rochdale	0–1	Kidderminster Harriers	Rochdale
	Bertos 54 ' Griffiths 56 '	Report	Gadsby 35 ' Hatswell 54 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,498 Referee: Phil Prosser

22 November 2003 (2003 -11-22) 19	Southend United	4–0	Rochdale	Southend
	Bramble 34', 36 ' 58 ' Corbett 67' (pen.) Constantine 90 '	Report	Grand 59 ' Bertos 78 ' McClare 85 '	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 3,169 Referee: Steve Tomlin

29 November 2003 (2003 -11-29) 20	Rochdale	1–2	Oxford United	Rochdale
	Jones 54 ' Simpkins 77 '	Report	Basham 30 ' Alsop 51 ' 62 ' Whitehead 75 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,282 Referee: Mark Cooper

13 December 2003 (2003 -12-13) 21	Bury	1–2	Rochdale	Bury
	Dunfield 49 '	Report	Bishop 18 ' Evans 67 ' Simpkins 78 ' Townson 83 '	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,646 Referee: Graham Laws

20 December 2003 (2003 -12-20) 22	Rochdale	1–0	Boston United	Rochdale
	Griffiths 42 ' Townson 87 '	Report	Rusk 9 ' Boyd 36 ' Beevers 74 ' Weatherstone 82 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,049 Referee: Nigel Miller

26 December 2003 (2003 -12-26) 23	Mansfield Town	1–0	Rochdale	Mansfield
	Larkin 56 '	Report	Jones 42 ' Simpkins 90 '	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 6,963 Referee: Paul Robinson

28 December 2003 (2003 -12-28) 24	Rochdale	1–2	York City	Rochdale
	Simpkins 40 ' Evans 43 ' Townson 49' (pen.) Grand 61 ' Beech 65 '	Report	Edmondson 22 ' Nogan 28', 76 ' Smith 35 ' Shaw 90 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,764 Referee: Mike Ryan

3 January 2004 (2004 -01-03) 25	Rochdale	1–0	Torquay United	Rochdale
	McClare 29 ' Townson 36' (pen.)	Report	Hockley 49 ' Hill 53 ' Woods 82 ' Canoville 87 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,559 Referee: Martin Atkinson

10 January 2004 (2004 -01-10) 26	Yeovil Town	1–0	Rochdale	Yeovil
	Williams 13 '	Report	Burgess 49 ' McCourt 83 '	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 5,806 Referee: Lee Probert

17 January 2004 (2004 -01-17) 27	Rochdale	2–2	Bristol Rovers	Rochdale
	McCourt 20 ' Townson 37 '	Report	Doughty 74' (o.g.) Agogo 83 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,497 Referee: Paul Danson

24 January 2004 (2004 -01-24) 28	Cambridge United	0–0	Rochdale	Cambridge
	Murray 65 '	Report	Townson 32 '	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,221 Referee: Richard Beeby

31 January 2004 (2004 -01-31) 29	Darlington	1–0	Rochdale	Darlington
	Hughes 80 ' McGurk 90 '	Report	Holt 12 ' Simpkins 45 '	Stadium: The Darlington Arena Attendance: 5,689 Referee: Alan Butler

7 February 2004 (2004 -02-07) 30	Rochdale	3–0	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
	Jones 12' (pen.) Connor 27 ' McClare 33 ' Bertos 54 ' Burgess 58 '	Report	Pilkington 11 ' Lawrence 72 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,157 Referee: Tony Bates

14 February 2004 (2004 -02-14) 31	Northampton Town	3–1	Rochdale	Northampton
	Hargreaves 56 ' 69 ' Reid 80 ' Vieira 86 '	Report	Simpkins 25 ' Townson 32 ' Jones 61 ' Livesey 68 '	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,540 Referee: Ray Olivier

21 February 2004 (2004 -02-21) 32	Rochdale	0–0	Cheltenham Town	Rochdale
	Griffiths 35 '	Report	Duff 86 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,449 Referee: Trevor Parkes

6 March 2004 (2004 -03-06) 33	Boston United	2–0	Rochdale	Boston
	Bennett 18 ' Ellender 20 ' Jones 76 ' Chapman 90 '	Report	Doughty 50 ' Smith 51 ' McClare 64 ' Livesey 75 ' Holt 90 '	Stadium: York Street Attendance: 2,466 Referee: Colin Webster

9 March 2004 (2004 -03-09) 34	Swansea City	1–1	Rochdale	Swansea
	Iriekpen 36 ' Maylett 78 ' Pritchard 88 '	Report	Bertos 26 ' 76 '	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 5,819 Referee: David Crick

13 March 2004 (2004 -03-13) 35	Rochdale	0–0	Bury	Rochdale
	Griffiths 22 '	Report	Woodthorpe 18 ' Challinor 26 ' Nugent 29 ' Duxbury 45 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,225 Referee: Alan Kaye

16 March 2004 (2004 -03-16) 36	Huddersfield Town	1–1	Rochdale	Huddersfield
	Lloyd 49 ' Sodje 73 ' Holdsworth 80 ' Carss 82 '	Report	Bertos 39 ' Holt 45 '	Stadium: Kirklees Stadium Attendance: 10,884 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

20 March 2004 (2004 -03-20) 37	Rochdale	2–0	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Redfearn 3 ' Jones 34' (pen.) Holt 64 ' Bertos 77 '	Report	Boyd 18 ' Glennon 32 ' Gray 60 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,755 Referee: Brian Curson

27 March 2004 (2004 -03-27) 38	Hull City	1–0	Rochdale	Hull
	Delaney 79 '	Report	Doughty 56 ' Heald 83 '	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 16,050 Referee: Andre Marriner

30 March 2004 (2004 -03-30) 39	Rochdale	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Smith 25 ' Holt 31 ' Jones 65 ' Heald 70 ' McEvilly 73 '	Report	Ryan 72 ' Albrighton 90 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,601 Referee: Keith Hill

3 April 2004 (2004 -04-03) 40	Rochdale	0–3	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Jones 85 '	Report	Taylor-Fletcher 58', 67 ' Green 62 ' Yeo 66 ' Ellison 71 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,224 Referee: Scott Mathieson

10 April 2004 (2004 -04-10) 41	Scunthorpe United	2–2	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
	MacLean 5 ' 53 ' Butler 22 ' Sparrow 32 ' Torpey 36 ' Featherstone 40 ' Stanton 43 ' Barwick 85 '	Report	Bertos 3 ' 90 ' Holt 22 ' Warner 24 ' Flood 63 ' Redfearn 64 ' Burgess 68 '	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,564 Referee: Trevor Kettle

12 April 2004 (2004 -04-12) 42	Rochdale	1–2	Macclesfield Town	Rochdale
	Heald 32 ' 80 '	Report	Widdrington 52 ' Tipton 62', 82 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,942 Referee: Mark Cowburn

17 April 2004 (2004 -04-17) 43	Rochdale	3–0	Leyton Orient	Rochdale
	Holt 23', 58 ' McCourt 90 '	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,417 Referee: George Cain

24 April 2004 (2004 -04-24) 44	Kidderminster Harriers	0–1	Rochdale	Kidderminster
		Report	Bertos 38 ' Smith 82 '	Stadium: Aggborough Stadium Attendance: 3,580 Referee: Mike Pike

1 May 2004 (2004 -05-01) 45	Rochdale	1–1	Southend United	Rochdale
	Jones 58 '	Report	Constantine 48 ' Bramble 62 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,591 Referee: Phil Prosser

8 May 2004 (2004 -05-08) 46	Oxford United	2–0	Rochdale	Oxford
	Basham 33 ' Whitehead 39 '	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,134 Referee: Barry Knight

FA Cup

8 November 2003 (2003 -11-08) 1	Bury	1–2	Rochdale	Bury
	Connell 45 ' Singh 55 ' Porter 71 ' O'Neill 90 '	Report	Bertos 27 ' 74 ' Townson 50 ' 51 ' Brannan 58 '	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 5,464 Referee: Mick Fletcher

6 December 2003 (2003 -12-06) 2	Rochdale	0–2	Luton Town	Rochdale
	Jones 27 ' Simpkins 65 '	Report	Robinson 20 ' 31 ' Holmes 47 ' Mansell 77 '	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,807 Referee: Andy Hall

League Cup

9 August 2003 (2003 -08-09) 1	Stoke City	2–1	Rochdale	Stoke
	Iwelumo 13 ' Goodfellow 90 '	Report	McClare 41 ' Shuker 67 ' Townson 76 '	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 4,687 Referee: Scott Mathieson

League Trophy

14 October 2003 (2003 -10-14) 1	Carlisle United	2–0	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Rundle 39 ' Wake 89 ' Andrews 90 '	Report	Simpkins 59 '	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 1,828 Referee: Tony Leake

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References

[1] "All Rochdale players: 2004".

[2] "Rochdale FC Club Details | First Team Squad | Soccer Base".

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