# 1998–99 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1998–99 season saw Rochdale compete in their 25th consecutive season in the fourth tier of the English football league, named at the time as the Football League Third Division.

## Statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division 3 | Division 3 | F.A. Cup | F.A. Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | Lancashire Cup | Lancashire Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | WAL | Neil Edwards | 55 | 0 | 45+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Paul Sparrow | 34 | 2 | 21+4 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Dean Stokes | 16 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Keith Hill | 40 | 1 | 33+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | David Bayliss | 33 | 1 | 22+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Alan Johnson | 21 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Andy Farrell | 48 | 0 | 36+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Graham Lancashire | 17 | 6 | 7+4 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 3 |
| | FW | ENG | Mark Leonard | 11 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Jason Peake | 49 | 7 | 36+2 | 5 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 |
| | MF | ENG | Mark Stuart | 25 | 0 | 9+10 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | David Gray | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Mark Bailey | 22 | 1 | 12+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Gary Jones | 28 | 1 | 11+9 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Isidro Díaz | 18 | 2 | 12+2 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Robbie Painter | 50 | 6 | 35+5 | 6 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian Bryson | 44 | 2 | 31+8 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Mark Monington | 45 | 5 | 37+0 | 3 | 4+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Mark Williams | 18 | 1 | 11+3 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Andy Barlow | 32 | 1 | 25+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Miguel de Souza | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Michael Holt | 24 | 8 | 17+7 | 7 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Paul Carden | 33 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Andy Morris | 28 | 8 | 25+0 | 7 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Phil Priestley | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Jason Lydiate | 17 | 1 | 14+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Gareth Stoker | 14 | 1 | 11+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Graham Hicks | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Lance Key | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |

## Final League Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 49 | 66 | −17 | 55 |
| 18 | Southend United | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 52 | 58 | −6 | 54 |
| 19 | Rochdale | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 54 |
| 20 | Torquay United | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 53 |
| 21 | Hull City | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 44 | 62 | −18 | 53 |