# 1992–93 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1992–93 season saw Rochdale compete in their 19th consecutive season in the fourth tier of the English football league. This season saw the formation of the Premier League and therefore the former Fourth Division became 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 | A.M. Cup | A.M. Cup | Lancashire Cup | Lancashire Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ENG | Kevin Rose | 50 | 0 | 40+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Andy Thackeray | 50 | 8 | 41+0 | 6 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jimmy Graham | 47 | 1 | 37+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Shaun Reid | 49 | 5 | 40+0 | 4 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Tony Brown | 9 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Jon Bowden | 43 | 8 | 31+4 | 8 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | John Ryan | 36 | 1 | 25+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Mark Payne | 37 | 6 | 26+2 | 6 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Andy Flounders | 41 | 14 | 31+1 | 14 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Steve Whitehall | 51 | 15 | 41+1 | 14 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Carl Parker | 16 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Andy Howard | 20 | 2 | 4+11 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Jason Anders | 19 | 1 | 2+13 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Andy Milner | 23 | 4 | 17+1 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Alan Reeves | 49 | 4 | 40+1 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jack Ashurst | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Alex Jones | 33 | 2 | 28+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Paul Butler | 17 | 2 | 14+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Tony Beever | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Steve Mulrain | 7 | 2 | 3+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | WAL | Steve Doyle | 19 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Tim Clarke | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Trevor Snowden | 13 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Don Page | 4 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Noel Luke | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Mark Leonard | 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 | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 22 | +5 | 62 |
| 10 | Colchester United | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 50 | −9 | 59 |
| 11 | Rochdale | 42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 41 | 0 | 58 |
| 12 | Chesterfield | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 35 | −4 | 56 |
| 13 | Scarborough | 42 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 34 | 41 | −5 | 54 |
* ↑ New club in the league