# 1993–94 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1993–94 season saw Rochdale compete in their 20th 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 | 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 | Martin Hodge | 52 | 0 | 42+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Neil Matthews | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jimmy Graham | 38 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Shaun Reid | 48 | 3 | 39+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Alan Reeves | 51 | 3 | 41+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Paul Butler | 48 | 2 | 38+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | John Ryan | 18 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | WAL | Steve Doyle | 42 | 1 | 32+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Dave Lancaster | 49 | 16 | 37+3 | 14 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | FW | ENG | Steve Whitehall | 47 | 15 | 37+2 | 14 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Mark Stuart | 52 | 16 | 41+1 | 13 | 2+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| | DF | ENG | Andy Thackeray | 46 | 5 | 35+2 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| | DF | ENG | Alex Jones | 10 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | MF | ENG | Jon Bowden | 34 | 4 | 11+18 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| | FW | ENG | Andy Flounders | 17 | 3 | 9+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| | MF | ENG | Trevor Snowden | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Jamie Taylor | 12 | 1 | 1+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Andy Milner | 29 | 2 | 14+11 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Steve Mulrain | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Darren Oliver | 21 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Andy Howard | 5 | 1 | 0+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | NIR | Paul Williams | 11 | 2 | 9+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Alan Finley | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Gary Shelton | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Jason Peake | 10 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Kevin Formby | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

## Final League Table

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 19 | +15 | 64 | Participated in play-offs |
| 8 | Chesterfield | 42 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 26 | +7 | 62 | |
| 9 | Rochdale | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 29 | +12 | 60 | |
| 10 | Walsall | 42 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 27 | −5 | 60 | |
| 11 | Scunthorpe United | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 30 | +8 | 59 | |