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Rochdale
2003–04 season
ChairmanDavid Kilpatrick
ManagerAlan Buckley/Steve Parkin
League Division Three21st
FA CupSecond Round
League CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Kevin Townson
All: Kevin Townson

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

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

League Division Three

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9 August  2003 (2003 -08-09) 1 Rochdale 1–3 Yeovil Town Rochdale
Grand Yellow card  17 '
McClare Yellow card  31 '
Shuker Yellow card  37 '
Connor 45 ' Yellow card  45 '
Burgess Yellow card  54 '		 Report Gall 26', 67 '
Johnson 55 '
Rodrigues Yellow card  57 '
Gosling Yellow card  62 '		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,611
Referee: Mark Warren
16 August  2003 (2003 -08-16) 2 Bristol Rovers 0–0 Rochdale Bristol
Barrett Yellow card 14' Yellow-red card 45 '
Anderson Yellow card  16 '		 Report Shuker Yellow card  71 '
Grand Yellow card  83 '		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 7,575
Referee: Paul Taylor
23 August  2003 (2003 -08-23) 3 Rochdale 2–2 Cambridge United Rochdale
Grand Yellow card  37 '
Burgess Yellow card  45 '
McEvilly 67' (pen.)
Shuker Red card 67 '
Connor 79 '		 Report Revell 32 '
Kitson 38 ' Yellow card  88 '
Walker Yellow card  72 '
Tann Yellow card  90 '
Angus Yellow card  90 '		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,204
Referee: Kevin Friend
25 August  2003 (2003 -08-25) 4 Torquay United 1–3 Rochdale Torquay
Hockley Yellow card 53' Yellow-red card 74 '
Van Heusden Yellow card  59 '
Graham 75 '
Fowler Yellow card  79 '
Gritton Yellow card  87 '		 Report Simpkins Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card 45 '
McEvilly 59' (pen.) Yellow card  90 '
Betts 63', 78 ' Yellow card  64 '
Gilks Yellow card  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 Yellow card  32 '
Pearson 43 '
Robson Yellow card  60 '		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,518
Referee: Paul Robinson
6 September  2003 (2003 -09-06) 6 York City 1–2 Rochdale York
Wise Red card 70 '
Wilford 73 '		 Report Townson 15 '
Bertos 19 '
Simpkins Yellow card  64 '
Connor Red card  70 '
Griffiths Yellow card  86 '
Betts Yellow card  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 Yellow card  90 '		 Report McClare Yellow card  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 Yellow card  8 '
Brannan Yellow card  75 '
Simpkins Yellow card  86 '
Burgess Yellow card  90 '		 Report Worthington 23 ' Yellow card  86 ' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,626
Referee: Howard Webb
20 September  2003 (2003 -09-20) 9 Rochdale 0–2 Hull City Rochdale
Burgess Yellow card  41 ' Report Green 63 '
Burgess 67 '
Elliott Yellow card  72 '		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,215
Referee: Alan Kaye
27 September  2003 (2003 -09-27) 10 Lincoln City 1–1 Rochdale Lincoln
Mayo Yellow card  15 '
Richardson 44 '
Futcher Yellow card  90 '		 Report Burgess Yellow card  23 '
Antoine-Curier 40 '
McEvilly Red card  53 '
Bertos Yellow card  87 '		 Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 4,141
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
30 September  2003 (2003 -09-30) 11 Macclesfield Town 2–1 Rochdale Macclesfield
Welch Yellow card  66 '
Burgess 67' (o.g.)
Whitaker 74 '		 Report Evans Yellow card  40 '
Shuker 51 '
Brannan Yellow card  71 '
Simpkins Yellow card  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 Red card  38 '
Beagrie Yellow card  39 '
Russell Yellow card  88 '
Sparrow Yellow card  90 '		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,838
Referee: Kevin Wright
11 October  2003 (2003 -10-11) 13 Rochdale 1–1 Northampton Town Rochdale
Townson Yellow card  69 ' 72 ' Report Smith 51 '
Hargreaves Yellow card  51 '
Burgess Yellow card  87 '		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,710
Referee: Colin Webster
18 October  2003 (2003 -10-18) 14 Cheltenham Town 0–2 Rochdale Cheltenham
Finnigan Yellow card  49 '
McCann Yellow card  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 Yellow card  81 '		 Report Townson 4 '
Burgess Yellow card  53 '
Bertos Yellow card  68 '
Simpkins Yellow card  79 '
Evans Yellow card  90 '		 Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 5,890
Referee: Mike Thorpe
25 October  2003 (2003 -10-25) 16 Rochdale 0–1 Swansea City Rochdale
Simpkins Yellow card  45 '
Burgess Yellow card  51 '		 Report Wilson 16 '
Nardiello Yellow card  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 Yellow card  32 '
Hunt Yellow card  34 '
Alexander 88 '		 Report McEvilly Yellow card  42 ' 59' (pen.)
Burgess Yellow card  47 '
Shuker Yellow card  76 '
McCourt Yellow card  87 '		 Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 3,623
Referee: Iain Williamson
15 November  2003 (2003 -11-15) 18 Rochdale 0–1 Kidderminster Harriers Rochdale
Bertos Yellow card  54 '
Griffiths Yellow card  56 '		 Report Gadsby 35 '
Hatswell Yellow card  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 ' Yellow card  58 '
Corbett 67' (pen.)
Constantine 90 '		 Report Grand Yellow card  59 '
Bertos Yellow card  78 '
McClare Red card  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 Yellow card  77 '		 Report Basham 30 '
Alsop 51 ' Yellow card  62 '
Whitehead Yellow card  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 Yellow card  67 '
Simpkins Yellow card  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 Yellow card  87 '		 Report Rusk Yellow card  9 '
Boyd Yellow card  36 '
Beevers Red card  74 '
Weatherstone Yellow card  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 Yellow card  42 '
Simpkins Yellow card  90 '		 Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 6,963
Referee: Paul Robinson
28 December  2003 (2003 -12-28) 24 Rochdale 1–2 York City Rochdale
Simpkins Yellow card  40 '
Evans Yellow card  43 '
Townson 49' (pen.)
Grand Yellow card  61 '
Beech Yellow card  65 '		 Report Edmondson Yellow card  22 '
Nogan 28', 76 '
Smith Yellow card  35 '
Shaw Yellow card  90 '		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,764
Referee: Mike Ryan
3 January  2004 (2004 -01-03) 25 Rochdale 1–0 Torquay United Rochdale
McClare Yellow card  29 '
Townson 36' (pen.)		 Report Hockley Yellow card  49 '
Hill Yellow card  53 '
Woods Yellow card  82 '
Canoville Yellow card  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 Yellow card  49 '
McCourt Yellow card  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 Yellow card  65 ' Report Townson Yellow card  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 Yellow card  90 '		 Report Holt Yellow card  12 '
Simpkins Yellow card  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 Yellow card  33 '
Bertos 54 '
Burgess Yellow card  58 '		 Report Pilkington Yellow card  11 '
Lawrence Yellow card  72 '		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,157
Referee: Tony Bates
14 February  2004 (2004 -02-14) 31 Northampton Town 3–1 Rochdale Northampton
Hargreaves Yellow card  56 ' 69 '
Reid 80 '
Vieira 86 '		 Report Simpkins Yellow card  25 '
Townson 32 '
Jones Yellow card  61 '
Livesey Yellow card  68 '		 Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 4,540
Referee: Ray Olivier
21 February  2004 (2004 -02-21) 32 Rochdale 0–0 Cheltenham Town Rochdale
Griffiths Yellow card  35 ' Report Duff Yellow card  86 ' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,449
Referee: Trevor Parkes
6 March  2004 (2004 -03-06) 33 Boston United 2–0 Rochdale Boston
Bennett Yellow card  18 '
Ellender 20 '
Jones 76 '
Chapman Yellow card  90 '		 Report Doughty Yellow card  50 '
Smith Yellow card  51 '
McClare Yellow card  64 '
Livesey Red card  75 '
Holt Yellow card  90 '		 Stadium: York Street
Attendance: 2,466
Referee: Colin Webster
9 March  2004 (2004 -03-09) 34 Swansea City 1–1 Rochdale Swansea
Iriekpen Yellow card  36 '
Maylett 78 '
Pritchard Yellow card  88 '		 Report Bertos 26 ' Yellow card  76 ' Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 5,819
Referee: David Crick
13 March  2004 (2004 -03-13) 35 Rochdale 0–0 Bury Rochdale
Griffiths Yellow card  22 ' Report Woodthorpe Yellow card  18 '
Challinor Yellow card  26 '
Nugent Yellow card  29 '
Duxbury Yellow card  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 Yellow card  73 '
Holdsworth Yellow card  80 '
Carss Yellow card  82 '		 Report Bertos 39 '
Holt Yellow card  45 '		 Stadium: Kirklees Stadium
Attendance: 10,884
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
20 March  2004 (2004 -03-20) 37 Rochdale 2–0 Carlisle United Rochdale
Redfearn Yellow card  3 '
Jones 34' (pen.)
Holt 64 '
Bertos Yellow card  77 '		 Report Boyd Yellow card  18 '
Glennon Red card  32 '
Gray Yellow card  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 Yellow card  56 '
Heald Yellow card  83 '		 Stadium: KC Stadium
Attendance: 16,050
Referee: Andre Marriner
30 March  2004 (2004 -03-30) 39 Rochdale 1–1 Doncaster Rovers Rochdale
Smith Yellow card  25 '
Holt Yellow card  31 '
Jones Yellow card  65 '
Heald Yellow card  70 '
McEvilly 73 '		 Report Ryan Yellow card  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 Yellow card  85 ' Report Taylor-Fletcher 58', 67 '
Green Yellow card  62 '
Yeo 66 '
Ellison Yellow card  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 ' Yellow card  53 '
Butler 22 '
Sparrow Yellow card  32 '
Torpey Yellow card  36 '
Featherstone Yellow card  40 '
Stanton Yellow card  43 '
Barwick Yellow card  85 '		 Report Bertos 3 ' Yellow card  90 '
Holt Yellow card  22 '
Warner 24 '
Flood Yellow card  63 '
Redfearn Yellow card  64 '
Burgess Yellow card  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 ' Yellow card  80 ' Report Widdrington Yellow card  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 Yellow card  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 Yellow card  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

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8 November  2003 (2003 -11-08) 1 Bury 1–2 Rochdale Bury
Connell Yellow card  45 '
Singh Yellow card  55 '
Porter 71 '
O'Neill Yellow card  90 '		 Report Bertos 27 ' Yellow card  74 '
Townson 50 ' Yellow card  51 '
Brannan Yellow card  58 '		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 5,464
Referee: Mick Fletcher
6 December  2003 (2003 -12-06) 2 Rochdale 0–2 Luton Town Rochdale
Jones Yellow card  27 '
Simpkins Yellow card  65 '		 Report Robinson 20 ' Yellow card  31 '
Holmes Yellow card  47 '
Mansell 77 '		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,807
Referee: Andy Hall

League Cup

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

League Trophy

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

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References

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  1. ^ "All Rochdale players: 2004".
  2. ^ "Rochdale FC Club Details | First Team Squad | Soccer Base".
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