List of Rochdale A.F.C. players explained

For a list of all Rochdale players with a Wikipedia article, see, and for the current squad see Rochdale A.F.C.#Current squad.This is a list of footballers who have played for Rochdale A.F.C. who have played 100 or more senior matches for the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only. Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded, as are matches from the abandoned 1939–40 season.

Name	Position	Club career	League apps	League goals	Total apps	Total goals	Notes
	MF	1910–1920	114	3	132	5
	GK	1910–1915	164	0	187	0
	MF	1910–19151923–1924	186	51	198	55
	MF	1912–1923	174	15	192	19
Charlie Milne/Milnes	DF	1913–1920	90	7	100	9
Jimmy Nuttall	DF	1919–1923	123	2	132	2
Harry Moody	GK	1922–1928	161	0	170	0
		1922–1928	209	11	219	12
Billy Tompkinson	MF	1923–1928	162	45	168	45
		1923–1928	169	117	187	128	Most Rochdale goals in one season (1926–27)Leading league scorer (1926–27, 1927–28) Joint leading league scorer (1923–24)
Willie Brown	DF	1923–1928	178	0	187	0
Bobby Hughes	MF	1924–1928	127	48	132	50
		1924–1928	137	5	143	6
Henry Martin	MF	1925–1931	93	18	100	21
Billy Bertram	FW	1925–1931	198	72	206	74
Jack Barber	FW	1927–1931	142	4	147	4
George Stott	MF	1928–1931	109	30	111	30
		1933–1936	108	2	112	2
Albert Worthy	DF	1934–1937	99	1	103	2
Joe Duff	FW	1935–1946	132	26	144	28
		1946–1953	243	10	257	12
		1946–1956	103	2	113	2
		1946–1951	148	15	160	16
		1947–1954	170	25	182	27
		1948–1951	113	36	119	37
Bill Watson	DF	1948–1954	200	0	207	0
Trevor Churchill	GK	1949–1953	110	0	111	0
Harry Boyle	DF	1950–19511952–1956	175	0	184	0
Alistair Buchan	MF	1951–1954	107	2	110	2
Joe Lynn	MF	1951–1956	193	22	203	23
Arnold Kendall	MF	1953–1956	111	25	116	26
		1953–1956	123	28	123	28
Frank Lord	FW	1953–1961	122	54	129	56	Leading league scorer (1956–57)
		1954–1956	109	0	114	0
Billy McCulloch	MF	1954–1958	140	2	143	2
Bev Glover	DF	1954–1959	169	1	178	1
Charlie Ferguson	DF	1955–1959	150	4	156	4
Jimmy Jones	GK	1955–1960	177	0	186	0
Ray Aspden	DF	1955–1966	297	2	328	2
Jackie Grant	DF	1956–1958	102	3	104	3
Eddie Wainwright	FW	1956–1959	100	27	105	30	Leading league scorer (1958–59)
		1958–1965	238	26	269	26	Leading league scorer (1959–60)
Ron Barnes	MF	1959–1961	91	7	101	10
Ronnie Cairns	FW	1959–1964	195	66	222	74	Leading league scorer (1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63)
Stan Hepton	FW	1960–1964	149	21	173	27
Joe Richardson	FW	1960–1965	115	31	129	38	Leading league scorer (1964–65)
Doug Wragg	MF	1961–1964	103	15	121	0
Doug Winton	DF	1961–1964	119	0	141	0
Jimmy Thompson	MF	1961–1965	199	15	229	17
Ted Burgin	GK	1961–1965	207	0	236	0
George Morton	FW	1962–1966	147	51	161	55
David Storf	MF	1963–1967	138	19	149	22
Laurie Calloway	DF	1964–1967	162	4	175	5
Brian Taylor	MF	1964–1968	132	7	139	7
		1964–1973	305	119	332	129	Leading league scorer (1964–65, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1970-71)Joint leading league scorer (1965–66, 1972–73)
	DF	1966–1974	317	3	345	4
Steve Melledew	FW	1967–19691976–1978	175	36	190	38
Hughen Riley	MF	1967–1971	92	12	101	12
Billy Rudd	MF	1968–1970	108	8	113	8
		1968–1971	132	3	148	4
Colin Parry	DF	1968–1972	156	1	169	1
		1968–1973	157	36	170	39	Leading league scorer (1968–69)
Norman Whitehead	MF	1968–1972	156	11	173	13
Derek Ryder	DF	1968–1972	168	1	185	1
Bobby Downes	MF	1969–1974	174	10	192	12
		1970–1973	144	21	155	22	Leading league scorer (1971–72)
Gary Cooper	FW	1973–1977	91	14	100	14
Keith Hanvey	DF	1973–19771984–1985	136	10	157	11
Mike Poole	GK	1973–19781981–1982	219	0	249	0
Paul Hallows	DF	1974–1979	197	2	223	2
Tony Whelan	FW	1974–1977	124	20	143	21	Joint leading league scorer (1974–75)
		1975–1977	98	37	112	41	Leading league scorer (1975-1976, 1976-1977)Joint leading league scorer (1974–75)
		1975–1977	87	4	100	4
Ian Bannon	DF	1976–1980	122	0	135	0
		1976–1982	245	17	269	19
		1977–1982	180	24	199	27
		1977–1980	98	9	106	11
		1978–1983	183	1	204	1
		1978–1983	154	10	167	10
Mark Hilditch	FW	1978–19831990–1991	213	42	239	46
Alan Weir	DF	1979–1983	106	3	119	3
Eugene Martinez	MF	1980–1983	116	16	127	17
Barry Wellings	FW	1980–1983	116	31	129	33	Leading league scorer (1980-81)
		1981–19861994–1997	265	24	306	24
Bill Williams	DF	1982–1985	95	2	107	2
Paul Heaton	MF	1984–1986	89	9	102	10
Ian McMahon	MF	1984–1986	91	8	104	8
Steve Taylor	FW	1984–19861989	101	46	115	56
		1984–19881992–1995	240	14	291	20
John Seasman	MF	1984–1988	95	4	114	5
David Redfern	GK	1985–1987	87	0	104	0
David Grant	DF	1985–1987	97	2	113	2
John Bramhall	DF	1986–1988	86	13	102	14
Jason Smart	DF	1986–1989	117	4	136	4
		1987–1991	205	0	239	0
Steve O'Shaughnessy	MF	1988–1991	109	16	130	21	Leading league scorer (1989-90)
David Cole	DF	1989–1991	84	7	100	7
	DF	1989–1993	114	0	137	0
		1989–1994	137	1	172	2
		1989–1991	84	10	101	11
Steve Doyle	MF	1990–1994	121	1	141	1
		1990–1994	127	25	152	33
		1991–1996	158	10	188	10
Andy Flounders	FW	1991–1994	85	31	105	33	Leading league scorer (1991-92)Joint leading league scorer (1992-93)
		1991–1994	121	9	134	8
Jon Bowden	MF	1991–1995	106	17	122	18
		1991–1997	235	74	277	91	Leading league scorer (1994-95, 1995-96)Joint leading league scorer (1992-93, 1993-94, 1996-97)
		1992–1997	162	13	191	16
		1993–1999	202	41	231	45
		1994–19961998–2000	176	17	208	21
		1994–1998	103	14	115	15	Joint leading league scorer (1996-97)
		1995–20012006	189	9	219	9
		1995–1997	88	10	103	16
Robbie Painter	FW	1996–1999	112	29	128	30	Leading league scorer (1997-98)
		1996–1999	97	1	113	1
		1996–2001	176	6	198	7	Manager of Rochdale 2006–2011, 2013-2019
	GK	1997–2005	239	0	277	0
	MF	1998–20012003–2012	403	62	459	67	Record Rochdale appearancesLeading league scorer (2010-11)
	DF	1998–2001	95	12	111	16
	DF	1999–2005	259	3	297	4
	DF	1999–20032007-2011	161	4	190	4
	MF	1999–2002	89	6	104	7
	FW	1999–2003	169	30	194	37
Michael Oliver	DF	2000–2003	103	9	119	10
	FW	2001-2004	102	25	102	25	Leading league scorer (2001-02, 2003-04)
		2001–2004	94	29	108	32	Highest transfer fee paid (£150,000)Leading league scorer (2000-01)
		2001–2004	108	1	126	2
		2001–2007	176	0	197	0
		2001–2006	184	14	204	18
		2001–20042007–2009	108	33	118	35	Leading league scorer (2002-03)
		2004–2007	87	8	100	8
		2004–20072010–2011	123	8	135	8
		2005–2010	148	5	166	6
		2006–2010	156	54	176	60	Leading league scorer (2006-07)
		2006–2009	112	6	124	6
		2006–2010	127	17	148	19
		2006–2010	139	0	154	0
		2006–20132016-2018	179	19	202	21
		2007–20112014–2016	179	9	202	9
		2007–2012	108	4	108	4
		2007–2009	98	38	112	42	Leading league scorer (2007-08, 2008-09)
Scott Wiseman	DF	2008–20112018	118	1	127	1
Jason Kennedy	MF	2009–2014	184	12	200	15
	GK	2009–2019	228	0	264	0
		2010–20112013–2015 2017–2022	262	27	310	35
		2010–2014	95	10	110	21
		2012–20162023	115	6	134	7
Joe Rafferty	DF	2012–2019	214	3	257	5
Olly Lancashire	DF	2013–2016	93	2	108	3
Michael Rose	DF	2013–2016	118	8	132	9
Jamie Allen	MF	2013–2017	133	11	151	11
Peter Vincenti	MF	2013–2017	131	27	152	32
		2013–20202022–	380	131	434	147	Record Rochdale goalscorerLeading league scorer in 6 consecutive seasons (2014-15 to 2019-20) As of end of 2023–24 season
Callum Camps	MF	2013–2020	201	25	240	30
Joe Bunney	DF	2013–2019	138	16	160	17
Matty Lund	MF	2013–2017 2020–2021	128	26	141	29	Joint leading league scorer (2020-21)
Calvin Andrew	FW	2014–2020	190	24	231	28
Jimmy McNulty	DF	2015–2023	197	2	237	4	Manager of Rochdale 2023–
Harrison McGahey	DF	2016–2019	99	0	127	0
Oliver Rathbone	MF	2016–2021	124	10	154	13
Aaron Morley	MF	2016–2021	93	6	121	9
Stephen Dooley	MF	2018–2022	113	4	137	5
Jimmy Keohane	MF	2019–2024	186	22	212	22
Eoghan O'Connell	DF	2019–2022	115	2	131	3
Ethan Ebanks–Landell	DF	20192022–	99	6	103	6	As of end of 2023–24 season

References

Post-war Football League Player statistics
Rochdale players: appearance and goals stats (for players with debuts between 1921–22 and 1946–47) at upthedale.nl
Rochdale career Lge/FA Cup/Lge Cup stats for players at the club in 1970-71 - Bob's 1970–71 Footballers
Rochdale manager stats at upthedale.nl
Soccerbase stats (use Search for...on left menu and select 'Players' drop down)
English National Football Archive
Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . Soccerdata . 2004 . 1-899468-67-6 .
Appearances, goals and club years stats at enfa.co.uk