Seasons
Click on a season to view this team's summary of that season. Note that win/loss/draw records are based on regular season matches only. Asterisk (*) next to crowd figure denotes not all home crowd figures were available for corresponding season.
Competition |
Name |
Position |
Extra Info |
W |
L |
D |
Pts For |
Pts Ag. |
Coach |
Top Tryscorer(s) |
Top Pointscorer(s) |
Home Venue(s) |
Crowd Avg |
Northern Rugby Football Union 1895/96 |
Rochdale Hornets |
22nd |
Wooden Spoon |
4 |
30 |
8 |
78 |
388 |
- |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Athletic Ground |
* 0 |
Lancashire Senior Competition 1896/97 |
Rochdale Hornets |
12th |
|
8 |
17 |
1 |
121 |
167 |
- |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Athletic Ground |
* 0 |
Northern Rugby Football Union 1914/15 |
Rochdale Hornets |
|
Semi Final |
|
|
|
|
|
- |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Athletic Ground |
* 0 |
Northern Rugby League 1971/72 |
Rochdale Hornets |
8th |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
22 |
30 |
- |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Athletic Ground |
* 2,374 |
Northern Rugby League 1972/73 |
Rochdale Hornets |
6th |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
26 |
- |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Athletic Ground |
* 0 |
Second Division 1980/81 |
Rochdale Hornets |
10th |
|
13 |
15 |
0 |
406 |
418 |
Terry FOGERTY |
17 |
- | John GILMORE |
105 |
- | Norman TURLEY |
Athletic Ground |
1,141 |
Second Division 1981/82 |
Rochdale Hornets |
13th |
|
10 |
21 |
1 |
361 |
484 |
Terry FOGERTY |
7 |
- | Mick NOLAN |
133 |
- | Iain MACCORQUODALE |
Athletic Ground |
972 |
Second Division 1982/83 |
Rochdale Hornets |
13th |
|
10 |
17 |
5 |
361 |
469 |
Bill KIRKBRIDE |
7 |
- | Steve McGIFFEN |
73 |
- | Rodney HASLAM |
Athletic Ground |
661 |
Second Division 1983/84 |
Rochdale Hornets |
12th |
|
13 |
18 |
3 |
551 |
667 |
Bill KIRKBRIDE |
21 |
- | John STAPLETON |
178 |
- | Steve TURNER |
Athletic Ground |
559 |
Second Division 1984/85 |
Rochdale Hornets |
12th |
|
12 |
14 |
2 |
436 |
466 |
Charles BIRDSALL |
11 |
- | Roy WILTSHIRE |
121 |
- | William PLATT |
McCain (14), Athletic Ground (4) |
795 |
Second Division 1985/86 |
Rochdale Hornets |
5th |
|
21 |
13 |
0 |
763 |
485 |
- |
17 |
- | Phil McKENZIE, Brian DUNN |
205 |
- | Kevin HARCOMBE |
Athletic Ground |
1,278 |
Second Division 1986/87 |
Rochdale Hornets |
5th |
|
19 |
8 |
1 |
519 |
369 |
Eric FITZSIMONS |
18 |
- | Brian DUNN |
161 |
- | David WOOD |
Athletic Ground |
876 |
Second Division 1987/88 |
Rochdale Hornets |
18th |
|
10 |
18 |
0 |
322 |
512 |
- |
8 |
- | Andy RUANE |
70 |
- | David WOOD |
Athletic Ground |
1,092 |
Second Division 1988/89 |
Rochdale Hornets |
9th |
|
15 |
13 |
0 |
655 |
677 |
Jim CRELLIN |
18 |
- | Dean WILLIAMS |
219 |
- | Steve TURNER |
Spotland |
1,035 |
Second Division 1989/90 |
Rochdale Hornets |
2nd |
|
24 |
4 |
0 |
977 |
422 |
- |
22 |
- | Mark LORD |
188 |
- | John WOODS |
Spotland |
* 2,450 |
Championship 1990/91 |
Rochdale Hornets |
14th |
Wooden Spoon |
1 |
25 |
0 |
317 |
912 |
Allan AGAR, Neil HOLDING |
12 |
- | Darren ABRAM |
48 |
- | Darren ABRAM |
Spotland |
2,686 |
Second Division 1991/92 |
Rochdale Hornets |
5th |
|
12 |
14 |
2 |
619 |
489 |
- |
18 |
- | Darren ABRAM |
120 |
- | Colin WHITFIELD |
Spotland |
1,511 |
Second Division 1992/93 |
Rochdale Hornets |
4th |
|
14 |
14 |
0 |
622 |
607 |
Peter REGAN |
16 |
- | Steve GARTLAND |
240 |
- | Steve GARTLAND |
Spotland |
1,596 |
Second Division 1993/94 |
Rochdale Hornets |
8th |
|
18 |
12 |
0 |
704 |
532 |
Peter REGAN |
18 |
- | Steve GARTLAND |
132 |
- | Martin STRETT |
Spotland |
1,149 |
Second Division 1994/95 |
Rochdale Hornets |
6th |
|
18 |
12 |
0 |
805 |
544 |
Steve GIBSON |
21 |
- | Chris CHURM |
296 |
- | Martin STRETT |
Spotland |
1,031 |
Second Division 1995/96 |
Rochdale Hornets |
8th |
|
8 |
11 |
1 |
365 |
483 |
- |
11 |
- | Chris CHURM |
57 |
- | Craig BOOTH |
Spotland |
1,298 |
Second Division 1996 |
Rochdale Hornets |
10th |
|
2 |
16 |
2 |
348 |
602 |
Steve GIBSON |
6 |
- | Logan EDWARDS |
60 |
- | Craig BOOTH |
Spotland |
1,401 |
Third Division 1997 |
Rochdale Hornets |
2nd |
|
15 |
5 |
0 |
680 |
347 |
- |
14 |
- | Ian HAYES, Steve GARTLAND, Richard PACHNIUK |
241 |
- | Steve GARTLAND |
Spotland |
881 |
Second Division 1998 |
Rochdale Hornets |
10th |
|
6 |
23 |
1 |
571 |
912 |
- |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Spotland |
1,137 |
Second Division 1999 |
Rochdale Hornets |
15th |
|
9 |
19 |
0 |
539 |
724 |
- |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Spotland |
935 |
Second Division 2000 |
Rochdale Hornets |
13th |
|
10 |
18 |
0 |
563 |
696 |
- |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Spotland |
1,207 |
Second Division 2001 |
Rochdale Hornets |
3rd |
Semi Final |
21 |
7 |
0 |
865 |
433 |
- |
27 |
- | Marlon BILLY |
302 |
- | Danny WOOD |
Spotland |
1,446 |
Second Division 2002 |
Rochdale Hornets |
3rd |
Elimination Semi |
20 |
7 |
1 |
863 |
582 |
- |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Spotland |
* 1,227 |
Second Division 2003 |
Rochdale Hornets |
3rd |
Semi Final |
13 |
5 |
0 |
647 |
477 |
Martin HALL |
17 |
- | Mick NANYN |
266 |
- | Mick NANYN |
Spotland |
* 1,097 |
Second Division 2004 |
Rochdale Hornets |
8th |
|
7 |
10 |
1 |
472 |
587 |
- |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Spotland |
* 707 |
Second Division 2005 |
Rochdale Hornets |
6th |
Quarter Final |
9 |
8 |
1 |
468 |
506 |
- |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Spotland |
* 1,313 |
Second Division 2006 |
Rochdale Hornets |
5th |
Quarter Final |
8 |
10 |
0 |
462 |
435 |
Darren ABRAM |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Spotland |
* 666 |
Second Division 2007 |
Rochdale Hornets |
10th |
Wooden Spoon |
3 |
15 |
0 |
302 |
700 |
Darren ABRAM |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Spotland |
* 517 |
Third Division 2008 |
Rochdale Hornets |
7th |
Prelim Final |
10 |
11 |
1 |
715 |
610 |
Bobbie GOULDING |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Spotland |
* 913 |
Third Division 2009 |
Rochdale Hornets |
8th |
|
6 |
12 |
0 |
500 |
557 |
Darren SHAW |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Spotland |
* 0 |
Third Division 2010 |
Rochdale Hornets |
5th |
Semi Final |
10 |
10 |
0 |
630 |
498 |
- |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Spotland |
* 398 |
Third Division 2011 |
Rochdale Hornets |
4th |
Prelim Final |
12 |
8 |
0 |
652 |
498 |
John STANKEVITCH |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Spotland |
* 1,017 |
Third Division 2012 |
Rochdale Hornets |
5th |
Quarter Final |
9 |
9 |
0 |
496 |
462 |
John STANKEVITCH |
3 |
- | Gary MIDDLEHURST |
12 |
- | Gary MIDDLEHURST |
Spotland |
* 359 |
Third Division 2013 |
Rochdale Hornets |
3rd |
Runners Up |
10 |
6 |
0 |
538 |
375 |
Ian TALBOT |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Spotland |
* 1,068 |
Second Division 2014 |
Rochdale Hornets |
12th |
|
7 |
19 |
0 |
509 |
919 |
Ian TALBOT |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Spotland |
* 657 |
Third Division 2015 |
Rochdale Hornets |
6th |
|
14 |
8 |
0 |
731 |
459 |
- |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Spotland |
* 0 |
Third Division 2016 |
Rochdale Hornets |
2nd |
promo |
12 |
1 |
1 |
547 |
252 |
- |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Spotland |
* 948 |
Second Division 2017 |
Rochdale Hornets |
9th |
|
7 |
15 |
1 |
457 |
680 |
- |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Spotland |
* 0 |
Second Division 2018 |
Rochdale Hornets |
12th |
Wooden Spoon |
4 |
19 |
0 |
327 |
926 |
- |
|
- | - |
|
- | - |
Spotland |
549 |
Second Division 2019 |
Rochdale Hornets |
14th |
Wooden Spoon |
1 |
26 |
0 |
342 |
1268 |
Carl FORSTER |
6 |
- | Shaun AINSCOUGH, Brandon WOOD |
114 |
- | Dan ABRAM |
Crown Oil Arena |
773 |
Third Division 2020 |
Rochdale Hornets |
5th |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
29 |
14 |
Matt CALLAND |
1 |
- | Liam WHALLEY, Jamie TRACEY, Andy LEA, Sam HOPKINS |
12 |
- | Samuel FREEMAN |
Crown Oil Arena |
471 |
Third Division 2021 |
Rochdale Hornets |
7th |
|
8 |
8 |
1 |
505 |
488 |
Matt CALLAND |
10 |
- | Lewis SHERIDAN |
62 |
- | Josh JORDAN-ROBERTS |
Crown Oil Arena |
* 987 |
Third Division 2022 |
Rochdale Hornets |
5th |
Prelim Final |
13 |
7 |
0 |
772 |
511 |
Matt CALLAND, Gary THORNTON |
19 |
- | Gregg McNALLY |
188 |
- | Lewis SHERIDAN |
Crown Oil Arena |
* 517 |
Third Division 2023 |
Rochdale Hornets |
7th |
|
6 |
12 |
1 |
377 |
520 |
Gary THORNTON |
10 |
- | Lewis ELSE |
97 |
- | Dave HEWITT |
Crown Oil Arena |
553 |
Third Division 2024 |
Rochdale Hornets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gary THORNTON |
3 |
- | Joe HARTLEY |
12 |
- | Joe HARTLEY |
Crown Oil Arena |
824 |