Rochdale Hornets

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