Dale history: season by season
Tuesday, 22nd Jun 2010 11:55 by Col

Our fully up to date look back at the club's history, with a season by season guide to where we finished, who was our top scorer, cup results and average league attendance for that season.

Season	Div	Lge Pos	Results	FA	LC	FLT	Top scorer (Lge only)	Average attend.
2009-0	Lge 2	3rd	results	R1	R1	R1	Chris O'Grady - 22	3459
2008-9	Lge 2	6th	results	R2	R1	R2	Adam Le Fondre - 18	3222
2007-8	Lge 2	5th	results	R1	R2	R1	Adam Le Fondre - 16	3057
2006-7	Lge 2	9th	results	R1	R1	R2	Chris Dagnall - 17	2898
2005-6	Lge 2	14th	results	R1	R1	R2	Rickie Lambert - 22	2808
2004-5	Div 3	9th	results	R3	R1	R2	Grant Holt - 17	2690
2003-4	Div 3	21st	results	R2	R1	R1	Kevin Townson - 10	3277
2002-3	Div 3	19th	results	R5	R1	R1	Lee McEvilly - 15	2740
2001-2	Div 3	5th	results	R2	R2	R2	Kevin Townson - 14	3431
2000-1	Div 3	8th	results	R1	R1	R1	Paul Connor - 10	3249
1999-0	Div 3	10th	results	R2	R1	NF	Tony Ellis - 11	2774
1998-9	Div 3	19th	results	R2	R1	NSF	Michael Holt - 7 Andy Morris - 7	2125
1997-8	Div 3	18th	results	R1	R1	R2	Robbie Painter - 17	1884
1996-7	Div 3	14th	results	R2	R1	R1	Alex Russell - 9 Steve Whitehall - 9	1827
1995-6	Div 3	15th	results	R3	R1	R2	Steve Whitehall - 20	2253
1994-5	Div 3	15th	results	R1	R1	NF	Steve Whitehall - 10	2184
1993-4	Div 3	9th	results	R2	R2	R1	Dave Lancaster - 14 Steve Whitehall - 14	2657
1992-3	Div 3	11th	results	R2	R1	R2	Andy Flounders - 14 Steve Whitehall - 14	2312
1991-2	Div 4	8th	results	R2	R2	Prm	Andy Flounders - 17	2784
1990-1	Div 4	12th	results	R1	R2	R1	Peter Costello - 10	2239
1989-0	Div 4	12th	results	R5	R1	Prm	Steve O'Shaunessy - 8	2027
1988-9	Div 4	18th	results	R1	R1	Prm	Dave Frain - 12	1968
1987-8	Div 4	21st	results	R1	R2	R1	Lyndon Simmonds - 12	1939
1986-7	Div 4	21st	results	R2	R2	QF	Lyndon Simmonds - 10	2151
1985-6	Div 4	18th	results	R3	R1	R1	Steve Taylor - 25	1790
1984-5	Div 4	17th	results	R1	R1	R2	Barry Diamond - 15	1434
1983-4	Div 4	22nd	results	R3	R1	R1	Peter Farrell - 8 Vernon Allatt - 8	1491
1982-3	Div 4	20th	results	R1	R2	-	Micky French - 11	1688
1981-2	Div 4	21st	results	R1	R1	-	Mark Hilditch - 14	1818
1980-1	Div 4	15th	results	R1	R1	-	Barry Wellings - 14	2565
1979-0	Div 4	24th	results	R3	R1	-	Chris Jones - 9	1926
1978-9	Div 4	20th	results	R1	R1	-	Terry Owen - 11	1767
1977-8	Div 4	24th	results	R1	R2	-	Terry Owen - 10	1275
1976-7	Div 4	18th	results	R1	R1	-	Bob Mountford - 12	1745
1975-6	Div 4	15th	results	R3	R1	-	Bob Mountford - 14	1594
1974-5	Div 4	19th	results	R2	R1	-	Tony Whelan - 10 Bob Mountford - 10	1507
1973-4	Div 3	24th	results	R2	R2	-	Leo Skeete - 9	1892
1972-3	Div 3	13th	results	R1	R2	-	Malcolm Darling - 8 Reg Jenkins - 8	3186
1971-2	Div 3	18th	results	R1	R1	-	Peter Gowans - 9	4387
1970-1	Div 3	16th	results	R4	R2	-	Reg Jenkins - 13	4866
1969-0	Div 3	9th	results	R1	R1	-	Reg Jenkins - 20	6109
1968-9	Div 4	3rd	results	R1	R1	-	Dennis Butler - 16	5399
1967-8	Div 4	19th	results	R1	R1	-	Joe Fletcher - 15	2292
1966-7	Div 4	21st	results	R1	R1	-	Reg Jenkins - 14	2442
1965-6	Div 4	21st	results	R2	R2	-	Bob Stephenson - 13 Reg Jenkins - 13	2973
1964-5	Div 4	6th	results	R1	R2	-	Reg Jenkins - 25	4679
1963-4	Div 4	20th	results	R2	R2	-	Joe Richardson - 11	3020
1962-3	Div 4	7th	results	R1	R1	-	Ron Cairns - 14 George Morton - 14	3306
1961-2	Div 4	12th	results	R2	Final	-	Ron Cairns - 15	3963
1960-1	Div 4	17th	results	R1	R3	-	Ron Cairns - 20	3929
1959-0	Div 4	12th	results	R2	-	-	Stan Milburn - 15	4577
1958-9	Div 3	24th	results	R1	-	-	Eddie Wainwright - 8 Les Spencer - 8	4810
1957-8	Div 3N	10th	results	R1	-	-	Jim Dailey - 19	6352
1956-7	Div 3N	13th	results	R1	-	-	Frank Lord - 15	6280
1955-6	Div 3N	12th	results	R1	-	-	Eric Gemmell - 13	4520
1954-5	Div 3N	12th	results	R3	-	-	Eric Gemmell - 19	6202
1953-4	Div 3N	19th	results	R1	-	-	Jack Haines - 11	6183
1952-3	Div 3N	22nd	results	R1	-	-	Bert Foulds - 13	6182
1951-2	Div 3N	21st	results	R3	-	-	Alan Middlebrough - 10 Bert Foulds - 10	4992
1950-1	Div 3N	11th	results	R3	-	-	Jack Connor - 16	6519
1949-0	Div 3N	3rd	results	R2	-	-	Jack Livesey - 16 Jack Connor - 16	8372
1948-9	Div 3N	7th	results	R1	-	-	Jack Connor - 10	8616
1947-8	Div 3N	12th	results	R2	-	-	Hugh O'Donnell - 9	8124
1946-7	Div 3N	6th	results	R3	-	-	Joe Hargreaves - 23	7577
1945-6	-	-	results	R3	-	-	-	-
1938-9	Div 3N	15th	results	R1	-	-	Jimmy Wynn - 28	5930
1937-8	Div 3N	17th	results	R1	-	-	Jimmy Wynn - 20	5374
1936-7	Div 3N	18th	results	R1	-	-	Wally Hunt - 24	4669
1935-6	Div 3N	20th	results	R1	-	-	Joe Wiggins - 14	4827
1934-5	Div 3N	20th	results	R1	-	-	Len Clarke - 13	4593
1933-4	Div 3N	22nd	results	R1	-	-	Jack Robson - 10	3823
1932-3	Div 3N	18th	results	R1	-	-	George Snow - 12 William Watson - 12	4669
1931-2	Div 3N	21st	results	R1	-	-	Joe McAteer - 8	3071
1930-1	Div 3N	21st	results	R1	-	-	Tommy Tippett - 18	3162
1929-0	Div 3N	10th	results	R1	-	-	Tommy Tippett - 29	3430
1928-9	Div 3N	17th	results	R1	-	-	Jack Milsom - 25	5341
1927-8	Div 3N	13th	results	R2	-	-	Albert Whitehurst - 32	4222
1926-7	Div 3N	2nd	results	R1	-	-	Albert Whitehurst - 44	6181
1925-6	Div 3N	3rd	results	R2	-	-	William Fergusson - 19	6030
1924-5	Div 3N	6th	results	Q6	-	-	Harry Anstiss - 23	5262
1923-4	Div 3N	2nd	results	Q5	-	-	Billy Tompkinson - 14 Albert Whitehurst 14	6270
1922-3	Div 3N	12th	results	Q4	-	-	William Sandham - 7	-
1921-2	Div 3N	20th	results	Q5	-	-	Harry Dennison - 17	-
1920-1	Central	10th	results	R1	-	-	Harry Dennison - 22	-
1919-0	Central	19th	results	-	-	-	Tom Hesmondhalgh - 12	-
1918-9	Lanc	10th	results	-	-	-	Bill Halligan - 14	3764
1917-8	Lanc	4th	results	-	-	-	Bill Halligan - 36	-
1916-7	Lanc	8th	results	-	-	-	Bill Halligan - 18	2333
1915-6	Lanc	13th	results	-	-	-	Fred Heap - 10	-
1914-5	Central	9th	results	R2	-	-	William Brown - 21	-
1913-4	Central	10th	results	Q4	-	-	Jack Allan - 17	-
1912-3	Central	7th	results	R1	-	-	Tom Page - 15	3184
1911-2	Lanc 1	1st	results	Q4	-	-	Alf Gregson - 21	3000
1910-1	Lanc 2	1st	results	Q5	-	-	Tommy Fleetwood - 18	4658
1909-0	Lanc 2	4th	results	Q1	-	-	Albert Worth - 19	-
1908-9	Lanc 2	20th	results	PQ	-	-	Patrick Galvin - 10	2521
1907-8	Manc	10th	results	-	-	-	Barlow - 13	-