Think it goes back to the division 3 north days.
The top 5 were Lincoln, tranmere, Crewe, Rochdale and Bury.
Apart from the top 2 the other 3 might not be in that order.
I have listed the teams we have played more than 50 games against , up to today. This includes League & National Cup Competitions:
Lincoln City 94
Doncaster 84
Crewe 79
Bradford 78
York City 78
Swansea 76
Walsall 74
Chesterfield 73
Hartlepool 73
Chester 72
Rochdale 72
Bury 71
Wrexham 71
Hull City 70
Carlisle 69
Plymouth 69
Darlington 68
Tranmere 66
Mansfield 64
Shrewsbury 63
Stockport 63
Halifax 61
Bristol Rovers 57
Gillingham 57
Huddersfield 56
Preston 56
Leyton Orient 53
Port Vale 53
Barnsley 52
S****horpe 52
Brighton 51
Bristol City 50
Grimsby Town 50
Selected others
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Cardiff 48
Derby 47
Blackburn 42
AFC Bournemouth 41
Fulham 40
Bolton 39
Stoke 38
Middlesbrough 36
Sheff Utd 36
Sheff Wed 36
Charlton 35
Leeds 35
Nottm Forest 35
Millwall 34
Norwich 34
Luton 33
Portsmouth 31
Ipswich 30
Leicester 26
Watford 25
Liverpool 18
Newcastle 17
Man City 11
West Brom 11
Chelsea 6
Man Utd 4
Above data and that below covers all games since forming in 1925 :
Rotherham United all-time totals
Games won: 1613
Games drawn: 1044
Games lost: 1616
Goals for: 6287
Goals against: 6305
Average goals for: 1.47
Average goals against: 1.47
Cheers Nardendee,Swansea, did not think we had played them that many times.Sad to see a lot of those clubs no longer in the league.
Win our next three games 6-0 and that will even up the W v L and GF v GA very nicely
Few more to add
Spurs
Arsenal
Everton
Villa
Palace
Brentford
West ham
Northampton
Southampton
Dagenham
Morecambe
Cheltenham
Barnet
Barrow
Bradford p a
Accrington
Macclesfield
Southport
Wolves
Burnley
Cant think of many more but ill bet theres quite a few, like the odd cup games like stafford rangers and nuneaton etc..