1945–46 Rochdale A.F.C. season
Rochdale 1945–46 football season
Rochdale 1945–46 football season
1945–46 season | |
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Manager | Ted Goodier |
Stadium | Spotland Stadium |
Division 3 North West | 2nd |
F.A. Cup | 3rd Round |
Top goalscorer | League: Joe Hargreaves All: Joe Hargreaves |
The 1945–46 season saw Rochdale compete for their 7th and final season in the wartime league (Division 3 North West). The season consisted of 36 matches, 18 of which were in the First Championship, and the remainder were in the 2nd Championship and Division 3 North West Cup. Rochdale finished in second place in the first championship. This season also saw the return of the F.A. Cup, in which Rochdale reached the third round.
Statistics
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Division 3 NW League & Cup | F.A. Cup | Lancashire Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | F. Olive | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
GK | ENG | Arthur Chesters | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GK | ENG | Jack Breedon | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GK | John Kirk | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
GK | ENG | Ken Ashbridge | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GK | WAL | John Jones | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GK | J. Walmsley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
GK | Robert Yates | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
GK | Bill Roberts | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
DF | ENG | Syd Pomphrey | 35 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
DF | Clive | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
DF | Len Jackson | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
MF | ENG | Joe Duff | 24 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Tom Sneddon | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Bill Byrom | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | Matthew Muir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
DF | George Lunn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
DF | WAL | Gwyn Jones | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | Robert Griffiths | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
MF | Joe McCormick | 34 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
MF | ENG | Peter Molloy | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | Jack Higham | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
DF | ENG | Norman Richardson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Charlie Hurst | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | William Whittle | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
MF | ENG | Don Partridge | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | John Neary | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | WAL | Jim Pearce | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Dick Neilson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | Wally Birch | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
DF | ENG | George Haigh | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | J. Keddie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
MF | W. Hamilton | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
MF | Jack Dobson | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
MF | Tommy Howshall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
MF | ENG | Arthur Jones | 15 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | ENG | Sammy Makin | 22 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ENG | Ernie Toseland | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | Sam Baum | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
MF | J. Kindred | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
FW | ENG | Joe Meek | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ENG | Billy Woods | 13 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ENG | Jack Brindle | 24 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
FW | ENG | Joe Hargreaves | 28 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
MF | ENG | Eric Wood | 33 | 10 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | T. Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
FW | John Reid | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
FW | ENG | Jimmy Constantine | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
FW | Jack Harker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
FW | ENG | Jack Livesey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ENG | Alf Hanson | 15 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
FW | Harry Nuttall (jnr) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
FW | SCO | Joe Rodi | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | Fred Taylor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
FW | ENG | Arthur Cunliffe | 35 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ENG | Wally Reynolds | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Competitions
Third Division North West League and Cup
Wrexham v Rochdale
25 August 1945 (1945 -08-25) 1 | Wrexham | 4 – 1 | Rochdale | Wrexham |
Reid | Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 6000 |
Rochdale v Wrexham
1 September 1945 (1945 -09-01) 2 | Rochdale | 3 – 1 | Wrexham | Rochdale |
Constantine Meek Hanson | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3289 |
Rochdale v Oldham Athletic
8 September 1945 (1945 -09-08) 3 | Rochdale | 4 – 2 | Oldham Athletic | Rochdale |
Constantine Hanson | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4097 |
Oldham Athletic v Rochdale
15 September 1945 (1945 -09-15) 4 | Oldham Athletic | 2 – 1 | Rochdale | Oldham |
Taylor | Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 6278 |
Stockport County v Rochdale
22 September 1945 (1945 -09-22) 5 | Stockport County | 7 – 0 | Rochdale | Stockport |
Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 4993 |
Rochdale v Stockport County
29 September 1945 (1945 -09-29) 6 | Rochdale | 4 – 2 | Stockport County | Rochdale |
Livesey Hanson A. Jones | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3724 |
Southport v Rochdale
6 October 1945 (1945 -10-06) 7 | Southport | 1 – 2 | Rochdale | Southport |
Hargreaves | Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 3500 |
Rochdale v Southport
13 October 1945 (1945 -10-13) 8 | Rochdale | 5 – 0 | Southport | Rochdale |
Hargreaves Hanson | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4804 |
Rochdale v Chester
20 October 1945 (1945 -10-20) 9 | Rochdale | 3 – 1 | Chester | Rochdale |
Hargreaves Brindle | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6693 |
Chester v Rochdale
27 October 1945 (1945 -10-27) 10 | Chester | 3 – 3 | Rochdale | Chester |
Brindle A. Jones | Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 4123 |
Rochdale v Barrow
3 November 1945 (1945 -11-03) 11 | Rochdale | 3 – 0 | Barrow | Rochdale |
Cunliffe Hargreaves A. Jones | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4133 |
Barrow v Rochdale
10 November 1945 (1945 -11-10) 12 | Barrow | 2 – 1 | Rochdale | Barrow-in-Furness |
Brindle | Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 4387 |
Crewe Alexandra v Rochdale
1 December 1945 (1945 -12-01) 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 1 – 4 | Rochdale | Crewe |
Brindle Makin | Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3500 |
Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale
22 December 1945 (1945 -12-22) 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 3 – 2 | Rochdale | Birkenhead |
Duff Hargreaves | Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 3000 |
Rochdale v Accrington Stanley
25 December 1945 (1945 -12-25) 15 | Rochdale | 2 – 0 | Accrington Stanley | Rochdale |
Brindle | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7614 |
Accrington Stanley v Rochdale
26 December 1945 (1945 -12-26) 16 | Accrington Stanley | 4 – 2 | Rochdale | Accrington |
Duff | Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 8043 |
Rochdale v Crewe Alexandra
29 December 1945 (1945 -12-29) 17 | Rochdale | 3 – 2 | Crewe Alexandra | Rochdale |
Hargreaves Duff Toseland | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6849 |
Rochdale v Southport
12 January 1946 (1946 -01-12) 18 | Rochdale | 1 – 3 | Southport | Rochdale |
Toseland | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4377 |
Chester v Rochdale
19 January 1946 (1946 -01-19) 19 | Chester | 2 – 0 | Rochdale | Chester |
Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 1500 |
Rochdale v Chester
26 January 1946 (1946 -01-26) 20 | Rochdale | 6 – 1 | Chester | Rochdale |
Walters (o.g.) Wood Woods Makin | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500 |
Rochdale v Stockport County
2 February 1946 (1946 -02-02) 21 | Rochdale | 2 – 3 | Stockport County | Rochdale |
Wood Burrows (o.g.) | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3416 |
Stockport County v Rochdale
9 February 1946 (1946 -02-09) 22 | Stockport County | 2 – 2 | Rochdale | Stockport |
Cunliffe Makin | Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 6500 |
Rochdale v Crewe Alexandra
16 February 1946 (1946 -02-16) 23 | Rochdale | 2 – 2 | Crewe Alexandra | Rochdale |
Wood | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3816 |
Crewe Alexandra v Rochdale
23 February 1946 (1946 -02-23) 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 3 – 1 | Rochdale | Crewe |
Hargreaves | Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3880 |
Rochdale v Wrexham
2 March 1946 (1946 -03-02) 25 | Rochdale | 1 – 2 | Wrexham | Rochdale |
Hargreaves | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3775 |
Wrexham v Rochdale
9 March 1946 (1946 -03-09) 26 | Wrexham | 2 – 1 | Rochdale | Wrexham |
Hargreaves | Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 6800 |
Southport v Rochdale
16 March 1946 (1946 -03-16) 27 | Southport | 0 – 2 | Rochdale | Southport |
Hargreaves Cunliffe | Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 3500 |
Rochdale v Barrow
23 March 1946 (1946 -03-23) 28 | Rochdale | 2 – 1 | Barrow | Rochdale |
Makin Wood | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2100 |
Barrow v Rochdale
30 March 1946 (1946 -03-30) 29 | Barrow | 1 – 2 | Rochdale | Barrow-in-Furness |
Rodi Hargreaves | Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 4014 |
Rochdale v Lincoln City
6 April 1946 (1946 -04-06) 30 | Rochdale | 2 – 3 | Lincoln City | Rochdale |
Rodi Hargreaves | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4128 |
Lincoln City v Rochdale
13 April 1946 (1946 -04-13) 31 | Lincoln City | 1 – 2 | Rochdale | Lincoln |
Rodi McCormick | Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 4942 |
Rochdale v Tranmere Rovers
19 April 1946 (1946 -04-19) 32 | Rochdale | 0 – 0 | Tranmere Rovers | Rochdale |
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3243 |
Rochdale v Oldham Athletic
20 April 1946 (1946 -04-20) 33 | Rochdale | 3 – 1 | Oldham Athletic | Rochdale |
Cunliffe Hargreaves Wood | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4200 |
Oldham Athletic v Rochdale
22 April 1946 (1946 -04-22) 34 | Oldham Athletic | 0 – 4 | Rochdale | Oldham |
Hargreaves Cunliffe Rodi | Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5800 |
Southport v Rochdale
27 April 1946 (1946 -04-27) 35 | Southport | 2 – 0 | Rochdale | Southport |
Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1200 |
Rochdale v Southport
4 May 1946 (1946 -05-04) 36 | Rochdale | 2 – 1 | Southport | Rochdale |
Rodi Wood | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3191 |
F.A. Cup
Stockport County v Rochdale
17 November 1945 (1945 -11-17) 1 | Stockport County | 1 – 2 | Rochdale | Stockport |
Shaw | Report | Brindle Woods | Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 6000 |
Rochdale v Stockport County
24 November 1945 (1945 -11-24) 1 | Rochdale | 1 – 1 | Stockport County | Rochdale |
Hargreaves | Report | Hyde | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6158 |
Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale
8 December 1945 (1945 -12-08) 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 3 – 1 | Rochdale | Birkenhead |
Bell Rosenthal Atkinson | Report | Wood | Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 7000 |
Rochdale v Tranmere Rovers
15 December 1945 (1945 -12-15) 2 | Rochdale | 3 – 0 | Tranmere Rovers | Rochdale |
Hargreaves Makin | Report | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6500 |
Bury v Rochdale
5 January 1946 (1946 -01-05) 3 | Bury | 3 – 3 | Rochdale | Bury |
Davies Halton | Report | Cunliffe Hargreaves Reynolds | Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 13248 |
Rochdale v Bury
8 January 1946 (1946 -01-08) 3 | Rochdale | 2 – 4 | Bury | Rochdale |
Hargreaves | Report | Davies Tompkin Jones Moss | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8712 |
Lancashire Senior Cup
Manchester United v Rochdale
5 September 1945 (1945 -09-05) 1 | Manchester United | 5 – 1 | Rochdale | Manchester |
Constantine | Stadium: Maine Road |
Rochdale v Manchester United
1 January 1946 (1946 -01-01) 1 | Rochdale | 2 – 0 | Manchester United | Rochdale |
Brindle Hargreaves | Stadium: Spotland Stadium |
References
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