1921–22 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1921–22 season
Chairman	JG Ramsbottom
Manager	Tom Wilson
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North	20th
FA Cup	5th Round Qualifying
Top goalscorer	League: Harry Dennison; All: Harry Dennison
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The 1921–22 season saw Rochdale compete in the newly formed Football League Third Division North, where they finished in 20th and last position with 26 points.

Statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division3 (N)		FA Cup		Lancashire Cup		Manchester Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
N/A	GK		Jimmy Crabtree	37	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
N/A	DF		Jimmy Nuttall	32	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
N/A	DF		Joe Sheehan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	FW		Jack Hill	28	8	25	8	1	0	1	0	1	0
N/A	DF		Peter Farrar	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	DF		Jack Yarwood	14	0	11	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
N/A	FW		Sid Hoad	19	2	17	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	FW		Bob Sandiford	12	2	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	FW		Harry Dennison	35	18	33	17	1	1	0	0	1	0
N/A	FW		Reg Owens	15	7	14	7	0	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	FW		Gene Carney	11	6	10	6	0	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	FW		Arthur Collinge	11	1	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	DF		Tommy Mort	30	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
N/A	DF		Joseph Barnes	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	DF		Herbert Clark	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	MF		John Broster	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	FW		Albert Wolstencroft	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	MF		Ernie Whiteside	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF		Harry Mallalieu	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	GK		William Sneyd	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF		Jim Tully	32	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF		Joe Herbert	17	4	16	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	DF		Jack Barton	20	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	DF		Fred Taylor	20	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
N/A	MF		William Clifton	14	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
N/A	DF		Jock Burns	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	FW		Tommy Bennett	4	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF		George Daniels	28	1	26	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
N/A	FW		Hugh Cameron	12	2	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
N/A	FW		George Hoyle	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
N/A	FW		Wilson McGhee	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	DF		Thomas Catlow	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF		Harry Foster	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF		Arthur Hinchliffe	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Final league table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Nelson	38	7	6	6	27	23	6	1	12	21	43	0.727	33
17	Wigan Borough	38	9	4	6	32	28	2	5	12	14	44	0.639	31
18	Tranmere Rovers	38	7	5	7	41	25	2	6	11	10	36	0.836	29
19	Halifax Town	38	9	4	6	37	28	1	5	13	19	48	0.737	29	Re-elected
20	Rochdale	38	9	2	8	34	24	2	2	15	18	53	0.675	26	Re-elected

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions[]

Football League Third Division North[]

Results by matchday[]

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	L
Position	8	11	13	11	15	17	13	13	16	18	15	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	19	20	20	20

Source: https://www.enfa.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

27 August 1921 (1921-08-27) 1	Rochdale	6–3	Accrington Stanley	showRochdale
	Owens Dennison Carney (pen.)	Report	Green	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7,000

3 September 1921 (1921-09-03) 2	Accrington Stanley	4–0	Rochdale	showAccrington
	Green	Report		Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 11,000

10 September 1921 (1921-09-10) 3	Rochdale	3–3	Halifax Town	showRochdale
	Hill Dennison Carney (pen.)	Report	Woods	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8,000

17 September 1921 (1921-09-17) 4	Halifax Town	1–1	Rochdale	showHalifax
		Report	Collinge	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 10,000

24 September 1921 (1921-09-24) 5	Rochdale	0–1	Southport	showRochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,000

1 October 1921 (1921-10-01) 6	Southport	2–1	Rochdale	showSouthport
	Glover	Report	Sandiford	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 6,000

8 October 1921 (1921-10-08) 7	Rochdale	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	showRochdale
	Herbert	Report	Bullough	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,000

15 October 1921 (1921-10-15) 8	Tranmere Rovers	7–0	Rochdale	showBirkenhead
	Groves Bullough Cunningham	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,000

22 October 1921 (1921-10-22) 9	Rochdale	0–1	Stockport County	showRochdale
	Nuttall	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

29 October 1921 (1921-10-29) 10	Stockport County	3–0	Rochdale	showStockport
	Jones Gault	Report	Burns	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,000

5 November 1921 (1921-11-05) 11	Rochdale	2–1	Stalybridge Celtic	showRochdale
	Hoad 15', 47' (pen.)	Report	Gee 60'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: W.G. Day

12 November 1921 (1921-11-12) 12	Stalybridge Celtic	1–0	Rochdale	showStalybridge
	Petrie 2'	Report		Stadium: Bower Fold Attendance: 6,000 Referee: W.G. Day

19 November 1921 (1921-11-19) 13	Rochdale	0–2	Grimsby Town	showRochdale
		Report	Smith Carmichael	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,000

26 November 1921 (1921-11-26) 14	Grimsby Town	3–0	Rochdale	showCleethorpes
	Miller Carmichael	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 8,000

10 December 1921 (1921-12-10) 15	Wigan Borough	3–2	Rochdale	showWigan
	Broster Freeman	Report	Dennison (pen.)	Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 5,000

24 December 1921 (1921-12-24) 16	Rochdale	7–0	Walsall	showRochdale
	Owens Dennison (pen.) (pen.) Daniels Cameron	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,000

26 December 1921 (1921-12-26) 17	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Rochdale	showCrewe
	Caulfield	Report		Stadium: Gresty Road

27 December 1921 (1921-12-27) 18	Rochdale	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	showRochdale
	Dennison	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

31 December 1921 (1921-12-31) 19	Hartlepool United	5–3	Rochdale	showHartlepool
		Report	Sandiford Owens Herbert	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 7,000

14 January 1922 (1922-01-14) 20	Rochdale	0–1	Hartlepool United	showRochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

21 January 1922 (1922-01-21) 21	Darlington	2–1	Rochdale	showDarlington
	Wolstenholme Healey	Report	Herbert	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 2,000

28 January 1922 (1922-01-28) 22	Rochdale	0–2	Darlington	showRochdale
		Report	Malcolm Wolstenholme	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,000

4 February 1922 (1922-02-04) 23	Rochdale	0–2	Lincoln City	showRochdale
		Report	Lees 42' Walker 86'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium

11 February 1922 (1922-02-11) 24	Lincoln City	1–2	Rochdale	showLincoln
	Rippon 44' Fenwick	Report	Greaves 52' (o.g.) Dennison 82'	Stadium: Sincil Bank

18 February 1922 (1922-02-18) 25	Ashington	7–3	Rochdale	showAshington
	Foster	Report	Dennison Carney	Stadium: Portland Park Attendance: 3,000

25 February 1922 (1922-02-25) 26	Rochdale	2–1	Ashington	showRochdale
	Dennison Hoyle	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

4 March 1922 (1922-03-04) 27	Rochdale	0–1	Barrow	showRochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

11 March 1922 (1922-03-11) 28	Barrow	1–0	Rochdale	showBarrow-in-Furness
		Report		Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 5,250

18 March 1922 (1922-03-18) 29	Rochdale	1–0	Durham City	showRochdale
	Dennison	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,000

25 March 1922 (1922-03-25) 30	Durham City	0–2	Rochdale	showDurham
		Report	Hill	Stadium: Kepier Haughs Attendance: 1,500

1 April 1922 (1922-04-01) 31	Rochdale	3–0	Wrexham	showRochdale
	Hill Carney	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,000

8 April 1922 (1922-04-08) 32	Wrexham	1–1	Rochdale	showWrexham
	Matthias (pen.)	Report	Hill	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 3,000

14 April 1922 (1922-04-14) 33	Rochdale	4–2	Wigan Borough	showRochdale
	Carney Dennison Hill	Report	Freeman	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

15 April 1922 (1922-04-15) 34	Rochdale	2–2	Nelson	showRochdale
	Dennison	Report	Eddleston Wilson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

18 April 1922 (1922-04-18) 35	Walsall	4–0	Rochdale	showWalsall
	Reid Butler Groves	Report		Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 5,000

22 April 1922 (1922-04-22) 36	Nelson	4–1	Rochdale	showNelson
	Eddleston Wilson	Report	Hill	Stadium: Seedhill Football Ground

29 April 1922 (1922-04-29) 37	Rochdale	0–1	Chesterfield	showRochdale
		Report	Williams	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

6 May 1922 (1922-05-06) 38	Chesterfield	2–1	Rochdale	showChesterfield
	Cooper	Report	Cameron	Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 6,000

FA Cup[]

3 December 1921 (1921-12-03) Q5	Nelson	3–2	Rochdale	showNelson
	Eddleston Waller Lilley	^[1]	Dennison Bennett	Stadium: Seedhill

Lancashire Senior Cup[]

14 September 1921 (1921-09-14) 1	Stockport County	2–0	Rochdale	showStockport
		^[1]		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 2,000

Manchester Cup[]

28 February 1922 (1922-02-28)	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Rochdale	showBolton
		^[1]	Hoyle	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 3,000

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References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ "Rochdale match record: 1922". www.11v11.com.
^ "The English National Football Archive". www.enfa.co.uk.

[Phillipps-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

[2] "Rochdale match record: 1922". www.11v11.com.

[3] "The English National Football Archive". www.enfa.co.uk.

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