1935–36 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1935–36 season
Manager	Billy Smith;
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North	20th
FA Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Joe Wiggins; All: Joe Wiggins
	← 1934–35 1936–37 →

The 1935–36 season saw Rochdale compete for their 15th season in the Football League Third Division North.

Statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3 North		FA Cup		Division 3 North Cup		Lancashire Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Billy Baker	41	0	38	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Albert Worthy	43	2	41	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
	DF	WAL	Gwyn Jones	41	0	38	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG		26	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG		38	0	37	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Walter Buckley	38	1	37	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	George Emmerson	37	3	35	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Duff	34	11	31	10	1	0	1	1	1	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Wiggins	28	15	27	14	0	0	0	0	1	1
	FW	ENG	Harry Marshall	31	9	31	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Bert Hales	41	4	38	4	1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG		7	3	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG		17	6	15	5	1	0	1	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Sidney Elliott	11	1	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG		18	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF			3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG		12	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG		17	2	14	2	1	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG		2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG		5	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG		2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Final league table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
18	Wrexham	42	12	3	6	39	18	3	4	14	27	57	0.880	37
19	Mansfield Town	42	13	5	3	55	25	1	4	16	25	66	0.879	37
20	Rochdale	42	8	10	3	35	26	2	3	16	23	62	0.659	33
21	Southport	42	9	8	4	31	26	2	1	18	17	64	0.533	31	Re-elected
22	New Brighton	42	8	5	8	29	33	1	1	19	14	69	0.422	24	Re-elected

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions[]

Football League Third Division North[]

31 August 1935 (1935 -08-31) 1	Rochdale	2 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Marshall Hales	Report	Wood	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9036

2 September 1935 (1935 -09-02) 2	Stockport County	4 – 0	Rochdale	Stockport
	Brennan Tidman McNaughton	Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 11919

7 September 1935 (1935 -09-07) 3	Accrington Stanley	2 – 4	Rochdale	Accrington
	Mortimer	Report	Marshall	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 4212

10 September 1935 (1935 -09-10) 4	Rochdale	1 – 1	Stockport County	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 10238

14 September 1935 (1935 -09-14) 5	Rochdale	2 – 1	Southport	Rochdale
	Marshall	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5605

21 September 1935 (1935 -09-21) 6	Chester	5 – 2	Rochdale	Chester
	Wrightson Williams Cresswell	Report	Buckley Marshall	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 6914

28 September 1935 (1935 -09-28) 7	Rochdale	0 – 0	Lincoln City	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7052

5 October 1935 (1935 -10-05) 8	Halifax Town	2 – 0	Rochdale	Halifax
	Barkas Valentine	Report		Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 7396

12 October 1935 (1935 -10-12) 9	York City	2 – 1	Rochdale	York
	Green Speed	Report	Marshall	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 4487

19 October 1935 (1935 -10-19) 10	Rochdale	2 – 6	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Worthy Duff	Report	Brunskill Agar	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4985

26 October 1935 (1935 -10-26) 11	Wrexham	0 – 1	Rochdale	Wrexham
		Report	Duff	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 4063

2 November 1935 (1935 -11-02) 12	Rochdale	1 – 1	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	Marshall	Report	Fenoughty	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5786

9 November 1935 (1935 -11-09) 13	Mansfield Town	3 – 0	Rochdale	Mansfield
	Harston Lockie Clenshaw	Report		Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 4762

16 November 1935 (1935 -11-16) 14	Rochdale	0 – 1	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
		Report	Bonass	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4878

23 November 1935 (1935 -11-23) 15	Carlisle United	4 – 3	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Williams Mantle	Report	Hales	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6029

7 December 1935 (1935 -12-07) 16	Tranmere Rovers	5 – 2	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	MacDonald Urmson Bell	Report	Wiggins	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5657

14 December 1935 (1935 -12-14) 17	Rochdale	5 – 0	Gateshead	Rochdale
	Wiggins	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2966

21 December 1935 (1935 -12-21) 18	Darlington	4 – 0	Rochdale	Darlington
	Alderson Towers	Report		Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 3422

25 December 1935 (1935 -12-25) 19	Rochdale	1 – 1	Barrow	Rochdale
	Wiggins	Report	Hopkinson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5031

26 December 1935 (1935 -12-26) 20	Barrow	6 – 2	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Rowbotham Reid	Report	Wiggins G. Emmerson	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 4383

28 December 1935 (1935 -12-28) 21	Crewe Alexandra	3 – 1	Rochdale	Crewe
	Waring Rigby Swindells	Report	Elliott	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4856

1 January 1936 (1936 -01-01) 22	Chesterfield	2 – 2	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Dando	Report		Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 11138

4 January 1936 (1936 -01-04) 23	Rochdale	2 – 2	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Duff (pen.)	Report	Mortimer	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4822

18 January 1936 (1936 -01-18) 24	Southport	1 – 1	Rochdale	Southport
	Baker (o.g.)	Report	Wiggins	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 2475

25 January 1936 (1936 -01-25) 25	Rochdale	1 – 1	Chester	Rochdale
		Report	Cresswell (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4420

1 February 1936 (1936 -02-01) 26	Lincoln City	5 – 1	Rochdale	Lincoln
		Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 4835

8 February 1936 (1936 -02-08) 27	Rochdale	2 – 0	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Duff Williams (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4309

15 February 1936 (1936 -02-15) 28	Rochdale	2 – 3	York City	Rochdale
	Wiggins	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4670

22 February 1936 (1936 -02-22) 29	Oldham Athletic	3 – 3	Rochdale	Oldham
	Duff Marshall	Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 6051

29 February 1936 (1936 -02-29) 30	Rochdale	3 – 1	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
	Duff Wiggins	Report	Harston	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2227

7 March 1936 (1936 -03-07) 31	Rotherham United	6 – 0	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Dickinson	Report		Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 2957

14 March 1936 (1936 -03-14) 32	Rochdale	2 – 1	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Wiggins	Report	MacCartney (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3307

21 March 1936 (1936 -03-21) 33	Hartlepools United	1 – 0	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	George Harris	Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4110

28 March 1936 (1936 -03-28) 34	Rochdale	0 – 0	Carlisle United	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3722

31 March 1936 (1936 -03-31) 35	Rochdale	6 – 4	Walsall	Rochdale
	Duff Wiggins Marshall G. Emmerson	Report	Woolhouse Smith	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1942

4 April 1936 (1936 -04-04) 36	Walsall	1 – 0	Rochdale	Walsall
		Report		Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 3396

10 April 1936 (1936 -04-10) 37	New Brighton	2 – 0	Rochdale	New Brighton
	Ainsworth	Report		Stadium: Sandheys Park Attendance: 3299

11 April 1936 (1936 -04-11) 38	Rochdale	0 – 0	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5760

13 April 1936 (1936 -04-13) 39	Rochdale	1 – 0	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Hales	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4124

18 April 1936 (1936 -04-18) 40	Gateshead	1 – 0	Rochdale	Gateshead
	Mathison	Report		Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 1996

25 April 1936 (1936 -04-25) 41	Rochdale	1 – 1	Darlington	Rochdale
	Marshall	Report	Alderson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2927

2 May 1936 (1936 -05-02) 42	Rochdale	1 – 1	Chesterfield	Rochdale
	G. Emmerson	Report	Brown	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3551

FA Cup[]

30 November 1935 (1935 -11-30) 1	Halifax Town	4 – 0	Rochdale	Halifax
	Barkas	Report		Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 7431

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Third Division North Cup[]

1 October 1935 (1935 -10-01) 1	Oldham Athletic	6 – 3	Rochdale	Oldham
	Chambers (pen.)	^[2]	Worthy Duff	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 967

Lancashire Cup[]

23 September 1935 (1935 -09-23) 1	New Brighton	3 – 1	Rochdale	New Brighton
		^[3]	Wiggins	Stadium: Sandheys Park

References[]

^ http://www.enfa.co.uk/
^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

[1] ttp://www.enfa.co.uk/

[2] Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

[3] Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

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1935–36 season
Manager	Billy Smith
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North	20th
FA Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Joe Wiggins All: Joe Wiggins
← 1934–35 1936–37 →