1938–39 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1938–39 season
Manager	Sam Jennings; Ted Goodier
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North	15th
FA Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Wynn; All: Jimmy Wynn
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1937–38 1939–40 →

The 1938–39 season saw Rochdale compete for their 18th 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		Football League Jubilee
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Des Fawcett	15	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO		42	0	37	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Sneddon	36	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Duff	47	16	41	14	1	1	1	0	3	1	1	0
	MF	ENG	Ted Goodier	34	2	28	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Fred Reeve	34	4	27	3	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	1
	MF	ENG		5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	FW	SCO	Tom Douglas	10	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	MF	ENG		13	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Syd Goodfellow	48	4	41	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	2
	FW	WAL	Arthur Griffiths	17	5	14	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	SCO		11	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	SCO		7	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Archie Young	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Wynn	41	30	36	28	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	0
	MF	ENG	John Barratt	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
	MF	ENG		10	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG		7	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	SCO		34	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
	MF	ENG		28	7	23	6	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0
	FW	ENG	Tommy Prest	22	6	21	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Georgie Mee	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Wally Reynolds	23	4	22	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG		21	13	20	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG		18	6	18	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	WAL		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	John Gastall	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG		1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG		1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
			J. Kennedy	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Final league table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts
13	Barrow	42	11	5	5	46	22	5	4	12	20	43	1.015	41
14	Wrexham	42	15	2	4	46	28	2	5	14	20	51	0.835	41
15	Rochdale	42	10	5	6	58	29	5	4	12	34	53	1.122	39
16	New Brighton	42	11	2	8	46	32	4	7	10	22	41	0.932	39
17	Lincoln City	42	9	6	6	40	33	3	3	15	26	59	0.717	33

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions[]

Football League Third Division North[]

27 August 1938 (1938 -08-27) 1	Rotherham United	7 – 1	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Clarke	Report	Griffiths	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 7438

30 August 1938 (1938 -08-30) 2	Rochdale	2 – 3	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Griffiths	Report	Ashton (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5217

3 September 1938 (1938 -09-03) 3	Rochdale	1 – 2	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
		Report	Ferrier	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7357

6 September 1938 (1938 -09-06) 4	Rochdale	1 – 1	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Goodfellow	Report	Perry	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4469

10 September 1938 (1938 -09-10) 5	Rochdale	2 – 2	York City	Rochdale
	Goodfellow Griffiths	Report	Hughes Scott	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5494

12 September 1938 (1938 -09-12) 6	Doncaster Rovers	5 – 0	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Perry Little (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 5530

17 September 1938 (1938 -09-17) 7	Wrexham	1 – 0	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Burditt	Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 3565

24 September 1938 (1938 -09-24) 8	Rochdale	5 – 2	Gateshead	Rochdale
	Duff Griffiths Wynn Reeve (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6393

1 October 1938 (1938 -10-01) 9	Hartlepools United	4 – 2	Rochdale	Hartlepool
		Report	Wynn	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4446

8 October 1938 (1938 -10-08) 10	Rochdale	6 – 1	Darlington	Rochdale
	Wynn Reeve Duff Griffiths	Report	Armstrong	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5232

15 October 1938 (1938 -10-15) 11	Halifax Town	2 – 1	Rochdale	Halifax
	Barkas Widdowfield	Report		Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 5626

22 October 1938 (1938 -10-22) 12	Rochdale	2 – 0	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Duff Prest	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7292

29 October 1938 (1938 -10-29) 13	Barrow	3 – 1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
		Report	Goodier	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 6533

5 November 1938 (1938 -11-05) 14	Rochdale	5 – 2	Chester	Rochdale
	Wynn (pen.) (pen.) Duff	Report	Pendergast	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6732

12 November 1938 (1938 -11-12) 15	Bradford City	3 – 0	Rochdale	Bradford
	Swindells Smailes	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 6615

19 November 1938 (1938 -11-19) 16	Rochdale	4 – 0	Hull City	Rochdale
	Wynn Reynolds Prest	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6690

3 December 1938 (1938 -12-03) 17	Rochdale	0 – 1	Stockport County	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6293

10 December 1938 (1938 -12-10) 18	Accrington Stanley	0 – 5	Rochdale	Accrington
		Report	Prest Duff Wynn (pen.)	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 3836

17 December 1938 (1938 -12-17) 19	Rochdale	2 – 1	Barnsley	Rochdale
	Wynn Prest	Report	Asquith	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5466

24 December 1938 (1938 -12-24) 20	Rochdale	0 – 1	Rotherham United	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5811

26 December 1938 (1938 -12-26) 21	Southport	4 – 1	Rochdale	Southport
	Colquhoun	Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 6606

27 December 1938 (1938 -12-27) 22	Rochdale	5 – 0	Southport	Rochdale
	Duff Wynn Prest Reynolds	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6293

31 December 1938 (1938 -12-31) 23	Oldham Athletic	1 – 2	Rochdale	Oldham
		Report	Wynn Reeve	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 11644

11 January 1939 (1939 -01-11) 24	Lincoln City	2 – 2	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Ponting Hancock	Report	Duff	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 1847

14 January 1939 (1939 -01-14) 25	York City	0 – 7	Rochdale	York
		Report	Wynn (pen.) Duff	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 3826

21 January 1939 (1939 -01-21) 26	Rochdale	0 – 0	Wrexham	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7250

28 January 1939 (1939 -01-28) 27	Gateshead	2 – 2	Rochdale	Gateshead
		Report	Wynn	Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 2846

4 February 1939 (1939 -02-04) 28	Rochdale	3 – 4	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Wynn (pen.) Duff	Report	Robbins	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5557

11 February 1939 (1939 -02-11) 29	Darlington	1 – 2	Rochdale	Darlington
	Feeney	Report		Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 3011

18 February 1939 (1939 -02-18) 30	Rochdale	4 – 5	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Wynn (pen.)	Report	Widdowfield Griffiths Wood	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6521

25 February 1939 (1939 -02-25) 31	New Brighton	3 – 1	Rochdale	New Brighton
	Frost Wood	Report	Wynn	Stadium: Sandheys Park Attendance: 3296

4 March 1939 (1939 -03-04) 32	Rochdale	2 – 2	Barrow	Rochdale
	Reynolds	Report	Alcock	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4734

11 March 1939 (1939 -03-11) 33	Chester	0 – 0	Rochdale	Chester
		Report		Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 4375

18 March 1939 (1939 -03-18) 34	Rochdale	1 – 1	Bradford City	Rochdale
	Prest	Report	Hinsley	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5651

25 March 1939 (1939 -03-25) 35	Hull City	3 – 3	Rochdale	Hull
	Richardson Hubbard	Report	Duff Wynn	Stadium: Anlaby Road Attendance: 3975

1 April 1939 (1939 -04-01) 36	Rochdale	4 – 0	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Wynn	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4314

7 April 1939 (1939 -04-07) 37	Crewe Alexandra	4 – 1	Rochdale	Crewe
	Chandler Goodfellow (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 6678

8 April 1939 (1939 -04-08) 38	Stockport County	1 – 2	Rochdale	Stockport
		Report	Wynn	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 6485

10 April 1939 (1939 -04-10) 39	Rochdale	5 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Wynn Gastall	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7786

15 April 1939 (1939 -04-15) 40	Rochdale	4 – 1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Duff Wynn	Report	Waring	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3981

22 April 1939 (1939 -04-22) 41	Barnsley	2 – 0	Rochdale	Barnsley
		Report		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 8403

29 April 1939 (1939 -04-29) 42	Carlisle United	5 – 1	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Ashton Beresford Hunt (pen.)	Report	Reynolds	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 2800

F.A. Cup[]

26 November 1938 (1938 -11-26) 1	Halifax Town	7 – 3	Rochdale	Halifax
	Widdowfield Wood	Report	Wynn Duff Goodier	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 10000

Football League Third Division North Cup[]

2 January 1939 (1939 -01-02) 1	Accrington Stanley	2 – 1	Rochdale	Accrington
	Alexander Waring	^[1]		Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 1600

Lancashire Cup[]

21 September 1938 (1938 -09-21) 1	Oldham Athletic	0 – 0	Rochdale	Oldham
		^[1]		Stadium: Boundary Park

11 October 1938 (1938 -10-11) 1	Rochdale	2 – 2	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Duff Wynn	^[1]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

18 October 1938 (1938 -10-18) 1	Rochdale	1 – 2	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
		^[1]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Football League Jubilee[]

20 August 1938 (1938 -08-20)	Halifax Town	4 – 1	Rochdale	Halifax
		^[1]	Kennedy	Stadium: The Shay

23 August 1938 (1938 -08-23)	Rochdale	5 – 1	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Goodfellow (pen.) (pen.) Douglas Reeve	^[1]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

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References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Phillipps, Steven (2001). Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001. Harefield, Middlesex: Yore. ISBN 1-874427-09-7. OCLC 48531524.
^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

[Phillipps-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Phillipps, Steven (2001). Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001. Harefield, Middlesex: Yore. ISBN 1-874427-09-7. OCLC 48531524.

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

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