1948–49 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1948–49 season
Manager	Ted Goodier
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Division 3 North	7th
F.A. Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jack Connor; All: Jack Connor
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1947–48 1949–50 →

The 1948–49 season saw Rochdale compete for their 21st season in the Football League Third Division North.

Statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3 North		F.A. Cup		Lancashire Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	WAL		6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Watson	44	0	40	0	1	0	3	0
	DF	ENG		6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Walter Price	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Don Partridge	38	0	33	0	2	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Cyril Lawrence	15	1	12	1	1	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	George Eastham	5	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Livesey	35	9	32	8	1	0	2	1
	FW	ENG	Cyril Brown	9	3	9	3	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO		45	8	39	6	1	0	5	2
	DF	ENG	Wally Birch	48	7	41	6	2	0	5	1
	MF	SCO		15	1	14	1	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jackie Arthur	32	3	28	3	1	0	3	0
	FW	ENG		25	8	21	8	2	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Eric Wood	41	6	34	6	2	0	5	0
	GK	ENG		27	0	22	0	2	0	3	0
	DF	ENG		25	0	20	0	2	0	3	0
	FW	ENG	Alan Middlebrough	8	4	4	2	2	1	2	1
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Britton	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	SCO		9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO		23	0	21	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Connor	24	12	22	10	0	0	2	2
	GK	ENG	Trevor Churchill	16	0	15	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG		12	0	10	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Harry Hubbick	21	0	19	0	0	0	2	0
			Tom Jones (prev. Derby County)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
		ENG	Jimmy Cheetham	1	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
5	Gateshead	42	10	6	5	41	28	6	7	8	28	30	1.190	45
6	Oldham Athletic	42	12	4	5	49	28	6	5	10	26	39	1.119	45
7	Rochdale	42	14	3	4	37	16	4	6	11	18	37	1.038	45
8	Stockport County	42	13	5	3	44	16	3	6	12	17	40	1.089	43
9	Wrexham	42	12	6	3	35	22	5	3	13	21	40	0.903	43

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions[]

Football League Third Division North[]

21 August 1948 (1948 -08-21) 1	Hartlepools United	6 – 1	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Price Richardson Watson (o.g.)	Report	Brown	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 10383

24 August 1948 (1948 -08-24) 2	Rochdale	3 – 0	Gateshead	Rochdale
	Wood Livesey Arthur	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9955

28 August 1948 (1948 -08-28) 3	Rochdale	3 – 4	Darlington	Rochdale
	Brown Wood	Report	Clarke Quinn Milner	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 12326

30 August 1948 (1948 -08-30) 4	Gateshead	2 – 1	Rochdale	Gateshead
	Small	Report	Livesey	Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 7410

4 September 1948 (1948 -09-04) 5	Oldham Athletic	0 – 1	Rochdale	Oldham
		Report	Wood	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 18065

7 September 1948 (1948 -09-07) 6	Rochdale	1 – 0	Carlisle United	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8343

11 September 1948 (1948 -09-11) 7	New Brighton	1 – 2	Rochdale	New Brighton
	Lyon	Report	Livesey	Stadium: Tower Athletic Ground Attendance: 8385

16 September 1948 (1948 -09-16) 8	Carlisle United	1 – 1	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Walshaw	Report	Birch (pen.)	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 12539

18 September 1948 (1948 -09-18) 9	Rochdale	3 – 1	Chester	Rochdale
	Arthur	Report	Best	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 11965

25 September 1948 (1948 -09-25) 10	Southport	3 – 1	Rochdale	Southport
	Banks	Report	Livesey	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 9643

2 October 1948 (1948 -10-02) 11	Rochdale	3 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Wood	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 10836

9 October 1948 (1948 -10-09) 12	Rochdale	4 – 1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Wood	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 11151

16 October 1948 (1948 -10-16) 13	Rotherham United	3 – 1	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Guest Grainger Shaw	Report	Birch (pen.)	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 16750

23 October 1948 (1948 -10-23) 14	Rochdale	1 – 1	Hull City	Rochdale
	Birch (pen.)	Report	Harrison	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 14967

30 October 1948 (1948 -10-30) 15	Doncaster Rovers	1 – 0	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Tindill	Report		Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 18860

6 November 1948 (1948 -11-06) 16	Rochdale	1 – 1	Bradford City	Rochdale
		Report	Asquith (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8707

13 November 1948 (1948 -11-13) 17	Halifax Town	2 – 1	Rochdale	Halifax
	Mycock	Report	Wood	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 7743

20 November 1948 (1948 -11-20) 18	Rochdale	2 – 1	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Middlebrough	Report	Boothway	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7760

18 December 1948 (1948 -12-18) 19	Rochdale	0 – 1	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5803

25 December 1948 (1948 -12-25) 20	Stockport County	2 – 2	Rochdale	Stockport
	Barkas Herd	Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10641

27 December 1948 (1948 -12-27) 21	Rochdale	2 – 0	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Birch (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 10510

1 January 1949 (1949 -01-01) 22	Darlington	6 – 1	Rochdale	Darlington
	Ward Quinn Bower	Report	Middlebrough	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 9887

15 January 1949 (1949 -01-15) 23	Rochdale	1 – 2	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Birch (pen.)	Report	Haddington Gemmell	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8252

22 January 1949 (1949 -01-22) 24	Rochdale	1 – 1	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Connor	Report	Taylor	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5867

29 January 1949 (1949 -01-29) 25	Barrow	0 – 1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
		Report	Livesey	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 7321

5 February 1949 (1949 -02-05) 26	Chester	2 – 1	Rochdale	Chester
	Foulds	Report	Livesey	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 5570

12 February 1949 (1949 -02-12) 27	Tranmere Rovers	0 – 0	Rochdale	Birkenhead
		Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 7246

19 February 1949 (1949 -02-19) 28	Rochdale	1 – 0	Southport	Rochdale
	Connor	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4322

26 February 1949 (1949 -02-26) 29	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 2	Rochdale	Crewe
	Ferris (pen.)	Report	Connor	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 6062

12 March 1949 (1949 -03-12) 30	Rochdale	2 – 0	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	Arthur Connor	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9840

19 March 1949 (1949 -03-19) 31	Hull City	1 – 1	Rochdale	Hull
	Price	Report		Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 36509

26 March 1949 (1949 -03-26) 32	Rochdale	0 – 2	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
		Report	Tindill Barritt	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8637

2 April 1949 (1949 -04-02) 33	Bradford City	1 – 0	Rochdale	Bradford
	Molyneux	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 10314

4 April 1949 (1949 -04-04) 34	Rochdale	1 – 0	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
	Connor	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3362

9 April 1949 (1949 -04-09) 35	Rochdale	1 – 0	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Connor	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6885

15 April 1949 (1949 -04-15) 36	York City	1 – 1	Rochdale	York
	Storey	Report	Livesey	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 12438

16 April 1949 (1949 -04-16) 37	Wrexham	2 – 0	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Rowell 25' Beynon 37'	Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 8494

18 April 1949 (1949 -04-18) 38	Rochdale	2 – 0	York City	Rochdale
	Connor Birch (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7758

23 April 1949 (1949 -04-23) 39	Rochdale	3 – 0	Barrow	Rochdale
	Livesey Lawrence Connor	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7757

27 April 1949 (1949 -04-27) 40	Accrington Stanley	0 – 0	Rochdale	Accrington
		Report		Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 5446

30 April 1949 (1949 -04-30) 41	Mansfield Town	2 – 0	Rochdale	Mansfield
	Chessell	Report		Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 9885

7 May 1949 (1949 -05-07) 42	Rochdale	2 – 1	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Connor	Report	Williamson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5923

F.A. Cup[]

27 November 1948 (1948 -11-27) 1	Rochdale	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Barrow	Oldham
	Middlebrough	Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 12077

4 December 1948 (1948 -12-04) 1	Barrow	2 – 0	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Collins	Report		Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 9570

Lancashire Cup[]

26 October 1948 (1948 -10-26) 1	Bury	1 – 2	Rochdale	Bury
				Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3300

9 November 1948 (1948 -11-09) 2	Rochdale	1 – 1	Everton	Rochdale
	Birch (pen.)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2372

16 November 1948 (1948 -11-16) 2	Everton	0 – 1	Rochdale	Liverpool
			Middlebrough	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 5103

3 May 1949 (1949 -05-03) SF	Manchester City	0 – 2	Rochdale	Manchester
			Livesey Connor	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 3812

10 May 1949 (1949 -05-10) F	Blackpool	0 – 1	Rochdale	Oldham
			Connor	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 13174

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References[]

^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

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

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