1952–53 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1952–53 season
Manager	Jack Warner
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Division 3 North	22nd
F.A. Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Bert Foulds; All: Bert Foulds
	← 1951–52 1953–54 →

The 1952–53 season saw Rochdale compete for their 25th 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	ENG	Trevor Churchill	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG		33	0	31	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Harry Boyle	47	0	45	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	WAL	Jack Warner	22	0	21	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Wally Birch	24	0	23	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Alistair Buchan	41	1	40	1	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jackie Arthur	16	4	15	4	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO		2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Bert Foulds	34	13	32	13	1	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Bobby Gilfillan	43	10	41	10	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Eric Betts	27	4	26	4	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG		41	7	39	7	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Joe Lynn	42	6	40	5	1	1	1	0
	GK	ENG	Jim Nicholls	24	0	23	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO		16	3	16	3	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG		11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Charlie Hogan	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG		5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Ray Haddington	27	8	25	8	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Watson	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG		2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG		4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG		6	2	6	2	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Don Partridge	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	John Graham	10	1	10	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Danny Boxshall	8	3	8	3	0	0	0	0

Final League Table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	Chester	46	10	7	6	39	27	1	8	14	25	58	0.753	37
21	Darlington	46	13	4	6	33	27	1	2	20	25	69	0.604	34
22	Rochdale	46	12	5	6	41	27	2	0	21	21	56	0.747	33
23	Workington	46	9	5	9	40	33	2	5	16	15	58	0.604	32	Re-elected
24	Accrington Stanley	46	7	9	7	25	29	1	2	20	14	60	0.438	27	Re-elected

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions[]

Football League Third Division North[]

23 August 1952 (1952 -08-23) 1	Rochdale	0 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
		Report	McGuigan	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7000 Referee: E Plinston

25 August 1952 (1952 -08-25) 2	Bradford Park Avenue	2 – 1	Rochdale	Bradford
	Turner	Report		Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 12060 Referee: A Holland

30 August 1952 (1952 -08-30) 3	Port Vale	5 – 2	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
	Steele Bennett Griffiths Mullard	Report	Gilfillan Foulds	Stadium: Old Recreation Ground Attendance: 15448 Referee: ER Hill

2 September 1952 (1952 -09-02) 4	Rochdale	1 – 0	Bradford Park Avenue	Rochdale
	Foulds	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6647 Referee: A Holland

6 September 1952 (1952 -09-06) 5	Rochdale	3 – 1	Chester	Rochdale
	Lynn Gilfillan Betts	Report	Richardson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6557 Referee: F Cowen

9 September 1952 (1952 -09-09) 6	Southport	1 – 0	Rochdale	Southport
		Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 5175 Referee: H Haworth

13 September 1952 (1952 -09-13) 7	Scunthorpe United	5 – 1	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
	Haigh Whitfield Mynard McGill Mosby	Report	Foulds	Stadium: Old Show Ground Attendance: 7381 Referee: LN Peake

16 September 1952 (1952 -09-16) 8	Rochdale	0 – 0	Southport	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5330

20 September 1952 (1952 -09-20) 9	Rochdale	2 – 2	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Lynn Gilfillan	Report	Oliver Connor	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8623 Referee: JW Bowers

23 September 1952 (1952 -09-23) 10	Rochdale	2 – 0	Workington	Rochdale
	Betts	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5075 Referee: W Hesleton

27 September 1952 (1952 -09-27) 11	Bradford City	0 – 3	Rochdale	Bradford
		Report	Foulds	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 10898 Referee: A Murdoch

30 September 1952 (1952 -09-30) 12	Rochdale	2 – 3	Gateshead	Rochdale
	Gilfillan	Report	Wilbert Winters	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4848

4 October 1952 (1952 -10-04) 13	Oldham Athletic	1 – 0	Rochdale	Oldham
		Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 23026 Referee: J McCann

11 October 1952 (1952 -10-11) 14	Rochdale	4 – 1	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Arthur (pen.)	Report	Jones	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8016 Referee: RJ Leafe

18 October 1952 (1952 -10-18) 15	Barrow	2 – 1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
		Report	Gilfillan	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 5789 Referee: J Bell

25 October 1952 (1952 -10-25) 16	Rochdale	0 – 2	Grimsby Town	Rochdale
		Report	McCue	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 12291

1 November 1952 (1952 -11-01) 17	York City	2 – 0	Rochdale	York
	Griffiths Warrender	Report		Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 9430 Referee: TW Glendenning

8 November 1952 (1952 -11-08) 18	Rochdale	3 – 0	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Gilfillan Betts Foulds	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6101 Referee: KA Collinge

15 November 1952 (1952 -11-15) 19	Chesterfield	1 – 0	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Smith	Report		Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 6752 Referee: L Richardson

29 November 1952 (1952 -11-29) 20	Accrington Stanley	2 – 1	Rochdale	Accrington
		Report	Gilfillan	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 4060 Referee: H Beacock

6 December 1952 (1952 -12-06) 21	Chester	3 – 0	Rochdale	Chester
	Bullock Travis Kirkpatrick	Report		Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 3324 Referee: F Cowen

13 December 1952 (1952 -12-13) 22	Mansfield Town	2 – 1	Rochdale	Mansfield
	Marron Scott	Report		Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 6211 Referee: C Fletcher

20 December 1952 (1952 -12-20) 23	Crewe Alexandra	4 – 2	Rochdale	Crewe
	Basford Blunstone	Report	Haddington	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4454 Referee: E Plinston

26 December 1952 (1952 -12-26) 24	Darlington	3 – 2	Rochdale	Darlington
	Murray	Report	Lynn	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 6406 Referee: A Holland

27 December 1952 (1952 -12-27) 25	Rochdale	3 – 1	Darlington	Rochdale
	Haddington	Report	Murray	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6461 Referee: A Holland

1 January 1953 (1953 -01-01) 26	Gateshead	3 – 1	Rochdale	Gateshead
	Callender (pen.) Smith	Report	Foulds	Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 3729 Referee: L Howarth

3 January 1953 (1953 -01-03) 27	Rochdale	1 – 1	Port Vale	Rochdale
	Lynn (pen.)	Report	Hayward	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6899 Referee: ER Hill

10 January 1953 (1953 -01-10) 28	Carlisle United	5 – 0	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Ashman Whitehouse	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 7282 Referee: W Hesleton

24 January 1953 (1953 -01-24) 29	Rochdale	2 – 2	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
	Betts Lynn	Report	Ottewell Brownsword (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5050 Referee: LN Peake

31 January 1953 (1953 -01-31) 30	Rochdale	1 – 2	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Haddington	Report	Ashman Whitehouse	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3447 Referee: W Hesleton

7 February 1953 (1953 -02-07) 31	Stockport County	2 – 0	Rochdale	Stockport
	Connor	Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 5659 Referee: JW Bowers

21 February 1953 (1953 -02-21) 32	Rochdale	3 – 1	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Foulds Buchan	Report	McIlvenny	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 15502 Referee: J McCann

28 February 1953 (1953 -02-28) 33	Wrexham	3 – 0	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Boyle (o.g.) Hughes Tilston	Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 7879 Referee: RJ Leafe

7 March 1953 (1953 -03-07) 34	Rochdale	6 – 2	Barrow	Rochdale
	Foulds Graham	Report	Collins	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5239 Referee: J Bell

14 March 1953 (1953 -03-14) 35	Grimsby Town	3 – 2	Rochdale	Cleethorpes
	Scotson McCue	Report	Foulds	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 10578

21 March 1953 (1953 -03-21) 36	Rochdale	0 – 3	York City	Rochdale
		Report	Fenton Hughes	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6373 Referee: TW Glendenning

24 March 1953 (1953 -03-24) 37	Rochdale	2 – 1	Bradford City	Rochdale
	Foulds Haddington	Report	Carr	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2140

28 March 1953 (1953 -03-28) 38	Tranmere Rovers	1 – 0	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Done	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 4276 Referee: KA Collinge

3 April 1953 (1953 -04-03) 39	Hartlepools United	2 – 1	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Newton	Report	Boxshall	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 8777 Referee: G Black

4 April 1953 (1953 -04-04) 40	Rochdale	0 – 2	Chesterfield	Rochdale
		Report	Wilson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4803 Referee: L Richardson

6 April 1953 (1953 -04-06) 41	Rochdale	3 – 1	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Arthur (pen.) Boxshall	Report	Richardson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3378 Referee: G Black

11 April 1953 (1953 -04-11) 42	Workington	1 – 2	Rochdale	Workington
		Report	Arthur Haddington	Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 3193 Referee: W Hesleton

14 April 1953 (1953 -04-14) 43	Rochdale	1 – 1	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Gilfillan 3'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3429

18 April 1953 (1953 -04-18) 44	Rochdale	1 – 0	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Haddington	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4706 Referee: H Beacock

25 April 1953 (1953 -04-25) 45	Halifax Town	3 – 1	Rochdale	Halifax
	Frost Watson (o.g.)	Report	Boxshall	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 4826 Referee: G Gibson

29 April 1953 (1953 -04-29) 46	Rochdale	1 – 0	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
	Gilfillan	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4282 Referee: C Fletcher

F.A. Cup[]

15 November 1952 (1952 -11-15) 1	Bradford Park Avenue	2 – 1	Rochdale	Bradford
	Lyons Haines	Report	Lynn	Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 13525 Referee: WHE Evans

Lancashire Cup[]

14 October 1952 (1952 -10-14)	Rochdale	0 – 1	Blackpool	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2205

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References[]

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

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

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

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