1954–55 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1954–55 season
Manager	Harry Catterick
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Division 3 North	12th
FA Cup	3rd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Eric Gemmell; All: Eric Gemmell
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1953–54 1955–56 →

The 1954–55 season saw Rochdale compete for their 27th season in the Football League Third Division North.

Statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3 North		FA Cup		Lancashire Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG		43	0	39	0	3	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Billy McCulloch	28	0	24	0	1	0	3	0
	DF	ENG	Eddie Lyons	11	0	6	0	3	0	2	0
	MF	ENG		3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Bev Glover	52	1	45	1	4	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Joe Lynn	51	8	45	8	4	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Arnold Kendall	52	12	45	10	4	1	3	1
	FW	ENG	Jack Haines	36	7	29	5	4	1	3	1
	FW	ENG	Frank Lord	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG		38	6	33	5	4	1	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Anders	47	13	41	10	4	2	2	1
	DF	ENG		19	0	19	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Harry Boyle	51	0	45	0	4	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Danny Murphy	51	1	45	0	4	0	2	1
	FW	ENG	Des Frost	7	4	7	4	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG		19	4	18	3	0	0	1	1
	FW	ENG		3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Brian Green	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Eric Gemmell	43	22	36	19	4	2	3	1
	GK	ENG		10	0	7	0	1	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Don Partridge	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG		10	2	9	2	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG		1	0	1	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
10	Oldham Athletic	46	14	5	4	47	22	5	5	13	27	46	1.088	48
11	Southport	46	10	9	4	28	18	6	7	10	19	26	1.068	48
12	Rochdale	46	13	7	3	39	20	4	7	12	30	46	1.045	48
13	Mansfield Town	46	14	4	5	40	28	4	5	14	25	43	0.915	45
14	Halifax Town	46	9	9	5	41	27	6	4	13	22	40	0.940	43

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions[]

Football League Third Division North[]

21 August 1954 (1954 -08-21) 1	Rochdale	0 – 3	Grimsby Town	Rochdale
		Report	Hughes De Gruchy	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6915

25 August 1954 (1954 -08-25) 2	Rochdale	1 – 2	Bradford City	Rochdale
	Kendall	Report	Smith Williamson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5901

28 August 1954 (1954 -08-28) 3	Bradford Park Avenue	1 – 1	Rochdale	Bradford
	Brickley 53'	Report	Frost 27'	Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 10819

1 September 1954 (1954 -09-01) 4	Bradford City	1 – 0	Rochdale	Bradford
	Williamson	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 11604

4 September 1954 (1954 -09-04) 5	Oldham Athletic	0 – 0	Rochdale	Oldham
		Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 11484

8 September 1954 (1954 -09-08) 6	Rochdale	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Anders	Report	Broome	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4154

11 September 1954 (1954 -09-11) 7	Rochdale	2 – 0	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Kendall Green	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4313

15 September 1954 (1954 -09-15) 8	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 2	Rochdale	Crewe
	Bettany	Report	Haines	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4022

18 September 1954 (1954 -09-18) 9	Stockport County	1 – 4	Rochdale	Stockport
		Report	Frost Lynn	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9923

22 September 1954 (1954 -09-22) 10	Rochdale	2 – 2	Darlington	Rochdale
	Anders Frost	Report	Davis Robson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4099

25 September 1954 (1954 -09-25) 11	Rochdale	2 – 1	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Gemmell Haines	Report	Johnson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6222

29 September 1954 (1954 -09-29) 12	Darlington	2 – 2	Rochdale	Darlington
	Spuhler Davis	Report	Gemmell	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 9598

2 October 1954 (1954 -10-02) 13	Gateshead	0 – 1	Rochdale	Gateshead
		Report	Haines	Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 8010

9 October 1954 (1954 -10-09) 14	Rochdale	3 – 0	Barnsley	Rochdale
	Lynn (pen.) Anders Kendall	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 11552

16 October 1954 (1954 -10-16) 15	Scunthorpe United	2 – 2	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
	Brown	Report	Anders	Stadium: Old Show Ground Attendance: 10331

23 October 1954 (1954 -10-23) 16	Rochdale	2 – 1	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Anders	Report	Jackson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5902

30 October 1954 (1954 -10-30) 17	Accrington Stanley	5 – 4	Rochdale	Accrington
	Cocker Stewart	Report	Anders Gemmell Lynn (pen.)	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 12626

6 November 1954 (1954 -11-06) 18	Rochdale	2 – 0	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
	Lynn (pen.) Kendall	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6527

13 November 1954 (1954 -11-13) 19	Workington	1 – 0	Rochdale	Workington
	Stokoe	Report		Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 5653

27 November 1954 (1954 -11-27) 20	Southport	1 – 0	Rochdale	Southport
	Holmes	Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 3365

4 December 1954 (1954 -12-04) 21	Rochdale	1 – 1	York City	Rochdale
	Anders	Report	Wilkinson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4051

18 December 1954 (1954 -12-18) 22	Grimsby Town	1 – 1	Rochdale	Cleethorpes
	Hughes	Report	Glover	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7853

25 December 1954 (1954 -12-25) 23	Carlisle United	7 – 2	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Boyle (o.g.) Murphy (o.g.) Atkinson (o.g.) Bond (pen.)	Report	Anders Gemmell	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6556

27 December 1954 (1954 -12-27) 24	Rochdale	1 – 2	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Gemmell	Report	Whitehouse	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8274

1 January 1955 (1955 -01-01) 25	Rochdale	3 – 2	Bradford Park Avenue	Rochdale
	Haines Hindle (o.g.) Gemmell	Report	Brickley	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6976

22 January 1955 (1955 -01-22) 26	Tranmere Rovers	3 – 1	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Fleming McDevitt	Report	Gemmell	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 4644

29 January 1955 (1955 -01-29) 27	Rochdale	0 – 0	Chesterfield	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5171

5 February 1955 (1955 -02-05) 28	Rochdale	1 – 0	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Kendall	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9026

12 February 1955 (1955 -02-12) 29	Hartlepools United	3 – 1	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Lumley	Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 6611

19 February 1955 (1955 -02-19) 30	Rochdale	4 – 0	Gateshead	Rochdale
	Kendall Gemmell	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4823

5 March 1955 (1955 -03-05) 31	Rochdale	2 – 0	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
	Kendall Lynn (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6078

12 March 1955 (1955 -03-12) 32	Wrexham	0 – 0	Rochdale	Wrexham
		Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 7048

16 March 1955 (1955 -03-16) 33	Halifax Town	1 – 2	Rochdale	Halifax
		Report	Gemmell Kendall	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 2836

19 March 1955 (1955 -03-19) 34	Rochdale	0 – 0	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 11654

26 March 1955 (1955 -03-26) 35	Mansfield Town	3 – 2	Rochdale	Mansfield
	Darwin Adam	Report	Gemmell	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 2561

2 April 1955 (1955 -04-02) 36	Rochdale	2 – 1	Workington	Rochdale
	Lynn (pen.) (pen.)	Report	Dailey	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5229

8 April 1955 (1955 -04-08) 37	Chester	1 – 2	Rochdale	Chester
	Smith	Report	Gemmell Lynn (pen.)	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 7293

9 April 1955 (1955 -04-09) 38	Barrow	4 – 2	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Lord (o.g.)	Report	Gemmell	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 5047

11 April 1955 (1955 -04-11) 39	Rochdale	2 – 0	Chester	Rochdale
	Kendall Anders	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6466

16 April 1955 (1955 -04-16) 40	Rochdale	0 – 0	Southport	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5567

20 April 1955 (1955 -04-20) 41	Rochdale	2 – 1	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Gemmell	Report	Travis	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6181

23 April 1955 (1955 -04-23) 42	York City	2 – 0	Rochdale	York
	Fenton	Report		Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 9981

27 April 1955 (1955 -04-27) 43	Rochdale	4 – 1	Barrow	Rochdale
	Gemmell	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2726

30 April 1955 (1955 -04-30) 44	Rochdale	2 – 2	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Kendall	Report	Watkinson Dubois	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4850

2 May 1955 (1955 -05-02) 45	Chesterfield	3 – 1	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Sowden Smith	Report	Gemmell	Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 5622

3 May 1955 (1955 -05-03) 46	Barnsley	2 – 0	Rochdale	Barnsley
		Report		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11682

F.A. Cup[]

20 November 1954 (1954 -11-20) 1	Tranmere Rovers	3 – 3	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Done Rosenthal	Report	Anders Gemmell	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 8927

23 November 1954 (1954 -11-23) 1 (Replay)	Rochdale	1 – 0	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Gemmell	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5652

11 December 1954 (1954 -12-11) 2	Rochdale	2 – 1	Hinckley Athletic	Rochdale
	Kendall Anders	Report	Perry	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8586

8 January 1955 (1955 -01-08) 3	Rochdale	1 – 3	Charlton Athletic	Rochdale
	Haines 80'	Report	Kiernan 28' Hammond 34' Hurst 44'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 16938

Lancashire Cup[]

6 October 1954 (1954 -10-06)	Rochdale	4 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
	Gemmell Haines Murphy Anders			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4300

16 February 1955 (1955 -02-16)	Rochdale	2 – 1	Burnley	Rochdale
	Kendall			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2186

28 March 1955 (1955 -03-28)	Rochdale	0 – 1	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5510

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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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