1956–57 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1956–57 season
Manager	Harry Catterick
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Division 3 North	13th
F.A. Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Frank Lord; All: Frank Lord
	← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–57 season saw Rochdale compete for their 29th 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	Jimmy Jones	45	0	43	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Charlie Ferguson	41	1	39	1	1	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Billy McCulloch	47	0	46	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Jackie Grant	47	1	45	1	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Bev Glover	34	0	33	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Jimmy McGuigan	28	1	26	1	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Arnold Kendall	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Eddie Wainwright	39	10	38	10	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Tommy Todd	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	WAL		28	11	27	11	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Anders	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Danny Murphy	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG		13	1	13	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Frank Lord	34	15	33	15	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG		4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Andy McLaren	23	7	21	7	1	0	1	0
	GK	ENG		3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Joe Devlin	28	6	27	6	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Jim Storey	8	0	6	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Brian Green	15	1	14	1	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG		2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Cyril Lello	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Steve Parr	15	1	15	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG		3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO		14	4	14	4	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Dave Pearson	7	4	7	4	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG		2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG		4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG		1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Billy Duff	0	0	0	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	Promotion or relegation
11	Halifax Town	46	16	2	5	40	24	5	5	13	25	46	0.929	49
12	Wrexham	46	12	7	4	63	33	7	3	13	34	41	1.311	48	Welsh Cup winners
13	Rochdale	46	14	6	3	38	19	4	6	13	27	46	1.000	48
14	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46	9	5	9	44	36	6	10	7	27	33	1.029	45
15	Carlisle United	46	9	9	5	44	36	7	4	12	32	49	0.894	45

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions[]

Football League Third Division North[]

18 August 1956 (1956 -08-18) 1	Rochdale	1 – 0	Barrow	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3546

20 August 1956 (1956 -08-20) 2	Mansfield Town	2 – 3	Rochdale	Mansfield
	Berry Smith	Report	Todd	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 13441

25 August 1956 (1956 -08-25) 3	Hull City	2 – 0	Rochdale	Hull
	Bradbury Clarke	Report		Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 13089

29 August 1956 (1956 -08-29) 4	Rochdale	0 – 0	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7360

1 September 1956 (1956 -09-01) 5	Rochdale	0 – 0	Workington	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7414

8 September 1956 (1956 -09-08) 6	Halifax Town	2 – 1	Rochdale	Halifax
	Darbyshire	Report	Lord	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 8137

12 September 1956 (1956 -09-12) 7	Rochdale	3 – 0	Darlington	Rochdale
	Wainwright McLaren	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3188

15 September 1956 (1956 -09-15) 8	Rochdale	0 – 2	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
		Report	Pearson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 10353

19 September 1956 (1956 -09-19) 9	Derby County	3 – 0	Rochdale	Derby
	Barrowcliffe Straw	Report		Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 19405

22 September 1956 (1956 -09-22) 10	Rochdale	3 – 0	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
	Devlin McLaren Wainwright	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6320

26 September 1956 (1956 -09-26) 11	Rochdale	3 – 1	Derby County	Rochdale
	McLaren	Report	Ryan	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4835

29 September 1956 (1956 -09-29) 12	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 6	Rochdale	Crewe
		Report	Lord Devlin Wainwright (pen.)	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 5947

6 October 1956 (1956 -10-06) 13	Southport	0 – 1	Rochdale	Southport
		Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 5501

13 October 1956 (1956 -10-13) 14	Rochdale	1 – 0	Chesterfield	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9011

20 October 1956 (1956 -10-20) 15	Tranmere Rovers	2 – 2	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Rees	Report	Lord	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6540

27 October 1956 (1956 -10-27) 16	Rochdale	1 – 0	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Wainwright	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 12237

3 November 1956 (1956 -11-03) 17	Bradford City	1 – 1	Rochdale	Bradford
	Samuels	Report	Wainwright	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 15887

10 November 1956 (1956 -11-10) 18	Rochdale	2 – 2	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Lord	Report	Grant (o.g.) Daley	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 10394

24 November 1956 (1956 -11-24) 19	Rochdale	0 – 2	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
		Report	Dick Sowden	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 11071

1 December 1956 (1956 -12-01) 20	Chester	2 – 2	Rochdale	Chester
	Hansell Davies (pen.)	Report	McLaren McGuigan	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 5492

15 December 1956 (1956 -12-15) 21	Barrow	2 – 0	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Ormond	Report		Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3718

25 December 1956 (1956 -12-25) 22	Wrexham	4 – 1	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Anderson Evans Jones Thompson	Report	McLaren	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 5105

26 December 1956 (1956 -12-26) 23	Rochdale	0 – 2	Wrexham	Rochdale
		Report	Thompson Anderson (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4375

29 December 1956 (1956 -12-29) 24	Workington	5 – 0	Rochdale	Workington
	Dailey Bertolini	Report		Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 6144

1 January 1957 (1957 -01-01) 25	Darlington	4 – 3	Rochdale	Darlington
	Morton Tulip	Report	McLaren Wainwright	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 4461

5 January 1957 (1957 -01-05) 26	Gateshead	2 – 1	Rochdale	Gateshead
	Oliver Smith	Report		Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 1430

12 January 1957 (1957 -01-12) 27	Rochdale	1 – 1	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Lord	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5527

19 January 1957 (1957 -01-19) 28	Oldham Athletic	0 – 1	Rochdale	Oldham
		Report	Devlin	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 9006

26 January 1957 (1957 -01-26) 29	Rochdale	0 – 0	Gateshead	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4561

2 February 1957 (1957 -02-02) 30	Scunthorpe United	1 – 0	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
		Report		Stadium: Old Show Ground Attendance: 6080

9 February 1957 (1957 -02-09) 31	Rochdale	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Lord	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3829

16 February 1957 (1957 -02-16) 32	Rochdale	6 – 1	Southport	Rochdale
	Lord Devlin Green	Report	Charlton (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3988

23 February 1957 (1957 -02-23) 33	Chesterfield	2 – 2	Rochdale	Chesterfield
		Report	Lord	Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 4200

2 March 1957 (1957 -03-02) 34	Rochdale	1 – 0	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Grant	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5499

5 March 1957 (1957 -03-05) 35	Rochdale	4 – 3	Hull City	Rochdale
	McLaren Lord	Report	Bulless Bradbury Collinson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4296

9 March 1957 (1957 -03-09) 36	Hartlepools United	0 – 0	Rochdale	Hartlepool
		Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 9339

16 March 1957 (1957 -03-16) 37	Rochdale	4 – 1	Bradford City	Rochdale
	Wainwright (pen.) Pearson Lord	Report	Jackson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7399

23 March 1957 (1957 -03-23) 38	Stockport County	3 – 1	Rochdale	Stockport
	Holden Moir	Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 15652

30 March 1957 (1957 -03-30) 39	Rochdale	2 – 1	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Devlin Ferguson	Report	Bond	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5521

6 April 1957 (1957 -04-06) 40	Accrington Stanley	2 – 1	Rochdale	Accrington
	Millar Storey (o.g.)	Report	Parr	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 9527

13 April 1957 (1957 -04-13) 41	Rochdale	2 – 1	Chester	Rochdale
	Pearson	Report	Jepson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4501

20 April 1957 (1957 -04-20) 42	York City	4 – 0	Rochdale	York
	Wragg Wilkinson	Report		Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 7203

22 April 1957 (1957 -04-22) 43	Rochdale	2 – 1	Bradford Park Avenue	Rochdale
	Lord	Report	Houghton	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5007

23 April 1957 (1957 -04-23) 44	Bradford Park Avenue	0 – 0	Rochdale	Bradford
		Report		Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 6280

27 April 1957 (1957 -04-27) 45	Rochdale	1 – 0	York City	Rochdale
	Pearson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4215

30 April 1957 (1957 -04-30) 46	Carlisle United	2 – 1	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Broadis Ashman	Report	Bond (o.g.)	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3999

F.A. Cup[]

17 November 1956 (1956 -11-17) 1	Scunthorpe United	1 – 0	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
	Brown	Report		Stadium: Old Show Ground Attendance: 8655

Lancashire Cup[]

30 October 1956 (1956 -10-30)	Rochdale	0 – 3	Chester	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2086

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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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