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1948–49 Rochdale A.F.C. season

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Rochdale
1948–49 season
ManagerTed Goodier
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Division 3 North7th
F.A. Cup2nd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jack Connor
All: Jack Connor

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

Statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Division 3 North F.A. Cup Lancashire Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Wales WAL Bill Roberts 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
DF England ENG Bill Watson 44 0 40 0 1 0 3 0
DF England ENG Arnold Bonell 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
MF England ENG Cecil Heydon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Walter Price 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Don Partridge 38 0 33 0 2 0 3 0
MF England ENG Cyril Lawrence 15 1 12 1 1 0 2 0
FW England ENG George Eastham 5 0 2 0 1 0 2 0
FW England ENG Jack Livesey 35 9 32 8 1 0 2 1
FW England ENG Cyril Brown 9 3 9 3 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Tom Dryburgh 45 8 39 6 1 0 5 2
DF England ENG Wally Birch 48 7 41 6 2 0 5 1
MF Scotland SCO David Reid 15 1 14 1 0 0 1 0
MF England ENG Jackie Arthur 32 3 28 3 1 0 3 0
FW England ENG Jackie Moss 25 8 21 8 2 0 2 0
MF England ENG Eric Wood 41 6 34 6 2 0 5 0
GK England ENG Les Bywater 27 0 22 0 2 0 3 0
DF England ENG Ron Rothwell 25 0 20 0 2 0 3 0
FW England ENG Alan Middlebrough 8 4 4 2 2 1 2 1
MF England ENG Jimmy Britton 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Ronnie Hood 9 1 9 1 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Alex Hawson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO George McGeachie 23 0 21 0 0 0 2 0
FW England ENG Jack Connor 24 12 22 10 0 0 2 2
GK England ENG Trevor Churchill 16 0 15 0 0 0 1 0
FW England ENG Billy Woods 12 0 10 0 0 0 2 0
DF England ENG Harry Hubbick 21 0 19 0 0 0 2 0
    Tom Jones (prev. Derby County) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  England ENG Jimmy Cheetham 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Final league table

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Pos Team 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

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Football League Third Division North

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21 August  1948 (1948 -08-21) 1 Hartlepools United 6 – 1 Rochdale Hartlepool
Price
Richardson
Hawkins
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
Weddle
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
Moss Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8343
11 September  1948 (1948 -09-11) 7 New Brighton 1 – 2 Rochdale New Brighton
Lyon Report Livesey
Moss
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
Dryburgh
Moss
Report Best Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 11965
25 September  1948 (1948 -09-25) 10 Southport 3 – 1 Rochdale Southport
Wyles
Banks
Report Livesey Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 9643
2 October  1948 (1948 -10-02) 11 Rochdale 3 – 0 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
Wood
Dryburgh
Reid
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 10836
9 October  1948 (1948 -10-09) 12 Rochdale 4 – 1 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
Wood
Dryburgh
Moss
Report Parker 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
Moss Report Asquith (pen.) Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8707
13 November  1948 (1948 -11-13) 17 Halifax Town 2 – 1 Rochdale Halifax
Hodgkinson
Mycock
Report Wood Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 7743
20 November  1948 (1948 -11-20) 18 Rochdale 2 – 1 Wrexham Rochdale
Moss
Middlebrough
Report Boothway Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7760
18 December  1948 (1948 -12-18) 19 Rochdale 0 – 1 Hartlepools United Rochdale
Report Sloan Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5803
25 December  1948 (1948 -12-25) 20 Stockport County 2 – 2 Rochdale Stockport
Barkas
Herd
Report Moss
Dryburgh
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 10641
27 December  1948 (1948 -12-27) 21 Rochdale 2 – 0 Stockport County Rochdale
Dryburgh
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 Hood 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
Dryburgh
Connor
Report Williamson Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5923

F.A. Cup

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27 November  1948 (1948 -11-27) 1 Rochdale 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Barrow Oldham
Middlebrough Report McIntosh Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 12077
4 December  1948 (1948 -12-04) 1 Barrow 2 – 0 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness
Collins
Livingstone
Report Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 9570

Lancashire Cup

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26 October  1948 (1948 -10-26) 1 Bury 1 – 2 Rochdale Bury
Dryburgh 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

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