1926–27 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1926–27 season
ChairmanGeorge L. Foulds
ManagerJack Peart
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North2nd
FA Cup1st Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Albert Whitehurst (44)
All: Albert Whitehurst (46)

The 1926–27 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 20th in existence and their 6th in the Football League Third Division North.

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Division 3 North FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK  ENG Len Hill 35 0 34 0 1 0
DF  ENG Fred Mason 3 0 3 0 0 0
DF  SCO Willie Brown 42 0 41 0 1 0
DF  ENG Ernie Braidwood 40 1 40 1 0 0
DF  ENG David Parkes 29 3 28 3 1 0
DF  SCO Alex Christie 34 0 33 0 1 0
FW  ENG Billy Tompkinson 34 9 34 9 0 0
FW  ENG Billy Bertram 36 14 35 13 1 1
FW  ENG Reuben Butler 5 0 5 0 0 0
FW  ENG Albert Whitehurst 43 46 42 44 1 2
MF  ENG Henry Martin 22 10 21 10 1 0
DF  WAL Dai Hopkins 2 0 2 0 0 0
FW  SCO Alec Ross 1 1 1 1 0 0
MF  SCO John Hillhouse 22 0 21 0 1 0
FW  ENG Bill Hooper 21 1 20 1 1 0
FW  ENG Griffith Owen 3 0 3 0 0 0
MF  ENG Cecil Halkyard 6 0 6 0 0 0
DF  ENG Yaffer Ward 36 0 35 0 1 0
FW  ENG Bobby Hughes 33 16 32 16 1 0
MF  ENG Joe Campbell 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW  ENG Bob Schofield 14 6 14 6 0 0
DF  ENG Alfred Kellett 1 0 1 0 0 0
GK  ENG Harry Moody 8 0 8 0 0 0
MF  ENG Jack Hall 2 1 2 1 0 0
    A. Lancaster 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF  ENG Dick Duckworth 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squad Statistics (Non-competitive)

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Lancashire Cup Manchester Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK  ENG Len Hill 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF  ENG Fred Mason 2 0 0 0 2 0
DF  SCO Willie Brown 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF  ENG Ernie Braidwood 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF  ENG David Parkes 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF  SCO Alex Christie 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW  ENG Billy Tompkinson 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW  ENG Billy Bertram 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW  ENG Reuben Butler 2 2 1 0 1 2
FW  ENG Albert Whitehurst 2 1 1 0 1 1
MF  ENG Henry Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF  WAL Dai Hopkins 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW  SCO Alec Ross 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF  SCO John Hillhouse 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW  ENG Bill Hooper 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW  ENG Griffith Owen 1 0 1 0 0 0
MF  ENG Cecil Halkyard 3 0 1 0 2 0
DF  ENG Yaffer Ward 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW  ENG Bobby Hughes 1 0 1 0 0 0
MF  ENG Joe Campbell 3 0 1 0 2 0
FW  ENG Bob Schofield 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF  ENG Alfred Kellett 2 0 0 0 2 0
GK  ENG Harry Moody 2 0 0 0 2 0
MF  ENG Jack Hall 1 2 0 0 1 2
    A. Lancaster 2 0 0 0 2 0
DF  ENG Dick Duckworth 2 1 0 0 2 1

Final league table

Main article: 1926–27 Football League Third Division North

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion
1 Stoke City (C, P) 42 27 9 6 92 40 2.300 63 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Rochdale 42 26 6 10 105 65 1.615 58
3 Bradford (Park Avenue) 42 24 7 11 101 59 1.712 55
4 Halifax Town 42 21 11 10 70 53 1.321 53
5 Nelson 42 22 7 13 104 75 1.387 51
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

Main article: 1926–27 Football League
28 August 1926 (1926-08-28) 1 Accrington Stanley 0–1 Rochdale Accrington
Report Martin Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 7335
31 August 1926 (1926-08-31) 2 Rochdale 3–1 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
Bertram
Parkes
Martin 		Report Brown Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7440
4 September 1926 (1926-09-04) 3 Rochdale 1–3 Durham City Rochdale
Ross Report Sergeaunt
Butler
Elliott 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7947
6 September 1926 (1926-09-06) 4 Crewe Alexandra 4–0 Rochdale Crewe
Cotton
Thompson
Kay 		Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5282
11 September 1926 (1926-09-11) 5 Tranmere Rovers 0–1 Rochdale Birkenhead
Report Whitehurst Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 9810
13 September 1926 (1926-09-13) 6 Barrow 2–3 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness
Christie
Tilbrook 		Report Parkes
Martin
Whitehurst 		Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 4001
18 September 1926 (1926-09-18) 7 Rochdale 3–1 Wrexham Rochdale
Hughes
Hooper
Whitehurst 		Report Hodgkinson Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7564
25 September 1926 (1926-09-25) 8 Rochdale 1–0 Southport Rochdale
Tompkinson Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4308
2 October 1926 (1926-10-02) 9 Stockport County 3–0 Rochdale Stockport
Scurr
Johnston
Burgess 		Report Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 10161
9 October 1926 (1926-10-09) 10 Rochdale 3–0 Hartlepools United Rochdale
Martin
Tompkinson
Whitehurst 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2596
16 October 1926 (1926-10-16) 11 Ashington 2–2 Rochdale Ashington
Turnbull
Ferguson 		Report Whitehurst Stadium: Portland Park
Attendance: 2282
23 October 1926 (1926-10-23) 12 Rochdale 1–1 New Brighton Rochdale
Whitehurst Report Wade Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6751
30 October 1926 (1926-10-30) 13 Wigan Borough 0–3 Rochdale Wigan
Report Hughes
Bertram
Whitehurst 		Stadium: Springfield Park
Attendance: 3486
6 November 1926 (1926-11-06) 14 Rochdale 7–2 Doncaster Rovers Rochdale
Whitehurst
Hughes
Martin 		Report H. Keetley
T. Keetley 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3654
13 November 1926 (1926-11-13) 15 Stoke City 3–1 Rochdale Stoke-on-Trent
Davies
Johnson
Williamson 		Report Bertram Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 11213
20 November 1926 (1926-11-20) 16 Rochdale 2–1 Rotherham United Rochdale
Whitehurst
Braidwood 		Report Higginbotham Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4795
4 December 1926 (1926-12-04) 17 Rochdale 4–4 Walsall Rochdale
Whitehurst
Tompkinson
Martin 		Report White
Walters 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5009
11 December 1926 (1926-12-11) 18 Rotherham United 1–1 Rochdale Rotherham
Scott Report Whitehurst Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 3296
18 December 1926 (1926-12-18) 19 Rochdale 8–1 Chesterfield Rochdale
Schofield
Whitehurst
Martin 		Report Cookson Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5768
25 December 1926 (1926-12-25) 20 Rochdale 7–3 Lincoln City Rochdale
Schofield
Whitehurst
Hughes 		Report Sayer 77', 79'
Dinsdale 88'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8921
27 December 1926 (1926-12-27) 21 Lincoln City 2–3 Rochdale Lincoln
Pegg 10'
Marshall 22'		 Report Schofield 17'
Whitehurst 37', 74'		 Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 7812
1 January 1927 (1927-01-01) 22 Halifax Town 1–0 Rochdale Halifax
Coleman Report Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 10846
Referee: ER Westwood
8 January 1927 (1927-01-08) 23 Bradford Park Avenue 5–1 Rochdale Bradford
McDonald
Taylor
McLean 		Report Tompkinson Stadium: Park Avenue
Attendance: 7423
15 January 1927 (1927-01-15) 24 Rochdale 2–1 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
Bertram
Parkes (pen.)		 Report Gee Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2992
22 January 1927 (1927-01-22) 25 Durham City 1–3 Rochdale Durham
Stephenson Report Whitehurst Stadium: Holiday Park
Attendance: 1886
29 January 1927 (1927-01-29) 26 Rochdale 3–1 Tranmere Rovers Rochdale
Hughes
Tompkinson 		Report Flanagan Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5020
5 February 1927 (1927-02-05) 27 Wrexham 2–2 Rochdale Wrexham
Smith
Lovatt 		Report Schofield
Whitehurst 		Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 3717
12 February 1927 (1927-02-12) 28 Southport 1–1 Rochdale Southport
Sapsford Report Whitehurst Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 3409
19 February 1927 (1927-02-19) 29 Rochdale 2–0 Stockport County Rochdale
Bertram
Tompkinson 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 10239
26 February 1927 (1927-02-26) 30 Hartlepools United 3–2 Rochdale Hartlepool
Waite
Jobson (pen.)
Craig 		Report Hughes
Whitehurst 		Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4000
5 March 1927 (1927-03-05) 31 Rochdale 5–0 Ashington Rochdale
Hughes
Whitehurst 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2482
12 March 1927 (1927-03-12) 32 New Brighton 1–2 Rochdale New Brighton
Worrall Report Bertram
Whitehurst 		Stadium: Sandheys Park
Attendance: 4442
19 March 1927 (1927-03-19) 33 Rochdale 4–1 Wigan Borough Rochdale
Whitehurst
Bertram
Tompkinson 		Report McGuire Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6434
26 March 1927 (1927-03-26) 34 Doncaster Rovers 3–2 Rochdale Doncaster
Keetley Report Whitehurst
Bertram 		Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 5779
2 April 1927 (1927-04-02) 35 Rochdale 4–0 Stoke City Rochdale
Bertram
Whitehurst
Hughes 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 12727
5 April 1927 (1927-04-05) 36 Nelson 3–1 Rochdale Nelson
Hampson
White 		Report Tompkinson Stadium: Seedhill
Attendance: 5871
16 April 1927 (1927-04-16) 37 Rochdale 3–0 Bradford Park Avenue Rochdale
Whitehurst
Hughes 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8871
18 April 1927 (1927-04-18) 38 Rochdale 2–0 Halifax Town Rochdale
Tompkinson
Bertram 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8501
19 April 1927 (1927-04-19) 39 Rochdale 5–1 Barrow Rochdale
Hughes
Bertram
Whitehurst 		Report Mortimer Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3910
23 April 1927 (1927-04-23) 40 Walsall 4–1 Rochdale Walsall
Edwards
Raynes
Alcock
Robson 		Report Hughes Stadium: Fellows Park
Attendance: 2421
30 April 1927 (1927-04-30) 41 Rochdale 2–1 Nelson Rochdale
Whitehurst
Bertram 		Report Wilson Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3871
7 May 1927 (1927-05-07) 42 Chesterfield 2–3 Rochdale Chesterfield
Hopkinson
Cookson 		Report Whitehurst
Hall 		Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 4307

FA Cup

Main article: 1926–27 FA Cup
27 November 1926 (1926-11-27) 1 Accrington Stanley 4–3 Rochdale Accrington
Martin
Gee
Clarkson 		Report Whitehurst
Bertram 		Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 7000

Lancashire Cup

28 September 1926 (1926-09-28) 2 Burnley 1–0 Rochdale Burnley
[1] Parkes Stadium: Turf Moor

Manchester Cup

15 February 1927 (1927-02-15) 2 Rochdale 5–0 Mossley Rochdale
Butler
Hall
Duckworth 		[2] Stadium: Spotland Stadium
1 March 1927 (1927-03-01) 3 Manchester North End 2–1 Rochdale Manchester
[3] Whitehurst

[4]

References

  1. ^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
  2. ^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
  3. ^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
  4. ^ "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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