1937–38 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale 1937–38 football season

Rochdale
1937–38 season
Manager	Ernest Nixon Sam Jennings
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North	17th
FA Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Wynn All: Jimmy Wynn
← 1936–37 1938–39 →

The 1937–38 season saw Rochdale compete for their 17th season in the Football League Third Division North.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3 North		FA Cup		Division 3 North Cup		Lancashire Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Des Fawcett	46	0	42	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Tommy Baird	46	0	42	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Sneddon	38	0	34	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Hugh McLaren	35	1	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Charlie Robinson	10	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Duff	21	1	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Alex McMurdo	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Micky Burke	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Wally Hunt	21	10	18	7	2	1	1	2	0	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Marshall	33	6	30	6	1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	WAL	Sid Protheroe	33	7	30	7	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Edward Sperry	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Alex Graham	12	4	11	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Ted Goodier	43	0	39	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Frank Wilson	8	1	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Eastwood	32	0	28	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Wynn	30	20	28	20	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Jock Millar	27	8	26	8	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	IRL	Thomas McMurray	25	1	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Roland Haworth	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Bob Hardy	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Wilfred Barks	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Idris Williams	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Arnold Sutcliffe	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Adam Dawson	13	7	12	6	0	0	0	0	1	1

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
15	Port Vale	42	11	8	2	45	27	1	6	14	20	46	0.890	38	Transferred to the Third Division South
16	Southport	42	8	8	5	30	26	4	6	11	23	56	0.646	38
17	Rochdale	42	7	10	4	38	27	6	1	14	29	51	0.859	37
18	Halifax Town	42	9	7	5	24	19	3	5	13	20	47	0.667	36
19	Darlington	42	10	4	7	37	31	1	6	14	17	48	0.684	32

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

Rochdale v York City

28 August 1937 (1937 -08-28) 1	Rochdale	0 – 0	York City	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8448

Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale

30 August 1937 (1937 -08-30) 2	Tranmere Rovers	3 – 2	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Eden Mayson Kearney	Report	Hamilton (o.g.) Marshall	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 8508

Bradford City v Rochdale

4 September 1937 (1937 -09-04) 3	Bradford City	3 – 1	Rochdale	Bradford
	Hardy Moore	Report	Protheroe	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 5997

Rochdale v Tranmere Rovers

7 September 1937 (1937 -09-07) 4	Rochdale	0 – 0	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4480

Rochdale v Southport

11 September 1937 (1937 -09-11) 5	Rochdale	3 – 2	Southport	Rochdale
	Hunt Marshall	Report	Atkinson Patrick	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5915

Halifax Town v Rochdale

13 September 1937 (1937 -09-13) 6	Halifax Town	2 – 3	Rochdale	Halifax
	Hoyland Jackson	Report	Protheroe Wilson	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 2409

Doncaster Rovers v Rochdale

18 September 1937 (1937 -09-18) 7	Doncaster Rovers	5 – 0	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Allen Killourhy Perry	Report		Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 10647

Rochdale v Crewe Alexandra

25 September 1937 (1937 -09-25) 8	Rochdale	1 – 4	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Hunt	Report	Johnson Waring	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5632

Rochdale v Rotherham United

2 October 1937 (1937 -10-02) 9	Rochdale	2 – 0	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	Graham Wynn	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5019

Chester v Rochdale

9 October 1937 (1937 -10-09) 10	Chester	4 – 1	Rochdale	Chester
	Sargeant Wrightson Sanders	Report	Hunt	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 5913

Barrow v Rochdale

16 October 1937 (1937 -10-16) 11	Barrow	0 – 1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
		Report	Graham	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 4332

Rochdale v Wrexham

23 October 1937 (1937 -10-23) 12	Rochdale	6 – 1	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Graham Wynn Hunt Protheroe	Report	Burgon	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4193

Hartlepools United v Rochdale

30 October 1937 (1937 -10-30) 13	Hartlepools United	3 – 3	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Scott Wigham	Report	Marshall Protheroe	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 5087

Rochdale v Lincoln City

6 November 1937 (1937 -11-06) 14	Rochdale	0 – 1	Lincoln City	Rochdale
		Report	Callender	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9074

Hull City v Rochdale

13 November 1937 (1937 -11-13) 15	Hull City	4 – 1	Rochdale	Hull
	Fryer McNeill	Report	Wynn	Stadium: Anlaby Road Attendance: 8848

Rochdale v New Brighton

20 November 1937 (1937 -11-20) 16	Rochdale	2 – 1	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Wynn Hunt	Report	Mustard (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5295

Rochdale v Oldham Athletic

4 December 1937 (1937 -12-04) 17	Rochdale	1 – 1	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Hunt (pen.)	Report	Davis	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4460

Darlington v Rochdale

11 December 1937 (1937 -12-11) 18	Darlington	2 – 4	Rochdale	Darlington
	Clacher Brown	Report	Wynn Millar	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 1378

Rochdale v Port Vale

18 December 1937 (1937 -12-18) 19	Rochdale	1 – 1	Port Vale	Rochdale
	Wynn	Report	Roberts (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3560

Rochdale v Accrington Stanley

25 December 1937 (1937 -12-25) 20	Rochdale	0 – 1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
		Report	Curran	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9146

Accrington Stanley v Rochdale

27 December 1937 (1937 -12-27) 21	Accrington Stanley	0 – 1	Rochdale	Accrington
		Report	Wynn	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 4700

York City v Rochdale

1 January 1938 (1938 -01-01) 22	York City	0 – 5	Rochdale	York
		Report	Wynn Millar Marshall	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 5971

Gateshead v Rochdale

8 January 1938 (1938 -01-08) 23	Gateshead	3 – 1	Rochdale	Gateshead
	Smith McDermott	Report	Protheroe	Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 9504

Rochdale v Bradford City

15 January 1938 (1938 -01-15) 24	Rochdale	2 – 0	Bradford City	Rochdale
	Protheroe Wynn	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3234

Southport v Rochdale

22 January 1938 (1938 -01-22) 25	Southport	2 – 0	Rochdale	Southport
	Hampson	Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 3832

Rochdale v Doncaster Rovers

29 January 1938 (1938 -01-29) 26	Rochdale	4 – 5	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Millar Marshall Wynn	Report	Malam Killourhy Little McFarlane	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5069

Crewe Alexandra v Rochdale

5 February 1938 (1938 -02-05) 27	Crewe Alexandra	5 – 1	Rochdale	Crewe
	Chandler Foster Tagg Waring	Report	McLaren	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3393

Rotherham United v Rochdale

12 February 1938 (1938 -02-12) 28	Rotherham United	1 – 0	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Smith	Report		Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 9282

Rochdale v Chester

19 February 1938 (1938 -02-19) 29	Rochdale	4 – 0	Chester	Rochdale
	Wynn (pen.) Dawson Millar Done (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5728

Rochdale v Barrow

26 February 1938 (1938 -02-26) 30	Rochdale	3 – 3	Barrow	Rochdale
	McMurray Dawson	Report	Mullaney McIntosh	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6243

Wrexham v Rochdale

5 March 1938 (1938 -03-05) 31	Wrexham	2 – 1	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Burditt Raven	Report	Tunney (o.g.)	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 3620

Rochdale v Hartlepools United

12 March 1938 (1938 -03-12) 32	Rochdale	2 – 2	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Dawson Protheroe	Report	Self Nevin	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5615

Lincoln City v Rochdale

19 March 1938 (1938 -03-19) 33	Lincoln City	2 – 0	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Deacon	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 6836

Rochdale v Hull City

26 March 1938 (1938 -03-26) 34	Rochdale	0 – 0	Hull City	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5761

New Brighton v Rochdale

2 April 1938 (1938 -04-02) 35	New Brighton	2 – 0	Rochdale	New Brighton
	Wood Shiels	Report		Stadium: Sandheys Park Attendance: 3419

Rochdale v Gateshead

9 April 1938 (1938 -04-09) 36	Rochdale	2 – 2	Gateshead	Rochdale
	Wynn Millar	Report	Thompson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5240

Rochdale v Carlisle United

15 April 1938 (1938 -04-15) 37	Rochdale	3 – 1	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Wynn (pen.) Millar	Report	Temple	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4648

Oldham Athletic v Rochdale

16 April 1938 (1938 -04-16) 38	Oldham Athletic	4 – 2	Rochdale	Oldham
	Gray Ferrier Diamond	Report	Duff Eaves (o.g.)	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 17106

Carlisle United v Rochdale

18 April 1938 (1938 -04-18) 39	Carlisle United	0 – 1	Rochdale	Carlisle
		Report	Dawson	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5609

Rochdale v Darlington

23 April 1938 (1938 -04-23) 40	Rochdale	1 – 1	Darlington	Rochdale
	Dawson	Report	Harris (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4028

Port Vale v Rochdale

30 April 1938 (1938 -04-30) 41	Port Vale	4 – 1	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
	Masters Roberts Bellis	Report	Wynn (pen.)	Stadium: Old Recreation Ground Attendance: 2992

Rochdale v Halifax Town

7 May 1938 (1938 -05-07) 42	Rochdale	1 – 1	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Craig (o.g.)	Report	Griffiths	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2065

F.A. Cup

Rochdale v Lincoln City

27 November 1937 (1937 -11-27) 1	Rochdale	1 – 1	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Hunt	Report	Deacon	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 11500

Lincoln City v Rochdale

1 December 1937 (1937 -12-01) 1	Lincoln City	2 – 0	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Campbell Whyte	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 6474

Division 3 North Cup

Rochdale v Oldham Athletic

21 September 1937 (1937 -09-21) 1	Rochdale	2 – 3	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Hunt	^[1]	Robbins Blackshaw	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

Lancashire Cup

Blackburn Rovers v Rochdale

18 April 1938 (1938 -04-18) 1	Blackburn Rovers	4 – 1	Rochdale	Blackburn
		^[2]	Dawson	Stadium: Ewood Park

References

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

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