1953–54 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale 1953–54 football season

Rochdale
1953–54 season
Manager	Harry Catterick
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Division 3 North	19th
F.A. Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jack Haines All: Jack Haines
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The 1953–54 season saw Rochdale compete for their 26th 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	Graham Cordell	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Harry Potter	23	0	21	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Harry Boyle	44	0	42	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Joe Lynn	44	4	43	4	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Eric Downes	19	0	17	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Alistair Buchan	11	0	10	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Ken Rose	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Bobby Gilfillan	10	0	9	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Fred Evans	13	0	12	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Neville Black	27	5	26	5	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Anders	46	7	44	7	1	0	1	0
	GK	ENG	Albert Morton	39	0	38	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Ray Haddington	13	4	13	4	0	0	0	0
	FW	POL	Adam Wasilewski	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	[[\|South Africa]]	Robert Priday	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Bill Morgan	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jackie Arthur	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Don Partridge	19	1	18	1	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Danny Boxshall	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Arnold Kendall	33	10	32	10	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Brian Mottershead	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Watson	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Haines	32	11	31	11	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Frank Lord	21	10	21	10	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Bill Tolson	9	0	7	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Des Frost	10	2	9	2	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Eddie Lyons	13	1	13	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	George Lyons	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Bev Glover	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Ray Calderbank	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Final League Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts
17	Grimsby Town	46	14	5	4	31	15	2	4	17	20	62	0.662	41
18	Hartlepools United	46	10	8	5	40	21	3	6	14	19	44	0.908	40
19	Rochdale	46	12	5	6	40	20	3	5	15	19	57	0.766	40
20	Workington	46	10	9	4	36	22	3	5	15	23	58	0.738	40
21	Darlington	46	11	3	9	31	27	1	11	11	19	44	0.704	38

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

Carlisle United v Rochdale

22 August 1953 (1953 -08-22) 1	Carlisle United	7 – 0	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Johnston Ashman Atkinson Whitehouse Drury	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 8378

Rochdale v Tranmere Rovers

25 August 1953 (1953 -08-25) 2	Rochdale	0 – 1	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
		Report	Done	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5689

Rochdale v Accrington Stanley

29 August 1953 (1953 -08-29) 3	Rochdale	1 – 0	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Haddington	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8375

Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale

1 September 1953 (1953 -09-01) 4	Tranmere Rovers	5 – 1	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	McDevitt Atkinson Done Bainbridge	Report	Priday	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6100

Grimsby Town v Rochdale

5 September 1953 (1953 -09-05) 5	Grimsby Town	3 – 2	Rochdale	Cleethorpes
	Wright Smith	Report	Haddington Anders	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 12305

Rochdale v Halifax Town

8 September 1953 (1953 -09-08) 6	Rochdale	0 – 1	Halifax Town	Rochdale
		Report	Horsman	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6105

Rochdale v Stockport County

12 September 1953 (1953 -09-12) 7	Rochdale	0 – 0	Stockport County	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7634

Halifax Town v Rochdale

14 September 1953 (1953 -09-14) 8	Halifax Town	1 – 1	Rochdale	Halifax
	Priestley	Report	Haddington	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 6186

Southport v Rochdale

19 September 1953 (1953 -09-19) 9	Southport	1 – 1	Rochdale	Southport
	Gaskell	Report	Wasilewski	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 5748

Rochdale v Chesterfield

22 September 1953 (1953 -09-22) 10	Rochdale	0 – 1	Chesterfield	Rochdale
		Report	Smith	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3070

Wrexham v Rochdale

26 September 1953 (1953 -09-26) 11	Wrexham	2 – 0	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Hewitt Tilston	Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 12602

Chesterfield v Rochdale

28 September 1953 (1953 -09-28) 12	Chesterfield	2 – 1	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	McGoldrick	Report	Kendall	Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 8308

Rochdale v Mansfield Town

3 October 1953 (1953 -10-03) 13	Rochdale	1 – 0	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
	Haddington	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7483

Rochdale v Scunthorpe United

10 October 1953 (1953 -10-10) 14	Rochdale	1 – 1	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
	Haines	Report	Mosby	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7873

Workington v Rochdale

17 October 1953 (1953 -10-17) 15	Workington	0 – 1	Rochdale	Workington
		Report	Kendall	Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 7070

Rochdale v Gateshead

24 October 1953 (1953 -10-24) 16	Rochdale	0 – 1	Gateshead	Rochdale
		Report	Callender	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6308

Hartlepools United v Rochdale

31 October 1953 (1953 -10-31) 17	Hartlepools United	6 – 0	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Linacre Harden Johnson	Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 6763

Rochdale v Darlington

7 November 1953 (1953 -11-07) 18	Rochdale	3 – 0	Darlington	Rochdale
	Haines Frost	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2601

Barnsley v Rochdale

14 November 1953 (1953 -11-14) 19	Barnsley	2 – 1	Rochdale	Barnsley
	Brown Kaye	Report	Frost	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 8146

Port Vale v Rochdale

28 November 1953 (1953 -11-28) 20	Port Vale	6 – 0	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
	Hayward Griffiths Leake	Report		Stadium: Old Recreation Ground Attendance: 16841

Rochdale v Crewe Alexandra

5 December 1953 (1953 -12-05) 21	Rochdale	4 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Haines Frost	Report	Mitcheson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4451

Chester v Rochdale

12 December 1953 (1953 -12-12) 22	Chester	2 – 0	Rochdale	Chester
	Thomas Travis	Report		Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 3578

Rochdale v Carlisle United

19 December 1953 (1953 -12-19) 23	Rochdale	2 – 1	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Kendall Haines	Report	Bond	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4654

Rochdale v Bradford City

25 December 1953 (1953 -12-25) 24	Rochdale	3 – 2	Bradford City	Rochdale
	Black Anders	Report	Rosenthal Tunnicliffe	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5693

Bradford City v Rochdale

26 December 1953 (1953 -12-26) 25	Bradford City	4 – 0	Rochdale	Bradford
	Powell (pen.) Tunnicliffe Williamson Woan	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 10366

Rochdale v Chester

28 December 1953 (1953 -12-28) 26	Rochdale	4 – 0	Chester	Rochdale
	Lord Anders Kendall	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7226

Rochdale v York City

9 January 1954 (1954 -01-09) 27	Rochdale	1 – 2	York City	Rochdale
	Haines	Report	Dunmore Storey	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5575

Rochdale v Grimsby Town

16 January 1954 (1954 -01-16) 28	Rochdale	4 – 1	Grimsby Town	Rochdale
	Lord Haines Lynn	Report	Smith	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4936

Stockport County v Rochdale

23 January 1954 (1954 -01-23) 29	Stockport County	1 – 2	Rochdale	Stockport
	Murray	Report	Kendall Anders	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 6651

York City v Rochdale

30 January 1954 (1954 -01-30) 30	York City	1 – 2	Rochdale	York
		Report	Kendall Lynn (pen.)	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 5650

Rochdale v Southport

6 February 1954 (1954 -02-06) 31	Rochdale	2 – 0	Southport	Rochdale
	Black Kendall	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6549

Rochdale v Wrexham

13 February 1954 (1954 -02-13) 32	Rochdale	6 – 2	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Lord Kendall Haines	Report	Hope Hewitt	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5078

Mansfield Town v Rochdale

20 February 1954 (1954 -02-20) 33	Mansfield Town	2 – 0	Rochdale	Mansfield
	Darwin Daley	Report		Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 8234

Scunthorpe United v Rochdale

27 February 1954 (1954 -02-27) 34	Scunthorpe United	1 – 1	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
	Mosby	Report	Arthur	Stadium: Old Show Ground Attendance: 7260

Rochdale v Workington

6 March 1954 (1954 -03-06) 35	Rochdale	4 – 2	Workington	Rochdale
	E. Lyons G. Lyons Lynn Anders	Report	Dunlop Dailey	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4683

Gateshead v Rochdale

13 March 1954 (1954 -03-13) 36	Gateshead	2 – 1	Rochdale	Gateshead
	Robson Ingham	Report	Lord	Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 4847

Rochdale v Hartlepools United

20 March 1954 (1954 -03-20) 37	Rochdale	2 – 2	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Black Haines	Report	Johnson McLaughlin	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6583

Darlington v Rochdale

27 March 1954 (1954 -03-27) 38	Darlington	0 – 0	Rochdale	Darlington
		Report		Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 3978

Rochdale v Barnsley

3 April 1954 (1954 -04-03) 39	Rochdale	1 – 1	Barnsley	Rochdale
	Lord	Report	Lumley	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5785

Accrington Stanley v Rochdale

7 April 1954 (1954 -04-07) 40	Accrington Stanley	1 – 0	Rochdale	Accrington
	Brydon	Report		Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 5124

Bradford Park Avenue v Rochdale

10 April 1954 (1954 -04-10) 41	Bradford Park Avenue	2 – 2	Rochdale	Bradford
	Pickard	Report	Black Anders	Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 7099

Rochdale v Barrow

16 April 1954 (1954 -04-16) 42	Rochdale	1 – 0	Barrow	Rochdale
	Kendall	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5865

Rochdale v Port Vale

17 April 1954 (1954 -04-17) 43	Rochdale	0 – 0	Port Vale	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 14749

Barrow v Rochdale

19 April 1954 (1954 -04-19) 44	Barrow	4 – 2	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Ormond Armstrong McLaren	Report	Partridge Lord	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 4306

Crewe Alexandra v Rochdale

24 April 1954 (1954 -04-24) 45	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 1	Rochdale	Crewe
	Bettany Murphy	Report	Anders	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 2965

Rochdale v Bradford Park Avenue

27 April 1954 (1954 -04-27) 46	Rochdale	0 – 1	Bradford Park Avenue	Rochdale
		Report	Pickard	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3818

F.A. Cup

Grimsby Town v Rochdale

() 1	Grimsby Town	2 – 0	Rochdale	Cleethorpes
	Maddison Smith	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 8536

Lancashire Cup

Rochdale v Southport

()	Rochdale	0 – 2	Southport	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 862

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References

^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}

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