1974–75 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1974–75 season
Manager	Walter Joyce
League Division Four	19th
FA Cup	2nd Round
League Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Whelan; Bob Mountford; All: Tony Whelan; Bob Mountford
	← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 68th in existence and their first back in the Football League Fourth Division, following relegation the previous season.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 4		F.A. Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Mike Poole	48	0	43+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Paul Hallows	51	1	46+0	1	4+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Tony Whelan	51	10	46+0	10	4+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Stan Horne	26	2	21+0	2	4+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Jim Grummett	15	0	14+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Mike Ferguson	46	5	42+0	5	3+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Alan Taylor	20	6	19+0	6	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	David Carrick	21	2	15+1	1	4+0	1	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Leo Skeete	12	2	10+0	2	1+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Mike Brennan	13	1	9+1	1	1+1	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Neil Young	17	5	8+5	4	3+0	1	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Harold Martin	14	0	11+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Fielding	29	4	27+0	4	1+0	0	0+1	0
	FW	ENG	Gary Cooper	22	4	18+4	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Don Tobin	26	0	26+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Keith Hanvey	39	2	35+0	2	4+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Brears	28	1	23+1	0	4+0	1	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	David Seddon	15	0	10+2	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	John Taylor	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Gary Hulmes	5	1	1+3	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Dick Mulvaney	34	3	30+0	3	4+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	George Townsend	23	0	23+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Bob Hutchinson	2	1	2+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Bob Mountford	16	10	16+0	10	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Joe Murty	6	0	3+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Billy Bell	6	0	5+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Final League Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
17	Doncaster Rovers	46	14	12	20	65	79	0.823	40
18	Crewe Alexandra	46	11	18	17	34	47	0.723	40
19	Rochdale	46	13	13	20	59	75	0.787	39
20	Stockport County	46	12	14	20	43	70	0.614	38
21	Darlington	46	13	10	23	54	67	0.806	36	Re-elected

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Football League Fourth Division

17 August 1974 (1974-08-17) 1	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Rochdale	Shrewsbury
	Kearney 27'	Report	Young 44'	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 3513

24 August 1974 (1974-08-24) 2	Rochdale	1–1	Torquay United	Rochdale
	Taylor	Report	Tearse 59'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1271

30 August 1974 (1974-08-30) 3	Mansfield Town	2–0	Rochdale	Mansfield
	O'Connor Clarke	Report		Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3779

7 September 1974 (1974-09-07) 4	Rochdale	3–1	Barnsley	Rochdale
	Taylor 14' Horne 43' Skeete 69'	Report	Doyle 37'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1376

13 September 1974 (1974-09-13) 5	Doncaster Rovers	4–1	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Murray Kitchen	Report	Carrick	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 1928

16 September 1974 (1974-09-16) 6	Darlington	1–2	Rochdale	Darlington
	Burluraux	Report	Taylor	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 2345

21 September 1974 (1974-09-21) 7	Rochdale	2–0	Workington	Rochdale
	Ferguson 43' (pen.), 69'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1385

23 September 1974 (1974-09-23) 8	Rochdale	0–0	Brentford	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1587 Referee: T Farley

28 September 1974 (1974-09-28) 9	Lincoln City	3–0	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Graham 16', 49' Krzywicki 74'	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 2461

30 September 1974 (1974-09-30) 10	Rochdale	0–2	Reading	Rochdale
		Report	Murray Habbin	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1684

4 October 1974 (1974-10-04) 11	Stockport County	2–3	Rochdale	Stockport
	Fryatt Lawther	Report	Crowther (o.g.) Whelan Brennan	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 2354

12 October 1974 (1974-10-12) 12	Rochdale	1–2	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	Young 75'	Report	Crawford 22' Womble 27'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1684

18 October 1974 (1974-10-18) 13	Swansea City	3–3	Rochdale	Swansea
	Bruton (pen.) Evans 51' Bevan 85'	Report	Skeete 14' Taylor 31' Hulmes 78'	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 2767

21 October 1974 (1974-10-21) 14	Rochdale	2–2	Northampton Town	Rochdale
	Cooper Horne	Report	Mabee Wainwright	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1379

26 October 1974 (1974-10-26) 15	Rochdale	2–4	Newport County	Rochdale
	Ferguson 20' (pen.) Taylor 35'	Report	Woods 6' Godfrey 12' Jones 60', 74'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1208

2 November 1974 (1974-11-02) 16	Chester	4–0	Rochdale	Chester
	Edwards 58' Draper 62', 72', 78'	Report		Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 3291

5 November 1974 (1974-11-05) 17	Northampton Town	0–1	Rochdale	Northampton
		Report	Whelan	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5695

9 November 1974 (1974-11-09) 18	Rochdale	0–0	Cambridge United	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1116

16 November 1974 (1974-11-16) 19	Scunthorpe United	2–2	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
	Pilling 52', 63'	Report	Taylor 36' Whelan 40'	Stadium: Old Show Ground Attendance: 1787

30 November 1974 (1974-11-30) 20	Rochdale	1–1	Exeter City	Rochdale
	Mulvaney 75'	Report	Beer 49'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1033

7 December 1974 (1974-12-07) 21	Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Rochdale	Crewe
		Report	Young 89'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 1803

21 December 1974 (1974-12-21) 22	Hartlepool United	5–0	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Honour 22' McMahon 31', 40' Moore 59', 71'	Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1991

26 December 1974 (1974-12-26) 23	Rochdale	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Hutchinson Fielding	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1077

28 December 1974 (1974-12-28) 24	Bradford City	1–0	Rochdale	Bradford
	Cooke 60'	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 3250

4 January 1975 (1975-01-04) 25	Rochdale	2–0	Darlington	Rochdale
	Mountford 20', 79'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1217

11 January 1975 (1975-01-11) 26	Rochdale	3–0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Ferguson 20' Whelan 44' Fielding 60'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1749

18 January 1975 (1975-01-18) 27	Exeter City	2–1	Rochdale	Exeter
	Bowker 1' Robertson 32' (pen.)	Report	Fielding 61'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3560

1 February 1975 (1975-02-01) 28	Cambridge United	1–1	Rochdale	Cambridge
	Tully 48' (pen.)	Report	Mountford 33'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3118

8 February 1975 (1975-02-08) 29	Rochdale	0–1	Chester	Rochdale
	Mountford 55'	Report	Redfern 65'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2273

14 February 1975 (1975-02-14) 30	Southport	1–0	Rochdale	Southport
	Gough	Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1569

17 February 1975 (1975-02-17) 31	Rochdale	1–1	Bradford City	Rochdale
	Mountford 87'	Report	Ham 62'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2004

22 February 1975 (1975-02-22) 32	Rochdale	4–2	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
	Whelan 40' Mountford 72', 73' Hallows 84'	Report	Collier 77' Roberts 88'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1430

1 March 1975 (1975-03-01) 33	Rochdale	0–1	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
		Report	Clarke 37'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2317

8 March 1975 (1975-03-08) 34	Brentford	3–0	Rochdale	Brentford
	Johnson 9' Graham 42' Cross 55'	Report		Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 4460

11 March 1975 (1975-03-11) 35	Rochdale	3–3	Southport	Rochdale
	Mountford Mulvaney	Report	O'Riley Noble	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1191

15 March 1975 (1975-03-15) 36	Rochdale	1–1	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Whelan 89'	Report	Ellis 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1517

17 March 1975 (1975-03-17) 37	Rochdale	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1427

22 March 1975 (1975-03-22) 38	Barnsley	5–3	Rochdale	Barnsley
	Doyle 19' (pen.) Butler 21', 54', 64' Peachey 33'	Report	Cooper 38', 39' Young 62'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 3594

29 March 1975 (1975-03-29) 39	Rochdale	3–0	Hartlepool United	Rochdale
	Fielding 18' Hanvey 29' Whelan 73'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1297

31 March 1975 (1975-03-31) 40	Workington	2–1	Rochdale	Workington
	Harris Geidmintis (pen.) Helliwell	Report	Mulvaney Mountford	Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 1870

5 April 1975 (1975-04-05) 41	Newport County	3–2	Rochdale	Newport
	Hooper 7' (pen.), 13', 83'	Report	Mountford 30' Whelan 55'	Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 1801

9 April 1975 (1975-04-09) 42	Reading	2–1	Rochdale	Reading
	Friday Alleyne	Report	Hanvey	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 3861

12 April 1975 (1975-04-12) 43	Rochdale	3–0	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Whelan 3', 48' Cooper 69'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1880

19 April 1975 (1975-04-19) 44	Rotherham United	3–1	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Habbin 3', 88' Womble 61'	Report	Cooper 26'	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 7536

23 April 1975 (1975-04-23) 45	Torquay United	3–0	Rochdale	Torquay
	Provan	Report		Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2718

26 April 1975 (1975-04-26) 46	Rochdale	1–0	Swansea City	Rochdale
	Mountford 34'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1548

F.A. Cup

23 November 1974 (1974-11-23) 1	Rochdale	0–0	Marine	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2041

27 November 1974 (1974-11-27) 1	Marine	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Rochdale	Crosby
	Woosey	Report	Young Carrick	Stadium: Rossett Park Attendance: 2540

14 December 1974 (1974-12-14) 2	Rochdale	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Brears 34'	Report	Hanvey 77' (o.g.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2221

16 December 1974 (1974-12-16) 2	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Crossley	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 3244

League Cup

24 August 1974 (1974-08-24) 1	Preston North End	1–0	Rochdale	Preston
	Holden	Report		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 7780

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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]}

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

[2] "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}

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