1921–22 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1921–22 season
Chairman	JG Ramsbottom
Manager	Tom Wilson
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North	20th
FA Cup	5th Round Qualifying
Top goalscorer	League: Harry Dennison; All: Harry Dennison
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1920-21 1922–23 →

The 1921–22 season saw Rochdale compete in the newly formed Football League Third Division North, where they finished in 20th and last position with 26 points.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division3 (N)		FA Cup		Lancashire Cup		Manchester Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
N/A	GK	ENG	Jimmy Crabtree	37	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Jimmy Nuttall	32	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Joe Sheehan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Jack Hill	28	8	25	8	1	0	1	0	1	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Peter Farrar	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Jack Yarwood	14	0	11	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Sid Hoad	19	2	17	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Bob Sandiford	12	2	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Harry Dennison	35	18	33	17	1	1	0	0	1	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Reg Owens	15	7	14	7	0	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Gene Carney	11	6	10	6	0	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Arthur Collinge	11	1	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Tommy Mort	30	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Joseph Barnes	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Herbert Clark	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	John Broster	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Albert Wolstencroft	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Ernie Whiteside	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Harry Mallalieu	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	GK	ENG	William Sneyd	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Jim Tully	32	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Joe Herbert	17	4	16	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Jack Barton	20	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Fred Taylor	20	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
N/A	MF	ENG	William Clifton	14	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
N/A	DF	SCO	Jock Burns	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Tommy Bennett	4	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	George Daniels	28	1	26	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
N/A	FW	SCO	Hugh Cameron	12	2	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
N/A	FW	ENG	George Hoyle	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
N/A	FW	SCO	Wilson McGhee	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Thomas Catlow	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Harry Foster	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Arthur Hinchliffe	4	0	4	0	0	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	Qualification or relegation
16	Nelson^[a]	38	7	6	6	27	23	6	1	12	21	43	0.727	33
17	Wigan Borough^[b]	38	9	4	6	32	28	2	5	12	14	44	0.639	31
18	Tranmere Rovers^[a]	38	7	5	7	41	25	2	6	11	10	36	0.836	29
19	Halifax Town^[c]	38	9	4	6	37	28	1	5	13	19	48	0.737	29	Re-elected
20	Rochdale^[a]	38	9	2	8	34	24	2	2	15	18	53	0.675	26	Re-elected

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c New club in the league; elected from Central League
^ New club in the league; elected from Lancashire Combination
^ New club in the league; elected from Midland League

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	L
Position	8	11	13	11	15	17	13	13	16	18	15	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	19	20	20	20

Source: https://www.enfa.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

27 August 1921 (1921-08-27) 1	Rochdale	6–3	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Owens Dennison Carney (pen.)	Report	Hosker Green	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7,000

3 September 1921 (1921-09-03) 2	Accrington Stanley	4–0	Rochdale	Accrington
	Hosker Green Makin	Report		Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 11,000

10 September 1921 (1921-09-10) 3	Rochdale	3–3	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Hill Dennison Carney (pen.)	Report	Woods Hetherington	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8,000

17 September 1921 (1921-09-17) 4	Halifax Town	1–1	Rochdale	Halifax
	Challinor	Report	Collinge	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 10,000

24 September 1921 (1921-09-24) 5	Rochdale	0–1	Southport	Rochdale
		Report	Wray	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,000

1 October 1921 (1921-10-01) 6	Southport	2–1	Rochdale	Southport
	Rigsby Glover	Report	Sandiford	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 6,000

8 October 1921 (1921-10-08) 7	Rochdale	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Herbert	Report	Bullough	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,000

15 October 1921 (1921-10-15) 8	Tranmere Rovers	7–0	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Groves Bullough Cunningham	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,000

22 October 1921 (1921-10-22) 9	Rochdale	0–1	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Nuttall	Report	Reid	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

29 October 1921 (1921-10-29) 10	Stockport County	3–0	Rochdale	Stockport
	Jones Gault	Report	Burns	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,000

5 November 1921 (1921-11-05) 11	Rochdale	2–1	Stalybridge Celtic	Rochdale
	Hoad 15', 47' (pen.)	Report	Gee 60'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: W.G. Day

12 November 1921 (1921-11-12) 12	Stalybridge Celtic	1–0	Rochdale	Stalybridge
	Petrie 2'	Report		Stadium: Bower Fold Attendance: 6,000 Referee: W.G. Day

19 November 1921 (1921-11-19) 13	Rochdale	0–2	Grimsby Town	Rochdale
		Report	Smith Carmichael	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,000

26 November 1921 (1921-11-26) 14	Grimsby Town	3–0	Rochdale	Cleethorpes
	Miller Carmichael	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 8,000

10 December 1921 (1921-12-10) 15	Wigan Borough	3–2	Rochdale	Wigan
	Brodie Broster Freeman	Report	Dennison (pen.)	Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 5,000

24 December 1921 (1921-12-24) 16	Rochdale	7–0	Walsall	Rochdale
	Owens Dennison (pen.) (pen.) Daniels Cameron	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,000

26 December 1921 (1921-12-26) 17	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Rochdale	Crewe
	Davies Caulfield	Report		Stadium: Gresty Road

27 December 1921 (1921-12-27) 18	Rochdale	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Dennison	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

31 December 1921 (1921-12-31) 19	Hartlepool United	5–3	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Hardy Parkinson Robertson	Report	Sandiford Owens Herbert	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 7,000

14 January 1922 (1922-01-14) 20	Rochdale	0–1	Hartlepool United	Rochdale
		Report	Robertson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium

21 January 1922 (1922-01-21) 21	Darlington	2–1	Rochdale	Darlington
	Wolstenholme Healey	Report	Herbert	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 2,000

28 January 1922 (1922-01-28) 22	Rochdale	0–2	Darlington	Rochdale
		Report	Malcolm Wolstenholme	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,000

4 February 1922 (1922-02-04) 23	Rochdale	0–2	Lincoln City	Rochdale
		Report	Lees 42' Walker 86'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium

11 February 1922 (1922-02-11) 24	Lincoln City	1–2	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Rippon 44' Fenwick	Report	Greaves 52' (o.g.) Dennison 82'	Stadium: Sincil Bank

18 February 1922 (1922-02-18) 25	Ashington	7–3	Rochdale	Ashington
	Galloway Foster Barber Robertson	Report	Dennison Carney	Stadium: Portland Park Attendance: 3,000

25 February 1922 (1922-02-25) 26	Rochdale	2–1	Ashington	Rochdale
	Dennison Hoyle	Report	Robertson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

4 March 1922 (1922-03-04) 27	Rochdale	0–1	Barrow	Rochdale
		Report	Sharkey	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

11 March 1922 (1922-03-11) 28	Barrow	1–0	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Sharkey	Report		Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 5,250

18 March 1922 (1922-03-18) 29	Rochdale	1–0	Durham City	Rochdale
	Dennison	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,000

25 March 1922 (1922-03-25) 30	Durham City	0–2	Rochdale	Durham
		Report	Hill	Stadium: Kepier Haughs Attendance: 1,500

1 April 1922 (1922-04-01) 31	Rochdale	3–0	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Hill Carney	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,000

8 April 1922 (1922-04-08) 32	Wrexham	1–1	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Matthias (pen.)	Report	Hill	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 3,000

14 April 1922 (1922-04-14) 33	Rochdale	4–2	Wigan Borough	Rochdale
	Carney Dennison Hill	Report	Freeman	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

15 April 1922 (1922-04-15) 34	Rochdale	2–2	Nelson	Rochdale
	Dennison	Report	Eddleston Wilson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

18 April 1922 (1922-04-18) 35	Walsall	4–0	Rochdale	Walsall
	Reid Butler Harper Groves	Report		Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 5,000

22 April 1922 (1922-04-22) 36	Nelson	4–1	Rochdale	Nelson
	Eddleston Wilson	Report	Hill	Stadium: Seedhill Football Ground

29 April 1922 (1922-04-29) 37	Rochdale	0–1	Chesterfield	Rochdale
		Report	Williams	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

6 May 1922 (1922-05-06) 38	Chesterfield	2–1	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Cooper Sykes	Report	Cameron	Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 6,000

FA Cup

3 December 1921 (1921-12-03) Q5	Nelson	3–2	Rochdale	Nelson
	Eddleston Waller Lilley	^[1]	Dennison Bennett	Stadium: Seedhill

Lancashire Senior Cup

14 September 1921 (1921-09-14) 1	Stockport County	2–0	Rochdale	Stockport
		^[1]		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 2,000

Manchester Cup

28 February 1922 (1922-02-28)	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Rochdale	Bolton
		^[1]	Hoyle	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 3,000

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ "Rochdale match record: 1922". www.11v11.com.
^ "The English National Football Archive". www.enfa.co.uk.

[table_note_CRE0.2562926799321-1] New club in the league; elected from Central League

[table_note_ACC0.2562926799321-2] New club in the league; elected from Lancashire Combination

[table_note_CHF0.2562926799321-3] New club in the league; elected from Midland League

[Phillipps-4] Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

[5] "Rochdale match record: 1922". www.11v11.com.

[6] "The English National Football Archive". www.enfa.co.uk.

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