1946–47 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1946–47 season
Manager	Ted Goodier
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Division 3 North	6th
F.A. Cup	3rd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Joe Hargreaves; All: Joe Hargreaves
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1945–46 1947–48 →

The 1946–47 season saw Rochdale compete for their 19th season in the Football League Third Division North, and the first after World War 2. The schedule was identical to the abandoned 1939–40 season.

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	WAL	Bill Roberts	21	0	21	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Syd Pomphrey	11	0	9	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Byrom	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Billy Hallard	22	2	17	2	3	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Wally Birch	40	2	35	1	3	1	2	0
	MF	WAL	Joe McCormick	39	0	35	0	3	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Sammy Makin	6	1	5	1	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Eric Wood	32	4	31	4	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Hargreaves	33	25	30	23	3	2	0	0
	MF	SCO	Joe Rodi	9	3	9	3	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Arthur Cunliffe	28	7	23	5	3	2	2	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Sneddon	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Charlie Hurst	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tom West	6	2	4	2	0	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Tom Hargreaves	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tommy Barkas	41	18	36	17	3	1	2	0
	MF	ENG	Don Partridge	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	SCO	Bill Henderson	22	0	17	0	3	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Norman Kirkman	41	0	36	0	3	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Cunliffe	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Len Jackson	30	0	27	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Woods	19	6	15	1	3	5	1	0
	MF	SCO	Alec Carruthers	17	6	13	4	3	2	1	0
	FW	ENG	Walter Jones	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Alan Moorhouse	10	2	10	2	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jackie Moss	17	5	17	5	0	0	0	0
	MF	WAL	Tom Sibley	10	2	10	2	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Hugh O'Donnell	14	5	14	5	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Charlie Briggs	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jackie Arthur	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Frank Walkden	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Arthur Jones	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ron Rothwell	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	John Oakes	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Cyril Lawrence	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Austin Collier	3	0	3	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
4	Stockport County	42	17	0	4	50	19	7	2	12	28	34	1.472	50
5	Bradford City	42	12	5	4	40	20	8	5	8	22	27	1.319	50
6	Rochdale	42	9	5	7	39	25	10	5	6	41	39	1.250	48
7	Wrexham	42	13	5	3	43	21	4	7	10	22	30	1.275	46
8	Crewe Alexandra	42	12	4	5	39	26	5	5	11	31	48	0.946	43

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

31 August 1946 (1946 -08-31) 1	Doncaster Rovers	2 – 1	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Maddison	Report	A. Cunliffe	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 8279

3 September 1946 (1946 -09-03) 2	Rochdale	0 – 1	Wrexham	Rochdale
		Report	Malam	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5515

7 September 1946 (1946 -09-07) 3	Rochdale	0 – 1	York City	Rochdale
		Report	Allen	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8315

9 September 1946 (1946 -09-09) 4	Oldham Athletic	3 – 2	Rochdale	Oldham
	Howe	Report	Wood J. Hargreaves	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 11470

14 September 1946 (1946 -09-14) 5	Rochdale	2 – 2	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Makin Hurst	Report	Kilshaw McGeachie	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5612

17 September 1946 (1946 -09-17) 6	Rochdale	1 – 3	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Barkas	Report	Howe Horton Blackshaw	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8097

21 September 1946 (1946 -09-21) 7	Halifax Town	3 – 0	Rochdale	Halifax
	Quinn Mycock Hazeldine	Report		Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 4119

25 September 1946 (1946 -09-25) 8	Wrexham	2 – 2	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Hewitt Baines	Report	J. Hargreaves A. Cunliffe	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 7775

28 September 1946 (1946 -09-28) 9	Rochdale	6 – 0	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	J. Hargreaves Rodi A. Cunliffe Barkas	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7414

5 October 1946 (1946 -10-05) 10	Accrington Stanley	2 – 3	Rochdale	Accrington
	Keeley (pen.) Hudson	Report	Rodi Barkas	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 4865

12 October 1946 (1946 -10-12) 11	Rochdale	1 – 1	Barrow	Rochdale
	A. Cunliffe	Report	Miller	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7327

19 October 1946 (1946 -10-19) 12	Tranmere Rovers	2 – 3	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Atkinson Burns	Report	Carruthers Barkas	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 7553

26 October 1946 (1946 -10-26) 13	Rochdale	3 – 0	Darlington	Rochdale
	J. Hargreaves Barkas Woods	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6493

2 November 1946 (1946 -11-02) 14	Hull City	0 – 1	Rochdale	Hull
		Report	Hallard	Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 22616

9 November 1946 (1946 -11-09) 15	Rochdale	2 – 3	Gateshead	Rochdale
	J. Hargreaves 8', 80'	Report	Small 15', 63' McCormack 56'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8031

16 November 1946 (1946 -11-16) 16	Hartlepools United	0 – 3	Rochdale	Hartlepool
		Report	Wood Barkas	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 7323

23 November 1946 (1946 -11-23) 17	Rochdale	1 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Birch	Report	Jones	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6449

7 December 1946 (1946 -12-07) 18	Rochdale	0 – 0	Southport	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4467

21 December 1946 (1946 -12-21) 19	Rochdale	2 – 1	Chester	Rochdale
	Hallard Barkas	Report	Yates	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7738

25 December 1946 (1946 -12-25) 20	Rochdale	1 – 4	Stockport County	Rochdale
	J. Hargreaves	Report	Brown Walker	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7153

26 December 1946 (1946 -12-26) 21	Stockport County	5 – 2	Rochdale	Stockport
	Earl Cocker Brinton Walker	Report	W. Jones	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 14408

28 December 1946 (1946 -12-28) 22	Rochdale	2 – 3	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	J. Hargreaves Wood	Report	Kirkaldie Maddison Todd	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 13555

4 January 1947 (1947 -01-04) 23	York City	2 – 3	Rochdale	York
	Gledhill Allen	Report	J. Hargreaves Carruthers	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 5363

18 January 1947 (1947 -01-18) 24	New Brighton	1 – 2	Rochdale	New Brighton
	Wells	Report	J. Hargreaves	Stadium: Tower Athletic Ground Attendance: 5380

22 January 1947 (1947 -01-22) 25	Lincoln City	2 – 3	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Hutchinson Cheetham	Report	A. Cunliffe Barkas J. Hargreaves	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3249

25 January 1947 (1947 -01-25) 26	Rochdale	1 – 0	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Carruthers	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7504

1 February 1947 (1947 -02-01) 27	Carlisle United	1 – 3	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Iceton (pen.)	Report	West Moorhouse	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 9140

1 March 1947 (1947 -03-01) 28	Darlington	4 – 1	Rochdale	Darlington
	Bower Varty	Report	Moorhouse	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 4931

8 March 1947 (1947 -03-08) 29	Rochdale	5 – 2	Hull City	Rochdale
	J. Hargreaves Barkas Moss	Report	Peach Mills	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6565

22 March 1947 (1947 -03-22) 30	Rochdale	1 – 0	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Barkas	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7504

29 March 1947 (1947 -03-29) 31	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 2	Rochdale	Crewe
	Meaney Jones	Report	Sibley O'Donnell	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3247

4 April 1947 (1947 -04-04) 32	Rochdale	0 – 1	Bradford City	Rochdale
		Report	Shearer	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 10539

5 April 1947 (1947 -04-05) 33	Rochdale	2 – 0	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Sibley O'Donnell	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6634

7 April 1947 (1947 -04-07) 34	Bradford City	0 – 1	Rochdale	Bradford
		Report	Barkas	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 10267

12 April 1947 (1947 -04-12) 35	Southport	0 – 2	Rochdale	Southport
		Report	Moss	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 4949

19 April 1947 (1947 -04-19) 36	Rochdale	1 – 1	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	O'Donnell	Report	McLean	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 11908

26 April 1947 (1947 -04-26) 37	Chester	1 – 0	Rochdale	Chester
	Yates	Report		Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 4278

10 May 1947 (1947 -05-10) 38	Barrow	2 – 2	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Mullen Forbes (pen.)	Report	J. Hargreaves	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 5322

17 May 1947 (1947 -05-17) 39	Gateshead	2 – 2	Rochdale	Gateshead
	Forster Johnson	Report	J. Hargreaves	Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 4314

24 May 1947 (1947 -05-24) 40	Rochdale	5 – 1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Moss J. Hargreaves Barkas	Report	Mercer	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6758

31 May 1947 (1947 -05-31) 41	Rochdale	3 – 0	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	J. Hargreaves Barkas	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5529

7 June 1947 (1947 -06-07) 42	Rotherham United	3 – 3	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Wilson Hainsworth Guest	Report	O'Donnell Barkas	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 10375

F.A. Cup

30 November 1946 (1946 -11-30) 1	Rochdale	6 – 1	Bishop Auckland	Rochdale
	J. Hargreaves A. Cunliffe Birch Barkas Woods	Report	Teasdale	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8319

14 December 1946 (1946 -12-14) 2	Rochdale	6 – 1	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Woods A. Cunliffe Carruthers	Report	McMahon	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6500

11 January 1947 (1947 -01-11) 3	Charlton Athletic	3 – 1	Rochdale	London
	Duffy Lancelotte	Report	Woods	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 23271

Lancashire Cup

15 October 1946 (1946 -10-15)	Chester	2 – 0	Rochdale	Chester
				Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 3000

22 October 1946 (1946 -10-22)	Rochdale	0 – 1	Chester	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2456

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References

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

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

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