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1949–50 Rochdale A.F.C. season

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Rochdale
1949–50 season
ManagerTed Goodier
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Division 3 North3rd
F.A. Cup2nd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jack Connor
Jack Livesey

All: Jack Connor

The 1949–50 season saw Rochdale compete for their 22nd season in the Football League Third Division North.

Statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Division 3 North F.A. Cup Lancashire Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG Trevor Churchill 41 0 37 0 1 0 3 0
DF England ENG Bill Watson 45 0 39 0 2 0 4 0
DF England ENG Harry Hubbick 48 0 42 0 2 0 4 0
MF Scotland SCO George McGeachie 36 2 31 2 2 0 3 0
DF England ENG Wally Birch 42 1 37 1 2 0 3 0
MF England ENG Eric Wood 47 0 41 0 2 0 4 0
MF England ENG Cyril Lawrence 8 2 7 2 0 0 1 0
FW England ENG Jack Livesey 44 16 40 16 2 0 2 0
FW England ENG Jack Connor 40 19 34 16 2 2 4 1
FW England ENG Bert Williams 9 3 8 3 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Tom Dryburgh 44 14 38 11 2 1 4 2
FW England ENG Billy Woods 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Benny Nicol 7 1 5 1 0 0 2 0
MF Poland POL Konrad Kapler 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Jackie Arthur 37 5 33 5 2 0 2 0
FW England ENG Alan Middlebrough 8 4 8 4 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Ron Rothwell 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Cyril Brown 36 6 30 5 2 1 4 0
GK Scotland SCO Wally Stanners 7 0 5 0 1 0 1 0
MF England ENG Don Partridge 9 0 8 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO David Reid 10 0 9 0 0 0 1 0

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Promotion
1 Doncaster Rovers 42 9 9 3 30 15 10 8 3 36 23 1.737 55 Division Champions, promoted
2 Gateshead 42 13 5 3 51 23 10 2 9 36 31 1.611 53
3 Rochdale 42 15 3 3 42 13 6 6 9 26 28 1.659 51
4 Lincoln City 42 14 5 2 35 9 7 4 10 25 30 1.538 51
5 Tranmere Rovers 42 15 3 3 35 21 4 8 9 16 27 1.063 49
Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

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Football League Third Division North

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20 August  1949 (1949 -08-20) 1 Rochdale 1 – 3 Gateshead Rochdale
Connor Report Wilbert
Ingham
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6837
Referee: F. Walton
25 August  1949 (1949 -08-25) 2 Doncaster Rovers 0 – 0 Rochdale Doncaster
Report Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 21567
Referee: G. Tedds
27 August  1949 (1949 -08-27) 3 Hartlepools United 1 – 2 Rochdale Hartlepool
Owens Report Lawrence Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 10519
Referee: L. Richardson
30 August  1949 (1949 -08-30) 4 Rochdale 0 – 1 Doncaster Rovers Rochdale
Report Doherty Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 11271
Referee: G. Tedds
3 September  1949 (1949 -09-03) 5 Rochdale 2 – 0 Darlington Rochdale
Woods
Connor
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8120
Referee: J.S. Pickles
5 September  1949 (1949 -09-05) 6 Rochdale 0 – 1 Chester Rochdale
Report Tilston Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7543
Referee: T. Seymour
10 September  1949 (1949 -09-10) 7 New Brighton 0 – 4 Rochdale New Brighton
Report Williams
Livesey
Middlebrough
Dryburgh
Stadium: Tower Athletic Ground
Attendance: 5986
Referee: G. Gibson
14 September  1949 (1949 -09-14) 8 Chester 0 – 2 Rochdale Chester
Report Dryburgh
Middlebrough
Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 5165
Referee: W.H.E. Evans
17 September  1949 (1949 -09-17) 9 Rochdale 1 – 0 Halifax Town Rochdale
Dryburgh Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8755
Referee: B.J. Flanagan
24 September  1949 (1949 -09-24) 10 Oldham Athletic 0 – 0 Rochdale Oldham
Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 23716
Referee: A.C. Denham
1 October  1949 (1949 -10-01) 11 Bradford City 2 – 1 Rochdale Bradford
Doonan
Ward
Report Arthur Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 12707
Referee: H. Trenholm
8 October  1949 (1949 -10-08) 12 Rochdale 3 – 1 York City Rochdale
Connor
Livesey
Report Patrick Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8049
Referee: L. Richardson
15 October  1949 (1949 -10-15) 13 Tranmere Rovers 1 – 0 Rochdale Birkenhead
Bainbridge Report Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 10820
Referee: E. Plinston
22 October  1949 (1949 -10-22) 14 Rochdale 2 – 1 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
Connor Report Mullard Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 9790
Referee: J. Houston
29 October  1949 (1949 -10-29) 15 Barrow 0 – 1 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness
Report Arthur Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 5105
Referee: T. Seymour
5 November  1949 (1949 -11-05) 16 Rochdale 2 – 0 Lincoln City Rochdale
Connor 10'
Dryburgh 39'
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8867
Referee: R.J. Leafe
12 November  1949 (1949 -11-12) 17 Rotherham United 4 – 3 Rochdale Rotherham
Guest
Rudd
Bower
Shaw
Report Connor
Dryburgh
Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 9113
Referee: A.E. Ellis
19 November  1949 (1949 -11-19) 18 Rochdale 1 – 0 Carlisle United Rochdale
Brown Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7323
Referee: A.W. Luty
3 December  1949 (1949 -12-03) 19 Rochdale 2 – 0 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
Dryburgh
McGeachie
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5349
17 December  1949 (1949 -12-17) 20 Gateshead 1 – 3 Rochdale Gateshead
Kendall Report Livesey Stadium: Redheugh Park
Attendance: 3997
Referee: F.B. Coultas
24 December  1949 (1949 -12-24) 21 Rochdale 4 – 0 Hartlepools United Rochdale
Dryburgh
Connor
Livesey
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7439
Referee: L. Richardson
26 December  1949 (1949 -12-26) 22 Rochdale 2 – 0 Southport Rochdale
Livesey
Connor
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 13406
Referee: G. Black
27 December  1949 (1949 -12-27) 23 Southport 3 – 2 Rochdale Southport
Wyles
Powell
Meadows
Report Brown
Dryburgh
Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 14766
Referee: G. Black
31 December  1949 (1949 -12-31) 24 Darlington 1 – 1 Rochdale Darlington
Ward Report Livesey Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 8196
14 January  1950 (1950 -01-14) 25 Rochdale 4 – 0 New Brighton Rochdale
Birch (pen.)
Livesey
McGeachie
Brown
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 9300
Referee: G. Gibson
21 January  1950 (1950 -01-21) 26 Halifax Town 3 – 2 Rochdale Halifax
Bennett
Watson (o.g.)
Core
Report Connor Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 10398
Referee: B.J. Flanagan
28 January  1950 (1950 -01-28) 27 Mansfield Town 1 – 1 Rochdale Mansfield
Godwin Report Nicol Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 11492
Referee: H. Jackson
4 February  1950 (1950 -02-04) 28 Rochdale 1 – 0 Oldham Athletic Rochdale
Connor Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 14516
Referee: A.C. Denham
11 February  1950 (1950 -02-11) 29 Wrexham 3 – 0 Rochdale Wrexham
Wynn Report Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 5638
Referee: J. Platt
18 February  1950 (1950 -02-18) 30 Rochdale 2 – 2 Bradford City Rochdale
Williams Report McGill (pen.) Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8980
Referee: H. Trenholm
25 February  1950 (1950 -02-25) 31 Carlisle United 2 – 0 Rochdale Carlisle
Billingham Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 9525
Referee: A.W. Luty
4 March  1950 (1950 -03-04) 32 Rochdale 7 – 1 Mansfield Town Rochdale
Livesey
Middlebrough
Dryburgh
Arthur
Report Antonio Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6336
Referee: H. Jackson
11 March  1950 (1950 -03-11) 33 Crewe Alexandra 0 – 1 Rochdale Crewe
Report Brown Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 11781
Referee: J. Houston
18 March  1950 (1950 -03-18) 34 Rochdale 2 – 1 Barrow Rochdale
Livesey
Arthur
Report King Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8391
Referee: T. Seymour
25 March  1950 (1950 -03-25) 35 Lincoln City 2 – 0 Rochdale Lincoln
Dodds
Whittle
Report Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 11009
Referee: R.J. Leafe
1 April  1950 (1950 -04-01) 36 Rochdale 1 – 0 Rotherham United Rochdale
Connor Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7653
Referee: A.E. Ellis
7 April  1950 (1950 -04-07) 37 Stockport County 1 – 1 Rochdale Stockport
Herd Report Glover (o.g.) Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 14751
8 April  1950 (1950 -04-08) 38 York City 2 – 2 Rochdale York
M. Patrick
A. Patrick
Report Livesey Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 6102
Referee: L. Richardson
10 April  1950 (1950 -04-10) 39 Rochdale 1 – 1 Stockport County Rochdale
Arthur Report Robinson Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6711
Referee: F.H. Gerrard
15 April  1950 (1950 -04-15) 40 Rochdale 3 – 0 Tranmere Rovers Rochdale
Connor
Brown
Dryburgh
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7773
Referee: E. Plinston
22 April  1950 (1950 -04-22) 41 Accrington Stanley 1 – 0 Rochdale Accrington
Travis Report Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 7302
Referee: H. Jackson
29 April  1950 (1950 -04-29) 42 Rochdale 1 – 1 Wrexham Rochdale
Connor Report Wynn Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3397

F.A. Cup

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26 November  1949 (1949 -11-26) 1 Rhyl 0 – 3 Rochdale Rhyl
Report Connor
Dryburgh
Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 7852
10 December  1949 (1949 -12-10) 2 Rochdale 1 – 2 Notts County Rochdale
Brown Report Johnston
Lawton
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 24231
Referee: T. Seymour

Lancashire Cup

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25 October  1949 (1949 -10-25) Rochdale 0 – 0 Blackpool Rochdale
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1413
9 November  1949 (1949 -11-09) Blackpool 0 – 1 Rochdale Blackpool
Dryburgh Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 2500
8 February  1950 (1950 -02-08) Bolton Wanderers 0 – 1 Rochdale Bolton
Dryburgh Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 3339
18 April  1950 (1950 -04-18) SF Rochdale 1 – 2 Burnley Rochdale
Connor Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7878

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References

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  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]