1931–32 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale

1931–32 season
Football League Third Division North	21st
FA Cup	First Round

The 1931–32 season saw Rochdale compete in the Football League Third Division North where they finished in 21st position with 11 points.

Rochdale endured a terrible season as they finished bottom of the Third Division North after managing just four wins. During the season they went on a record-breaking run of 17 straight defeats.

Final league table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Lincoln City	40	26	5	9	106	47	2.255	57
2	Gateshead	40	25	7	8	94	48	1.958	57
3	Chester	40	21	8	11	78	60	1.300	50
4	Tranmere Rovers	40	19	11	10	107	58	1.845	49
5	Barrow	40	24	1	15	86	59	1.458	49
6	Crewe Alexandra	40	21	6	13	95	66	1.439	48
7	Southport	40	18	10	12	58	53	1.094	46
8	Hull City	40	20	5	15	82	53	1.547	45
9	York City	40	18	7	15	76	81	0.938	43
10	Wrexham	40	18	7	15	64	69	0.928	43
11	Darlington	40	17	4	19	66	69	0.957	38
12	Stockport County	40	13	11	16	55	53	1.038	37
13	Hartlepools United	40	16	5	19	78	100	0.780	37
14	Accrington Stanley	40	15	6	19	75	80	0.938	36
15	Doncaster Rovers	40	16	4	20	59	80	0.738	36
16	Walsall	40	16	3	21	57	85	0.671	35
17	Halifax Town	40	13	8	19	61	87	0.701	34
18	Carlisle United	40	11	11	18	64	79	0.810	33
19	Rotherham United	40	14	4	22	63	72	0.875	32
20	New Brighton	40	8	8	24	38	76	0.500	24
21	Rochdale	40	4	3	33	48	135	0.356	11

Results

Rochdale's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Third Division North

Main article: 1931–32 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	29 August 1931	Accrington Stanley	H	2 – 2	6,974	Jones, Juyan
2	31 August 1931	Rotherham United	A	0 – 5	6,431
3	5 September 1931	Wrexham	A	0 – 4	7,390
4	7 September 1931	Stockport County	A	1 – 3	3,941	Watson
5	12 September 1931	Carlisle United	H	4 – 3	4,382	Watson (2), Everest, Steele
6	15 September 1931	Stockport County	H	1 – 0	4,384	Williams
7	19 September 1931	Crewe Alexandra	A	0 – 1	6,358
8	26 September 1931	Darlington	H	1 – 1	3,703	McAleer
9	3 October 1931	Doncaster Rovers	H	3 – 1	4,641	McAleer, Watson (2)
10	10 October 1931	Southport	A	1 – 3	5,442	Steele
11	17 October 1931	Halifax Town	A	2 – 3	4,082	Everest, Murray
12	24 October 1931	Walsall	H	0 – 1	2,845
13	31 October 1931	Gateshead	A	1 – 3	7,227	Jones
14	7 November 1931	New Brighton	H	3 – 2	1,888	Jones, Everest (2)
15	14 November 1931	Barrow	A	1 – 4	2,542	Watson
16	21 November 1931	Hull City	H	3 – 6	4,593	Watson (2), Nisbet
17	5 December 1931	Chester	H	0 – 3	3,119
18	12 December 1931	Hartlepool United	A	0 – 3	3,085
19	25 December 1931	Tranmere Rovers	A	1 – 9	5,719	Murray
20	26 December 1931	Tranmere Rovers	H	3 – 6	3,993	Brown, Murray, Everest
21	2 January 1932	Accrington Stanley	A	0 – 3	1,824
22	9 January 1932	Lincoln City	A	0 – 3	6,737
23	16 January 1932	Wrexham	H	2 – 4	1,749	Everest, Steele
24	23 January 1932	Carlisle United	A	0 – 4	3,812
25	30 January 1932	Crewe Alexandra	H	2 – 3	1,978	Howard, Brown
26	6 February 1932	Darlington	A	1 – 3	2,764	Nisbet
27	13 February 1932	Doncaster Rovers	A	0 – 2	2,856
28	20 February 1932	Southport	H	0 – 1	2,894
29	27 February 1932	Halifax Town	H	1 – 4	3,154	Crowther
30	5 March 1932	Walsall	A	1 – 2	2,601	Brown
31	12 March 1932	Gateshead	H	0 – 3	2,526
32	19 March 1932	New Brighton	A	1 – 1	2,362	Brown
33	25 March 1932	York City	A	2 – 5	5,285	McAleer, Howard
34	26 March 1932	Barrow	H	0 – 6	2,189
35	28 March 1932	York City	H	3 – 5	1,387	McAleer, Brown (2)
36	2 April 1932	Hull City	A	1 – 4	3,611	Hogg
37	9 April 1932	Lincoln City	H	3 – 5	1,038	McAleer (2), Williams
38	16 April 1932	Chester	A	2 – 7	4,658	McAleer, Howard
39	23 April 1932	Hartlepool United	H	1 – 3	1,379	Bimson
40	7 May 1932	Rotherham United	H	1 – 4	1,724	Howard

FA Cup

Main article: 1931–32 FA Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	28 November 1931	Scunthorpe United	A	1 – 2

External links

• Up the Dale 1931–32
• Rochdale 1931–32 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)