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1937–38 Rochdale A.F.C. season

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Rochdale
1937–38 season
ManagerErnest Nixon
Sam Jennings
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North17th
FA Cup1st Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jimmy Wynn
All: Jimmy Wynn

The 1937–38 season saw Rochdale compete for their 17th season in the Football League Third Division North.

Statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Division 3 North FA Cup Division 3 North Cup Lancashire Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG Des Fawcett 46 0 42 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Tommy Baird 46 0 42 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Tom Sneddon 38 0 34 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Hugh McLaren 35 1 34 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF England ENG Charlie Robinson 10 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
FW England ENG Joe Duff 21 1 18 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Alex McMurdo 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Micky Burke 9 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Wally Hunt 21 10 18 7 2 1 1 2 0 0
FW England ENG Harry Marshall 33 6 30 6 1 0 1 0 1 0
MF Wales WAL Sid Protheroe 33 7 30 7 1 0 1 0 1 0
DF England ENG Edward Sperry 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Alex Graham 12 4 11 4 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF England ENG Ted Goodier 43 0 39 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Frank Wilson 8 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF England ENG Jimmy Eastwood 32 0 28 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
FW England ENG Jimmy Wynn 30 20 28 20 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jock Millar 27 8 26 8 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Thomas McMurray 25 1 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Roland Haworth 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF England ENG Bob Hardy 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Wilfred Barks 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Wales WAL Idris Williams 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Arnold Sutcliffe 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Adam Dawson 13 7 12 6 0 0 0 0 1 1

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Promotion
15 Port Vale 42 11 8 2 45 27 1 6 14 20 46 0.890 38 Transferred to the Third Division South
16 Southport 42 8 8 5 30 26 4 6 11 23 56 0.646 38
17 Rochdale 42 7 10 4 38 27 6 1 14 29 51 0.859 37
18 Halifax Town 42 9 7 5 24 19 3 5 13 20 47 0.667 36
19 Darlington 42 10 4 7 37 31 1 6 14 17 48 0.684 32
Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

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Football League Third Division North

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28 August  1937 (1937 -08-28) 1 Rochdale 0 – 0 York City Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8448
30 August  1937 (1937 -08-30) 2 Tranmere Rovers 3 – 2 Rochdale Birkenhead
Eden
Mayson
Kearney
Report Hamilton (o.g.)
Marshall
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 8508
4 September  1937 (1937 -09-04) 3 Bradford City 3 – 1 Rochdale Bradford
Hardy
Moore
Report Protheroe Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 5997
7 September  1937 (1937 -09-07) 4 Rochdale 0 – 0 Tranmere Rovers Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4480
11 September  1937 (1937 -09-11) 5 Rochdale 3 – 2 Southport Rochdale
Hunt
Marshall
Report Atkinson
Patrick
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5915
13 September  1937 (1937 -09-13) 6 Halifax Town 2 – 3 Rochdale Halifax
Hoyland
Jackson
Report Protheroe
Wilson
Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 2409
18 September  1937 (1937 -09-18) 7 Doncaster Rovers 5 – 0 Rochdale Doncaster
Allen
Killourhy
Perry
Report Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 10647
25 September  1937 (1937 -09-25) 8 Rochdale 1 – 4 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
Hunt Report Johnson
Waring
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5632
2 October  1937 (1937 -10-02) 9 Rochdale 2 – 0 Rotherham United Rochdale
Graham
Wynn
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5019
9 October  1937 (1937 -10-09) 10 Chester 4 – 1 Rochdale Chester
Sargeant
Wrightson
Sanders
Report Hunt Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 5913
16 October  1937 (1937 -10-16) 11 Barrow 0 – 1 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness
Report Graham Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 4332
23 October  1937 (1937 -10-23) 12 Rochdale 6 – 1 Wrexham Rochdale
Graham
Wynn
Hunt
Protheroe
Report Burgon Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4193
30 October  1937 (1937 -10-30) 13 Hartlepools United 3 – 3 Rochdale Hartlepool
Scott
Wigham
Report Marshall
Protheroe
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 5087
6 November  1937 (1937 -11-06) 14 Rochdale 0 – 1 Lincoln City Rochdale
Report Callender Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 9074
13 November  1937 (1937 -11-13) 15 Hull City 4 – 1 Rochdale Hull
Fryer
McNeill
Report Wynn Stadium: Anlaby Road
Attendance: 8848
20 November  1937 (1937 -11-20) 16 Rochdale 2 – 1 New Brighton Rochdale
Wynn
Hunt
Report Mustard (pen.) Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5295
4 December  1937 (1937 -12-04) 17 Rochdale 1 – 1 Oldham Athletic Rochdale
Hunt (pen.) Report Davis Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4460
11 December  1937 (1937 -12-11) 18 Darlington 2 – 4 Rochdale Darlington
Clacher
Brown
Report Wynn
Millar
Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 1378
18 December  1937 (1937 -12-18) 19 Rochdale 1 – 1 Port Vale Rochdale
Wynn Report Roberts (pen.) Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3560
25 December  1937 (1937 -12-25) 20 Rochdale 0 – 1 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
Report Curran Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 9146
27 December  1937 (1937 -12-27) 21 Accrington Stanley 0 – 1 Rochdale Accrington
Report Wynn Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 4700
1 January  1938 (1938 -01-01) 22 York City 0 – 5 Rochdale York
Report Wynn
Millar
Marshall
Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 5971
8 January  1938 (1938 -01-08) 23 Gateshead 3 – 1 Rochdale Gateshead
Smith
McDermott
Report Protheroe Stadium: Redheugh Park
Attendance: 9504
15 January  1938 (1938 -01-15) 24 Rochdale 2 – 0 Bradford City Rochdale
Protheroe
Wynn
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3234
22 January  1938 (1938 -01-22) 25 Southport 2 – 0 Rochdale Southport
Hampson Report Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 3832
29 January  1938 (1938 -01-29) 26 Rochdale 4 – 5 Doncaster Rovers Rochdale
Millar
Marshall
Wynn
Report Malam
Killourhy
Little
McFarlane
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5069
5 February  1938 (1938 -02-05) 27 Crewe Alexandra 5 – 1 Rochdale Crewe
Chandler
Foster
Tagg
Waring
Report McLaren Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3393
12 February  1938 (1938 -02-12) 28 Rotherham United 1 – 0 Rochdale Rotherham
Smith Report Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 9282
19 February  1938 (1938 -02-19) 29 Rochdale 4 – 0 Chester Rochdale
Wynn (pen.)
Dawson
Millar
Done (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5728
26 February  1938 (1938 -02-26) 30 Rochdale 3 – 3 Barrow Rochdale
McMurray
Dawson
Report Mullaney
McIntosh
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6243
5 March  1938 (1938 -03-05) 31 Wrexham 2 – 1 Rochdale Wrexham
Burditt
Raven
Report Tunney (o.g.) Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 3620
12 March  1938 (1938 -03-12) 32 Rochdale 2 – 2 Hartlepools United Rochdale
Dawson
Protheroe
Report Self
Nevin
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5615
19 March  1938 (1938 -03-19) 33 Lincoln City 2 – 0 Rochdale Lincoln
Deacon Report Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 6836
26 March  1938 (1938 -03-26) 34 Rochdale 0 – 0 Hull City Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5761
2 April  1938 (1938 -04-02) 35 New Brighton 2 – 0 Rochdale New Brighton
Wood
Shiels
Report Stadium: Sandheys Park
Attendance: 3419
9 April  1938 (1938 -04-09) 36 Rochdale 2 – 2 Gateshead Rochdale
Wynn
Millar
Report Thompson Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5240
15 April  1938 (1938 -04-15) 37 Rochdale 3 – 1 Carlisle United Rochdale
Wynn (pen.)
Millar
Report Temple Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4648
16 April  1938 (1938 -04-16) 38 Oldham Athletic 4 – 2 Rochdale Oldham
Gray
Ferrier
Diamond
Report Duff
Eaves (o.g.)
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 17106
18 April  1938 (1938 -04-18) 39 Carlisle United 0 – 1 Rochdale Carlisle
Report Dawson Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5609
23 April  1938 (1938 -04-23) 40 Rochdale 1 – 1 Darlington Rochdale
Dawson Report Harris (pen.) Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4028
30 April  1938 (1938 -04-30) 41 Port Vale 4 – 1 Rochdale Stoke-on-Trent
Masters
Roberts
Bellis
Report Wynn (pen.) Stadium: Old Recreation Ground
Attendance: 2992
7 May  1938 (1938 -05-07) 42 Rochdale 1 – 1 Halifax Town Rochdale
Craig (o.g.) Report Griffiths Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2065

F.A. Cup

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27 November  1937 (1937 -11-27) 1 Rochdale 1 – 1 Lincoln City Rochdale
Hunt Report Deacon Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 11500
1 December  1937 (1937 -12-01) 1 Lincoln City 2 – 0 Rochdale Lincoln
Campbell
Whyte
Report Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 6474

Division 3 North Cup

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21 September  1937 (1937 -09-21) 1 Rochdale 2 – 3 Oldham Athletic Rochdale
Hunt [1] Robbins
Blackshaw
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000

Lancashire Cup

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18 April  1938 (1938 -04-18) 1 Blackburn Rovers 4 – 1 Rochdale Blackburn
[2] Dawson Stadium: Ewood Park

References

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