1917–18 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1917–18 season
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Lancs	4th & 10th
Top goalscorer	Billy Halligan
	← 1916–17 1918–19 →

The 1917–18 season saw Rochdale compete for their third season in the wartime football league, during World War I. Rochdale competed in the Lancashire section and finished 4th in the Principle Tournament and 10th in the Subsidiary Tournament.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Football League Lancs		Friendlies
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Tom Kay	28	0	28	0	0	0
	GK		A. Lee	2	0	2	0	0	0
	GK		R. Butterworth	6	0	5	0	1	0
	GK		T. Berry	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	James Henderson	19	0	18	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Vince Hayes	27	0	27	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Harry Millership	5	0	5	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Tweedale Rigg	26	0	26	0	0	0
	DF		W. McDonald	8	0	8	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Danny Crossan	22	0	21	0	1	0
	MF		J. Litherland	5	0	5	0	0	0
	DF		J.E. Hallas	3	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jim Tully	19	2	19	2	0	0
	MF		Wilfred Bunting	19	0	18	0	1	0
	DF	EIR	Pat O'Connell	34	7	33	6	1	1
	MF		P. Lennox	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		Tattersall	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Charlie Milnes	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		J Poles	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		P.J. Kay	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF		T.H. Duckworth	4	0	3	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Archie Rawlings	5	0	5	0	0	0
	MF		Hunt	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		R. Sommersgil	3	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Freddy Capper	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		A. Harding	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		A. Jones	11	0	11	0	0	0
	MF		F.J. Sheldon	7	4	7	4	0	0
	MF		Sam Lloyd	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Ernest Goodwin	11	3	11	3	0	0
	MF		A. Walker	6	2	6	2	0	0
	MF		Howarth	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		A. Johnson	4	1	4	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tom Page	19	12	19	12	0	0
	FW		Bob Thomas	10	6	10	6	0	0
	FW	EIR	Billy Halligan	34	36	33	36	1	0
	FW		J.W. Roberts	5	2	5	2	0	0
	MF	ENG	Tommy Meehan	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		J. Flaherty	4	7	4	7	0	0
	FW		F. Annesley	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		W.G. Carruthers	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Mitton	3	1	3	1	0	0
	FW		Stocks	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		R. Perks	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Albert Smith	35	7	34	7	1	0
	DF		West	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Marshall	1	0	0	0	1	0

Competitions

Football League - Lancashire Section

1 September 1917 (1917 -09-01) 1	Rochdale	9–0	Burnley	Rochdale
	O'Connell Flaherty Halligan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

8 September 1917 (1917 -09-08) 2	Burnley	2–2	Rochdale	Burnley
			Flaherty O'Connell	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 1200

15 September 1917 (1917 -09-15) 3	Rochdale	3–0	Manchester United	Rochdale
	Halligan Tully			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

22 September 1917 (1917 -09-22) 4	Manchester United	1–1	Rochdale	Manchester
	Woodcock		Halligan	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 3000

29 September 1917 (1917 -09-29) 5	Rochdale	6–0	Southport Central	Rochdale
	Walker Halligan Smith Flaherty			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

6 October 1917 (1917 -10-06) 6	Southport Central	2–2	Rochdale	Southport
			Walker Halligan	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1000

13 October 1917 (1917 -10-13) 7	Rochdale	0–1	Stockport County	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

20 October 1917 (1917 -10-20) 8	Stockport County	2–0	Rochdale	Stockport
				Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 2000

27 October 1917 (1917 -10-27) 9	Oldham Athletic	2–1	Rochdale	Oldham
			Smith	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1500

3 November 1917 (1917 -11-03) 10	Rochdale	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Halligan (pen.)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

10 November 1917 (1917 -11-10) 11	Bury	2–1	Rochdale	Bury
			Halligan	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2000

17 November 1917 (1917 -11-17) 12	Rochdale	7–5	Bury	Rochdale
	Mitton Halligan Smith			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

1 December 1917 (1917 -12-01) 13	Rochdale	0–0	Stoke	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 15000

8 December 1917 (1917 -12-08) 14	Liverpool	5–1	Rochdale	Liverpool
	Bennett		Page	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 12000

15 December 1917 (1917 -12-15) 15	Rochdale	1–0	Liverpool	Rochdale
	Page			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4500

22 December 1917 (1917 -12-22) 16	Blackpool	1–3	Rochdale	Blackpool
			Sheldon O'Connell	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3000

29 December 1917 (1917 -12-29) 17	Rochdale	6–3	Blackpool	Rochdale
	Smith ? (o.g.) Johnson Halligan Sheldon			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

5 January 1918 (1918 -01-05) 18	Manchester City	1–1	Rochdale	Manchester
	Tyler		Page	Stadium: Hyde Road

12 January 1918 (1918 -01-12) 19	Rochdale	1–4	Manchester City	Rochdale
	Halligan		Thompson Barnes Watson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

19 January 1918 (1918 -01-19) 20	Rochdale	6–0	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
	Halligan Page			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

26 January 1918 (1918 -01-26) 21	Blackburn Rovers	1–3	Rochdale	Blackburn
			Halligan	Stadium: Ewood Park

2 February 1918 (1918 -02-02) 22	Rochdale	2–2	Everton	Rochdale
	Sheldon O'Connell			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

9 February 1918 (1918 -02-09) 23	Everton	2–2	Rochdale	Liverpool
			Thomas Halligan	Stadium: Goodison Park

16 February 1918 (1918 -02-16) 24	Port Vale	1–1	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
	Brennan		Page	Stadium: Old Recreation Ground

23 February 1918 (1918 -02-23) 25	Rochdale	2–0	Port Vale	Rochdale
	Thomas Page			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

2 March 1918 (1918 -03-02) 26	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Rochdale	Bolton
			Page	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 3000

9 March 1918 (1918 -03-09) 27	Rochdale	5–2	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
	Halligan Goodwin			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

16 March 1918 (1918 -03-16) 28	Preston North End	3–4	Rochdale	Preston
			Page Halligan	Stadium: Deepdale

23 March 1918 (1918 -03-23) 29	Rochdale	4–3	Preston North End	Rochdale
	Smith Thomas Tully Halligan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

29 March 1918 (1918 -03-29) 30	Rochdale	2–3	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Thomas Halligan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

30 March 1918 (1918 -03-30) 31	Rochdale	2–1	Bury	Rochdale
	Thomas			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

1 April 1918 (1918 -04-01) 32	Oldham Athletic	1–0	Rochdale	Oldham
				Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4000

6 April 1918 (1918 -04-06) 33	Bury	1–4	Rochdale	Bury
			Roberts Page O'Connell	Stadium: Gigg Lane

13 April 1918 (1918 -04-13) 34	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Rochdale	Bolton
			Page	Stadium: Burnden Park

20 April 1918 (1918 -04-20) 35	Rochdale	4–0	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
	Smith Goodwin Halligan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

27 April 1918 (1918 -04-27) 36	Stoke	1–2	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
	Jones		Goodwin O'Connell	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 10000

Friendlies

4 May 1918 (1918 -05-04)	Rochdale	1–1	Bury	Rochdale
	O'Connell			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

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References

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

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

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