1961–62 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1961–62 season
Manager	Tony Collins
League Division Four	12th
FA Cup	2nd Round
League Cup	Final
Top goalscorer	League: Ronnie Cairns; All: Ronnie Cairns
	← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The 1961-62 Rochdale A.F.C. season was the club's 41st season in the Football League, notable for the club reaching the final of the League Cup.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Division 4		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Ted Burgin	55	0	44	0	2	0	9	0
	DF	ENG	Stanley Milburn	53	5	42	4	2	1	9	0
	DF	SCO	Doug Winton	51	0	40	0	2	0	9	0
	MF	ENG	Ron Phoenix	29	0	23	0	2	0	4	0
	MF	ENG	Ray Aspden	47	1	38	1	1	0	8	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Thompson	53	3	42	2	2	0	9	1
	MF	ENG	Doug Wragg	49	9	39	9	2	0	8	0
	FW	ENG	Stan Hepton	42	12	35	8	1	1	6	3
	FW	ENG	Louis Bimpson	41	15	33	11	1	0	7	4
	FW	ENG	Ronnie Cairns	55	18	44	15	2	1	9	2
	MF	ENG	Colin Whitaker	55	9	44	8	2	0	9	1
	DF	ENG	Norman Bodell	22	1	18	1	0	0	4	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Richardson	27	11	23	9	0	0	4	2
	DF	ENG	Bryn Owen	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	John Hardman	10	1	8	1	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Brian Birch	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Peter Whyke	7	0	5	0	1	0	1	0
	GK	SCO	Joffre Mckay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

League Division 4

19 August 1961 (1961 -08-19) 1	Rochdale	3–1	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Cairns Whitaker Milburn (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2400

23 August 1961 (1961 -08-23) 2	Rochdale	4–1	Millwall	Rochdale
	Bimpson Cairns Wragg Milburn (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3346

26 August 1961 (1961 -08-26) 3	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Rochdale	Crewe
		Report	Cairns	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 6731

28 August 1961 (1961 -08-28) 4	Millwall	1–1	Rochdale	London
		Report	Cairns	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 11672

2 September 1961 (1961 -09-02) 5	Rochdale	3–0	Exeter City	Rochdale
	Whitaker Milburn (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5062

6 September 1961 (1961 -09-06) 6	Rochdale	3–1	Gillingham	Rochdale
	Cairns Hepton	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5239

9 September 1961 (1961 -09-09) 7	Wrexham	3–0	Rochdale	Wrexham
		Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 11982

16 September 1961 (1961 -09-16) 8	Rochdale	2–3	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Hepton Bimpson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5138

18 September 1961 (1961 -09-18) 9	Darlington	2–0	Rochdale	Darlington
		Report		Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 7908

23 September 1961 (1961 -09-23) 10	Workington	2–1	Rochdale	Workington
		Report	Wragg	Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 3659

30 September 1961 (1961 -09-30) 11	Rochdale	3–1	York City	Rochdale
	Hepton Bimpson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4201

11 October 1961 (1961 -10-11) 12	Rochdale	1–1	Chesterfield	Rochdale
	Cairns	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4827

14 October 1961 (1961 -10-14) 13	Oldham Athletic	2–2	Rochdale	Oldham
		Report	Cairns Bimpson	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 17029

18 October 1961 (1961 -10-18) 14	Rochdale	1–3	Darlington	Rochdale
	Wragg	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3702

21 October 1961 (1961 -10-21) 15	Rochdale	3–3	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Hepton Cairns Bimpson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4413

28 October 1961 (1961 -10-28) 16	Aldershot	3–0	Rochdale	Aldershot
		Report		Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 7420

11 November 1961 (1961 -11-11) 17	Carlisle United	2–2	Rochdale	Carlisle
		Report	Hepton Hardman	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5263

18 November 1961 (1961 -11-18) 18	Rochdale	0–1	Colchester United	Rochdale
		Report	Hunt	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4618

2 December 1961 (1961 -12-02) 19	Rochdale	1–0	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Cairns	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2872

9 December 1961 (1961 -12-09) 20	Southport	3–0	Rochdale	Southport
		Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 4712

16 December 1961 (1961 -12-16) 21	Hartlepools United	3–1	Rochdale	Hartlepool
		Report	Richardson	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2387

26 December 1961 (1961 -12-26) 22	Mansfield Town	0–1	Rochdale	Mansfield
		Report	Richardson	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 6357

13 January 1962 (1962 -01-13) 23	Exeter City	1–3	Rochdale	Exeter
		Report	Richardson Cairns	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4003

20 January 1962 (1962 -01-20) 24	Rochdale	2–1	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Barnes (o.g.) Hepton	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4208

27 January 1962 (1962 -01-27) 25	Chester	2–3	Rochdale	Chester
	Davies Aspden (o.g.)	Report	Wragg Richardson	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 4082

31 January 1962 (1962 -01-31) 26	Rochdale	4–1	Bradford City	Rochdale
	Thompson Richardson Cairns Hepton	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1998

3 February 1962 (1962 -02-03) 27	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Rochdale	Doncaster
		Report	Bodell Whitaker	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 4032

10 February 1962 (1962 -02-10) 28	Rochdale	1–3	Workington	Rochdale
	Hepton	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4016

17 February 1962 (1962 -02-17) 29	York City	2–1	Rochdale	York
		Report	Richardson	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 5168

3 March 1962 (1962 -03-03) 30	Rochdale	3–1	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Bimpson Cairns Wragg	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9213

9 March 1962 (1962 -03-09) 31	Stockport County	5–2	Rochdale	Stockport
		Report	Whitaker Wragg	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 4248

13 March 1962 (1962 -03-13) 32	Rochdale	3–0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Wragg Bimpson Thompson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3809

17 March 1962 (1962 -03-17) 33	Rochdale	1–0	Aldershot	Rochdale
	Cairns	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3627

23 March 1962 (1962 -03-23) 34	Bradford City	1–0	Rochdale	Bradford
		Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 6652

31 March 1962 (1962 -03-31) 35	Rochdale	1–1	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Whitaker	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2453

7 April 1962 (1962 -04-07) 36	Colchester United	1–1	Rochdale	Colchester
	Hunt	Report	Richardson	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4616

11 April 1962 (1962 -04-11) 37	Rochdale	3–2	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
	Richardson Bimpson Aspden	Report	Hollett Morris	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3045

14 April 1962 (1962 -04-14) 38	Rochdale	3–2	Chester	Rochdale
	Bimpson Whitaker Cairns	Report	Hennin Myerscough	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3061

16 April 1962 (1962 -04-16) 39	Chesterfield	1–0	Rochdale	Chesterfield
		Report		Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 2932

20 April 1962 (1962 -04-20) 40	Barrow	0–1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
		Report	Wragg	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 6732

21 April 1962 (1962 -04-21) 41	Tranmere Rovers	2–0	Rochdale	Birkenhead
		Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 3720

23 April 1962 (1962 -04-23) 42	Rochdale	0–2	Barrow	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4008

28 April 1962 (1962 -04-28) 43	Rochdale	2–0	Southport	Rochdale
	English (o.g.) Bimpson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1940

3 May 1962 (1962 -05-03) 44	Gillingham	4–2	Rochdale	Gillingham
		Report	Milburn Whitaker	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 2964

Expunged Games

7 October 1961 (1961 -10-07)	Rochdale	1–0	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Whitaker	^[1]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5364

24 February 1962 (1962 -02-24)	Accrington Stanley	0–2	Rochdale	Accrington
		^[2]	Bimpson Cairns	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 2650

FA Cup

4 November 1961 (1961 -11-04) 1	Rochdale	2–0	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Milburn (pen.) Hepton	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6368

25 November 1961 (1961 -11-25) 2	Rochdale	1–2	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Cairns	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8741

League Cup

13 September 1961 (1961 -09-13) 1	Southampton	0–0	Rochdale	Southampton
		Report		Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 7783

27 September 1961 (1961 -09-27) 1	Rochdale	2–1	Southampton	Rochdale
	Bimpson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5449

4 October 1961 (1961 -10-04) 2	Rochdale	4–0	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Bimpson Hepton Cairns	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5476

14 November 1961 (1961 -11-14) 3	Rochdale	1–0	Charlton Athletic	Rochdale
	Whitaker	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5298

7 February 1962 (1962 -02-07) 4	Rochdale	2–1	York City	Rochdale
	Hepton Thompson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7312

19 March 1962 (1962 -03-19) SF1	Rochdale	3–1	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
	Richardson Cairns	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9828

4 April 1962 (1962 -04-04) SF2	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Rochdale	Blackburn
		Report	Hepton	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 11700

26 April 1962 (1962 -04-26) F1	Rochdale	0–3	Norwich City	Rochdale
		Report	Lythgoe Punton	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 11123 Referee: Arthur Holland

1 May 1962 (1962 -05-01) F2	Norwich City	1–0	Rochdale	Norwich
	Hill	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 19709 Referee: Ron H Mann

Lancashire Cup

25 October 1961 (1961 -10-25) 1	Rochdale	1–0	Everton	Rochdale
	Cairns	^[3]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1971

17 April 1962 (1962 -04-17) 2	Liverpool	0–0	Rochdale	Liverpool
		^[4]		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 2600

7 May 1962 (1962 -05-07) 2 (replay)	Rochdale	1–3	Liverpool	Rochdale
	Cairns	^[5]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1799

Rose Bowl

12 August 1961 (1961 -08-12) 1	Oldham Athletic	1–2	Rochdale	Oldham
		^[6]	Wragg	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 9525

References

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

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

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

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

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

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

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