1946–47 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1946–47 season
Manager	Ted Goodier
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Division 3 North	6th
F.A. Cup	3rd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Joe Hargreaves; All: Joe Hargreaves
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1945–46 1947–48 →

The 1946–47 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 40th in existence and their 19th in the Football League Third Division North. It was the first after World War 2 and the schedule was identical to the abandoned 1939–40 season.

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3 North		F.A. Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	WAL	Bill Roberts	21	0	21	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Syd Pomphrey	9	0	9	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Byrom	9	0	9	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Billy Hallard	20	2	17	2	3	0
	DF	ENG	Wally Birch	38	2	35	1	3	1
	MF	WAL	Joe McCormick	38	0	35	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Sammy Makin	5	1	5	1	0	0
	MF	ENG	Eric Wood	31	4	31	4	0	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Hargreaves	33	25	30	23	3	2
	MF	SCO	Joe Rodi	9	3	9	3	0	0
	MF	ENG	Arthur Cunliffe	26	7	23	5	3	2
	DF	SCO	Tom Sneddon	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Charlie Hurst	4	1	4	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tom West	4	2	4	2	0	0
	DF	ENG	Tom Hargreaves	7	0	7	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tommy Barkas	39	18	36	17	3	1
	MF	ENG	Don Partridge	6	0	6	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Bill Henderson	20	0	17	0	3	0
	DF	ENG	Norman Kirkman	39	0	36	0	3	0
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Cunliffe	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Len Jackson	30	0	27	0	3	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Woods	18	6	15	1	3	5
	MF	SCO	Alec Carruthers	16	6	13	4	3	2
	FW	ENG	Walter Jones	2	2	2	2	0	0
	MF	ENG	Alan Moorhouse	10	2	10	2	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jackie Moss	17	5	17	5	0	0
	MF	WAL	Tom Sibley	10	2	10	2	0	0
	MF	SCO	Hugh O'Donnell	14	5	14	5	0	0
	GK	ENG	Charlie Briggs	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jackie Arthur	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Frank Walkden	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Arthur Jones	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ron Rothwell	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	John Oakes	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Cyril Lawrence	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Austin Collier	3	0	3	0	0	0

Squad Statistics (Non-competitive)

Appearances and goals (Non-competitive)

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Lancashire Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	WAL	Bill Roberts	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Syd Pomphrey	2	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Byrom	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Billy Hallard	2	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Wally Birch	2	0	2	0
	MF	WAL	Joe McCormick	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Sammy Makin	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Eric Wood	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Hargreaves	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Joe Rodi	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Arthur Cunliffe	2	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Sneddon	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Charlie Hurst	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tom West	2	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Tom Hargreaves	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tommy Barkas	2	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Don Partridge	1	0	1	0
	GK	SCO	Bill Henderson	2	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Norman Kirkman	2	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Cunliffe	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Len Jackson	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Woods	1	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Alec Carruthers	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Walter Jones	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Alan Moorhouse	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jackie Moss	0	0	0	0
	MF	WAL	Tom Sibley	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Hugh O'Donnell	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Charlie Briggs	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jackie Arthur	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Frank Walkden	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Arthur Jones	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ron Rothwell	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	John Oakes	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Cyril Lawrence	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Austin Collier	0	0	0	0

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts
4	Stockport County	42	17	0	4	50	19	7	2	12	28	34	1.472	50
5	Bradford City	42	12	5	4	40	20	8	5	8	22	27	1.319	50
6	Rochdale	42	9	5	7	39	25	10	5	6	41	39	1.250	48
7	Wrexham	42	13	5	3	43	21	4	7	10	22	30	1.275	46
8	Crewe Alexandra	42	12	4	5	39	26	5	5	11	31	48	0.946	43

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

31 August 1946 (1946-08-31) 1	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Maddison	Report	A. Cunliffe	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 8279

3 September 1946 (1946-09-03) 2	Rochdale	0–1	Wrexham	Rochdale
		Report	Malam	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5515

7 September 1946 (1946-09-07) 3	Rochdale	0–1	York City	Rochdale
		Report	Allen	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8315

9 September 1946 (1946-09-09) 4	Oldham Athletic	3–2	Rochdale	Oldham
	Howe	Report	Wood J. Hargreaves	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 11470

14 September 1946 (1946-09-14) 5	Rochdale	2–2	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Makin Hurst	Report	Kilshaw McGeachie	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5612

17 September 1946 (1946-09-17) 6	Rochdale	1–3	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Barkas	Report	Howe Horton Blackshaw	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8097

21 September 1946 (1946-09-21) 7	Halifax Town	3–0	Rochdale	Halifax
	Quinn Mycock Hazeldine	Report		Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 4119

25 September 1946 (1946-09-25) 8	Wrexham	2–2	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Hewitt Baines	Report	J. Hargreaves A. Cunliffe	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 7775

28 September 1946 (1946-09-28) 9	Rochdale	6–0	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	J. Hargreaves Rodi A. Cunliffe Barkas	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7414

5 October 1946 (1946-10-05) 10	Accrington Stanley	2–3	Rochdale	Accrington
	Keeley (pen.) Hudson	Report	Rodi Barkas	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 4865

12 October 1946 (1946-10-12) 11	Rochdale	1–1	Barrow	Rochdale
	A. Cunliffe	Report	Miller	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7327

19 October 1946 (1946-10-19) 12	Tranmere Rovers	2–3	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Atkinson Burns	Report	Carruthers Barkas	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 7553

26 October 1946 (1946-10-26) 13	Rochdale	3–0	Darlington	Rochdale
	J. Hargreaves Barkas Woods	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6493

2 November 1946 (1946-11-02) 14	Hull City	0–1	Rochdale	Hull
		Report	Hallard	Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 22616

9 November 1946 (1946-11-09) 15	Rochdale	2–3	Gateshead	Rochdale
	J. Hargreaves 8', 80'	Report	Small 15', 63' McCormack 56'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8031

16 November 1946 (1946-11-16) 16	Hartlepools United	0–3	Rochdale	Hartlepool
		Report	Wood Barkas	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 7323

23 November 1946 (1946-11-23) 17	Rochdale	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Birch	Report	Jones	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6449

7 December 1946 (1946-12-07) 18	Rochdale	0–0	Southport	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4467

21 December 1946 (1946-12-21) 19	Rochdale	2–1	Chester	Rochdale
	Hallard Barkas	Report	Yates	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7738

25 December 1946 (1946-12-25) 20	Rochdale	1–4	Stockport County	Rochdale
	J. Hargreaves	Report	Brown Walker	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7153

26 December 1946 (1946-12-26) 21	Stockport County	5–2	Rochdale	Stockport
	Earl Cocker Brinton Walker	Report	W. Jones	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 14408

28 December 1946 (1946-12-28) 22	Rochdale	2–3	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	J. Hargreaves Wood	Report	Kirkaldie Maddison Todd	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 13555

4 January 1947 (1947-01-04) 23	York City	2–3	Rochdale	York
	Gledhill Allen	Report	J. Hargreaves Carruthers	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 5363

18 January 1947 (1947-01-18) 24	New Brighton	1–2	Rochdale	New Brighton
	Wells	Report	J. Hargreaves	Stadium: Tower Athletic Ground Attendance: 5380

22 January 1947 (1947-01-22) 25	Lincoln City	2–3	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Hutchinson Cheetham	Report	A. Cunliffe Barkas J. Hargreaves	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3249

25 January 1947 (1947-01-25) 26	Rochdale	1–0	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Carruthers	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7504

1 February 1947 (1947-02-01) 27	Carlisle United	1–3	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Iceton (pen.)	Report	West Moorhouse	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 9140

1 March 1947 (1947-03-01) 28	Darlington	4–1	Rochdale	Darlington
	Bower Varty	Report	Moorhouse	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 4931

8 March 1947 (1947-03-08) 29	Rochdale	5–2	Hull City	Rochdale
	J. Hargreaves Barkas Moss	Report	Peach Mills	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6565

22 March 1947 (1947-03-22) 30	Rochdale	1–0	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Barkas	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7504

29 March 1947 (1947-03-29) 31	Crewe Alexandra	2–2	Rochdale	Crewe
	Meaney Jones	Report	Sibley O'Donnell	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3247

4 April 1947 (1947-04-04) 32	Rochdale	0–1	Bradford City	Rochdale
		Report	Shearer	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 10539

5 April 1947 (1947-04-05) 33	Rochdale	2–0	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Sibley O'Donnell	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6634

7 April 1947 (1947-04-07) 34	Bradford City	0–1	Rochdale	Bradford
		Report	Barkas	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 10267

12 April 1947 (1947-04-12) 35	Southport	0–2	Rochdale	Southport
		Report	Moss	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 4949

19 April 1947 (1947-04-19) 36	Rochdale	1–1	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	O'Donnell	Report	McLean	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 11908

26 April 1947 (1947-04-26) 37	Chester	1–0	Rochdale	Chester
	Yates	Report		Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 4278

10 May 1947 (1947-05-10) 38	Barrow	2–2	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Mullen Forbes (pen.)	Report	J. Hargreaves	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 5322

17 May 1947 (1947-05-17) 39	Gateshead	2–2	Rochdale	Gateshead
	Forster Johnson	Report	J. Hargreaves	Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 4314

24 May 1947 (1947-05-24) 40	Rochdale	5–1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Moss J. Hargreaves Barkas	Report	Mercer	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6758

31 May 1947 (1947-05-31) 41	Rochdale	3–0	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	J. Hargreaves Barkas	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5529

7 June 1947 (1947-06-07) 42	Rotherham United	3–3	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Wilson Hainsworth Guest	Report	O'Donnell Barkas	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 10375

F.A. Cup

30 November 1946 (1946-11-30) 1	Rochdale	6–1	Bishop Auckland	Rochdale
	J. Hargreaves A. Cunliffe Birch Barkas Woods	Report	Teasdale	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8319

14 December 1946 (1946-12-14) 2	Rochdale	6–1	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Woods A. Cunliffe Carruthers	Report	McMahon	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6500

11 January 1947 (1947-01-11) 3	Charlton Athletic	3–1	Rochdale	London
	Duffy Lancelotte	Report	Woods	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 23271

Lancashire Cup

15 October 1946 (1946-10-15)	Chester	2–0	Rochdale	Chester
				Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 3000

22 October 1946 (1946-10-22)	Rochdale	0–1	Chester	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2456

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References

^ 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

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