1920–21 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1920–21 season
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Central League	10th
FA Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	Harry Dennison

The 1920–21 season saw Rochdale compete in The F.A. Cup for the 9th time where they were knocked out in the first round proper. It was also the club's final season in the Central League before election to the Third Division North.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Central League		F.A. Cup		Manc. Cup		Lancs Jnr Cup		Friendlies
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		H. Thorpe	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Jack Yarwood	50	1	39	1	5	0	4	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Billy Bamford	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Broster	47	2	37	2	4	0	4	0	0	0	2	0
	MF		J. Davie	27	0	22	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	MF		W. Bradshaw	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	William Clifton	26	5	20	4	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tom Byrom	22	10	18	9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		F. Braithwaite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Harry Mallalieu	24	3	19	3	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Ted Connor	36	2	28	1	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Fred Baines	39	0	31	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Dennison	40	31	29	22	5	1	4	4	0	0	2	4
	FW		W. Ward	11	1	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	GK		Tom McDonald	7	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		J. Taylor	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Hill	17	0	11	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Jimmy Crabtree	40	0	30	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Tom Bamford	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Sid Hoad	26	4	22	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1
	DF	ENG	Jimmy Nuttall	45	0	34	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Joe Wilson	24	1	19	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		E. Lowe	26	11	18	9	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Tom Wilson	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
	FW		L. Turner	6	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		E. Tansey	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Joe Herbert	10	6	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
	FW	ENG	Arthur Collinge	20	7	13	2	0	0	5	4	0	0	2	1
	FW	ENG	Bob Sandiford	12	4	7	1	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Joseph Barnes	10	0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Tom Nuttall	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Bert Thornley	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Lund/Lunn	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Clutton	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Stansfield	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Bussey/Bussy	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		J.H. Doxford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		A. Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		J. Crompton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		E. Fuller	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Competitions

Central League

28 August 1920 (1920 -08-28) 1	Rochdale	1–3	Nelson	Rochdale
	Byrom			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5000

4 September 1920 (1920 -09-04) 2	Nelson	1–2	Rochdale	Nelson
			Dennison Clifton	Stadium: Seedhill

7 September 1920 (1920 -09-07) 3	Rochdale	4–1	Stalybridge Celtic	Rochdale
	Byrom (pen.) Dennison			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

11 September 1920 (1920 -09-11) 4	Rochdale	0–1	Burnley Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4500

18 September 1920 (1920 -09-18) 5	Burnley Reserves	3–4	Rochdale	Burnley
			Dennison Byrom Clifton Ward	Stadium: Turf Moor

20 September 1920 (1920 -09-20) 6	Stalybridge Celtic	3–0	Rochdale	Stalybridge
				Stadium: Bower Fold

25 September 1920 (1920 -09-25) 7	Rochdale	3–0	Southport	Rochdale
	Dennison Hoad			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5000

2 October 1920 (1920 -10-02) 8	Southport	5–0	Rochdale	Southport
				Stadium: Haig Avenue

9 October 1920 (1920 -10-09) 9	Bradford City Reserves	0–3	Rochdale	Bradford
			Byrom (pen.) Lowe Dennison	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 4000

16 October 1920 (1920 -10-16) 10	Rochdale	2–3	Bradford City Reserves	Rochdale
	Byrom (pen.) Dennison			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

23 October 1920 (1920 -10-23) 11	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	1–2	Rochdale	Bolton
			Clifton Byrom	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 10000

26 October 1920 (1920 -10-26) 12	Rochdale	1–2	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	Rochdale
	Hoad			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4500

6 November 1920 (1920 -11-06) 13	Tranmere Rovers	6–1	Rochdale	Birkenhead
			Byrom	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 8000

13 November 1920 (1920 -11-13) 14	Rochdale	3–1	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Connor Lowe			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

17 November 1920 (1920 -11-17) 15	Huddersfield Town Reserves	1–3	Rochdale	Huddersfield
			Lowe Hoad	Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 500

23 November 1920 (1920 -11-23) 16	Blackpool Reserves	2–1	Rochdale	Blackpool
			Byrom	Stadium: Bloomfield Road

11 December 1920 (1920 -12-11) 17	Rochdale	3–1	Everton Reserves	Rochdale
	Dennison Lowe			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

25 December 1920 (1920 -12-25) 18	Rochdale	0–2	Oldham Athletic Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5000

27 December 1920 (1920 -12-27) 19	Oldham Athletic Reserves	0–0	Rochdale	Oldham
				Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4000

1 January 1921 (1921 -01-01) 20	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Rochdale	Blackburn
			Lowe Broster	Stadium: Ewood Park

15 January 1921 (1921 -01-15) 21	Rochdale	2–1	Preston North End Reserves	Rochdale
	Broster J. Wilson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

18 January 1921 (1921 -01-18) 22	Rochdale	0–3	Huddersfield Town Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

22 January 1921 (1921 -01-22) 23	Preston North End Reserves	2–0	Rochdale	Preston
				Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 4000

29 January 1921 (1921 -01-29) 24	Crewe Alexandra	3–0	Rochdale	Crewe
				Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 6000

5 February 1921 (1921 -02-05) 25	Rochdale	5–1	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Lowe Mallalieu Dennison			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

8 February 1921 (1921 -02-08) 26	Rochdale	1–1	Manchester City Reserves	Rochdale
	Mallalieu			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

22 February 1921 (1921 -02-22) 27	Rochdale	1–1	Blackpool Reserves	Rochdale
	Herbert			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

26 February 1921 (1921 -02-26) 28	Rochdale	2–1	Bury Reserves	Rochdale
	Mallalieu Herbert			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

5 March 1921 (1921 -03-05) 29	Bury Reserves	1–2	Rochdale	Bury
			Herbert Yarwood	Stadium: Gigg Lane

8 March 1921 (1921 -03-08) 30	Rochdale	0–3	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500

12 March 1921 (1921 -03-12) 31	Rochdale	3–1	Stockport County Reserves	Rochdale
	Clifton Collinge Dennison			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

19 March 1921 (1921 -03-19) 32	Stockport County Reserves	0–0	Rochdale	Stockport
				Stadium: Edgeley Park

26 March 1921 (1921 -03-26) 33	Manchester United Reserves	1–2	Rochdale	Manchester
			Dennison	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 6000

28 March 1921 (1921 -03-28) 34	Manchester City Reserves	2–0	Rochdale	Manchester
				Stadium: Hyde Road

2 April 1921 (1921 -04-02) 35	Rochdale	3–1	Manchester United Reserves	Rochdale
	Dennison			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6000

11 April 1921 (1921 -04-11) 36	Aston Villa Reserves	5–0	Rochdale	Aston
				Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 4000

16 April 1921 (1921 -04-16) 37	Rochdale	1–0	Aston Villa Reserves	Rochdale
	Sandiford			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5000

20 April 1921 (1921 -04-20) 38	Everton Reserves	1–0	Rochdale	Liverpool
				Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 4000

23 April 1921 (1921 -04-23) 39	Liverpool Reserves	0–2	Rochdale	Liverpool
			Collinge Dennison	Stadium: Anfield

30 April 1921 (1921 -04-30) 40	Rochdale	3–0	Liverpool Reserves	Rochdale
	Dennison			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

2 May 1921 (1921 -05-02) 41	Port Vale Reserves	5–0	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
				Stadium: Old Recreation Ground

7 May 1921 (1921 -05-07) 42	Rochdale	1–2	Port Vale Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

F.A. Cup

20 November 1920 (1920 -11-20) Q4	Rochdale	1–0	Fleetwood	Rochdale
	Connor			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

4 December 1920 (1920 -12-04) Q5	Rochdale	1–0	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Dennison			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

18 December 1920 (1920 -12-18) Q6	Coventry City	1–1	Rochdale	Coventry
	Millard	Report	E. Lowe	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 18000

21 December 1920 (1920 -12-21) Q6 Replay	Rochdale	2–1	Coventry City	Rochdale
	E. Lowe Byrom	Report	Hanney	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9000

8 January 1921 (1921 -01-08) 1	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Rochdale	Plymouth
	Sheffield Russell 77' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 24287

Manchester Senior Cup

21 March 1921 (1921 -03-21)	Oldham Athletic	4–4	Rochdale	Oldham
			Collinge Sandiford	Stadium: Boundary Park

4 April 1921 (1921 -04-04)	Rochdale	4–3	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Dennison Sandiford			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500

18 April 1921 (1921 -04-18)	Ashton National	1–1	Rochdale	Ashton-under-Lyne
			Collinge	Stadium: National Park Attendance: 3000

25 April 1921 (1921 -04-25)	Rochdale	3–0	Ashton National	Rochdale
	Collinge Dennison Clifton			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

5 May 1921 (1921 -05-05) SF	Manchester United	2–0	Rochdale	Manchester
				Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 1000

Lancashire Junior Cup

16 September 1920 (1920 -09-16)	Eccles United	3–1	Rochdale	Eccles
			T. Wilson	Stadium: ? Attendance: 5000

Friendlies

12 February 1921 (1921 -02-12)	Darlington	3–3	Rochdale	Darlington
			Dennison Collinge	Stadium: Feethams

19 February 1921 (1921 -02-19)	Oldham Athletic	5–5	Rochdale	Oldham
			Hoad Dennison Herbert	Stadium: Boundary Park

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References

Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
"Rochdale match record: 1921". www.11v11.com.
"The English National Football Archive". www.enfa.co.uk.

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

[2] "Rochdale match record: 1921". www.11v11.com.

[3] "The English National Football Archive". www.enfa.co.uk.