1926–27 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1926–27 season saw Rochdale compete for their 6th season in the Football League Third Division North.

Rochdale
1926–27 season
ChairmanGeorge L. Foulds
ManagerJack Peart
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North2nd
FA Cup1st Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Albert Whitehurst
All: Albert Whitehurst

Statistics

No. Pos Nat Player TotalDivision 3 NorthFA CupLancashire CupManchester Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK England ENG Len Hill 360340101000
DF England ENG Fred Mason 5030000020
DF Scotland SCO Willie Brown 430410101000
DF England ENG Ernie Braidwood 411401001000
DF England ENG David Parkes 303283101000
DF Scotland SCO Alex Christie 340330100000
FW England ENG Billy Tompkinson 349349000000
FW England ENG Billy Bertram 36143513110000
FW England ENG Reuben Butler 7250001012
FW England ENG Albert Whitehurst 45474244121011
MF England ENG Henry Martin 22102110100000
DF Wales WAL Dai Hopkins 4020000020
FW Scotland SCO Alec Ross 1111000000
MF Scotland SCO John Hillhouse 220210100000
FW England ENG Bill Hooper 231201100020
FW England ENG Griffith Owen 4030001000
MF England ENG Cecil Halkyard 9060001020
DF England ENG Yaffer Ward 370350101000
FW England ENG Bobby Hughes 34163216101000
MF England ENG Joe Campbell 4010001020
FW England ENG Bob Schofield 156146000010
DF England ENG Alfred Kellett 3010000020
GK England ENG Harry Moody 10080000020
MF England ENG Jack Hall 3321000012
    A. Lancaster 2000000020
DF England ENG Dick Duckworth 2100000021

Final league table

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Promotion
1 Stoke City 42 17 3 1 57 11 10 6 5 35 29 2.300 63 Division Champions, promoted
2 Rochdale 42 18 2 1 72 22 8 4 9 33 43 1.615 58
3 Bradford Park Avenue 42 18 3 0 74 21 6 4 11 27 38 1.712 55
4 Halifax Town 42 13 6 2 46 23 8 5 8 24 30 1.321 53
5 Nelson 42 16 2 3 64 20 6 5 10 40 55 1.387 51
Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

28 August  1926 (1926 -08-28) 1 Accrington Stanley 0 – 1 Rochdale Accrington
Report Martin Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 7335
31 August  1926 (1926 -08-31) 2 Rochdale 3 – 1 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
Bertram
Parkes
Martin
Report Brown Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7440
4 September  1926 (1926 -09-04) 3 Rochdale 1 – 3 Durham City Rochdale
Ross Report Sergeaunt
Butler
Elliott
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7947
6 September  1926 (1926 -09-06) 4 Crewe Alexandra 4 – 0 Rochdale Crewe
Cotton
Thompson
Kay
Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5282
11 September  1926 (1926 -09-11) 5 Tranmere Rovers 0 – 1 Rochdale Birkenhead
Report Whitehurst Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 9810
13 September  1926 (1926 -09-13) 6 Barrow 2 – 3 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness
Christie
Tilbrook
Report Parkes
Martin
Whitehurst
Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 4001
18 September  1926 (1926 -09-18) 7 Rochdale 3 – 1 Wrexham Rochdale
Hughes
Hooper
Whitehurst
Report Hodgkinson Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7564
25 September  1926 (1926 -09-25) 8 Rochdale 1 – 0 Southport Rochdale
Tompkinson Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4308
2 October  1926 (1926 -10-02) 9 Stockport County 3 – 0 Rochdale Stockport
Scurr
Johnston
Burgess
Report Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 10161
9 October  1926 (1926 -10-09) 10 Rochdale 3 – 0 Hartlepools United Rochdale
Martin
Tompkinson
Whitehurst
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2596
16 October  1926 (1926 -10-16) 11 Ashington 2 – 2 Rochdale Ashington
Turnbull
Ferguson
Report Whitehurst Stadium: Portland Park
Attendance: 2282
23 October  1926 (1926 -10-23) 12 Rochdale 1 – 1 New Brighton Rochdale
Whitehurst Report Wade Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6751
30 October  1926 (1926 -10-30) 13 Wigan Borough 0 – 3 Rochdale Wigan
Report Hughes
Bertram
Whitehurst
Stadium: Springfield Park
Attendance: 3486
6 November  1926 (1926 -11-06) 14 Rochdale 7 – 2 Doncaster Rovers Rochdale
Whitehurst
Hughes
Martin
Report H. Keetley
T. Keetley
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3654
13 November  1926 (1926 -11-13) 15 Stoke City 3 – 1 Rochdale Stoke-on-Trent
Davies
Johnson
Williamson
Report Bertram Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 11213
20 November  1926 (1926 -11-20) 16 Rochdale 2 – 1 Rotherham United Rochdale
Whitehurst
Braidwood
Report Higginbotham Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4795
4 December  1926 (1926 -12-04) 17 Rochdale 4 – 4 Walsall Rochdale
Whitehurst
Tompkinson
Martin
Report White
Walters
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5009
11 December  1926 (1926 -12-11) 18 Rotherham United 1 – 1 Rochdale Rotherham
Scott Report Whitehurst Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 3296
18 December  1926 (1926 -12-18) 19 Rochdale 8 – 1 Chesterfield Rochdale
Schofield
Whitehurst
Martin
Report Cookson Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5768
25 December  1926 (1926 -12-25) 20 Rochdale 7 – 3 Lincoln City Rochdale
Schofield
Whitehurst
Hughes
Report Sayer 77', 79'
Dinsdale 88'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8921
27 December  1926 (1926 -12-27) 21 Lincoln City 2 – 3 Rochdale Lincoln
Pegg 10'
Marshall 22'
Report Schofield 17'
Whitehurst 37', 74'
Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 7812
1 January  1927 (1927 -01-01) 22 Halifax Town 1 – 0 Rochdale Halifax
Coleman Report Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 10846
Referee: ER Westwood
8 January  1927 (1927 -01-08) 23 Bradford Park Avenue 5 – 1 Rochdale Bradford
McDonald
Taylor
McLean
Report Tompkinson Stadium: Park Avenue
Attendance: 7423
15 January  1927 (1927 -01-15) 24 Rochdale 2 – 1 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
Bertram
Parkes (pen.)
Report Gee Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2992
22 January  1927 (1927 -01-22) 25 Durham City 1 – 3 Rochdale Durham
Stephenson Report Whitehurst Stadium: Holiday Park
Attendance: 1886
29 January  1927 (1927 -01-29) 26 Rochdale 3 – 1 Tranmere Rovers Rochdale
Hughes
Tompkinson
Report Flanagan Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5020
5 February  1927 (1927 -02-05) 27 Wrexham 2 – 2 Rochdale Wrexham
Smith
Lovatt
Report Schofield
Whitehurst
Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 3717
12 February  1927 (1927 -02-12) 28 Southport 1 – 1 Rochdale Southport
Sapsford Report Whitehurst Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 3409
19 February  1927 (1927 -02-19) 29 Rochdale 2 – 0 Stockport County Rochdale
Bertram
Tompkinson
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 10239
26 February  1927 (1927 -02-26) 30 Hartlepools United 3 – 2 Rochdale Hartlepool
Waite
Jobson (pen.)
Craig
Report Hughes
Whitehurst
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4000
5 March  1927 (1927 -03-05) 31 Rochdale 5 – 0 Ashington Rochdale
Hughes
Whitehurst
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2482
12 March  1927 (1927 -03-12) 32 New Brighton 1 – 2 Rochdale New Brighton
Worrall Report Bertram
Whitehurst
Stadium: Sandheys Park
Attendance: 4442
19 March  1927 (1927 -03-19) 33 Rochdale 4 – 1 Wigan Borough Rochdale
Whitehurst
Bertram
Tompkinson
Report McGuire Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6434
26 March  1927 (1927 -03-26) 34 Doncaster Rovers 3 – 2 Rochdale Doncaster
T. Keetley Report Whitehurst
Bertram
Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 5779
2 April  1927 (1927 -04-02) 35 Rochdale 4 – 0 Stoke City Rochdale
Bertram
Whitehurst
Hughes
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 12727
5 April  1927 (1927 -04-05) 36 Nelson 3 – 1 Rochdale Nelson
Hampson
White
Report Tompkinson Stadium: Seedhill
Attendance: 5871
16 April  1927 (1927 -04-16) 37 Rochdale 3 – 0 Bradford Park Avenue Rochdale
Whitehurst
Hughes
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8871
18 April  1927 (1927 -04-18) 38 Rochdale 2 – 0 Halifax Town Rochdale
Tompkinson
Bertram
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8501
19 April  1927 (1927 -04-19) 39 Rochdale 5 – 1 Barrow Rochdale
Hughes
Bertram
Whitehurst
Report Mortimer Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3910
23 April  1927 (1927 -04-23) 40 Walsall 4 – 1 Rochdale Walsall
Edwards
Raynes
Alcock
Robson
Report Hughes Stadium: Fellows Park
Attendance: 2421
30 April  1927 (1927 -04-30) 41 Rochdale 2 – 1 Nelson Rochdale
Whitehurst
Bertram
Report Wilson Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3871
7 May  1927 (1927 -05-07) 42 Chesterfield 2 – 3 Rochdale Chesterfield
Hopkinson
Cookson
Report Whitehurst
Hall
Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 4307

FA Cup

27 November  1926 (1926 -11-27) 1 Accrington Stanley 4 – 3 Rochdale Accrington
Martin
Gee
Clarkson
Report Whitehurst
Bertram
Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 7000

Lancashire Cup

28 September  1926 (1926 -09-28) 2 Burnley 1 – 0 Rochdale Burnley
[1] Parkes Red card Stadium: Turf Moor

Manchester Cup

15 February  1927 (1927 -02-15) 2 Rochdale 5 – 0 Mossley Rochdale
Butler
Hall
Duckworth
[2] Stadium: Spotland Stadium

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References

  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. "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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