1947–48 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale

1947–48 season
Manager	Ted Goodier
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Division 3 North	12th
F.A. Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Hugh O'Donnell All: Hugh O'Donnell
Home colours

The 1947–48 season was Rochdale A.F.C's 41st in existence and their 20th in the Football League Third Division North.

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3 North		F.A. Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Charlie Briggs	8	0	8	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Len Jackson	37	0	34	0	3	0
	DF	ENG	Norman Kirkman	17	0	17	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Eric Wood	37	5	34	5	3	0
	DF	ENG	Wally Birch	44	2	41	1	3	1
	DF	ENG	Austin Collier	3	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jackie Arthur	27	6	24	6	3	0
	FW	ENG	Tommy Barkas	8	0	8	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Hargreaves	5	1	5	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jackie Moss	21	4	20	4	1	0
	MF	SCO	Hugh O'Donnell	28	10	26	9	2	1
	MF	ENG	Cyril Lawrence	24	2	24	2	0	0
	MF	WAL	Joe McCormick	34	0	31	0	3	0
	FW	ENG	Dick Withington	35	6	32	6	3	0
	GK	WAL	Bill Roberts	20	0	17	0	3	0
	MF	WAL	Tom Sibley	15	1	13	1	2	0
	MF	ENG	Alan Moorhouse	7	1	7	1	0	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Byrom	24	0	21	0	3	0
	FW	ENG	Sam Earl	6	1	4	1	2	0
	GK	AUS	Wally Cornock	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Les Bywater	12	0	12	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Ron Johnston	19	7	17	7	2	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Britton	18	0	18	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Charlie Longdon	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ron Rothwell	9	0	9	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Don Partridge	13	0	13	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Alex Anderson	4	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	NIR	Con Gallacher	6	1	6	1	0	0
	MF	SCO	David Reid	4	1	4	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Livesey	3	1	3	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Brindle	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Hugh Colvan	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Eddie Anderson	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Mike Skivington	1	0	1	0	0	0

Squad Statistics (Non-competitive)

Appearances and goals (Non-competitive)

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Lancashire Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Charlie Briggs	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Len Jackson	2	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Norman Kirkman	2	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Eric Wood	2	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Wally Birch	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Austin Collier	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jackie Arthur	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Tommy Barkas	2	1	2	1
	FW	ENG	Joe Hargreaves	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jackie Moss	1	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Hugh O'Donnell	2	1	2	1
	MF	ENG	Cyril Lawrence	1	0	1	0
	MF	WAL	Joe McCormick	2	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Dick Withington	2	1	2	1
	GK	WAL	Bill Roberts	1	0	1	0
	MF	WAL	Tom Sibley	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Alan Moorhouse	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Byrom	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Sam Earl	0	0	0	0
	GK	AUS	Wally Cornock	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Les Bywater	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Ron Johnston	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Britton	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Charlie Longdon	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ron Rothwell	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Don Partridge	1	0	1	0
	GK	SCO	Alex Anderson	0	0	0	0
	FW	NIR	Con Gallacher	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	David Reid	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Livesey	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Brindle	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Hugh Colvan	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Eddie Anderson	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Mike Skivington	0	0	0	0

Final league table

Main article: 1947–48 Football League Third Division North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
10	Crewe Alexandra	42	18	7	17	61	63	0.968	43
11	Oldham Athletic	42	14	13	15	63	64	0.984	41
12	Rochdale	42	15	11	16	48	72	0.667	41
13	York City	42	13	14	15	65	60	1.083	40
14	Bradford City	42	15	10	17	65	66	0.985	40

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

Main article: 1947–48 Football League

Rochdale v Barrow

23 August 1947 (1947-08-23) 1	Rochdale	2–2	Barrow	Rochdale
	Arthur Hargreaves	Report	Burnett Kendall	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9210

Hull City v Rochdale

28 August 1947 (1947-08-28) 2	Hull City	0–0	Rochdale	Hull
		Report		Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 25525

Wrexham v Rochdale

30 August 1947 (1947-08-30) 3	Wrexham	5–1	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Benyon Tunnicliffe Boothway	Report	Wood	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 9926

Rochdale v Hull City

2 September 1947 (1947-09-02) 4	Rochdale	1–0	Hull City	Rochdale
	Moss	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9027

Rochdale v Halifax Town

6 September 1947 (1947-09-06) 5	Rochdale	2–1	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Moss Withington	Report	Fisher	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 10868

Rochdale v Accrington Stanley

9 September 1947 (1947-09-09) 6	Rochdale	1–3	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Birch (pen.)	Report	Mercer Rothwell	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8551

Oldham Athletic v Rochdale

13 September 1947 (1947-09-13) 7	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Rochdale	Oldham
	Bowden	Report	Withington	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 15310

New Brighton v Rochdale

20 September 1947 (1947-09-20) 8	New Brighton	0–0	Rochdale	New Brighton
		Report		Stadium: Tower Athletic Ground Attendance: 7135

Rochdale v Southport

27 September 1947 (1947-09-27) 9	Rochdale	2–1	Southport	Rochdale
	Moss Arthur	Report	Heslop	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8213

Lincoln City v Rochdale

4 October 1947 (1947-10-04) 10	Lincoln City	3–0	Rochdale	Lincoln
	McCormick Hutchinson (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 12246

Rochdale v York City

11 October 1947 (1947-10-11) 11	Rochdale	3–0	York City	Rochdale
	O'Donnell Sibley	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8743

Mansfield Town v Rochdale

18 October 1947 (1947-10-18) 12	Mansfield Town	1–1	Rochdale	Mansfield
	Oscroft	Report	O'Donnell	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 12268

Rochdale v Chester

25 October 1947 (1947-10-25) 13	Rochdale	2–2	Chester	Rochdale
	Arthur Withington	Report	Turner Best	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9582

Crewe Alexandra v Rochdale

1 November 1947 (1947-11-01) 14	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Rochdale	Crewe
	Finan Taylor	Report	O'Donnell	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 8552

Rochdale v Carlisle United

8 November 1947 (1947-11-08) 15	Rochdale	2–1	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	O'Donnell Withington	Report	Iceton	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8777

Rotherham United v Rochdale

15 November 1947 (1947-11-15) 16	Rotherham United	4–1	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Armitage Ardron Mosby	Report	Earl	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 13141

Rochdale v Hartlepools United

22 November 1947 (1947-11-22) 17	Rochdale	0–2	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
		Report	Sloan	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4502

Rochdale v Darlington

6 December 1947 (1947-12-06) 18	Rochdale	2–1	Darlington	Rochdale
	Davison (o.g.) Johnston	Report	Chadwick	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7475

Bradford City v Rochdale

25 December 1947 (1947-12-25) 19	Bradford City	4–0	Rochdale	Bradford
	Birch (o.g.) Flanagan McGill Sample	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 13983

Rochdale v Bradford City

27 December 1947 (1947-12-27) 20	Rochdale	2–0	Bradford City	Rochdale
	Johnston O'Donnell	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6145

Accrington Stanley v Rochdale

1 January 1948 (1948-01-01) 21	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Rochdale	Accrington
	Mercer	Report	Wood O'Donnell	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 5785

Rochdale v Wrexham

3 January 1948 (1948-01-03) 22	Rochdale	2–1	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Johnston Moss	Report	Tunnicliffe	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9687

Gateshead v Rochdale

10 January 1948 (1948-01-10) 23	Gateshead	5–0	Rochdale	Gateshead
	Hawkins Weddle Wilbert	Report		Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 3857

Halifax Town v Rochdale

17 January 1948 (1948-01-17) 24	Halifax Town	2–3	Rochdale	Halifax
	Burns Collins	Report	Johnston O'Donnell	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 7310

Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale

24 January 1948 (1948-01-24) 25	Tranmere Rovers	4–1	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Bridges Lamb Atkinson	Report	Johnston	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 4880

Rochdale v Oldham Athletic

31 January 1948 (1948-01-31) 26	Rochdale	2–0	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Withington Wood	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 12987

Rochdale v New Brighton

7 February 1948 (1948-02-07) 27	Rochdale	1–0	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Lawrence	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4496

Southport v Rochdale

14 February 1948 (1948-02-14) 28	Southport	2–2	Rochdale	Southport
	Wyles Owens	Report	Withington Arthur	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 7708

York City v Rochdale

28 February 1948 (1948-02-28) 29	York City	0–0	Rochdale	York
		Report		Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 7311

Rochdale v Mansfield Town

6 March 1948 (1948-03-06) 30	Rochdale	1–2	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
	O'Donnell	Report	Butt Cooling	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9990

Chester v Rochdale

13 March 1948 (1948-03-13) 31	Chester	2–1	Rochdale	Chester
	Westwood Kirkpatrick	Report	Arthur	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 6427

Rochdale v Crewe Alexandra

20 March 1948 (1948-03-20) 32	Rochdale	1–2	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Gallacher	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7092

Rochdale v Stockport County

26 March 1948 (1948-03-26) 33	Rochdale	1–2	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Lawrence	Report	Swinscoe Glaister	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7183

Carlisle United v Rochdale

27 March 1948 (1948-03-27) 34	Carlisle United	5–0	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Connor Iceton Skivington (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 10912

Stockport County v Rochdale

29 March 1948 (1948-03-29) 35	Stockport County	4–0	Rochdale	Stockport
	Glaister Barkas Swinscoe	Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 11002

Rochdale v Rotherham United

3 April 1948 (1948-04-03) 36	Rochdale	1–0	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	Arthur	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7314

Rochdale v Lincoln City

6 April 1948 (1948-04-06) 37	Rochdale	1–1	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Wood 85'	Report	Stillyards 17'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8467

Hartlepools United v Rochdale

10 April 1948 (1948-04-10) 38	Hartlepools United	4–1	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Richardson Donaldson	Report	Moorhouse	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 7907

Barrow v Rochdale

13 April 1948 (1948-04-13) 39	Barrow	0–1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
		Report	Wood	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 5188

Rochdale v Gateshead

17 April 1948 (1948-04-17) 40	Rochdale	2–1	Gateshead	Rochdale
	Livesey Reid	Report	Callender	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7031

Darlington v Rochdale

24 April 1948 (1948-04-24) 41	Darlington	0–0	Rochdale	Darlington
		Report		Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 4614

Rochdale v Tranmere Rovers

1 May 1948 (1948-05-01) 42	Rochdale	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Johnston	Report	Connor	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5269

F.A. Cup

Main article: 1947–48 FA Cup

York City v Rochdale

29 November 1947 (1947-11-29) 1	York City	0–1	Rochdale	York
		Report	Birch (pen.)	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 9830

Rochdale v Gillingham

13 December 1947 (1947-12-13) 2	Rochdale	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Gillingham	Rochdale
	O'Donnell	Report	Russell	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 11110

Gillingham v Rochdale

20 December 1947 (1947-12-20) 2	Gillingham	3–0	Rochdale	Gillingham
	Forrester Briggs Wilson	Report		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 17078

Lancashire Cup

Rochdale v Preston North End

23 September 1947 (1947-09-23)	Rochdale	3–0	Preston North End	Rochdale
	Barkas O'Donnell Withington			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5000

Southport v Rochdale

28 October 1947 (1947-10-28)	Southport	1–0	Rochdale	Southport
				Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 3000