1945–46 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1945–46 season saw Rochdale compete for their 7th and final season in the wartime league (Division 3 North West). The season consisted of 36 matches, 18 of which were in the First Championship, and the remainder were in the 2nd Championship and Division 3 North West Cup. Rochdale finished in second place in the first championship. This season also saw the return of the F.A. Cup, in which Rochdale reached the third round.

Rochdale
1945–46 season
ManagerTed Goodier
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Division 3 North West2nd
F.A. Cup3rd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Joe Hargreaves
All: Joe Hargreaves

Statistics

No. Pos Nat Player TotalDivision 3 NW League & CupF.A. CupLancashire Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK F. Olive 30200010
GK Arthur Chesters 1901306000
GK Jack Breedon 40400000
GK John Kirk (next Peterborough) 50400010
GK Ken Ashbridge 40400000
GK John Jones 20200000
GK J. Walmsley (prev. Preston NE) 10100000
GK Robert Yates 10100000
GK Bill Roberts 50500000
DF Syd Pomphrey 3502904020
DF Clive 10100000
DF Len Jackson 60500010
MF Joe Duff 2441845010
DF Tom Sneddon 2001505000
DF Bill Byrom 50500000
DF Matthew Muir 10100000
DF George Lunn 10100000
DF Gwyn Jones 40400000
DF Robert Griffiths 10100000
MF Joe McCormick 3412814020
MF Peter Molloy 50400010
MF Jack Higham 10100000
DF Norman Richardson 10100000
DF Charlie Hurst 50500000
MF William Whittle 40400000
MF Don Partridge 2101406010
DF John Neary 90602010
DF Jim Pearce 2001604000
DF Dick Neilson 30300000
MF Wally Birch 1101100000
DF George Haigh 40300010
MF J. Keddie (prev. Hamilton Acc.) 10100000
MF W. Hamilton (prev. St Bernards) 20200000
MF Jack Dobson (prev. Norden) 50500000
MF Tommy Howshall (prev. Southport) 10100000
MF Arthur Jones 1531232010
MF Sammy Makin 2261952110
FW Ernie Toseland 42320010
MF Sam Baum/Bawn (b. 1914?) 10100000
MF J. Kindred 10100000
FW Joe Meek 41410000
FW Billy Woods 1321112100
MF Jack Brindle 24101786111
FW Joe Hargreaves 282521186611
MF Eric Wood 33102894110
MF T. Smith (prev. Stoke City) 10100000
FW John Reid 11110000
FW Jimmy Constantine 45340011
FW Jack Harker (Prev. Bolton W) 10100000
FW Jack Livesey 11110000
FW Alf Hanson 1571370020
FW Harry Nuttall (jnr) 10100000
FW Joe Rodi 75750000
FW Fred Taylor (b. 1915?) 21110010
FW Arthur Cunliffe 3562956100
MF Wally Reynolds 21002100

Competitions

Third Division North West League and Cup

25 August  1945 (1945 -08-25) 1 Wrexham 4 – 1 Rochdale Wrexham
Reid Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 6000
1 September  1945 (1945 -09-01) 2 Rochdale 3 – 1 Wrexham Rochdale
Constantine
Meek
Hanson
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3289
8 September  1945 (1945 -09-08) 3 Rochdale 4 – 2 Oldham Athletic Rochdale
Constantine
Hanson
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4097
15 September  1945 (1945 -09-15) 4 Oldham Athletic 2 – 1 Rochdale Oldham
Taylor Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6278
22 September  1945 (1945 -09-22) 5 Stockport County 7 – 0 Rochdale Stockport
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 4993
29 September  1945 (1945 -09-29) 6 Rochdale 4 – 2 Stockport County Rochdale
Livesey
Hanson
A. Jones
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3724
6 October  1945 (1945 -10-06) 7 Southport 1 – 2 Rochdale Southport
Hargreaves Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 3500
13 October  1945 (1945 -10-13) 8 Rochdale 5 – 0 Southport Rochdale
Hargreaves
Hanson
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4804
20 October  1945 (1945 -10-20) 9 Rochdale 3 – 1 Chester Rochdale
Hargreaves
Brindle
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6693
27 October  1945 (1945 -10-27) 10 Chester 3 – 3 Rochdale Chester
Brindle
A. Jones
Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 4123
3 November  1945 (1945 -11-03) 11 Rochdale 3 – 0 Barrow Rochdale
Cunliffe
Hargreaves
A. Jones
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4133
10 November  1945 (1945 -11-10) 12 Barrow 2 – 1 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness
Brindle Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 4387
1 December  1945 (1945 -12-01) 13 Crewe Alexandra 1 – 4 Rochdale Crewe
Brindle
Makin
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3500
22 December  1945 (1945 -12-22) 14 Tranmere Rovers 3 – 2 Rochdale Birkenhead
Duff
Hargreaves
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 3000
25 December  1945 (1945 -12-25) 15 Rochdale 2 – 0 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
Brindle Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7614
26 December  1945 (1945 -12-26) 16 Accrington Stanley 4 – 2 Rochdale Accrington
Duff Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 8043
29 December  1945 (1945 -12-29) 17 Rochdale 3 – 2 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
Hargreaves
Duff
Toseland
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6849
12 January  1946 (1946 -01-12) 18 Rochdale 1 – 3 Southport Rochdale
Toseland Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4377
19 January  1946 (1946 -01-19) 19 Chester 2 – 0 Rochdale Chester
Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 1500
26 January  1946 (1946 -01-26) 20 Rochdale 6 – 1 Chester Rochdale
Walters  (o.g.)
Wood
Woods
Makin
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2500
2 February  1946 (1946 -02-02) 21 Rochdale 2 – 3 Stockport County Rochdale
Wood
Burrows  (o.g.)
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3416
9 February  1946 (1946 -02-09) 22 Stockport County 2 – 2 Rochdale Stockport
Cunliffe
Makin
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 6500
16 February  1946 (1946 -02-16) 23 Rochdale 2 – 2 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
Wood Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3816
23 February  1946 (1946 -02-23) 24 Crewe Alexandra 3 – 1 Rochdale Crewe
Hargreaves Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3880
2 March  1946 (1946 -03-02) 25 Rochdale 1 – 2 Wrexham Rochdale
Hargreaves Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3775
9 March  1946 (1946 -03-09) 26 Wrexham 2 – 1 Rochdale Wrexham
Hargreaves Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 6800
16 March  1946 (1946 -03-16) 27 Southport 0 – 2 Rochdale Southport
Hargreaves
Cunliffe
Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 3500
23 March  1946 (1946 -03-23) 28 Rochdale 2 – 1 Barrow Rochdale
Makin
Wood
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2100
30 March  1946 (1946 -03-30) 29 Barrow 1 – 2 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness
Rodi
Hargreaves
Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 4014
6 April  1946 (1946 -04-06) 30 Rochdale 2 – 3 Lincoln City Rochdale
Rodi
Hargreaves
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4128
13 April  1946 (1946 -04-13) 31 Lincoln City 1 – 2 Rochdale Lincoln
Rodi
McCormick
Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 4942
19 April  1946 (1946 -04-19) 32 Rochdale 0 – 0 Tranmere Rovers Rochdale
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3243
20 April  1946 (1946 -04-20) 33 Rochdale 3 – 1 Oldham Athletic Rochdale
Cunliffe
Hargreaves
Wood
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4200
22 April  1946 (1946 -04-22) 34 Oldham Athletic 0 – 4 Rochdale Oldham
Hargreaves
Cunliffe
Rodi
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5800
27 April  1946 (1946 -04-27) 35 Southport 2 – 0 Rochdale Southport
Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 1200
4 May  1946 (1946 -05-04) 36 Rochdale 2 – 1 Southport Rochdale
Rodi
Wood
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3191


F.A. Cup

17 November  1945 (1945 -11-17) 1 Stockport County 1 – 2 Rochdale Stockport
Shaw Report Brindle
Woods
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 6000
24 November  1945 (1945 -11-24) 1 Rochdale 1 – 1 Stockport County Rochdale
Hargreaves Report Hyde Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6158
8 December  1945 (1945 -12-08) 2 Tranmere Rovers 3 – 1 Rochdale Birkenhead
Bell
Rosenthal
Atkinson
Report Wood Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 7000
15 December  1945 (1945 -12-15) 2 Rochdale 3 – 0 Tranmere Rovers Rochdale
Hargreaves
Makin
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6500
5 January  1946 (1946 -01-05) 3 Bury 3 – 3 Rochdale Bury
Davies
Halton
Report Cunliffe
Hargreaves
Reynolds
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 13248
8 January  1946 (1946 -01-08) 3 Rochdale 2 – 4 Bury Rochdale
Hargreaves Report Davies
Tompkin
Jones
Moss
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8712

Lancashire Senior Cup

5 September  1945 (1945 -09-05) 1 Manchester United 5 – 1 Rochdale Manchester
Constantine Stadium: Maine Road
1 January  1946 (1946 -01-01) 1 Rochdale 2 – 0 Manchester United Rochdale
Brindle
Hargreaves
Stadium: Spotland Stadium

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References

  1. Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
  2. A Record of British Wartime Football by Brian McColl
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