1926–27 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1926–27 season
Chairman	George L. Foulds
Manager	Jack Peart
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North	2nd
FA Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Albert Whitehurst; All: Albert Whitehurst
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1925–26 1927–28 →

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

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3 North		FA Cup		Lancashire Cup		Manchester Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Len Hill	36	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Fred Mason	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Brown	43	0	41	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ernie Braidwood	41	1	40	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	David Parkes	30	3	28	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Christie	34	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Tompkinson	34	9	34	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Bertram	36	14	35	13	1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Reuben Butler	7	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
	FW	ENG	Albert Whitehurst	45	47	42	44	1	2	1	0	1	1
	MF	ENG	Henry Martin	22	10	21	10	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Dai Hopkins	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Alec Ross	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	John Hillhouse	22	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Bill Hooper	23	1	20	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Griffith Owen	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Cecil Halkyard	9	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Yaffer Ward	37	0	35	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Bobby Hughes	34	16	32	16	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Joe Campbell	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Bob Schofield	15	6	14	6	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Alfred Kellett	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	GK	ENG	Harry Moody	10	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Hall	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
			A. Lancaster	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Dick Duckworth	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Stadium: Turf Moor

Manchester Cup

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

1 March 1927 (1927 -03-01) 3	Manchester North End	2 – 1	Rochdale	Manchester
		^[3]	Whitehurst

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References

^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}

[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. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}

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