1974–75 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1974–75 season
Manager	Walter Joyce
League Division Four	19th
FA Cup	2nd Round
League Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Whelan; Bob Mountford; All: Tony Whelan; Bob Mountford
	← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 season saw Rochdale compete in the Football League Fourth Division, following relegation the previous season.

Statistics edit

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 4		F.A. Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Mike Poole	48	0	43+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Paul Hallows	51	1	46+0	1	4+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Tony Whelan	51	10	46+0	10	4+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Stan Horne	26	2	21+0	2	4+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Jim Grummett	15	0	14+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Mike Ferguson	46	5	42+0	5	3+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Alan Taylor	20	6	19+0	6	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	David Carrick	21	2	15+1	1	4+0	1	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Leo Skeete	12	2	10+0	2	1+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Mike Brennan	13	1	9+1	1	1+1	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Neil Young	17	5	8+5	4	3+0	1	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Harold Martin	14	0	11+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Fielding	29	4	27+0	4	1+0	0	0+1	0
	FW	ENG	Gary Cooper	22	4	18+4	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Don Tobin	26	0	26+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Keith Hanvey	39	2	35+0	2	4+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Brears	28	1	23+1	0	4+0	1	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	David Seddon	15	0	10+2	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	John Taylor	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Gary Hulmes	5	1	1+3	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Dick Mulvaney	34	3	30+0	3	4+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	George Townsend	23	0	23+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Bob Hutchinson	2	1	2+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Bob Mountford	16	10	16+0	10	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Joe Murty	6	0	3+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Billy Bell	6	0	5+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Final League Table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
17	Doncaster Rovers	46	10	9	4	41	29	4	3	16	24	50	0.823	40
18	Crewe Alexandra	46	9	9	5	22	16	2	9	12	12	31	0.723	40
19	Rochdale	46	9	9	5	35	22	4	4	15	24	53	0.787	39
20	Stockport County	46	10	8	5	26	27	2	6	15	17	43	0.614	38
21	Darlington	46	11	4	8	38	27	2	6	15	16	40	0.806	36	Re-elected

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions edit

Football League Fourth Division edit

17 August 1974 (1974 -08-17) 1	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Rochdale	Shrewsbury
	Kearney 27'	Report	Young 44'	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 3513

24 August 1974 (1974 -08-24) 2	Rochdale	1–1	Torquay United	Rochdale
	Taylor	Report	Tearse 59'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1271

30 August 1974 (1974 -08-30) 3	Mansfield Town	2–0	Rochdale	Mansfield
	O'Connor Clarke	Report		Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3779

7 September 1974 (1974 -09-07) 4	Rochdale	3–1	Barnsley	Rochdale
	Taylor 14' Horne 43' Skeete 69'	Report	Doyle 37'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1376

13 September 1974 (1974 -09-13) 5	Doncaster Rovers	4–1	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Murray Kitchen	Report	Carrick	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 1928

16 September 1974 (1974 -09-16) 6	Darlington	1–2	Rochdale	Darlington
	Burluraux	Report	Taylor	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 2345

21 September 1974 (1974 -09-21) 7	Rochdale	2–0	Workington	Rochdale
	Ferguson 43' (pen.), 69'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1385

23 September 1974 (1974 -09-23) 8	Rochdale	0–0	Brentford	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1587 Referee: T Farley

28 September 1974 (1974 -09-28) 9	Lincoln City	3–0	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Graham 16', 49' Krzywicki 74'	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 2461

30 September 1974 (1974 -09-30) 10	Rochdale	0–2	Reading	Rochdale
		Report	Murray Habbin	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1684

4 October 1974 (1974 -10-04) 11	Stockport County	2–3	Rochdale	Stockport
	Fryatt Lawther	Report	Crowther (o.g.) Whelan Brennan	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 2354

12 October 1974 (1974 -10-12) 12	Rochdale	1–2	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	Young 75'	Report	Crawford 22' Womble 27'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1684

18 October 1974 (1974 -10-18) 13	Swansea City	3–3	Rochdale	Swansea
	Bruton (pen.) Evans 51' Bevan 85'	Report	Skeete 14' Taylor 31' Hulmes 78'	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 2767

21 October 1974 (1974 -10-21) 14	Rochdale	2–2	Northampton Town	Rochdale
	Cooper Horne	Report	Mabee Wainwright	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1379

26 October 1974 (1974 -10-26) 15	Rochdale	2–4	Newport County	Rochdale
	Ferguson 20' (pen.) Taylor 35'	Report	Woods 6' Godfrey 12' Jones 60', 74'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1208

2 November 1974 (1974 -11-02) 16	Chester	4–0	Rochdale	Chester
	Edwards 58' Draper 62', 72', 78'	Report		Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 3291

5 November 1974 (1974 -11-05) 17	Northampton Town	0–1	Rochdale	Northampton
		Report	Whelan	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5695

9 November 1974 (1974 -11-09) 18	Rochdale	0–0	Cambridge United	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1116

16 November 1974 (1974 -11-16) 19	Scunthorpe United	2–2	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
	Pilling 52', 63'	Report	Taylor 36' Whelan 40'	Stadium: Old Show Ground Attendance: 1787

30 November 1974 (1974 -11-30) 20	Rochdale	1–1	Exeter City	Rochdale
	Mulvaney 75'	Report	Beer 49'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1033

7 December 1974 (1974 -12-07) 21	Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Rochdale	Crewe
		Report	Young 89'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 1803

21 December 1974 (1974 -12-21) 22	Hartlepool United	5–0	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Honour 22' McMahon 31', 40' Moore 59', 71'	Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1991

26 December 1974 (1974 -12-26) 23	Rochdale	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Hutchinson Fielding	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1077

28 December 1974 (1974 -12-28) 24	Bradford City	1–0	Rochdale	Bradford
	Cooke 60'	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 3250

4 January 1975 (1975 -01-04) 25	Rochdale	2–0	Darlington	Rochdale
	Mountford 20', 79'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1217

11 January 1975 (1975 -01-11) 26	Rochdale	3–0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Ferguson 20' Whelan 44' Fielding 60'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1749

18 January 1975 (1975 -01-18) 27	Exeter City	2–1	Rochdale	Exeter
	Bowker 1' Robertson 32' (pen.)	Report	Fielding 61'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3560

1 February 1975 (1975 -02-01) 28	Cambridge United	1–1	Rochdale	Cambridge
	Tully 48' (pen.)	Report	Mountford 33'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3118

8 February 1975 (1975 -02-08) 29	Rochdale	0–1	Chester	Rochdale
	Mountford 55'	Report	Redfern 65'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2273

14 February 1975 (1975 -02-14) 30	Southport	1–0	Rochdale	Southport
	Gough	Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1569

17 February 1975 (1975 -02-17) 31	Rochdale	1–1	Bradford City	Rochdale
	Mountford 87'	Report	Ham 62'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2004

22 February 1975 (1975 -02-22) 32	Rochdale	4–2	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
	Whelan 40' Mountford 72', 73' Hallows 84'	Report	Collier 77' Roberts 88'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1430

1 March 1975 (1975 -03-01) 33	Rochdale	0–1	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
		Report	Clarke 37'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2317

8 March 1975 (1975 -03-08) 34	Brentford	3–0	Rochdale	Brentford
	Johnson 9' Graham 42' Cross 55'	Report		Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 4460

11 March 1975 (1975 -03-11) 35	Rochdale	3–3	Southport	Rochdale
	Mountford Mulvaney	Report	O'Riley Noble	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1191

15 March 1975 (1975 -03-15) 36	Rochdale	1–1	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Whelan 89'	Report	Ellis 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1517

17 March 1975 (1975 -03-17) 37	Rochdale	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1427

22 March 1975 (1975 -03-22) 38	Barnsley	5–3	Rochdale	Barnsley
	Doyle 19' (pen.) Butler 21', 54', 64' Peachey 33'	Report	Cooper 38', 39' Young 62'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 3594

29 March 1975 (1975 -03-29) 39	Rochdale	3–0	Hartlepool United	Rochdale
	Fielding 18' Hanvey 29' Whelan 73'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1297

31 March 1975 (1975 -03-31) 40	Workington	2–1	Rochdale	Workington
	Harris Geidmintis (pen.) Helliwell	Report	Mulvaney Mountford	Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 1870

5 April 1975 (1975 -04-05) 41	Newport County	3–2	Rochdale	Newport
	Hooper 7' (pen.), 13', 83'	Report	Mountford 30' Whelan 55'	Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 1801

9 April 1975 (1975 -04-09) 42	Reading	2–1	Rochdale	Reading
	Friday Alleyne	Report	Hanvey	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 3861

12 April 1975 (1975 -04-12) 43	Rochdale	3–0	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Whelan 3', 48' Cooper 69'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1880

19 April 1975 (1975 -04-19) 44	Rotherham United	3–1	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Habbin 3', 88' Womble 61'	Report	Cooper 26'	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 7536

23 April 1975 (1975 -04-23) 45	Torquay United	3–0	Rochdale	Torquay
	Provan	Report		Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2718

26 April 1975 (1975 -04-26) 46	Rochdale	1–0	Swansea City	Rochdale
	Mountford 34'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1548

F.A. Cup edit

23 November 1974 (1974 -11-23) 1	Rochdale	0–0	Marine	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2041

27 November 1974 (1974 -11-27) 1	Marine	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Rochdale	Crosby
	Woosey	Report	Young Carrick	Stadium: Rossett Park Attendance: 2540

14 December 1974 (1974 -12-14) 2	Rochdale	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Brears 34'	Report	Hanvey 77' (o.g.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2221

16 December 1974 (1974 -12-16) 2	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Crossley	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 3244

League Cup edit

24 August 1974 (1974 -08-24) 1	Preston North End	1–0	Rochdale	Preston
	Holden	Report		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 7780

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References edit

^ 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] "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}

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