1931–32 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1931–32 season
Football League Third Division North 21st
FA Cup First Round

The 1931–32 season saw Rochdale compete in the Football League Third Division North where they finished in 21st position with 11 points.[1]

Rochdale finished bottom of the Third Division North after managing just four wins. During the season they went on a record-breaking run of 17 straight defeats.[2]

Final league table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GAvg
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Lincoln City (C) 40 26 5 9 106 472.255 57 Promoted to the Second Division
2 Gateshead 40 25 7 8 94 481.958 57
3 Chester 40 21 8 11 78 601.300 50
4 Tranmere Rovers 40 19 11 10 107 581.845 49
5 Barrow 40 24 1 15 86 591.458 49
6 Crewe Alexandra 40 21 6 13 95 661.439 48
7 Southport 40 18 10 12 58 531.094 46
8 Hull City 40 20 5 15 82 531.547 45
9 York City 40 18 7 15 76 810.938 43
10 Wrexham 40 18 7 15 64 690.928 43
11 Darlington 40 17 4 19 66 690.957 38
12 Stockport County 40 13 11 16 55 531.038 37
13 Hartlepools United 40 16 5 19 78 1000.780 37
14 Accrington Stanley 40 15 6 19 75 800.938 36
15 Doncaster Rovers 40 16 4 20 59 800.738 36
16 Walsall 40 16 3 21 57 850.671 35
17 Halifax Town 40 13 8 19 61 870.701 34
18 Carlisle United 40 11 11 18 64 790.810 33
19 Rotherham United 40 14 4 22 63 720.875 32
20 New Brighton 40 8 8 24 38 760.500 24
21 Rochdale 40 4 3 33 48 1350.356 11 Re-elected
22 Wigan Borough 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 Club resigned †

Source: rsssf.com
† Wigan Borough resigned from the Football League on October 21 and folded. Their record (P12 W3 D1 L8 F12 A32 GA 0.375 Pts 7) was expunged.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Rochdale's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Third Division North

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
129 August 1931Accrington StanleyH2 – 26,974Jones, Juyan
231 August 1931Rotherham UnitedA0 – 56,431
35 September 1931WrexhamA0 – 47,390
47 September 1931Stockport CountyA1 – 33,941Watson
512 September 1931Carlisle UnitedH4 – 34,382Watson (2), Everest, Steele
615 September 1931Stockport CountyH1 – 04,384Williams
719 September 1931Crewe AlexandraA0 – 16,358
826 September 1931DarlingtonH1 – 13,703McAleer
93 October 1931Doncaster RoversH3 – 14,641McAleer, Watson (2)
1010 October 1931SouthportA1 – 35,442Steele
1117 October 1931Halifax TownA2 – 34,082Everest, Murray
1224 October 1931WalsallH0 – 12,845
1331 October 1931GatesheadA1 – 37,227Jones
147 November 1931New BrightonH3 – 21,888Jones, Everest (2)
1514 November 1931BarrowA1 – 42,542Watson
1621 November 1931Hull CityH3 – 64,593Watson (2), Nisbet
175 December 1931ChesterH0 – 33,119
1812 December 1931Hartlepool UnitedA0 – 33,085
1925 December 1931Tranmere RoversA1 – 95,719Murray
2026 December 1931Tranmere RoversH3 – 63,993Brown, Murray, Everest
212 January 1932Accrington StanleyA0 – 31,824
229 January 1932Lincoln CityA0 – 36,737
2316 January 1932WrexhamH2 – 41,749Everest, Steele
2423 January 1932Carlisle UnitedA0 – 43,812
2530 January 1932Crewe AlexandraH2 – 31,978Howard, Brown
266 February 1932DarlingtonA1 – 32,764Nisbet
2713 February 1932Doncaster RoversA0 – 22,856
2820 February 1932SouthportH0 – 12,894
2927 February 1932Halifax TownH1 – 43,154Crowther
305 March 1932WalsallA1 – 22,601Brown
3112 March 1932GatesheadH0 – 32,526
3219 March 1932New BrightonA1 – 12,362Brown
3325 March 1932York CityA2 – 55,285McAleer, Howard
3426 March 1932BarrowH0 – 62,189
3528 March 1932York CityH3 – 51,387McAleer, Brown (2)
362 April 1932Hull CityA1 – 43,611Hogg
379 April 1932Lincoln CityH3 – 51,038McAleer (2), Williams
3816 April 1932ChesterA2 – 74,658McAleer, Howard
3923 April 1932Hartlepool UnitedH1 – 31,379Bimson
407 May 1932Rotherham UnitedH1 – 41,724Howard

FA Cup

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R128 November 1931Scunthorpe UnitedA1 – 2

References

  1. ↑ "Rochdale 1931/32". Statto. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Records". Football League. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
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