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

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		Len Hill	36	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Fred Mason	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Willie Brown	43	0	41	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Ernie Braidwood	41	1	40	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		David Parkes	30	3	28	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Alex Christie	34	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Billy Tompkinson	34	9	34	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Billy Bertram	36	14	35	13	1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Reuben Butler	7	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
	FW		Albert Whitehurst	45	47	42	44	1	2	1	0	1	1
	MF		Henry Martin	22	10	21	10	1	0	0	0	0	0
			Arthur Hopkins	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			Alec Ross	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
			John Hillhouse	22	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Bill Hooper	23	1	20	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
			Griffith Owen	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
			Cecil Halkyard	9	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	DF		Yaffer Ward	37	0	35	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Bobby Hughes	34	16	32	16	1	0	1	0	0	0
			Joe Campbell	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
			Robert Schofield	15	6	14	6	0	0	0	0	1	0
			Alfred Kellett	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	GK		Harry Moody	10	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			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		Dick Duckworth	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	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

Division 3 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		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7440

4 September 1926 (1926 -09-04) 3	Rochdale	1 – 3	Durham City	Rochdale
	Ross	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7947

6 September 1926 (1926 -09-06) 4	Crewe Alexandra	4 – 0	Rochdale	Crewe
		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
		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		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
		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
		Report	Whitehurst	Stadium: Portland Park Attendance: 2282

23 October 1926 (1926 -10-23) 12	Rochdale	1 – 1	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Whitehurst	Report		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		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		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4795

4 December 1926 (1926 -12-04) 17	Rochdale	4 – 4	Walsall	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Tompkinson Martin	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5009

11 December 1926 (1926 -12-11) 18	Rotherham United	1 – 1	Rochdale	Rotherham
		Report	Whitehurst	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 3296

18 December 1926 (1926 -12-18) 19	Rochdale	8 – 1	Chesterfield	Rochdale
	Schofield Whitehurst Martin	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5768

25 December 1926 (1926 -12-25) 20	Rochdale	7 – 3	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Schofield Whitehurst Hughes	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8921

27 December 1926 (1926 -12-27) 21	Lincoln City	2 – 3	Rochdale	Lincoln
		Report	Whitehurst Schofield	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 7812

1 January 1927 (1927 -01-01) 22	Halifax Town	1 – 0	Rochdale	Halifax
		Report		Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 10846

8 January 1927 (1927 -01-08) 23	Bradford Park Avenue	5 – 1	Rochdale	Bradford
		Report	Tompkinson	Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 7423

15 January 1927 (1927 -01-15) 24	Rochdale	2 – 1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Bertram Parkes (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2992

22 January 1927 (1927 -01-22) 25	Durham City	1 – 3	Rochdale	Durham
		Report	Whitehurst	Stadium: Holiday Park Attendance: 1886

29 January 1927 (1927 -01-29) 26	Rochdale	3 – 1	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Hughes Tompkinson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5020

5 February 1927 (1927 -02-05) 27	Wrexham	2 – 2	Rochdale	Wrexham
		Report	Schofield Whitehurst	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 3717

12 February 1927 (1927 -02-12) 28	Southport	1 – 1	Rochdale	Southport
		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
		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
		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		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6434

26 March 1927 (1927 -03-26) 34	Doncaster Rovers	3 – 2	Rochdale	Doncaster
		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		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3910

23 April 1927 (1927 -04-23) 40	Walsall	4 – 1	Rochdale	Walsall
		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
		Report	Whitehurst Hall	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 4307

FA Cup

27 November 1926 (1926 -11-27) 1	Accrington Stanley	4 – 3	Rochdale	Accrington
		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

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

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[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