1931–32 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1931–32 season
Manager	Will Cameron; Herbert Hopkinson
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North	21st
FA Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Reg Watson; All: Reg Watson
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 1931–32 season saw Rochdale compete for their 11th season 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]

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division3 (N)		FA Cup		Lancashire Cup		Manchester Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
N/A	GK		Harry Abbott	34	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
N/A			James Beattie	16	0	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	DF		Adam Plunkett	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A			Bill Armstrong	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	DF		Jack Everest	24	6	22	6	1	0	1	0	0	0
N/A			George Ward	24	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
N/A	MF		Ernest Steele	22	3	19	3	1	0	1	0	1	0
N/A			David Murray	25	5	22	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
N/A			George Guyan	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A			Benny Jones	21	3	19	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
N/A			Con Hilley	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A			Jimmy Hamilton	42	0	39	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
N/A			Idris Williams	37	2	34	2	1	0	1	0	1	0
N/A			Robert Forster	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A			Harold Platt	14	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
N/A	FW		Reg Watson	19	8	17	8	1	0	1	0	0	0
N/A			Joe McAleer	22	7	20	7	1	0	1	0	0	0
N/A			Edward Black	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF		Fred Appleyard	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A			Fred Brown	21	6	21	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A			Ken Nisbet	12	2	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A			Roland Hill	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	GK		Bert Welch	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A			Harold Howarth	21	4	20	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
N/A			Walter Webster	15	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
N/A			Frank Twine	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A			Jimmy Bimson	12	1	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	FW		Arthur Hawes	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A			Tommy Hogg	10	1	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A			Ron Hornby	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
N/A			Reginald Grant	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A			John Whitelaw	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A			George White	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A			John Crowther	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A			Clarence Constantine	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	FW		Tommy Flannigan	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	GK		Eddie Plane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion
18	Carlisle United	40	9	7	4	40	23	2	4	14	24	56	0.810	33
19	Rotherham United	40	10	3	7	41	23	4	1	15	22	49	0.875	32
20	New Brighton	40	8	5	7	25	23	0	3	17	13	53	0.500	24	Re-elected
21	Rochdale	40	4	2	14	33	63	0	1	19	15	72	0.356	11	Re-elected
-	Wigan Borough[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

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.

Competitions

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Third Division North

29 August 1931 (1931-08-29) 1	Rochdale	2–2	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Jones Guyan	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,974

31 August 1931 (1931-08-31) 2	Rotherham United	5–0	Rochdale	Rotherham
		Report		Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 6,431

5 September 1931 (1931-09-05) 3	Wrexham	4–0	Rochdale	Wrexham
		Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 7,390

7 September 1931 (1931-09-07) 4	Stockport County	3–1	Rochdale	Stockport
		Report	Watson	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 3,941

12 September 1931 (1931-09-12) 5	Rochdale	4–3	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Watson Everest Steele	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,382

15 September 1931 (1931-09-15) 6	Rochdale	1–0	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Williams	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,384

19 September 1931 (1931-09-19) 7	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Rochdale	Crewe
		Report		Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 6,358

26 September 1931 (1931-09-26) 8	Rochdale	1–1	Darlington	Rochdale
	McAleer	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,703

3 October 1931 (1931-10-03) 9	Rochdale	3–1	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	McAleer Watson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,641

10 October 1931 (1931-10-10) 10	Southport	3–1	Rochdale	Southport
		Report	Steele	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 5,442

17 October 1931 (1931-10-17) 11	Halifax Town	3–2	Rochdale	Halifax
		Report	Everest Murray	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 4,082

24 October 1931 (1931-10-24) 12	Rochdale	0–1	Walsall	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,845

31 October 1931 (1931-10-31) 13	Gateshead	3–1	Rochdale	Gateshead
		Report	Jones	Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 7,227

7 November 1931 (1931-11-07) 14	Rochdale	3–2	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Jones Everest	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,888

14 November 1931 (1931-11-14) 15	Barrow	4–1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
		Report	Watson	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 2,542

21 November 1931 (1931-11-21) 16	Rochdale	3–6	Hull City	Rochdale
	Watson Nisbet	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,593

5 December 1931 (1931-12-05) 17	Rochdale	0–3	Chester City	Rochdale
		Report	Cresswell Hedley Jennings	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,119

12 December 1931 (1931-12-12) 18	Hartlepool United	3–0	Rochdale	Hartlepool
		Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,085

25 December 1931 (1931-12-25) 19	Tranmere Rovers	9–1	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Watts	Report	Murray	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,719

26 December 1931 (1931-12-26) 20	Rochdale	3–6	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Brown Murray Everest	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,993

2 January 1932 (1932-01-02) 21	Accrington Stanley	3–0	Rochdale	Accrington
		Report		Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 1,824

9 January 1932 (1932-01-09) 22	Lincoln City	3–0	Rochdale	Lincoln
		Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 6,737

16 January 1932 (1932-01-16) 23	Rochdale	2–4	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Everest Steele	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,749

23 January 1932 (1932-01-23) 24	Carlisle United	4–0	Rochdale	Carlisle
		Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,812

30 January 1932 (1932-01-30) 25	Rochdale	2–3	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Howarth Brown	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,978

6 February 1932 (1932-02-06) 26	Darlington	3–1	Rochdale	Darlington
		Report	Nisbet	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 2,764

13 February 1932 (1932-02-13) 27	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Rochdale	Doncaster
		Report		Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 2,856

20 February 1932 (1932-02-20) 28	Rochdale	0–1	Southport	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,894

27 February 1932 (1932-02-27) 29	Rochdale	1–4	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Crowther	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,154

5 March 1932 (1932-03-05) 30	Walsall	2–1	Rochdale	Walsall
		Report	Brown	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 2,601

12 March 1932 (1932-03-12) 31	Rochdale	0–3	Gateshead	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,526

19 March 1932 (1932-03-19) 32	New Brighton	1–1	Rochdale	New Brighton
		Report	Brown	Stadium: Sandheys Park Attendance: 2,362

25 March 1932 (1932-03-25) 33	York City	5–2	Rochdale	York
		Report	McAleer Howarth	Stadium: Fulfordgate Attendance: 5,285

26 March 1932 (1932-03-26) 34	Rochdale	0–6	Barrow	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,189

28 March 1932 (1932-03-28) 35	Rochdale	3–5	York City	Rochdale
	McAleer Brown	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,387

2 April 1932 (1932-04-02) 36	Hull City	4–1	Rochdale	Hull
		Report	Hogg	Stadium: The Boulevard Attendance: 3,611

9 April 1932 (1932-04-09) 37	Rochdale	3–5	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	McAleer Williams	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,038

16 April 1932 (1932-04-16) 38	Chester City	7–2	Rochdale	Chester
	Mercer Williams (o.g.) Jennings Hedley	Report	McAleer Howarth	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 4,658

23 April 1932 (1932-04-23) 39	Rochdale	1–3	Hartlepool United	Rochdale
	Bimson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,379

7 May 1932 (1932-05-07) 40	Rochdale	1–4	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	Howarth McAleer	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,724

[3]

FA Cup

28 November 1931 (1931-11-28) R1	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
		Report	Murray	Stadium: Old Showground Attendance: 5,000

Lancashire Cup

22 September 1931 (1931-09-22) R2	Rochdale	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
		[3]	Murray (o.g.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Manchester Cup

24 February 1932 (1932-02-24) R3	Manchester City	6–0	Rochdale	Manchester
		[3]		Stadium: Maine Road

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References

"Rochdale 1931/32". Statto. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
"Records". Football League. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
Phillipps, Steven (2001). Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001. Harefield, Middlesex: Yore. ISBN 1-874427-09-7. OCLC 48531524.

External links

Up the Dale 1931–32
Rochdale 1931–32 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)

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[table_note_WIG0.16324901309016-3] 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.

[1] "Rochdale 1931/32". Statto. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

[2] "Records". Football League. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

[Phillipps-4] Phillipps, Steven (2001). Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001. Harefield, Middlesex: Yore. ISBN 1-874427-09-7. OCLC 48531524.