1944–45 Rochdale A.F.C. season
Rochdale 1944–45 football season
Rochdale 1944–45 football season
1944–45 season | |
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Manager | Ted Goodier |
Stadium | Spotland Stadium |
Football League North | 27th & 57th |
Top goalscorer | League: John Reid Ernest Morris All: John Reid Ernest Morris |
The 1944–45 season saw Rochdale compete for their 6th season in the wartime league (League North). The season was split into 2 championships. Rochdale finished in 27th position in the first and in 57th position and in the second. Some matches in the 2nd Championship were also in the League War Cup and Lancashire Cup.
Statistics
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Football League North & League War Cup | ||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ENG | Arthur Chesters | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
GK | ENG | Walker Grimsditch | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
GK | W. Thorpe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
GK | H.H.C. Hall | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
GK | Hesketh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
GK | F. Olive | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
DF | W. Manghan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
MF | ENG | Joe Duff | 38 | 3 | 38 | 3 | |
DF | ENG | Ellis Cornwell | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
DF | Matthew Muir | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
DF | ENG | William Keenan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Bill Byrom | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Doug Cole | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Harry Lowe | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Eddie Lyons | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
DF | WAL | Gwyn Jones | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
MF | ENG | Jim Treanor | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
MF | Jimmy? Macauley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
MF | ENG | Walter Ainsworth | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | |
MF | ENG | Jimmy Eastwood | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
MF | Jimmy Jones | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | ||
MF | Charles Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
MF | WAL | Bob Davies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | F. Whittaker | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
MF | ENG | Tom Jones | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
MF | ENG | John Neary | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
MF | ENG | Jimmy Chambers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | ENG | Jimmy Gemmell | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
DF | WAL | Jim Pearce | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | George Haigh | 24 | 1 | 24 | 1 | |
MF | Jack Bradshaw | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
MF | ENG | Jack Foxton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | ENG | James Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | Percy Taylor | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
FW | ENG | John Gastall | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
MF | ENG | Wally Reynolds | 18 | 3 | 18 | 3 | |
FW | ENG | Jack Gallon | 22 | 5 | 22 | 5 | |
MF | John Reid | 12 | 6 | 12 | 6 | ||
FW | ENG | Alf Ainsworth | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
MF | A.L. Hughes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
MF | ENG | Sammy Makin | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | |
MF | S.A. Pickstock | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
FW | ENG | Jimmy Cunliffe | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
MF | John Banner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
MF | ENG | Albert Mycock | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
MF | Jack Higham | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
FW | Ernest Morris | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | ||
FW | Albert Griffiths | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
FW | Harold Acton | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
FW | Alfred Chaney | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
FW | NIR | Davy Cochrane | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
FW | ENG | Wally Hunt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
FW | ENG | Jimmy Constantine | 10 | 3 | 10 | 3 | |
FW | Jack Harker | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
FW | James Weatherspoon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
FW | William Whittle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
FW | ENG | Jack Bradley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | D. Strachan | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
FW | ENG | Tom Cochrane | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
MF | ENG | Albert Malam | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
FW | ENG | Arthur Bailey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | J. Bate | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
FW | ENG | Eric Wood | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
FW | ENG | Syd Roberts | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
FW | ENG | Billy Woods | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | ENG | Arthur Cunliffe | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
FW | Kenneth Atkinson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
FW | ENG | James Harrison | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
FW | James Young | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
FW | Harry Revell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
FW | ENG | Jack Brinton | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
FW | Harry Seddon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
FW | ENG | Alf Hanson | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
FW | Thorpe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Competitions
Football League North & War League Cup
Rochdale v Blackpool
26 August 1944 (1944 -08-26) 1 | Rochdale | 3 – 7 | Blackpool | Rochdale |
W. Ainsworth Morris | Mortensen | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7071 |
Blackpool v Rochdale
2 September 1944 (1944 -09-02) 2 | Blackpool | 3 – 0 | Rochdale | Blackpool |
Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4000 |
Blackburn Rovers v Rochdale
9 September 1944 (1944 -09-09) 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 – 0 | Rochdale | Blackburn |
Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 3000 |
Rochdale v Blackburn Rovers
16 September 1944 (1944 -09-16) 4 | Rochdale | 2 – 0 | Blackburn Rovers | Rochdale |
W. Ainsworth Acton | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2850 |
Burnley v Rochdale
23 September 1944 (1944 -09-23) 5 | Burnley | 2 – 2 | Rochdale | Burnley |
Duff W. Ainsworth | Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 4213 |
Rochdale v Burnley
30 September 1944 (1944 -09-30) 6 | Rochdale | 3 – 1 | Burnley | Rochdale |
Gallon D. Cochrane Duff | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3612 |
Rochdale v Bolton Wanderers
7 October 1944 (1944 -10-07) 7 | Rochdale | 2 – 2 | Bolton Wanderers | Rochdale |
Gallon P. Taylor | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4100 |
Bolton Wanderers v Rochdale
14 October 1944 (1944 -10-14) 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 – 0 | Rochdale | Bolton |
Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 4000 |
Accrington Stanley v Rochdale
21 October 1944 (1944 -10-21) 9 | Accrington Stanley | 1 – 2 | Rochdale | Accrington |
Morris | Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 3449 |
Rochdale v Accrington Stanley
28 October 1944 (1944 -10-28) 10 | Rochdale | 3 – 0 | Accrington Stanley | Rochdale |
Morris Roach (o.g.) | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2135 |
Rochdale v Preston North End
4 November 1944 (1944 -11-04) 11 | Rochdale | 5 – 2 | Preston North End | Rochdale |
Gallon Reynolds T. Cochrane Wood | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3100 |
Preston North End v Rochdale
11 November 1944 (1944 -11-11) 12 | Preston North End | 2 – 1 | Rochdale | Preston |
J. Jones | Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 2700 |
Southport v Rochdale
18 November 1944 (1944 -11-18) 13 | Southport | 2 – 2 | Rochdale | Southport |
Hunt J. Jones | Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 3000 |
Rochdale v Southport
25 November 1944 (1944 -11-25) 14 | Rochdale | 1 – 1 | Southport | Rochdale |
Roberts | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3326 |
Rochdale v Oldham Athletic
2 December 1944 (1944 -12-02) 15 | Rochdale | 2 – 3 | Oldham Athletic | Rochdale |
Reid | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2621 |
Oldham Athletic v Rochdale
9 December 1944 (1944 -12-09) 16 | Oldham Athletic | 0 – 2 | Rochdale | Oldham |
Reid Reynolds | Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5658 |
Halifax Town v Rochdale
16 December 1944 (1944 -12-16) 17 | Halifax Town | 4 – 2 | Rochdale | Halifax |
Pickstock Makin | Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 1800 |
Rochdale v Halifax Town
23 December 1944 (1944 -12-23) 18 | Rochdale | 3 – 0 | Halifax Town | Rochdale |
Reynolds Reid Young | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4760 |
Accrington Stanley v Rochdale
25 December 1944 (1944 -12-25) 19 | Accrington Stanley | 0 – 1 | Rochdale | Accrington |
Gallon | Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 5800 |
Rochdale v Accrington Stanley
30 December 1944 (1944 -12-30) 20 | Rochdale | 1 – 1 | Accrington Stanley | Rochdale |
Haigh | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4063 |
Blackburn Rovers v Rochdale
13 January 1945 (1945 -01-13) 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 – 2 | Rochdale | Blackburn |
Gallon Constantine | Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 3017 |
Rochdale v Preston North End
20 January 1945 (1945 -01-20) 22 | Rochdale | 1 – 1 | Preston North End | Rochdale |
Reid | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1934 |
Preston North End v Rochdale
27 January 1945 (1945 -01-27) 23 | Preston North End | 1 – 1 | Rochdale | Preston |
Reid | Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 1755 |
Burnley v Rochdale
3 February 1945 (1945 -02-03) 24 | Burnley | 2 – 0 | Rochdale | Burnley |
Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 5657 |
Rochdale v Burnley
10 February 1945 (1945 -02-10) 25 | Rochdale | 0 – 4 | Burnley | Rochdale |
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4607 |
Rochdale v Blackpool
17 February 1945 (1945 -02-17) 26 | Rochdale | 3 – 6 | Blackpool | Rochdale |
? (o.g.) Hanson | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2554 |
Blackpool v Rochdale
24 February 1945 (1945 -02-24) 27 | Blackpool | 4 – 0 | Rochdale | Blackpool |
Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 7000 |
Rochdale v Blackburn Rovers
3 March 1945 (1945 -03-03) 28 | Rochdale | 0 – 8 | Blackburn Rovers | Rochdale |
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2887 |
Rochdale v Blackburn Rovers
10 March 1945 (1945 -03-10) 29 | Rochdale | 0 – 1 | Blackburn Rovers | Rochdale |
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2670 |
Blackburn Rovers v Rochdale
17 March 1945 (1945 -03-17) 30 | Blackburn Rovers | 4 – 0 | Rochdale | Blackburn |
Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 3000 |
Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale
24 March 1945 (1945 -03-24) 31 | Tranmere Rovers | 0 – 1 | Rochdale | Birkenhead |
Brinton | Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 2376 |
Rochdale v Tranmere Rovers
31 March 1945 (1945 -03-31) 32 | Rochdale | 4 – 1 | Tranmere Rovers | Rochdale |
Duff Constantine Makin | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2379 |
Chester v Rochdale
2 April 1945 (1945 -04-02) 33 | Chester | 3 – 0 | Rochdale | Chester |
Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 3000 |
Stockport County v Rochdale
7 April 1945 (1945 -04-07) 34 | Stockport County | 3 – 0 | Rochdale | Stockport |
Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 3042 |
Rochdale v Stockport County
14 April 1945 (1945 -04-14) 35 | Rochdale | 0 – 2 | Stockport County | Rochdale |
Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1671 |
Rochdale v Oldham Athletic
21 April 1945 (1945 -04-21) 36 | Rochdale | 1 – 2 | Oldham Athletic | Rochdale |
Wood | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1776 |
Oldham Athletic v Rochdale
28 April 1945 (1945 -04-28) 37 | Oldham Athletic | 2 – 0 | Rochdale | Oldham |
Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1297 |
Rochdale v Chester
5 May 1945 (1945 -05-05) 38 | Rochdale | 2 – 1 | Chester | Rochdale |
Hanson | Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 708 |
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