1934–35 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1934–35 season
Manager	Billy Smith
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North	20th
FA Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Len Clarke; All: Len Clarke
	← 1933–34 1935–36 →

The 1934–35 season saw Rochdale compete for their 14th season in the Football League Third Division North.

Statistics edit

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3 North		FA Cup		Division 3 North Cup		Lancashire Cup		Manchester Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Cliff Walmsley	32	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Albert Worthy	33	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Arthur Ives	9	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	George Wyness	36	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	George Jordan	21	0	17	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Walter Buckley	42	1	37	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0
	MF	ENG	Frank Ryder	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Bert Humpish	37	3	31	2	1	0	3	1	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Philip Bartley	15	3	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	William Douglas	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Harold Howe	25	3	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Charlie Whyte	10	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Reg Cook	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	James Nicol	29	11	27	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Levi Redfern	29	3	25	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Smith	5	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
	MF	ENG	Billy Thomas	8	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Les Sullivan	36	9	32	9	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	George Dobson	19	5	15	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	WAL	Gwyn Jones	31	0	28	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Cliff Eaton	21	2	17	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Len Clarke	28	15	24	13	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Bert Welch	16	0	14	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Sam Skaife	32	0	28	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0

Final league table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
18	Accrington Stanley	42	11	5	5	44	36	1	5	15	19	53	0.708	34
19	Gateshead	42	12	4	5	36	28	1	4	16	22	68	0.604	34
20	Rochdale	42	9	5	7	39	35	2	6	13	14	36	0.746	33
21	Southport	42	6	6	9	27	36	4	6	11	28	49	0.647	32	Re-elected
22	Carlisle United	42	7	6	8	34	36	1	1	19	17	66	0.500	23	Re-elected

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions edit

Football League Third Division North edit

25 August 1934 (1934 -08-25) 1	Lincoln City	3 – 0	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Reed Campbell Iverson	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 6765

28 August 1934 (1934 -08-28) 2	Rochdale	0 – 1	Barrow	Rochdale
		Report	Peed	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4396

1 September 1934 (1934 -09-01) 3	Rochdale	1 – 1	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Whyte	Report	Urmson (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6582

3 September 1934 (1934 -09-03) 4	Barrow	1 – 1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Foster	Report	Bartley	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 5556

8 September 1934 (1934 -09-08) 5	Wrexham	2 – 0	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Waller Bamford	Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 6588

15 September 1934 (1934 -09-15) 6	Rochdale	2 – 4	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Nicol Thomas	Report	Tunstall Valentine	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7830

22 September 1934 (1934 -09-22) 7	Rotherham United	4 – 0	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Bastow Fenoughty Dickinson	Report		Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 3807

29 September 1934 (1934 -09-29) 8	Rochdale	1 – 0	Walsall	Rochdale
	Sullivan Humpish	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2511

6 October 1934 (1934 -10-06) 9	Chesterfield	2 – 0	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Turner Brown	Report		Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 4413

13 October 1934 (1934 -10-13) 10	Rochdale	1 – 0	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
	Sullivan (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3684

20 October 1934 (1934 -10-20) 11	Rochdale	2 – 2	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Nicol Redfern	Report	Harker Brown	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5263

27 October 1934 (1934 -10-27) 12	Gateshead	2 – 0	Rochdale	Gateshead
	Ferguson Hales	Report		Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 3197

3 November 1934 (1934 -11-03) 13	Rochdale	0 – 5	Stockport County	Rochdale
		Report	Stevenson McNaughton Dunkerley	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5045

10 November 1934 (1934 -11-10) 14	Crewe Alexandra	4 – 1	Rochdale	Crewe
	Mustard Dyer	Report	Clarke	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3620

17 November 1934 (1934 -11-17) 15	Rochdale	3 – 2	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Nicol Dobson	Report	Lindsay Bonass	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3782

1 December 1934 (1934 -12-01) 16	Rochdale	2 – 2	Southport	Rochdale
	Clarke Smith	Report	Appleby Worswick	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2869

15 December 1934 (1934 -12-15) 17	Rochdale	3 – 1	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Clarke Jordan	Report	Allen	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3095

22 December 1934 (1934 -12-22) 18	York City	0 – 1	Rochdale	York
		Report	Eaton	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 3003

25 December 1934 (1934 -12-25) 19	Rochdale	1 – 3	Darlington	Rochdale
	Sullivan	Report	Best	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5466

26 December 1934 (1934 -12-26) 20	Darlington	2 – 2	Rochdale	Darlington
	Edgar Middleton	Report	Sullivan Clarke	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 6943

29 December 1934 (1934 -12-29) 21	Rochdale	2 – 0	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Nicol	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4531

5 January 1935 (1935 -01-05) 22	Tranmere Rovers	4 – 1	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Burgin MacDonald	Report	Clarke	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6816

12 January 1935 (1935 -01-12) 23	Doncaster Rovers	1 – 0	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Turner	Report		Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 5895

19 January 1935 (1935 -01-19) 24	Rochdale	3 – 3	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Humpish Howe Sullivan (pen.)	Report	Waller Fryer	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4702

26 January 1935 (1935 -01-26) 25	Halifax Town	1 – 1	Rochdale	Halifax
	Tunstall (pen.)	Report	Clarke	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 7133

2 February 1935 (1935 -02-02) 26	Rochdale	1 – 3	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	Humpish	Report	Raynor Bastow Dickinson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4212

9 February 1935 (1935 -02-09) 27	Walsall	0 – 0	Rochdale	Walsall
		Report		Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 6954

16 February 1935 (1935 -02-16) 28	Rochdale	0 – 2	Chesterfield	Rochdale
		Report	Lovett Dawson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2033

23 February 1935 (1935 -02-23) 29	Mansfield Town	1 – 0	Rochdale	Mansfield
	Edmonds	Report		Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 4788

2 March 1935 (1935 -03-02) 30	Accrington Stanley	2 – 5	Rochdale	Accrington
	Britton (pen.)	Report	Nicol Sullivan Clarke	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 2019

9 March 1935 (1935 -03-09) 31	Rochdale	6 – 1	Gateshead	Rochdale
	Howe Nicol Redfern Sullivan Clarke	Report	Rivers	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3562

16 March 1935 (1935 -03-16) 32	Stockport County	3 – 1	Rochdale	Stockport
	Stranger McNaughton Hill	Report	Nicol	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 7735

23 March 1935 (1935 -03-23) 33	Rochdale	3 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Sullivan Clarke	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1889

30 March 1935 (1935 -03-30) 34	Hartlepools United	0 – 0	Rochdale	Hartlepool
		Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2955

3 April 1935 (1935 -04-03) 35	Chester	1 – 0	Rochdale	Chester
	Wilson (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 3004

6 April 1935 (1935 -04-06) 36	Rochdale	0 – 1	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
		Report	Baines	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7154

13 April 1935 (1935 -04-13) 37	Southport	2 – 1	Rochdale	Southport
	Worswick	Report	Clarke	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 2315

19 April 1935 (1935 -04-19) 38	Carlisle United	0 – 0	Rochdale	Carlisle
		Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4417

20 April 1935 (1935 -04-20) 39	Rochdale	3 – 3	Chester	Rochdale
	Bartley Dobson	Report	Mantle	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6933

22 April 1935 (1935 -04-22) 40	Rochdale	3 – 1	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Nicol Dobson	Report	Ferguson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5711

27 April 1935 (1935 -04-27) 41	New Brighton	1 – 0	Rochdale	New Brighton
	Worthy (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Sandheys Park Attendance: 1875

4 May 1935 (1935 -05-04) 42	Rochdale	2 – 0	York City	Rochdale
	Redfern Dobson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5212

FA Cup edit

24 November 1934 (1934 -11-24) 1	Wrexham	4 – 1	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Findlay Fryer Rogers	Report	Smith	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 5500

Third Division North Cup edit

8 December 1934 (1934 -12-08) 1	Carlisle United	1 – 1	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Elliott	^[1]	Eaton	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 2000

8 January 1935 (1935 -01-08) 1 (Replay)	Rochdale	3 – 0	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Humpish Clarke	^[2]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

25 March 1935 (1935 -03-25) 3 (Bye in R2)	Stockport County	3 – 0	Rochdale	Stockport
	Dunkerley Hill	^[3]		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 1500

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Lancashire Cup edit

11 September 1934 (1934 -09-11) 1	Rochdale	2 – 3	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Buckley Smith	^[5]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

Manchester Cup edit

19 February 1935 (1935 -02-19) 1	Bury	3 – 0	Rochdale	Bury
		^[6]		Stadium: Gigg Lane

References edit

^ 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
^ "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}
^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

[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

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

[5] Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

[6] Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

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