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1953–54 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1953–54 season saw Rochdale compete for their 26th season in the Football League Third Division North.

Rochdale
1953–54 season
ManagerHarry Catterick
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Division 3 North19th
F.A. Cup1st Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jack Haines
All: Jack Haines

Statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Division 3 North F.A. Cup Lancashire Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   ENG Graham Cordell 9 0 8 0 0 0 1 0
DF   ENG Harry Potter 23 0 21 0 1 0 1 0
DF   SCO Harry Boyle 44 0 42 0 1 0 1 0
MF   ENG Joe Lynn 44 4 43 4 1 0 0 0
DF   ENG Eric Downes 19 0 17 0 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Alistair Buchan 11 0 10 0 0 0 1 0
FW   ENG Ken Rose 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Bobby Gilfillan 10 0 9 0 0 0 1 0
FW   ENG Fred Evans 13 0 12 0 0 0 1 0
FW   ENG Neville Black 27 5 26 5 0 0 1 0
MF   ENG Jimmy Anders 46 7 44 7 1 0 1 0
GK   ENG Albert Morton 39 0 38 0 1 0 0 0
FW   ENG Ray Haddington 13 4 13 4 0 0 0 0
FW   POL Adam Wasilewski 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
MF   [[|South Africa]] Robert Priday 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0
MF   ENG Bill Morgan 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0
MF   ENG Jackie Arthur 6 1 6 1 0 0 0 0
MF   ENG Don Partridge 19 1 18 1 1 0 0 0
MF   ENG Danny Boxshall 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
MF   ENG Arnold Kendall 33 10 32 10 1 0 0 0
FW   ENG Brian Mottershead 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF   ENG Bill Watson 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0
FW   ENG Jack Haines 32 11 31 11 1 0 0 0
FW   ENG Frank Lord 21 10 21 10 0 0 0 0
FW   ENG Bill Tolson 9 0 7 0 1 0 1 0
FW   ENG Des Frost 10 2 9 2 1 0 0 0
DF   ENG Eddie Lyons 13 1 13 1 0 0 0 0
MF   ENG George Lyons 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
DF   ENG Bev Glover 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
FW   ENG Ray Calderbank 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Final League Table edit

Main article: 1953–54 Football League Third Division North

Pos Team
 Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts
17 Grimsby Town 46 14 5 4 31 15 2 4 17 20 62 0.662 41
18 Hartlepools United 46 10 8 5 40 21 3 6 14 19 44 0.908 40
19 Rochdale 46 12 5 6 40 20 3 5 15 19 57 0.766 40
20 Workington 46 10 9 4 36 22 3 5 15 23 58 0.738 40
21 Darlington 46 11 3 9 31 27 1 11 11 19 44 0.704 38
Source: rsssf.com

Competitions edit

Football League Third Division North edit

Main article: 1953–54 Football League
22 August  1953 (1953 -08-22) 1 Carlisle United 7 – 0 Rochdale Carlisle
Johnston  
Ashman  
Atkinson   
Whitehouse   
Drury  		 Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 8378
25 August  1953 (1953 -08-25) 2 Rochdale 0 – 1 Tranmere Rovers Rochdale
Report Done   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5689
29 August  1953 (1953 -08-29) 3 Rochdale 1 – 0 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
Haddington   Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8375
1 September  1953 (1953 -09-01) 4 Tranmere Rovers 5 – 1 Rochdale Birkenhead
McDevitt  
Atkinson  
Done   
Bainbridge  		 Report Priday   Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 6100
5 September  1953 (1953 -09-05) 5 Grimsby Town 3 – 2 Rochdale Cleethorpes
Wright   
Smith  		 Report Haddington  
Anders  		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 12305
8 September  1953 (1953 -09-08) 6 Rochdale 0 – 1 Halifax Town Rochdale
Report Horsman   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6105
12 September  1953 (1953 -09-12) 7 Rochdale 0 – 0 Stockport County Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7634
14 September  1953 (1953 -09-14) 8 Halifax Town 1 – 1 Rochdale Halifax
Priestley   Report Haddington   Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 6186
19 September  1953 (1953 -09-19) 9 Southport 1 – 1 Rochdale Southport
Gaskell   Report Wasilewski   Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 5748
22 September  1953 (1953 -09-22) 10 Rochdale 0 – 1 Chesterfield Rochdale
Report Smith   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3070
26 September  1953 (1953 -09-26) 11 Wrexham 2 – 0 Rochdale Wrexham
Hewitt  
Tilston  		 Report Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 12602
28 September  1953 (1953 -09-28) 12 Chesterfield 2 – 1 Rochdale Chesterfield
McGoldrick    Report Kendall   Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground
Attendance: 8308
3 October  1953 (1953 -10-03) 13 Rochdale 1 – 0 Mansfield Town Rochdale
Haddington   Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7483
10 October  1953 (1953 -10-10) 14 Rochdale 1 – 1 Scunthorpe United Rochdale
Haines   Report Mosby   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7873
17 October  1953 (1953 -10-17) 15 Workington 0 – 1 Rochdale Workington
Report Kendall   Stadium: Borough Park
Attendance: 7070
24 October  1953 (1953 -10-24) 16 Rochdale 0 – 1 Gateshead Rochdale
Report Callender   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6308
31 October  1953 (1953 -10-31) 17 Hartlepools United 6 – 0 Rochdale Hartlepool
Linacre  
Harden     
Johnson  		 Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 6763
7 November  1953 (1953 -11-07) 18 Rochdale 3 – 0 Darlington Rochdale
Haines   
Frost  		 Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2601
14 November  1953 (1953 -11-14) 19 Barnsley 2 – 1 Rochdale Barnsley
Brown  
Kaye  		 Report Frost   Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 8146
28 November  1953 (1953 -11-28) 20 Port Vale 6 – 0 Rochdale Stoke-on-Trent
Hayward  
Griffiths    
Leake   		 Report Stadium: Old Recreation Ground
Attendance: 16841
5 December  1953 (1953 -12-05) 21 Rochdale 4 – 1 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
Haines    
Frost  		 Report Mitcheson   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4451
12 December  1953 (1953 -12-12) 22 Chester 2 – 0 Rochdale Chester
Thomas  
Travis  		 Report Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 3578
19 December  1953 (1953 -12-19) 23 Rochdale 2 – 1 Carlisle United Rochdale
Kendall  
Haines  		 Report Bond   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4654
25 December  1953 (1953 -12-25) 24 Rochdale 3 – 2 Bradford City Rochdale
Black   
Anders  		 Report Rosenthal  
Tunnicliffe  		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5693
26 December  1953 (1953 -12-26) 25 Bradford City 4 – 0 Rochdale Bradford
Powell   (pen.)
Tunnicliffe  
Williamson  
Woan  		 Report Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 10366
28 December  1953 (1953 -12-28) 26 Rochdale 4 – 0 Chester Rochdale
Lord   
Anders  
Kendall  		 Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7226
9 January  1954 (1954 -01-09) 27 Rochdale 1 – 2 York City Rochdale
Haines   Report Dunmore  
Storey  		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5575
16 January  1954 (1954 -01-16) 28 Rochdale 4 – 1 Grimsby Town Rochdale
Lord   
Haines  
Lynn  		 Report Smith   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4936
23 January  1954 (1954 -01-23) 29 Stockport County 1 – 2 Rochdale Stockport
Murray   Report Kendall  
Anders  		 Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 6651
30 January  1954 (1954 -01-30) 30 York City 1 – 2 Rochdale York
  Report Kendall  
Lynn   (pen.)		 Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 5650
6 February  1954 (1954 -02-06) 31 Rochdale 2 – 0 Southport Rochdale
Black  
Kendall  		 Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6549
13 February  1954 (1954 -02-13) 32 Rochdale 6 – 2 Wrexham Rochdale
Lord    
Kendall   
Haines  		 Report Hope  
Hewitt  		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5078
20 February  1954 (1954 -02-20) 33 Mansfield Town 2 – 0 Rochdale Mansfield
Darwin  
Daley  		 Report Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 8234
27 February  1954 (1954 -02-27) 34 Scunthorpe United 1 – 1 Rochdale Scunthorpe
Mosby   Report Arthur   Stadium: Old Show Ground
Attendance: 7260
6 March  1954 (1954 -03-06) 35 Rochdale 4 – 2 Workington Rochdale
E. Lyons  
G. Lyons  
Lynn  
Anders  		 Report Dunlop  
Dailey  		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4683
13 March  1954 (1954 -03-13) 36 Gateshead 2 – 1 Rochdale Gateshead
Robson  
Ingham  		 Report Lord   Stadium: Redheugh Park
Attendance: 4847
20 March  1954 (1954 -03-20) 37 Rochdale 2 – 2 Hartlepools United Rochdale
Black  
Haines  		 Report Johnson  
McLaughlin  		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6583
27 March  1954 (1954 -03-27) 38 Darlington 0 – 0 Rochdale Darlington
Report Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 3978
3 April  1954 (1954 -04-03) 39 Rochdale 1 – 1 Barnsley Rochdale
Lord   Report Lumley   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5785
7 April  1954 (1954 -04-07) 40 Accrington Stanley 1 – 0 Rochdale Accrington
Brydon   Report Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 5124
10 April  1954 (1954 -04-10) 41 Bradford Park Avenue 2 – 2 Rochdale Bradford
Pickard    Report Black  
Anders  		 Stadium: Park Avenue
Attendance: 7099
16 April  1954 (1954 -04-16) 42 Rochdale 1 – 0 Barrow Rochdale
Kendall   Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5865
17 April  1954 (1954 -04-17) 43 Rochdale 0 – 0 Port Vale Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 14749
19 April  1954 (1954 -04-19) 44 Barrow 4 – 2 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness
Ormond  
Armstrong   
McLaren  		 Report Partridge  
Lord  		 Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 4306
24 April  1954 (1954 -04-24) 45 Crewe Alexandra 2 – 1 Rochdale Crewe
Bettany  
Murphy  		 Report Anders   Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 2965
27 April  1954 (1954 -04-27) 46 Rochdale 0 – 1 Bradford Park Avenue Rochdale
Report Pickard   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3818

F.A. Cup edit

Main article: 1953–54 FA Cup
 () 1 Grimsby Town 2 – 0 Rochdale Cleethorpes
Maddison  
Smith  		 Report Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 8536

Lancashire Cup edit

 () Rochdale 0 – 2 Southport Rochdale
 
 		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 862

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References edit

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