1908–09 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1908–09 season saw Rochdale compete in the Lancashire Combination Division 2 where they finished in 10th place out of 20. They also competed in the F.A. Cup for the first time, in the preliminary round.

Rochdale

1908–09 season
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Lancashire Combination Division 2	10th
FA Cup	Preliminary Round
Top goalscorer	League: Patrick Galvin All: Patrick Galvin

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Lancs Comb Div 2		F.A. Cup		Lancs Jnr Cup		Friendlies
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		John Taylor	39	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
	DF		George Joy	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		W. Kelly	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Billy Openshaw	43	7	38	5	1	1	1	0	3	1
	MF		Zach Holden	29	1	26	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Patrick Galvin	35	13	30	10	1	0	1	0	3	3
	MF		Martin Ball	37	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
	MF		H. Parkinson	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		J. Bowden	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		H. Plant	26	2	21	0	1	1	1	1	3	0
	FW	ENG	Charles Mitchell	19	4	17	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF		R. Barlow	18	4	16	4	0	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		Joe Hardman	5	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Thomas Thornley	16	4	13	2	1	0	1	1	1	1
	FW	ENG	Harold Meadowcroft	7	1	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	DF		E. Petty	10	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	FW	ENG	Frank Pearson	12	6	11	6	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Charles Donaghy	12	4	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		H. Morgan	25	1	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	DF	ENG	Tom Fleetwood	28	5	27	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		W. Buckley	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Billy Hampson	25	1	22	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
	GK		R. Lawton	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Bob Heap	17	8	16	8	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Wilkinson	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Harry McWilliams	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		F. Mulrooney	18	2	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		C. McCormack	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Robert Cuthbertson	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		H. Barnes	14	7	13	6	0	0	0	0	1	1
	MF		Levi Hennifer	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		J. Walmesley	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		J. Wilcock	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		E. Stansfield	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		J. Worrall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Competitions

Lancashire Combination Division 2

Rochdale v Earlestown

1 September 1908 (1908-09-01) 1	Rochdale	1–0	Earlestown	Rochdale
	Barlow			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

Rochdale v Bacup

5 September 1908 (1908-09-05) 2	Rochdale	0–3	Bacup	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

Manchester City Reserves v Rochdale

26 September 1908 (1908-09-26) 3	Manchester City Reserves	9–1	Rochdale	Manchester
			Pearson	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 4000

Rochdale v Turton

3 October 1908 (1908-10-03) 4	Rochdale	1–0	Turton	Rochdale
	Pearson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

Rochdale v Stockport County Reserves

10 October 1908 (1908-10-10) 5	Rochdale	2–1	Stockport County Reserves	Rochdale
	Pearson Galvin			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2700

Rochdale v Haslingden

13 October 1908 (1908-10-13) 6	Rochdale	3–2	Haslingden	Rochdale
	Galvin Donaghy			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

Chroley v Rochdale

17 October 1908 (1908-10-17) 7	Chroley	3–1	Rochdale	Chorley
			Pearson	Stadium: St. George's Park Attendance: 3000

Heywood United v Rochdale

24 October 1908 (1908-10-24) 8	Heywood United	0–0	Rochdale	Heywood
				Stadium: ? Attendance: 5000

Rochdale v Ashton Town

31 October 1908 (1908-10-31) 9	Rochdale	3–1	Ashton Town	Rochdale
	Openshaw (pen.) Thornley Galvin			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

Barrow v Rochdale

7 November 1908 (1908-11-07) 10	Barrow	0–1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
			Donaghy	Stadium: Little Park Attendance: 1500

Pendlebury v Rochdale

14 November 1908 (1908-11-14) 11	Pendlebury	2–2	Rochdale	Pendlebury
			Openshaw (pen.)	Stadium: ? Attendance: 1000

Rochdale v Brynn Central

21 November 1908 (1908-11-21) 12	Rochdale	7–0	Brynn Central	Rochdale
	Donaghy (pen.) Fleetwood Galvin			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500

Rochdale v St Helens Town

28 November 1908 (1908-11-28) 13	Rochdale	4–1	St Helens Town	Rochdale
	Fleetwood Thornley Galvin			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

Rochdale v Pendlebury

5 December 1908 (1908-12-05) 14	Rochdale	1–3	Pendlebury	Rochdale
	(o.g.)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

St Helens Town v Rochdale

19 December 1908 (1908-12-19) 15	St Helens Town	0–0	Rochdale	St Helens
				Stadium: Primrose Ground Attendance: 1000

Hyde v Rochdale

25 December 1908 (1908-12-25) 16	Hyde	3–1	Rochdale	Hyde
			Openshaw	Stadium: Ewen Fields Attendance: 5000

Rochdale v Heywood United

26 December 1908 (1908-12-26) 17	Rochdale	1–0	Heywood United	Rochdale
	Fleetwood			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5500

Ashton Town v Rochdale

1 January 1909 (1909-01-01) 18	Ashton Town	2–0	Rochdale	Ashton-in-Makerfield
				Stadium: ? Attendance: 1000

Earlestown v Rochdale

2 January 1909 (1909-01-02) 19	Earlestown	2–1	Rochdale	Newton-le-Willows
			Pearson	Stadium: ? Attendance: 1000

Rochdale v Oswaldtwistle

9 January 1909 (1909-01-09) Abandoned	Rochdale	0–0	Oswaldtwistle	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 700

Turton v Rochdale

16 January 1909 (1909-01-16) 20	Turton	5–1	Rochdale	North Turton
			Holden	Stadium: Tower Street Attendance: 150

Rochdale v Hyde

23 January 1909 (1909-01-23) 21	Rochdale	0–1	Hyde	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500

Rochdale v Eccles Borough

6 February 1909 (1909-02-06) 22	Rochdale	2–0	Eccles Borough	Rochdale
	Mitchell Pearson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

Glossop Reserves v Rochdale

13 February 1909 (1909-02-13) 23	Glossop Reserves	3–0	Rochdale	Glossop
				Stadium: North Road Attendance: 550

Rochdale v Manchester City Reserves

20 February 1909 (1909-02-20) 24	Rochdale	0–3	Manchester City Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

Oswaldtwistle v Rochdale

27 February 1909 (1909-02-27) 25	Oswaldtwistle	0–1	Rochdale	Oswaldtwistle
			Mulrooney	Stadium: ?

Eccles Borough v Rochdale

6 March 1909 (1909-03-06) 26	Eccles Borough	2–0	Rochdale	Eccles
				Stadium: ? Attendance: 5000

Haslingden v Rochdale

17 March 1909 (1909-03-17) 27	Haslingden	4–2	Rochdale	Haslingden
			Mitchell Openshaw (pen.)	Stadium: ? Attendance: 1000

Rochdale v Glossop Reserves

20 March 1909 (1909-03-20) 28	Rochdale	0–1	Glossop Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

Great Harwood v Rochdale

27 March 1909 (1909-03-27) 29	Great Harwood	1–2	Rochdale	Great Harwood
			Heap	Stadium: The Showground Attendance: 800

Rochdale v Oswaldtwistle

30 March 1909 (1909-03-30) 30	Rochdale	9–0	Oswaldtwistle	Rochdale
	Barnes Barlow Mulrooney Heap			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 700

Clitheroe Central v Rochdale

3 April 1909 (1909-04-03) 31	Clitheroe Central	1–1	Rochdale	Clitheroe
			Mitchell	Stadium: Upbrooks

Stockport County Reserves v Rochdale

5 April 1909 (1909-04-05) 32	Stockport County Reserves	3–1	Rochdale	Stockport
			Heap	Stadium: Edgeley Park

Bacup v Rochdale

9 April 1909 (1909-04-09) 33	Bacup	2–1	Rochdale	Bacup
			Barlow	Stadium: West View

Rochdale v Clitheroe Central

10 April 1909 (1909-04-10) 34	Rochdale	2–1	Clitheroe Central	Rochdale
	Barnes Heap			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

Rochdale v Lancaster

12 April 1909 (1909-04-12) 35	Rochdale	4–1	Lancaster	Rochdale
	Galvin Barlow Fleetwood Heap			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

Rochdale v Chroley

17 April 1909 (1909-04-17) 36	Rochdale	3–2	Chroley	Rochdale
	Hampson Heap Mitchell			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

Rochdale v Barrow

20 April 1909 (1909-04-20) 37	Rochdale	0–1	Barrow	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

Lancaster v Rochdale

28 April 1909 (1909-04-28) 38	Lancaster	0–0	Rochdale	Lancaster
				Stadium: Giant Axe Attendance: 500

F.A. Cup

Main article: 1908–09 FA Cup

Accrington Stanley v Rochdale

19 September 1908 (1908-09-19) Preliminary Round	Accrington Stanley	5–3	Rochdale	Accrington
			Plant Meadowcroft Openshaw	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 2000

Lancashire Junior Cup

Rochdale v Hindley Central

12 September 1908 (1908-09-12)	Rochdale	2–3	Hindley Central	Rochdale
	Plant Thornley			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500

Friendlies

Rochdale v Manchester City Reserves

12 December  1908 (1908 -12-12)	Rochdale	3–1	Manchester City Reserves	Rochdale
	Openshaw Petty Thornley			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Rochdale v Preston North End

30 January  1909 (1909 -01-30)	Rochdale	1–1	Preston North End	Rochdale
	Morgan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Rochdale v Stockport County Reserves

13 March  1909 (1909 -03-13)	Rochdale	4–3	Stockport County Reserves	Rochdale
	Galvin Barnes			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000