1909–10 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1909–10 season saw Rochdale become champions of the Lancshire Junior Cup. They also came 4th out of 20 in the Lancashire Combination Division 2 and reached the first qualifying round of the F.A. Cup.

Rochdale

1909–10 season
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Lancashire Combination Division 2	4th
FA Cup	1st Qualifying Round
Top goalscorer	League: Albert Worth All: Albert Worth

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	49	1	38	0	3	0	5	1	3	0
	DF	ENG	Joe Blackett	35	4	28	3	1	0	5	1	1	0
	DF	ENG	Billy Openshaw	43	2	31	2	3	0	5	0	4	0
	DF	ENG	Patrick Galvin	44	6	35	5	0	0	5	0	4	1
	MF		F. Greenhalgh	17	0	9	0	3	0	2	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Freeborough	49	3	37	3	3	0	6	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Hall	46	7	38	4	3	2	5	1	0	0
	MF	ENG	Tom Fleetwood	46	18	35	13	3	1	6	2	2	2
	FW	SCO	Ernie McShea	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		J.H. Jones	13	7	10	7	1	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Albert Worth	50	27	38	19	3	1	6	5	3	2
	DF		H. Morgan	44	0	34	0	3	0	6	0	1	0
	MF		W. Wright	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Bob Heap	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		H. Barnes	4	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
	DF		J. Robinson	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Charles Mitchell	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		W. Buckley	3	3	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0
	FW		E. Petty	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Frederick Bracey	35	16	26	12	1	0	5	3	3	1
	MF		Martin Ball	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		Frank Baker	31	19	24	13	0	0	4	3	3	3
	DF		Matthews	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Mills	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	MF		Joseph Thorpe	10	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Zach Holden	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		John Carthy	12	8	9	3	0	0	1	1	2	4
	FW		G. Harrison	7	4	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
	GK		Turner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		White	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		A. Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	GK		Wilding	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Competitions

Lancashire Combination Division 2

Rochdale v Bacup

4 September 1909 (1909-09-04) 1	Rochdale	2–1	Bacup	Rochdale
	Jones Worth			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5000

Earlestown v Rochdale

7 September 1909 (1909-09-07) 2	Earlestown	2–1	Rochdale	Newton-le-Willows
			Galvin	Stadium: ? Attendance: 500

Rochdale v Clitheroe Central

11 September 1909 (1909-09-11) 3	Rochdale	1–1	Clitheroe Central	Rochdale
	Jones			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

Glossop Reserves v Rochdale

14 September 1909 (1909-09-14) 4	Glossop Reserves	1–1	Rochdale	Glossop
			Worth	Stadium: North Road Attendance: 400

Rochdale v Heywood United

25 September 1909 (1909-09-25) 5	Rochdale	1–1	Heywood United	Rochdale
	Bracey			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6000

Pendlebury v Rochdale

16 October 1909 (1909-10-16) 6	Pendlebury	0–3	Rochdale	Pendlebury
			Fleetwood Bracey	Stadium: ?

Rochdale v Ashton Town

23 October 1909 (1909-10-23) 7	Rochdale	0–0	Ashton Town	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Rochdale v Blackpool Reserves

30 October 1909 (1909-10-30) 8	Rochdale	1–0	Blackpool Reserves	Rochdale
	Baker			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

Rochdale v Earlestown

2 November 1909 (1909-11-02) 9	Rochdale	2–0	Earlestown	Rochdale
	Worth Baker			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Heywood United v Rochdale

6 November 1909 (1909-11-06) 10	Heywood United	3–1	Rochdale	Heywood
			Freeborough	Stadium: ? Attendance: 8500

Rochdale v Lancaster

13 November 1909 (1909-11-13) 11	Rochdale	6–0	Lancaster	Rochdale
	Worth Fleetwood Baker Hall			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

Atherton v Rochdale

17 November 1909 (1909-11-17) 12	Atherton	0–4	Rochdale	Atherton
			Blackett (pen.) Baker	Stadium: Flapper Fold Lane

Haslingden v Rochdale

27 November 1909 (1909-11-27) Abandoned	Haslingden	3–1	Rochdale	Haslingden
			Blackett	Stadium: ?

Rochdale v Pendlebury

4 December 1909 (1909-12-04) 13	Rochdale	11–0	Pendlebury	Rochdale
	Bracey Hall Fleetwood Worth Jones Freeborough			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500

Blackpool Reserves v Rochdale

11 December 1909 (1909-12-11) 14	Blackpool Reserves	1–2	Rochdale	Blackpool
			Bracey Fleetwood	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 2000

Rochdale v Barrow

18 December 1909 (1909-12-18) 15	Rochdale	5–1	Barrow	Rochdale
	Blackett Worth Jones Galvin			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500

Stockport County Reserves v Rochdale

25 December 1909 (1909-12-25) 16	Stockport County Reserves	3–1	Rochdale	Stockport
			Hall	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 7000

Rochdale v Atherton

27 December 1909 (1909-12-27) 17	Rochdale	2–0	Atherton	Rochdale
	Fleetwood Jones			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5500

Ashton Town v Rochdale

3 January 1910 (1910-01-03) 18	Ashton Town	4–4	Rochdale	Ashton-in-Makerfield
			Bracey Blackett Jones Worth	Stadium: ? Attendance: 1200

Lancaster v Rochdale

15 January 1910 (1910-01-15) 19	Lancaster	2–1	Rochdale	Lancaster
			Worth	Stadium: Giant Axe ?

Rochdale v Turton

22 January 1910 (1910-01-22) 20	Rochdale	2–0	Turton	Rochdale
	Worth Fleetwood			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

Rochdale v Great Harwood

8 February 1910 (1910-02-08) 21	Rochdale	4–0	Great Harwood	Rochdale
	Hall Fleetwood			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

Rochdale v Darwen

22 February 1910 (1910-02-22) 22	Rochdale	3–0	Darwen	Rochdale
	Galvin Openshaw (pen.) Fleetwood			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Rochdale v Rossendale United

26 February 1910 (1910-02-26) 23	Rochdale	2–1	Rossendale United	Rochdale
	Carthy Hall			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Barrow v Rochdale

5 March 1910 (1910-03-05) 24	Barrow	1–1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
			Fleetwood	Stadium: Little Park

Rochdale v Haslingden

8 March 1910 (1910-03-08) 25	Rochdale	3–0	Haslingden	Rochdale
	Galvin Carthy Openshaw (pen.)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

Rochdale v Walkden Central

12 March 1910 (1910-03-12) 26	Rochdale	8–0	Walkden Central	Rochdale
	Galvin Hall Worth Fleetwood Baker Carthy			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500

Eccles v Rochdale

16 March 1910 (1910-03-16) 27	Eccles	2–0	Rochdale	Eccles
				Stadium: ? Attendance: 500

Rochdale v Glossop Reserves

19 March 1910 (1910-03-19) 28	Rochdale	1–1	Glossop Reserves	Rochdale
	Bracey			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Bacup v Rochdale

25 March 1910 (1910-03-25) 29	Bacup	0–1	Rochdale	Bacup
			Harrison	Stadium: West View

Rochdale v Stockport County Reserves

28 March 1910 (1910-03-28) 30	Rochdale	4–1	Stockport County Reserves	Rochdale
	Bracey Worth			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7000

Haslingden v Rochdale

6 April 1910 (1910-04-06) 31	Haslingden	0–2	Rochdale	Haslingden
			Harrison	Stadium: ? Attendance: 2500

Rossendale United v Rochdale

9 April 1910 (1910-04-09) 32	Rossendale United	3–1	Rochdale	Newchurch
			Harrison	Stadium: Dark Lane ? Attendance: 2500

Turton v Rochdale

12 April 1910 (1910-04-12) 33	Turton	2–0	Rochdale	North Turton
				Stadium: Tower Street

Rochdale v Eccles

16 April 1910 (1910-04-16) 34	Rochdale	1–0	Eccles	Rochdale
	Hall (pen.)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500

Great Harwood v Rochdale

19 April 1910 (1910-04-19) 35	Great Harwood	1–2	Rochdale	Great Harwood
			Baker Worth	Stadium: The Showground

Clitheroe Central v Rochdale

26 April 1910 (1910-04-26) 36	Clitheroe Central	0–5	Rochdale	Clitheroe
			Worth Jones	Stadium: Upbrooks Attendance: 300

Walkden Central v Rochdale

27 April 1910 (1910-04-27) 37	Walkden Central	1–1	Rochdale	Walkden
			Baker	Stadium: ?

Darwen v Rochdale

30 April 1910 (1910-04-30) 38	Darwen	0–2	Rochdale	Darwen
			Fleetwood Freeborough (pen.)	Stadium: Anchor Ground

F.A. Cup

Main article: 1909–10 FA Cup

Rochdale v Ramsbottom

18 September 1909 (1909-09-18) Preliminary Round	Rochdale	1–1	Ramsbottom	Rochdale
	Barnes			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500

Rochdale v Ramsbottom

21 September 1909 (1909-09-21) Prel. Round replay	Rochdale	4–0	Ramsbottom	Rochdale
	Hall Fleetwood Barnes			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 500

Haslingden v Rochdale

2 October 1909 (1909-10-02) Q1	Haslingden	3–1	Rochdale	Haslingden
			Worth	Stadium: Ewood Bridge Attendance: 3000

Lancashire Junior Cup

Rochdale v Padiham

9 October 1909 (1909-10-09) 1	Rochdale	10–2	Padiham	Rochdale
	Buckley Fleetwood Hall Bracey Worth Taylor (pen.)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Darwen v Rochdale

20 November 1909 (1909-11-20) 2	Darwen	3–3	Rochdale	Darwen
			Bracey Baker Worth	Stadium: Anchor Ground Attendance: 1000

Rochdale v Darwen

29 November 1909 (1909-11-29) 2r	Rochdale	1–0	Darwen	Rochdale
	Buckley			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

Rochdale v Rossendale United

8 January 1910 (1910-01-08) QF	Rochdale	4–0	Rossendale United	Rochdale
	Fleetwood Blackett (pen.) Baker			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

Rochdale v Earlestown

19 February 1910 (1910-02-19) SF	Rochdale	1–0	Earlestown	Rochdale
	Carthy			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500

Eccles v Rochdale

25 March 1910 (1910-03-25) F	Eccles	2–3	Rochdale	Bolton
			Worth Baker	Stadium: Burnden Park

Friendlies

Rochdale v Blackpool Reserves

1 January 1910 (1910-01-01)	Rochdale	2–1	Blackpool Reserves	Rochdale
	Mills Carthy			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

Rochdale v Monmouthshire

12 February 1910 (1910-02-12)	Rochdale	5–0	Monmouthshire	Rochdale
	Carthy Baker Fleetwood			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

Rochdale v Hurst

2 April 1910 (1910-04-02)	Rochdale	3–0	Hurst	Rochdale
	Harrison Fleetwood Galvin			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 800

Rochdale v Northern Nomads

23 April 1910 (1910-04-23)	Rochdale	5–0	Northern Nomads	Rochdale
	Baker Bracey Worth			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000