1945–46 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1945–46 season
ManagerTed Goodier
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Division 3 North West2nd
F.A. Cup3rd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Joe Hargreaves
All: Joe Hargreaves

The 1945–46 season saw Rochdale compete for their 7th and final season in the wartime league (Division 3 North West). The season consisted of 36 matches, 18 of which were in the First Championship, and the remainder were in the 2nd Championship and Division 3 North West Cup. Rochdale finished in second place in the first championship. This season also saw the return of the F.A. Cup, in which Rochdale reached the third round.

Statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Division 3 NW League & Cup F.A. Cup Lancashire Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   F. Olive 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
GK England ENG Arthur Chesters 19 0 13 0 6 0 0 0
GK England ENG Jack Breedon 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
GK   John Kirk 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
GK England ENG Ken Ashbridge 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
GK Wales WAL John Jones 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
GK   J. Walmsley 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
GK   Robert Yates 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
GK   Bill Roberts 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Syd Pomphrey 35 0 29 0 4 0 2 0
DF   Clive 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF   Len Jackson 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
MF England ENG Joe Duff 24 4 18 4 5 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Tom Sneddon 20 0 15 0 5 0 0 0
DF England ENG Bill Byrom 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
DF   Matthew Muir 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF   George Lunn 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF Wales WAL Gwyn Jones 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
DF   Robert Griffiths 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF   Joe McCormick 34 1 28 1 4 0 2 0
MF England ENG Peter Molloy 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
MF   Jack Higham 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Norman Richardson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Charlie Hurst 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
MF   William Whittle 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Don Partridge 21 0 14 0 6 0 1 0
DF England ENG John Neary 9 0 6 0 2 0 1 0
DF Wales WAL Jim Pearce 20 0 16 0 4 0 0 0
DF England ENG Dick Neilson 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
MF   Wally Birch 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG George Haigh 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
MF   J. Keddie 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF   W. Hamilton 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF   Jack Dobson 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
MF   Tommy Howshall 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Arthur Jones 15 3 12 3 2 0 1 0
MF England ENG Sammy Makin 22 6 19 5 2 1 1 0
FW England ENG Ernie Toseland 4 2 3 2 0 0 1 0
MF   Sam Baum 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF   J. Kindred 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Joe Meek 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Billy Woods 13 2 11 1 2 1 0 0
MF England ENG Jack Brindle 24 10 17 8 6 1 1 1
FW England ENG Joe Hargreaves 28 25 21 18 6 6 1 1
MF England ENG Eric Wood 33 10 28 9 4 1 1 0
MF   T. Smith 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW   John Reid 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Jimmy Constantine 4 5 3 4 0 0 1 1
FW   Jack Harker 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Jack Livesey 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Alf Hanson 15 7 13 7 0 0 2 0
FW   Harry Nuttall (jnr) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Joe Rodi 7 5 7 5 0 0 0 0
FW   Fred Taylor 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
FW England ENG Arthur Cunliffe 35 6 29 5 6 1 0 0
MF England ENG Wally Reynolds 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0

Competitions

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Third Division North West League and Cup

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25 August  1945 (1945 -08-25) 1 Wrexham 4 – 1 Rochdale Wrexham
Reid Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 6000
1 September  1945 (1945 -09-01) 2 Rochdale 3 – 1 Wrexham Rochdale
Constantine
Meek
Hanson
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3289
8 September  1945 (1945 -09-08) 3 Rochdale 4 – 2 Oldham Athletic Rochdale
Constantine
Hanson
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4097
15 September  1945 (1945 -09-15) 4 Oldham Athletic 2 – 1 Rochdale Oldham
Taylor Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6278
22 September  1945 (1945 -09-22) 5 Stockport County 7 – 0 Rochdale Stockport
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 4993
29 September  1945 (1945 -09-29) 6 Rochdale 4 – 2 Stockport County Rochdale
Livesey
Hanson
A. Jones
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3724
6 October  1945 (1945 -10-06) 7 Southport 1 – 2 Rochdale Southport
Hargreaves Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 3500
13 October  1945 (1945 -10-13) 8 Rochdale 5 – 0 Southport Rochdale
Hargreaves
Hanson
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4804
20 October  1945 (1945 -10-20) 9 Rochdale 3 – 1 Chester Rochdale
Hargreaves
Brindle
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6693
27 October  1945 (1945 -10-27) 10 Chester 3 – 3 Rochdale Chester
Brindle
A. Jones
Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 4123
3 November  1945 (1945 -11-03) 11 Rochdale 3 – 0 Barrow Rochdale
Cunliffe
Hargreaves
A. Jones
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4133
10 November  1945 (1945 -11-10) 12 Barrow 2 – 1 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness
Brindle Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 4387
1 December  1945 (1945 -12-01) 13 Crewe Alexandra 1 – 4 Rochdale Crewe
Brindle
Makin
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3500
22 December  1945 (1945 -12-22) 14 Tranmere Rovers 3 – 2 Rochdale Birkenhead
Duff
Hargreaves
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 3000
25 December  1945 (1945 -12-25) 15 Rochdale 2 – 0 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
Brindle Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7614
26 December  1945 (1945 -12-26) 16 Accrington Stanley 4 – 2 Rochdale Accrington
Duff Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 8043
29 December  1945 (1945 -12-29) 17 Rochdale 3 – 2 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
Hargreaves
Duff
Toseland
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6849
12 January  1946 (1946 -01-12) 18 Rochdale 1 – 3 Southport Rochdale
Toseland Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4377
19 January  1946 (1946 -01-19) 19 Chester 2 – 0 Rochdale Chester
Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 1500
26 January  1946 (1946 -01-26) 20 Rochdale 6 – 1 Chester Rochdale
Walters (o.g.)
Wood
Woods
Makin
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2500
2 February  1946 (1946 -02-02) 21 Rochdale 2 – 3 Stockport County Rochdale
Wood
Burrows (o.g.)
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3416
9 February  1946 (1946 -02-09) 22 Stockport County 2 – 2 Rochdale Stockport
Cunliffe
Makin
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 6500
16 February  1946 (1946 -02-16) 23 Rochdale 2 – 2 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
Wood Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3816
23 February  1946 (1946 -02-23) 24 Crewe Alexandra 3 – 1 Rochdale Crewe
Hargreaves Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3880
2 March  1946 (1946 -03-02) 25 Rochdale 1 – 2 Wrexham Rochdale
Hargreaves Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3775
9 March  1946 (1946 -03-09) 26 Wrexham 2 – 1 Rochdale Wrexham
Hargreaves Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 6800
16 March  1946 (1946 -03-16) 27 Southport 0 – 2 Rochdale Southport
Hargreaves
Cunliffe
Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 3500
23 March  1946 (1946 -03-23) 28 Rochdale 2 – 1 Barrow Rochdale
Makin
Wood
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2100
30 March  1946 (1946 -03-30) 29 Barrow 1 – 2 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness
Rodi
Hargreaves
Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 4014
6 April  1946 (1946 -04-06) 30 Rochdale 2 – 3 Lincoln City Rochdale
Rodi
Hargreaves
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4128
13 April  1946 (1946 -04-13) 31 Lincoln City 1 – 2 Rochdale Lincoln
Rodi
McCormick
Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 4942
19 April  1946 (1946 -04-19) 32 Rochdale 0 – 0 Tranmere Rovers Rochdale
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3243
20 April  1946 (1946 -04-20) 33 Rochdale 3 – 1 Oldham Athletic Rochdale
Cunliffe
Hargreaves
Wood
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4200
22 April  1946 (1946 -04-22) 34 Oldham Athletic 0 – 4 Rochdale Oldham
Hargreaves
Cunliffe
Rodi
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5800
27 April  1946 (1946 -04-27) 35 Southport 2 – 0 Rochdale Southport
Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 1200
4 May  1946 (1946 -05-04) 36 Rochdale 2 – 1 Southport Rochdale
Rodi
Wood
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3191

F.A. Cup

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17 November  1945 (1945 -11-17) 1 Stockport County 1 – 2 Rochdale Stockport
Shaw Report Brindle
Woods
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 6000
24 November  1945 (1945 -11-24) 1 Rochdale 1 – 1 Stockport County Rochdale
Hargreaves Report Hyde Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6158
8 December  1945 (1945 -12-08) 2 Tranmere Rovers 3 – 1 Rochdale Birkenhead
Bell
Rosenthal
Atkinson
Report Wood Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 7000
15 December  1945 (1945 -12-15) 2 Rochdale 3 – 0 Tranmere Rovers Rochdale
Hargreaves
Makin
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6500
5 January  1946 (1946 -01-05) 3 Bury 3 – 3 Rochdale Bury
Davies
Halton
Report Cunliffe
Hargreaves
Reynolds
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 13248
8 January  1946 (1946 -01-08) 3 Rochdale 2 – 4 Bury Rochdale
Hargreaves Report Davies
Tompkin
Jones
Moss
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8712

Lancashire Senior Cup

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5 September  1945 (1945 -09-05) 1 Manchester United 5 – 1 Rochdale Manchester
Constantine Stadium: Maine Road
1 January  1946 (1946 -01-01) 1 Rochdale 2 – 0 Manchester United Rochdale
Brindle
Hargreaves
Stadium: Spotland Stadium

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References

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  1. ^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
  2. ^ A Record of British Wartime Football by Brian McColl