1927–28 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1927–28 season saw Rochdale compete for their 7th season in the Football League Third Division North.

Rochdale
1927–28 season
ManagerJack Peart
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North13th
FA Cup2nd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Albert Whitehurst
All: Albert Whitehurst

Statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total League Division 3 North FA Cup Lancashire Cup Manchester Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   ENG Harry Moody 22 0 19 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
DF   SCO Willie Brown 18 0 16 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF   ENG Yaffer Ward 34 0 32 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF   ENG Ernie Braidwood 31 0 27 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
DF   ENG David Parkes 31 2 29 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Alex Christie 34 0 33 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
FW   ENG Billy Tompkinson 41 11 38 11 2 0 1 0 0 0
FW   ENG Billy Bertram 42 14 40 13 1 1 1 0 0 0
FW   ENG Albert Whitehurst 44 38 41 32 2 4 1 2 0 0
FW   ENG Jack Barber 32 1 29 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
FW   ENG Bobby Hughes 26 5 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   ENG Henry Martin 19 2 16 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
MF   ENG Jack Hall 21 1 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW   ENG Joe Clennell 16 5 13 2 2 3 0 0 1 0
DF   WAL Dai Hopkins 10 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF   ENG Cecil Halkyard 8 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF   ENG John Stephenson 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK   ENG Eddie Plane 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK   ENG William Wood 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   ENG Bob Schofield 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
GK   WAL Jackie Mittell 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   ENG Allan Murray 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   ENG Uriah Miles 8 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF   ENG Walter Webster 8 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF   ENG Eric Holroyd 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK   ENG Albert Monks 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK    W. Heywood 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF   ENG Alfred Kellett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts
11 Wrexham 42 15 1 5 48 19 3 5 13 16 48 0.955 42
12 Halifax Town 42 11 7 3 47 24 2 8 11 26 47 1.028 41
13 Rochdale 42 13 4 4 45 24 4 3 14 29 53 0.961 41
14 Rotherham United 42 11 6 4 39 19 3 5 13 26 50 0.942 39
15 Hartlepools United 42 10 3 8 41 35 6 3 12 28 46 0.852 38
Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

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Football League Third Division North

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27 August  1927 (1927 -08-27) 1 Barrow 1 – 3 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness
Brown   Report Bertram  
Barber  
Whitehurst  
Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 7783
30 August  1927 (1927 -08-30) 2 Rochdale 2 – 1 Stockport County Rochdale
Bertram  
Hughes  
Report Burgess   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 10253
3 September  1927 (1927 -09-03) 3 Rochdale 1 – 0 Nelson Rochdale
Whitehurst   Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 9869
10 September  1927 (1927 -09-10) 4 Wigan Borough 1 – 2 Rochdale Wigan
Fenner   Report Bertram  
Whitehurst  
Stadium: Springfield Park
Attendance: 5275
17 September  1927 (1927 -09-17) 5 Rotherham United 3 – 1 Rochdale Rotherham
Parkin  
Scott   
Report Whitehurst   Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 4911
24 September  1927 (1927 -09-24) 6 Rochdale 5 – 1 Southport Rochdale
Whitehurst  
Parkes  
Bertram   
Tompkinson  
Report Hamilton   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6264
1 October  1927 (1927 -10-01) 7 Durham City 3 – 2 Rochdale Durham
Robson    (pen.)
Leedham  
Report Tompkinson  
Gurkin   (o.g.)
Stadium: Holiday Park
Attendance: 2354
8 October  1927 (1927 -10-08) 8 Rochdale 3 – 0 Wrexham Rochdale
Tompkinson   
Whitehurst  
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7493
15 October  1927 (1927 -10-15) 9 Chesterfield 1 – 3 Rochdale Chesterfield
Oxley   Report Hughes  
Whitehurst   
Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 5439
22 October  1927 (1927 -10-22) 10 Rochdale 0 – 3 Lincoln City Rochdale
Report Pegg  
Dinsdale  
Basnett  
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5229
29 October  1927 (1927 -10-29) 11 Hartlepools United 0 – 2 Rochdale Hartlepool
Report Parkes  
Hughes  
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4086
5 November  1927 (1927 -11-05) Abandoned Rochdale 1 a 1 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
Tompkinson   [1]   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3000
12 November  1927 (1927 -11-12) 12 New Brighton 2 – 1 Rochdale New Brighton
Harley    Report Bertram   Stadium: Sandheys Park
Attendance: 4409
19 November  1927 (1927 -11-19) 13 Rochdale 3 – 3 Bradford City Rochdale
Russell   (o.g.)
Tompkinson  
Whitehurst  
Report Harvey  
Richardson  
Summers  
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5952
3 December  1927 (1927 -12-03) 14 Rochdale 4 – 0 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
Whitehurst   
Tompkinson  
Martin  
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3991
17 December  1927 (1927 -12-17) 15 Rochdale 4 – 1 Darlington Rochdale
Whitehurst   
Tompkinson  
Hughes  
Report Cochrane   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3912
24 December  1927 (1927 -12-24) 16 Doncaster Rovers 5 – 2 Rochdale Doncaster
T. Keetley    (pen.)
Philipson   
Hall  
Report Whitehurst  
Bertram  
Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 5291
27 December  1927 (1927 -12-27) 17 Bradford Park Avenue 4 – 1 Rochdale Bradford
Hart   
Quantrill  
Taylor  
Report Bertram   Stadium: Park Avenue
Attendance: 21762
31 December  1927 (1927 -12-31) 18 Rochdale 3 – 0 Barrow Rochdale
Tompkinson   
Clennell  
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3973
2 January  1928 (1928 -01-02) 19 Stockport County 5 – 1 Rochdale Stockport
Newton  
Smith    
Scullion  
Report Tompkinson   Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 10571
3 January  1928 (1928 -01-03) 20 Rochdale 0 – 4 Bradford Park Avenue Rochdale
Report Hart    
Quantrill  
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5481
7 January  1928 (1928 -01-07) 21 Nelson 6 – 3 Rochdale Nelson
McClure  
McGuire  
Radford    
Harry Taylor  
Report Whitehurst   
Clennell  
Stadium: Seedhill
Attendance: 2539
14 January  1928 (1928 -01-14) 22 Ashington 5 – 1 Rochdale Ashington
Graham   
Johnson  
Wood   (o.g.)
Chipperfiled  
Report Whitehurst   Stadium: Portland Park
Attendance: 1223
21 January  1928 (1928 -01-21) 23 Rochdale 3 – 0 Wigan Borough Rochdale
Bertram  
Whitehurst   
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3626
4 February  1928 (1928 -02-04) 24 Southport 3 – 1 Rochdale Southport
Marshall   
Devine  
Report Tompkinson   Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 2731
11 February  1928 (1928 -02-11) 25 Rochdale 1 – 0 Durham City Rochdale
Bertram   Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1458
18 February  1928 (1928 -02-18) 26 Wrexham 2 – 1 Rochdale Wrexham
Harris  
Bob T Jones  
Report Whitehurst   Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 4157
25 February  1928 (1928 -02-25) 27 Rochdale 5 – 1 Chesterfield Rochdale
Whitehurst     
Bertram  
Report Williams   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2602
28 February  1928 (1928 -02-28) 28 Rochdale 2 – 1 Rotherham United Rochdale
Whitehurst  
Hall  
Report Scott   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1885
3 March  1928 (1928 -03-03) 29 Lincoln City 3 – 1 Rochdale Lincoln
Dinsdale   
Pringle  
Report Whitehurst   Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 5760
10 March  1928 (1928 -03-10) 30 Rochdale 0 – 1 Hartlepools United Rochdale
Report Robinson   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2582
17 March  1928 (1928 -03-17) 31 Accrington Stanley 1 – 0 Rochdale Accrington
Barclay   (pen.) Report Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 3885
24 March  1928 (1928 -03-24) 32 Rochdale 0 – 0 New Brighton Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2404
31 March  1928 (1928 -03-31) 33 Bradford City 2 – 2 Rochdale Bradford
Scriven  
Cairns  
Report Miles  
Hughes  
Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 10565
6 April  1928 (1928 -04-06) 34 Tranmere Rovers 3 – 0 Rochdale Birkenhead
Flanagan  
Bevan  
Urmson  
Report Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 10053
7 April  1928 (1928 -04-07) 35 Rochdale 2 – 2 Ashington Rochdale
Bertram  
Whitehurst  
Report Robert Robinson  
Johnson  
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3309
9 April  1928 (1928 -04-09) 36 Rochdale 1 – 2 Tranmere Rovers Rochdale
Whitehurst   Report Charlton  
Flanagan  
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3069
10 April  1928 (1928 -04-10) 37 Halifax Town 1 – 1 Rochdale Halifax
Waites   Report Whitehurst   Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 3595
14 April  1928 (1928 -04-14) 38 Crewe Alexandra 1 – 1 Rochdale Crewe
Owen   Report Miles   Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 2887
21 April  1928 (1928 -04-21) 39 Rochdale 2 – 2 Halifax Town Rochdale
Murray  
Whitehurst  
Report Coleman  
Dixon  
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2099
28 April  1928 (1928 -04-28) 40 Darlington 1 – 0 Rochdale Darlington
Gregg   Report Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 2708
1 May  1928 (1928 -05-01) 41 Rochdale 3 – 2 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
Whitehurst   
Bertram  
Report Barber   (o.g.)
Barclay   (pen.)
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1443
5 May  1928 (1928 -05-05) 42 Rochdale 1 – 0 Doncaster Rovers Rochdale
Webster   Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1768

FA Cup

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26 November  1927 (1927 -11-26) 1 Rochdale 8 – 2 Crook Town Rochdale
Whitehurst     
Clennell    
Martin  
Report Duffy  
Mitchell  
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4139
10 December  1927 (1927 -12-10) 2 Darlington 2 – 1 Rochdale Darlington
Ruddy    Report Bertram   Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 7571

Lancashire Cup

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7 October  1927 (1927 -10-07) 2 Manchester United 4 – 2 Rochdale Manchester
     [2] Whitehurst    Stadium: Old Trafford

Manchester Cup

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10 January  1928 (1928 -01-10) 2 Mossley 4 – 0 Rochdale Mossley
     [3] Stadium: Seel Park

References

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  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