1957–58 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1957–58 season
Manager	Harry Catterick
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Division 3 North	10th
F.A. Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Dailey; All: Jimmy Dailey
	← 1956–57 1958–59 →

The 1957–58 season saw Rochdale compete for their 30th season in the Football League Third Division North.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3 North		F.A. Cup		Lancashire Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Jimmy Jones	33	0	32	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Charlie Ferguson	48	1	46	1	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Harold Rudman	23	2	21	2	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Jackie Grant	46	2	45	2	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Bev Glover	42	0	41	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Tommy McGlennon	23	1	21	1	1	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Jock Lockhart	42	11	40	11	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Eddie Wainwright	39	9	38	9	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Dave Pearson	26	13	25	13	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Eddie Moran	28	9	27	9	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Joe Devlin	11	1	11	1	0	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Bernard McCready	13	0	12	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Brian Green	15	3	14	3	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Colin Vizard	26	6	25	6	0	0	1	0
	GK	SCO	George Torrance	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Billy McCulloch	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Jimmy McGuigan	35	1	34	1	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Dailey	30	19	29	19	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Steve Parr	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Tom Dryburgh	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	George Newell	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jim Brown	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Les Spencer	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jock Wallace	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Kevin Barber (b. 1936)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Final League Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
8	Chesterfield	46	12	8	3	39	28	6	7	10	32	41	1.029	51
9	Stockport County	46	15	4	4	54	28	3	7	13	20	39	1.104	47
10	Rochdale	46	14	4	5	50	25	5	4	14	29	42	1.179	46
11	Tranmere Rovers	46	12	6	5	51	32	6	4	13	31	44	1.079	46
12	Wrexham	46	13	8	2	39	18	4	4	15	22	45	0.968	46	Welsh Cup winners

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

24 August 1957 (1957 -08-24) 1	Mansfield Town	2 – 4	Rochdale	Mansfield
	Mitten (pen.) Uphill	Report	Lockhart Moran Pearson	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 9925

28 August 1957 (1957 -08-28) 2	Rochdale	3 – 0	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	McGlennon Devlin Wainwright (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 12030

31 August 1957 (1957 -08-31) 3	Rochdale	1 – 0	Workington	Rochdale
	Pearson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 10388

2 September 1957 (1957 -09-02) 4	Accrington Stanley	3 – 2	Rochdale	Accrington
	Stewart Sowden	Report	Vizard Pearson	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 15454

7 September 1957 (1957 -09-07) 5	Bradford City	1 – 0	Rochdale	Bradford
	Boyle	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 13223

11 September 1957 (1957 -09-11) 6	Rochdale	5 – 4	Darlington	Rochdale
	Wainwright (pen.) Moran Rudman	Report	Furphy Carr Wayman	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4037

14 September 1957 (1957 -09-14) 7	Rochdale	2 – 1	Hull City	Rochdale
	Lockhart Vizard	Report	Bradbury	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7612

18 September 1957 (1957 -09-18) 8	Darlington	4 – 2	Rochdale	Darlington
	Wayman Bell Harbertson	Report	Wainwright Grant	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 3599

21 September 1957 (1957 -09-21) 9	Stockport County	0 – 3	Rochdale	Stockport
		Report	Wainwright Green Lockhart	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 12480

25 September 1957 (1957 -09-25) 10	Rochdale	1 – 4	Scunthorpe United	Rochdale
	Bushby (o.g.)	Report	Waldock Fletcher Haigh Marriott	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5278

28 September 1957 (1957 -09-28) 11	Rochdale	5 – 1	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Pearson Moran	Report	Smith	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5309

3 October 1957 (1957 -10-03) 12	Scunthorpe United	2 – 0	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
	Haigh Stokes	Report		Stadium: Old Show Ground Attendance: 11636

5 October 1957 (1957 -10-05) 13	Rochdale	1 – 1	Bury	Rochdale
	Moran	Report	Parker	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 18728

12 October 1957 (1957 -10-12) 14	Barrow	2 – 1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Gordon Birch	Report	Vizard	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 5668

19 October 1957 (1957 -10-19) 15	Rochdale	3 – 4	Chesterfield	Rochdale
	Lockhart McGuigan	Report	Blakey Frear Tomlinson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6441

26 October 1957 (1957 -10-26) 16	Tranmere Rovers	3 – 1	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Williams Jones McDonnell	Report	Pearson	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 10425

2 November 1957 (1957 -11-02) 17	Rochdale	7 – 0	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Dailey Lockhart Moran	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5508

9 November 1957 (1957 -11-09) 18	Bradford Park Avenue	2 – 2	Rochdale	Bradford
	Whittle Williams	Report	Green Wainwright	Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 8965

23 November 1957 (1957 -11-23) 19	Southport	0 – 2	Rochdale	Southport
		Report	Green Dailey	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 2880

30 November 1957 (1957 -11-30) 20	Rochdale	2 – 1	York City	Rochdale
	Dailey (pen.)	Report	Metcalfe	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6297

14 December 1957 (1957 -12-14) 21	Rochdale	1 – 3	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Dailey	Report	Murray Neale	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6684

21 December 1957 (1957 -12-21) 22	Rochdale	3 – 0	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
	Dailey Vizard Pearson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4371

25 December 1957 (1957 -12-25) 23	Rochdale	2 – 0	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Moran Pearson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3342

26 December 1957 (1957 -12-26) 24	Wrexham	2 – 0	Rochdale	Wrexham
	McNab Evans	Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 9204

28 December 1957 (1957 -12-28) 25	Workington	1 – 2	Rochdale	Workington
	Colbridge	Report	Vizard Dailey	Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 8932

4 January 1958 (1958 -01-04) 26	Rochdale	3 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Moran Lockhart Wainwright Pearson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4784

11 January 1958 (1958 -01-11) 27	Rochdale	0 – 2	Bradford City	Rochdale
		Report	Marshall	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7277

18 January 1958 (1958 -01-18) 28	Hull City	2 – 1	Rochdale	Hull
	Clarke Cripsey	Report	Dailey	Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 8991

1 February 1958 (1958 -02-01) 29	Rochdale	3 – 0	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Dailey	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7804

15 February 1958 (1958 -02-15) 30	Bury	4 – 1	Rochdale	Bury
	Watson Munro Lovie Daniel	Report	Lockhart	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 12308

22 February 1958 (1958 -02-22) 31	Rochdale	2 – 0	Southport	Rochdale
	Lockhart Pearson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3734

1 March 1958 (1958 -03-01) 32	Chesterfield	2 – 2	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Hutchinson Lewis	Report	Pearson Wainwright	Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 8533

8 March 1958 (1958 -03-08) 33	Rochdale	2 – 0	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Vizard Dailey	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4018

11 March 1958 (1958 -03-11) 34	Rochdale	1 – 0	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Dailey	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4079

15 March 1958 (1958 -03-15) 35	Hartlepools United	1 – 3	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Thompson	Report	Lockhart Dailey Moran	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 5862

22 March 1958 (1958 -03-22) 36	Rochdale	1 – 1	Barrow	Rochdale
	Grant	Report	Purdon	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5082

29 March 1958 (1958 -03-29) 37	Carlisle United	1 – 0	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Ackerman	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3991

4 April 1958 (1958 -04-04) 38	Rochdale	0 – 0	Gateshead	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5106

5 April 1958 (1958 -04-05) 39	Rochdale	1 – 1	Chester	Rochdale
	Moran	Report	Whitlock	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3273

7 April 1958 (1958 -04-07) 40	Gateshead	3 – 2	Rochdale	Gateshead
	Hogg Kirtley	Report	Wainwright Dailey	Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 5110

12 April 1958 (1958 -04-12) 41	York City	1 – 0	Rochdale	York
	Wardle	Report		Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 5123

16 April 1958 (1958 -04-16) 42	Chester	2 – 0	Rochdale	Chester
	Hughes (pen.) Mason	Report		Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 3449

19 April 1958 (1958 -04-19) 43	Rochdale	1 – 2	Bradford Park Avenue	Rochdale
	Ferguson (pen.)	Report	Booth Buchanan	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4912

21 April 1958 (1958 -04-21) 44	Crewe Alexandra	0 – 0	Rochdale	Crewe
		Report		Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3000

26 April 1958 (1958 -04-26) 45	Oldham Athletic	0 – 0	Rochdale	Oldham
		Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 10919

29 April 1958 (1958 -04-29) 46	Halifax Town	4 – 1	Rochdale	Halifax
	Smith Lorenson Blackburn Baker	Report	Pearson	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 7419

F.A. Cup

16 November 1957 (1957 -11-16) 1	Rochdale	0 – 2	Darlington	Rochdale
		Report	Harbertson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8395

Lancashire Cup

2 December 1957 (1957 -12-02)	Rochdale	0 – 2	Manchester City	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1795

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References

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

[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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