1959–60 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1959–60 season
Manager	Jack Marshall
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Division 4	12th
F.A. Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Stanley Milburn; All: Stanley Milburn
	← 1958–59 1960–61 →

The 1959–60 season saw Rochdale compete for their first season in the Football League Fourth Division, following relegation the previous season.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 4		F.A. Cup		Lancashire Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Jimmy Jones	31	0	26	0	4	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Stanley Milburn	45	15	41	15	4	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Dai Powell	40	0	35	0	4	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Norman Bodell	28	2	23	0	3	0	2	2
	DF	ENG	Ray Aspden	29	0	27	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Alan Bushby	49	0	45	0	3	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Ron Barnes	52	7	46	6	4	1	2	0
	FW	ENG	Ronnie Cairns	48	12	43	10	4	2	1	0
	FW	ENG	Frank Lord	15	6	14	6	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Johnny Anderson	33	6	28	5	4	1	1	0
	MF	ENG	Tony Collins	38	5	34	4	3	1	1	0
	MF	SCO	Bert Thomson	34	1	31	1	2	0	1	0
	DF	WAL	Jack Edwards	43	1	38	1	4	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	George Cooper	18	7	17	7	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Les Spencer	38	10	32	9	4	1	2	0
	MF	ENG	Jim Brown	7	2	6	1	1	1	0	0
	GK	ENG	George Heyes	21	0	20	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Jock Wallace	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Roy Anchor	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Bobby Entwistle	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
10	Stockport County	46	15	6	2	35	10	4	5	14	23	44	1.074	49
11	Bradford Park Avenue	46	12	10	1	48	25	5	5	13	22	43	1.029	49
12	Rochdale	46	15	4	4	46	19	3	6	14	19	41	1.083	46
13	Aldershot	46	14	5	4	50	22	4	4	15	27	52	1.041	45
14	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	3	6	51	31	4	6	13	28	57	0.898	45

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Football League Fourth Division

22 August 1959 (1959-08-22) 1	Southport	2–2	Rochdale	Southport
	Reeson 71' Ashe 75' (pen.)	Report	Lord 4' Milburn 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 5168 Referee: LJ Hamer

27 August 1959 (1959-08-27) 2	Rochdale	1–0	Gillingham	Rochdale
	Cairns 4'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6382

29 August 1959 (1959-08-29) 3	Rochdale	0–1	Millwall	Rochdale
		Report	Broadfoot 35'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6474

3 September 1959 (1959-09-03) 4	Gillingham	2–0	Rochdale	Gillingham
	Bacon Moore	Report		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5649

5 September 1959 (1959-09-05) 5	Torquay United	1–1	Rochdale	Torquay
	Baxter 19' (pen.)	Report	Spencer 34'	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 7369

8 September 1959 (1959-09-08) 6	Rochdale	2–0	Darlington	Rochdale
	Spencer Cooper	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5135

12 September 1959 (1959-09-12) 7	Rochdale	2–2	Northampton Town	Rochdale
	Milburn 18' (pen.) Thomson 87'	Report	Leck 1', 79'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5686 Referee: JH Hemingway

16 September 1959 (1959-09-16) 8	Darlington	0–0	Rochdale	Darlington
		Report		Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 4951 Referee: P Rhodes

19 September 1959 (1959-09-19) 9	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Fernie 20' Walker 75' (pen.)	Report	Cairns 8'	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 5066 Referee: AW Sparling

22 September 1959 (1959-09-22) 10	Rochdale	4–1	Barrow	Rochdale
	Milburn 3', 39', 82' (pen.) Collins 64'	Report	Robertson 31'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5117 Referee: A Hawcroft

26 September 1959 (1959-09-26) 11	Rochdale	1–1	Workington	Rochdale
	Milburn 75'	Report	Morrison 26'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5671 Referee: L Howarth

28 September 1959 (1959-09-28) 12	Barrow	3–0	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Murdoch 47', 80' Robertson 64'	Report		Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 5368 Referee: W Crossley

3 October 1959 (1959-10-03) 13	Rochdale	3–0	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Milburn 55' (pen.) Cairns 80' Barnes 89'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4897 Referee: J Bellwood

5 October 1959 (1959-10-05) 14	Gateshead	1–2	Rochdale	Gateshead
	Lumley 57'	Report	Cooper 53' Milburn 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 5804 Referee: M Dixon

10 October 1959 (1959-10-10) 15	Walsall	4–2	Rochdale	Walsall
	Richards 32', 75' Davies 39' Billingham 72' (pen.)	Report	Cooper 5' Milburn 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 8552 Referee: R Reddaway

13 October 1959 (1959-10-13) 16	Rochdale	2–0	Gateshead	Rochdale
	Cooper 31' Anderson 79'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4770 Referee: HP Hackney

17 October 1959 (1959-10-17) 17	Rochdale	2–0	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Milburn 68' (pen.) Anderson 77'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4856 Referee: RJ Leafe

24 October 1959 (1959-10-24) 18	Crewe Alexandra	1–3	Rochdale	Crewe
	Kelly 64'	Report	Anderson 4' Cooper 6', 63'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 7617 Referee: Capt. C Dennis

31 October 1959 (1959-10-31) 19	Rochdale	0–0	Chester	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5643

7 November 1959 (1959-11-07) 20	Crystal Palace	4–0	Rochdale	London
	Sexton 10' Summersby 59' (pen.) Woan 71' Byrne 82'	Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 14946

21 November 1959 (1959-11-21) 21	Stockport County	2–1	Rochdale	Stockport
	Guy 51' Wallace 72'	Report	Spencer 49'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 7629 Referee: E Crawford

28 November 1959 (1959-11-28) 22	Rochdale	3–0	Exeter City	Rochdale
	Cairns 27' Spencer 50' Collins 54'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4856

12 December 1959 (1959-12-12) 23	Rochdale	2–0	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Cairns 15', 88'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5317 Referee: A Holland

19 December 1959 (1959-12-19) 24	Rochdale	1–0	Southport	Rochdale
	Cairns 7'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2508

26 December 1959 (1959-12-26) 25	Notts County	2–1	Rochdale	Nottingham
	Bircumshaw 43', 72'	Report	Cooper 6'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 14582

28 December 1959 (1959-12-28) 26	Rochdale	1–4	Notts County	Rochdale
	Brown	Report	Forrest Bircumshaw Roby	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4044

2 January 1960 (1960-01-02) 27	Millwall	2–0	Rochdale	London
	Ackerman 47' Pierce 84'	Report		Stadium: The Den Attendance: 9862

9 January 1960 (1960-01-09) 28	Aldershot	0–0	Rochdale	Aldershot
		Report		Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 3537

16 January 1960 (1960-01-16) 29	Rochdale	4–2	Torquay United	Rochdale
	Milburn 18', 84' Anderson 44' Barnes 60'	Report	Baxter 33' Pym 48'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3422

23 January 1960 (1960-01-23) 30	Northampton Town	3–1	Rochdale	Northampton
	Kane 15' Deakin 43' Oláh 65'	Report	Milburn 62'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5355

6 February 1960 (1960-02-06) 31	Rochdale	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Milburn 20' Edwards 69'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3740

13 February 1960 (1960-02-13) 32	Workington	2–0	Rochdale	Workington
	Harburn 49' McGarry 61'	Report		Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 2486

27 February 1960 (1960-02-27) 33	Rochdale	0–2	Walsall	Rochdale
		Report	Richards 53' Dudley 75'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4468

5 March 1960 (1960-03-05) 34	Hartlepools United	0–1	Rochdale	Hartlepool
		Report	Anderson 49'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3286

12 March 1960 (1960-03-12) 35	Rochdale	4–2	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Spencer 8' Collins 30' Milburn 58' (pen.) Barnes 86'	Report	Riley 43', 67'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3826

15 March 1960 (1960-03-15) 36	Rochdale	0–1	Bradford Park Avenue	Rochdale
		Report	Reilly	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3814

19 March 1960 (1960-03-19) 37	Chester	2–1	Rochdale	Chester
	Pimlott 19', 81'	Report	Lord 4'	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 3965

26 March 1960 (1960-03-26) 38	Rochdale	4–0	Crystal Palace	Rochdale
	Spencer 41' Cairns 48' Lord 78', 81'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2562

29 March 1960 (1960-03-29) 39	Carlisle United	1–1	Rochdale	Carlisle
	McMillan (pen.)	Report	Cairns	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 2258

2 April 1960 (1960-04-02) 40	Bradford Park Avenue	0–0	Rochdale	Bradford
		Report		Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 5955

9 April 1960 (1960-04-09) 41	Rochdale	3–0	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Spencer 59' Lord 67' Barnes 74'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3422

16 April 1960 (1960-04-16) 42	Exeter City	4–1	Rochdale	Exeter
	Rees 3', 15' Wilkinson 60' Micklewright 63'	Report	Barnes	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 6419

18 April 1960 (1960-04-18) 43	Rochdale	2–0	Aldershot	Rochdale
	Barnes Cairns	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4301

23 April 1960 (1960-04-23) 44	Rochdale	3–3	Watford	Rochdale
	Spencer 52' Lord 82' Collins 87'	Report	Uphill 16' (pen.), 85' (pen.) Walker 35'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4371

26 April 1960 (1960-04-26) 45	Watford	2–1	Rochdale	Watford
	Uphill Holton	Report	Spencer	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 17774

30 April 1960 (1960-04-30) 46	Oldham Athletic	1–0	Rochdale	Oldham
	Birch 5'	Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5199

F.A. Cup

14 November 1959 (1959-11-14) 1	Rochdale	2–2	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Cairns 50' Collins 55'	Report	McGill 80' Walker 81'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5811

17 November 1959 (1959-11-17) 1	Carlisle United	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Devlin 28'	Report	Brown 83' Cairns 104' Barnes 113'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 10000

5 December 1959 (1959-12-05) 2	Rochdale	1–1	Bradford City	Rochdale
	Spencer 57'	Report	Stokes 30'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 11828 Referee: NN Hough

9 December 1959 (1959-12-09) 2	Bradford City	2–1	Rochdale	Bradford
	Stokes	Report	Anderson	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 16435

Lancashire Cup

28 October 1959 (1959-10-28)	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Rochdale	Accrington
			Bodell	Stadium: Peel Park

9 February 1960 (1960-02-09)	Preston North End	2–1	Rochdale	Preston
			Bodell	Stadium: Deepdale

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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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