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1931–32 Rochdale A.F.C. season

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Rochdale
1931–32 season
ManagerWill Cameron
Herbert Hopkinson
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North21st
FA CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Reg Watson
All: Reg Watson

The 1931–32 season saw Rochdale compete for their 11th season in the Football League Third Division North where they finished in 21st position with 11 points.[1]

Rochdale finished bottom of the Third Division North after managing just four wins. During the season they went on a record-breaking run of 17 straight defeats.[2]

Statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Division3 (N) FA Cup Lancashire Cup Manchester Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
N/A GK England ENG Harry Abbott 34 0 32 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
N/A DF Scotland SCO James Beattie 16 0 14 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
N/A DF Scotland SCO Adam Plunkett 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/A DF England ENG Bill Armstrong 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
N/A DF Ireland EIR Jack Everest 24 6 22 6 1 0 1 0 0 0
N/A MF England ENG George Ward 24 0 22 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
N/A MF England ENG Ernest Steele 22 3 19 3 1 0 1 0 1 0
N/A FW Union of South Africa [[|South Africa]] David Murray 25 5 22 3 1 1 1 1 1 0
N/A FW Scotland SCO George Guyan 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/A FW Wales WAL Benny Jones 21 3 19 3 1 0 0 0 1 0
N/A MF Scotland SCO Con Hilley 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/A DF Scotland SCO Jimmy Hamilton 42 0 39 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
N/A MF Wales WAL Idris Williams 37 2 34 2 1 0 1 0 1 0
N/A MF England ENG Robert Forster 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/A MF England ENG Harry Platt 14 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
N/A FW England ENG Reg Watson 19 8 17 8 1 0 1 0 0 0
N/A MF Scotland SCO Joe McAleer 22 7 20 7 1 0 1 0 0 0
N/A DF Scotland SCO Edward Black 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/A MF England ENG Fred Appleyard 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/A FW England ENG Fred Brown 21 6 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/A FW Scotland SCO Ken Nisbet 12 2 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/A MF England ENG Roland Hill 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
N/A GK England ENG Bert Welch 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/A MF England ENG Harold Howarth 21 4 20 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
N/A DF England ENG Walter Webster 15 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
N/A DF England ENG Frank Twine 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/A MF England ENG Jimmy Bimson 12 1 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/A FW England ENG Arthur Hawes 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/A MF England ENG Tommy Hogg 10 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/A MF England ENG Ron Hornby 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
N/A FW England ENG Reg Grant 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/A FW Scotland SCO John Whitelaw 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/A FW England ENG George White 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/A FW England ENG John Crowther 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/A DF England ENG Clarence Constantine 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/A FW Scotland SCO Tommy Flannigan 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N/A GK England ENG Eddie Plane 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 Promotion
18 Carlisle United 40 9 7 4 40 23 2 4 14 24 56 0.810 33
19 Rotherham United 40 10 3 7 41 23 4 1 15 22 49 0.875 32
20 New Brighton 40 8 5 7 25 23 0 3 17 13 53 0.500 24 Re-elected
21 Rochdale 40 4 2 14 33 63 0 1 19 15 72 0.356 11
- Wigan Borough[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ Wigan Borough resigned from the Football League on October 21 and folded. Their record (P12 W3 D1 L8 F12 A32 GA 0.375 Pts 7) was expunged.

Competitions

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Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League Third Division North

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29 August 1931 (1931-08-29) 1 Rochdale 2–2 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
Jones
Guyan
Report Wright
Viner
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6,974
31 August 1931 (1931-08-31) 2 Rotherham United 5–0 Rochdale Rotherham
Sellars
Hick
Spicer
Report Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 6,431
5 September 1931 (1931-09-05) 3 Wrexham 4–0 Rochdale Wrexham
Taylor
Bamford
Report Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 7,390
7 September 1931 (1931-09-07) 4 Stockport County 3–1 Rochdale Stockport
Webster
Scullion
Report Watson Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 3,941
12 September 1931 (1931-09-12) 5 Rochdale 4–3 Carlisle United Rochdale
Watson
Everest
Steele
Report Watson
McConnell
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,382
15 September 1931 (1931-09-15) 6 Rochdale 1–0 Stockport County Rochdale
Williams Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,384
19 September 1931 (1931-09-19) 7 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Rochdale Crewe
Swindells Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 6,358
26 September 1931 (1931-09-26) 8 Rochdale 1–1 Darlington Rochdale
McAleer Report Siddle Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,703
3 October 1931 (1931-10-03) 9 Rochdale 3–1 Doncaster Rovers Rochdale
McAleer
Watson
Report Emery Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,641
10 October 1931 (1931-10-10) 10 Southport 3–1 Rochdale Southport
Cowen
McConnell
Holmes
Report Steele Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 5,442
17 October 1931 (1931-10-17) 11 Halifax Town 3–2 Rochdale Halifax
Crawford
Betteridge
Report Everest
Murray
Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 4,082
24 October 1931 (1931-10-24) 12 Rochdale 0–1 Walsall Rochdale
Report Pointon Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,845
31 October 1931 (1931-10-31) 13 Gateshead 3–1 Rochdale Gateshead
Welsh
Meek
Report Jones Stadium: Redheugh Park
Attendance: 7,227
7 November 1931 (1931-11-07) 14 Rochdale 3–2 New Brighton Rochdale
Jones
Everest
Report Rawsthorne Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,888
14 November 1931 (1931-11-14) 15 Barrow 4–1 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness
Littler
Wilson
Report Watson Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 2,542
21 November 1931 (1931-11-21) 16 Rochdale 3–6 Hull City Rochdale
Watson
Nisbet
Report Wainscoat
Speed
Munnings
D. Duncan
A. Duncan
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,593
5 December 1931 (1931-12-05) 17 Rochdale 0–3 Chester City Rochdale
Report Cresswell
Hedley
Jennings
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,119
12 December 1931 (1931-12-12) 18 Hartlepool United 3–0 Rochdale Hartlepool
Hewitt
Dixon
Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,085
25 December 1931 (1931-12-25) 19 Tranmere Rovers 9–1 Rochdale Birkenhead
Dixon
Whitehurst
Watts
Meston
Report Murray Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 5,719
26 December 1931 (1931-12-26) 20 Rochdale 3–6 Tranmere Rovers Rochdale
Brown
Murray
Everest
Report Urmson
Watts
Dixon
Lewis
Meston
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,993
2 January 1932 (1932-01-02) 21 Accrington Stanley 3–0 Rochdale Accrington
Williamson
Jones
Agar
Report Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 1,824
9 January 1932 (1932-01-09) 22 Lincoln City 3–0 Rochdale Lincoln
Hall
Cartwright
Report Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 6,737
16 January 1932 (1932-01-16) 23 Rochdale 2–4 Wrexham Rochdale
Everest
Steele
Report Mustard
Parden
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,749
23 January 1932 (1932-01-23) 24 Carlisle United 4–0 Rochdale Carlisle
Hutchison
McConnell
Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 3,812
30 January 1932 (1932-01-30) 25 Rochdale 2–3 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
Howarth
Brown
Report Swindells
Weale
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,978
6 February 1932 (1932-02-06) 26 Darlington 3–1 Rochdale Darlington
Waugh
Wellock
Coates
Report Nisbet Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 2,764
13 February 1932 (1932-02-13) 27 Doncaster Rovers 2–0 Rochdale Doncaster
Atherton
Pattison
Report Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 2,856
20 February 1932 (1932-02-20) 28 Rochdale 0–1 Southport Rochdale
Report Bell Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,894
27 February 1932 (1932-02-27) 29 Rochdale 1–4 Halifax Town Rochdale
Crowther Report Crawford
Betteridge
Johnson
Read
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,154
5 March 1932 (1932-03-05) 30 Walsall 2–1 Rochdale Walsall
Turner
Reed
Report Brown Stadium: Fellows Park
Attendance: 2,601
12 March 1932 (1932-03-12) 31 Rochdale 0–3 Gateshead Rochdale
Report Welsh
Meek
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,526
19 March 1932 (1932-03-19) 32 New Brighton 1–1 Rochdale New Brighton
Rawsthorne Report Brown Stadium: Sandheys Park
Attendance: 2,362
25 March 1932 (1932-03-25) 33 York City 5–2 Rochdale York
Baines
Thompson
Jenkinson
Report McAleer
Howarth
Stadium: Fulfordgate
Attendance: 5,285
26 March 1932 (1932-03-26) 34 Rochdale 0–6 Barrow Rochdale
Report Webster (o.g.)
Millar
Postlethwaite
Suggett
Bimson (o.g.)
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2,189
28 March 1932 (1932-03-28) 35 Rochdale 3–5 York City Rochdale
McAleer
Brown
Report Baines
Spooner
Fenoughty
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,387
2 April 1932 (1932-04-02) 36 Hull City 4–1 Rochdale Hull
Munnings
Mills
Report Hogg Stadium: The Boulevard
Attendance: 3,611
9 April 1932 (1932-04-09) 37 Rochdale 3–5 Lincoln City Rochdale
McAleer
Williams
Report Pringle
Riley
Cartwright
Whyte
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,038
16 April 1932 (1932-04-16) 38 Chester City 7–2 Rochdale Chester
Mercer
Williams (o.g.)
Jennings
Hedley
Report McAleer
Howarth
Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 4,658
23 April 1932 (1932-04-23) 39 Rochdale 1–3 Hartlepool United Rochdale
Bimson Report Thornton
Dixon
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,379
7 May 1932 (1932-05-07) 40 Rochdale 1–4 Rotherham United Rochdale
Howarth
McAleer Red card
Report Beynon
Gray
Parkin
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,724

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FA Cup

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28 November 1931 (1931-11-28) R1 Scunthorpe United 2–1 Rochdale Scunthorpe
Methven
Hubbard
Report Murray Stadium: Old Showground
Attendance: 5,000

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Lancashire Cup

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22 September 1931 (1931-09-22) R2 Rochdale 0–1 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
[3] Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Manchester Cup

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24 February 1932 (1932-02-24) R3 Manchester City 6–0 Rochdale Manchester
[3] Stadium: Maine Road


References

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  1. ^ "Rochdale 1931/32". Statto. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Records". Football League. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Phillipps, Steven (2001). Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001. Harefield, Middlesex: Yore. ISBN 1-874427-09-7. OCLC 48531524.
  4. ^ "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. [not specific enough to verify]
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