1924–25 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale

1924–25 season
Chairman	George L. Foulds
Manager	Jack Peart
Stadium	Spotland
Football League Third Division North	6th
FA Cup	6th round qualifying
Top goalscorer	League: Harry Anstiss All: Harry Anstiss
Highest home attendance	11,000
Lowest home attendance	1,000

The 1924–25 season saw Rochdale compete for their 4th season in the Football League Third Division North.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division3 (N)		F.A. Cup		Lancashire Cup		Manchester Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Harry Moody	44	0	41	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Dai Hopkins	7	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Brown	43	0	39	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Bobby Willis	25	0	21	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	David Parkes	44	1	41	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Levy Thorpe	33	0	30	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Tompkinson	39	12	36	11	2	0	1	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Anstiss	46	27	42	23	2	0	1	1	1	3
	FW	ENG	Albert Whitehurst	24	10	22	9	0	0	0	0	2	1
	FW	SCO	Teddy Roseboom	33	4	30	4	2	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Albert Pearson	15	6	11	3	2	0	0	0	2	3
	DF	SCO	Ed Stirling	15	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Oxley	13	9	11	5	0	0	1	1	1	3
	FW	ENG	Bobby Hughes	35	11	33	11	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Christie	32	2	29	1	2	1	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Jock Mills	18	4	16	3	1	0	0	0	1	1
	DF	ENG	Fred Mason	26	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Albert Smith	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Tweedale Rigg	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Arthur McGarry	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Joe Campbell	6	3	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Hall	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Bob Sandiford	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Jack Cawthra	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Cecil Halkyard	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Final league table

Main article: 1924–25 Football League Third Division North

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts
4	Southport	42	17	2	2	41	7	5	5	11	18	30	1.595	51
5	Bradford Park Avenue	42	15	5	1	59	13	4	7	10	25	29	2.000	50
6	Rochdale	42	17	2	2	53	16	4	5	12	22	37	1.415	49
7	Chesterfield	42	14	3	4	42	15	3	8	10	18	29	1.364	45
8	Lincoln City	42	13	4	4	39	19	5	4	12	14	39	0.914	44

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

Main article: 1924–25 Football League

Hartlepools United v Rochdale

30 August  1924 (1924 -08-30) 1	Hartlepools United	1–1	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Smith	Report	Tompkinson	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 6,000

Rochdale v Wigan Borough

6 September  1924 (1924 -09-06) 2	Rochdale	3–2	Wigan Borough	Rochdale
	Anstiss Roseboom	Report	Kettle Glover	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 11,000

Rochdale v Darlington

13 September  1924 (1924 -09-13) 3	Rochdale	2–1	Darlington	Rochdale
	Anstiss	Report	Brown	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,000

New Brighton v Rochdale

17 September  1924 (1924 -09-17) 4	New Brighton	5–0	Rochdale	New Brighton
	Wilcox Kelly Mathieson	Report		Stadium: Sandheys Park Attendance: 6,000

Bradford (Park Avenue) v Rochdale

20 September  1924 (1924 -09-20) 5	Bradford (Park Avenue)	0–0	Rochdale	Bradford
		Report		Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 12,000

Rochdale v Wrexham

27 September  1924 (1924 -09-27) 6	Rochdale	3–1	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Tompkinson Oxley	Report	Toms	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 10,000

Rotherham County v Rochdale

4 October  1924 (1924 -10-04) 7	Rotherham County	1–3	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Hammerton	Report	Hughes Anstiss	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 7,000

Rochdale v Chesterfield

11 October  1924 (1924 -10-11) 8	Rochdale	2–1	Chesterfield	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Roseboom	Report	Crockford	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,000

Accrington Stanley v Rochdale

18 October  1924 (1924 -10-18) 9	Accrington Stanley	2–2	Rochdale	Accrington
	Skillen	Report	Hughes Christie	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 7,500

Walsall v Rochdale

25 October  1924 (1924 -10-25) 10	Walsall	0–2	Rochdale	Walsall
		Report	Anstiss	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 7,000

Rochdale v Tranmere Rovers

1 November  1924 (1924 -11-01) 11	Rochdale	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Hughes Roseboom	Report	Dean	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,000

Lincoln City v Rochdale

8 November  1924 (1924 -11-08) 12	Lincoln City	1–2	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Heathcote 51'	Report	Tompkinson 14', 38'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,000

Grimsby Town v Rochdale

15 November  1924 (1924 -11-15) 13	Grimsby Town	1–1	Rochdale	Cleethorpes
	Cooper	Report	Anstiss	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 8,000

Nelson v Rochdale

22 November  1924 (1924 -11-22) 14	Nelson	1–0	Rochdale	Nelson
	Bottrill	Report		Stadium: Seedhill Football Ground Attendance: 5,000

Southport v Rochdale

6 December  1924 (1924 -12-06) 15	Southport	0–0	Rochdale	Southport
		Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 7,000

Durham City v Rochdale

20 December  1924 (1924 -12-20) 16	Durham City	3–2	Rochdale	Durham
	Foster Merritt Stokoe	Report	Hughes Roseboom	Stadium: Holiday Park Attendance: 2,000

Rochdale v Crewe Alexandra

25 December  1924 (1924 -12-25) 17	Rochdale	5–0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Hughes Mills Tompkinson Anstiss	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 10,000

Crewe Alexandra v Rochdale

26 December  1924 (1924 -12-26) 18	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Rochdale	Crewe
	Oldacre Toms	Report		Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 6,000

Rochdale v Hartlepools United

27 December  1924 (1924 -12-27) 19	Rochdale	3–1	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Mills Anstiss	Report	Cook	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,000

Ashington v Rochdale

2 January  1925 (1925 -01-02) 20	Ashington	4–3	Rochdale	Ashington
	Robertson Johnson Gardner Thompson	Report	Parkes Anstiss Mills	Stadium: Portland Park Attendance: 4,000

Wigan Borough v Rochdale

3 January  1925 (1925 -01-03) 21	Wigan Borough	2–3	Rochdale	Wigan
	Glover	Report	Tompkinson Hughes Anstiss	Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 6,000

Rochdale v Durham City

10 January  1925 (1925 -01-10) 22	Rochdale	3–0	Durham City	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Anstiss	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8,000

Darlington v Rochdale

17 January  1925 (1925 -01-17) 23	Darlington	2–0	Rochdale	Darlington
	Hooper Brown	Report		Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 8,000

Rochdale v Bradford (Park Avenue)

24 January  1925 (1925 -01-24) 24	Rochdale	2–2	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Rochdale
	Whitehurst	Report	Peel Quantrill	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8,000

Wrexham v Rochdale

31 January  1925 (1925 -01-31) 25	Wrexham	1–0	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Jones	Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 3,000

Rochdale v Rotherham County

7 February  1925 (1925 -02-07) 26	Rochdale	4–1	Rotherham County	Rochdale
	Pearson Oxley Tompkinson	Report	Scott	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,000

Chesterfield v Rochdale

14 February  1925 (1925 -02-14) 27	Chesterfield	2–0	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Dennis (pen.) Fisher	Report		Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 6,000 Referee: JG Sheppersdon

Rochdale v Accrington Stanley

21 February  1925 (1925 -02-21) 28	Rochdale	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
		Report	Thompson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: WF Bunnell

Rochdale v Doncaster Rovers

24 February  1925 (1925 -02-24) 29	Rochdale	5–2	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Anstiss Oxley Campbell	Report	Gascoigne Keetley	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,000

Rochdale v Walsall

28 February  1925 (1925 -02-28) 30	Rochdale	3–0	Walsall	Rochdale
	Hughes Anstiss Campbell	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale

7 March  1925 (1925 -03-07) 31	Tranmere Rovers	3–1	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Dean	Report	Oxley	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,000

Rochdale v Lincoln City

14 March  1925 (1925 -03-14) 32	Rochdale	3–0	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Tompkinson Hughes Anstiss	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

Barrow v Rochdale

21 March  1925 (1925 -03-21) 33	Barrow	1–0	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Lowson	Report		Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,700

Rochdale v Nelson

28 March  1925 (1925 -03-28) 34	Rochdale	0–1	Nelson	Rochdale
		Report	Laycock	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8,000

Rochdale v Ashington

4 April  1925 (1925 -04-04) 35	Rochdale	0–0	Ashington	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,000

Rochdale v Halifax Town

10 April  1925 (1925 -04-10) 36	Rochdale	3–1	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Anstiss	Report	Howson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

Rochdale v Southport

11 April  1925 (1925 -04-11) 37	Rochdale	1–0	Southport	Rochdale
	Anstiss	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,000

Halifax Town v Rochdale

13 April  1925 (1925 -04-13) 38	Halifax Town	3–1	Rochdale	Halifax
	Howson Dixon	Report	Sandiford	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 6,000

Rochdale v New Brighton

14 April  1925 (1925 -04-14) 39	Rochdale	2–0	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Campbell Hughes	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,500

Doncaster Rovers v Rochdale

18 April  1925 (1925 -04-18) 40	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Rochdale	Doncaster
	McLean Keetley	Report	Whitehurst	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 3,000

Rochdale v Barrow

28 April  1925 (1925 -04-28) 41	Rochdale	5–1	Barrow	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Anstiss Pearson	Report	Clayton	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

Rochdale v Grimsby Town

1 May  1925 (1925 -05-01) 42	Rochdale	2–0	Grimsby Town	Rochdale
	Tompkinson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

FA Cup

Main article: 1924–25 FA Cup

Halifax Town v Rochdale

29 November  1924 (1924 -11-29) Q5	Halifax Town	0–1	Rochdale	Halifax
		[1]	Christie	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 12,000

Norwich City v Rochdale

13 December  1924 (1924 -12-13) Q6	Norwich City	1–0	Rochdale	Norwich
	Hannah (pen.)	[1]		Stadium: The Nest Attendance: 10,000

Lancashire Cup

Southport v Rochdale

2 September  1924 (1924 -09-02) 1	Southport	5–3	Rochdale	Southport
		[1]	Tompkinson Anstiss Oxley	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 5,000

Manchester Cup

Rochdale v Manchester University

3 February  1925 (1925 -02-03) 1	Rochdale	10–0	Manchester University	Rochdale
	Anstiss Pearson Oxley Whitehurst	[1]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Rochdale v Ashton National

7 March  1925 (1925 -03-07) 2	Rochdale	1–3	Ashton National	Rochdale
	Mills	[1]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,500

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References

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.