1936–37 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1936–37 season
Manager	Ernest Nixon
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North	18th
FA Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Wally Hunt; All: Wally Hunt
	← 1935–36 1937–38 →

The 1936–37 season saw Rochdale compete for their 16th season in the Football League Third Division North.

Statistics[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3 North		FA Cup		Division 3 North Cup		Lancashire Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Des Fawcett	42	0	38	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Albert Worthy	28	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Gwyn Jones	23	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Charlie Robinson	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Andrew Carr	36	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Sam Skaife	19	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	George Emmerson	34	9	31	9	1	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Duff	45	2	42	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
	FW	ENG	Wally Hunt	44	26	40	24	1	0	1	0	2	2
	FW	ENG	Harry Marshall	36	8	34	7	1	1	0	0	1	0
	MF	WAL	Sid Protheroe	36	7	33	7	1	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Edward Huntley	9	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Roy Clipson	34	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Matt Johnson	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Harry Brierley	11	2	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Stanley Cook	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Ted Marcroft	7	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
	DF	ENG	William Smith	5	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Wynn	22	16	22	16	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Hugh McLaren	31	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Christopher Cornthwaite	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Rowbotham	20	1	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Cyril Crawshaw	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Final league table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
16	Barrow	42	13	10	19	70	86	0.814	36
17	Rotherham United	42	14	7	21	78	91	0.857	35
18	Rochdale	42	13	9	20	69	86	0.802	35
19	Tranmere Rovers	42	12	9	21	71	88	0.807	33
20	Crewe Alexandra	42	10	12	20	55	83	0.663	32

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Competitions[edit]

Football League Third Division North[edit]

29 August 1936 (1936 -08-29) 1	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 2	Rochdale	Crewe
		Report	Hunt	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4754

31 August 1936 (1936 -08-31) 2	Rochdale	1 – 3	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
	Hunt	Report	Harston	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5297

5 September 1936 (1936 -09-05) 3	Rochdale	0 – 1	Chester	Rochdale
		Report	Horsman	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5806

9 September 1936 (1936 -09-09) 4	Mansfield Town	6 – 2	Rochdale	Mansfield
	Atkinson Harston	Report	Duff Marshall	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 7404

12 September 1936 (1936 -09-12) 5	Stockport County	3 – 0	Rochdale	Stockport
	Leach (pen.) Smailes	Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 6722

15 September 1936 (1936 -09-15) 6	Rochdale	2 – 1	Southport	Rochdale
	Hunt Emmerson	Report	Kitchen	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3256

19 September 1936 (1936 -09-19) 7	Barrow	3 – 0	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Barley Baker	Report		Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3435

26 September 1936 (1936 -09-26) 8	Rochdale	3 – 0	York City	Rochdale
	Protheroe Hunt (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4598

3 October 1936 (1936 -10-03) 9	Carlisle United	1 – 0	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Mantle	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6916

10 October 1936 (1936 -10-10) 10	Rochdale	1 – 1	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Marshall	Report	Scrimshaw	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5171

17 October 1936 (1936 -10-17) 11	Rochdale	0 – 6	Wrexham	Rochdale
		Report	White Lapham Burgon Brown	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2380

24 October 1936 (1936 -10-24) 12	Darlington	4 – 1	Rochdale	Darlington
	Brallisford Stanger Lowery	Report	Hunt	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 4796

31 October 1936 (1936 -10-31) 13	Rochdale	0 – 2	Gateshead	Rochdale
		Report	McDermott Reay	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3991

7 November 1936 (1936 -11-07) 14	Hull City	1 – 1	Rochdale	Hull
	Holmes	Report	Marshall	Stadium: Anlaby Road Attendance: 6963

14 November 1936 (1936 -11-14) 15	Rochdale	4 – 0	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Protheroe Hunt	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3356

21 November 1936 (1936 -11-21) 16	Lincoln City	5 – 3	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Campbell	Report	Hunt Marshall	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 4595

5 December 1936 (1936 -12-05) 17	Oldham Athletic	3 – 0	Rochdale	Oldham
	Davis	Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4872

12 December 1936 (1936 -12-12) 18	Rochdale	0 – 0	Port Vale	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2218

19 December 1936 (1936 -12-19) 19	Rotherham United	1 – 1	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Smith	Report	Protheroe	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 4043

25 December 1936 (1936 -12-25) 20	Rochdale	2 – 1	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Hunt (pen.) Wynn	Report	Dellow	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6558

26 December 1936 (1936 -12-26) 21	Rochdale	2 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Rowbotham Protheroe	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5099

1 January 1937 (1937 -01-01) 22	Southport	1 – 1	Rochdale	Southport
	McKay	Report	Emmerson	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 6579

2 January 1937 (1937 -01-02) 23	Chester	2 – 2	Rochdale	Chester
	Wrightson Davies	Report	Emmerson Hunt	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 4514

9 January 1937 (1937 -01-09) 24	Rochdale	2 – 2	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Emmerson Brierley	Report	Hill Billy Sullivan	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 10034

16 January 1937 (1937 -01-16) 25	Tranmere Rovers	4 – 3	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Wood Dellow	Report	Wynn Hunt	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5748

23 January 1937 (1937 -01-23) 26	Rochdale	3 – 1	Barrow	Rochdale
	Wynn Hunt Brierley	Report	Ouchterlonie	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2606

6 February 1937 (1937 -02-06) 27	Rochdale	3 – 0	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Wynn Hunt Emmerson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4428

10 February 1937 (1937 -02-10) 28	York City	4 – 1	Rochdale	York
	Thompson Comrie Agar	Report	Wynn Hunt	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2292

13 February 1937 (1937 -02-13) 29	Hartlepools United	4 – 1	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Self Scott Proctor (pen.) English	Report	Wynn	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4180

20 February 1937 (1937 -02-20) 30	Wrexham	0 – 1	Rochdale	Wrexham
		Report	Wynn	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 2844

27 February 1937 (1937 -02-27) 31	Rochdale	4 – 0	Darlington	Rochdale
	Wynn Hunt Emmerson Protheroe	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3179

6 March 1937 (1937 -03-06) 32	Gateshead	3 – 1	Rochdale	Gateshead
	McDermott Carr (o.g.) Neilson	Report	Wynn	Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 1726

13 March 1937 (1937 -03-13) 33	Rochdale	4 – 0	Hull City	Rochdale
	Wynn Hunt Emmerson Marshall	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3952

20 March 1937 (1937 -03-20) 34	New Brighton	5 – 1	Rochdale	New Brighton
	Ainsworth Hullett Mustard	Report	Bulloch (o.g.)	Stadium: Sandheys Park Attendance: 2929

26 March 1937 (1937 -03-26) 35	Rochdale	3 – 5	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Wynn Hunt Marshall	Report	Hoyland Widdowfield Barkas	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5000

27 March 1937 (1937 -03-27) 36	Rochdale	2 – 3	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Wynn Marshall	Report	Whyte Campbell Callender	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6630

29 March 1937 (1937 -03-29) 37	Halifax Town	3 – 2	Rochdale	Halifax
	Hoyland Barkas	Report	Wynn Smith	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 5898

3 April 1937 (1937 -04-03) 38	Accrington Stanley	3 – 1	Rochdale	Accrington
	Mee Mortimer	Report	Wynn	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 4096

10 April 1937 (1937 -04-10) 39	Rochdale	3 – 0	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Emmerson Protheroe	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7422

17 April 1937 (1937 -04-17) 40	Port Vale	1 – 1	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
	Nolan	Report	Hunt	Stadium: Old Recreation Ground Attendance: 2148

24 April 1937 (1937 -04-24) 41	Rochdale	1 – 0	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	Hunt 60'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4243

27 April 1937 (1937 -04-27) 42	Rochdale	4 – 1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Hunt Wynn Protheroe	Report	Reynolds	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2820

F.A. Cup[edit]

28 November 1936 (1936 -11-28) 1	Crewe Alexandra	5 – 1	Rochdale	Crewe
	Swindells Dyer Nicol	Report	Hunt	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 5000

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Division 3 North Cup[edit]

13 October 1936 (1936 -10-13) 1	Southport	3 – 0	Rochdale	Southport
	Patrick McCarthy	^[2]		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1620

Lancashire Cup[edit]

23 September 1936 (1936 -09-23) 1	Accrington Stanley	2 – 3	Rochdale	Accrington
		^[3]	Duff Marcroft Hunt	Stadium: Peel Park

10 October 1936 (1936 -10-10) 2	Rochdale	1 – 3	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
	Hunt	^[4]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

References[edit]

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

[1] "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}

[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

[4] Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

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