1937–38 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1937–38 season
Manager	Ernest Nixon; Sam Jennings
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North	17th
FA Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Wynn; All: Jimmy Wynn
	← 1936–37 1938–39 →

The 1937–38 season saw Rochdale compete for their 17th season in the Football League Third Division North.

Statistics

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	46	0	42	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Tommy Baird	46	0	42	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Sneddon	38	0	34	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Hugh McLaren	35	1	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Charlie Robinson	10	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Duff	21	1	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Alex McMurdo	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Micky Burke	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Wally Hunt	21	10	18	7	2	1	1	2	0	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Marshall	33	6	30	6	1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	WAL	Sid Protheroe	33	7	30	7	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Edward Sperry	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Alex Graham	12	4	11	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Ted Goodier	43	0	39	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Frank Wilson	8	1	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Eastwood	32	0	28	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Wynn	30	20	28	20	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Jock Millar	27	8	26	8	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	IRL	Thomas McMurray	25	1	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Roland Haworth	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Bob Hardy	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Wilfred Barks	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Idris Williams	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Arnold Sutcliffe	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Adam Dawson	13	7	12	6	0	0	0	0	1	1

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
15	Port Vale	42	11	8	2	45	27	1	6	14	20	46	0.890	38	Transferred to the Third Division South
16	Southport	42	8	8	5	30	26	4	6	11	23	56	0.646	38
17	Rochdale	42	7	10	4	38	27	6	1	14	29	51	0.859	37
18	Halifax Town	42	9	7	5	24	19	3	5	13	20	47	0.667	36
19	Darlington	42	10	4	7	37	31	1	6	14	17	48	0.684	32

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

28 August 1937 (1937 -08-28) 1	Rochdale	0 – 0	York City	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8448

30 August 1937 (1937 -08-30) 2	Tranmere Rovers	3 – 2	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Eden Mayson Kearney	Report	Hamilton (o.g.) Marshall	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 8508

4 September 1937 (1937 -09-04) 3	Bradford City	3 – 1	Rochdale	Bradford
	Hardy Moore	Report	Protheroe	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 5997

7 September 1937 (1937 -09-07) 4	Rochdale	0 – 0	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4480

11 September 1937 (1937 -09-11) 5	Rochdale	3 – 2	Southport	Rochdale
	Hunt Marshall	Report	Atkinson Patrick	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5915

13 September 1937 (1937 -09-13) 6	Halifax Town	2 – 3	Rochdale	Halifax
	Hoyland Jackson	Report	Protheroe Wilson	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 2409

18 September 1937 (1937 -09-18) 7	Doncaster Rovers	5 – 0	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Allen Killourhy Perry	Report		Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 10647

25 September 1937 (1937 -09-25) 8	Rochdale	1 – 4	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Hunt	Report	Johnson Waring	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5632

2 October 1937 (1937 -10-02) 9	Rochdale	2 – 0	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	Graham Wynn	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5019

9 October 1937 (1937 -10-09) 10	Chester	4 – 1	Rochdale	Chester
	Sargeant Wrightson Sanders	Report	Hunt	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 5913

16 October 1937 (1937 -10-16) 11	Barrow	0 – 1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
		Report	Graham	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 4332

23 October 1937 (1937 -10-23) 12	Rochdale	6 – 1	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Graham Wynn Hunt Protheroe	Report	Burgon	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4193

30 October 1937 (1937 -10-30) 13	Hartlepools United	3 – 3	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Scott Wigham	Report	Marshall Protheroe	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 5087

6 November 1937 (1937 -11-06) 14	Rochdale	0 – 1	Lincoln City	Rochdale
		Report	Callender	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9074

13 November 1937 (1937 -11-13) 15	Hull City	4 – 1	Rochdale	Hull
	Fryer McNeill	Report	Wynn	Stadium: Anlaby Road Attendance: 8848

20 November 1937 (1937 -11-20) 16	Rochdale	2 – 1	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Wynn Hunt	Report	Mustard (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5295

4 December 1937 (1937 -12-04) 17	Rochdale	1 – 1	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Hunt (pen.)	Report	Davis	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4460

11 December 1937 (1937 -12-11) 18	Darlington	2 – 4	Rochdale	Darlington
	Clacher Brown	Report	Wynn Millar	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 1378

18 December 1937 (1937 -12-18) 19	Rochdale	1 – 1	Port Vale	Rochdale
	Wynn	Report	Roberts (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3560

25 December 1937 (1937 -12-25) 20	Rochdale	0 – 1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
		Report	Curran	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9146

27 December 1937 (1937 -12-27) 21	Accrington Stanley	0 – 1	Rochdale	Accrington
		Report	Wynn	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 4700

1 January 1938 (1938 -01-01) 22	York City	0 – 5	Rochdale	York
		Report	Wynn Millar Marshall	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 5971

8 January 1938 (1938 -01-08) 23	Gateshead	3 – 1	Rochdale	Gateshead
	Smith McDermott	Report	Protheroe	Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 9504

15 January 1938 (1938 -01-15) 24	Rochdale	2 – 0	Bradford City	Rochdale
	Protheroe Wynn	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3234

22 January 1938 (1938 -01-22) 25	Southport	2 – 0	Rochdale	Southport
	Hampson	Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 3832

29 January 1938 (1938 -01-29) 26	Rochdale	4 – 5	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Millar Marshall Wynn	Report	Malam Killourhy Little McFarlane	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5069

5 February 1938 (1938 -02-05) 27	Crewe Alexandra	5 – 1	Rochdale	Crewe
	Chandler Foster Tagg Waring	Report	McLaren	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3393

12 February 1938 (1938 -02-12) 28	Rotherham United	1 – 0	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Smith	Report		Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 9282

19 February 1938 (1938 -02-19) 29	Rochdale	4 – 0	Chester	Rochdale
	Wynn (pen.) Dawson Millar Done (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5728

26 February 1938 (1938 -02-26) 30	Rochdale	3 – 3	Barrow	Rochdale
	McMurray Dawson	Report	Mullaney McIntosh	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6243

5 March 1938 (1938 -03-05) 31	Wrexham	2 – 1	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Burditt Raven	Report	Tunney (o.g.)	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 3620

12 March 1938 (1938 -03-12) 32	Rochdale	2 – 2	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Dawson Protheroe	Report	Self Nevin	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5615

19 March 1938 (1938 -03-19) 33	Lincoln City	2 – 0	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Deacon	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 6836

26 March 1938 (1938 -03-26) 34	Rochdale	0 – 0	Hull City	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5761

2 April 1938 (1938 -04-02) 35	New Brighton	2 – 0	Rochdale	New Brighton
	Wood Shiels	Report		Stadium: Sandheys Park Attendance: 3419

9 April 1938 (1938 -04-09) 36	Rochdale	2 – 2	Gateshead	Rochdale
	Wynn Millar	Report	Thompson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5240

15 April 1938 (1938 -04-15) 37	Rochdale	3 – 1	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Wynn (pen.) Millar	Report	Temple	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4648

16 April 1938 (1938 -04-16) 38	Oldham Athletic	4 – 2	Rochdale	Oldham
	Gray Ferrier Diamond	Report	Duff Eaves (o.g.)	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 17106

18 April 1938 (1938 -04-18) 39	Carlisle United	0 – 1	Rochdale	Carlisle
		Report	Dawson	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5609

23 April 1938 (1938 -04-23) 40	Rochdale	1 – 1	Darlington	Rochdale
	Dawson	Report	Harris (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4028

30 April 1938 (1938 -04-30) 41	Port Vale	4 – 1	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
	Masters Roberts Bellis	Report	Wynn (pen.)	Stadium: Old Recreation Ground Attendance: 2992

7 May 1938 (1938 -05-07) 42	Rochdale	1 – 1	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Craig (o.g.)	Report	Griffiths	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2065

F.A. Cup

27 November 1937 (1937 -11-27) 1	Rochdale	1 – 1	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Hunt	Report	Deacon	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 11500

1 December 1937 (1937 -12-01) 1	Lincoln City	2 – 0	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Campbell Whyte	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 6474

Division 3 North Cup

21 September 1937 (1937 -09-21) 1	Rochdale	2 – 3	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Hunt	^[1]	Robbins Blackshaw	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

Lancashire Cup

18 April 1938 (1938 -04-18) 1	Blackburn Rovers	4 – 1	Rochdale	Blackburn
		^[2]	Dawson	Stadium: Ewood Park

References

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

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

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