1923–24 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1923–24 season
Chairman	George L. Foulds
Manager	Tom Wilson; Jack Peart
Stadium	Spotland
Football League Third Division North	2nd
FA Cup	5th round qualifying
Top goalscorer	League: Bill Prouse; Albert Whitehurst; All: Bill Prouse; Albert Whitehurst
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1922–23 1924–25 →

The 1923–24 season saw Rochdale compete for their 3rd season in the Football League Third Division North. Prior to the start of the season, the club were expelled from the F.A. because a former player had not been paid, however they were re-instated when it was confirmed that the player was on holiday when the money was sent.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division3 (N)		FA Cup		Lancashire Cup		Manchester Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
N/A	GK	ENG	Harry Moody	45	0	40	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
N/A	DF	SCO	Jimmy Bissett	46	3	42	3	2	0	2	0	0	0
N/A	DF	SCO	Willie Brown	45	0	40	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Bobby Willis	45	1	39	1	2	0	3	0	1	0
N/A	MF	ENG	David Parkes	44	1	42	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Frank Crowe	23	5	18	5	2	0	2	0	1	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Billy Tompkinson	41	6	38	6	2	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Bill Prouse	44	15	40	14	1	0	2	1	1	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Albert Whitehurst	41	15	35	14	2	1	3	0	1	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Albert Pearson	39	7	34	7	2	0	3	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Joe Clark	19	1	16	1	0	0	2	0	1	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Joe Campbell	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Jack Peart	15	7	12	6	1	0	2	1	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Arthur McGarry	45	1	39	1	2	0	3	0	1	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Jimmy Nuttall	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Albert Smith	14	1	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
N/A	DF	ENG	Edward Watson	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Jack Hall	3	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Bob Sandiford	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	GK	ENG	Cyril Hibberd	3	0	2	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	Promotion
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	18	3	0	51	10	6	12	3	25	17	2.815	63	Division Champions, promoted
2	Rochdale	42	17	4	0	40	8	8	8	5	20	18	2.308	62
3	Chesterfield	42	16	4	1	54	15	6	6	9	16	24	1.795	54
4	Rotherham County	42	16	3	2	46	13	7	3	11	24	30	1.628	52
5	Bradford Park Avenue	42	17	3	1	50	12	4	7	10	19	31	1.605	52

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W
Position	2	11	12	5	12	8	10	5	5	3	2	3	7	4	5	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2

Source: https://www.enfa.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Football League Third Division North

25 August 1923 (1923-08-25) 1	Rochdale	2–0	Durham City	Rochdale
	Tompkinson Prouse	Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 6,000

27 August 1923 (1923-08-27) 2	Wigan Borough	3–0	Rochdale	Wigan
	Armitage Glover	Report		Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 15,000

1 September 1923 (1923-09-01) 3	Durham City	0–0	Rochdale	Durham
		Report		Stadium: Holiday Park Attendance: 4,000

3 September 1923 (1923-09-03) 4	Rochdale	1–0	Wigan Borough	Rochdale
	Prouse	Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 8,000

8 September 1923 (1923-09-08) 5	Bradford (Park Avenue)	4–2	Rochdale	Bradford
	Peel Turnbull McLean	Report	Whitehurst	Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 8,000

15 September 1923 (1923-09-15) 6	Rochdale	3–0	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Rochdale
	Crowe Peart	Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 7,000

22 September 1923 (1923-09-22) 7	Chesterfield	1–1	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Fisher	Report	Prouse	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 9,700

29 September 1923 (1923-09-29) 8	Rochdale	3–0	Chesterfield	Rochdale
	Crowe Whitehurst	Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 8,000

6 October 1923 (1923-10-06) 9	Rotherham County	0–0	Rochdale	Rotherham
		Report		Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 8,000

13 October 1923 (1923-10-13) 10	Rochdale	1–0	Rotherham County	Rochdale
	Whitehurst	Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 8,000

20 October 1923 (1923-10-20) 11	Wrexham	1–1	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Edwards	Report	Peart	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 4,700

27 October 1923 (1923-10-27) 12	Rochdale	0–0	Wrexham	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 7,000

3 November 1923 (1923-11-03) 13	Doncaster Rovers	0–0	Rochdale	Doncaster
		Report		Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 7,000

10 November 1923 (1923-11-10) 14	Rochdale	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Prouse Bissett (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 6,500

24 November 1923 (1923-11-24) 15	Darlington	2–2	Rochdale	Darlington
	Stevens Hooper	Report	Peart Tompkinson	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 5,800

8 December 1923 (1923-12-08) 16	Southport	0–1	Rochdale	Southport
		Report	Pearson	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 5,000

15 December 1923 (1923-12-15) 17	Rochdale	3–1	Barrow	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Pearson	Report	Matthews (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 5,000

22 December 1923 (1923-12-22) 18	Barrow	1–2	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Dickie	Report	Peart Prouse	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 2,000

25 December 1923 (1923-12-25) 19	Lincoln City	0–2	Rochdale	Lincoln
		Report	Peart Pearson	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 7,000

26 December 1923 (1923-12-26) 20	Rochdale	1–0	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Whitehurst	Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 8,000

29 December 1923 (1923-12-29) 21	Rochdale	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Willis	Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 5,000

5 January 1924 (1924-01-05) 22	Crewe Alexandra	0–2	Rochdale	Crewe
		Report	Prouse Parkes	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 6,000

8 January 1924 (1924-01-08) 23	Rochdale	2–2	Southport	Rochdale
	Whitehurst (pen.)	Report	Cousins	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,000

12 January 1924 (1924-01-12) 24	Rochdale	1–0	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Prouse	Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 4,000

19 January 1924 (1924-01-19) 25	Rochdale	1–0	Ashington	Rochdale
	Bissett (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 6,000

26 January 1924 (1924-01-26) 26	Ashington	1–0	Rochdale	Ashington
	Laverick	Report		Stadium: Portland Park Attendance: 5,500

2 February 1924 (1924-02-02) 27	Rochdale	1–0	Walsall	Rochdale
	Pearson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 5,000

9 February 1924 (1924-02-09) 28	Walsall	0–1	Rochdale	Walsall
		Report	Tompkinson	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 5,000

16 February 1924 (1924-02-16) 29	Rochdale	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 16161

1 March 1924 (1924-03-01) 30	Rochdale	6–2	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Pearson Whitehurst Prouse Tompkinson	Report	Crooks	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 3,000

8 March 1924 (1924-03-08) 31	New Brighton	1–1	Rochdale	New Brighton
	Howard	Report	Peart	Stadium: Sandheys Park Attendance: 7,000

15 March 1924 (1924-03-15) 32	Grimsby Town	1–0	Rochdale	Cleethorpes
	Carmichael	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7,000

22 March 1924 (1924-03-22) 33	Rochdale	4–2	Grimsby Town	Rochdale
	McGarry Whitehurst Clark Sandiford	Report	Carmichael Dent	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 5,000

26 March 1924 (1924-03-26) 34	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Rochdale	Wolverhampton
		Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 12,000

29 March 1924 (1924-03-29) 35	Halifax Town	0–1	Rochdale	Halifax
		Report	Prouse	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 4,000

5 April 1924 (1924-04-05) 36	Rochdale	3–0	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Prouse Whitehurst Pearson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 6,000

10 April 1924 (1924-04-10) Abandoned	Tranmere Rovers	2a2	Rochdale	Birkenhead
			Prouse Whitehurst	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,000

12 April 1924 (1924-04-12) 37	Hartlepools United	1–2	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Morris	Report	Prouse Bissett (pen.)	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 5,000

18 April 1924 (1924-04-18) 38	Rochdale	0–0	Darlington	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 6,000

22 April 1924 (1924-04-22) 39	Rochdale	1–0	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Crowe	Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 5,000

26 April 1924 (1924-04-26) 40	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Rochdale	Accrington
		Report	Pearson	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 6,000

28 April 1924 (1924-04-28) 41	Tranmere Rovers	2–1	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Brown Cartman	Report	Prouse	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 8,000

3 May 1924 (1924-05-03) 42	Rochdale	4–1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Tompkinson Prouse	Report	Brown	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 5,000

FA Cup

17 November 1923 (1923-11-17) Q4	Rochdale	4–0	Skelmersdale United	Rochdale
	Hall Whitehurst	^[1]		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,000

1 December 1923 (1923-12-01) Q5	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Rochdale	Accrington
	Kay	^[2]		Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 7,000

Lancashire Cup

12 September 1923 (1923-09-12) 1	Wigan Borough	0–0	Rochdale	Wigan
		^[3]		Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 6,000

2 October 1923 (1923-10-02) 1 (Replay)	Rochdale	1–0	Wigan Borough	Rochdale
	Peart	^[4]		Stadium: Spotland

16 October 1923 (1923-10-16) 2	Rochdale	1–5	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Prouse	^[5]		Stadium: Spotland

Manchester Cup

4 March 1924 (1924-03-04) 2	Bury	8–1	Rochdale	Bury
		^[6]	Smith	Stadium: Gigg Lane

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

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

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

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

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

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