1933–34 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1933–34 season
Manager	Herbert Hopkinson
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North	22nd
FA Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jack Robson; All: Jack Robson

The 1933–34 season saw Rochdale compete for their 13th 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		Manchester Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Bert Welch	12	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Wally Webster	42	0	38	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Ben Wheelhouse	30	2	27	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Gordon	36	1	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	David Bain	36	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Walter Buckley	37	1	34	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Will Rigby	36	3	32	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	John Cairns	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Smith	28	9	25	8	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
	FW	SCO	Tony Weldon	30	7	27	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Clarrie Murfin	28	7	26	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Jack Butler	7	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Hope	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Chadwick	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Willie Barrott	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Stephen Spargo	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Collins	32	8	30	6	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Dermot Hoadley	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Danny McRorie	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Cliff Walmsley	34	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	William Peters	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Walter Slicer	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Fred Fitton	15	6	13	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Robson	30	10	28	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Billy Benton	7	3	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Tom Smith	26	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Thomas Shepherd	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Coneys	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Arnold Bliss	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Harry Longbottom	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
18	Southport	42	6	11	4	35	29	2	6	13	28	61	0.700	33
19	Gateshead	42	10	3	8	46	40	2	6	13	30	70	0.691	33
20	Accrington Stanley	42	10	6	5	44	38	3	1	17	21	63	0.644	33
21	Rotherham United	42	5	7	9	31	35	5	1	15	22	56	0.582	28	Re-elected
22	Rochdale	42	7	5	9	34	30	2	1	18	19	73	0.515	24	Re-elected

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

26 August 1933 (1933 -08-26) 1	Rochdale	1 – 0	Darlington	Rochdale
	J. Smith	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4633

30 August 1933 (1933 -08-30) 2	Hartlepools United	2 – 1	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Hardy Wigham	Report	J. Smith	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4580

2 September 1933 (1933 -09-02) 3	Gateshead	2 – 1	Rochdale	Gateshead
	Temple	Report	J. Smith	Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 4226

5 September 1933 (1933 -09-05) 4	Rochdale	3 – 0	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Rigby Weldon Murfin	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4766

9 September 1933 (1933 -09-09) 5	Rochdale	0 – 1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
		Report	Watson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7437

16 September 1933 (1933 -09-16) 6	Chesterfield	3 – 0	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Bedford (pen.) Cook	Report		Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 9969

23 September 1933 (1933 -09-23) 7	Rochdale	2 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Weldon Collins	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5621

30 September 1933 (1933 -09-30) 8	Rochdale	1 – 0	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Weldon	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5229

7 October 1933 (1933 -10-07) 9	Barnsley	4 – 1	Rochdale	Barnsley
	Blight Andrews Spence	Report	Murfin	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 8970

14 October 1933 (1933 -10-14) 10	Rochdale	2 – 2	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
	Murfin J. Smith	Report	Butler Methven	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5334

21 October 1933 (1933 -10-21) 11	New Brighton	0 – 2	Rochdale	New Brighton
		Report	Murfin J. Smith	Stadium: Sandheys Park Attendance: 4450

28 October 1933 (1933 -10-28) 12	Rochdale	0 – 2	Rotherham United	Rochdale
		Report	Wright	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4322

4 November 1933 (1933 -11-04) 13	Walsall	2 – 0	Rochdale	Walsall
	Sheppard Alsop	Report		Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 5567

11 November 1933 (1933 -11-11) Abd	Rochdale	1 a 2	York City	Rochdale
	Robson	^[1]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

18 November 1933 (1933 -11-18) 14	Chester	7 – 1	Rochdale	Chester
	Armes McLachlan Mantle	Report	Fitton	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 4477

2 December 1933 (1933 -12-02) 15	Barrow	5 – 3	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Shankly Parker Foster	Report	Collins Robson Benton	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3736

9 December 1933 (1933 -12-09) 16	Rochdale	3 – 1	Barnsley	Rochdale
	Fitton Robson Benton	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2641

16 December 1933 (1933 -12-16) 17	Stockport County	4 – 1	Rochdale	Stockport
	Stevenson Foulkes Lythgoe	Report	Robson	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 3790

23 December 1933 (1933 -12-23) 18	Rochdale	1 – 2	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Benton	Report	Davies Chambers	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3258

25 December 1933 (1933 -12-25) 19	Southport	3 – 0	Rochdale	Southport
	Diamond	Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 4956

26 December 1933 (1933 -12-26) 20	Rochdale	3 – 3	Southport	Rochdale
	Fitton Gordon	Report	Diamond Holmes Baldwin	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3944

30 December 1933 (1933 -12-30) 21	Darlington	1 – 1	Rochdale	Darlington
	Shepherd (o.g.)	Report	Collins	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 3770

6 January 1934 (1934 -01-06) 22	Rochdale	2 – 0	Gateshead	Rochdale
	Collins Wheelhouse	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3220

13 January 1934 (1934 -01-13) 23	Rochdale	0 – 2	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
		Report	Dodd	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3186

20 January 1934 (1934 -01-20) 24	Accrington Stanley	1 – 3	Rochdale	Accrington
	Kelly	Report	Collins Rigby Weldon	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 2851

27 January 1934 (1934 -01-27) 25	Rochdale	0 – 1	Chesterfield	Rochdale
	Buckley	Report	Cook Malam	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4151

3 February 1934 (1934 -02-03) 26	Crewe Alexandra	4 – 1	Rochdale	Crewe
	Deacon Weale Cull Swindells	Report	Robson	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 2766

6 February 1934 (1934 -02-06) 27	Rochdale	0 – 1	Carlisle United	Rochdale
		Report	Dougal	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1261

10 February 1934 (1934 -02-10) 28	Tranmere Rovers	4 – 0	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Hunt Urmson Bell	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 3612

20 February 1934 (1934 -02-20) 29	Rochdale	3 – 6	York City	Rochdale
	Robson	Report	Dando Hathway Ivory Wilcockson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 800

24 February 1934 (1934 -02-24) 30	Mansfield Town	5 – 0	Rochdale	Mansfield
	Johnson Bytheway Munnings	Report		Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 4502

3 March 1934 (1934 -03-03) 31	Rochdale	1 – 1	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Fitton	Report	Davis	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2534

10 March 1934 (1934 -03-10) 32	Rotherham United	4 – 0	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Hicks Briggs Wright	Report		Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 2227

17 March 1934 (1934 -03-17) 33	Rochdale	3 – 3	Walsall	Rochdale
	Weldon (pen.)	Report	Alsop Leslie Sheppard	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2108

24 March 1934 (1934 -03-24) 34	York City	6 – 1	Rochdale	York
	Hathway Dando Lax	Report	Murfin	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 3382

30 March 1934 (1934 -03-30) 35	Rochdale	1 – 2	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Buckley	Report	Waller Bamford	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3052

31 March 1934 (1934 -03-31) 36	Rochdale	6 – 0	Chester	Rochdale
	J. Smith Wheelhouse Fitton Robson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2492

2 April 1934 (1934 -04-02) 37	Wrexham	4 – 1	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Waller Bryant Frewin	Report	Robson	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 5061

7 April 1934 (1934 -04-07) 38	Doncaster Rovers	5 – 0	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Turner Dodd Flowers	Report		Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 4873

14 April 1934 (1934 -04-14) 39	Rochdale	1 – 2	Barrow	Rochdale
	Robson	Report	Shankly Foster (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2298

21 April 1934 (1934 -04-21) 40	Carlisle United	3 – 0	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Ferguson Slinger	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 2762

28 April 1934 (1934 -04-28) 41	Rochdale	1 – 1	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Murfin	Report	Stevenson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7544

5 May 1934 (1934 -05-05) 42	Halifax Town	4 – 2	Rochdale	Halifax
	Tunstall Chambers James Hall	Report	Murfin Collins	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 3434

FA Cup

25 November 1933 (1933 -11-25) 1	Sutton Town	2 – 1	Rochdale	Sutton-in-Ashfield
	Egan Newbold	Report	Rigby	Stadium: Priestsic Road Attendance: 4946

Third Division North Cup

22 January 1934 (1934 -01-22) 1	Rochdale	2 – 4	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Collins	^[2]	Lythgoe Stevenson Foulkes	Stadium: Spotland Stadium

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Lancashire Cup

26 September 1933 (1933 -09-26) 1	Rochdale	1 – 2	Bury	Rochdale
	J.R. Smith	^[4]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500

Manchester Cup

28 February 1934 (1934 -02-28) 3	Manchester United	9 – 0	Rochdale	Manchester
		^[5]		Stadium: Old Trafford

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
↑ "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
↑ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
↑ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

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[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] "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

[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

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