1958–59 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1958–59 season
Manager	Jack Marshall
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Division 3	24th
F.A. Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Eddie Wainwright; Les Spencer; All: Eddie Wainwright

The 1958–59 season saw Rochdale compete in the newly formed Football League Third Division.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3		F.A. Cup		Lancashire Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Jimmy Jones	27	0	25	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Charlie Ferguson	37	2	32	1	3	0	2	1
	DF	ENG	Donald Whiston	17	0	14	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	ENG	Jackie Grant	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Bev Glover	26	0	21	0	3	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Jimmy McGuigan	14	0	10	0	2	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Gordon McBain	12	1	10	1	0	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Eddie Wainwright	29	11	24	8	3	3	2	0
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Dailey	27	6	24	6	1	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Eddie Moran	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Jim Maguire	18	0	15	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Les Spencer	41	10	35	8	3	1	3	1
	GK	SCO	Bernard McCready	21	0	17	0	2	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Tommy McGlennon	46	1	40	1	3	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Colin Vizard	16	1	16	1	0	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Dai Powell	28	1	24	1	3	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Bill Finney	35	2	31	1	3	1	1	0
	MF	SCO	Bert Thomson	25	0	24	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Brian Green	14	3	11	3	1	0	2	0
	GK	ENG	George Heyes	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jock Wallace	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Frank Lord	12	2	11	2	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jim Brown	20	0	17	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Ray Aspden	25	0	24	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Alan Moore	12	3	11	2	0	0	1	1
	DF	ENG	Stanley Milburn	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	George Cooper	15	2	15	2	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Norman Bodell	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Bobby Entwistle	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Malcolm Hussey	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Final League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	Mansfield Town	46	11	5	7	38	42	3	8	12	35	56	0.745	41
21	Stockport County	46	9	7	7	33	23	4	3	16	32	55	0.833	36	Relegated
22	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	2	8	40	32	1	3	19	10	58	0.556	33
23	Notts County	46	5	9	9	33	39	3	4	16	22	57	0.573	29
24	Rochdale	46	8	7	8	21	26	0	5	18	16	53	0.468	28

Source:

Competitions

Football League Third Division

23 August 1958 (1958 -08-23) 1	Stockport County	1 – 0	Rochdale	Stockport
	Holden 78' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 12171

25 August 1958 (1958 -08-25) 2	Rochdale	0 – 2	Plymouth Argyle	Rochdale
		Report	Carter 10' Penk 14'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8442

30 August 1958 (1958 -08-30) 3	Rochdale	1 – 0	Reading	Rochdale
	Dailey 85' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6629

4 September 1958 (1958 -09-04) 4	Plymouth Argyle	2 – 1	Rochdale	Plymouth
	Carter 50' (pen.) Williams 65'	Report	Spencer McGlennon 79'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 26961

6 September 1958 (1958 -09-06) 5	Colchester United	2 – 1	Rochdale	Colchester
	Langman 38' McLeod 88'	Report	Dailey 25' (pen.)	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8141

10 September 1958 (1958 -09-10) 6	Rochdale	1 – 1	Swindon Town	Rochdale
	Wainwright	Report	D'Arcy	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6617

13 September 1958 (1958 -09-13) 7	Rochdale	2 – 1	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	Rochdale
	Dailey 43' Spencer 47'	Report	Brown 53'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6361

17 September 1958 (1958 -09-17) 8	Swindon Town	2 – 1	Rochdale	Swindon
	Moore Chamberlain	Report	Green	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9558

20 September 1958 (1958 -09-20) 9	Norwich City	2 – 1	Rochdale	Norwich
	Ripley 28' (pen.) Allcock 31'	Report	Spencer 46'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 16422

23 September 1958 (1958 -09-23) 10	Rochdale	1 – 4	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Green	Report	Williams McDonnell	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3854

27 September 1958 (1958 -09-27) 11	Rochdale	1 – 1	Southend United	Rochdale
	Spencer 63'	Report	Hollis 9'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5719

29 September 1958 (1958 -09-29) 12	Tranmere Rovers	2 – 1	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Williams Ferguson (o.g.)	Report	McBain	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 16878

4 October 1958 (1958 -10-04) 13	Bury	6 – 1	Rochdale	Bury
	McIntosh 11', 61' Parker 52', 66' Darbyshire 55', 78'	Report	Dailey 75'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 11865

7 October 1958 (1958 -10-07) 14	Rochdale	2 – 2	Queens Park Rangers	Rochdale
	Green Lord	Report	Tomkys Cameron	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4276

11 October 1958 (1958 -10-11) 15	Rochdale	1 – 2	Notts County	Rochdale
	Ferguson 67' (pen.)	Report	Newsham 47' (pen.), 52'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5306 Referee: A Murdoch

18 October 1958 (1958 -10-18) 16	Chesterfield	0 – 0	Rochdale	Chesterfield
		Report		Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 8253

25 October 1958 (1958 -10-25) 17	Rochdale	1 – 1	Newport County	Rochdale
	Wainwright 88'	Report	McPherson 5'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4998

1 November 1958 (1958 -11-01) 18	Halifax Town	2 – 1	Rochdale	Halifax
	Smith 56' South 65'	Report	Spencer 39'	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 7129

8 November 1958 (1958 -11-08) 19	Rochdale	1 – 0	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Wainwright 43'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6286

22 November 1958 (1958 -11-22) 20	Rochdale	0 – 1	Hull City	Rochdale
		Report	Bradbury 2'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5562

29 November 1958 (1958 -11-29) 21	Bradford City	7 – 1	Rochdale	Bradford
	McCole 9', 10', 41' Webb 38', 67' Stokes 54' Reid 75'	Report	Spencer 58'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 6223

13 December 1958 (1958 -12-13) 22	Brentford	2 – 1	Rochdale	Brentford
	Towers 58' Dargie 89'	Report	Moore 31'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9432

20 December 1958 (1958 -12-20) 23	Rochdale	0 – 2	Stockport County	Rochdale
		Report	Jackson 20' Wilson 83'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4056

26 December 1958 (1958 -12-26) 24	Rochdale	1 – 0	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Wainwright	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4075

27 December 1958 (1958 -12-27) 25	Doncaster Rovers	1 – 1	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Callan 19'	Report	Vizard	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 7237

3 January 1959 (1959 -01-03) 26	Reading	3 – 0	Rochdale	Reading
	Reeves 20' (pen.) Wheeler 51' McLaren 84'	Report		Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 11240

24 January 1959 (1959 -01-24) 27	Rochdale	3 – 1	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Wainwright 32', 85' Moore 65'	Report	Jones 20'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5200

31 January 1959 (1959 -01-31) 28	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	0 – 0	Rochdale	Bournemouth
		Report		Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 9945

2 February 1959 (1959 -02-02) 29	Southampton	6 – 1	Rochdale	Southampton
	Hoskins 7', 71' Mulgrew 40', 88' Reeves 48', 50'	Report	Wainwright 12'	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 7199

7 February 1959 (1959 -02-07) 30	Rochdale	1 – 2	Norwich City	Rochdale
	Dailey 17'	Report	Bly 46' Crossan 67'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4608

14 February 1959 (1959 -02-14) 31	Southend United	3 – 1	Rochdale	Southend-on-Sea
	Hollis 33' Houghton 71' McCrory 83'	Report	Lord 53'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 8766

21 February 1959 (1959 -02-21) 32	Rochdale	1 – 0	Bury	Rochdale
	Dailey 20'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4241

28 February 1959 (1959 -02-28) 33	Notts County	1 – 1	Rochdale	Nottingham
	Roby 15'	Report	Wainwright 35' (pen.)	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 6394

7 March 1959 (1959 -03-07) 34	Rochdale	0 – 0	Chesterfield	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3340

14 March 1959 (1959 -03-14) 35	Newport County	1 – 0	Rochdale	Newport
	McPherson 78'	Report		Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4469

16 March 1959 (1959 -03-16) 36	Rochdale	0 – 1	Colchester United	Rochdale
		Report	Langman	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3510

21 March 1959 (1959 -03-21) 37	Rochdale	1 – 0	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Spencer 65'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3544

27 March 1959 (1959 -03-27) 38	Rochdale	2 – 2	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
	McGlennon Finney	Report	Griffiths Uphill	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3537 Referee: RTE Langdale

28 March 1959 (1959 -03-28) 39	Accrington Stanley	4 – 2	Rochdale	Accrington
	Gibson 30' Scott 44' Anders 58' Tighe 67'	Report	Spencer 11' Powell 50'	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 4412

30 March 1959 (1959 -03-30) 40	Mansfield Town	0 – 0	Rochdale	Mansfield
		Report		Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 5863

4 April 1959 (1959 -04-04) 41	Rochdale	1 – 0	Southampton	Rochdale
	Cooper 77'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3948

11 April 1959 (1959 -04-11) 42	Hull City	2 – 1	Rochdale	Hull
	Clarke 73' Bowering 82'	Report	Cooper 36'	Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 13377

18 April 1959 (1959 -04-18) 43	Rochdale	0 – 3	Bradford City	Rochdale
		Report	McCole 30', 31' Boyle 70'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4330

20 April 1959 (1959 -04-20) 44	Queens Park Rangers	3 – 0	Rochdale	London
	Angell Longbottom Whitelaw	Report		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 7280

25 April 1959 (1959 -04-25) 45	Wrexham	1 – 0	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Aspden 44' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 5244

27 April 1959 (1959 -04-27) 46	Rochdale	0 – 0	Brentford	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2191

F.A. Cup

15 November 1958 (1958 -11-15) 1	Hartlepools United	1 – 1	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Luke 15'	Report	Wainwright 86'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 7164

19 November 1958 (1958 -11-19) 1	Rochdale	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Finney Wainwright Spencer	Report	Luke Johnson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8763 Referee: JG Williams

27 November 1958 (1958 -11-27) 1	Hartlepools United	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Smith 74' Johnson 116'	Report	Wainwright 30'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 6126

Lancashire Cup

13 October 1958 (1958 -10-13)	Preston North End	1 – 1	Rochdale	Preston
			Ferguson (pen.)	Stadium: Deepdale

27 October 1958 (1958 -10-27)	Rochdale	1 – 0	Preston North End	Rochdale
	Spencer			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1540

8 December 1958 (1958 -12-08)	Manchester United	3 – 1	Rochdale	Manchester
			Moore	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 7644

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References

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

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[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.

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