1911–12 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1911–12 season
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Lancashire Combination Division 11st
FA Cup4th Qualifying Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Alf Gregson
All: Alf Gregson

The 1911–12 season saw Rochdale compete in The F.A. Cup for the 4th time and reached the fourth qualifying round. The also competed in the Lancashire Combination Division 1 and finished top of the table for the second consecutive season.

Statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total Lancs Comb Div 1 LCD play-off F.A. Cup Lancs Snr Cup Manc Snr Cup Friendlies
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG Billy Biggar 46 0 32 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 5 0
DF England ENG Joe Blackett 35 0 24 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 0
DF Scotland SCO Danny Crossan 29 0 20 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 3 0
DF   William Chick 45 3 31 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 5 0
DF England ENG Tom Meynell 42 4 30 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 1 4 0
MF England ENG James Henderson 39 1 26 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 4 0
MF England ENG Jack Reynolds 40 9 28 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 3 2
FW England ENG Alf Gregson 43 30 32 21 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 4 4 5
FW England ENG Frank Spriggs 9 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1
FW   Bob Peake 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1
MF England ENG Albert Smith 38 15 26 10 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 3 4 1
MF   H. Morgan 18 0 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
FW England ENG Tom Page 23 18 17 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 2
MF England ENG Tommy Broome 18 3 14 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1
DF   James McKenzie 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW England ENG Frederick Bracey 13 4 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
FW England ENG Billy Lovett 32 13 25 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 2 1
MF   Lawrence Kenyon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   Hall 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   James Stamford 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   J Costelli 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   WH Martin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   Howarth 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF England ENG Jack Page 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW   Bernard Tattum 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
FW   Barker 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   Arthur Campey 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   Harry Moon 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF   Fisher 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW   Hardwick 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Competitions

Lancashire Combination Division 1

2 September 1911 (1911-09-02) 1 Rochdale 5–0 Denton Rochdale
Spriggs
Smith
Chick
Peak 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4000
23 September 1911 (1911-09-23) 2 Accrington Stanley 0–1 Rochdale Accrington
Smith Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 2000
7 October 1911 (1911-10-07) 3 Hyde 5–1 Rochdale Hyde




 Gregson Stadium: Ewen Fields
Attendance: 2000
14 October 1911 (1911-10-14) 4 Rochdale 3–1 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
T. Page
Gregson
Reynolds 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3000
21 October 1911 (1911-10-21) 5 Heywood United 1–1 Rochdale Heywood
Smith Stadium: ?
Attendance: 4000
28 October 1911 (1911-10-28) 6 Eccles 1–2 Rochdale Eccles
Lovett
Gregson 		Stadium: ?
Attendance: 4000
4 November 1911 (1911-11-04) 7 Rochdale 3–1 St Helens Town Rochdale
Gregson
Lovett 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3000
11 November 1911 (1911-11-11) 8 St Helens Town 0–3 Rochdale St Helens
Lovett
Gregson 		Stadium: Primrose Ground
Attendance: 4000
25 November 1911 (1911-11-25) 9 Haslingden 2–1 Rochdale Haslingden

 Gregson Stadium: ?
Attendance: 2500
2 December 1911 (1911-12-02) 10 Rochdale 2–0 Chorley Rochdale
Gregson
Lovett 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2500
9 December 1911 (1911-12-09) 11 Bacup 1–7 Rochdale Bacup
Meynell
Gregson
T. Page
Smith 		Stadium: West View
Attendance: 1500
16 December 1911 (1911-12-16) 12 Rochdale 5–0 Barrow Rochdale
Reynolds
T. Page
Smith
Lovett
Gregson 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3000
23 December 1911 (1911-12-23) 13 Walkden Central 0–3 Rochdale Walkden
Lovett
T. Page 		Stadium: ?
Attendance: 300
25 December 1911 (1911-12-25) 14 Rochdale 2–0 St Helens Recreation Rochdale
Lovett
? (o.g.)		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5000
26 December 1911 (1911-12-26) 15 Chester 3–1 Rochdale Chester


 Stamford Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 6000
30 December 1911 (1911-12-30) 16 Denton 3–0 Rochdale Denton


 Stadium: ?
Attendance: 2500
1 January 1912 (1912-01-01) 17 Rochdale 3–0 Chester Rochdale
Smith
Reynolds
Lovett 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6000
6 January 1912 (1912-01-06) Abandoned Colne 1–0 Rochdale Colne
Stadium: Cottontree
Attendance: 1000
16 January 1912 (1912-01-16) 18 Colne 0–1 Rochdale Colne
Chick Stadium: Cottontree
Attendance: 2000
20 January 1912 (1912-01-20) 19 Rochdale 3–0 Rossendale United Rochdale
Smith
Gregson
Broome 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1500
27 January 1912 (1912-01-27) 20 Rochdale 3–0 Colne Rochdale
Smith
T. Page
Gregson 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2000
3 February 1912 (1912-02-03) 21 Rossendale United 1–2 Rochdale Newchurch
T. Page
Reynolds 		Stadium: Dark Lane ?
Attendance: 1000
10 February 1912 (1912-02-10) 22 Rochdale 2–0 Hyde Rochdale
Chick
T. Page 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5000
24 February 1912 (1912-02-24) 23 Rochdale 2–2 Heywood United Rochdale
Gregson
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4000
2 March 1912 (1912-03-02) 24 Rochdale 4–0 Eccles Rochdale
Meynell
Gregson
Smith
Bracey 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2000
23 March 1912 (1912-03-23) 25 Nelson 0–3 Rochdale Nelson
Bracey
Reynolds
Henderson 		Stadium: Seedhill
Attendance: 2000
30 March 1912 (1912-03-30) 26 Rochdale 3–0 Haslingden Rochdale
Gregson
Reynolds 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2000
5 April 1912 (1912-04-05) 27 St Helens Recreation 1–1 Rochdale St Helens
Bracey Stadium: Boundary Road ?
Attendance: 2000
6 April 1912 (1912-04-06) 28 Chorley 0–0 Rochdale Chorley
Stadium: Ranglets Recreation Ground
Attendance: 2000
8 April 1912 (1912-04-08) 29 Rochdale 3–0 Nelson Rochdale
Lovett
Bracey
Broome 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2000
13 April 1912 (1912-04-13) 30 Rochdale 9–0 Bacup Rochdale
T. Page
Lovett
? (o.g.)
Gregson 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2000
20 April 1912 (1912-04-20) 31 Barrow 1–0 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness
Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 4500
27 April 1912 (1912-04-27) 32 Rochdale 3–1 Walkden Central Rochdale
Gregson
Smith 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000

Lancashire Combination Divisional play-off

13 September 1911 (1911-09-13) Haslingden 0–2 Rochdale Haslingden
Smith
Meynell 		Stadium: ?
Attendance: 500

F.A. Cup

Main article: 1911–12 FA Cup
18 November 1911 (1911-11-18) Q4 Barrow 1–0 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness
Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 7000

Lancashire Senior Cup

19 September 1911 (1911-09-19) 1 Rochdale 1–2 Barrow Rochdale
Spriggs
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 600

Manchester Senior Cup

12 September 1911 (1911-09-12) Denton 2–4 Rochdale Denton

 Maynell
Peak
Spriggs 		Stadium: ?
26 September 1911 (1911-09-26) Rochdale 3–0 Northern Nomads Rochdale
Gregson Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000
9 October 1911 (1911-10-09) Rochdale 5–0 Stockport County Rochdale
Lovett
Smith
T. Page 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1500
27 November 1911 (1911-11-27) Semi-final Manchester City 0–2 Rochdale Manchester
Smith
Lovett 		Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 1500
27 March 1912 (1912-03-27) Final Manchester United 0–0 Rochdale Manchester
Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 3000
30 April 1912 (1912-04-30) Final Replay Manchester United 1–1 Rochdale Oldham
Gregson Stadium: Boundary Park

Friendlies

16 September 1911 (1911-09-16) Rochdale 4–0 Blackpool Reserves Rochdale
Smith
Peak
Spriggs
Reynolds 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2000
30 September 1911 (1911-09-30) Rochdale 2–0 Everton Reserves Rochdale
Gregson Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1500
13 January 1912 (1912-01-13) Rochdale 3–1 Stoke Rochdale
T. Page
Broome 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000
17 February 1912 (1912-02-17) Rochdale 3–1 Preston North End Reserves Rochdale
Gregson
Lovett 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 500
16 March 1912 (1912-03-16) Hartlepool 1–2 Rochdale Hartlepool
Gregson
Reynolds 		Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 2000

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References

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