1912–13 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1912–13 season
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Central League7th
FA CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Tom Page
All: Tom Page

The 1912–13 season saw Rochdale compete in The F.A. Cup for the 5th time and reached the first round proper. The also competed in the Central League and finished 7th.

Statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total Central League F.A. Cup Lancs Snr Cup Manc Snr Cup Friendlies
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG Billy Biggar 44 0 32 0 7 0 1 0 4 0 0 0
DF England ENG Tommy Leigh 8 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Danny Crossan 26 0 16 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
DF   William Chick 44 12 32 9 7 3 1 0 4 0 0 0
DF England ENG Ted Birnie 37 3 28 1 4 2 1 0 4 0 0 0
MF England ENG James Henderson 43 1 31 0 7 1 2 0 3 0 0 0
MF England ENG Tommy Spink 49 3 37 3 7 0 1 0 4 0 0 0
FW England ENG Alf Gregson 37 19 27 13 5 4 2 1 3 1 0 0
FW England ENG Tom Page 36 23 25 15 6 5 1 1 4 2 0 0
MF England ENG Jim Tully 46 17 34 12 7 4 1 0 4 1 0 0
MF England ENG Albert Smith 46 7 33 5 6 1 2 1 4 0 1 0
DF England ENG Jack Page 14 0 9 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW England ENG Billy Lovett 9 1 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
MF   D. McKinley 11 4 8 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF England ENG Tommy Broome 31 0 23 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
MF   Edward Thomason 7 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
FW   W.W. Turnbull 8 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1
GK   James Morris 8 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF   Harker Morgan 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
FW England ENG Dan Cunliffe 13 2 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   H. Clouston 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   J. Goodwin 13 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
MF   W. Davies 5 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
DF England ENG Jack Barton 10 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF   Percy Hardy 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   J. Crabtree 9 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DF   Billy Bamford 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   J.C. Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF   C. Robinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Competitions

Central League

2 September 1912 (1912-09-02) 1 Rochdale 2–0 Preston North End Reserves Rochdale
Tully
Gregson 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3500
7 September 1912 (1912-09-07) 2 Bradford City Reserves 2–1 Rochdale Bradford

 Gregson Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 3000
14 September 1912 (1912-09-14) 3 Rochdale 3–0 Everton Reserves Rochdale
T. Page
Tully 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6000
21 September 1912 (1912-09-21) 4 Bury Reserves 0–1 Rochdale Bury
McKinley Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3000
24 September 1912 (1912-09-24) 5 Rochdale 4–0 Barnsley Reserves Rochdale
Tully
Gregson 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1500
28 September 1912 (1912-09-28) 6 Glossop Reserves 2–0 Rochdale Glossop

 Stadium: North Road
Attendance: 4000
1 October 1912 (1912-10-01) 7 Rochdale 3–0 Bolton Wanderers Reserves Rochdale
Gregson
T. Page
Chick 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000
5 October 1912 (1912-10-05) 8 Blackpool Reserves 1–1 Rochdale Blackpool
T. Page Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 2500
19 October 1912 (1912-10-19) 9 Crewe Alexandra 6–2 Rochdale Crewe





 Gregson
Smith 		Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3000
26 October 1912 (1912-10-26) 10 Burnley Reserves 6–0 Rochdale Burnley





 Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 2000
6 November 1912 (1912-11-06) 11 Bolton Wanderers Reserves 0–0 Rochdale Bolton
Stadium: Burnden Park
9 November 1912 (1912-11-09) 12 Rochdale 3–1 Stalybridge Celtic Rochdale
Chick (pen.)
McKinley
T. Page 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6000
23 November 1912 (1912-11-23) 13 Stockport County Reserves 2–2 Rochdale Stockport

 T. Page
Spink 		Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 3000
7 December 1912 (1912-12-07) 14 Rochdale 2–0 Manchester United Reserves Rochdale
Tully
Gregson 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4000
25 December 1912 (1912-12-25) 15 Rochdale 1–1 Bradford City Reserves Rochdale
Chick (pen.) Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7000
26 December 1912 (1912-12-26) 16 Southport Central 0–4 Rochdale Southport
T. Page
Chick
Tully 		Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 5000
28 December 1912 (1912-12-28) 17 Rochdale 4–1 Blackpool Reserves Rochdale
Tully
Chick
T. Page 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5000
1 January 1913 (1913-01-01) 18 Liverpool Reserves 7–1 Rochdale Liverpool






 Clouston Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 3000
4 January 1913 (1913-01-04) 19 Everton Reserves 3–2 Rochdale Liverpool


 McKinley
Tully 		Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 1500
18 January 1913 (1913-01-18) 20 Rochdale 2–0 Bury Reserves Rochdale
T. Page Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000
22 January 1913 (1913-01-22) 21 Manchester United Reserves 4–0 Rochdale Manchester



 Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 1000
25 January 1913 (1913-01-25) 22 Rochdale 1–0 Stockport County Reserves Rochdale
Spink Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1500
1 February 1913 (1913-02-01) 23 Rochdale 0–1 Oldham Athletic Reserves Rochdale
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3000
4 February 1913 (1913-02-04) 24 Rochdale 1–0 Manchester City Rochdale
McKinley Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 500
8 February 1913 (1913-02-08) 25 Oldham Athletic Reserves 1–1 Rochdale Oldham
Chick Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 6000
15 February 1913 (1913-02-15) 26 Manchester City 1–2 Rochdale Manchester
T. Page
Smith 		Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 6000
22 February 1913 (1913-02-22) 27 Preston North End Reserves 2–1 Rochdale Preston

 Tully Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 4000
1 March 1913 (1913-03-01) 28 Rochdale 5–1 Glossop Reserves Rochdale
Gregson
Chick (pen.)
Spink
Smith
Tully 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2000
6 March 1913 (1913-03-06) 29 Barnsley Reserves 1–3 Rochdale Barnsley
Smith
Gregson 		Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 1500
15 March 1913 (1913-03-15) 30 Stalybridge Celtic 1–1 Rochdale Stalybridge
Tully (pen.) Stadium: Bower Fold
Attendance: 4000
21 March 1913 (1913-03-21) 31 Rochdale 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Reserves Rochdale
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5000
22 March 1913 (1913-03-22) 32 Rochdale 8–0 Southport Central Rochdale
Cunliffe
Gregson
Chick
Smith
Birnie 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3000
24 March 1913 (1913-03-24) 33 Rochdale 0–0 Liverpool Reserves Rochdale
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4000
5 April 1913 (1913-04-05) 34 Rochdale 2–2 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
T. Page
Thomason
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2000
12 April 1913 (1913-04-12) 35 Burslem Port Vale 1–0 Rochdale Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: Athletic Ground
Attendance: 3000
15 April 1913 (1913-04-15) 36 Rochdale 2–2 Burnley Reserves Rochdale
Tully
Davies
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000
24 April 1913 (1913-04-24) 37 Blackburn Rovers Reserves 2–0 Rochdale Blackburn

 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 500
26 April 1913 (1913-04-26) 38 Rochdale 2–0 Burslem Port Vale Rochdale
T. Page Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1500

F.A. Cup

Main article: 1912–13 FA Cup
12 October 1912 (1912-10-12) Q1 Macclesfield 3–5 Rochdale Macclesfield


 Smith
Tully
Birnie
Gregson 		Stadium: Moss Rose
2 November 1912 (1912-11-02) Q2 Rochdale 5–0 Newton Heath Rochdale
Henderson
Birnie
Tully
Chick (pen.)
T. Page 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2000
16 November 1912 (1912-11-16) Q3 Rochdale 2–1 Stalybridge Celtic Rochdale
Gregson Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3000
30 November 1912 (1912-11-30) Q4 Rochdale 6–1 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
Tully
Chick (pen.)
T. Page 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5000
14 December 1912 (1912-12-14) Q5 Rochdale 1–1 Darlington Rochdale
Gregson Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7045
18 December 1912 (1912-12-18) Q5 Darlington 0–1 Rochdale Darlington
Chick (pen.) Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 7018
11 January 1913 (1913-01-11) 1 Rochdale 0–2 Swindon Town Rochdale
Report Bown
Jefferson 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8801

Lancashire Senior Cup

23 September 1912 (1912-09-23) 1 Rochdale 2–1 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
T. Page
Lovett
Smith 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 400
7 October 1912 (1912-10-07) 2 Barrow 2–1 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness

 Gregson Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 3000

Manchester Senior Cup

17 September 1912 (1912-09-17) Final (Replay) Manchester United 5–0 Rochdale Bury




 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 1000
Note: Replay of final from previous season.
25 February 1913 (1913-02-25) Rochdale 2–1 Manchester City Rochdale
Tully
T. Page 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1515
12 March 1913 (1913-03-12) Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Rochdale Bolton
Gregson Stadium: Burnden Park
1 April 1913 (1913-04-01) Rochdale 1–2 Bolton Wanderers Rochdale
T. Page
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3000

Friendlies

21 December 1912 (1912-12-21) Rochdale 3–2 Heywood United Rochdale
Turnbull
Davies
? (o.g.)
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2000

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References

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