1914–15 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1914–15 season
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Central League9th
FA CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: William Brown
All: William Brown

The 1914–15 season saw Rochdale compete in The FA Cup for the 7th time and reached the second round proper. The also competed in the Central League and finished 9th.

Statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total Central League F.A. Cup Lancs Snr Cup Manc Snr Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG Billy Biggar 40 0 27 0 5 0 5 0 3 0
DF England ENG Jack Barton 39 0 28 0 5 0 5 0 1 0
DF England ENG Bob Lilley 21 0 14 0 2 0 5 0 0 0
MF England ENG Jim Tully 50 2 37 1 5 0 5 1 3 0
DF Scotland SCO Robert Neave 50 8 37 7 5 1 5 0 3 0
MF   J.L. Kay 46 1 33 1 5 0 5 0 3 0
MF England ENG Archibald Rawlings 46 4 35 4 4 0 4 0 3 0
FW England ENG William Kelly 48 19 35 12 5 4 5 1 3 2
FW   William Brown 49 31 36 21 5 1 5 5 3 4
MF   W.S. Anderson 18 3 15 1 0 0 3 2 0 0
MF England ENG Albert Smith 50 10 37 6 5 0 5 2 3 2
MF   A. Walker 8 1 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
DF England ENG Charlie Milnes 25 1 18 1 5 0 2 0 0 0
GK   W. Plumley 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Ernest Hawksworth 19 9 13 5 3 2 0 0 3 2
DF England ENG Vince Hayes 7 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF   P. Pickup 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Danny Crossan 13 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF   J. Tattersall 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   Towers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   Haynes 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   T. Southworth 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK   B. Holt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   Alfred Caldwell 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
GK   John Swann 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Tweedale Rigg 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW   H. Fletcher 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Competitions

Central League

Main article: 1914–15 Football League
1 September  1914 (1914 -09-01) 1 Rochdale 4–1 Liverpool Reserves Rochdale
Brown
Rawlings
Kelly 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2000
8 September  1914 (1914 -09-08) 2 Southport Central 1–0 Rochdale Southport
Stadium: Haig Avenue
12 September  1914 (1914 -09-12) 3 Rochdale 3–0 Huddersfield Town Reserves Rochdale
Brown
Smith (pen.)
Rawlings 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000
19 September  1914 (1914 -09-19) 4 Stalybridge Celtic 0–0 Rochdale Stalybridge
Stadium: Bower Fold
26 September  1914 (1914 -09-26) 5 Rochdale 1–1 Stalybridge Celtic Rochdale
Anderson Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3000
3 October  1914 (1914 -10-03) 6 Huddersfield Town Reserves 0–0 Rochdale Huddersfield
Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 1000
10 October  1914 (1914 -10-10) 7 Rochdale 1–1 Burnley Reserves Rochdale
Brown Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3000
17 October  1914 (1914 -10-17) 8 Blackpool Reserves 3–3 Rochdale Blackpool


 Brown
Neave 		Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 1000
24 October  1914 (1914 -10-24) 9 Rochdale 0–1 Manchester City Reserves Rochdale
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
31 October  1914 (1914 -10-31) 10 Rochdale 5–1 Blackburn Rovers Reserves Rochdale
Kelly
Brown
Tully 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1200
7 November  1914 (1914 -11-07) 11 Liverpool Reserves 5–1 Rochdale Liverpool




 Neave Stadium: Anfield
14 November  1914 (1914 -11-14) 12 Bury Reserves 1–3 Rochdale Bury
Smith
Brown
Hawksworth 		Stadium: Gigg Lane
28 November  1914 (1914 -11-28) 13 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Rochdale Crewe
Stadium: Gresty Road
12 December  1914 (1914 -12-12) 14 Burnley Reserves 4–1 Rochdale Burnley



 Hawksworth Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 4000
25 December  1914 (1914 -12-25) 15 Rochdale 1–1 Stockport County Reserves Rochdale
Brown Stadium: Spotland Stadium
26 December  1914 (1914 -12-26) 16 Rochdale 6–1 Barnsley Reserves Rochdale
? (o.g.)
Brown
Smith (pen.)
Rawlings 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1500
1 January  1915 (1915 -01-01) 17 Rochdale 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Reserves Rochdale
Smith Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000
2 January  1915 (1915 -01-02) 18 Manchester United Reserves 4–0 Rochdale Manchester



 Stadium: Old Trafford
16 January  1915 (1915 -01-16) 19 Port Vale 2–1 Rochdale Stoke-on-Trent

 Kelly Stadium: Old Recreation Ground
23 January  1915 (1915 -01-23) 20 Rochdale 6–1 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
Kelly
Brown
Hawksworth 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
6 February  1915 (1915 -02-06) 21 Rochdale 2–3 Bradford City Reserves Rochdale
Kay
Smith

Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000
13 February  1915 (1915 -02-13) Abandoned Bradford City Reserves 0–0 Rochdale Bradford
Stadium: Valley Parade
16 February  1915 (1915 -02-16) 22 Rochdale 0–1 Preston North End Reserves Rochdale
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 500
20 February  1915 (1915 -02-20) 23 Blackburn Rovers Reserves 1–2 Rochdale Blackburn
Haynes
Rawlings 		Stadium: Ewood Park
24 February  1915 (1915 -02-24) 24 Manchester City Reserves 1–1 Rochdale Manchester
Brown Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 4000
27 February  1915 (1915 -02-27) 25 Rochdale 0–1 Oldham Athletic Reserves Rochdale
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1400
6 March  1915 (1915 -03-06) 26 Rochdale 1–1 Bury Reserves Rochdale
Brown Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000
13 March  1915 (1915 -03-13) 27 Preston North End Reserves 0–1 Rochdale Preston
Kelly Stadium: Deepdale
20 March  1915 (1915 -03-20) 28 Rochdale 1–2 Port Vale Rochdale
Brown
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1200
24 March  1915 (1915 -03-24) 29 Bolton Wanderers Reserves 2–2 Rochdale Bolton

 Kelly Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 3000
27 March  1915 (1915 -03-27) 30 Barnsley Reserves 2–1 Rochdale Barnsley

 Kelly Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 1000
31 March  1915 (1915 -03-31) 31 Bradford City Reserves 0–0 Rochdale Bradford
Stadium: Valley Parade
3 April  1915 (1915 -04-03) 32 Rochdale 7–1 Blackpool Reserves Rochdale
Milnes
Neave
Brown
Kelly 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
5 April  1915 (1915 -04-05) 33 Stockport County Reserves 1–0 Rochdale Stockport
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 3000
10 April  1915 (1915 -04-10) 34 Everton Reserves 1–2 Rochdale Liverpool
Hayes
Smith 		Stadium: Goodison Park
13 April  1915 (1915 -04-13) 35 Rochdale 1–0 Southport Central Rochdale
Hawksworth Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 500
17 April  1915 (1915 -04-17) 36 Oldham Athletic Reserves 1–3 Rochdale Oldham
Brown
Southworth 		Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 2000
24 April  1915 (1915 -04-24) 37 Rochdale 0–0 Manchester United Reserves Rochdale
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000
27 April  1915 (1915 -04-27) 38 Rochdale 2–2 Everton Reserves Rochdale
Neave
Kelly
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000

F.A. Cup

Main article: 1914–15 FA Cup
21 November  1914 (1914 -11-21) Q4 Rochdale 3–2 Stalybridge Celtic Rochdale
Kelly
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4000
5 December  1914 (1914 -12-05) Q5 Rochdale 2–0 Hartlepool United F.C. Rochdale
Brown
Neave 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2000
19 December  1914 (1914 -12-19) Q6 Rochdale 2–0 Watford Rochdale
Kelly
Hawksworth 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
9 January  1915 (1915 -01-09) 1 Rochdale 2–0 Gillingham Rochdale
Walker
Hawksworth 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6000
30 January  1915 (1915 -01-30) 2 Oldham Athletic 3–0 Rochdale Oldham
Donnachie
Kemp
Gee 		Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 18668

Lancashire Senior Cup

23 September  1914 (1914 -09-23) 1 Fleetwood 2–3 Rochdale Fleetwood

 Brown
Anderson 		Stadium: North Euston Hotel
Attendance: 1000
5 October  1914 (1914 -10-05) 2 Rochdale 3–2 Nelson Rochdale
Anderson
Brown
Tully
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000
20 October  1914 (1914 -10-20) 3 Rochdale 2–0 South Liverpool Rochdale
Kelly
Smith 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000
9 November  1914 (1914 -11-09) SF Oldham Athletic 0–2 Rochdale Bury
Brown Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 1500
7 December  1914 (1914 -12-07) F Burnley 4–1 Rochdale Manchester



 Smith Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 2000

Manchester Senior Cup

16 March  1915 (1915 -03-16) 2 Rochdale 2–0 Oldham Athletic Rochdale
Brown
Smith 		Stadium: Spotland Stadium
19 April  1915 (1915 -04-19) SF Hurst 2–5 Rochdale Ashton-under-Lyne

 Hawksworth
Brown
Smith 		Stadium: Hurst Cross
1 May  1915 (1915 -05-01) F Stockport County 4–3 Rochdale Manchester



 Kelly
Hawksworth 		Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 6000

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References

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