1948–49 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1948–49 season saw Rochdale compete for their 21st season in the Football League Third Division North.

Rochdale
1948–49 season
ManagerTed Goodier
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Division 3 North7th
F.A. Cup2nd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jack Connor
All: Jack Connor

Statistics
No. Pos Nat Player TotalDivision 3 NorthF.A. CupLancashire Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Bill Roberts 60500010
DF Bill Watson 4404001030
DF Arnold Bonell 60500010
MF Cecil Heydon 10100000
DF Walter Price 10100000
MF Don Partridge 3803302030
MF Cyril Lawrence 1511211020
FW George Eastham 50201020
FW Jack Livesey 3593281021
FW Cyril Brown 93930000
MF Tom Dryburgh 4583961052
DF Wally Birch 4874162051
MF David Reid 1511410010
MF Jackie Arthur 3232831030
FW Jackie Moss 2582182020
MF Eric Wood 4163462050
GK Les Bywater 2702202030
DF Ron Rothwell 2502002030
FW Alan Middleborough 84422121
MF Jimmy Britton 40201010
FW Ronnie Hood 91910000
MF Alex Hawson 10100000
MF George McGeachie 2302100020
FW Jack Connor 241222100022
GK Trevor Churchill 1601500010
FW Billy Woods 1201000020
DF Harry Hubbick 2101900020
  Tom Jones 10000010
  Jimmy Cheetham 10000010

Final league table
Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GR Pts
5 Gateshead 42 10 6 5 41 28 6 7 8 28 30 1.190 45
6 Oldham Athletic 42 12 4 5 49 28 6 5 10 26 39 1.119 45
7 Rochdale 42 14 3 4 37 16 4 6 11 18 37 1.038 45
8 Stockport County 42 13 5 3 44 16 3 6 12 17 40 1.089 43
9 Wrexham 42 12 6 3 35 22 5 3 13 21 40 0.903 43
Source: rsssf.com

Division 3 North
21 August  1948 (1948 -08-21) 1Hartlepools United6 – 1RochdaleHartlepool
Report Brown Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 10383
24 August  1948 (1948 -08-24) 2Rochdale3 – 0GatesheadRochdale
Wood
Livesey
Arthur 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 9955
28 August  1948 (1948 -08-28) 3Rochdale3 – 4DarlingtonRochdale
Brown
Wood 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 12326
30 August  1948 (1948 -08-30) 4Gateshead2 – 1RochdaleGateshead
Report Livesey Stadium: Redheugh Park
Attendance: 7410
4 September  1948 (1948 -09-04) 5Oldham Athletic0 – 1RochdaleOldham
Report Wood Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 18065
7 September  1948 (1948 -09-07) 6Rochdale1 – 0Carlisle UnitedRochdale
Moss Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8343
11 September  1948 (1948 -09-11) 7New Brighton1 – 2RochdaleNew Brighton
Report Livesey
Moss 		Stadium: Tower Athletic Ground
Attendance: 8385
16 September  1948 (1948 -09-16) 8Carlisle United1 – 1RochdaleCarlisle
Report Birch  (pen.) Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 12539
18 September  1948 (1948 -09-18) 9Rochdale3 – 1ChesterRochdale
Arthur
Dryburgh
Moss 		Report Best Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 11965
25 September  1948 (1948 -09-25) 10Southport3 – 1RochdaleSouthport
Report Livesey Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 9643
2 October  1948 (1948 -10-02) 11Rochdale3 – 0Crewe AlexandraRochdale
Wood
Dryburgh
Reid 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 10836
9 October  1948 (1948 -10-09) 12Rochdale4 – 1Accrington StanleyRochdale
Wood
Dryburgh
Moss 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 11151
16 October  1948 (1948 -10-16) 13Rotherham United3 – 1RochdaleRotherham
Report Birch  (pen.) Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 16750
23 October  1948 (1948 -10-23) 14Rochdale1 – 1Hull CityRochdale
Birch  (pen.) Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 14967
30 October  1948 (1948 -10-30) 15Doncaster Rovers1 – 0RochdaleDoncaster
Report Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 18860
6 November  1948 (1948 -11-06) 16Rochdale1 – 1Bradford CityRochdale
Moss Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8707
13 November  1948 (1948 -11-13) 17Halifax Town2 – 1RochdaleHalifax
Report Wood Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 7743
20 November  1948 (1948 -11-20) 18Rochdale2 – 1WrexhamRochdale
Moss
Middleborough 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7760
18 December  1948 (1948 -12-18) 19Rochdale0 – 1Hartlepools UnitedRochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5803
25 December  1948 (1948 -12-25) 20Stockport County2 – 2RochdaleStockport
Report Moss
Dryburgh 		Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 10641
27 December  1948 (1948 -12-27) 21Rochdale2 – 0Stockport CountyRochdale
Dryburgh
Birch  (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 10510
1 January  1949 (1949 -01-01) 22Darlington6 – 1RochdaleDarlington
Report Middleborough Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 9887
15 January  1949 (1949 -01-15) 23Rochdale1 – 2Oldham AthleticRochdale
Birch  (pen.) Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8252
22 January  1949 (1949 -01-22) 24Rochdale1 – 1New BrightonRochdale
Connor Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5867
29 January  1949 (1949 -01-29) 25Barrow0 – 1RochdaleBarrow-in-Furness
Report Livesey Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 7321
5 February  1949 (1949 -02-05) 26Chester2 – 1RochdaleChester
Foulds Report Livesey Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 5570
12 February  1949 (1949 -02-12) 27Tranmere Rovers0 – 0RochdaleBirkenhead
Report Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 7246
19 February  1949 (1949 -02-19) 28Rochdale1 – 0SouthportRochdale
Connor Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4322
26 February  1949 (1949 -02-26) 29Crewe Alexandra1 – 2RochdaleCrewe
Report Connor Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 6062
12 March  1949 (1949 -03-12) 30Rochdale2 – 0Rotherham UnitedRochdale
Arthur
Connor 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 9840
19 March  1949 (1949 -03-19) 31Hull City1 – 1RochdaleHull
Report Hood Stadium: Boothferry Park
Attendance: 36509
26 March  1949 (1949 -03-26) 32Rochdale0 – 2Doncaster RoversRochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8637
2 April  1949 (1949 -04-02) 33Bradford City1 – 0RochdaleBradford
Report Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 10314
4 April  1949 (1949 -04-04) 34Rochdale1 – 0Mansfield TownRochdale
Connor Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3362
9 April  1949 (1949 -04-09) 35Rochdale1 – 0Halifax TownRochdale
Connor Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6885
15 April  1949 (1949 -04-15) 36York City1 – 1RochdaleYork
Report Livesey Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 12438
16 April  1949 (1949 -04-16) 37Wrexham2 – 0RochdaleWrexham
Report Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 8494
18 April  1949 (1949 -04-18) 38Rochdale2 – 0York CityRochdale
Connor
Birch  (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7758
23 April  1949 (1949 -04-23) 39Rochdale3 – 0BarrowRochdale
Livesey
Lawrence
Connor 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7757
27 April  1949 (1949 -04-27) 40Accrington Stanley0 – 0RochdaleAccrington
Report Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 5446
30 April  1949 (1949 -04-30) 41Mansfield Town2 – 0RochdaleMansfield
Chessell Report Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 9885
7 May  1949 (1949 -05-07) 42Rochdale2 – 1Tranmere RoversRochdale
Dryburgh
Connor 		Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5923

F.A. Cup
27 November  1948 (1948 -11-27) 1Rochdale1 – 1 (a.e.t.)BarrowOldham
Middleborough Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 12077
4 December  1948 (1948 -12-04) 1Barrow2 – 0RochdaleBarrow-in-Furness
Report Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 9570

Lancashire Cup
26 October  1948 (1948 -10-26) 1Bury1 – 2RochdaleBury
Dryburgh Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3300
9 November  1948 (1948 -11-09) 2Rochdale1 – 1EvertonRochdale
Birch  (pen.) Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2372
16 November  1948 (1948 -11-16) 2Everton0 – 1RochdaleLiverpool
Middleborough Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 5103
3 May  1949 (1949 -05-03) SFManchester City0 – 2RochdaleManchester
Livesey
Connor 		Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 3812
10 May  1949 (1949 -05-10) FBlackpool0 – 1RochdaleOldham
Connor Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 13174

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