1949–50 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1949–50 season saw Rochdale compete for their 22nd season in the Football League Third Division North.

Rochdale
1949–50 season
ManagerTed Goodier
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Division 3 North3rd
F.A. Cup2nd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jack Connor
Jack Livesey

All: Jack Connor

Statistics

No. Pos Nat Player TotalDivision 3 NorthF.A. CupLancashire Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Trevor Churchill 4103701030
DF Bill Watson 4503902040
DF Harry Hubbick 4804202040
MF George McGeachie 3623122030
DF Wally Birch 4213712030
MF Eric Wood 4704102040
MF Cyril Lawrence 82720010
FW Jack Livesey 441640162020
FW Jack Connor 401934162241
FW Bert Williams 93830010
MF Tom Dryburgh 441438112142
FW Billy Woods 31310000
FW Benny Nicol 71510020
MF Konrad Kapler 40400000
MF Jackie Arthur 3753352020
FW Alan Middleborough 84840000
DF Ron Rothwell 30300000
FW Cyril Brown 3663052140
GK Wally Stanners 70501010
MF Don Partridge 90800010
MF David Reid 100900010

Final league table

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GR Pts Promotion
1 Doncaster Rovers 42 9 9 3 30 15 10 8 3 36 23 1.737 55 Division Champions, promoted
2 Gateshead 42 13 5 3 51 23 10 2 9 36 31 1.611 53
3 Rochdale 42 15 3 3 42 13 6 6 9 26 28 1.659 51
4 Lincoln City 42 14 5 2 35 9 7 4 10 25 30 1.538 51
5 Tranmere Rovers 42 15 3 3 35 21 4 8 9 16 27 1.063 49
Source: rsssf.com

Division 3 North

20 August  1949 (1949 -08-20) 1Rochdale1 – 3GatesheadRochdale
Connor Report Wilbert
Ingham
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6837
Referee: F. Walton
25 August  1949 (1949 -08-25) 2Doncaster Rovers0 – 0RochdaleDoncaster
Report Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 21567
Referee: G. Tedds
27 August  1949 (1949 -08-27) 3Hartlepools United1 – 2RochdaleHartlepool
Owens Report Lawrence Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 10519
Referee: L. Richardson
30 August  1949 (1949 -08-30) 4Rochdale0 – 1Doncaster RoversRochdale
Report Doherty Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 11271
Referee: G. Tedds
3 September  1949 (1949 -09-03) 5Rochdale2 – 0DarlingtonRochdale
Woods
Connor
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8120
Referee: J.S. Pickles
5 September  1949 (1949 -09-05) 6Rochdale0 – 1ChesterRochdale
Report Tilston Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7543
Referee: T. Seymour
10 September  1949 (1949 -09-10) 7New Brighton0 – 4RochdaleNew Brighton
Report Williams
Livesey
Middleborough
Dryburgh
Stadium: Tower Athletic Ground
Attendance: 5986
Referee: G. Gibson
14 September  1949 (1949 -09-14) 8Chester0 – 2RochdaleChester
Report Dryburgh
Middleborough
Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 5165
Referee: W.H.E. Evans
17 September  1949 (1949 -09-17) 9Rochdale1 – 0Halifax TownRochdale
Dryburgh Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8755
Referee: B.J. Flanagan
24 September  1949 (1949 -09-24) 10Oldham Athletic0 – 0RochdaleOldham
Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 23716
Referee: A.C. Denham
1 October  1949 (1949 -10-01) 11Bradford City2 – 1RochdaleBradford
Doonan
Ward
Report Arthur Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 12707
Referee: H. Trenholm
8 October  1949 (1949 -10-08) 12Rochdale3 – 1York CityRochdale
Connor
Livesey
Report Patrick Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8049
Referee: L. Richardson
15 October  1949 (1949 -10-15) 13Tranmere Rovers1 – 0RochdaleBirkenhead
Bainbridge Report Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 10820
Referee: E. Plinston
22 October  1949 (1949 -10-22) 14Rochdale2 – 1Crewe AlexandraRochdale
Connor Report Mullard Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 9790
Referee: J. Houston
29 October  1949 (1949 -10-29) 15Barrow0 – 1RochdaleBarrow-in-Furness
Report Arthur Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 5105
Referee: T. Seymour
5 November  1949 (1949 -11-05) 16Rochdale2 – 0Lincoln CityRochdale
Connor  10'
Dryburgh  39'
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8867
Referee: R.J. Leafe
12 November  1949 (1949 -11-12) 17Rotherham United4 – 3RochdaleRotherham
Guest
Rudd
Bower
Shaw
Report Connor
Dryburgh
Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 9113
Referee: A.E. Ellis
19 November  1949 (1949 -11-19) 18Rochdale1 – 0Carlisle UnitedRochdale
Brown Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7323
Referee: A.W. Luty
3 December  1949 (1949 -12-03) 19Rochdale2 – 0Accrington StanleyRochdale
Dryburgh
McGeachie
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5349
17 December  1949 (1949 -12-17) 20Gateshead1 – 3RochdaleGateshead
Kendall Report Livesey Stadium: Redheugh Park
Attendance: 3997
Referee: F.B. Coultas
24 December  1949 (1949 -12-24) 21Rochdale4 – 0Hartlepools UnitedRochdale
Dryburgh
Connor
Livesey
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7439
Referee: L. Richardson
26 December  1949 (1949 -12-26) 22Rochdale2 – 0SouthportRochdale
Livesey
Connor
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 13406
Referee: G. Black
27 December  1949 (1949 -12-27) 23Southport3 – 2RochdaleSouthport
Wyles
Powell
Meadows
Report Brown
Dryburgh
Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 14766
Referee: G. Black
31 December  1949 (1949 -12-31) 24Darlington1 – 1RochdaleDarlington
Ward Report Livesey Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 8196
14 January  1950 (1950 -01-14) 25Rochdale4 – 0New BrightonRochdale
Birch  (pen.)
Livesey
McGeachie
Brown
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 9300
Referee: G. Gibson
21 January  1950 (1950 -01-21) 26Halifax Town3 – 2RochdaleHalifax
Bennett
Watson  (o.g.)
Core
Report Connor Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 10398
Referee: B.J. Flanagan
28 January  1950 (1950 -01-28) 27Mansfield Town1 – 1RochdaleMansfield
Godwin Report Nicol Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 11492
Referee: H. Jackson
4 February  1950 (1950 -02-04) 28Rochdale1 – 0Oldham AthleticRochdale
Connor Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 14516
Referee: A.C. Denham
11 February  1950 (1950 -02-11) 29Wrexham3 – 0RochdaleWrexham
Wynn Report Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 5638
Referee: J. Platt
18 February  1950 (1950 -02-18) 30Rochdale2 – 2Bradford CityRochdale
Williams Report McGill  (pen.) Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8980
Referee: H. Trenholm
25 February  1950 (1950 -02-25) 31Carlisle United2 – 0RochdaleCarlisle
Billingham Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 9525
Referee: A.W. Luty
4 March  1950 (1950 -03-04) 32Rochdale7 – 1Mansfield TownRochdale
Livesey
Middleborough
Dryburgh
Arthur
Report Antonio Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6336
Referee: H. Jackson
11 March  1950 (1950 -03-11) 33Crewe Alexandra0 – 1RochdaleCrewe
Report Brown Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 11781
Referee: J. Houston
18 March  1950 (1950 -03-18) 34Rochdale2 – 1BarrowRochdale
Livesey
Arthur
Report King Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8391
Referee: T. Seymour
25 March  1950 (1950 -03-25) 35Lincoln City2 – 0RochdaleLincoln
Dodds
Whittle
Report Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 11009
Referee: R.J. Leafe
1 April  1950 (1950 -04-01) 36Rochdale1 – 0Rotherham UnitedRochdale
Connor Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7653
Referee: A.E. Ellis
7 April  1950 (1950 -04-07) 37Stockport County1 – 1RochdaleStockport
Herd Report Glover  (o.g.) Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 14751
8 April  1950 (1950 -04-08) 38York City2 – 2RochdaleYork
M. Patrick
A. Patrick
Report Livesey Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 6102
Referee: L. Richardson
10 April  1950 (1950 -04-10) 39Rochdale1 – 1Stockport CountyRochdale
Arthur Report Robinson Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6711
Referee: F.H. Gerrard
15 April  1950 (1950 -04-15) 40Rochdale3 – 0Tranmere RoversRochdale
Connor
Brown
Dryburgh
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7773
Referee: E. Plinston
22 April  1950 (1950 -04-22) 41Accrington Stanley1 – 0RochdaleAccrington
Travis Report Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 7302
Referee: H. Jackson
29 April  1950 (1950 -04-29) 42Rochdale1 – 1WrexhamRochdale
Connor Report Wynn Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3397

F.A. Cup

26 November  1949 (1949 -11-26) 1Rhyl0 – 3RochdaleRhyl
Report Connor
Dryburgh
Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 7852
10 December  1949 (1949 -12-10) 2Rochdale1 – 2Notts CountyRochdale
Brown Report Johnston
Lawton
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 24231
Referee: T. Seymour

Lancashire Cup

25 October  1949 (1949 -10-25) Rochdale0 – 0BlackpoolRochdale
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1413
9 November  1949 (1949 -11-09) Blackpool0 – 1RochdaleBlackpool
Dryburgh Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 2500
8 February  1950 (1950 -02-08) Bolton Wanderers0 – 1RochdaleBolton
Dryburgh Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 3339
18 April  1950 (1950 -04-18) SFRochdale1 – 2BurnleyRochdale
Connor Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7878

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References

  1. Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
  2. http://www.enfa.co.uk/
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