1954–55 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1954–55 season saw Rochdale compete for their 27th season in the Football League Third Division North.

Rochdale
1954–55 season
ManagerHarry Catterick
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Division 3 North12th
F.A. Cup3rd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Eric Gemmell
All: Eric Gemmell


Statistics

No. Pos Nat Player TotalDivision 3 NorthF.A. CupLancashire Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Albert Morton 4303903010
MF Billy McCulloch 2802401030
DF Eddie Lyons 110603020
MF Bill Morgan 30200010
DF Bev Glover 5214514030
MF Joe Lynn 5184584020
MF Arnold Kendall 521245104131
FW Jack Haines 3672954131
FW Frank Lord 50400010
FW Frank Mitcheson 3863354110
MF Jimmy Anders 471341104221
DF George Underwood 1901900000
DF Harry Boyle 5104504020
MF Danny Murphy 5114504021
FW Des Frost 74740000
FW Neville Black 1941830011
FW Bill Tolson 30300000
FW Brian Green 21210000
FW Eric Gemmell 432236194231
GK Graham Cordell 100701020
MF Don Partridge 10100000
MF George Lyons 102920010
FW George Johnson 10100000

Final League Table

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GR Pts
10 Oldham Athletic 46 14 5 4 47 22 5 5 13 27 46 1.088 48
11 Southport 46 10 9 4 28 18 6 7 10 19 26 1.068 48
12 Rochdale 46 13 7 3 39 20 4 7 12 30 46 1.045 48
13 Mansfield Town 46 14 4 5 40 28 4 5 14 25 43 0.915 45
14 Halifax Town 46 9 9 5 41 27 6 4 13 22 40 0.940 43
Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

21 August  1954 (1954 -08-21) 1Rochdale0 – 3Grimsby TownRochdale
Report Hughes
De Gruchy
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6915
25 August  1954 (1954 -08-25) 2Rochdale1 – 2Bradford CityRochdale
Kendall
Report Smith
Williamson
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5901
28 August  1954 (1954 -08-28) 3Bradford Park Avenue1 – 1RochdaleBradford
Brickley  53'
Report Frost  27'
Stadium: Park Avenue
Attendance: 10819
1 September  1954 (1954 -09-01) 4Bradford City1 – 0RochdaleBradford
Williamson
Report Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 11604
4 September  1954 (1954 -09-04) 5Oldham Athletic0 – 0RochdaleOldham
Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 11484
8 September  1954 (1954 -09-08) 6Rochdale1 – 1Crewe AlexandraRochdale
Anders
Report Broome
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4154
11 September  1954 (1954 -09-11) 7Rochdale2 – 0Tranmere RoversRochdale
Kendall
Green
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4313
15 September  1954 (1954 -09-15) 8Crewe Alexandra2 – 2RochdaleCrewe
McLean
Bettany
Report Haines
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4022
18 September  1954 (1954 -09-18) 9Stockport County1 – 4RochdaleStockport
Ward
Report Frost
Black
Lynn
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 9923
22 September  1954 (1954 -09-22) 10Rochdale2 – 2DarlingtonRochdale
Anders
Frost
Report Davis
Robson
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4099
25 September  1954 (1954 -09-25) 11Rochdale2 – 1Hartlepools UnitedRochdale
Gemmell
Haines
Report Johnson
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6222
29 September  1954 (1954 -09-29) 12Darlington2 – 2RochdaleDarlington
Spuhler
Davis
Report Gemmell
Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 9598
2 October  1954 (1954 -10-02) 13Gateshead0 – 1RochdaleGateshead
Report Haines
Stadium: Redheugh Park
Attendance: 8010
9 October  1954 (1954 -10-09) 14Rochdale3 – 0BarnsleyRochdale
Lynn  (pen.)
Anders
Kendall
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 11552
16 October  1954 (1954 -10-16) 15Scunthorpe United2 – 2RochdaleScunthorpe
Brown
Report Mitcheson
Anders
Stadium: Old Show Ground
Attendance: 10331
23 October  1954 (1954 -10-23) 16Rochdale2 – 1WrexhamRochdale
Anders
Report Jackson
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5902
30 October  1954 (1954 -10-30) 17Accrington Stanley5 – 4RochdaleAccrington
Cocker
Stewart
Report Anders
Gemmell
Lynn  (pen.)
Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 12626
6 November  1954 (1954 -11-06) 18Rochdale2 – 0Mansfield TownRochdale
Lynn  (pen.)
Kendall
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6527
13 November  1954 (1954 -11-13) 19Workington1 – 0RochdaleWorkington
Stokoe
Report Stadium: Borough Park
Attendance: 5653
27 November  1954 (1954 -11-27) 20Southport1 – 0RochdaleSouthport
Holmes
Report Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 3365
4 December  1954 (1954 -12-04) 21Rochdale1 – 1York CityRochdale
Anders
Report Wilkinson
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4051
18 December  1954 (1954 -12-18) 22Grimsby Town1 – 1RochdaleCleethorpes
Hughes
Report Glover
Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 7853
25 December  1954 (1954 -12-25) 23Carlisle United7 – 2RochdaleCarlisle
Boyle  (o.g.)
Murphy  (o.g.)
Atkinson
Underwood  (o.g.)
Bond
Kinloch  (pen.)
Report Anders
Gemmell
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 6556
27 December  1954 (1954 -12-27) 24Rochdale1 – 2Carlisle UnitedRochdale
Gemmell
Report Jackson
Whitehouse
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8274
1 January  1955 (1955 -01-01) 25Rochdale3 – 2Bradford Park AvenueRochdale
Haines
Hindle  (o.g.)
Gemmell
Report Brickley
Deplidge
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6976
22 January  1955 (1955 -01-22) 26Tranmere Rovers3 – 1RochdaleBirkenhead
Fleming
McDevitt
Report Gemmell
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 4644
29 January  1955 (1955 -01-29) 27Rochdale0 – 0ChesterfieldRochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5171
5 February  1955 (1955 -02-05) 28Rochdale1 – 0Stockport CountyRochdale
Kendall
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 9026
12 February  1955 (1955 -02-12) 29Hartlepools United3 – 1RochdaleHartlepool
Lumley
McGuigan
Report Black
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 6611
19 February  1955 (1955 -02-19) 30Rochdale4 – 0GatesheadRochdale
Kendall
G. Lyons
Gemmell
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4823
5 March  1955 (1955 -03-05) 31Rochdale2 – 0Scunthorpe UnitedRochdale
Kendall
Lynn  (pen.)
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6078
12 March  1955 (1955 -03-12) 32Wrexham0 – 0RochdaleWrexham
Report Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 7048
16 March  1955 (1955 -03-16) 33Halifax Town1 – 2RochdaleHalifax

Report Gemmell
Kendall
Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 2836
19 March  1955 (1955 -03-19) 34Rochdale0 – 0Accrington StanleyRochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 11654
26 March  1955 (1955 -03-26) 35Mansfield Town3 – 2RochdaleMansfield
Darwin
Adam
Report Gemmell
Mitcheson
Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 2561
2 April  1955 (1955 -04-02) 36Rochdale2 – 1WorkingtonRochdale
Lynn  (pen.) (pen.)
Report Dailey
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5229
8 April  1955 (1955 -04-08) 37Chester1 – 2RochdaleChester
Smith
Report Gemmell
Lynn  (pen.)
Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 7293
9 April  1955 (1955 -04-09) 38Barrow4 – 2RochdaleBarrow-in-Furness
Lord  (o.g.)
Gordon
Report Gemmell
G. Lyons
Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 5047
11 April  1955 (1955 -04-11) 39Rochdale2 – 0ChesterRochdale
Kendall
Anders
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6466
16 April  1955 (1955 -04-16) 40Rochdale0 – 0SouthportRochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5567
20 April  1955 (1955 -04-20) 41Rochdale2 – 1Oldham AthleticRochdale
Gemmell
Report Travis
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6181
23 April  1955 (1955 -04-23) 42York City2 – 0RochdaleYork
Fenton
Report Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 9981
27 April  1955 (1955 -04-27) 43Rochdale4 – 1BarrowRochdale
Mitcheson
Black
Gemmell
Report Codd
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2726
30 April  1955 (1955 -04-30) 44Rochdale2 – 2Halifax TownRochdale
Kendall
Mitcheson
Report Watkinson
Dubois
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4850
2 May  1955 (1955 -05-02) 45Chesterfield3 – 1RochdaleChesterfield
Sowden
Smith
Keating
Report Gemmell
Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground
Attendance: 5622
3 May  1955 (1955 -05-03) 46Barnsley2 – 0RochdaleBarnsley
Wood
Report Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 11682

F.A. Cup

20 November  1954 (1954 -11-20) 1Tranmere Rovers3 – 3RochdaleBirkenhead
Done
Rosenthal
Report Mitcheson
Anders
Gemmell
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 8927
23 November  1954 (1954 -11-23) 1 (Replay)Rochdale1 – 0Tranmere RoversRochdale
Gemmell
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5652
11 December  1954 (1954 -12-11) 2Rochdale2 – 1Hinckley AthleticRochdale
Kendall
Anders
Report Perry
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8586
8 January  1955 (1955 -01-08) 3Rochdale1 – 3Charlton AthleticRochdale
Haines  80'
Report Kiernan  28'
Hammond  34'
Hurst  44'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 16938

Lancashire Cup

6 October  1954 (1954 -10-06) Rochdale4 – 1Blackburn RoversRochdale
Gemmell
Haines
Murphy
Anders

Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4300
16 February  1955 (1955 -02-16) Rochdale2 – 1BurnleyRochdale
Black
Kendall

Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2186
28 March  1955 (1955 -03-28) Rochdale0 – 1Oldham AthleticRochdale

Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5510

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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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