1918–19 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1918–19 season
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Lancs	10th & 3rd
Top goalscorer	Billy Halligan
	← 1917–18 1919–20 →

The 1918–19 season saw Rochdale compete for their fourth season in the wartime football league, during World War I. Rochdale competed in the Lancashire section and finished 10th in the Principle Tournament and 3rd in the Subsidiary Tournament.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Football League Lancs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Tom Kay	29	0	29	0
	GK		R. Butterworth	5	0	5	0
	GK		J. West	4	0	4	0
	GK	ENG	Tommy Hampson	1	0	1	0
	GK	ENG	Harry Moody	3	0	3	0
	DF		George Gutteridge	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Vince Hayes	2	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	James Henderson	10	0	10	0
	DF	ENG	Jack Barton	6	0	6	0
	DF		T. Davenport	3	0	3	0
	DF		F. Chadwick	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Yarwood	14	0	14	0
	DF	ENG	Bob Lilley	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Jimmy Nuttall	8	0	8	0
	DF	WAL	Harry Millership	3	0	3	0
	DF		D. Buckley	4	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	Danny Crossan	8	0	8	0
	DF		Johnson	2	0	2	0
	MF		Herbert Tierney	2	0	2	0
	DF		J. McOwen	6	0	6	0
	DF		J. Taylor	1	0	1	0
	DF		Fred Baines	10	0	10	0
	DF		Jackson	1	0	1	0
	DF		McCallum	1	0	1	0
	DF		G. Hurst	2	0	2	0
	MF		T.H. Duckworth	3	0	3	0
	MF		Wilfred Bunting	9	2	9	2
	MF		J. Jackson	7	1	7	1
	MF		Sam Spruce	28	0	28	0
	MF	ENG	Tweedale Rigg	7	0	7	0
	MF		Kelly	1	0	1	0
	MF		J. Butterworth	2	0	2	0
	DF	EIR	Pat O'Connell	35	3	35	3
	MF	ENG	Jim Tully	1	0	1	0
	MF		Turner	1	0	1	0
	FW	EIR	Billy Halligan	27	16	27	16
	MF	ENG	Tommy Broome	1	0	1	0
	MF		Hall	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Ernest Goodwin	28	8	28	8
	MF		Thomason	3	0	3	0
	MF		R. Bellis	7	2	7	2
	FW		Bob Thomas	7	9	7	9
	MF		G. Best	4	1	4	1
	MF		Clifford Ashworth	1	0	1	0
	FW	WAL	Stan Davies	6	2	6	2
	MF		Donald	1	0	1	0
	MF		Jones	1	0	1	0
	MF		G. Kirkpatrick	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	William Moody	5	0	5	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Peart	1	1	1	1
	FW		P. Kelly	3	1	3	1
	MF		A. Walker	1	0	1	0
	FW		J. Smith	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Fred Heap	13	3	13	3
	FW		G. Reynolds	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Hibbert	1	0	1	0
	FW		H. Smith	2	0	2	0
	FW		J. Stott	1	1	1	1
	FW	ENG	Ernest Hawksworth	9	4	9	4
	FW	ENG	Dick Crawshaw	1	0	1	0
	FW		A. Brown	2	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Albert Smith	35	9	35	9
	FW	SCO	Billy Semple	1	0	1	0

Competitions

Football League - Lancashire Section

7 September 1918 (1918 -09-07) 1	Liverpool	4–0	Rochdale	Liverpool
				Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 15000

14 September 1918 (1918 -09-14) 2	Rochdale	1–2	Liverpool	Rochdale
	Thomas			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

21 September 1918 (1918 -09-21) 3	Burnley	2–4	Rochdale	Burnley
			Bellis A. Smith	Stadium: Turf Moor

28 September 1918 (1918 -09-28) 4	Rochdale	2–1	Burnley	Rochdale
	Halligan (pen.)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

5 October 1918 (1918 -10-05) 5	Stockport County	2–2	Rochdale	Stockport
			Thomas Halligan	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 1500

12 October 1918 (1918 -10-12) 6	Rochdale	4–1	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Halligan (pen.) Thomas			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

19 October 1918 (1918 -10-19) 7	Southport Vulcan	3–3	Rochdale	Southport
			Bunting Goodwin Thomas	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1500

26 October 1918 (1918 -10-26) 8	Rochdale	5–2	Southport Vulcan	Rochdale
	Best O'Connell A. Smith Thomas P. Kelly			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

2 November 1918 (1918 -11-02) 9	Rochdale	1–3	Manchester United	Rochdale
	Bunting			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

9 November 1918 (1918 -11-09) 10	Manchester United	0–1	Rochdale	Manchester
			J. Jackson	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 6000

16 November 1918 (1918 -11-16) 11	Rochdale	3–2	Stoke	Rochdale
	A. Smith Halligan		Bowser Jones	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4500

23 November 1918 (1918 -11-23) 12	Stoke	1–1	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
	Herbert		Thomas	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 5000

30 November 1918 (1918 -11-30) 13	Rochdale	0–2	Bury	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

7 December 1918 (1918 -12-07) 14	Bury	2–1	Rochdale	Bury
			Halligan	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4000

14 December 1918 (1918 -12-14) 15	Rochdale	1–0	Blackpool	Rochdale
	A. Smith			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

21 December 1918 (1918 -12-21) 16	Blackpool	5–1	Rochdale	Blackpool
			Goodwin	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3000

28 December 1918 (1918 -12-28) 17	Oldham Athletic	0–1	Rochdale	Oldham
			Hawksworth	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4000

11 January 1919 (1919 -01-11) 18	Manchester City	1–1	Rochdale	Manchester
	Lievesley		A. Smith	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 15000

18 January 1919 (1919 -01-18) 19	Rochdale	4–5	Manchester City	Rochdale
	Thomas O'Connell A. Smith		Barnes Dorsett A.W. Smith	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6000

25 January 1919 (1919 -01-25) 20	Port Vale	2–0	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
	Howell Burgess			Stadium: Old Recreation Ground Attendance: 3000

1 February 1919 (1919 -02-01) 21	Rochdale	2–0	Port Vale	Rochdale
	Goodwin Hawksworth			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

8 February 1919 (1919 -02-08) 22	Bolton Wanderers	3–2	Rochdale	Bolton
			Goodwin	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 7000

15 February 1919 (1919 -02-15) 23	Rochdale	2–2	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
	Halligan Hawksworth			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6000

22 February 1919 (1919 -02-22) 24	Rochdale	1–2	Preston North End	Rochdale
	Halligan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5000

1 March 1919 (1919 -03-01) 25	Preston North End	3–1	Rochdale	Preston
			Heap	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 5000

8 March 1919 (1919 -03-08) 26	Rochdale	3–1	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
	Halligan Heap Hawksworth			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4500

15 March 1919 (1919 -03-15) 27	Blackburn Rovers	4–2	Rochdale	Blackburn
			O'Connell Thomas	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12000

22 March 1919 (1919 -03-22) 28	Everton	3–1	Rochdale	Liverpool
			Heap	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 15000

29 March 1919 (1919 -03-29) 29	Rochdale	1–3	Everton	Rochdale
	Goodwin			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7000

5 April 1919 (1919 -04-05) 30	Bury	0–3	Rochdale	Bury
			Davies Halligan	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 6000

12 April 1919 (1919 -04-12) 31	Rochdale	0–2	Bury	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

18 April 1919 (1919 -04-18) 32	Rochdale	0–2	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6000

19 April 1919 (1919 -04-19) 33	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Rochdale	Bolton or Rochdale
			Goodwin	Stadium: Burnden Park or Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5000

21 April 1919 (1919 -04-21) 34	Oldham Athletic	5–0	Rochdale	Oldham
				Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 10000

26 April 1919 (1919 -04-26) 35	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Rochdale	Bolton or Rochdale
			Peart	Stadium: Burnden Park or Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7000

29 April 1919 (1919 -04-29) 36	Rochdale	5–0	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Goodwin Halligan A. Smith Stott			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

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References

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

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

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