1919–20 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1919–20 season
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Central League	19th
FA Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	Tom Hesmondhalgh
	← 1918–19 1920–21 →

The 1919–20 season saw Rochdale compete in The F.A. Cup for the 8th time where they reached the first round proper. The also competed in the Central League.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Central League		F.A. Cup		Lancs Jnr Cup		Manc Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		T. Berry	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		J. Stott	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Frank Sheldon	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Bould Hurst	27	0	21	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
	GK		W. Plumley	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		George Horridge	10	2	7	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		H. Anderson	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		P. Pickup	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		J. Taylor	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Jimmy Nuttall	36	2	30	2	4	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jim Tully	36	0	30	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Herbert Tierney	27	2	22	2	4	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		F. Wood	34	0	30	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Tom Bamford	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		J. Higgins	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Dixon	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Henderson	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Frank Herring	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Charlie Milne(s)	42	6	36	4	4	2	1	0	1	0
	MF		W. Greenhalgh	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		John Meehan	28	1	23	1	3	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		A. Eccles	9	2	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		A. Walker	27	8	21	7	4	1	1	0	1	0
	MF		J. Cooper	11	4	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Wilkinson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		J. Davie	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Tattersall	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		W. Taylor	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		R. Brindle	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		T.A. Parry	7	3	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		L. Kenyon	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Willie Page	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	John Lee	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		H. Challinor	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Turner	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	James Mills	21	7	19	7	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Tom Makin	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Wolfe	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		J.C. Cam	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Hill	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Farnworth	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		R. Bellis	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		A. Brown	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		T. Smith	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		W.H. Oliver	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Tom Hesmondhalgh	26	12	25	12	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		H. Butterworth	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Butterworth	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		F. Stott	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		P.G. Jephcott	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		A. Newman	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Davie Ross	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		W. Hales	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		H. Daniels	29	3	25	2	3	1	1	0	0	0
	FW		A. Lingard	29	5	24	5	4	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Harry Mallalieu	19	6	17	4	1	2	0	0	1	0

Competitions

Central League

30 August 1919 (1919 -08-30) 1	Rochdale	2–1	Stalybridge Celtic	Rochdale
	Eccles Cooper			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

2 September 1919 (1919 -09-02) 2	Rochdale	1–4	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Cooper (pen.)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

6 September 1919 (1919 -09-06) 3	Southport	2–2	Rochdale	Southport
			Eccles Cooper	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1500

10 September 1919 (1919 -09-10) 4	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Rochdale	Crewe
				Stadium: Gresty Road

13 September 1919 (1919 -09-13) 5	Blackpool Reserves	3–0	Rochdale	Blackpool
				Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3000

20 September 1919 (1919 -09-20) 6	Rochdale	2–1	Blackpool Reserves	Rochdale
	Lingard Milne(s)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

27 September 1919 (1919 -09-27) 7	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	7–1	Rochdale	Bolton
			Daniels	Stadium: Burnden Park

4 October 1919 (1919 -10-04) 8	Rochdale	2–0	Everton Reserves	Rochdale
	Lingard Walker			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 800

11 October 1919 (1919 -10-11) 9	Huddersfield Town Reserves	3–0	Rochdale	Huddersfield
				Stadium: Leeds Road

18 October 1919 (1919 -10-18) 10	Rochdale	1–3	Oldham Athletic Reserves	Rochdale
	Tierney			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

25 October 1919 (1919 -10-25) 11	Manchester United Reserves	2–2	Rochdale	Manchester
			Cooper Daniels	Stadium: Old Trafford

1 November 1919 (1919 -11-01) 12	Rochdale	3–2	Manchester United Reserves	Rochdale
	Parry Walker			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

8 November 1919 (1919 -11-08) 13	Stalybridge Celtic	2–0	Rochdale	Stalybridge
				Stadium: Bower Fold Attendance: 3000

15 November 1919 (1919 -11-15) 14	Rochdale	6–0	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	Rochdale
	Walker Lingard Meehan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

13 December 1919 (1919 -12-13) 15	Manchester City Reserves	4–1	Rochdale	Manchester
			Horridge	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 5000

25 December 1919 (1919 -12-25) 16	Oldham Athletic Reserves	4–2	Rochdale	Oldham
			Hesmondhalgh Lingard	Stadium: Boundary Park

26 December 1919 (1919 -12-26) 17	Rochdale	4–4	Bury Reserves	Rochdale
	Hesmondhalgh Horridge Milne(s)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

27 December 1919 (1919 -12-27) 18	Everton Reserves	1–1	Rochdale	Liverpool
			Tierney	Stadium: Goodison Park

3 January 1920 (1920 -01-03) 19	Rochdale	0–0	Bradford City Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

17 January 1920 (1920 -01-17) 20	Rochdale	0–1	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

24 January 1920 (1920 -01-24) 21	Nelson	1–0	Rochdale	Nelson
				Stadium: Seedhill

31 January 1920 (1920 -01-31) 22	Rochdale	0–1	Aston Villa Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

7 February 1920 (1920 -02-07) 23	Rochdale	3–0	Nelson	Rochdale
	Nuttall (pen.) Mills Hesmondhalgh			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

14 February 1920 (1920 -02-14) 24	Tranmere Rovers	3–0	Rochdale	Birkenhead
				Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 4500

17 February 1920 (1920 -02-17) 25	Rochdale	3–1	Stockport County Reserves	Rochdale
	Hesmondhalgh Lingard			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

21 February 1920 (1920 -02-21) 26	Rochdale	3–3	Port Vale	Rochdale or Stoke-on-Trent
	Mills Hesmondhalgh			Stadium: Spotland Stadium or Old Recreation Ground

28 February 1920 (1920 -02-28) 27	Rochdale	1–0	Liverpool Reserves	Rochdale
	Milne(s)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

4 March 1920 (1920 -03-04) 28	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	0–0	Rochdale	Blackburn
				Stadium: Ewood Park

6 March 1920 (1920 -03-06) 29	Rochdale	1–1	Burnley Reserves	Rochdale
	Butterworth			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

13 March 1920 (1920 -03-13) 30	Burnley Reserves	2–2	Rochdale	Burnley
			Mallalieu Hesmondhalgh	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 3000

18 March 1920 (1920 -03-18) 31	Preston North End Reserves	2–1	Rochdale	Preston
			Mallalieu	Stadium: Deepdale

25 March 1920 (1920 -03-25) 32	Rochdale	2–0	Manchester City Reserves	Rochdale
	Mills			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

27 March 1920 (1920 -03-27) 33	Rochdale	1–0	Southport	Rochdale
	Hesmondhalgh			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

2 April 1920 (1920 -04-02) 34	Rochdale	3–4	Huddersfield Town Reserves	Rochdale
	Nuttall (pen.) Walker Mallalieu			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

3 April 1920 (1920 -04-03) 35	Rochdale	1–3	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Mills			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

5 April 1920 (1920 -04-05) 36	Stockport County Reserves	0–2	Rochdale	Stockport
			Hesmondhalgh Mills	Stadium: Edgeley Park

6 April 1920 (1920 -04-06) 37	Bury Reserves	6–1	Rochdale	Bury
			Mallalieu	Stadium: Gigg Lane

10 April 1920 (1920 -04-10) 38	Rochdale	1–5	Port Vale	Rochdale or Stoke-on-Trent
	Milne(s)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium or Old Recreation Ground

14 April 1920 (1920 -04-14) 39	Bradford City Reserves	1–2	Rochdale	Bradford
			? (o.g.) Parry	Stadium: Valley Parade

17 April 1920 (1920 -04-17) 40	Rochdale	0–2	Preston North End Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

24 April 1920 (1920 -04-24) 41	Aston Villa Reserves	6–1	Rochdale	Aston
			Hesmondhalgh	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 14000

1 May 1920 (1920 -05-01) 42	Liverpool Reserves	1–1	Rochdale	Liverpool
			Hesmondhalgh	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 4000

F.A. Cup

22 November 1919 (1919 -11-22) Q4	Rochdale	1–0	Monks Hall	Rochdale
	H. Daniels			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

6 December 1919 (1919 -12-06) Q5	Rochdale	1–0	Stalybridge Celtic	Rochdale
	Milne(s)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

20 December 1919 (1919 -12-20) Q6	South Liverpool	1–2	Rochdale	Liverpool
			Milnes A. Walker	Stadium: Dingle Park Attendance: 6000

10 January 1920 (1920 -01-10) 1	Arsenal	4–2	Rochdale	London
	Pagnam Rutherford Groves Graham	Report	Mallalieu	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 27000

Lancashire Junior Cup

29 November 1919 (1919 -11-29)	Skelmersdale	1–0	Rochdale	Skelmersdale
				Stadium: Sandy Lane

Manchester Cup

30 March 1920 (1920 -03-30)	Rochdale	0–1	Mossley	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

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References

^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ "Rochdale match record: 1920". www.11v11.com.
^ "The English National Football Archive". www.enfa.co.uk.

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

[2] "Rochdale match record: 1920". www.11v11.com.

[3] "The English National Football Archive". www.enfa.co.uk.

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