1949–50 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1949–50 season
Manager	Ted Goodier
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Division 3 North	3rd
F.A. Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jack Connor; Jack Livesey; All: Jack Connor
	← 1948–49 1950–51 →

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

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3 North		F.A. Cup		Lancashire Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Trevor Churchill	41	0	37	0	1	0	3	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Watson	45	0	39	0	2	0	4	0
	DF	ENG	Harry Hubbick	48	0	42	0	2	0	4	0
	MF	SCO	George McGeachie	36	2	31	2	2	0	3	0
	DF	ENG	Wally Birch	42	1	37	1	2	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Eric Wood	47	0	41	0	2	0	4	0
	MF	ENG	Cyril Lawrence	8	2	7	2	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Livesey	44	16	40	16	2	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Connor	40	19	34	16	2	2	4	1
	FW	ENG	Bert Williams	9	3	8	3	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Tom Dryburgh	44	14	38	11	2	1	4	2
	FW	ENG	Billy Woods	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Benny Nicol	7	1	5	1	0	0	2	0
	MF	POL	Konrad Kapler	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jackie Arthur	37	5	33	5	2	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Alan Middlebrough	8	4	8	4	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ron Rothwell	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Cyril Brown	36	6	30	5	2	1	4	0
	GK	SCO	Wally Stanners	7	0	5	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Don Partridge	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	David Reid	10	0	9	0	0	0	1	0

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	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

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

20 August 1949 (1949 -08-20) 1	Rochdale	1 – 3	Gateshead	Rochdale
	Connor	Report	Wilbert Ingham	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6837 Referee: F. Walton

25 August 1949 (1949 -08-25) 2	Doncaster Rovers	0 – 0	Rochdale	Doncaster
		Report		Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 21567 Referee: G. Tedds

27 August 1949 (1949 -08-27) 3	Hartlepools United	1 – 2	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Owens	Report	Lawrence	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 10519 Referee: L. Richardson

30 August 1949 (1949 -08-30) 4	Rochdale	0 – 1	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
		Report	Doherty	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 11271 Referee: G. Tedds

3 September 1949 (1949 -09-03) 5	Rochdale	2 – 0	Darlington	Rochdale
	Woods Connor	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8120 Referee: J.S. Pickles

5 September 1949 (1949 -09-05) 6	Rochdale	0 – 1	Chester	Rochdale
		Report	Tilston	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7543 Referee: T. Seymour

10 September 1949 (1949 -09-10) 7	New Brighton	0 – 4	Rochdale	New Brighton
		Report	Williams Livesey Middlebrough Dryburgh	Stadium: Tower Athletic Ground Attendance: 5986 Referee: G. Gibson

14 September 1949 (1949 -09-14) 8	Chester	0 – 2	Rochdale	Chester
		Report	Dryburgh Middlebrough	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 5165 Referee: W.H.E. Evans

17 September 1949 (1949 -09-17) 9	Rochdale	1 – 0	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Dryburgh	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8755 Referee: B.J. Flanagan

24 September 1949 (1949 -09-24) 10	Oldham Athletic	0 – 0	Rochdale	Oldham
		Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 23716 Referee: A.C. Denham

1 October 1949 (1949 -10-01) 11	Bradford City	2 – 1	Rochdale	Bradford
	Doonan Ward	Report	Arthur	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 12707 Referee: H. Trenholm

8 October 1949 (1949 -10-08) 12	Rochdale	3 – 1	York City	Rochdale
	Connor Livesey	Report	Patrick	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8049 Referee: L. Richardson

15 October 1949 (1949 -10-15) 13	Tranmere Rovers	1 – 0	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Bainbridge	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 10820 Referee: E. Plinston

22 October 1949 (1949 -10-22) 14	Rochdale	2 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Connor	Report	Mullard	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9790 Referee: J. Houston

29 October 1949 (1949 -10-29) 15	Barrow	0 – 1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
		Report	Arthur	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 5105 Referee: T. Seymour

5 November 1949 (1949 -11-05) 16	Rochdale	2 – 0	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Connor 10' Dryburgh 39'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8867 Referee: R.J. Leafe

12 November 1949 (1949 -11-12) 17	Rotherham United	4 – 3	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Guest Rudd Bower Shaw	Report	Connor Dryburgh	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 9113 Referee: A.E. Ellis

19 November 1949 (1949 -11-19) 18	Rochdale	1 – 0	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Brown	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7323 Referee: A.W. Luty

3 December 1949 (1949 -12-03) 19	Rochdale	2 – 0	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Dryburgh McGeachie	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5349

17 December 1949 (1949 -12-17) 20	Gateshead	1 – 3	Rochdale	Gateshead
	Kendall	Report	Livesey	Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 3997 Referee: F.B. Coultas

24 December 1949 (1949 -12-24) 21	Rochdale	4 – 0	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Dryburgh Connor Livesey	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7439 Referee: L. Richardson

26 December 1949 (1949 -12-26) 22	Rochdale	2 – 0	Southport	Rochdale
	Livesey Connor	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 13406 Referee: G. Black

27 December 1949 (1949 -12-27) 23	Southport	3 – 2	Rochdale	Southport
	Wyles Powell Meadows	Report	Brown Dryburgh	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 14766 Referee: G. Black

31 December 1949 (1949 -12-31) 24	Darlington	1 – 1	Rochdale	Darlington
	Ward	Report	Livesey	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 8196

14 January 1950 (1950 -01-14) 25	Rochdale	4 – 0	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Birch (pen.) Livesey McGeachie Brown	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9300 Referee: G. Gibson

21 January 1950 (1950 -01-21) 26	Halifax Town	3 – 2	Rochdale	Halifax
	Bennett Watson (o.g.) Core	Report	Connor	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 10398 Referee: B.J. Flanagan

28 January 1950 (1950 -01-28) 27	Mansfield Town	1 – 1	Rochdale	Mansfield
	Godwin	Report	Nicol	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 11492 Referee: H. Jackson

4 February 1950 (1950 -02-04) 28	Rochdale	1 – 0	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Connor	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 14516 Referee: A.C. Denham

11 February 1950 (1950 -02-11) 29	Wrexham	3 – 0	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Wynn	Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 5638 Referee: J. Platt

18 February 1950 (1950 -02-18) 30	Rochdale	2 – 2	Bradford City	Rochdale
	Williams	Report	McGill (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8980 Referee: H. Trenholm

25 February 1950 (1950 -02-25) 31	Carlisle United	2 – 0	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Billingham	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 9525 Referee: A.W. Luty

4 March 1950 (1950 -03-04) 32	Rochdale	7 – 1	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
	Livesey Middlebrough Dryburgh Arthur	Report	Antonio	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6336 Referee: H. Jackson

11 March 1950 (1950 -03-11) 33	Crewe Alexandra	0 – 1	Rochdale	Crewe
		Report	Brown	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 11781 Referee: J. Houston

18 March 1950 (1950 -03-18) 34	Rochdale	2 – 1	Barrow	Rochdale
	Livesey Arthur	Report	King	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8391 Referee: T. Seymour

25 March 1950 (1950 -03-25) 35	Lincoln City	2 – 0	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Dodds Whittle	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 11009 Referee: R.J. Leafe

1 April 1950 (1950 -04-01) 36	Rochdale	1 – 0	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	Connor	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7653 Referee: A.E. Ellis

7 April 1950 (1950 -04-07) 37	Stockport County	1 – 1	Rochdale	Stockport
	Herd	Report	Glover (o.g.)	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 14751

8 April 1950 (1950 -04-08) 38	York City	2 – 2	Rochdale	York
	M. Patrick A. Patrick	Report	Livesey	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 6102 Referee: L. Richardson

10 April 1950 (1950 -04-10) 39	Rochdale	1 – 1	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Arthur	Report	Robinson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6711 Referee: F.H. Gerrard

15 April 1950 (1950 -04-15) 40	Rochdale	3 – 0	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Connor Brown Dryburgh	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7773 Referee: E. Plinston

22 April 1950 (1950 -04-22) 41	Accrington Stanley	1 – 0	Rochdale	Accrington
	Travis	Report		Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 7302 Referee: H. Jackson

29 April 1950 (1950 -04-29) 42	Rochdale	1 – 1	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Connor	Report	Wynn	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3397

F.A. Cup

26 November 1949 (1949 -11-26) 1	Rhyl	0 – 3	Rochdale	Rhyl
		Report	Connor Dryburgh	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 7852

10 December 1949 (1949 -12-10) 2	Rochdale	1 – 2	Notts County	Rochdale
	Brown	Report	Johnston Lawton	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 24231 Referee: T. Seymour

Lancashire Cup

25 October 1949 (1949 -10-25)	Rochdale	0 – 0	Blackpool	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1413

9 November 1949 (1949 -11-09)	Blackpool	0 – 1	Rochdale	Blackpool
			Dryburgh	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 2500

8 February 1950 (1950 -02-08)	Bolton Wanderers	0 – 1	Rochdale	Bolton
			Dryburgh	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 3339

18 April 1950 (1950 -04-18) SF	Rochdale	1 – 2	Burnley	Rochdale
	Connor			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7878

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References

^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}

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

[2] "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}

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