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[edit]

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[edit]

Central League[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Manchester Cup[edit]

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

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References[edit]

^ 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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