1931–32 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1931–32 season
Manager	Will Cameron; Herbert Hopkinson
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North	21st
FA Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Reg Watson (8); All: Reg Watson (8)
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 1931–32 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 25th season in existence and their 11th season in the Football League Third Division North. They finished in 21st and last position with 11 points.^[1]

During the season they only managed four wins and went on a record-breaking run of 17 straight defeats.^[2] However, they were re-elected at the end of the season.

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division3 (N)		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
N/A	GK	ENG	Harry Abbott	33	0	32	0	1	0
N/A	DF	SCO	James Beattie	15	0	14	0	1	0
N/A	DF	SCO	Adam Plunkett	12	0	12	0	0	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Bill Armstrong	4	0	4	0	0	0
N/A	DF	EIR	Jack Everest	23	6	22	6	1	0
N/A	MF	ENG	George Ward	22	0	22	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Ernest Steele	20	3	19	3	1	0
N/A	FW	RSA	David Murray	23	4	22	3	1	1
N/A	FW	SCO	George Guyan	4	1	4	1	0	0
N/A	FW	WAL	Benny Jones	20	3	19	3	1	0
N/A	MF	SCO	Con Hilley	3	0	3	0	0	0
N/A	DF	SCO	Jimmy Hamilton	40	0	39	0	1	0
N/A	MF	WAL	Idris Williams	35	2	34	2	1	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Robert Forster	2	0	2	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Harry Platt	13	0	13	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Reg Watson	18	8	17	8	1	0
N/A	MF	SCO	Joe McAleer	21	7	20	7	1	0
N/A	DF	SCO	Edward Black	8	0	8	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Fred Appleyard	2	0	2	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Fred Brown	21	6	21	6	0	0
N/A	FW	SCO	Ken Nisbet	12	2	12	2	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Roland Hill	3	0	2	0	1	0
N/A	GK	ENG	Bert Welch	8	0	8	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Harold Howarth	20	4	20	4	0	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Walter Webster	14	0	14	0	0	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Frank Twine	10	0	10	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Jimmy Bimson	12	1	12	1	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Arthur Hawes	13	0	13	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Tommy Hogg	10	1	10	1	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Ron Hornby	2	0	2	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Reg Grant	1	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	FW	SCO	John Whitelaw	1	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	George White	1	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	John Crowther	1	1	1	1	0	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Clarence Constantine	2	0	2	0	0	0
N/A	FW	SCO	Tommy Flannigan	2	0	2	0	0	0
N/A	GK	ENG	Eddie Plane	0	0	0	0	0	0

Squad Statistics (Non-competitive)

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Lancashire Cup		Manchester Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
N/A	GK	ENG	Harry Abbott	1	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	DF	SCO	James Beattie	1	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	DF	SCO	Adam Plunkett	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Bill Armstrong	1	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	DF	EIR	Jack Everest	1	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	George Ward	2	0	1	0	1	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Ernest Steele	2	0	1	0	1	0
N/A	FW	RSA	David Murray	2	0	1	0	1	0
N/A	FW	SCO	George Guyan	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	FW	WAL	Benny Jones	1	0	0	0	1	0
N/A	MF	SCO	Con Hilley	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	DF	SCO	Jimmy Hamilton	2	0	1	0	1	0
N/A	MF	WAL	Idris Williams	2	0	1	0	1	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Robert Forster	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Harry Platt	1	0	0	0	1	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Reg Watson	1	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	MF	SCO	Joe McAleer	1	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	DF	SCO	Edward Black	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Fred Appleyard	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Fred Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	FW	SCO	Ken Nisbet	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Roland Hill	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	GK	ENG	Bert Welch	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Harold Howarth	1	0	0	0	1	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Walter Webster	1	0	0	0	1	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Frank Twine	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Jimmy Bimson	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Arthur Hawes	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Tommy Hogg	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Ron Hornby	1	0	0	0	1	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Reg Grant	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	FW	SCO	John Whitelaw	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	George White	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	John Crowther	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Clarence Constantine	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	FW	SCO	Tommy Flannigan	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	GK	ENG	Eddie Plane	1	0	0	0	1	0

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
18	Carlisle United	40	11	11	18	64	79	0.810	33
19	Rotherham United	40	14	4	22	63	72	0.875	32
20	New Brighton	40	8	8	24	38	76	0.500	24
21	Rochdale	40	4	3	33	48	135	0.356	11	Re-elected
22	Wigan Borough	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	Resigned from the league and folded^[a]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ Wigan Borough resigned from the Football League on 21 October and folded. Their record (P12 W3 D1 L8 F12 A32 GA 0.375 Pts 7) was expunged.

Competitions

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Third Division North

29 August 1931 (1931-08-29) 1	Rochdale	2–2	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Jones Guyan	Report	Wright Viner	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,974

31 August 1931 (1931-08-31) 2	Rotherham United	5–0	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Sellars Hick Spicer	Report		Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 6,431

5 September 1931 (1931-09-05) 3	Wrexham	4–0	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Taylor Bamford	Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 7,390

7 September 1931 (1931-09-07) 4	Stockport County	3–1	Rochdale	Stockport
	Webster Scullion	Report	Watson	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 3,941

12 September 1931 (1931-09-12) 5	Rochdale	4–3	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Watson Everest Steele	Report	Watson McConnell	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,382

15 September 1931 (1931-09-15) 6	Rochdale	1–0	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Williams	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,384

19 September 1931 (1931-09-19) 7	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Rochdale	Crewe
	Swindells	Report		Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 6,358

26 September 1931 (1931-09-26) 8	Rochdale	1–1	Darlington	Rochdale
	McAleer	Report	Siddle	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,703

3 October 1931 (1931-10-03) 9	Rochdale	3–1	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	McAleer Watson	Report	Emery	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,641

10 October 1931 (1931-10-10) 10	Southport	3–1	Rochdale	Southport
	Cowen McConnell Holmes	Report	Steele	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 5,442

17 October 1931 (1931-10-17) 11	Halifax Town	3–2	Rochdale	Halifax
	Crawford Betteridge	Report	Everest Murray	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 4,082

24 October 1931 (1931-10-24) 12	Rochdale	0–1	Walsall	Rochdale
		Report	Pointon	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,845

31 October 1931 (1931-10-31) 13	Gateshead	3–1	Rochdale	Gateshead
	Welsh Meek	Report	Jones	Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 7,227

7 November 1931 (1931-11-07) 14	Rochdale	3–2	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Jones Everest	Report	Rawsthorne	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,888

14 November 1931 (1931-11-14) 15	Barrow	4–1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Littler Wilson	Report	Watson	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 2,542

21 November 1931 (1931-11-21) 16	Rochdale	3–6	Hull City	Rochdale
	Watson Nisbet	Report	Wainscoat Speed Munnings D. Duncan A. Duncan	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,593

5 December 1931 (1931-12-05) 17	Rochdale	0–3	Chester City	Rochdale
		Report	Cresswell Hedley Jennings	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,119

12 December 1931 (1931-12-12) 18	Hartlepool United	3–0	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Hewitt Dixon	Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,085

25 December 1931 (1931-12-25) 19	Tranmere Rovers	9–1	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Dixon Whitehurst Watts Meston	Report	Murray	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,719

26 December 1931 (1931-12-26) 20	Rochdale	3–6	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Brown Murray Everest	Report	Urmson Watts Dixon Lewis Meston	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,993

2 January 1932 (1932-01-02) 21	Accrington Stanley	3–0	Rochdale	Accrington
	Williamson Jones Agar	Report		Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 1,824

9 January 1932 (1932-01-09) 22	Lincoln City	3–0	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Hall Cartwright	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 6,737

16 January 1932 (1932-01-16) 23	Rochdale	2–4	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Everest Steele	Report	Mustard Parden	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,749

23 January 1932 (1932-01-23) 24	Carlisle United	4–0	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Hutchison McConnell	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,812

30 January 1932 (1932-01-30) 25	Rochdale	2–3	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Howarth Brown	Report	Swindells Weale	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,978

6 February 1932 (1932-02-06) 26	Darlington	3–1	Rochdale	Darlington
	Waugh Wellock Coates	Report	Nisbet	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 2,764

13 February 1932 (1932-02-13) 27	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Atherton Pattison	Report		Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 2,856

20 February 1932 (1932-02-20) 28	Rochdale	0–1	Southport	Rochdale
		Report	Bell	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,894

27 February 1932 (1932-02-27) 29	Rochdale	1–4	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Crowther	Report	Crawford Betteridge Johnson Read	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,154

5 March 1932 (1932-03-05) 30	Walsall	2–1	Rochdale	Walsall
	Turner Reed	Report	Brown	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 2,601

12 March 1932 (1932-03-12) 31	Rochdale	0–3	Gateshead	Rochdale
		Report	Welsh Meek	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,526

19 March 1932 (1932-03-19) 32	New Brighton	1–1	Rochdale	New Brighton
	Rawsthorne	Report	Brown	Stadium: Sandheys Park Attendance: 2,362

25 March 1932 (1932-03-25) 33	York City	5–2	Rochdale	York
	Baines Thompson Jenkinson	Report	McAleer Howarth	Stadium: Fulfordgate Attendance: 5,285

26 March 1932 (1932-03-26) 34	Rochdale	0–6	Barrow	Rochdale
		Report	Webster (o.g.) Millar Postlethwaite Suggett Bimson (o.g.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,189

28 March 1932 (1932-03-28) 35	Rochdale	3–5	York City	Rochdale
	McAleer Brown	Report	Baines Spooner Fenoughty	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,387

2 April 1932 (1932-04-02) 36	Hull City	4–1	Rochdale	Hull
	Munnings Mills	Report	Hogg	Stadium: The Boulevard Attendance: 3,611

9 April 1932 (1932-04-09) 37	Rochdale	3–5	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	McAleer Williams	Report	Pringle Riley Cartwright Whyte	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,038

16 April 1932 (1932-04-16) 38	Chester City	7–2	Rochdale	Chester
	Mercer Williams (o.g.) Jennings Hedley	Report	McAleer Howarth	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 4,658

23 April 1932 (1932-04-23) 39	Rochdale	1–3	Hartlepool United	Rochdale
	Bimson	Report	Thornton Dixon	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,379

7 May 1932 (1932-05-07) 40	Rochdale	1–4	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	Howarth McAleer	Report	Beynon Gray Parkin	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,724

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FA Cup

28 November 1931 (1931-11-28) R1	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Rochdale	Scunthorpe
	Methven Hubbard	Report	Murray	Stadium: Old Showground Attendance: 5,000

^[4]

Lancashire Cup

22 September 1931 (1931-09-22) R2	Rochdale	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
		^[3]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Manchester Cup

24 February 1932 (1932-02-24) R3	Manchester City	6–0	Rochdale	Manchester
		^[3]		Stadium: Maine Road

References

^ "Rochdale 1931/32". Statto. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
^ "Records". Football League. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Phillipps, Steven (2001). Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001. Harefield, Middlesex: Yore. ISBN 1-874427-09-7. OCLC 48531524.
^ "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

External links

Up the Dale 1931–32
Rochdale 1931–32 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)

[table_note_res_RES0.091923877639661-3] Wigan Borough resigned from the Football League on 21 October and folded. Their record (P12 W3 D1 L8 F12 A32 GA 0.375 Pts 7) was expunged.

[1] "Rochdale 1931/32". Statto. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

[2] "Records". Football League. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

[Phillipps-4] Phillipps, Steven (2001). Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001. Harefield, Middlesex: Yore. ISBN 1-874427-09-7. OCLC 48531524.

[5] "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

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