1913–14 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1913–14 season
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Central League	10th
FA Cup	4th Qualifying Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jack Allan (17); All: Jack Allan (17}

The 1913–14 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 7th in existence. They competed in The FA Cup for the 6th time and reached the 4th qualifying round. The also competed in the Central League and finished 10th.

Squad Statistics

Appearances and Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Central League		F.A. Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Billy Biggar	37	0	36	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Jack Barton	34	0	33	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Danny Crossan	7	0	7	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Charlie Milnes	37	2	36	2	1	0
	MF	ENG	Tommy Broome	16	3	15	3	1	0
	MF	ENG	James Henderson	28	0	27	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Tommy Spink	35	1	34	1	1	0
	FW	ENG	Bob Watson	19	4	18	4	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Allan	26	17	26	17	0	0
	FW	ENG	Bob Grierson	24	7	24	7	0	0
	MF	ENG	Albert Smith	39	15	38	15	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jim Tully	34	2	33	2	1	0
	MF		J.L. Kay	23	0	23	0	0	0
	DF		J. Goodwin	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		Billy Bamford	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		H.J. Coates	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		D.H. Clark	2	1	2	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Ernest Hawksworth	20	5	19	5	1	0
	DF		W. Chamberlain	17	0	16	0	1	0
	GK		James Morris	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Vince Hayes	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Marshall	9	0	9	0	0	0
	MF		J. Tattersall	5	1	5	1	0	0
	DF		George Spoor	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		A. Walker	5	1	5	1	0	0
	GK		W. Plumley	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		J. Taylor	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Fred Heap	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		C. Clegg	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		J. Broad	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		W. Bird	0	0	0	0	0	0

Squad Statistics (Non-Competitive)

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Lancs Snr Cup		Manc Snr Cup		Friendlies
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Billy Biggar	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Jack Barton	5	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Danny Crossan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Charlie Milnes	6	1	4	1	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Tommy Broome	4	2	4	2	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	James Henderson	7	0	4	0	1	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Tommy Spink	7	1	4	1	1	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Bob Watson	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	1
	MF	ENG	Jack Allan	6	3	4	2	0	0	2	1
	FW	ENG	Bob Grierson	5	1	3	1	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Albert Smith	7	1	4	1	1	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Jim Tully	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		J.L. Kay	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		J. Goodwin	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Billy Bamford	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		H.J. Coates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		D.H. Clark	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Ernest Hawksworth	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
	DF		W. Chamberlain	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	GK		James Morris	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Vince Hayes	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Marshall	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		J. Tattersall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		George Spoor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		A. Walker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		W. Plumley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		J. Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Fred Heap	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		C. Clegg	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		J. Broad	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		W. Bird	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Competitions

Central League

2 September 1913 (1913-09-02) 1	Rochdale	7–0	Bury Reserves	Rochdale
	Allan Smith Watson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

3 September 1913 (1913-09-03) 2	Manchester City Reserves	1–0	Rochdale	Manchester
				Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 10000

6 September 1913 (1913-09-06) 3	Rochdale	2–0	Huddersfield Town Reserves	Rochdale
	Watson Smith			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

13 September 1913 (1913-09-13) 4	Bradford City Reserves	0–0	Rochdale	Bradford
				Stadium: Valley Parade

20 September 1913 (1913-09-20) 5	Rochdale	0–1	Port Vale	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5000

1 October 1913 (1913-10-01) 6	Huddersfield Town Reserves	1–2	Rochdale	Huddersfield
			Grierson Allan	Stadium: Leeds Road

4 October 1913 (1913-10-04) 7	Rochdale	0–1	Everton	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

11 October 1913 (1913-10-11) 8	Blackpool Reserves	2–2	Rochdale	Blackpool
			Allan Grierson	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3000

18 October 1913 (1913-10-18) 9	Rochdale	4–0	Burnley Reserves	Rochdale
	Allan Broome (pen.)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

25 October 1913 (1913-10-25) 10	Port Vale	2–1	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
			Allan	Stadium: Old Recreation Ground Attendance: 9000

1 November 1913 (1913-11-01) 11	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	0–0	Rochdale	Blackburn
				Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 3500

8 November 1913 (1913-11-08) 12	Preston North End Reserves	1–2	Rochdale	Preston
			Hawksworth	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 3000

15 November 1913 (1913-11-15) 13	Rochdale	1–2	Oldham Athletic Reserves	Rochdale
	Allan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

22 November 1913 (1913-11-22) 14	Rochdale	5–4	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	Rochdale
	Clark Broome Smith			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

6 December 1913 (1913-12-06) 15	Manchester United Reserves	2–0	Rochdale	Manchester
				Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 3500

20 December 1913 (1913-12-20) 16	Rochdale	1–0	Blackpool Reserves	Rochdale
	Hawksworth			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

25 December 1913 (1913-12-25) 17	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	2–1	Rochdale	Bolton
			Allan	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 4000

26 December 1913 (1913-12-26) 18	Southport Central	1–2	Rochdale	Southport
			Grierson Milnes	Stadium: Haig Avenue

27 December 1913 (1913-12-27) 19	Rochdale	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Allan Smith (pen.)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

1 January 1914 (1914-01-01) 20	Rochdale	0–1	Stalybridge Celtic	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3500

3 January 1914 (1914-01-03) 21	Liverpool Reserves	2–3	Rochdale	Liverpool
			Grierson Smith Allan	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 4000

10 January 1914 (1914-01-10) 22	Rochdale	4–1	Manchester City Reserves	Rochdale
	? (o.g.) Hawksworth Grierson Tully			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

17 January 1914 (1914-01-17) 23	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Rochdale	Crewe
			Smith	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4000

24 January 1914 (1914-01-24) 24	Rochdale	1–1	Bradford City Reserves	Rochdale
	Allan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

31 January 1914 (1914-01-31) 25	Bury Reserves	1–2	Rochdale	Bury
			Smith Grierson	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2500

7 February 1914 (1914-02-07) 26	Everton	4–2	Rochdale	Liverpool
			Spink Milnes	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 2500

14 February 1914 (1914-02-14) 27	Rochdale	2–4	Stockport County Reserves	Rochdale
	Grierson Hawksworth			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

2 March 1914 (1914-03-02) 28	Burnley Reserves	4–0	Rochdale	Burnley
				Stadium: Turf Moor

7 March 1914 (1914-03-07) 29	Stockport County Reserves	3–1	Rochdale	Stockport
			Smith (pen.)	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 2800

14 March 1914 (1914-03-14) 30	Rochdale	1–1	Preston North End Reserves	Rochdale
	Smith			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

21 March 1914 (1914-03-21) 31	Oldham Athletic Reserves	0–1	Rochdale	Oldham
			Tattersall	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3000

28 March 1914 (1914-03-28) 32	Rochdale	0–1	Manchester United Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

4 April 1914 (1914-04-04) 33	Rochdale	0–2	Barnsley Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

10 April 1914 (1914-04-10) 34	Stalybridge Celtic	1–1	Rochdale	Stalybridge
			Allan	Stadium: Bower Fold Attendance: 6000

11 April 1914 (1914-04-11) 35	Rochdale	4–1	Southport Central	Rochdale
	Tully Walker Smith (pen.)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

13 April 1914 (1914-04-13) 36	Rochdale	2–0	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	Rochdale
	Watson Allan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

14 April 1914 (1914-04-14) 37	Barnsley Reserves	1–1	Rochdale	Barnsley
			Smith	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 3000

28 April 1914 (1914-04-28) 38	Rochdale	2–2	Liverpool Reserves	Rochdale
	Smith (pen.) Watson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

F.A. Cup

29 November 1913 (1913-11-29) Q4	Barrow	3–0	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
				Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 7000

Lancashire Senior Cup

23 September 1913 (1913-09-23) 1	Nelson	1–3	Rochdale	Nelson
			Smith Broome Spink	Stadium: Seedhill Attendance: 1000

6 October 1913 (1913-10-06) 2	Rochdale	2–0	Barrow	Rochdale
	Watson Milnes			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

20 October 1913 (1913-10-20) 3	Rochdale	3–2	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
	Allan Grierson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1200

10 November 1913 (1913-11-10) SF	Blackpool	4–1	Rochdale	Blackburn
			Broome (pen.)	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 2000

Manchester Senior Cup

11 February 1914 (1914-02-11)	Manchester United	5–0	Rochdale	Manchester
				Stadium: Old Trafford

Friendlies

27 September 1913 (1913-09-27)	Chesterfield	5–2	Rochdale	Chesterfield
			Allan Watson	Stadium: Saltergate

13 December 1913 (1913-12-13)	Rochdale	1–1	Aston Villa Reserves	Rochdale
	Hawksworth			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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