1944–45 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1944–45 season
Manager	Ted Goodier
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League North	27th & 57th
Top goalscorer	League: John Reid; Ernest Morris (6); All: John Reid; Ernest Morris (6)

The 1944–45 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 38th in existence and their 6th in the wartime league (League North). The season was split into 2 championships. Rochdale finished in 27th position in the first and in 57th position and in the second. Some matches in the 2nd Championship were also in the League War Cup and Lancashire Cup.

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Football League North & League War Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Arthur Chesters	26	0	26	0
	GK	ENG	Walker Grimsditch	7	0	7	0
	GK		W. Thorpe	1	0	1	0
	GK		H.H.C. Hall	2	0	2	0
	GK		Hesketh	1	0	1	0
	GK		F. Olive	1	0	1	0
	DF		W. Manghan	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Joe Duff	38	3	38	3
	DF	ENG	Ellis Cornwell	29	0	29	0
	DF		Matthew Muir	15	0	15	0
	DF	ENG	William Keenan	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Byrom	18	0	18	0
	DF	ENG	Doug Cole	2	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Harry Lowe	5	0	5	0
	DF	ENG	Eddie Lyons	5	0	5	0
	DF	WAL	Gwyn Jones	3	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Jim Treanor	7	0	7	0
	MF		Jimmy? Macauley	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Walter Ainsworth	7	3	7	3
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Eastwood	3	0	3	0
	MF		Jimmy Jones	15	2	15	2
	MF		Charles Wilson	1	0	1	0
	MF	WAL	Bob Davies	1	0	1	0
	MF		F. Whittaker	7	0	7	0
	MF	ENG	Tom Jones	8	0	8	0
	MF	ENG	John Neary	24	0	24	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Chambers	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Gemmell	3	0	3	0
	DF	WAL	Jim Pearce	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	George Haigh	24	1	24	1
	MF		Jack Bradshaw	2	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Foxton	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	James Taylor	1	0	1	0
	MF		Percy Taylor	1	1	1	1
	FW	ENG	John Gastall	2	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Wally Reynolds	18	3	18	3
	FW	ENG	Jack Gallon	22	5	22	5
	MF		John Reid	12	6	12	6
	FW	ENG	Alf Ainsworth	6	0	6	0
	MF		A.L. Hughes	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Sammy Makin	11	2	11	2
	MF		S.A. Pickstock	1	1	1	1
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Cunliffe	3	0	3	0
	MF		John Banner	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Albert Mycock	2	0	2	0
	MF		Jack Higham	1	0	1	0
	FW		Ernest Morris	9	6	9	6
	FW		Albert Griffiths	1	0	1	0
	FW		Harold Acton	2	1	2	1
	FW		Alfred Chaney	1	0	1	0
	FW	NIR	Davy Cochrane	2	1	2	1
	FW	ENG	Wally Hunt	1	1	1	1
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Constantine	10	3	10	3
	FW		Jack Harker	4	0	4	0
	FW		James Weatherspoon	1	0	1	0
	FW		William Whittle	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Bradley	1	0	1	0
	FW		D. Strachan	6	0	6	0
	FW	ENG	Tom Cochrane	4	1	4	1
	MF	ENG	Albert Malam	2	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Arthur Bailey	1	0	1	0
	FW		J. Bate	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Eric Wood	5	3	5	3
	FW	ENG	Syd Roberts	2	1	2	1
	FW	ENG	Billy Woods	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Arthur Cunliffe	3	0	3	0
	FW		Kenneth Atkinson	2	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	James Harrison	4	0	4	0
	FW		James Young	2	1	2	1
	FW		Harry Revell	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Brinton	2	1	2	1
	FW		Harry Seddon	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Alf Hanson	4	4	4	4
	FW		Thorpe	1	0	1	0

Competitions

Football League North & War League Cup

26 August 1944 (1944-08-26) 1	Rochdale	3–7	Blackpool	Rochdale
	W. Ainsworth Morris		Mortensen	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7071

2 September 1944 (1944-09-02) 2	Blackpool	3–0	Rochdale	Blackpool
				Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4000

9 September 1944 (1944-09-09) 3	Blackburn Rovers	3–0	Rochdale	Blackburn
				Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 3000

16 September 1944 (1944-09-16) 4	Rochdale	2–0	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
	W. Ainsworth Acton			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2850

23 September 1944 (1944-09-23) 5	Burnley	2–2	Rochdale	Burnley
			Duff W. Ainsworth	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 4213

30 September 1944 (1944-09-30) 6	Rochdale	3–1	Burnley	Rochdale
	Gallon D. Cochrane Duff			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3612

7 October 1944 (1944-10-07) 7	Rochdale	2–2	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
	Gallon P. Taylor			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4100

14 October 1944 (1944-10-14) 8	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	Rochdale	Bolton
				Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 4000

21 October 1944 (1944-10-21) 9	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Rochdale	Accrington
			Morris	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 3449

28 October 1944 (1944-10-28) 10	Rochdale	3–0	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Morris Roach (o.g.)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2135

4 November 1944 (1944-11-04) 11	Rochdale	5–2	Preston North End	Rochdale
	Gallon Reynolds T. Cochrane Wood			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3100

11 November 1944 (1944-11-11) 12	Preston North End	2–1	Rochdale	Preston
			J. Jones	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 2700

18 November 1944 (1944-11-18) 13	Southport	2–2	Rochdale	Southport
			Hunt J. Jones	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 3000

25 November 1944 (1944-11-25) 14	Rochdale	1–1	Southport	Rochdale
	Roberts			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3326

2 December 1944 (1944-12-02) 15	Rochdale	2–3	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Reid			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2621

9 December 1944 (1944-12-09) 16	Oldham Athletic	0–2	Rochdale	Oldham
			Reid Reynolds	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5658

16 December 1944 (1944-12-16) 17	Halifax Town	4–2	Rochdale	Halifax
			Pickstock Makin	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 1800

23 December 1944 (1944-12-23) 18	Rochdale	3–0	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Reynolds Reid Young			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4760

25 December 1944 (1944-12-25) 19	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Rochdale	Accrington
			Gallon	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 5800

30 December 1944 (1944-12-30) 20	Rochdale	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Haigh			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4063

13 January 1945 (1945-01-13) 21	Blackburn Rovers	3–2	Rochdale	Blackburn
			Gallon Constantine	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 3017

20 January 1945 (1945-01-20) 22	Rochdale	1–1	Preston North End	Rochdale
	Reid			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1934

27 January 1945 (1945-01-27) 23	Preston North End	1–1	Rochdale	Preston
			Reid	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 1755

3 February 1945 (1945-02-03) 24	Burnley	2–0	Rochdale	Burnley
				Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 5657

10 February 1945 (1945-02-10) 25	Rochdale	0–4	Burnley	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4607

17 February 1945 (1945-02-17) 26	Rochdale	3–6	Blackpool	Rochdale
	? (o.g.) Hanson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2554

24 February 1945 (1945-02-24) 27	Blackpool	4–0	Rochdale	Blackpool
				Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 7000

3 March 1945 (1945-03-03) 28	Rochdale	0–8	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2887

10 March 1945 (1945-03-10) 29	Rochdale	0–1	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2670

17 March 1945 (1945-03-17) 30	Blackburn Rovers	4–0	Rochdale	Blackburn
				Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 3000

24 March 1945 (1945-03-24) 31	Tranmere Rovers	0–1	Rochdale	Birkenhead
			Brinton	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 2376

31 March 1945 (1945-03-31) 32	Rochdale	4–1	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Duff Constantine Makin			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2379

2 April 1945 (1945-04-02) 33	Chester	3–0	Rochdale	Chester
				Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 3000

7 April 1945 (1945-04-07) 34	Stockport County	3–0	Rochdale	Stockport
				Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 3042

14 April 1945 (1945-04-14) 35	Rochdale	0–2	Stockport County	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1671

21 April 1945 (1945-04-21) 36	Rochdale	1–2	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Wood			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1776

28 April 1945 (1945-04-28) 37	Oldham Athletic	2–0	Rochdale	Oldham
				Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1297

5 May 1945 (1945-05-05) 38	Rochdale	2–1	Chester	Rochdale
	Hanson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 708

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References

^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ A Record of British Wartime Football by Brian McColl

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

[2] A Record of British Wartime Football by Brian McColl

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