1945–46 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1945–46 season
Manager	Ted Goodier
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Division 3 North West	2nd
F.A. Cup	3rd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Joe Hargreaves (18); All: Joe Hargreaves (24)

The 1945–46 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 39th in existence and their 7th and final season in the wartime league (Division 3 North West). The season consisted of 36 matches, 18 of which were in the First Championship, and the remainder were in the 2nd Championship and Division 3 North West Cup. Rochdale finished in second place in the first championship. This season also saw the return of the F.A. Cup, in which Rochdale reached the third round.

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3 NW League & Cup		F.A. Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		F. Olive	2	0	2	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Arthur Chesters	19	0	13	0	6	0
	GK	ENG	Jack Breedon	4	0	4	0	0	0
	GK		John Kirk	4	0	4	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Ken Ashbridge	4	0	4	0	0	0
	GK	WAL	John Jones	2	0	2	0	0	0
	GK		J. Walmsley	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK		Robert Yates	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK		Bill Roberts	5	0	5	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Syd Pomphrey	33	0	29	0	4	0
	DF		Clive	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Len Jackson	5	0	5	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Joe Duff	23	4	18	4	5	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Sneddon	20	0	15	0	5	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Byrom	5	0	5	0	0	0
	DF		Matthew Muir	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		George Lunn	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Gwyn Jones	4	0	4	0	0	0
	DF		Robert Griffiths	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Joe McCormick	32	1	28	1	4	0
	MF	ENG	Peter Molloy	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF		Jack Higham	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Norman Richardson	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Charlie Hurst	5	0	5	0	0	0
	MF		William Whittle	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Don Partridge	20	0	14	0	6	0
	DF	ENG	John Neary	8	0	6	0	2	0
	DF	WAL	Jim Pearce	20	0	16	0	4	0
	DF	ENG	Dick Neilson	3	0	3	0	0	0
	MF		Wally Birch	11	0	11	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	George Haigh	3	0	3	0	0	0
	MF		J. Keddie	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		W. Hamilton	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		Jack Dobson	5	0	5	0	0	0
	MF		Tommy Howshall	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Arthur Jones	14	3	12	3	2	0
	MF	ENG	Sammy Makin	21	6	19	5	2	1
	FW	ENG	Ernie Toseland	3	2	3	2	0	0
	MF		Sam Baum	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		J. Kindred	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Meek	4	1	4	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Woods	13	2	11	1	2	1
	MF	ENG	Jack Brindle	23	9	17	8	6	1
	FW	ENG	Joe Hargreaves	27	24	21	18	6	6
	MF	ENG	Eric Wood	32	10	28	9	4	1
	MF		T. Smith	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		John Reid	1	1	1	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Constantine	3	4	3	4	0	0
	FW		Jack Harker	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Livesey	1	1	1	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Alf Hanson	13	7	13	7	0	0
	FW		Harry Nuttall (jnr)	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Joe Rodi	7	5	7	5	0	0
	FW		Fred Taylor	1	1	1	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Arthur Cunliffe	35	6	29	5	6	1
	MF	ENG	Wally Reynolds	2	1	0	0	2	1

Squad Statistics (Non-competitive)

Appearances and goals (Non-competitive)

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Lancashire Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		F. Olive	1	0	1	0
	GK	ENG	Arthur Chesters	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Jack Breedon	0	0	0	0
	GK		John Kirk	1	0	1	0
	GK	ENG	Ken Ashbridge	0	0	0	0
	GK	WAL	John Jones	0	0	0	0
	GK		J. Walmsley	0	0	0	0
	GK		Robert Yates	0	0	0	0
	GK		Bill Roberts	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Syd Pomphrey	2	0	2	0
	DF		Clive	0	0	0	0
	DF		Len Jackson	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Joe Duff	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Sneddon	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Byrom	0	0	0	0
	DF		Matthew Muir	0	0	0	0
	DF		George Lunn	0	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Gwyn Jones	0	0	0	0
	DF		Robert Griffiths	0	0	0	0
	MF		Joe McCormick	2	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Peter Molloy	1	0	1	0
	MF		Jack Higham	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Norman Richardson	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Charlie Hurst	0	0	0	0
	MF		William Whittle	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Don Partridge	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	John Neary	1	0	1	0
	DF	WAL	Jim Pearce	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Dick Neilson	0	0	0	0
	MF		Wally Birch	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	George Haigh	1	0	1	0
	MF		J. Keddie	0	0	0	0
	MF		W. Hamilton	0	0	0	0
	MF		Jack Dobson	0	0	0	0
	MF		Tommy Howshall	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Arthur Jones	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Sammy Makin	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Ernie Toseland	1	0	1	0
	MF		Sam Baum	0	0	0	0
	MF		J. Kindred	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Meek	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Woods	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Brindle	1	1	1	1
	FW	ENG	Joe Hargreaves	1	1	1	1
	MF	ENG	Eric Wood	1	0	1	0
	MF		T. Smith	0	0	0	0
	FW		John Reid	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Constantine	1	1	1	1
	FW		Jack Harker	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Livesey	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Alf Hanson	2	0	2	0
	FW		Harry Nuttall (jnr)	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Joe Rodi	0	0	0	0
	FW		Fred Taylor	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Arthur Cunliffe	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Wally Reynolds	0	0	0	0

Competitions

Third Division North West League and Cup

25 August 1945 (1945-08-25) 1	Wrexham	4–1	Rochdale	Wrexham
			Reid	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 6000

1 September 1945 (1945-09-01) 2	Rochdale	3–1	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Constantine Meek Hanson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3289

8 September 1945 (1945-09-08) 3	Rochdale	4–2	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Constantine Hanson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4097

15 September 1945 (1945-09-15) 4	Oldham Athletic	2–1	Rochdale	Oldham
			Taylor	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 6278

22 September 1945 (1945-09-22) 5	Stockport County	7–0	Rochdale	Stockport
				Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 4993

29 September 1945 (1945-09-29) 6	Rochdale	4–2	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Livesey Hanson A. Jones			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3724

6 October 1945 (1945-10-06) 7	Southport	1–2	Rochdale	Southport
			Hargreaves	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 3500

13 October 1945 (1945-10-13) 8	Rochdale	5–0	Southport	Rochdale
	Hargreaves Hanson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4804

20 October 1945 (1945-10-20) 9	Rochdale	3–1	Chester	Rochdale
	Hargreaves Brindle			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6693

27 October 1945 (1945-10-27) 10	Chester	3–3	Rochdale	Chester
			Brindle A. Jones	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 4123

3 November 1945 (1945-11-03) 11	Rochdale	3–0	Barrow	Rochdale
	Cunliffe Hargreaves A. Jones			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4133

10 November 1945 (1945-11-10) 12	Barrow	2–1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
			Brindle	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 4387

1 December 1945 (1945-12-01) 13	Crewe Alexandra	1–4	Rochdale	Crewe
			Brindle Makin	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3500

22 December 1945 (1945-12-22) 14	Tranmere Rovers	3–2	Rochdale	Birkenhead
			Duff Hargreaves	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 3000

25 December 1945 (1945-12-25) 15	Rochdale	2–0	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Brindle			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7614

26 December 1945 (1945-12-26) 16	Accrington Stanley	4–2	Rochdale	Accrington
			Duff	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 8043

29 December 1945 (1945-12-29) 17	Rochdale	3–2	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Hargreaves Duff Toseland			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6849

12 January 1946 (1946-01-12) 18	Rochdale	1–3	Southport	Rochdale
	Toseland			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4377

19 January 1946 (1946-01-19) 19	Chester	2–0	Rochdale	Chester
				Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 1500

26 January 1946 (1946-01-26) 20	Rochdale	6–1	Chester	Rochdale
	Walters (o.g.) Wood Woods Makin			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500

2 February 1946 (1946-02-02) 21	Rochdale	2–3	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Wood Burrows (o.g.)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3416

9 February 1946 (1946-02-09) 22	Stockport County	2–2	Rochdale	Stockport
			Cunliffe Makin	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 6500

16 February 1946 (1946-02-16) 23	Rochdale	2–2	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Wood			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3816

23 February 1946 (1946-02-23) 24	Crewe Alexandra	3–1	Rochdale	Crewe
			Hargreaves	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3880

2 March 1946 (1946-03-02) 25	Rochdale	1–2	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Hargreaves			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3775

9 March 1946 (1946-03-09) 26	Wrexham	2–1	Rochdale	Wrexham
			Hargreaves	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 6800

16 March 1946 (1946-03-16) 27	Southport	0–2	Rochdale	Southport
			Hargreaves Cunliffe	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 3500

23 March 1946 (1946-03-23) 28	Rochdale	2–1	Barrow	Rochdale
	Makin Wood			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2100

30 March 1946 (1946-03-30) 29	Barrow	1–2	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
			Rodi Hargreaves	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 4014

6 April 1946 (1946-04-06) 30	Rochdale	2–3	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Rodi Hargreaves			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4128

13 April 1946 (1946-04-13) 31	Lincoln City	1–2	Rochdale	Lincoln
			Rodi McCormick	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 4942

19 April 1946 (1946-04-19) 32	Rochdale	0–0	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3243

20 April 1946 (1946-04-20) 33	Rochdale	3–1	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Cunliffe Hargreaves Wood			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4200

22 April 1946 (1946-04-22) 34	Oldham Athletic	0–4	Rochdale	Oldham
			Hargreaves Cunliffe Rodi	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5800

27 April 1946 (1946-04-27) 35	Southport	2–0	Rochdale	Southport
				Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1200

4 May 1946 (1946-05-04) 36	Rochdale	2–1	Southport	Rochdale
	Rodi Wood			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3191

F.A. Cup

17 November 1945 (1945-11-17) 1	Stockport County	1–2	Rochdale	Stockport
	Shaw	Report	Brindle Woods	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 6000

24 November 1945 (1945-11-24) 1	Rochdale	1–1	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Hargreaves	Report	Hyde	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6158

8 December 1945 (1945-12-08) 2	Tranmere Rovers	3–1	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Bell Rosenthal Atkinson	Report	Wood	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 7000

15 December 1945 (1945-12-15) 2	Rochdale	3–0	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Hargreaves Makin	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6500

5 January 1946 (1946-01-05) 3	Bury	3–3	Rochdale	Bury
	Davies Halton	Report	Cunliffe Hargreaves Reynolds	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 13248

8 January 1946 (1946-01-08) 3	Rochdale	2–4	Bury	Rochdale
	Hargreaves	Report	Davies Tompkin Jones Moss	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8712

Lancashire Senior Cup

5 September 1945 (1945-09-05) 1	Manchester United	5–1	Rochdale	Manchester
			Constantine	Stadium: Maine Road

1 January 1946 (1946-01-01) 1	Rochdale	2–0	Manchester United	Rochdale
	Brindle Hargreaves			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

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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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Rochdale A.F.C. seasons
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1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
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1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
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