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1952–53 Rochdale A.F.C. season

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Rochdale
1952–53 season
ManagerJack Warner
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Division 3 North22nd
F.A. Cup1st Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Bert Foulds
All: Bert Foulds

The 1952–53 season saw Rochdale compete for their 25th season in the Football League Third Division North.

Statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Division 3 North F.A. Cup Lancashire Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG Trevor Churchill 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Harry Potter 33 0 31 0 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Harry Boyle 47 0 45 0 1 0 1 0
MF Wales WAL Jack Warner 22 0 21 0 1 0 0 0
DF England ENG Wally Birch 24 0 23 0 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Alistair Buchan 41 1 40 1 0 0 1 0
MF England ENG Jackie Arthur 16 4 15 4 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Sandy Lister 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Bert Foulds 34 13 32 13 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Bobby Gilfillan 43 10 41 10 1 0 1 0
MF England ENG Eric Betts 27 4 26 4 1 0 0 0
MF England ENG Harry Whitworth 41 7 39 7 1 0 1 0
MF England ENG Joe Lynn 42 6 40 5 1 1 1 0
GK England ENG Jim Nicholls 24 0 23 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Les Murray 16 3 16 3 0 0 0 0
GK England ENG Brian Sutton 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Charlie Hogan 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Eric Downes 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
FW England ENG Ray Haddington 27 8 25 8 1 0 1 0
DF England ENG Bill Watson 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0
GK England ENG Mark Radcliffe 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
MF England ENG Billy Morris 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Stan Marriott 6 2 6 2 0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Don Partridge 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG John Graham 10 1 10 1 0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Danny Boxshall 8 3 8 3 0 0 0 0

Final League Table

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Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
20 Chester 46 10 7 6 39 27 1 8 14 25 58 0.753 37
21 Darlington 46 13 4 6 33 27 1 2 20 25 69 0.604 34
22 Rochdale 46 12 5 6 41 27 2 0 21 21 56 0.747 33
23 Workington 46 9 5 9 40 33 2 5 16 15 58 0.604 32 Re-elected
24 Accrington Stanley 46 7 9 7 25 29 1 2 20 14 60 0.438 27
Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

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Football League Third Division North

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23 August  1952 (1952 -08-23) 1 Rochdale 0 – 1 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
Report McGuigan Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7000
Referee: E Plinston
25 August  1952 (1952 -08-25) 2 Bradford Park Avenue 2 – 1 Rochdale Bradford
Turner
Horsman
Report Whitworth Stadium: Park Avenue
Attendance: 12060
Referee: A Holland
30 August  1952 (1952 -08-30) 3 Port Vale 5 – 2 Rochdale Stoke-on-Trent
Steele
Bennett
Griffiths
Mullard
Report Gilfillan
Foulds
Stadium: Old Recreation Ground
Attendance: 15448
Referee: ER Hill
2 September  1952 (1952 -09-02) 4 Rochdale 1 – 0 Bradford Park Avenue Rochdale
Foulds Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6647
Referee: A Holland
6 September  1952 (1952 -09-06) 5 Rochdale 3 – 1 Chester Rochdale
Lynn
Gilfillan
Betts
Report Richardson Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6557
Referee: F Cowen
9 September  1952 (1952 -09-09) 6 Southport 1 – 0 Rochdale Southport
Pennington Report Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 5175
Referee: H Haworth
13 September  1952 (1952 -09-13) 7 Scunthorpe United 5 – 1 Rochdale Scunthorpe
Haigh
Whitfield
Mynard
McGill
Mosby
Report Foulds Stadium: Old Show Ground
Attendance: 7381
Referee: LN Peake
16 September  1952 (1952 -09-16) 8 Rochdale 0 – 0 Southport Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5330
20 September  1952 (1952 -09-20) 9 Rochdale 2 – 2 Stockport County Rochdale
Lynn
Gilfillan
Report Oliver
Connor
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8623
Referee: JW Bowers
23 September  1952 (1952 -09-23) 10 Rochdale 2 – 0 Workington Rochdale
Murray
Betts
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5075
Referee: W Hesleton
27 September  1952 (1952 -09-27) 11 Bradford City 0 – 3 Rochdale Bradford
Report Foulds Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 10898
Referee: A Murdoch
30 September  1952 (1952 -09-30) 12 Rochdale 2 – 3 Gateshead Rochdale
Gilfillan Report Wilbert
Winters
Price
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4848
4 October  1952 (1952 -10-04) 13 Oldham Athletic 1 – 0 Rochdale Oldham
Crawford Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 23026
Referee: J McCann
11 October  1952 (1952 -10-11) 14 Rochdale 4 – 1 Wrexham Rochdale
Whitworth
Murray
Arthur (pen.)
Report Jones Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8016
Referee: RJ Leafe
18 October  1952 (1952 -10-18) 15 Barrow 2 – 1 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness
Gordon
Keen
Report Gilfillan Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 5789
Referee: J Bell
25 October  1952 (1952 -10-25) 16 Rochdale 0 – 2 Grimsby Town Rochdale
Report McCue Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 12291
1 November  1952 (1952 -11-01) 17 York City 2 – 0 Rochdale York
Griffiths
Warrender
Report Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 9430
Referee: TW Glendenning
8 November  1952 (1952 -11-08) 18 Rochdale 3 – 0 Tranmere Rovers Rochdale
Gilfillan
Betts
Foulds
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6101
Referee: KA Collinge
15 November  1952 (1952 -11-15) 19 Chesterfield 1 – 0 Rochdale Chesterfield
Smith Report Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground
Attendance: 6752
Referee: L Richardson
29 November  1952 (1952 -11-29) 20 Accrington Stanley 2 – 1 Rochdale Accrington
Kendall
Bushell
Report Gilfillan Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 4060
Referee: H Beacock
6 December  1952 (1952 -12-06) 21 Chester 3 – 0 Rochdale Chester
Bullock
Travis
Kirkpatrick
Report Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 3324
Referee: F Cowen
13 December  1952 (1952 -12-13) 22 Mansfield Town 2 – 1 Rochdale Mansfield
Marron
Scott
Report Marriott Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 6211
Referee: C Fletcher
20 December  1952 (1952 -12-20) 23 Crewe Alexandra 4 – 2 Rochdale Crewe
Basford
Blunstone
Report Whitworth
Haddington
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4454
Referee: E Plinston
26 December  1952 (1952 -12-26) 24 Darlington 3 – 2 Rochdale Darlington
Murray Report Marriott
Lynn
Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 6406
Referee: A Holland
27 December  1952 (1952 -12-27) 25 Rochdale 3 – 1 Darlington Rochdale
Haddington Report Murray Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6461
Referee: A Holland
1 January  1953 (1953 -01-01) 26 Gateshead 3 – 1 Rochdale Gateshead
Callender (pen.)
Price
Smith
Report Foulds Stadium: Redheugh Park
Attendance: 3729
Referee: L Howarth
3 January  1953 (1953 -01-03) 27 Rochdale 1 – 1 Port Vale Rochdale
Lynn (pen.) Report Hayward Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6899
Referee: ER Hill
10 January  1953 (1953 -01-10) 28 Carlisle United 5 – 0 Rochdale Carlisle
Ashman
Whitehouse
Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 7282
Referee: W Hesleton
24 January  1953 (1953 -01-24) 29 Rochdale 2 – 2 Scunthorpe United Rochdale
Betts
Lynn
Report Ottewell
Brownsword (pen.)
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5050
Referee: LN Peake
31 January  1953 (1953 -01-31) 30 Rochdale 1 – 2 Carlisle United Rochdale
Haddington Report Ashman
Whitehouse
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3447
Referee: W Hesleton
7 February  1953 (1953 -02-07) 31 Stockport County 2 – 0 Rochdale Stockport
Connor
Crosby
Report Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 5659
Referee: JW Bowers
21 February  1953 (1953 -02-21) 32 Rochdale 3 – 1 Oldham Athletic Rochdale
Foulds
Buchan
Whitworth
Report McIlvenny Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 15502
Referee: J McCann
28 February  1953 (1953 -02-28) 33 Wrexham 3 – 0 Rochdale Wrexham
Boyle (o.g.)
Hughes
Tilston
Report Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 7879
Referee: RJ Leafe
7 March  1953 (1953 -03-07) 34 Rochdale 6 – 2 Barrow Rochdale
Whitworth
Morris
Foulds
Graham
Report Collins
Gordon
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5239
Referee: J Bell
14 March  1953 (1953 -03-14) 35 Grimsby Town 3 – 2 Rochdale Cleethorpes
Scotson
McCue
Report Foulds Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 10578
21 March  1953 (1953 -03-21) 36 Rochdale 0 – 3 York City Rochdale
Report Fenton
Hughes
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6373
Referee: TW Glendenning
24 March  1953 (1953 -03-24) 37 Rochdale 2 – 1 Bradford City Rochdale
Foulds
Haddington
Report Carr Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2140
28 March  1953 (1953 -03-28) 38 Tranmere Rovers 1 – 0 Rochdale Birkenhead
Done Report Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 4276
Referee: KA Collinge
3 April  1953 (1953 -04-03) 39 Hartlepools United 2 – 1 Rochdale Hartlepool
Harden
Newton
Report Boxshall Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 8777
Referee: G Black
4 April  1953 (1953 -04-04) 40 Rochdale 0 – 2 Chesterfield Rochdale
Report Wilson
Harvey
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4803
Referee: L Richardson
6 April  1953 (1953 -04-06) 41 Rochdale 3 – 1 Hartlepools United Rochdale
Arthur (pen.)
Boxshall
Murray
Report Richardson Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3378
Referee: G Black
11 April  1953 (1953 -04-11) 42 Workington 1 – 2 Rochdale Workington
Simmonds Report Arthur
Haddington
Stadium: Borough Park
Attendance: 3193
Referee: W Hesleton
14 April  1953 (1953 -04-14) 43 Rochdale 1 – 1 Halifax Town Rochdale
Gilfillan 3' Report Moss Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3429
18 April  1953 (1953 -04-18) 44 Rochdale 1 – 0 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
Haddington Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4706
Referee: H Beacock
25 April  1953 (1953 -04-25) 45 Halifax Town 3 – 1 Rochdale Halifax
Frost
Watson (o.g.)
Report Boxshall Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 4826
Referee: G Gibson
29 April  1953 (1953 -04-29) 46 Rochdale 1 – 0 Mansfield Town Rochdale
Gilfillan Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4282
Referee: C Fletcher

F.A. Cup

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15 November  1952 (1952 -11-15) 1 Bradford Park Avenue 2 – 1 Rochdale Bradford
Lyons
Haines
Report Lynn Stadium: Park Avenue
Attendance: 13525
Referee: WHE Evans

Lancashire Cup

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14 October  1952 (1952 -10-14) Rochdale 0 – 1 Blackpool Rochdale
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2205

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References

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  1. ^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
  2. ^ "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. [not specific enough to verify]