1927–28 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1927–28 season
Manager	Jack Peart
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North	13th
FA Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Albert Whitehurst All: Albert Whitehurst
← 1926–27 1928–29 →

The 1927–28 season saw Rochdale compete for their 7th season in the Football League Third Division North.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Division 3 North		FA Cup		Lancashire Cup		Manchester Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Harry Moody	22	0	19	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Brown	18	0	16	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Yaffer Ward	34	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Ernie Braidwood	31	0	27	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	David Parkes	31	2	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Christie	34	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Tompkinson	41	11	38	11	2	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Bertram	42	14	40	13	1	1	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Albert Whitehurst	44	38	41	32	2	4	1	2	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Barber	32	1	29	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Bobby Hughes	26	5	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Henry Martin	19	2	16	1	2	1	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Hall	21	1	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Clennell	16	5	13	2	2	3	0	0	1	0
	DF	WAL	Dai Hopkins	10	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Cecil Halkyard	8	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	John Stephenson	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Eddie Plane	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	William Wood	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Bob Schofield	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	WAL	Jackie Mittell	19	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Allan Murray	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Uriah Miles	8	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Walter Webster	8	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Eric Holroyd	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Albert Monks	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		W. Heywood	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Alfred Kellett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts
11	Wrexham	42	15	1	5	48	19	3	5	13	16	48	0.955	42
12	Halifax Town	42	11	7	3	47	24	2	8	11	26	47	1.028	41
13	Rochdale	42	13	4	4	45	24	4	3	14	29	53	0.961	41
14	Rotherham United	42	11	6	4	39	19	3	5	13	26	50	0.942	39
15	Hartlepools United	42	10	3	8	41	35	6	3	12	28	46	0.852	38

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

27 August 1927 (1927 -08-27) 1	Barrow	1 – 3	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Brown	Report	Bertram Barber Whitehurst	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 7783

30 August 1927 (1927 -08-30) 2	Rochdale	2 – 1	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Bertram Hughes	Report	Burgess	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 10253

3 September 1927 (1927 -09-03) 3	Rochdale	1 – 0	Nelson	Rochdale
	Whitehurst	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9869

10 September 1927 (1927 -09-10) 4	Wigan Borough	1 – 2	Rochdale	Wigan
	Fenner	Report	Bertram Whitehurst	Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 5275

17 September 1927 (1927 -09-17) 5	Rotherham United	3 – 1	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Parkin Scott	Report	Whitehurst	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 4911

24 September 1927 (1927 -09-24) 6	Rochdale	5 – 1	Southport	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Parkes Bertram Tompkinson	Report	Hamilton	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6264

1 October 1927 (1927 -10-01) 7	Durham City	3 – 2	Rochdale	Durham
	Robson (pen.) Leedham	Report	Tompkinson Gurkin (o.g.)	Stadium: Holiday Park Attendance: 2354

8 October 1927 (1927 -10-08) 8	Rochdale	3 – 0	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Tompkinson Whitehurst	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7493

15 October 1927 (1927 -10-15) 9	Chesterfield	1 – 3	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Oxley	Report	Hughes Whitehurst	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 5439

22 October 1927 (1927 -10-22) 10	Rochdale	0 – 3	Lincoln City	Rochdale
		Report	Pegg Dinsdale Basnett	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5229

29 October 1927 (1927 -10-29) 11	Hartlepools United	0 – 2	Rochdale	Hartlepool
		Report	Parkes Hughes	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4086

5 November 1927 (1927 -11-05) Abandoned	Rochdale	1 a 1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Tompkinson	^[1]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

12 November 1927 (1927 -11-12) 12	New Brighton	2 – 1	Rochdale	New Brighton
	Harley	Report	Bertram	Stadium: Sandheys Park Attendance: 4409

19 November 1927 (1927 -11-19) 13	Rochdale	3 – 3	Bradford City	Rochdale
	Russell (o.g.) Tompkinson Whitehurst	Report	Harvey Richardson Summers	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5952

3 December 1927 (1927 -12-03) 14	Rochdale	4 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Tompkinson Martin	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3991

17 December 1927 (1927 -12-17) 15	Rochdale	4 – 1	Darlington	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Tompkinson Hughes	Report	Cochrane	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3912

24 December 1927 (1927 -12-24) 16	Doncaster Rovers	5 – 2	Rochdale	Doncaster
	T. Keetley (pen.) Philipson Hall	Report	Whitehurst Bertram	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 5291

27 December 1927 (1927 -12-27) 17	Bradford Park Avenue	4 – 1	Rochdale	Bradford
	Hart Quantrill Taylor	Report	Bertram	Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 21762

31 December 1927 (1927 -12-31) 18	Rochdale	3 – 0	Barrow	Rochdale
	Tompkinson Clennell	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3973

2 January 1928 (1928 -01-02) 19	Stockport County	5 – 1	Rochdale	Stockport
	Newton Smith Scullion	Report	Tompkinson	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10571

3 January 1928 (1928 -01-03) 20	Rochdale	0 – 4	Bradford Park Avenue	Rochdale
		Report	Hart Quantrill	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5481

7 January 1928 (1928 -01-07) 21	Nelson	6 – 3	Rochdale	Nelson
	McClure McGuire Radford Harry Taylor	Report	Whitehurst Clennell	Stadium: Seedhill Attendance: 2539

14 January 1928 (1928 -01-14) 22	Ashington	5 – 1	Rochdale	Ashington
	Graham Johnson Wood (o.g.) Chipperfiled	Report	Whitehurst	Stadium: Portland Park Attendance: 1223

21 January 1928 (1928 -01-21) 23	Rochdale	3 – 0	Wigan Borough	Rochdale
	Bertram Whitehurst	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3626

4 February 1928 (1928 -02-04) 24	Southport	3 – 1	Rochdale	Southport
	Marshall Devine	Report	Tompkinson	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 2731

11 February 1928 (1928 -02-11) 25	Rochdale	1 – 0	Durham City	Rochdale
	Bertram	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1458

18 February 1928 (1928 -02-18) 26	Wrexham	2 – 1	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Harris Bob T Jones	Report	Whitehurst	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 4157

25 February 1928 (1928 -02-25) 27	Rochdale	5 – 1	Chesterfield	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Bertram	Report	Williams	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2602

28 February 1928 (1928 -02-28) 28	Rochdale	2 – 1	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Hall	Report	Scott	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1885

3 March 1928 (1928 -03-03) 29	Lincoln City	3 – 1	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Dinsdale Pringle	Report	Whitehurst	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 5760

10 March 1928 (1928 -03-10) 30	Rochdale	0 – 1	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
		Report	Robinson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2582

17 March 1928 (1928 -03-17) 31	Accrington Stanley	1 – 0	Rochdale	Accrington
	Barclay (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 3885

24 March 1928 (1928 -03-24) 32	Rochdale	0 – 0	New Brighton	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2404

31 March 1928 (1928 -03-31) 33	Bradford City	2 – 2	Rochdale	Bradford
	Scriven Cairns	Report	Miles Hughes	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 10565

6 April 1928 (1928 -04-06) 34	Tranmere Rovers	3 – 0	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Flanagan Bevan Urmson	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 10053

7 April 1928 (1928 -04-07) 35	Rochdale	2 – 2	Ashington	Rochdale
	Bertram Whitehurst	Report	Robert Robinson Johnson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3309

9 April 1928 (1928 -04-09) 36	Rochdale	1 – 2	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Whitehurst	Report	Charlton Flanagan	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3069

10 April 1928 (1928 -04-10) 37	Halifax Town	1 – 1	Rochdale	Halifax
	Waites	Report	Whitehurst	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 3595

14 April 1928 (1928 -04-14) 38	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 1	Rochdale	Crewe
	Owen	Report	Miles	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 2887

21 April 1928 (1928 -04-21) 39	Rochdale	2 – 2	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Murray Whitehurst	Report	Coleman Dixon	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2099

28 April 1928 (1928 -04-28) 40	Darlington	1 – 0	Rochdale	Darlington
	Gregg	Report		Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 2708

1 May 1928 (1928 -05-01) 41	Rochdale	3 – 2	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Bertram	Report	Barber (o.g.) Barclay (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1443

5 May 1928 (1928 -05-05) 42	Rochdale	1 – 0	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Webster	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1768

FA Cup

26 November 1927 (1927 -11-26) 1	Rochdale	8 – 2	Crook Town	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Clennell Martin	Report	Duffy Mitchell	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4139

10 December 1927 (1927 -12-10) 2	Darlington	2 – 1	Rochdale	Darlington
	Ruddy	Report	Bertram	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 7571

Lancashire Cup

7 October 1927 (1927 -10-07) 2	Manchester United	4 – 2	Rochdale	Manchester
		^[2]	Whitehurst	Stadium: Old Trafford

Manchester Cup

10 January 1928 (1928 -01-10) 2	Mossley	4 – 0	Rochdale	Mossley
		^[3]		Stadium: Seel Park

References

^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

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Statistics

Final league table

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

FA Cup

Lancashire Cup

Manchester Cup

References