1925–26 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1925–26 season
Chairman	George L. Foulds
Manager	Jack Peart
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North	3rd
FA Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Billy Fergusson (19); All: Billy Fergusson (21)
	← 1924–25 1926–27 →

The 1925–26 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 19th in existence and their 5th in the Football League Third Division North.

Squad Statistics

Competitive

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Division 3 (N)		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Harry Moody	41	0	38	0	3	0
	DF	WAL	Dai Hopkins	24	0	21	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Brown	45	0	42	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Bobby Willis	4	0	4	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	David Parkes	37	2	34	1	3	1
	DF	SCO	Alex Christie	45	4	42	4	3	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Tompkinson	16	8	16	8	0	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Anstiss	30	16	30	16	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Fergusson	24	21	21	19	3	2
	FW	ENG	Billy Smith	10	2	10	2	0	0
	FW	ENG	Bobby Hughes	39	17	36	16	3	1
	DF	ENG	Joe Robson	4	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Albert Whitehurst	32	18	29	18	3	0
	FW	ENG	Albert Pearson	7	2	7	2	0	0
	MF	SCO	John Hillhouse	34	0	31	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Henry Martin	31	5	28	4	3	1
	MF	ENG	Joe Campbell	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Bertram	34	11	31	11	3	0
	GK	ENG	Jack Cawthra	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Levy Thorpe	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Fred Mason	21	0	21	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Cecil Halkyard	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ernie Braidwood	10	0	10	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Joe Quinn	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	George Bishop	0	0	0	0	0	0

Non-competitive

Squad Statistics (Non-competitive)

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Lancashire Cup		Manchester Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Harry Moody	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	WAL	Dai Hopkins	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Brown	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Bobby Willis	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	David Parkes	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Christie	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Tompkinson	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Anstiss	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Fergusson	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Smith	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Bobby Hughes	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Joe Robson	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Albert Whitehurst	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Albert Pearson	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	John Hillhouse	2	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Henry Martin	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Joe Campbell	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Bertram	1	1	1	1	0	0
	GK	ENG	Jack Cawthra	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Levy Thorpe	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Fred Mason	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Cecil Halkyard	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Ernie Braidwood	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Joe Quinn	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	WAL	George Bishop	1	0	0	0	1	0

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Grimsby Town (C, P)	42	26	9	7	91	40	2.275	61	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Bradford (Park Avenue)	42	26	8	8	101	43	2.349	60
3	Rochdale	42	27	5	10	104	58	1.793	59
4	Chesterfield	42	25	5	12	100	54	1.852	55
5	Halifax Town	42	17	11	14	53	50	1.060	45

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

29 August 1925 (1925-08-29) 1	Rochdale	6–0	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Tompkinson Fergusson Hughes Anstiss	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9,321

1 September 1925 (1925-09-01) 2	Halifax Town	1–1	Rochdale	Halifax
	Howson	Report	Hughes (pen.)	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 7,362

5 September 1925 (1925-09-05) 3	Wigan Borough	2–2	Rochdale	Wigan
	Dunn Callagher	Report	Fergusson	Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 7,590

8 September 1925 (1925-09-08) 4	Rochdale	2–2	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	Tompkinson Hughes	Report	Lievesley John T Harrison	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,643

12 September 1925 (1925-09-12) 5	Tranmere Rovers	3–5	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	White Matthews Marquis	Report	Hughes Parkes Anstiss Whitehurst	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 9,136

15 September 1925 (1925-09-15) 6	Rochdale	2–1	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Anstiss	Report	Dixon	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,528

19 September 1925 (1925-09-19) 7	Rochdale	2–0	Walsall	Rochdale
	Tompkinson Hughes	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,484

26 September 1925 (1925-09-26) 8	Chesterfield	1–2	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Whitfield	Report	Pearson Dennis (o.g.)	Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 5,073

3 October 1925 (1925-10-03) 9	Rochdale	2–0	Bradford Park Avenue	Rochdale
	Pearson Tompkinson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 16,295

10 October 1925 (1925-10-10) 10	Grimsby Town	3–0	Rochdale	Cleethorpes
	Carmichael Cooper	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 11,602

17 October 1925 (1925-10-17) 11	Rochdale	1–3	Ashington	Rochdale
	Anstiss	Report	Randall Gardner Turnbull	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,089

24 October 1925 (1925-10-24) 12	Barrow	1–3	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Mooney	Report	Tompkinson Fergusson Tubb (o.g.)	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 2,534

31 October 1925 (1925-10-31) 13	Rochdale	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Fergusson Smith	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,936

2 November 1925 (1925-11-02) 14	Rotherham United	0–4	Rochdale	Rotherham
		Report	Fergusson Hughes Bertram	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 5,363

7 November 1925 (1925-11-07) 15	New Brighton	3–0	Rochdale	New Brighton
	Reid Kelly Dunne	Report		Stadium: Sandheys Park Attendance: 2,142

14 November 1925 (1925-11-14) 16	Rochdale	1–2	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Fergusson	Report	Nock	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,032

21 November 1925 (1925-11-21) 17	Doncaster Rovers	2–2	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Keetley	Report	Fergusson Hughes	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 4,831

5 December 1925 (1925-12-05) 18	Lincoln City	0–2	Rochdale	Lincoln
		Report	Fergusson 17' Hughes 81'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 5,153

19 December 1925 (1925-12-19) 19	Coventry City	2–2	Rochdale	Coventry
	Herbert Houldey	Report	Fergusson Whitehurst	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 11,110

26 December 1925 (1925-12-26) 20	Rochdale	5–0	Durham City	Rochdale
	Fergusson Christie Whitehurst Bertram	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,222

1 January 1926 (1926-01-01) 21	Durham City	0–2	Rochdale	Durham
		Report	Whitehurst Hughes	Stadium: Holiday Park Attendance: 2,681

2 January 1926 (1926-01-02) 22	Hartlepools United	4–2	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Best Carr Hardy	Report	Whitehurst Smith	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 6,057

16 January 1926 (1926-01-16) 23	Rochdale	2–1	Wigan Borough	Rochdale
	Hughes Fergusson	Report	Mandy	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,365

23 January 1926 (1926-01-23) 24	Rochdale	3–2	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Fergusson Bertram Whitehurst	Report	White Campbell	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,074

25 January 1926 (1926-01-25) 25	Rochdale	3–1	Southport	Rochdale
	Hughes Fergusson Bertram	Report	Brown	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,624

30 January 1926 (1926-01-30) 26	Walsall	1–5	Rochdale	Walsall
	Crockford	Report	Fergusson Whitehurst Hughes Martin	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 2,361

6 February 1926 (1926-02-06) 27	Rochdale	2–4	Chesterfield	Rochdale
	Saxby (o.g.) Martin	Report	Whitfield Cookson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8,342

13 February 1926 (1926-02-13) 28	Bradford Park Avenue	3–1	Rochdale	Bradford
	Hubbert McDonald Poyntz	Report	Hughes	Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 24,893

20 February 1926 (1926-02-20) 29	Rochdale	5–2	Grimsby Town	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Anstiss Bertram Hughes	Report	Marshall McKenna	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7,544

27 February 1926 (1926-02-27) 30	Ashington	0–1	Rochdale	Ashington
		Report	Whitehurst	Stadium: Portland Park Attendance: 4,270

6 March 1926 (1926-03-06) 31	Rochdale	2–1	Barrow	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Bertram	Report	Rawlinson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,524

13 March 1926 (1926-03-13) 32	Crewe Alexandra	3–2	Rochdale	Crewe
	Clayson Holland Aitken	Report	Whitehurst Anstiss	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 6,034

20 March 1926 (1926-03-20) 33	Rochdale	2–1	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Anstiss Martin (pen.)	Report	Copitch	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,794

23 March 1926 (1926-03-23) 34	Rochdale	2–0	Nelson	Rochdale
	Anstiss Whitehurst	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,981

27 March 1926 (1926-03-27) 35	Wrexham	1–0	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Roberts	Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 6,855

2 April 1926 (1926-04-02) 36	Accrington Stanley	1–3	Rochdale	Accrington
	Gee (pen.)	Report	Anstiss Christie Tompkinson	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 5,264

3 April 1926 (1926-04-03) 37	Rochdale	4–1	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Christie Bertram	Report	Keetley	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,792

5 April 1926 (1926-04-05) 38	Rochdale	3–2	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Anstiss Martin	Report	Gee	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7,890

10 April 1926 (1926-04-10) 39	Southport	1–7	Rochdale	Southport
	Ball	Report	Anstiss Whitehurst Bertram	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 4,699

17 April 1926 (1926-04-17) 40	Rochdale	0–1	Lincoln City	Rochdale
		Report	Alford 5'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,797

24 April 1926 (1926-04-24) 41	Nelson	1–3	Rochdale	Nelson
	Eddleston	Report	Anstiss Fergusson Hughes	Stadium: Seedhill Football Ground Attendance: 6,215

1 May 1926 (1926-05-01) 42	Rochdale	4–1	Coventry City	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Christie Tompkinson	Report	Breslin	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,352

FA Cup

28 November 1925 (1925-11-28) A	Rochdale	1a1	West Stanley	Rochdale
	Hughes			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5000

1 December 1925 (1925-12-01) 1	Rochdale	4–0	West Stanley	Rochdale
	Hughes Martin (pen.) Fergusson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1661

12 December 1925 (1925-12-12) 2	Chilton Colliery Recreation	1–1	Rochdale	Chilton
	Catterick	Report	Fergusson	Attendance: 5000

17 December 1925 (1925-12-17) 2 (Replay)	Rochdale	1–2	Chilton Colliery Recreation	Rochdale
	Parkes	Report	Catterick	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

Lancashire Cup

6 October 1925 (1925-10-06) 1	Nelson	3–1	Rochdale	Nelson
		^[1]	Bertram	Stadium: Seedhill Football Ground Attendance: 2,500

Manchester Cup

16 February 1926 (1926-02-16) 1	Ashton National	1–0	Rochdale	Ashton-under-Lyne
		^[2]		Stadium: National Park

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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
↑ "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}

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

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

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

[4] "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}

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