1922–23 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1922–23 season
Chairman	JG Ramsbottom
Manager	Tom Wilson
Stadium	Spotland
Football League Third Division North	12th
FA Cup	4th round qualifying
Top goalscorer	League: William Sandham; George Guy; All: William Sandham; George Guy
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1921–22 1923–24 →

The 1922–23 season saw Rochdale compete for their second season in the Football League Third Division North.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division3 (N)		FA Cup		Lancashire Cup		Manchester Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
N/A	GK	ENG	Jimmy Crabtree	29	2	24	2	1	0	4	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Bill Bradbury	19	0	12	0	1	0	4	0	2	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Stan Charlton	45	0	38	0	1	0	5	0	1	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Jim Tully	12	0	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
N/A	DF	ENG	David Parkes	42	3	35	3	1	0	4	0	2	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Dicky Jones	40	0	32	0	1	0	5	0	2	0
N/A	MF	ENG	George Nicholls	21	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
N/A	FW	ENG	William Sandham	28	9	22	7	1	0	3	1	2	1
N/A	FW	ENG	George Guy	19	9	15	7	0	0	4	2	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Arthur Gee	13	4	8	2	0	0	5	2	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	George Wall	38	1	30	1	1	0	5	0	2	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Joe Campbell	25	2	21	1	1	0	3	1	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Jack Hill	22	3	18	3	1	0	3	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Vince Foweather	6	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	John Broster	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Jimmy Nuttall	29	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
N/A	FW	ENG	William Moody	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Joe Walters	27	7	24	6	1	0	0	0	2	1
N/A	GK	ENG	Harry Moody	18	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
N/A	MF	ENG	George Daniels	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Arthur Hinchliffe	24	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Bill Prouse	11	4	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	John Brown	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
N/A	DF	ENG	Josiah Chapman	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	FW	ENG	Jack Peart	9	4	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
N/A	MF	ENG	Charlie Milnes	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
10	Wrexham	38	13	5	1	29	12	1	5	13	9	36	0.792	38
11	Stalybridge Celtic	38	13	2	4	32	18	2	4	13	10	29	0.894	36	Resigned
12	Rochdale	38	8	5	6	29	22	5	5	9	13	31	0.792	36
13	Lincoln City	38	9	7	3	21	11	4	3	12	18	44	0.709	36
14	Grimsby Town	38	10	3	6	35	18	4	2	13	20	34	1.058	33

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Third Division North

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	L
Position	2	4	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	1	2	2	3	2	2	3	5	2	6	6	5	8	8	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12

Source: https://www.enfa.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

26 August 1922 (1922-08-26) 1	Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Rochdale	Crewe
		Report	Guy	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 5,000

2 September 1922 (1922-09-02) 2	Rochdale	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Guy	Report	Hodges	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8,000

9 September 1922 (1922-09-09) 3	Lincoln City	0–1	Rochdale	Lincoln
		Report	Gee	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 5,000

16 September 1922 (1922-09-16) 4	Rochdale	1–1	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Sandham	Report	Pringle	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 10,000

23 September 1922 (1922-09-23) 5	Rochdale	5–0	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Guy Gee	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,000

30 September 1922 (1922-09-30) 6	Wrexham	3–1	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Jack R. Jones Cotton	Report	Wall	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 6,000

7 October 1922 (1922-10-07) 7	Rochdale	2–2	Darlington	Rochdale
	Parkes	Report	Dickson Hooper	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8,000

14 October 1922 (1922-10-14) 8	Walsall	0–0	Rochdale	Walsall
		Report		Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 7,000

21 October 1922 (1922-10-21) 9	Grimsby Town	1–1	Rochdale	Cleethorpes
	Carmichael	Report	Sandham	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 8,000

28 October 1922 (1922-10-28) 10	Rochdale	0–1	Grimsby Town	Rochdale
		Report	Casson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9,000

4 November 1922 (1922-11-04) 11	Hartlepools United	0–2	Rochdale	Hartlepool
		Report	Crabtree	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,000

11 November 1922 (1922-11-11) 12	Rochdale	4–0	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Walters Sandham	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,000

25 November 1922 (1922-11-25) 13	Nelson	1–2	Rochdale	Nelson
	Braidwood	Report	Hill Walters	Stadium: Seedhill Attendance: 6,000

4 December 1922 (1922-12-04) 14	Rochdale	0–0	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

23 December 1922 (1922-12-23) 15	Rochdale	3–2	Southport	Rochdale
	Prouse Tootle (o.g.)	Report	Glover Sibbald	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

25 December 1922 (1922-12-25) 16	Southport	0–1	Rochdale	Southport
		Report	Hill	Stadium: Haig Avenue

26 December 1922 (1922-12-26) 17	Chesterfield	4–0	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Cooper Whitfield Leddy	Report		Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 6,000

30 December 1922 (1922-12-30) 18	Rochdale	2–0	Ashington	Rochdale
	Guy Campbell	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

2 January 1923 (1923-01-02) 19	Darlington	1–1	Rochdale	Darlington
	Winship	Report	Sandham	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 3,000

6 January 1923 (1923-01-06) 20	Ashington	2–0	Rochdale	Ashington
	Relph	Report		Stadium: Portland Park Attendance: 4,000

13 January 1923 (1923-01-13) 21	Rochdale	0–3	Nelson	Rochdale
		Report	Eddleston	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,000

20 January 1923 (1923-01-20) 22	Rochdale	3–1	Barrow	Rochdale
	Walters Parkes	Report	Kellock	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,000

27 January 1923 (1923-01-27) 23	Barrow	4–1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Webb Kellock Bill Robertson	Report	Sandham	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,000

3 February 1923 (1923-02-03) 24	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Rochdale	Accrington
	Hosker Metcalf	Report	Sandham	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 6,000

10 February 1923 (1923-02-10) 25	Rochdale	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Foweather	Report	Hosker	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,000

24 February 1923 (1923-02-24) 26	Rochdale	0–2	Walsall	Rochdale
		Report	Groves 31', 33'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,000

3 March 1923 (1923-03-03) 27	Halifax Town	1–0	Rochdale	Halifax
	Dent	Report		Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 8,000

10 March 1923 (1923-03-10) 28	Rochdale	0–1	Halifax Town	Rochdale
		Report	Dixon	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,000

17 March 1923 (1923-03-17) 29	Rochdale	0–3	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Rochdale
		Report	Bradley Turnbull	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,000

24 March 1923 (1923-03-24) 30	Bradford (Park Avenue)	3–0	Rochdale	Bradford
	Turnbull McLean	Report		Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 8,000

30 March 1923 (1923-03-30) 31	Rochdale	0–2	Chesterfield	Rochdale
		Report	Marshall Beel	Stadium: Spotland Stadium

2 April 1923 (1923-04-02) 32	Stalybridge Celtic	0–0	Rochdale	Stalybridge
		Report		Stadium: Bower Fold Referee: J.A. Horsfield

3 April 1923 (1923-04-03) 33	Rochdale	2–0	Stalybridge Celtic	Rochdale
	Hill Prouse	Report		Stadium: Spotland Referee: J.A. Horsfield

7 April 1923 (1923-04-07) 34	Tranmere Rovers	2–0	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Lomax Sayer	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 7,000

14 April 1923 (1923-04-14) 35	Rochdale	2–0	Durham City	Rochdale
	Peart	Report		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 3,000

21 April 1923 (1923-04-21) 36	Durham City	1–1	Rochdale	Durham
	Musgrove	Report	Peart	Stadium: Kepier Haughs

28 April 1923 (1923-04-28) 37	Rochdale	3–2	Wigan Borough	Rochdale
	Walters Prouse Peart	Report	Spencer Whitfield	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 4,000

5 May 1923 (1923-05-05) 38	Wigan Borough	6–0	Rochdale	Wigan
	Williams Jones Spencer Glover Stevenson Whitfield	Report		Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 6,000

FA Cup

18 November 1922 (1922-11-18) Q4	Rochdale	0–1	Nelson	Rochdale
			Eddleston	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 10,000

Lancashire Senior Cup

30 August 1922 (1922-08-30) PR	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Rochdale	Accrington
		^[1]	Guy Gee	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 7,000

12 September 1922 (1922-09-12) PR	Rochdale	1–0	Manchester United	Rochdale
	Sandham	^[1]		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 5,000

2 October 1922 (1922-10-02) PR	Stockport County	2–2	Rochdale	Stockport
		^[1]	Campbell Gee	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 5,000

10 October 1922 (1922-10-10) PRr	Rochdale	0–0	Stockport County	Rochdale
		^[1]		Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 3,000

18 October 1922 (1922-10-18) PRr2	Stockport County	4–1	Rochdale	Manchester
		^[1]	Guy	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 3,000

Manchester Cup

13 February 1923 (1923-02-13)	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Rochdale	Oldham
		^[1]	Walters	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 2,000

20 February 1923 (1923-02-20)	Rochdale	1–3	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Sandham	^[1]		Stadium: Spotland

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[phillipps1907-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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] "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

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