1924–25 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1924–25 season
Chairman	George L. Foulds
Manager	Jack Peart
Stadium	Spotland
Football League Third Division North	6th
FA Cup	6th round qualifying
Top goalscorer	League: Harry Anstiss (23); All: Harry Anstiss (23}
Highest home attendance	11,000
Lowest home attendance	1,000
	← 1923–24 1925–26 →

The 1924–25 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 18th in existence and their 4th in the Football League Third Division North.

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division3 (N)		F.A. Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Harry Moody	43	0	41	0	2	0
	DF	WAL	Dai Hopkins	5	0	5	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Brown	41	0	39	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Bobby Willis	22	0	21	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	David Parkes	43	1	41	1	2	0
	MF	ENG	Levy Thorpe	32	0	30	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Tompkinson	38	11	36	11	2	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Anstiss	44	23	42	23	2	0
	FW	ENG	Albert Whitehurst	22	9	22	9	0	0
	FW	SCO	Teddy Roseboom	32	4	30	4	2	0
	FW	ENG	Albert Pearson	13	3	11	3	2	0
	DF	SCO	Ed Stirling	13	0	13	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Oxley	11	5	11	5	0	0
	FW	ENG	Bobby Hughes	34	11	33	11	1	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Christie	31	2	29	1	2	1
	FW	SCO	Jock Mills	17	3	16	3	1	0
	DF	ENG	Fred Mason	26	0	25	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Albert Smith	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Tweedale Rigg	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Arthur McGarry	3	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Joe Campbell	5	3	5	3	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Hall	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Bob Sandiford	1	1	1	1	0	0
	GK	ENG	Jack Cawthra	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Cecil Halkyard	1	0	1	0	0	0

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	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Dai Hopkins	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Brown	2	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Bobby Willis	3	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	David Parkes	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Levy Thorpe	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Tompkinson	1	1	1	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Anstiss	2	4	1	1	1	3
	FW	ENG	Albert Whitehurst	2	1	0	0	2	1
	FW	SCO	Teddy Roseboom	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Albert Pearson	2	3	0	0	2	3
	DF	SCO	Ed Stirling	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Oxley	2	4	1	1	1	3
	FW	ENG	Bobby Hughes	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Alex Christie	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Jock Mills	1	1	0	0	1	1
	DF	ENG	Fred Mason	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Albert Smith	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Tweedale Rigg	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Arthur McGarry	2	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Joe Campbell	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Hall	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Bob Sandiford	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Jack Cawthra	2	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Cecil Halkyard	1	0	0	0	1	0

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
4	Southport	42	22	7	13	59	37	1.595	51
5	Bradford (Park Avenue)	42	19	12	11	84	42	2.000	50
6	Rochdale	42	21	7	14	75	53	1.415	49
7	Chesterfield	42	17	11	14	60	44	1.364	45
8	Lincoln City	42	18	8	16	53	58	0.914	44

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

30 August 1924 (1924-08-30) 1	Hartlepools United	1–1	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Smith	Report	Tompkinson	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 6,000

6 September 1924 (1924-09-06) 2	Rochdale	3–2	Wigan Borough	Rochdale
	Anstiss Roseboom	Report	Kettle Glover	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 11,000

13 September 1924 (1924-09-13) 3	Rochdale	2–1	Darlington	Rochdale
	Anstiss	Report	Brown	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,000

17 September 1924 (1924-09-17) 4	New Brighton	5–0	Rochdale	New Brighton
	Wilcox Kelly Mathieson	Report		Stadium: Sandheys Park Attendance: 6,000

20 September 1924 (1924-09-20) 5	Bradford (Park Avenue)	0–0	Rochdale	Bradford
		Report		Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 12,000

27 September 1924 (1924-09-27) 6	Rochdale	3–1	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Tompkinson Oxley	Report	Toms	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 10,000

4 October 1924 (1924-10-04) 7	Rotherham County	1–3	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Hammerton	Report	Hughes Anstiss	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 7,000

11 October 1924 (1924-10-11) 8	Rochdale	2–1	Chesterfield	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Roseboom	Report	Crockford	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,000

18 October 1924 (1924-10-18) 9	Accrington Stanley	2–2	Rochdale	Accrington
	Skillen	Report	Hughes Christie	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 7,500

25 October 1924 (1924-10-25) 10	Walsall	0–2	Rochdale	Walsall
		Report	Anstiss	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 7,000

1 November 1924 (1924-11-01) 11	Rochdale	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Hughes Roseboom	Report	Dean	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,000

8 November 1924 (1924-11-08) 12	Lincoln City	1–2	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Heathcote 51'	Report	Tompkinson 14', 38'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,000

15 November 1924 (1924-11-15) 13	Grimsby Town	1–1	Rochdale	Cleethorpes
	Cooper	Report	Anstiss	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 8,000

22 November 1924 (1924-11-22) 14	Nelson	1–0	Rochdale	Nelson
	Bottrill	Report		Stadium: Seedhill Football Ground Attendance: 5,000

6 December 1924 (1924-12-06) 15	Southport	0–0	Rochdale	Southport
		Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 7,000

20 December 1924 (1924-12-20) 16	Durham City	3–2	Rochdale	Durham
	Foster Merritt Stokoe	Report	Hughes Roseboom	Stadium: Holiday Park Attendance: 2,000

25 December 1924 (1924-12-25) 17	Rochdale	5–0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Hughes Mills Tompkinson Anstiss	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 10,000

26 December 1924 (1924-12-26) 18	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Rochdale	Crewe
	Oldacre Toms	Report		Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 6,000

27 December 1924 (1924-12-27) 19	Rochdale	3–1	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Mills Anstiss	Report	Cook	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,000

2 January 1925 (1925-01-02) 20	Ashington	4–3	Rochdale	Ashington
	Robertson Johnson Gardner Thompson	Report	Parkes Anstiss Mills	Stadium: Portland Park Attendance: 4,000

3 January 1925 (1925-01-03) 21	Wigan Borough	2–3	Rochdale	Wigan
	Glover	Report	Tompkinson Hughes Anstiss	Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 6,000

10 January 1925 (1925-01-10) 22	Rochdale	3–0	Durham City	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Anstiss	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8,000

17 January 1925 (1925-01-17) 23	Darlington	2–0	Rochdale	Darlington
	Hooper Brown	Report		Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 8,000

24 January 1925 (1925-01-24) 24	Rochdale	2–2	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Rochdale
	Whitehurst	Report	Peel Quantrill	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8,000

31 January 1925 (1925-01-31) 25	Wrexham	1–0	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Jones	Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 3,000

7 February 1925 (1925-02-07) 26	Rochdale	4–1	Rotherham County	Rochdale
	Pearson Oxley Tompkinson	Report	Scott	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,000

14 February 1925 (1925-02-14) 27	Chesterfield	2–0	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Dennis (pen.) Fisher	Report		Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 6,000 Referee: JG Sheppersdon

21 February 1925 (1925-02-21) 28	Rochdale	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
		Report	Thompson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: WF Bunnell

24 February 1925 (1925-02-24) 29	Rochdale	5–2	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Anstiss Oxley Campbell	Report	Gascoigne Keetley	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,000

28 February 1925 (1925-02-28) 30	Rochdale	3–0	Walsall	Rochdale
	Hughes Anstiss Campbell	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

7 March 1925 (1925-03-07) 31	Tranmere Rovers	3–1	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Dean	Report	Oxley	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,000

14 March 1925 (1925-03-14) 32	Rochdale	3–0	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Tompkinson Hughes Anstiss	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

21 March 1925 (1925-03-21) 33	Barrow	1–0	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Lowson	Report		Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,700

28 March 1925 (1925-03-28) 34	Rochdale	0–1	Nelson	Rochdale
		Report	Laycock	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8,000

4 April 1925 (1925-04-04) 35	Rochdale	0–0	Ashington	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,000

10 April 1925 (1925-04-10) 36	Rochdale	3–1	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Anstiss	Report	Howson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

11 April 1925 (1925-04-11) 37	Rochdale	1–0	Southport	Rochdale
	Anstiss	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,000

13 April 1925 (1925-04-13) 38	Halifax Town	3–1	Rochdale	Halifax
	Howson Dixon	Report	Sandiford	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 6,000

14 April 1925 (1925-04-14) 39	Rochdale	2–0	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Campbell Hughes	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,500

18 April 1925 (1925-04-18) 40	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Rochdale	Doncaster
	McLean Keetley	Report	Whitehurst	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 3,000

28 April 1925 (1925-04-28) 41	Rochdale	5–1	Barrow	Rochdale
	Whitehurst Anstiss Pearson	Report	Clayton	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

1 May 1925 (1925-05-01) 42	Rochdale	2–0	Grimsby Town	Rochdale
	Tompkinson	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,000

FA Cup

29 November 1924 (1924-11-29) Q5	Halifax Town	0–1	Rochdale	Halifax
		^[1]	Christie	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 12,000

13 December 1924 (1924-12-13) Q6	Norwich City	1–0	Rochdale	Norwich
	Hannah (pen.)	^[1]		Stadium: The Nest Attendance: 10,000

Lancashire Cup

2 September 1924 (1924-09-02) 1	Southport	5–3	Rochdale	Southport
		^[1]	Tompkinson Anstiss Oxley	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 5,000

Manchester Cup

3 February 1925 (1925-02-03) 1	Rochdale	10–0	Manchester University	Rochdale
	Anstiss Pearson Oxley Whitehurst	^[1]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

7 March 1925 (1925-03-07) 2	Rochdale	1–3	Ashton National	Rochdale
	Mills	^[1]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,500

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
^ "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

[phillipps1907-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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.

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