1938–39 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale 1938–39 football season

Rochdale

1938–39 season

Manager

Sam Jennings
Ted Goodier

Stadium

Spotland Stadium

Football League Third Division North

15th

FA Cup

1st Round

Top goalscorer

League: Jimmy Wynn
All: Jimmy Wynn

Home colours

← 1937–38

1939–40 →

The 1938–39 season saw Rochdale compete for their 18th season in the Football League Third Division North.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3 North		FA Cup		Division 3 North Cup		Lancashire Cup		Football League Jubilee
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Des Fawcett	15	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Tommy Baird	42	0	37	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Sneddon	36	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Duff	47	16	41	14	1	1	1	0	3	1	1	0
	MF	ENG	Ted Goodier	34	2	28	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Fred Reeve	34	4	27	3	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	1
	MF	ENG	Harry Howarth	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	FW	SCO	Tom Douglas	10	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	MF	ENG	Richard Haworth	13	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Syd Goodfellow	48	4	41	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	2
	FW	WAL	Arthur Griffiths	17	5	14	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	William Keenan	11	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	William Royan	7	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Archie Young	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Wynn	41	30	36	28	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	0
	MF	ENG	John Barratt	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Albert Gregory	10	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ernest Hobbs	7	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Tommy Doyle	34	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Reg Kilsby	28	7	23	6	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0
	FW	ENG	Tommy Prest	22	6	21	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Georgie Mee	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	John Latimer	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Wally Reynolds	23	4	22	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Peter Vause	21	13	20	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Firth	18	6	18	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Briggs	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	WAL	Bryn Lewis	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	John Gastall	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	John Neary	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Henry Roberts	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Harold Knowles	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
			J. Kennedy	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts
13	Barrow	42	11	5	5	46	22	5	4	12	20	43	1.015	41
14	Wrexham	42	15	2	4	46	28	2	5	14	20	51	0.835	41
15	Rochdale	42	10	5	6	58	29	5	4	12	34	53	1.122	39
16	New Brighton	42	11	2	8	46	32	4	7	10	22	41	0.932	39
17	Lincoln City	42	9	6	6	40	33	3	3	15	26	59	0.717	33

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

Rotherham United v Rochdale

27 August 1938 (1938 -08-27) 1	Rotherham United	7 – 1	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Branham Hanson Clarke Bastow	Report	Griffiths	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 7438

Rochdale v Carlisle United

30 August 1938 (1938 -08-30) 2	Rochdale	2 – 3	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Griffiths Haworth	Report	Murphy Ashton (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5217

Rochdale v Oldham Athletic

3 September 1938 (1938 -09-03) 3	Rochdale	1 – 2	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Royan	Report	Ferrier Halford	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7357

Rochdale v Doncaster Rovers

6 September 1938 (1938 -09-06) 4	Rochdale	1 – 1	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Goodfellow	Report	Perry	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4469

Rochdale v York City

10 September 1938 (1938 -09-10) 5	Rochdale	2 – 2	York City	Rochdale
	Goodfellow Griffiths	Report	Hughes Scott	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5494

Doncaster Rovers v Rochdale

12 September 1938 (1938 -09-12) 6	Doncaster Rovers	5 – 0	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Perry Little Killourhy (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 5530

Wrexham v Rochdale

17 September 1938 (1938 -09-17) 7	Wrexham	1 – 0	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Burditt	Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 3565

Rochdale v Gateshead

24 September 1938 (1938 -09-24) 8	Rochdale	5 – 2	Gateshead	Rochdale
	Duff Griffiths Wynn Reeve Conroy (o.g.)	Report	Embleton Miller	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6393

Hartlepools United v Rochdale

1 October 1938 (1938 -10-01) 9	Hartlepools United	4 – 2	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Wigham Woods Self	Report	Wynn	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4446

Rochdale v Darlington

8 October 1938 (1938 -10-08) 10	Rochdale	6 – 1	Darlington	Rochdale
	Wynn Reeve Duff Griffiths	Report	Armstrong	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5232

Halifax Town v Rochdale

15 October 1938 (1938 -10-15) 11	Halifax Town	2 – 1	Rochdale	Halifax
	Barkas Widdowfield	Report	Kilsby	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 5626

Rochdale v New Brighton

22 October 1938 (1938 -10-22) 12	Rochdale	2 – 0	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Duff Prest	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7292

Barrow v Rochdale

29 October 1938 (1938 -10-29) 13	Barrow	3 – 1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Harris Fletcher Samuel	Report	Goodier	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 6533

Rochdale v Chester

5 November 1938 (1938 -11-05) 14	Rochdale	5 – 2	Chester	Rochdale
	Kilsby Wynn (pen.) (pen.) Duff	Report	Howarth Pendergast	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6732

Bradford City v Rochdale

12 November 1938 (1938 -11-12) 15	Bradford City	3 – 0	Rochdale	Bradford
	Swindells Smailes	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 6615

Rochdale v Hull City

19 November 1938 (1938 -11-19) 16	Rochdale	4 – 0	Hull City	Rochdale
	Wynn Reynolds Prest	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6690

Rochdale v Stockport County

3 December 1938 (1938 -12-03) 17	Rochdale	0 – 1	Stockport County	Rochdale
		Report	Sargeant	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6293

Accrington Stanley v Rochdale

10 December 1938 (1938 -12-10) 18	Accrington Stanley	0 – 5	Rochdale	Accrington
		Report	Kilsby Prest Duff Wynn (pen.)	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 3836

Rochdale v Barnsley

17 December 1938 (1938 -12-17) 19	Rochdale	2 – 1	Barnsley	Rochdale
	Wynn Prest	Report	Asquith	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5466

Rochdale v Rotherham United

24 December 1938 (1938 -12-24) 20	Rochdale	0 – 1	Rotherham United	Rochdale
		Report	Wadsworth	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5811

Southport v Rochdale

26 December 1938 (1938 -12-26) 21	Southport	4 – 1	Rochdale	Southport
	Patrick Colquhoun Hawkins	Report	Vause	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 6606

Rochdale v Southport

27 December 1938 (1938 -12-27) 22	Rochdale	5 – 0	Southport	Rochdale
	Duff Wynn Prest Reynolds	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6293

Oldham Athletic v Rochdale

31 December 1938 (1938 -12-31) 23	Oldham Athletic	1 – 2	Rochdale	Oldham
	Fielden	Report	Wynn Reeve	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 11644

Lincoln City v Rochdale

11 January 1939 (1939 -01-11) 24	Lincoln City	2 – 2	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Ponting Hancock	Report	Duff	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 1847

York City v Rochdale

14 January 1939 (1939 -01-14) 25	York City	0 – 7	Rochdale	York
		Report	Vause Firth Wynn (pen.) Duff	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 3826

Rochdale v Wrexham

21 January 1939 (1939 -01-21) 26	Rochdale	0 – 0	Wrexham	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7250

Gateshead v Rochdale

28 January 1939 (1939 -01-28) 27	Gateshead	2 – 2	Rochdale	Gateshead
	McDermott Embleton	Report	Vause Wynn	Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 2846

Rochdale v Hartlepools United

4 February 1939 (1939 -02-04) 28	Rochdale	3 – 4	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Wynn (pen.) Duff	Report	Robbins Wigham McGarry	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5557

Darlington v Rochdale

11 February 1939 (1939 -02-11) 29	Darlington	1 – 2	Rochdale	Darlington
	Feeney	Report	Firth	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 3011

Rochdale v Halifax Town

18 February 1939 (1939 -02-18) 30	Rochdale	4 – 5	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Wynn (pen.) Vause	Report	Widdowfield Griffiths Wood Atack	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6521

New Brighton v Rochdale

25 February 1939 (1939 -02-25) 31	New Brighton	3 – 1	Rochdale	New Brighton
	Frost Wood	Report	Wynn	Stadium: Sandheys Park Attendance: 3296

Rochdale v Barrow

4 March 1939 (1939 -03-04) 32	Rochdale	2 – 2	Barrow	Rochdale
	Reynolds Vause	Report	Samuel Alcock	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4734

Chester v Rochdale

11 March 1939 (1939 -03-11) 33	Chester	0 – 0	Rochdale	Chester
		Report		Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 4375

Rochdale v Bradford City

18 March 1939 (1939 -03-18) 34	Rochdale	1 – 1	Bradford City	Rochdale
	Prest	Report	Hinsley	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5651

Hull City v Rochdale

25 March 1939 (1939 -03-25) 35	Hull City	3 – 3	Rochdale	Hull
	Richardson Hubbard	Report	Duff Wynn Vause	Stadium: Anlaby Road Attendance: 3975

Rochdale v Lincoln City

1 April 1939 (1939 -04-01) 36	Rochdale	4 – 0	Lincoln City	Rochdale
	Wynn Vause Kilsby	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4314

Crewe Alexandra v Rochdale

7 April 1939 (1939 -04-07) 37	Crewe Alexandra	4 – 1	Rochdale	Crewe
	Cobourne Chandler Goodfellow (o.g.)	Report	Firth	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 6678

Stockport County v Rochdale

8 April 1939 (1939 -04-08) 38	Stockport County	1 – 2	Rochdale	Stockport
	Sargeant	Report	Wynn Vause	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 6485

Rochdale v Crewe Alexandra

10 April 1939 (1939 -04-10) 39	Rochdale	5 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Wynn Vause Firth Gastall	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7786

Rochdale v Accrington Stanley

15 April 1939 (1939 -04-15) 40	Rochdale	4 – 1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Duff Vause Wynn	Report	Waring	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3981

Barnsley v Rochdale

22 April 1939 (1939 -04-22) 41	Barnsley	2 – 0	Rochdale	Barnsley
	McGarry	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 8403

Carlisle United v Rochdale

29 April 1939 (1939 -04-29) 42	Carlisle United	5 – 1	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Ashton Beresford Hunt (pen.)	Report	Reynolds	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 2800

F.A. Cup

Halifax Town v Rochdale

26 November 1938 (1938 -11-26) 1	Halifax Town	7 – 3	Rochdale	Halifax
	Jackson Widdowfield Wood	Report	Wynn Duff Goodier	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 10000

Football League Third Division North Cup

Accrington Stanley v Rochdale

2 January 1939 (1939 -01-02) 1	Accrington Stanley	2 – 1	Rochdale	Accrington
	Alexander Waring	^[1]	Knowles	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 1600

Lancashire Cup

Oldham Athletic v Rochdale

21 September 1938 (1938 -09-21) 1	Oldham Athletic	0 – 0	Rochdale	Oldham
		^[1]		Stadium: Boundary Park

Rochdale v Oldham Athletic

11 October 1938 (1938 -10-11) 1	Rochdale	2 – 2	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Duff Wynn	^[1]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Rochdale v Oldham Athletic

18 October 1938 (1938 -10-18) 1	Rochdale	1 – 2	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Kilsby	^[1]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Football League Jubilee

Halifax Town v Rochdale

20 August 1938 (1938 -08-20)	Halifax Town	4 – 1	Rochdale	Halifax
		^[1]	Kennedy	Stadium: The Shay

Rochdale v Halifax Town

23 August 1938 (1938 -08-23)	Rochdale	5 – 1	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Goodfellow (pen.) (pen.) Howarth Douglas Reeve	^[1]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Phillipps, Steven (2001). Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001. Harefield, Middlesex: Yore. ISBN 1-874427-09-7. OCLC 48531524.
^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

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