1932–33 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1932–33 season saw Rochdale compete for their 12th season in the Football League Third Division North.

Rochdale

1932–33 season
Manager	Herbert Hopkinson
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North	18th
FA Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: George Snow Bill Watson All: George Snow Bill Watson
← 1931–32 1933–34 →

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3 North		FA Cup		Lancashire Cup		Manchester Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Lewis Caunce	21	0	18	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Jimmy Hamilton	41	0	38	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Ben Wheelhouse	43	0	39	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Gordon	36	0	32	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Harry Nuttall	37	0	35	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Billy Benton	47	7	42	5	1	0	2	0	2	2
	MF	ENG	Sydney Bell	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tom Watson	9	6	7	6	0	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Robert Rowe	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	George Snow	46	15	41	12	1	0	2	2	2	1
	FW	ENG	Bill Watson	44	13	39	12	1	0	2	1	2	0
	MF	ENG	Will Rigby	15	3	14	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Thomas Hill	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Armstrong	12	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Bernard Lowery	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Bill Gardner	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	George Beel	23	9	20	8	1	0	2	1	0	0
	MF	SCO	Joe McAleer	17	3	15	1	0	0	0	0	2	2
	MF	SCO	David Bain	22	5	20	5	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Joseph Shonakan	30	2	27	2	1	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Tim Williamson	8	2	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	William Gregson	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	GK	ENG	Bert Welch	26	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Harry Sharples	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Arthur Worrall	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	WAL	Ralph Williams	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Stan Bowsher	11	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Thomas Shepherd	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Final league table

Main article: 1932–33 Football League Third Division North

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts
16	Mansfield Town^[a]	42	13	4	4	57	22	1	3	17	27	78	0.840	35
17	Rotherham United	42	14	3	4	42	21	0	3	18	18	63	0.714	34
18	Rochdale	42	9	4	8	32	33	4	3	14	26	47	0.725	33
19	Carlisle United	42	8	7	6	34	25	5	0	16	17	50	0.680	33
20	York City	42	10	4	7	51	38	3	2	16	21	54	0.783	32

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. Mansfield Town was transferred from Third Division South for this season.

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

Main article: 1932–33 Football League

Rochdale v Carlisle United

27 August 1932 (1932-08-27) 1	Rochdale	0 – 1	Carlisle United	Rochdale
		Report	White	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4898

Barrow v Rochdale

29 August 1932 (1932-08-29) 2	Barrow	1 – 1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Millar	Report	T. Watson	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 4786

York City v Rochdale

3 September 1932 (1932-09-03) 3	York City	2 – 6	Rochdale	York
	Fenoughty   Mitchell	Report	T. Watson      Snow	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 4363

Rochdale v Barrow

6 September 1932 (1932-09-06) 4	Rochdale	0 – 0	Barrow	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4441

Rochdale v Crewe Alexandra

10 September 1932 (1932-09-10) 5	Rochdale	1 – 4	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	W. Watson	Report	Murray   Weale   McConnell	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6475

Doncaster Rovers v Rochdale

17 September 1932 (1932-09-17) 6	Doncaster Rovers	1 – 0	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Emery	Report		Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 4094

Southport v Rochdale

24 September 1932 (1932-09-24) 7	Southport	2 – 0	Rochdale	Southport
	Williams   Appleby	Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 5928

Rochdale v Mansfield Town

1 October 1932 (1932-10-01) 8	Rochdale	2 – 1	Mansfield Town	Rochdale
	Bain	Report	Johnson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5945

Rotherham United v Rochdale

8 October 1932 (1932-10-08) 9	Rotherham United	2 – 0	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Staniforth   Pynegar	Report		Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 2555

Rochdale v Accrington Stanley

15 October 1932 (1932-10-15) 10	Rochdale	2 – 0	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	W. Watson   Beel	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7041

Rochdale v Darlington

22 October 1932 (1932-10-22) 11	Rochdale	1 – 1	Darlington	Rochdale
	Beel	Report	Waugh	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5822

Stockport County v Rochdale

29 October 1932 (1932-10-29) 12	Stockport County	2 – 3	Rochdale	Stockport
	Humpish   Taylor	Report	Bain   Beel	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 4292

Rochdale v Gateshead

5 November 1932 (1932-11-05) 13	Rochdale	1 – 0	Gateshead	Rochdale
	Bain	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8650

Walsall v Rochdale

12 November 1932 (1932-11-12) 14	Walsall	2 – 1	Rochdale	Walsall
	Bird    (pen.)	Report	Beel	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 5068

Rochdale v Wrexham

19 November 1932 (1932-11-19) 15	Rochdale	3 – 1	Wrexham	Rochdale
	W. Watson   Williamson	Report	Frewin	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7897

Rochdale v Halifax Town

3 December 1932 (1932-12-03) 16	Rochdale	1 – 0	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Benton   (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3608

Mansfield Town v Rochdale

10 December 1932 (1932-12-10) 17	Mansfield Town	4 – 1	Rochdale	Mansfield
	Bowater   Readman   Prior	Report	W. Watson	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 4441

Rochdale v Barnsley

17 December 1932 (1932-12-17) 18	Rochdale	2 – 3	Barnsley	Rochdale
	W. Watson   Snow	Report	Owencroft   Andrews	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4071

Hull City v Rochdale

24 December 1932 (1932-12-24) 19	Hull City	1 – 1	Rochdale	Hull
	Wainscoat	Report	W. Watson	Stadium: Anlaby Road Attendance: 10881

New Brighton v Rochdale

26 December 1932 (1932-12-26) 20	New Brighton	0 – 3	Rochdale	New Brighton
		Report	W. Watson   Benton   (pen.) Shonakan	Stadium: Sandheys Park Attendance: 3738

Rochdale v New Brighton

27 December 1932 (1932-12-27) 21	Rochdale	1 – 0	New Brighton	Rochdale
	McAleer	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6055

Carlisle United v Rochdale

31 December 1932 (1932-12-31) 22	Carlisle United	2 – 2	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Slinger	Report	W. Watson	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4093

Hartlepools United v Rochdale

2 January 1933 (1933-01-02) 23	Hartlepools United	3 – 0	Rochdale	Hartlepool
	Pedwell   Wigham   Hewitt	Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3359

Rochdale v York City

7 January 1933 (1933-01-07) 24	Rochdale	1 – 4	York City	Rochdale
	Beel	Report	Baines    Spooner   Fenoughty	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3968

Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale

18 January 1933 (1933-01-18) 25	Tranmere Rovers	3 – 1	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Watts   Whitehurst   Adams	Report	Beel	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 1719

Crewe Alexandra v Rochdale

21 January 1933 (1933-01-21) 26	Crewe Alexandra	3 – 1	Rochdale	Crewe
	McConnell    Swindells	Report	T. Watson	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3287

Rochdale v Doncaster Rovers

28 January 1933 (1933-01-28) 27	Rochdale	2 – 3	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Snow   Shonakan	Report	Waterston    Armstrong   (o.g.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2390

Rochdale v Southport

4 February 1933 (1933-02-04) 28	Rochdale	1 – 3	Southport	Rochdale
	W. Watson	Report	Sellars   Appleby	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3349

Rochdale v Rotherham United

18 February 1933 (1933-02-18) 29	Rochdale	2 – 2	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	Snow   Beel	Report	Briggs   Wright	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1932

Darlington v Rochdale

4 March 1933 (1933-03-04) 30	Darlington	5 – 1	Rochdale	Darlington
	Brown     Coates   Cook	Report	W. Watson	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 2533

Rochdale v Stockport County

11 March 1933 (1933-03-11) 31	Rochdale	0 – 2	Stockport County	Rochdale
		Report	Foulkes   Lythgoe	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4151

Gateshead v Rochdale

18 March 1933 (1933-03-18) 32	Gateshead	3 – 0	Rochdale	Gateshead
	Ranson    Atkin	Report		Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 2797

Rochdale v Walsall

25 March 1933 (1933-03-25) 33	Rochdale	1 – 1	Walsall	Rochdale
	Benton	Report	Alsop	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2979

Wrexham v Rochdale

1 April 1933 (1933-04-01) 34	Wrexham	4 – 1	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Bains    Spooner   Fenoughty	Report	Snow	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 5505

Rochdale v Tranmere Rovers

8 April 1933 (1933-04-08) 35	Rochdale	0 – 3	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
		Report	Tong   Bell	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3007

Chester v Rochdale

14 April 1933 (1933-04-14) 36	Chester	2 – 0	Rochdale	Chester
	Cresswell   Hedley	Report		Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 9870

Halifax Town v Rochdale

15 April 1933 (1933-04-15) 37	Halifax Town	2 – 0	Rochdale	Halifax
	Brown   Chambers	Report		Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 4032

Rochdale v Chester

17 April 1933 (1933-04-17) 38	Rochdale	2 – 0	Chester	Rochdale
	Snow   Bennett   (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3742

Rochdale v Hartlepools United

22 April 1933 (1933-04-22) 39	Rochdale	6 – 2	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Snow    Rigby    Benton   Williams	Report	Hardy   Hewitt	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3249

Barnsley v Rochdale

29 April 1933 (1933-04-29) 40	Barnsley	3 – 1	Rochdale	Barnsley
	Wallbanks   Fleetwood	Report	Snow	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 1931

Accrington Stanley v Rochdale

3 May 1933 (1933-05-03) 41	Accrington Stanley	0 – 3	Rochdale	Accrington
		Report	W. Watson   Bain   Rigby	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 1013

Rochdale v Hull City

6 May 1933 (1933-05-06) 42	Rochdale	3 – 2	Hull City	Rochdale
	Benton   Snow	Report	McNaughton	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4387

FA Cup

Main article: 1932–33 FA Cup

Rochdale v Stockport County

26 November 1932 (1932-11-26) 1	Rochdale	0 – 2	Stockport County	Rochdale
		Report	Taylor   Vincent	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9592

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Lancashire Cup

Rochdale v Accrington Stanley

19 September 1932 (1932-09-19) 1	Rochdale	2 – 2	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Snow   W. Watson	^[2]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1300

Accrington Stanley v Rochdale

5 October 1932 (1932-10-05) 1 - Replay	Accrington Stanley	4 – 2	Rochdale	Accrington
		^[3]	Snow   Beel	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 1300

Manchester Cup

Rochdale v Oldham Athletic

7 February 1933 (1933-02-07) 3	Rochdale	5 – 3	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Snow   McAleer    Benton	^[4]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Manchester City v Rochdale

10 April 1933 (1933-04-10) SF	Manchester City	4 – 0	Rochdale	Manchester
		^[5]		Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 750

References

1. "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}
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. Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
5. Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097