1911–12 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1911–12 season
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Lancashire Combination Division 1	1st
FA Cup	4th Qualifying Round
Top goalscorer	League: Alf Gregson; All: Alf Gregson
	← 1910–11 1912–13 →

The 1911–12 season saw Rochdale compete in The F.A. Cup for the 4th time and reached the fourth qualifying round. The also competed in the Lancashire Combination Division 1 and finished top of the table for the second consecutive season.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Lancs Comb Div 1		LCD play-off		F.A. Cup		Lancs Snr Cup		Manc Snr Cup		Friendlies
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Billy Biggar	46	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	5	0
	DF	ENG	Joe Blackett	35	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	Danny Crossan	29	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	3	0
	DF		William Chick	45	3	31	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	5	0
	DF	ENG	Tom Meynell	42	4	30	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	5	1	4	0
	MF	ENG	James Henderson	39	1	26	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	4	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Reynolds	40	9	28	7	1	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	3	2
	FW	ENG	Alf Gregson	43	30	32	21	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	4	4	5
	FW	ENG	Frank Spriggs	9	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	1
	FW		Bob Peake	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1
	MF	ENG	Albert Smith	38	15	26	10	1	1	1	0	1	0	5	3	4	1
	MF		H. Morgan	18	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tom Page	23	18	17	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	2	2
	MF	ENG	Tommy Broome	18	3	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1
	DF		James McKenzie	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Frederick Bracey	13	4	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Lovett	32	13	25	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	2	1
	MF		Lawrence Kenyon	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Hall	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		James Stamford	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		J Costelli	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		WH Martin	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Howarth	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Jack Page	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Bernard Tattum	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Barker	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Arthur Campey	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Harry Moon	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Fisher	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Hardwick	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Competitions

Lancashire Combination Division 1

2 September 1911 (1911-09-02) 1	Rochdale	5–0	Denton	Rochdale
	Spriggs Smith Chick Peak			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

23 September 1911 (1911-09-23) 2	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Rochdale	Accrington
			Smith	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 2000

7 October 1911 (1911-10-07) 3	Hyde	5–1	Rochdale	Hyde
			Gregson	Stadium: Ewen Fields Attendance: 2000

14 October 1911 (1911-10-14) 4	Rochdale	3–1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	T. Page Gregson Reynolds			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

21 October 1911 (1911-10-21) 5	Heywood United	1–1	Rochdale	Heywood
			Smith	Stadium: ? Attendance: 4000

28 October 1911 (1911-10-28) 6	Eccles	1–2	Rochdale	Eccles
			Lovett Gregson	Stadium: ? Attendance: 4000

4 November 1911 (1911-11-04) 7	Rochdale	3–1	St Helens Town	Rochdale
	Gregson Lovett			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

11 November 1911 (1911-11-11) 8	St Helens Town	0–3	Rochdale	St Helens
			Lovett Gregson	Stadium: Primrose Ground Attendance: 4000

25 November 1911 (1911-11-25) 9	Haslingden	2–1	Rochdale	Haslingden
			Gregson	Stadium: ? Attendance: 2500

2 December 1911 (1911-12-02) 10	Rochdale	2–0	Chorley	Rochdale
	Gregson Lovett			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500

9 December 1911 (1911-12-09) 11	Bacup	1–7	Rochdale	Bacup
			Meynell Gregson T. Page Smith	Stadium: West View Attendance: 1500

16 December 1911 (1911-12-16) 12	Rochdale	5–0	Barrow	Rochdale
	Reynolds T. Page Smith Lovett Gregson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

23 December 1911 (1911-12-23) 13	Walkden Central	0–3	Rochdale	Walkden
			Lovett T. Page	Stadium: ? Attendance: 300

25 December 1911 (1911-12-25) 14	Rochdale	2–0	St Helens Recreation	Rochdale
	Lovett ? (o.g.)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5000

26 December 1911 (1911-12-26) 15	Chester	3–1	Rochdale	Chester
			Stamford	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 6000

30 December 1911 (1911-12-30) 16	Denton	3–0	Rochdale	Denton
				Stadium: ? Attendance: 2500

1 January 1912 (1912-01-01) 17	Rochdale	3–0	Chester	Rochdale
	Smith Reynolds Lovett			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6000

6 January 1912 (1912-01-06) Abandoned	Colne	1–0	Rochdale	Colne
				Stadium: Cottontree Attendance: 1000

16 January 1912 (1912-01-16) 18	Colne	0–1	Rochdale	Colne
			Chick	Stadium: Cottontree Attendance: 2000

20 January 1912 (1912-01-20) 19	Rochdale	3–0	Rossendale United	Rochdale
	Smith Gregson Broome			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

27 January 1912 (1912-01-27) 20	Rochdale	3–0	Colne	Rochdale
	Smith T. Page Gregson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

3 February 1912 (1912-02-03) 21	Rossendale United	1–2	Rochdale	Newchurch
			T. Page Reynolds	Stadium: Dark Lane ? Attendance: 1000

10 February 1912 (1912-02-10) 22	Rochdale	2–0	Hyde	Rochdale
	Chick T. Page			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5000

24 February 1912 (1912-02-24) 23	Rochdale	2–2	Heywood United	Rochdale
	Gregson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

2 March 1912 (1912-03-02) 24	Rochdale	4–0	Eccles	Rochdale
	Meynell Gregson Smith Bracey			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

23 March 1912 (1912-03-23) 25	Nelson	0–3	Rochdale	Nelson
			Bracey Reynolds Henderson	Stadium: Seedhill Attendance: 2000

30 March 1912 (1912-03-30) 26	Rochdale	3–0	Haslingden	Rochdale
	Gregson Reynolds			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

5 April 1912 (1912-04-05) 27	St Helens Recreation	1–1	Rochdale	St Helens
			Bracey	Stadium: Boundary Road ? Attendance: 2000

6 April 1912 (1912-04-06) 28	Chorley	0–0	Rochdale	Chorley
				Stadium: Ranglets Recreation Ground Attendance: 2000

8 April 1912 (1912-04-08) 29	Rochdale	3–0	Nelson	Rochdale
	Lovett Bracey Broome			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

13 April 1912 (1912-04-13) 30	Rochdale	9–0	Bacup	Rochdale
	T. Page Lovett ? (o.g.) Gregson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

20 April 1912 (1912-04-20) 31	Barrow	1–0	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
				Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 4500

27 April 1912 (1912-04-27) 32	Rochdale	3–1	Walkden Central	Rochdale
	Gregson Smith			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

Lancashire Combination Divisional play-off

13 September 1911 (1911-09-13)	Haslingden	0–2	Rochdale	Haslingden
			Smith Meynell	Stadium: ? Attendance: 500

F.A. Cup

18 November 1911 (1911-11-18) Q4	Barrow	1–0	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
				Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 7000

Lancashire Senior Cup

19 September 1911 (1911-09-19) 1	Rochdale	1–2	Barrow	Rochdale
	Spriggs			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 600

Manchester Senior Cup

12 September 1911 (1911-09-12)	Denton	2–4	Rochdale	Denton
			Maynell Peak Spriggs	Stadium: ?

26 September 1911 (1911-09-26)	Rochdale	3–0	Northern Nomads	Rochdale
	Gregson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

9 October 1911 (1911-10-09)	Rochdale	5–0	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Lovett Smith T. Page			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

27 November 1911 (1911-11-27) Semi-final	Manchester City	0–2	Rochdale	Manchester
			Smith Lovett	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 1500

27 March 1912 (1912-03-27) Final	Manchester United	0–0	Rochdale	Manchester
				Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 3000

30 April 1912 (1912-04-30) Final Replay	Manchester United	1–1	Rochdale	Oldham
			Gregson	Stadium: Boundary Park

Friendlies

16 September 1911 (1911-09-16)	Rochdale	4–0	Blackpool Reserves	Rochdale
	Smith Peak Spriggs Reynolds			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

30 September 1911 (1911-09-30)	Rochdale	2–0	Everton Reserves	Rochdale
	Gregson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

13 January 1912 (1912-01-13)	Rochdale	3–1	Stoke	Rochdale
	T. Page Broome			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

17 February 1912 (1912-02-17)	Rochdale	3–1	Preston North End Reserves	Rochdale
	Gregson Lovett			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 500

16 March 1912 (1912-03-16)	Hartlepool	1–2	Rochdale	Hartlepool
			Gregson Reynolds	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2000

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References

^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

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

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