1912–13 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1912–13 season
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Central League	7th
FA Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Tom Page; All: Tom Page
	← 1911–12 1913–14 →

The 1912–13 season saw Rochdale compete in The F.A. Cup for the 5th time and reached the first round proper. The also competed in the Central League and finished 7th.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Central League		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
	GK	ENG	Billy Biggar	44	0	32	0	7	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Tommy Leigh	8	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Danny Crossan	26	0	16	0	6	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		William Chick	44	12	32	9	7	3	1	0	4	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ted Birnie	37	3	28	1	4	2	1	0	4	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	James Henderson	43	1	31	0	7	1	2	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Tommy Spink	49	3	37	3	7	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Alf Gregson	37	19	27	13	5	4	2	1	3	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tom Page	36	23	25	15	6	5	1	1	4	2	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jim Tully	46	17	34	12	7	4	1	0	4	1	0	0
	MF	ENG	Albert Smith	46	7	33	5	6	1	2	1	4	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Jack Page	14	0	9	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Lovett	9	1	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
	MF		D. McKinley	11	4	8	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Tommy Broome	31	0	23	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		Edward Thomason	7	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		W.W. Turnbull	8	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1
	GK		James Morris	8	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Harker Morgan	7	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Dan Cunliffe	13	2	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		H. Clouston	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		J. Goodwin	13	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		W. Davies	5	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	DF	ENG	Jack Barton	10	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Percy Hardy	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		J. Crabtree	9	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Billy Bamford	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		J.C. Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		C. Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Competitions

Central League

2 September 1912 (1912-09-02) 1	Rochdale	2–0	Preston North End Reserves	Rochdale
	Tully Gregson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3500

7 September 1912 (1912-09-07) 2	Bradford City Reserves	2–1	Rochdale	Bradford
			Gregson	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 3000

14 September 1912 (1912-09-14) 3	Rochdale	3–0	Everton Reserves	Rochdale
	T. Page Tully			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6000

21 September 1912 (1912-09-21) 4	Bury Reserves	0–1	Rochdale	Bury
			McKinley	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3000

24 September 1912 (1912-09-24) 5	Rochdale	4–0	Barnsley Reserves	Rochdale
	Tully Gregson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

28 September 1912 (1912-09-28) 6	Glossop Reserves	2–0	Rochdale	Glossop
				Stadium: North Road Attendance: 4000

1 October 1912 (1912-10-01) 7	Rochdale	3–0	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	Rochdale
	Gregson T. Page Chick			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

5 October 1912 (1912-10-05) 8	Blackpool Reserves	1–1	Rochdale	Blackpool
			T. Page	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 2500

19 October 1912 (1912-10-19) 9	Crewe Alexandra	6–2	Rochdale	Crewe
			Gregson Smith	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3000

26 October 1912 (1912-10-26) 10	Burnley Reserves	6–0	Rochdale	Burnley
				Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 2000

6 November 1912 (1912-11-06) 11	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	0–0	Rochdale	Bolton
				Stadium: Burnden Park

9 November 1912 (1912-11-09) 12	Rochdale	3–1	Stalybridge Celtic	Rochdale
	Chick (pen.) McKinley T. Page			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6000

23 November 1912 (1912-11-23) 13	Stockport County Reserves	2–2	Rochdale	Stockport
			T. Page Spink	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 3000

7 December 1912 (1912-12-07) 14	Rochdale	2–0	Manchester United Reserves	Rochdale
	Tully Gregson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

25 December 1912 (1912-12-25) 15	Rochdale	1–1	Bradford City Reserves	Rochdale
	Chick (pen.)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7000

26 December 1912 (1912-12-26) 16	Southport Central	0–4	Rochdale	Southport
			T. Page Chick Tully	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 5000

28 December 1912 (1912-12-28) 17	Rochdale	4–1	Blackpool Reserves	Rochdale
	Tully Chick T. Page			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5000

1 January 1913 (1913-01-01) 18	Liverpool Reserves	7–1	Rochdale	Liverpool
			Clouston	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3000

4 January 1913 (1913-01-04) 19	Everton Reserves	3–2	Rochdale	Liverpool
			McKinley Tully	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 1500

18 January 1913 (1913-01-18) 20	Rochdale	2–0	Bury Reserves	Rochdale
	T. Page			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

22 January 1913 (1913-01-22) 21	Manchester United Reserves	4–0	Rochdale	Manchester
				Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 1000

25 January 1913 (1913-01-25) 22	Rochdale	1–0	Stockport County Reserves	Rochdale
	Spink			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

1 February 1913 (1913-02-01) 23	Rochdale	0–1	Oldham Athletic Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

4 February 1913 (1913-02-04) 24	Rochdale	1–0	Manchester City	Rochdale
	McKinley			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 500

8 February 1913 (1913-02-08) 25	Oldham Athletic Reserves	1–1	Rochdale	Oldham
			Chick	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 6000

15 February 1913 (1913-02-15) 26	Manchester City	1–2	Rochdale	Manchester
			T. Page Smith	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 6000

22 February 1913 (1913-02-22) 27	Preston North End Reserves	2–1	Rochdale	Preston
			Tully	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 4000

1 March 1913 (1913-03-01) 28	Rochdale	5–1	Glossop Reserves	Rochdale
	Gregson Chick (pen.) Spink Smith Tully			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

6 March 1913 (1913-03-06) 29	Barnsley Reserves	1–3	Rochdale	Barnsley
			Smith Gregson	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 1500

15 March 1913 (1913-03-15) 30	Stalybridge Celtic	1–1	Rochdale	Stalybridge
			Tully (pen.)	Stadium: Bower Fold Attendance: 4000

21 March 1913 (1913-03-21) 31	Rochdale	0–0	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5000

22 March 1913 (1913-03-22) 32	Rochdale	8–0	Southport Central	Rochdale
	Cunliffe Gregson Chick Smith Birnie			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

24 March 1913 (1913-03-24) 33	Rochdale	0–0	Liverpool Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

5 April 1913 (1913-04-05) 34	Rochdale	2–2	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	T. Page Thomason			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

12 April 1913 (1913-04-12) 35	Burslem Port Vale	1–0	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
				Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 3000

15 April 1913 (1913-04-15) 36	Rochdale	2–2	Burnley Reserves	Rochdale
	Tully Davies			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

24 April 1913 (1913-04-24) 37	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	2–0	Rochdale	Blackburn
				Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 500

26 April 1913 (1913-04-26) 38	Rochdale	2–0	Burslem Port Vale	Rochdale
	T. Page			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

F.A. Cup

12 October 1912 (1912-10-12) Q1	Macclesfield	3–5	Rochdale	Macclesfield
			Smith Tully Birnie Gregson	Stadium: Moss Rose

2 November 1912 (1912-11-02) Q2	Rochdale	5–0	Newton Heath	Rochdale
	Henderson Birnie Tully Chick (pen.) T. Page			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

16 November 1912 (1912-11-16) Q3	Rochdale	2–1	Stalybridge Celtic	Rochdale
	Gregson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

30 November 1912 (1912-11-30) Q4	Rochdale	6–1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Tully Chick (pen.) T. Page			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5000

14 December 1912 (1912-12-14) Q5	Rochdale	1–1	Darlington	Rochdale
	Gregson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7045

18 December 1912 (1912-12-18) Q5	Darlington	0–1	Rochdale	Darlington
			Chick (pen.)	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 7018

11 January 1913 (1913-01-11) 1	Rochdale	0–2	Swindon Town	Rochdale
		Report	Bown Jefferson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8801

Lancashire Senior Cup

23 September 1912 (1912-09-23) 1	Rochdale	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	T. Page Lovett Smith			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 400

7 October 1912 (1912-10-07) 2	Barrow	2–1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
			Gregson	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3000

Manchester Senior Cup

17 September 1912 (1912-09-17) Final (Replay)	Manchester United	5–0	Rochdale	Bury
				Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1000
Note: Replay of final from previous season.

25 February 1913 (1913-02-25)	Rochdale	2–1	Manchester City	Rochdale
	Tully T. Page			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1515

12 March 1913 (1913-03-12)	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Rochdale	Bolton
			Gregson	Stadium: Burnden Park

1 April 1913 (1913-04-01)	Rochdale	1–2	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
	T. Page			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

Friendlies

21 December 1912 (1912-12-21)	Rochdale	3–2	Heywood United	Rochdale
	Turnbull Davies ? (o.g.)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium 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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