The 1950–51 season saw Rochdale compete for their 23rd season in the Football League Third Division North.

Statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total Division 3 North F.A. Cup Lancashire Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG Trevor Churchill 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Bill Watson 44 0 42 0 2 0 0 0
DF England ENG Harry Hubbick 30 0 29 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO George McGeachie 42 4 38 4 3 0 1 0
DF England ENG Wally Birch 46 1 43 1 3 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO David Reid 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Jackie Arthur 39 5 35 4 3 1 1 0
FW England ENG Jack Livesey 42 12 38 11 3 1 1 0
FW England ENG Jack Connor 27 17 26 16 1 1 0 0
FW England ENG Cyril Brown 24 3 22 3 2 0 0 0
MF England ENG Alan Steen 35 6 32 5 3 1 0 0
GK England ENG Bert Lomas 12 0 9 0 3 0 0 0
FW England ENG Jimmy Whitehouse 35 11 32 9 2 2 1 0
MF England ENG Gordon Medd 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0
GK Wales WAL Archie Hughes 10 0 9 0 0 0 1 0
MF England ENG Eric Wood 9 0 8 0 1 0 0 0
MF England ENG Don Partridge 7 0 5 0 1 0 1 0
FW England ENG Bert Foulds 7 1 6 1 0 0 1 0
MF England ENG Bob Smyth 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 0
FW England ENG Alan Middlebrough 18 11 15 9 2 1 1 1
DF Scotland SCO Harry Boyle 20 0 17 0 3 0 0 0
DF England ENG Ron Rothwell 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
MF England ENG Bill Heaton 6 0 5 0 1 0 0 0
MF England ENG Ken Crowther 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Alex McNichol 17 3 17 3 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Alastair Buchan 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Eric Downes 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Eric Barber 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Harry Mills 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Final league table

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts
9 Crewe Alexandra 46 11 5 7 38 26 8 5 10 23 34 1.017 48
10 Stockport County 46 15 3 5 45 26 5 5 13 18 37 1.000 48
11 Rochdale 46 11 6 6 38 18 6 5 12 31 44 1.113 45
12 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United[a] 46 10 12 1 32 9 3 6 14 26 48 1.018 44
13 Chester 46 11 6 6 42 30 6 3 14 20 34 0.969 43
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ New club in the league; elected from Midland League

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

August 19, 1950 (1950-8-19) 1 Darlington 0 – 2 Rochdale Darlington
Report Connor
Arthur
Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 10530
Referee: F. Walton
August 21, 1950 (1950-8-21) 2 Bradford Park Avenue 0 – 1 Rochdale Bradford
Report Arthur Stadium: Park Avenue
Attendance: 19058
Referee: HT Wright
August 26, 1950 (1950-8-26) 3 Rochdale 1 – 1 Stockport County Rochdale
Livesey Report Black Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 13075
Referee: J McCann
August 29, 1950 (1950-8-29) 4 Rochdale 1 – 2 Bradford Park Avenue Rochdale
Livesey Report Elliott
Wheat
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 10743
Referee: HT Wright
September 2, 1950 (1950-9-2) 5 Halifax Town 1 – 1 Rochdale Halifax
Core Report Connor Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 10219
Referee: C Fletcher
September 5, 1950 (1950-9-5) 6 Rochdale 5 – 0 Shrewsbury Town Rochdale
Medd
Connor
Livesey
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8863
Referee: KA Collinge
September 9, 1950 (1950-9-9) 7 Rochdale 3 – 1 Hartlepools United Rochdale
Connor
Whitehouse
Report McGuigan Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 9146
Referee: WHE Evans
September 11, 1950 (1950-9-11) 8 Shrewsbury Town 0 – 2 Rochdale Shrewsbury
Report Connor Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 8017
Referee: KA Collinge
September 16, 1950 (1950-9-16) 9 Gateshead 4 – 1 Rochdale Gateshead
Wilbert
Winters
Callender (pen.)
Report Whitehouse Stadium: Redheugh Park
Attendance: 13607
Referee: PF Power
September 23, 1950 (1950-9-23) 10 Rochdale 1 – 1 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
McGeachie Report Phillips Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8576
Referee: WHE Evans
September 30, 1950 (1950-9-30) 11 New Brighton 1 – 5 Rochdale New Brighton
Carter Report Steen
Livesey
McGeachie (pen.) (pen.)
Brown
Stadium: Tower Athletic Ground
Attendance: 4852
Referee: J Houston
October 7, 1950 (1950-10-7) 12 Rochdale 0 – 1 York City Rochdale
Report Linaker Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8123
Referee: A Holland
October 14, 1950 (1950-10-14) 13 Barrow 4 – 3 Rochdale Barrow-in-Furness
Keen
Miller
King
Report Whitehouse
Middlebrough
Brown
Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 5645
Referee: F Thurman
October 21, 1950 (1950-10-21) 14 Rochdale 3 – 1 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
Connor
Birch (pen.)
Smyth
Report Keeley Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 8027
Referee: H Jackson
October 28, 1950 (1950-10-28) 15 Carlisle United 4 – 0 Rochdale Carlisle
Brown
McCue
Turner
Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 13295
Referee: J Bell
November 4, 1950 (1950-11-4) 16 Rochdale 2 – 3 Tranmere Rovers Rochdale
Arthur
Livesey
Report Rosenthal
Wheeler
Bell
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7886
Referee: HT Wright
November 11, 1950 (1950-11-11) 17 Southport 1 – 1 Rochdale Southport
Rothwell Report Brown Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 6374
Referee: J Platt
November 18, 1950 (1950-11-18) 18 Rochdale 0 – 2 Rotherham United Rochdale
Report Grainger
Guest
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7986
Referee: FL Overton
December 2, 1950 (1950-12-2) 19 Rochdale 2 – 0 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United Rochdale
Middlebrough Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5213
Referee: H Jackson
December 23, 1950 (1950-12-23) 20 Stockport County 2 – 2 Rochdale Stockport
Dick
Black
Report Whitehouse
Middlebrough
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 10152
Referee: J McCann
December 25, 1950 (1950-12-25) 21 Lincoln City 4 – 2 Rochdale Lincoln
Finch 7', 32', 60'
Garvie 54'
Report Arthur 45'
Middlebrough 65'
Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 9873
Referee: T Seymour
January 13, 1951 (1951-1-13) 22 Hartlepools United 0 – 0 Rochdale Hartlepool
Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 7585
Referee: H Beacock
January 16, 1951 (1951-1-16) 23 Rochdale 2 – 3 Chester Rochdale
Steen
Whitehouse
Report Burgess
Devonshire
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1435
January 20, 1951 (1951-1-20) 24 Rochdale 2 – 0 Gateshead Rochdale
Livesey (pen.)
Middlebrough
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5612
Referee: PF Power
January 27, 1951 (1951-1-27) 25 Chester 1 – 3 Rochdale Chester
Astbury Report Livesey
Middlebrough
Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 4534
February 3, 1951 (1951-2-3) 26 Crewe Alexandra 3 – 1 Rochdale Crewe
Phillips
Travis
Report Livesey (pen.) Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 6941
February 10, 1951 (1951-2-10) 27 Rochdale 0 – 1 Oldham Athletic Rochdale
Report McIlvenny Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 14238
February 17, 1951 (1951-2-17) 28 Rochdale 1 – 0 New Brighton Rochdale
Middlebrough Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3689
February 24, 1951 (1951-2-24) 29 York City 2 – 2 Rochdale York
Linaker
Brown
Report Livesey
Steen
Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 7664
March 3, 1951 (1951-3-3) 30 Rochdale 1 – 0 Barrow Rochdale
Middlebrough Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 5509
March 10, 1951 (1951-3-10) 31 Accrington Stanley 1 – 2 Rochdale Accrington
Keeley Report Whitehouse
Connor
Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 4281
March 17, 1951 (1951-3-17) 32 Rochdale 4 – 1 Carlisle United Rochdale
Steen
Connor
McNichol
Report Jackson Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6190
March 24, 1951 (1951-3-24) 33 Tranmere Rovers 2 – 1 Rochdale Birkenhead
Rosenthal Report McNichol Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 8328
March 26, 1951 (1951-3-26) 34 Rochdale 4 – 0 Bradford City Rochdale
Connor
McNichol
Steen
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4233
March 27, 1951 (1951-3-27) 35 Bradford City 2 – 1 Rochdale Bradford
Williamson
Ward
Report Connor Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 16164
March 31, 1951 (1951-3-31) 36 Rochdale 1 – 1 Southport Rochdale
Whitehouse Report Graham Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3781
April 7, 1951 (1951-4-7) 37 Rotherham United 3 – 0 Rochdale Rotherham
Guest
Grainger
Williams
Report Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 14202
April 10, 1951 (1951-4-10) 38 Rochdale 0 – 0 Halifax Town Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3342
April 14, 1951 (1951-4-14) 39 Rochdale 0 – 0 Mansfield Town Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4000
April 16, 1951 (1951-4-16) 40 Mansfield Town 1 – 0 Rochdale Mansfield
Reeve Report Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 11384
April 17, 1951 (1951-4-17) 41 Rochdale 3 – 0 Lincoln City Rochdale
Livesey
McGeachie
Foulds
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3533
April 21, 1951 (1951-4-21) 42 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 3 – 0 Rochdale Scunthorpe
Cumner
Comley
Report Stadium: Old Show Ground
Attendance: 9229
April 24, 1951 (1951-4-24) 43 Oldham Athletic 2 – 0 Rochdale Oldham
Hardwick
Gemmell
Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 13503
April 28, 1951 (1951-4-28) 44 Rochdale 2 – 0 Wrexham Rochdale
Barber
Middlebrough
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3288
May 2, 1951 (1951-5-2) 45 Wrexham 3 – 1 Rochdale Wrexham
Beynon
Tunnicliffe
Fidler
Report Whitehouse Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 3633
May 5, 1951 (1951-5-5) 46 Rochdale 0 – 0 Darlington Rochdale
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3448

F.A. Cup

November 25, 1950 (1950-11-25) 1 Rochdale 3 – 1 Willington Rochdale
Whitehouse (pen.)
Middlebrough
Report Dodds Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7657
December 9, 1950 (1950-12-9) 2 Ashington 1 – 2 Rochdale Ashington
Skeen Report Livesey
Steen
Stadium: Portland Park
Attendance: 13191
Referee: G Black
January 9, 1951 (1951-1-9) 3 Rochdale 2 – 3 Chelsea Rochdale
Connor 40'
Arthur 86'
Report Billington 5'
Bentley 16', 61'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 17817
Referee: JW Topliss

Lancashire Cup

October 11, 1950 (1950-10-11) Accrington Stanley 2 – 1 Rochdale Accrington
Middlebrough Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 2000

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References

  1. ^ 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. [not specific enough to verify]
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