1914–15 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1914–15 season
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Central League	9th
FA Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: William Brown; All: William Brown
	← 1913–14 1915–16 →

The 1914–15 season saw Rochdale compete in The FA Cup for the 7th time and reached the second round proper. The also competed in the Central League and finished 9th.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Central League		F.A. Cup		Lancs Snr Cup		Manc Snr Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Billy Biggar	40	0	27	0	5	0	5	0	3	0
	DF	ENG	Jack Barton	39	0	28	0	5	0	5	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Bob Lilley	21	0	14	0	2	0	5	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jim Tully	50	2	37	1	5	0	5	1	3	0
	DF	SCO	Robert Neave	50	8	37	7	5	1	5	0	3	0
	MF		J.L. Kay	46	1	33	1	5	0	5	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Archibald Rawlings	46	4	35	4	4	0	4	0	3	0
	FW	ENG	William Kelly	48	19	35	12	5	4	5	1	3	2
	FW		William Brown	49	31	36	21	5	1	5	5	3	4
	MF		W.S. Anderson	18	3	15	1	0	0	3	2	0	0
	MF	ENG	Albert Smith	50	10	37	6	5	0	5	2	3	2
	MF		A. Walker	8	1	6	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Charlie Milnes	25	1	18	1	5	0	2	0	0	0
	GK		W. Plumley	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Ernest Hawksworth	19	9	13	5	3	2	0	0	3	2
	DF	ENG	Vince Hayes	7	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		P. Pickup	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Danny Crossan	13	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF		J. Tattersall	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Towers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Haynes	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		T. Southworth	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		B. Holt	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Alfred Caldwell	8	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	GK		John Swann	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Tweedale Rigg	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		H. Fletcher	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Competitions

Central League

1 September 1914 (1914 -09-01) 1	Rochdale	4–1	Liverpool Reserves	Rochdale
	Brown Rawlings Kelly			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

8 September 1914 (1914 -09-08) 2	Southport Central	1–0	Rochdale	Southport
				Stadium: Haig Avenue

12 September 1914 (1914 -09-12) 3	Rochdale	3–0	Huddersfield Town Reserves	Rochdale
	Brown Smith (pen.) Rawlings			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

19 September 1914 (1914 -09-19) 4	Stalybridge Celtic	0–0	Rochdale	Stalybridge
				Stadium: Bower Fold

26 September 1914 (1914 -09-26) 5	Rochdale	1–1	Stalybridge Celtic	Rochdale
	Anderson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

3 October 1914 (1914 -10-03) 6	Huddersfield Town Reserves	0–0	Rochdale	Huddersfield
				Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 1000

10 October 1914 (1914 -10-10) 7	Rochdale	1–1	Burnley Reserves	Rochdale
	Brown			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

17 October 1914 (1914 -10-17) 8	Blackpool Reserves	3–3	Rochdale	Blackpool
			Brown Neave	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 1000

24 October 1914 (1914 -10-24) 9	Rochdale	0–1	Manchester City Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

31 October 1914 (1914 -10-31) 10	Rochdale	5–1	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	Rochdale
	Kelly Brown Tully			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1200

7 November 1914 (1914 -11-07) 11	Liverpool Reserves	5–1	Rochdale	Liverpool
			Neave	Stadium: Anfield

14 November 1914 (1914 -11-14) 12	Bury Reserves	1–3	Rochdale	Bury
			Smith Brown Hawksworth	Stadium: Gigg Lane

28 November 1914 (1914 -11-28) 13	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Rochdale	Crewe
				Stadium: Gresty Road

12 December 1914 (1914 -12-12) 14	Burnley Reserves	4–1	Rochdale	Burnley
			Hawksworth	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 4000

25 December 1914 (1914 -12-25) 15	Rochdale	1–1	Stockport County Reserves	Rochdale
	Brown			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

26 December 1914 (1914 -12-26) 16	Rochdale	6–1	Barnsley Reserves	Rochdale
	? (o.g.) Brown Smith (pen.) Rawlings			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

1 January 1915 (1915 -01-01) 17	Rochdale	1–1	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	Rochdale
	Smith			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

2 January 1915 (1915 -01-02) 18	Manchester United Reserves	4–0	Rochdale	Manchester
				Stadium: Old Trafford

16 January 1915 (1915 -01-16) 19	Port Vale	2–1	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
			Kelly	Stadium: Old Recreation Ground

23 January 1915 (1915 -01-23) 20	Rochdale	6–1	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Kelly Brown Hawksworth			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

6 February 1915 (1915 -02-06) 21	Rochdale	2–3	Bradford City Reserves	Rochdale
	Kay Smith			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

13 February 1915 (1915 -02-13) Abandoned	Bradford City Reserves	0–0	Rochdale	Bradford
				Stadium: Valley Parade

16 February 1915 (1915 -02-16) 22	Rochdale	0–1	Preston North End Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 500

20 February 1915 (1915 -02-20) 23	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	1–2	Rochdale	Blackburn
			Haynes Rawlings	Stadium: Ewood Park

24 February 1915 (1915 -02-24) 24	Manchester City Reserves	1–1	Rochdale	Manchester
			Brown	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 4000

27 February 1915 (1915 -02-27) 25	Rochdale	0–1	Oldham Athletic Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1400

6 March 1915 (1915 -03-06) 26	Rochdale	1–1	Bury Reserves	Rochdale
	Brown			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

13 March 1915 (1915 -03-13) 27	Preston North End Reserves	0–1	Rochdale	Preston
			Kelly	Stadium: Deepdale

20 March 1915 (1915 -03-20) 28	Rochdale	1–2	Port Vale	Rochdale
	Brown			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1200

24 March 1915 (1915 -03-24) 29	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	2–2	Rochdale	Bolton
			Kelly	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 3000

27 March 1915 (1915 -03-27) 30	Barnsley Reserves	2–1	Rochdale	Barnsley
			Kelly	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 1000

31 March 1915 (1915 -03-31) 31	Bradford City Reserves	0–0	Rochdale	Bradford
				Stadium: Valley Parade

3 April 1915 (1915 -04-03) 32	Rochdale	7–1	Blackpool Reserves	Rochdale
	Milnes Neave Brown Kelly			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

5 April 1915 (1915 -04-05) 33	Stockport County Reserves	1–0	Rochdale	Stockport
				Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 3000

10 April 1915 (1915 -04-10) 34	Everton Reserves	1–2	Rochdale	Liverpool
			Hayes Smith	Stadium: Goodison Park

13 April 1915 (1915 -04-13) 35	Rochdale	1–0	Southport Central	Rochdale
	Hawksworth			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 500

17 April 1915 (1915 -04-17) 36	Oldham Athletic Reserves	1–3	Rochdale	Oldham
			Brown Southworth	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 2000

24 April 1915 (1915 -04-24) 37	Rochdale	0–0	Manchester United Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

27 April 1915 (1915 -04-27) 38	Rochdale	2–2	Everton Reserves	Rochdale
	Neave Kelly			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

F.A. Cup

21 November 1914 (1914 -11-21) Q4	Rochdale	3–2	Stalybridge Celtic	Rochdale
	Kelly			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

5 December 1914 (1914 -12-05) Q5	Rochdale	2–0	Hartlepool United F.C.	Rochdale
	Brown Neave			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

19 December 1914 (1914 -12-19) Q6	Rochdale	2–0	Watford	Rochdale
	Kelly Hawksworth			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

9 January 1915 (1915 -01-09) 1	Rochdale	2–0	Gillingham	Rochdale
	Walker Hawksworth	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6000

30 January 1915 (1915 -01-30) 2	Oldham Athletic	3–0	Rochdale	Oldham
	Donnachie Kemp Gee	Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 18668

Lancashire Senior Cup

23 September 1914 (1914 -09-23) 1	Fleetwood	2–3	Rochdale	Fleetwood
			Brown Anderson	Stadium: North Euston Hotel Attendance: 1000

5 October 1914 (1914 -10-05) 2	Rochdale	3–2	Nelson	Rochdale
	Anderson Brown Tully			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

20 October 1914 (1914 -10-20) 3	Rochdale	2–0	South Liverpool	Rochdale
	Kelly Smith			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

9 November 1914 (1914 -11-09) SF	Oldham Athletic	0–2	Rochdale	Bury
			Brown	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1500

7 December 1914 (1914 -12-07) F	Burnley	4–1	Rochdale	Manchester
			Smith	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 2000

Manchester Senior Cup

16 March 1915 (1915 -03-16) 2	Rochdale	2–0	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Brown Smith			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

19 April 1915 (1915 -04-19) SF	Hurst	2–5	Rochdale	Ashton-under-Lyne
			Hawksworth Brown Smith	Stadium: Hurst Cross

1 May 1915 (1915 -05-01) F	Stockport County	4–3	Rochdale	Manchester
			Kelly Hawksworth	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 6000

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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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1914–15 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Statistics

Competitions

Central League

F.A. Cup

Lancashire Senior Cup

Manchester Senior Cup

References

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