1908–09 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1908–09 season
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Lancashire Combination Division 2	10th
FA Cup	Preliminary Round
Top goalscorer	League: Patrick Galvin (10); All: Patrick Galvin (10)

The 1908–09 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 2nd season in existence. They spent their first season in the Manchester League and were subsequently elected to Lancashire Combination Division 2 where they finished in 10th place out of 20. They also competed in the F.A. Cup for the first time, in the preliminary round.

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Lancs Comb Div 2		F.A. Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		John Taylor	35	0	34	0	1	0
	DF		George Joy	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF		W. Kelly	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Billy Openshaw	39	6	38	5	1	1
	MF		Zach Holden	27	1	26	1	1	0
	DF	ENG	Patrick Galvin	31	10	30	10	1	0
	MF		Martin Ball	33	0	32	0	1	0
	MF		H. Parkinson	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW		J. Bowden	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		H. Plant	22	1	21	0	1	1
	FW	ENG	Charles Mitchell	17	4	17	4	0	0
	MF		R. Barlow	16	4	16	4	0	0
	FW		Joe Hardman	4	0	3	0	1	0
	MF		Thomas Thornley	14	2	13	2	1	0
	FW	ENG	Harold Meadowcroft	7	1	6	0	1	1
	DF		E. Petty	9	0	9	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Frank Pearson	11	6	11	6	0	0
	FW		Charles Donaghy	12	4	12	4	0	0
	MF		H. Morgan	23	0	23	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Tom Fleetwood	27	5	27	5	0	0
	DF		W. Buckley	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Billy Hampson	22	1	22	1	0	0
	GK		R. Lawton	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Bob Heap	16	8	16	8	0	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Wilkinson	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		Harry McWilliams	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW		F. Mulrooney	17	2	17	2	0	0
	MF		C. McCormack	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF		Robert Cuthbertson	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		H. Barnes	13	6	13	6	0	0
	MF		Levi Hennifer	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		J. Walmesley	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		J. Wilcock	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		E. Stansfield	2	0	2	0	0	0

Squad Statistics (Non-Competitive)

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Lancs Jnr Cup		Friendlies
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		John Taylor	4	0	1	0	3	0
	DF		George Joy	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Billy Openshaw	4	1	1	0	3	1
	MF		Zach Holden	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Patrick Galvin	4	3	1	0	3	3
	MF		Martin Ball	4	0	1	0	3	0
	MF		H. Parkinson	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		H. Plant	4	1	1	1	3	0
	FW	ENG	Charles Mitchell	2	0	0	0	2	0
	MF		R. Barlow	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		Joe Hardman	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Thomas Thornley	2	2	1	1	1	1
	DF		E. Petty	1	1	0	0	1	1
	FW	ENG	Frank Pearson	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		H. Morgan	2	1	0	0	2	1
	DF	ENG	Tom Fleetwood	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Billy Hampson	3	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Bob Heap	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		F. Mulrooney	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		C. McCormack	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		H. Barnes	1	1	0	0	1	1
	FW		J. Worrall	1	0	0	0	1	0

Friendlies

12 December 1908 (1908-12-12) Friendly	Rochdale	3–1	Manchester City Reserves	Rochdale
	Openshaw Petty Thornley			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

30 January 1909 (1909-01-30) Friendly	Rochdale	1–1	Preston North End	Rochdale
	Morgan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

13 March 1909 (1909-03-13) Friendly	Rochdale	4–3	Stockport County Reserves	Rochdale
	Galvin Barnes			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

Competitions

Lancashire Combination Division 2

1 September 1908 (1908-09-01) 1	Rochdale	1–0	Earlestown	Rochdale
	Barlow			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

5 September 1908 (1908-09-05) 2	Rochdale	0–3	Bacup	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

26 September 1908 (1908-09-26) 3	Manchester City Reserves	9–1	Rochdale	Manchester
			Pearson	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 4000

3 October 1908 (1908-10-03) 4	Rochdale	1–0	Turton	Rochdale
	Pearson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

10 October 1908 (1908-10-10) 5	Rochdale	2–1	Stockport County Reserves	Rochdale
	Pearson Galvin			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2700

13 October 1908 (1908-10-13) 6	Rochdale	3–2	Haslingden	Rochdale
	Galvin Donaghy			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

17 October 1908 (1908-10-17) 7	Chroley	3–1	Rochdale	Chorley
			Pearson	Stadium: St. George's Park Attendance: 3000

24 October 1908 (1908-10-24) 8	Heywood United	0–0	Rochdale	Heywood
				Stadium: ? Attendance: 5000

31 October 1908 (1908-10-31) 9	Rochdale	3–1	Ashton Town	Rochdale
	Openshaw (pen.) Thornley Galvin			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

7 November 1908 (1908-11-07) 10	Barrow	0–1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
			Donaghy	Stadium: Little Park Attendance: 1500

14 November 1908 (1908-11-14) 11	Pendlebury	2–2	Rochdale	Pendlebury
			Openshaw (pen.)	Stadium: ? Attendance: 1000

21 November 1908 (1908-11-21) 12	Rochdale	7–0	Brynn Central	Rochdale
	Donaghy (pen.) Fleetwood Galvin			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500

28 November 1908 (1908-11-28) 13	Rochdale	4–1	St Helens Town	Rochdale
	Fleetwood Thornley Galvin			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

5 December 1908 (1908-12-05) 14	Rochdale	1–3	Pendlebury	Rochdale
	(o.g.)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

19 December 1908 (1908-12-19) 15	St Helens Town	0–0	Rochdale	St Helens
				Stadium: Primrose Ground Attendance: 1000

25 December 1908 (1908-12-25) 16	Hyde	3–1	Rochdale	Hyde
			Openshaw	Stadium: Ewen Fields Attendance: 5000

26 December 1908 (1908-12-26) 17	Rochdale	1–0	Heywood United	Rochdale
	Fleetwood			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5500

1 January 1909 (1909-01-01) 18	Ashton Town	2–0	Rochdale	Ashton-in-Makerfield
				Stadium: ? Attendance: 1000

2 January 1909 (1909-01-02) 19	Earlestown	2–1	Rochdale	Newton-le-Willows
			Pearson	Stadium: ? Attendance: 1000

9 January 1909 (1909-01-09) Abandoned	Rochdale	0–0	Oswaldtwistle	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 700

16 January 1909 (1909-01-16) 20	Turton	5–1	Rochdale	North Turton
			Holden	Stadium: Tower Street Attendance: 150

23 January 1909 (1909-01-23) 21	Rochdale	0–1	Hyde	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500

6 February 1909 (1909-02-06) 22	Rochdale	2–0	Eccles Borough	Rochdale
	Mitchell Pearson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

13 February 1909 (1909-02-13) 23	Glossop Reserves	3–0	Rochdale	Glossop
				Stadium: North Road Attendance: 550

20 February 1909 (1909-02-20) 24	Rochdale	0–3	Manchester City Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

27 February 1909 (1909-02-27) 25	Oswaldtwistle	0–1	Rochdale	Oswaldtwistle
			Mulrooney	Stadium: ?

6 March 1909 (1909-03-06) 26	Eccles Borough	2–0	Rochdale	Eccles
				Stadium: ? Attendance: 5000

17 March 1909 (1909-03-17) 27	Haslingden	4–2	Rochdale	Haslingden
			Mitchell Openshaw (pen.)	Stadium: ? Attendance: 1000

20 March 1909 (1909-03-20) 28	Rochdale	0–1	Glossop Reserves	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

27 March 1909 (1909-03-27) 29	Great Harwood	1–2	Rochdale	Great Harwood
			Heap	Stadium: The Showground Attendance: 800

30 March 1909 (1909-03-30) 30	Rochdale	9–0	Oswaldtwistle	Rochdale
	Barnes Barlow Mulrooney Heap			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 700

3 April 1909 (1909-04-03) 31	Clitheroe Central	1–1	Rochdale	Clitheroe
			Mitchell	Stadium: Upbrooks

5 April 1909 (1909-04-05) 32	Stockport County Reserves	3–1	Rochdale	Stockport
			Heap	Stadium: Edgeley Park

9 April 1909 (1909-04-09) 33	Bacup	2–1	Rochdale	Bacup
			Barlow	Stadium: West View

10 April 1909 (1909-04-10) 34	Rochdale	2–1	Clitheroe Central	Rochdale
	Barnes Heap			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

12 April 1909 (1909-04-12) 35	Rochdale	4–1	Lancaster	Rochdale
	Galvin Barlow Fleetwood Heap			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

17 April 1909 (1909-04-17) 36	Rochdale	3–2	Chroley	Rochdale
	Hampson Heap Mitchell			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

20 April 1909 (1909-04-20) 37	Rochdale	0–1	Barrow	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

28 April 1909 (1909-04-28) 38	Lancaster	0–0	Rochdale	Lancaster
				Stadium: Giant Axe Attendance: 500

F.A. Cup

19 September 1908 (1908-09-19) Preliminary Round	Accrington Stanley	5–3	Rochdale	Accrington
			Plant Meadowcroft Openshaw	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 2000

Lancashire Junior Cup

12 September 1908 (1908-09-12)	Rochdale	2–3	Hindley Central	Rochdale
	Plant Thornley			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500

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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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