1928–29 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1928–29 season
Manager	Jack Peart
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Third Division North	17th
FA Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jack Milsom (25); All: Jack Milsom (26)

The 1928–29 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 22nd in existence and their 8th in the Football League Third Division North.

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3 North		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	WAL	Jackie Mittell	28	0	27	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	James Ellison	16	0	16	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	George Lewins	35	0	34	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Ernie Braidwood	10	0	10	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Barber	37	2	36	2	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Hall	41	0	40	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Uriah Miles	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Bertram	32	18	31	18	1	0
	FW	ENG	Oswald Littler	4	1	4	1	0	0
	DF	ENG	Walter Webster	15	0	15	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Andy Martin	33	1	32	1	1	0
	FW	ENG	Reg Trotman	24	10	23	10	1	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Milsom	41	26	40	25	1	1
	FW	ENG	Jack Brierley	14	7	14	7	0	0
	MF	ENG	George Stott	40	7	39	7	1	0
	MF	WAL	Thomas Bailey	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Tom Watson	35	0	34	0	1	0
	GK	ENG	George Power	3	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Henry Martin	28	4	27	3	1	1
	FW	ENG	Charlie Howlett	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Howlett	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Eric Silverwood	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Allan Murray	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	WAL	Harry Lewis	10	4	10	4	0	0
	GK	ENG	Ed Robson	12	0	12	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Fred Appleyard	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Dick Brown	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Albert Cooke	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	WAL	Christopher Jones	1	0	1	0	0	0
		WAL	David Halfpenny	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		R. Oddie	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		H. Clegg	0	0	0	0	0	0

Squad Statistics (Non-competitive)

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Lancashire Cup		Manchester Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	WAL	Jackie Mittell	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	James Ellison	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	George Lewins	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Ernie Braidwood	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Barber	2	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Hall	2	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Uriah Miles	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Bertram	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Oswald Littler	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Walter Webster	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Andy Martin	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Reg Trotman	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jack Milsom	2	2	1	0	1	2
	FW	ENG	Jack Brierley	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	George Stott	40	0	39	0	1	0
	MF	WAL	Thomas Bailey	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Tom Watson	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	George Power	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Henry Martin	2	1	1	1	1	0
	FW	ENG	Charlie Howlett	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Howlett	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Eric Silverwood	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Allan Murray	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	WAL	Harry Lewis	1	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	ENG	Ed Robson	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Fred Appleyard	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Dick Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Albert Cooke	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	WAL	Christopher Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0
		WAL	David Halfpenny	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK		R. Oddie	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		H. Clegg	1	0	0	0	1	0

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
15	Nelson	42	17	5	20	77	90	0.856	39
16	Rotherham United	42	15	9	18	60	77	0.779	39
17	Rochdale	42	13	10	19	79	96	0.823	36
18	Accrington Stanley	42	13	8	21	68	82	0.829	34
19	Darlington	42	13	7	22	64	88	0.727	33

Source: rsssf.com

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

25 August 1928 (1928-08-25) 1	Rochdale	1–3	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
	Bertram	Report	Longden T. Keetley Tippett	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4275

27 August 1928 (1928-08-27) 2	Barrow	3–3	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
	Lewins (o.g.) MacDonald Parsons	Report	Trotman Brierley Milsom	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 7660

1 September 1928 (1928-09-01) 3	Ashington	2–1	Rochdale	Ashington
	Johnson	Report	Martin	Stadium: Portland Park Attendance: 3244

4 September 1928 (1928-09-04) 4	Rochdale	4–2	Barrow	Rochdale
	Trotman Brierley Stott Milsom	Report	Parsons Watson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3668

8 September 1928 (1928-09-08) 5	Rochdale	1–2	South Shields Athletic	Rochdale
	Stott	Report	Parker	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6913

15 September 1928 (1928-09-15) 6	Nelson	3–0	Rochdale	Nelson
	Radford Wilkinson Wilson (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Seedhill Attendance: 6715

22 September 1928 (1928-09-22) 7	Rochdale	5–0	Darlington	Rochdale
	Trotman Stott Milsom	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4990

29 September 1928 (1928-09-29) 8	Southport	1–1	Rochdale	Southport
		Report	Milsom	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 4861

6 October 1928 (1928-10-06) 9	Rochdale	0–0	Wigan Borough	Rochdale
		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5227

13 October 1928 (1928-10-13) 10	Rochdale	4–2	New Brighton	Rochdale
	Milsom Trotman Martin	Report	Cowper Whewell	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5096

20 October 1928 (1928-10-20) 11	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Rochdale	Crewe
	Jones	Report	Bertram	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3493

27 October 1928 (1928-10-27) 12	Rochdale	5–1	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Bertram Trotman Milsom	Report	Littlehales	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4691

3 November 1928 (1928-11-03) 13	Stockport County	4–0	Rochdale	Stockport
	Fielding Everest Tompkinson Burgess	Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 11661

10 November 1928 (1928-11-10) 14	Rochdale	2–2	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Barber Milsom	Report	Bell Coleman	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2038

17 November 1928 (1928-11-17) 15	Lincoln City	2–0	Rochdale	Lincoln
	Pegg Gorringe	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 5586

1 December 1928 (1928-12-01) 16	Accrington Stanley	2–2	Rochdale	Accrington
	Armstrong (pen.) McLaughlan	Report	Bertram Milsom	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 4711

8 December 1928 (1928-12-08) 17	Rochdale	7–4	Hartlepools United	Rochdale
	Stott Brierley Bertram Martin	Report	Mason Briggs Richardson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3017

15 December 1928 (1928-12-15) 18	Carlisle United	4–2	Rochdale	Carlisle
	Cooper McConnell Agar	Report	Stott Barber	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5838

22 December 1928 (1928-12-22) 19	Rochdale	2–1	Rotherham United	Rochdale
	Bertram	Report	Atkinson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2120

25 December 1928 (1928-12-25) 20	Rochdale	4–4	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Milsom Trotman Bertram	Report	Mays Hudson Longmuir (pen.) Graham	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7608

26 December 1928 (1928-12-26) 21	Wrexham	3–0	Rochdale	Wrexham
	Longmuir Gunson Mays	Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 10877

29 December 1928 (1928-12-29) 22	Doncaster Rovers	4–2	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Bott Keetley Patterson	Report	Brierley Littler	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 4191

5 January 1929 (1929-01-05) 23	Rochdale	5–0	Ashington	Rochdale
	Milsom Bertram Martin	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2464

12 January 1929 (1929-01-12) 24	Rochdale	4–0	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Milsom Trotman Bertram	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5115

19 January 1929 (1929-01-19) 25	South Shields Athletic	5–2	Rochdale	South Shields
	Kennedy Parker Stevenson	Report	Milsom Stott	Stadium: Horsley Hill Attendance: 3900

26 January 1929 (1929-01-26) 26	Rochdale	2–1	Nelson	Rochdale
	Milsom Bertram	Report	Halliwell	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4902

2 February 1929 (1929-02-02) 27	Darlington	5–3	Rochdale	Darlington
	Mountford Eden Lewins (o.g.)	Report	Bertram Stott	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 2452

9 February 1929 (1929-02-09) 28	Rochdale	1–1	Southport	Rochdale
	Trotman	Report	Valentine	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3369

16 February 1929 (1929-02-16) 29	Wigan Borough	4–1	Rochdale	Wigan
	Welsby Lievesley Welsh	Report	Robb (o.g.)	Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 3940

23 February 1929 (1929-02-23) 30	New Brighton	6–1	Rochdale	New Brighton
	Cowper Kirk John Parker Wadsworth	Report	Milsom	Stadium: Sandheys Park Attendance: 2946

2 March 1929 (1929-03-02) 31	Rochdale	2–1	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Lewis Milsom	Report	Scullion	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3356

9 March 1929 (1929-03-09) 32	Tranmere Rovers	5–1	Rochdale	Birkenhead
	Jones Charlton Beswick	Report	Milsom	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 4055

16 March 1929 (1929-03-16) 33	Rochdale	1–3	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Milsom	Report	Fielding Newton	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 11281

23 March 1929 (1929-03-23) 34	Halifax Town	1–1	Rochdale	Halifax
	Bell	Report	Milsom	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 3787

29 March 1929 (1929-03-29) 35	Chesterfield	2–1	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Cowan	Report	Milsom	Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 4730

30 March 1929 (1929-03-30) 36	Rochdale	0–2	Lincoln City	Rochdale
		Report	Jenkins 3' Kitching 51'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4848

1 April 1929 (1929-04-01) 37	Rochdale	2–1	Chesterfield	Rochdale
	Lewis	Report	Cowan	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3329

6 April 1929 (1929-04-06) 38	Bradford City	0–0	Rochdale	Bradford
		Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 22669

13 April 1929 (1929-04-13) 39	Rochdale	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Bertram	Report	Jepson	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2894

20 April 1929 (1929-04-20) 40	Hartlepools United	0–2	Rochdale	Hartlepool
		Report	Lewis Bertram	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1835

30 April 1929 (1929-04-30) 41	Rochdale	1–3	Bradford City	Rochdale
	Bertram	Report	Whitehurst Cochrane Cairns	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 20945

4 May 1929 (1929-05-04) 42	Rotherham United	5–0	Rochdale	Rotherham
	Bottrill Orr Parkin	Report		Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 2899

FA Cup

24 November 1928 (1928-11-24) 1	Chesterfield	3–2	Rochdale	Chesterfield
	Roseboom Taylor Neale	Report	Martin Milsom	Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground Attendance: 5214

Lancashire Cup

17 September 1928 (1928-09-17) 1	Barrow	2–1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
		^[1]	Martin	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 2758

Manchester Cup

27 February 1929 (1929-02-27) 2	Manchester City	3–2	Rochdale	Manchester
		^[2]	Milsom	Stadium: Maine Road

References

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

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

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

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