1931–32 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale

1931–32 season
Football League Third Division North	21st
FA Cup	First Round
← 1930–31 1931–32 →

The 1931–32 season saw Rochdale compete in the Football League Third Division North where they finished in 21st position with 11 points.^[1]

Rochdale endured a terrible season as they finished bottom of the Third Division North after managing just four wins. During the season they went on a record-breaking run of 17 straight defeats.^[2]

Final league table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Lincoln City	40	26	5	9	106	47	2.255	57
2	Gateshead	40	25	7	8	94	48	1.958	57
3	Chester	40	21	8	11	78	60	1.300	50
4	Tranmere Rovers	40	19	11	10	107	58	1.845	49
5	Barrow	40	24	1	15	86	59	1.458	49
6	Crewe Alexandra	40	21	6	13	95	66	1.439	48
7	Southport	40	18	10	12	58	53	1.094	46
8	Hull City	40	20	5	15	82	53	1.547	45
9	York City	40	18	7	15	76	81	0.938	43
10	Wrexham	40	18	7	15	64	69	0.928	43
11	Darlington	40	17	4	19	66	69	0.957	38
12	Stockport County	40	13	11	16	55	53	1.038	37
13	Hartlepools United	40	16	5	19	78	100	0.780	37
14	Accrington Stanley	40	15	6	19	75	80	0.938	36
15	Doncaster Rovers	40	16	4	20	59	80	0.738	36
16	Walsall	40	16	3	21	57	85	0.671	35
17	Halifax Town	40	13	8	19	61	87	0.701	34
18	Carlisle United	40	11	11	18	64	79	0.810	33
19	Rotherham United	40	14	4	22	63	72	0.875	32
20	New Brighton	40	8	8	24	38	76	0.500	24
21	Rochdale	40	4	3	33	48	135	0.356	11

Results

Rochdale's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Third Division North

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	29 August 1931	Accrington Stanley	H	2 – 2	6,974	Jones, Juyan
2	31 August 1931	Rotherham United	A	0 – 5	6,431
3	5 September 1931	Wrexham	A	0 – 4	7,390
4	7 September 1931	Stockport County	A	1 – 3	3,941	Watson
5	12 September 1931	Carlisle United	H	4 – 3	4,382	Watson (2), Everest, Steele
6	15 September 1931	Stockport County	H	1 – 0	4,384	Williams
7	19 September 1931	Crewe Alexandra	A	0 – 1	6,358
8	26 September 1931	Darlington	H	1 – 1	3,703	McAleer
9	3 October 1931	Doncaster Rovers	H	3 – 1	4,641	McAleer, Watson (2)
10	10 October 1931	Southport	A	1 – 3	5,442	Steele
11	17 October 1931	Halifax Town	A	2 – 3	4,082	Everest, Murray
12	24 October 1931	Walsall	H	0 – 1	2,845
13	31 October 1931	Gateshead	A	1 – 3	7,227	Jones
14	7 November 1931	New Brighton	H	3 – 2	1,888	Jones, Everest (2)
15	14 November 1931	Barrow	A	1 – 4	2,542	Watson
16	21 November 1931	Hull City	H	3 – 6	4,593	Watson (2), Nisbet
17	5 December 1931	Chester	H	0 – 3	3,119
18	12 December 1931	Hartlepool United	A	0 – 3	3,085
19	25 December 1931	Tranmere Rovers	A	1 – 9	5,719	Murray
20	26 December 1931	Tranmere Rovers	H	3 – 6	3,993	Brown, Murray, Everest
21	2 January 1932	Accrington Stanley	A	0 – 3	1,824
22	9 January 1932	Lincoln City	A	0 – 3	6,737
23	16 January 1932	Wrexham	H	2 – 4	1,749	Everest, Steele
24	23 January 1932	Carlisle United	A	0 – 4	3,812
25	30 January 1932	Crewe Alexandra	H	2 – 3	1,978	Howard, Brown
26	6 February 1932	Darlington	A	1 – 3	2,764	Nisbet
27	13 February 1932	Doncaster Rovers	A	0 – 2	2,856
28	20 February 1932	Southport	H	0 – 1	2,894
29	27 February 1932	Halifax Town	H	1 – 4	3,154	Crowther
30	5 March 1932	Walsall	A	1 – 2	2,601	Brown
31	12 March 1932	Gateshead	H	0 – 3	2,526
32	19 March 1932	New Brighton	A	1 – 1	2,362	Brown
33	25 March 1932	York City	A	2 – 5	5,285	McAleer, Howard
34	26 March 1932	Barrow	H	0 – 6	2,189
35	28 March 1932	York City	H	3 – 5	1,387	McAleer, Brown (2)
36	2 April 1932	Hull City	A	1 – 4	3,611	Hogg
37	9 April 1932	Lincoln City	H	3 – 5	1,038	McAleer (2), Williams
38	16 April 1932	Chester	A	2 – 7	4,658	McAleer, Howard
39	23 April 1932	Hartlepool United	H	1 – 3	1,379	Bimson
40	7 May 1932	Rotherham United	H	1 – 4	1,724	Howard

FA Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	28 November 1931	Scunthorpe United	A	1 – 2

References

1. "Rochdale 1931/32". Statto. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
2. "Records". Football League. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

External links

• Up the Dale 1931–32
• Rochdale 1931–32 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)