1916–17 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1916–17 season
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League Lancs	8th & 1st
Top goalscorer	Billy Halligan
	← 1915–16 1917–18 →

The 1916–17 season saw Rochdale compete for their second season in the wartime football league, during World War I. Rochdale competed in the Lancashire section and finished 8th in the Principle Tournament and 1st in the Subsidiary Tournament.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Football League Lancs		Friendlies
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Arthur Causer	20	0	20	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Billy Biggar	11	0	10	0	1	0
	GK	ENG	Tom Kay	6	0	6	0	0	0
	DF		W.S. Anderson	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Jack Barton	4	0	4	0	0	0
	DF		W.A. Wemyss	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Jack Page	4	0	4	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Herbert Tyler	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Danny Crossan	14	1	13	1	1	0
	DF		Alfred Caldwell	9	0	9	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Harry Millership	24	0	23	0	1	0
	MF		Herbert Tierney	25	0	24	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	James Henderson	14	0	13	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Vince Hayes	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		J. Harrison	4	0	3	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Jack Hebden	7	0	7	0	0	0
	DF		W. Hartley	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		N. Fielding	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		W.R. Roberts	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jim Tully	24	4	23	1	1	3
	MF		A. Walker	26	12	26	12	0	0
	MF		J.E. Butterworth	3	0	3	0	0	0
	MF		J. Litherland	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Tweedale Rigg	12	1	11	1	1	0
	MF		A. Poles	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		C.E. Walters	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Robert Frith	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	EIR	Pat O'Connell	18	1	17	0	1	1
	MF	ENG	Archie Rawlings	35	3	35	3	0	0
	MF		L. Walkden	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Yarwood	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Broster	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tom Page	5	2	5	2	0	0
	FW		Bob Thomas	26	14	26	14	0	0
	MF		R. Smith	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Tommy Meehan	18	5	18	5	0	0
	FW	WAL	Frank Curtis	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	EIR	Billy Halligan	35	20	34	18	1	2
	MF	ENG	Eli Turner	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Albert Smith	28	3	27	3	1	0
	FW		W. Kehoe	5	1	5	1	0	0
	FW		P. Roscoe	1	0	1	0	0	0

Competitions

Football League - Lancashire Section

2 September 1916 (1916 -09-02) 1	Stockport County	3–0	Rochdale	Stockport
				Stadium: Edgeley Park

9 September 1916 (1916 -09-09) 2	Rochdale	2–0	Bury	Rochdale
	T.Page ? (o.g.)			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

16 September 1916 (1916 -09-16) 3	Stoke City	1–1	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
	Turner		Kehoe	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 6000

23 September 1916 (1916 -09-23) 4	Rochdale	1–1	Southport Central	Rochdale
	Halligan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

30 September 1916 (1916 -09-30) 5	Blackburn Rovers	6–1	Rochdale	Blackburn
	Chapman		Thomas	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 5000

7 October 1916 (1916 -10-07) 6	Rochdale	2–2	Manchester City	Rochdale
	T.Page (pen.) Halligan		Barnes Brennan	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

14 October 1916 (1916 -10-14) 7	Everton	3–0	Rochdale	Liverpool
				Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 11000

21 October 1916 (1916 -10-21) 8	Rochdale	4–1	Blackpool	Rochdale
	Thomas Halligan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

28 October 1916 (1916 -10-28) 9	Rochdale	0–6	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

4 November 1916 (1916 -11-04) 10	Port Vale	1–1	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
	G. Shelton		Tully	Stadium: Old Recreation Ground

11 November 1916 (1916 -11-11) 11	Rochdale	4–1	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Thomas Halligan A. Smith			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

18 November 1916 (1916 -11-18) 12	Preston North End	1–2	Rochdale	Preston
			Halligan Rawlings	Stadium: Deepdale

25 November 1916 (1916 -11-25) 13	Rochdale	1–2	Burnley	Rochdale
	Halligan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

2 December 1916 (1916 -12-02) 14	Manchester United	1–1	Rochdale	Manchester
	Anderson		Thomas	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 3000

9 December 1916 (1916 -12-09) 15	Rochdale	3–2	Liverpool	Rochdale
	Rawlings Walker			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4000

16 December 1916 (1916 -12-16) 16	Rochdale	4–0	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Thomas Halligan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

23 December 1916 (1916 -12-23) 17	Bury	1–2	Rochdale	Bury
			A. Smith Crossan (pen.)	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1000

30 December 1916 (1916 -12-30) 18	Rochdale	0–1	Stoke City	Rochdale
			Bridgett	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

6 January 1917 (1917 -01-06) 19	Southport Central	3–0	Rochdale	Southport
				Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 2000

13 January 1917 (1917 -01-13) 20	Rochdale	3–0	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
	Thomas Meehan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

20 January 1917 (1917 -01-20) 21	Manchester City	2–1	Rochdale	Manchester
	Wynn Barnes		Thomas	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 7000

27 January 1917 (1917 -01-27) 22	Rochdale	2–1	Everton	Rochdale
	Halligan Meehan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

3 February 1917 (1917 -02-03) 23	Blackpool	0–2	Rochdale	Blackpool
			Thomas Halligan	Stadium: Bloomfield Road

10 February 1917 (1917 -02-10) 24	Bolton Wanderers	1–3	Rochdale	Bolton
			Walker	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 1500

17 February 1917 (1917 -02-17) 25	Rochdale	1–3	Port Vale	Rochdale
	Thomas		Lockett Bentley (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

24 February 1917 (1917 -02-24) 26	Oldham Athletic	1–0	Rochdale	Oldham
				Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3500

3 March 1917 (1917 -03-03) 27	Rochdale	1–2	Preston North End	Rochdale
	Rawlings			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

10 March 1917 (1917 -03-10) 28	Burnley	4–3	Rochdale	Burnley
			Walker Thomas Halligan	Stadium: Turf Moor

17 March 1917 (1917 -03-17) 29	Rochdale	2–0	Manchester United	Rochdale
	Meehan Halligan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

24 March 1917 (1917 -03-24) 30	Liverpool	4–0	Rochdale	Liverpool
				Stadium: Anfield

31 March 1917 (1917 -03-31) 31	Bolton Wanderers	0–1	Rochdale	Bolton
			A. Smith	Stadium: Burnden Park

6 April 1917 (1917 -04-06) 32	Bury	0–2	Rochdale	Bury or Rochdale
			Walker Meehan	Stadium: Gigg Lane or Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

7 April 1917 (1917 -04-07) 33	Rochdale	2–2	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Halligan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

9 April 1917 (1917 -04-09) 34	Bury	2–3	Rochdale	Bury or Rochdale
			Halligan Rigg	Stadium: Gigg Lane or Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

14 April 1917 (1917 -04-14) 35	Rochdale	5–1	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
	Walker Meehan			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2000

21 April 1917 (1917 -04-21) 36	Oldham Athletic	1–2	Rochdale	Oldham
			Walker Halligan Tierney	Stadium: Boundary Park

Friendlies

25 December 1916 (1916 -12-25)	Rochdale	6–2	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Halligan Tully O'Connell			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1000

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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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