| 1927–28 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Jack Peart |
| Stadium | Spotland Stadium |
| Football League Third Division North | 13th |
| FA Cup | 2nd Round |
| Top goalscorer | League:Albert Whitehurst (32) All:Albert Whitehurst (36) |
The1927–28 season wasRochdale A.F.C.'s 21st in existence and their 7th in theFootball League Third Division North.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | League Division 3 North | FA Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK | Harry Moody | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| DF | Willie Brown | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DF | Yaffer Ward | 33 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DF | Ernie Braidwood | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| DF | David Parkes | 31 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| DF | Alex Christie | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FW | Billy Tompkinson | 40 | 11 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 0 | ||
| FW | Billy Bertram | 41 | 14 | 40 | 13 | 1 | 1 | ||
| FW | Albert Whitehurst | 43 | 36 | 41 | 32 | 2 | 4 | ||
| FW | Jack Barber | 31 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| FW | Bobby Hughes | 26 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MF | Henry Martin | 18 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| MF | Jack Hall | 21 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| FW | Joe Clennell | 15 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| DF | Dai Hopkins | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MF | Cecil Halkyard | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DF | John Stephenson | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GK | Eddie Plane | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GK | William Wood | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FW | Bob Schofield | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GK | Jackie Mittell | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DF | Allan Murray | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MF | Uriah Miles | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DF | Walter Webster | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MF | Eric Holroyd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GK | Albert Monks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GK | W. Heywood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MF | Alfred Kellett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Lancashire Cup | Manchester Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK | Harry Moody | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DF | Willie Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DF | Yaffer Ward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DF | Ernie Braidwood | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DF | David Parkes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DF | Alex Christie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FW | Billy Tompkinson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FW | Billy Bertram | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FW | Albert Whitehurst | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FW | Jack Barber | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FW | Bobby Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MF | Henry Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MF | Jack Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FW | Joe Clennell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DF | Dai Hopkins | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MF | Cecil Halkyard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DF | John Stephenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GK | Eddie Plane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GK | William Wood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FW | Bob Schofield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| GK | Jackie Mittell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DF | Allan Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MF | Uriah Miles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DF | Walter Webster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MF | Eric Holroyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GK | Albert Monks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GK | W. Heywood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MF | Alfred Kellett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Wrexham | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 64 | 67 | 0.955 | 42 |
| 12 | Halifax Town | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 73 | 71 | 1.028 | 41 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 74 | 77 | 0.961 | 41 |
| 14 | Rotherham United | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 65 | 69 | 0.942 | 39 |
| 15 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 69 | 81 | 0.852 | 38 |
| 27 August 1927 (1927-08-27)1 | Barrow | 1–3 | Rochdale | Barrow-in-Furness |
| Brown | Report | Bertram Barber Whitehurst | Stadium:Holker Street Attendance: 7783 |
| 30 August 1927 (1927-08-30)2 | Rochdale | 2–1 | Stockport County | Rochdale |
| Bertram Hughes | Report | Burgess | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 10253 |
| 3 September 1927 (1927-09-03)3 | Rochdale | 1–0 | Nelson | Rochdale |
| Whitehurst | Report | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9869 |
| 10 September 1927 (1927-09-10)4 | Wigan Borough | 1–2 | Rochdale | Wigan |
| Fenner | Report | Bertram Whitehurst | Stadium:Springfield Park Attendance: 5275 |
| 17 September 1927 (1927-09-17)5 | Rotherham United | 3–1 | Rochdale | Rotherham |
| Parkin Scott | Report | Whitehurst | Stadium:Millmoor Attendance: 4911 |
| 24 September 1927 (1927-09-24)6 | Rochdale | 5–1 | Southport | Rochdale |
| Whitehurst Parkes Bertram Tompkinson | Report | Hamilton | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6264 |
| 1 October 1927 (1927-10-01)7 | Durham City | 3–2 | Rochdale | Durham |
| Robson Leedham | Report | Tompkinson Gurkin | Stadium:Holiday Park Attendance: 2354 |
| 8 October 1927 (1927-10-08)8 | Rochdale | 3–0 | Wrexham | Rochdale |
| Tompkinson Whitehurst | Report | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7493 |
| 15 October 1927 (1927-10-15)9 | Chesterfield | 1–3 | Rochdale | Chesterfield |
| Oxley | Report | Hughes Whitehurst | Stadium:Saltergate Attendance: 5439 |
| 22 October 1927 (1927-10-22)10 | Rochdale | 0–3 | Lincoln City | Rochdale |
| Report | Pegg Dinsdale Basnett | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5229 |
| 29 October 1927 (1927-10-29)11 | Hartlepools United | 0–2 | Rochdale | Hartlepool |
| Report | Parkes Hughes | Stadium:Victoria Park Attendance: 4086 |
| 5 November 1927 (1927-11-05)Abandoned | Rochdale | 1 a 1 | Accrington Stanley | Rochdale |
| Tompkinson | [1] | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000 |
| 12 November 1927 (1927-11-12)12 | New Brighton | 2–1 | Rochdale | New Brighton |
| Harley | Report | Bertram | Stadium:Sandheys Park Attendance: 4409 |
| 19 November 1927 (1927-11-19)13 | Rochdale | 3–3 | Bradford City | Rochdale |
| Russell Tompkinson Whitehurst | Report | Harvey Richardson Summers | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5952 |
| 3 December 1927 (1927-12-03)14 | Rochdale | 4–0 | Crewe Alexandra | Rochdale |
| Whitehurst Tompkinson Martin | Report | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3991 |
| 17 December 1927 (1927-12-17)15 | Rochdale | 4–1 | Darlington | Rochdale |
| Whitehurst Tompkinson Hughes | Report | Cochrane | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3912 |
| 24 December 1927 (1927-12-24)16 | Doncaster Rovers | 5–2 | Rochdale | Doncaster |
| T. Keetley Philipson Hall | Report | Whitehurst Bertram | Stadium:Belle Vue Attendance: 5291 |
| 27 December 1927 (1927-12-27)17 | Bradford Park Avenue | 4–1 | Rochdale | Bradford |
| Hart Quantrill Taylor | Report | Bertram | Stadium:Park Avenue Attendance: 21762 |
| 31 December 1927 (1927-12-31)18 | Rochdale | 3–0 | Barrow | Rochdale |
| Tompkinson Clennell | Report | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3973 |
| 2 January 1928 (1928-01-02)19 | Stockport County | 5–1 | Rochdale | Stockport |
| Newton Smith Scullion | Report | Tompkinson | Stadium:Edgeley Park Attendance: 10571 |
| 3 January 1928 (1928-01-03)20 | Rochdale | 0–4 | Bradford Park Avenue | Rochdale |
| Report | Hart Quantrill | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5481 |
| 7 January 1928 (1928-01-07)21 | Nelson | 6–3 | Rochdale | Nelson |
| McClure McGuire Radford Harry Taylor | Report | Whitehurst Clennell | Stadium:Seedhill Attendance: 2539 |
| 14 January 1928 (1928-01-14)22 | Ashington | 5–1 | Rochdale | Ashington |
| Graham Johnson Wood Chipperfiled | Report | Whitehurst | Stadium:Portland Park Attendance: 1223 |
| 21 January 1928 (1928-01-21)23 | Rochdale | 3–0 | Wigan Borough | Rochdale |
| Bertram Whitehurst | Report | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3626 |
| 4 February 1928 (1928-02-04)24 | Southport | 3–1 | Rochdale | Southport |
| Marshall Devine | Report | Tompkinson | Stadium:Haig Avenue Attendance: 2731 |
| 11 February 1928 (1928-02-11)25 | Rochdale | 1–0 | Durham City | Rochdale |
| Bertram | Report | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1458 |
| 18 February 1928 (1928-02-18)26 | Wrexham | 2–1 | Rochdale | Wrexham |
| Harris Bob T Jones | Report | Whitehurst | Stadium:Racecourse Ground Attendance: 4157 |
| 25 February 1928 (1928-02-25)27 | Rochdale | 5–1 | Chesterfield | Rochdale |
| Whitehurst Bertram | Report | Williams | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2602 |
| 28 February 1928 (1928-02-28)28 | Rochdale | 2–1 | Rotherham United | Rochdale |
| Whitehurst Hall | Report | Scott | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1885 |
| 3 March 1928 (1928-03-03)29 | Lincoln City | 3–1 | Rochdale | Lincoln |
| Dinsdale Pringle | Report | Whitehurst | Stadium:Sincil Bank Attendance: 5760 |
| 10 March 1928 (1928-03-10)30 | Rochdale | 0–1 | Hartlepools United | Rochdale |
| Report | Robinson | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2582 |
| 17 March 1928 (1928-03-17)31 | Accrington Stanley | 1–0 | Rochdale | Accrington |
| Barclay | Report | Stadium:Peel Park Attendance: 3885 |
| 24 March 1928 (1928-03-24)32 | Rochdale | 0–0 | New Brighton | Rochdale |
| Report | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2404 |
| 31 March 1928 (1928-03-31)33 | Bradford City | 2–2 | Rochdale | Bradford |
| Scriven Cairns | Report | Miles Hughes | Stadium:Valley Parade Attendance: 10565 |
| 6 April 1928 (1928-04-06)34 | Tranmere Rovers | 3–0 | Rochdale | Birkenhead |
| Flanagan Bevan Urmson | Report | Stadium:Prenton Park Attendance: 10053 |
| 7 April 1928 (1928-04-07)35 | Rochdale | 2–2 | Ashington | Rochdale |
| Bertram Whitehurst | Report | Robert Robinson Johnson | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3309 |
| 9 April 1928 (1928-04-09)36 | Rochdale | 1–2 | Tranmere Rovers | Rochdale |
| Whitehurst | Report | Charlton Flanagan | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3069 |
| 10 April 1928 (1928-04-10)37 | Halifax Town | 1–1 | Rochdale | Halifax |
| Waites | Report | Whitehurst | Stadium:The Shay Attendance: 3595 |
| 14 April 1928 (1928-04-14)38 | Crewe Alexandra | 1–1 | Rochdale | Crewe |
| Owen | Report | Miles | Stadium:Gresty Road Attendance: 2887 |
| 21 April 1928 (1928-04-21)39 | Rochdale | 2–2 | Halifax Town | Rochdale |
| Murray Whitehurst | Report | Coleman Dixon | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2099 |
| 28 April 1928 (1928-04-28)40 | Darlington | 1–0 | Rochdale | Darlington |
| Gregg | Report | Stadium:Feethams Attendance: 2708 |
| 1 May 1928 (1928-05-01)41 | Rochdale | 3–2 | Accrington Stanley | Rochdale |
| Whitehurst Bertram | Report | Barber Barclay | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1443 |
| 5 May 1928 (1928-05-05)42 | Rochdale | 1–0 | Doncaster Rovers | Rochdale |
| Webster | Report | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1768 |
| 26 November 1927 (1927-11-26)1 | Rochdale | 8–2 | Crook Town | Rochdale |
| Whitehurst Clennell Martin | Report | Duffy Mitchell | Stadium:Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4139 |
| 10 December 1927 (1927-12-10)2 | Darlington | 2–1 | Rochdale | Darlington |
| Ruddy | Report | Bertram | Stadium:Feethams Attendance: 7571 |
| 7 October 1927 (1927-10-07)2 | Manchester United | 4–2 | Rochdale | Manchester |
| [2] | Whitehurst | Stadium:Old Trafford |