1927–28 Rochdale A.F.C. season

{{Extended football squad start|League Division 3 North|FA Cup}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Harry Moody|19|0|2|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Willie Brown|16|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Yaffer Ward|32|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Ernie Braidwood|27|0|2|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=David Parkes|29|2|2|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Alex Christie|33|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Billy Tompkinson|38|11|2|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Billy Bertram|40|13|1|1}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Albert Whitehurst|41|32|2|4}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Jack Barber|29|1|2|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Bobby Hughes|26|5|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Henry Martin|16|1|2|1}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Jack Hall|20|1|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Joe Clennell|13|2|2|3}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=Dai Hopkins|8|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Cecil Halkyard|7|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=John Stephenson|22|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Eddie Plane|2|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=William Wood|1|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Bob Schofield|3|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=WAL|pos=GK|name=Jackie Mittell|19|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Allan Murray|5|1|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Uriah Miles|7|2|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Walter Webster|7|1|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Eric Holroyd|1|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Albert Monks|1|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=|pos=GK|name=W. Heywood|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Alfred Kellett|0|0|0|0}}

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{{Extended football squad start|Lancashire Cup|Manchester Cup}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Harry Moody|1|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Willie Brown|1|0|0|0}}

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{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Ernie Braidwood|1|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=David Parkes|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Alex Christie|1|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Billy Tompkinson|1|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Billy Bertram|1|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Albert Whitehurst|1|2|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Jack Barber|1|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Bobby Hughes|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Henry Martin|0|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Jack Hall|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Joe Clennell|0|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=Dai Hopkins|1|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Cecil Halkyard|0|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=John Stephenson|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Eddie Plane|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=William Wood|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Bob Schofield|0|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=WAL|pos=GK|name=Jackie Mittell|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Allan Murray|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Uriah Miles|0|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Walter Webster|0|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Eric Holroyd|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Albert Monks|0|0|0|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=|pos=GK|name=W. Heywood|0|0|1|0}}

{{Extended football squad player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Alfred Kellett|0|0|1|0}}

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{{Main|1927–28 Football League Third Division North}}

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{{Main|1927–28 Football League}}

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|report =Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. {{ISBN|1874427097}} |team1 = Rochdale|team2 =Accrington Stanley|goals1 =Tompkinson {{goal}}|score =1 a 1|goals2 = {{goal}}|stadium =Spotland Stadium|location =Rochdale|attendance =3000|result = P|referee =}}

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Tompkinson {{goal}}
Whitehurst {{goal}}|goals2 =Harvey {{goal}}
Richardson {{goal}}
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Tompkinson {{goal}}
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Philipson {{goal}}{{goal}}
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McGuire {{goal}}
Radford {{goal}}{{goal}}{{goal}}
Harry Taylor {{goal}}|goals2 =Whitehurst {{goal}}{{goal}}
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Johnson {{goal}}
Wood {{goal||o.g.}}
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Bob T Jones {{goal}}|goals2 =Whitehurst {{goal}}|stadium =Racecourse Ground|location =Wrexham|attendance =4157|result = L|referee =}}

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Bertram {{goal}}|goals2 =Williams {{goal}}|stadium =Spotland Stadium|location =Rochdale|attendance =2602|result = W|referee =}}

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Hall {{goal}}|goals2 =Scott {{goal}}|stadium =Spotland Stadium|location =Rochdale|attendance =1885|result = W|referee =}}

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Cairns {{goal}}|goals2 =Miles {{goal}}
Hughes {{goal}}|stadium =Valley Parade|location =Bradford|attendance =10565|result = D|referee =}}

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Bevan {{goal}}
Urmson {{goal}}|goals2 =|stadium =Prenton Park|location =Birkenhead|attendance =10053|result = L|referee =}}

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Whitehurst {{goal}}|goals2 =Robert Robinson {{goal}}
Johnson {{goal}}|stadium =Spotland Stadium|location =Rochdale|attendance =3309|result = D|referee =}}

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Flanagan {{goal}}|stadium =Spotland Stadium|location =Rochdale|attendance =3069|result = L|referee =}}

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Whitehurst {{goal}}|goals2 =Coleman {{goal}}
Dixon {{goal}}|stadium =Spotland Stadium|location =Rochdale|attendance =2099|result = D|referee =}}

{{football box collapsible|date ={{Start date|1928|4|28|df=y}}|round =40|time = |report =https://www.11v11.com/matches/darlington-v-rochdale-28-april-1928-147138/|team1 =Darlington|score = 1–0|team2 = Rochdale|goals1 =Gregg {{goal}}|goals2 =|stadium =Feethams|location =Darlington|attendance =2708|result = L|referee =}}

{{football box collapsible|date ={{Start date|1928|5|1|df=y}}|round =41|time = |report =https://www.11v11.com/matches/rochdale-v-accrington-stanley-01-may-1928-147146/|team1 = Rochdale|score = 3–2|team2 =Accrington Stanley|goals1 =Whitehurst {{goal}}{{goal}}
Bertram {{goal}}|goals2 =Barber {{goal||o.g.}}
Barclay {{goal||pen.}}|stadium =Spotland Stadium|location =Rochdale|attendance =1443|result = W|referee =}}

{{football box collapsible|date ={{Start date|1928|5|5|df=y}}|round =42|time = |report =https://www.11v11.com/matches/rochdale-v-doncaster-rovers-05-may-1928-147152/|team1 = Rochdale|score = 1–0|team2 =Doncaster Rovers|goals1 =Webster {{goal}}|goals2 =|stadium =Spotland Stadium|location =Rochdale|attendance =1768|result = W|referee =}}

{{Main|1927–28 FA Cup}}

{{football box collapsible|date ={{Start date|1927|11|26|df=y}}|round =1|time = |report =https://www.11v11.com/matches/rochdale-v-crook-town-26-november-1927-207493/|team1 = Rochdale|score = 8–2 |team2 =Crook Town|goals1 =Whitehurst {{goal}}{{goal}}{{goal}}{{goal}}
Clennell {{goal}}{{goal}}{{goal}}
Martin {{goal}}|goals2 =Duffy {{goal}}
Mitchell {{goal}}|stadium =Spotland Stadium|location =Rochdale|attendance =4139|result = W|referee =}}

{{football box collapsible|date ={{Start date|1927|12|10|df=y}}|round =2|time = |report =https://www.11v11.com/matches/darlington-v-rochdale-10-december-1927-207514/|team1 =Darlington|score = 2–1|team2 = Rochdale|goals1 =Ruddy {{goal}}{{goal}}|goals2 =Bertram {{goal}}|stadium =Feethams|location =Darlington|attendance =7571|result = L|referee =}}

{{football box collapsible|date ={{Start date|1927|10|7|df=y}}|round =2|time = |report= Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. {{ISBN|1874427097}} |team1 =Manchester United|score = 4–2|team2 = Rochdale|goals1 ={{goal}}{{goal}}{{goal}}{{goal}}|goals2 =Whitehurst {{goal}}{{goal}}|stadium =Old Trafford|location =Manchester|attendance =|result = L|referee =}}

{{football box collapsible|date ={{Start date|1928|1|10|df=y}}|round =2|time = |report=Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. {{ISBN|1874427097}}|team1 =Mossley|score = 4–0|team2 = Rochdale|goals1 ={{goal}}{{goal}}{{goal}}{{goal}}|goals2 =|stadium =Seel Park|location =Mossley|attendance =|result = L|referee =}}

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{{1927–28 in English football}}

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