1956–57 Rochdale A.F.C. season
# 1956–57 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1956–57 season saw Rochdale compete for their 29th season in the Football League Third Division North.

## Statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division 3 North | Division 3 North | F.A. Cup | F.A. Cup | Lancashire Cup | Lancashire Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ENG | Jimmy Jones | 45 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Charlie Ferguson | 41 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Billy McCulloch | 47 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Jackie Grant | 47 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Bev Glover | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy McGuigan | 28 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Arnold Kendall | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Eddie Wainwright | 39 | 10 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tommy Todd | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | WAL | Gwyn Lewis | 28 | 11 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Jimmy Anders | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Danny Murphy | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | George Lyons | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Frank Lord | 34 | 15 | 33 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Bernard Stonehouse | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andy McLaren | 23 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Albert Morton | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Joe Devlin | 28 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Jim Storey | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Brian Green | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Reg Tapley | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Cyril Lello | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Steve Parr | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Gerry Molloy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Eddie Moran | 14 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave Pearson | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Terry Mulvoy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Jim Brown | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Derek Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Ray Calderbank | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Billy Duff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Final League Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | Halifax Town | 46 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 46 | 0.929 | 49 | |
| 12 | Wrexham | 46 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 63 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 34 | 41 | 1.311 | 48 | Welsh Cup winners |
| 13 | Rochdale | 46 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 46 | 1.000 | 48 | |
| 14 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | 46 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 33 | 1.029 | 45 | |
| 15 | Carlisle United | 46 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 49 | 0.894 | 45 | |
