1952–53 Rochdale A.F.C. season
# 1952–53 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1952–53 season saw Rochdale compete for their 25th 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 | Trevor Churchill | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Harry Potter | 33 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Harry Boyle | 47 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | WAL | Jack Warner | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Wally Birch | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alistair Buchan | 41 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Jackie Arthur | 16 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Sandy Lister | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Bert Foulds | 34 | 13 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bobby Gilfillan | 43 | 10 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Eric Betts | 27 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Harry Whitworth | 41 | 7 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Joe Lynn | 42 | 6 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Jim Nicholls | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Les Murray | 16 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Brian Sutton | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Charlie Hogan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Eric Downes | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Ray Haddington | 27 | 8 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Bill Watson | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Mark Radcliffe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Billy Morris | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Stan Marriott | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Don Partridge | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | John Graham | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Danny Boxshall | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 | Chester | 46 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 58 | 0.753 | 37 | |
| 21 | Darlington | 46 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 25 | 69 | 0.604 | 34 | |
| 22 | Rochdale | 46 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 56 | 0.747 | 33 | |
| 23 | Workington | 46 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 58 | 0.604 | 32 | Re-elected |
| 24 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 60 | 0.438 | 27 | Re-elected |
