title: 1951–52 Rochdale A.F.C. season
text: # 1951–52 Rochdale A.F.C. season
  
  The 1951–52 season saw Rochdale compete for their 24th 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 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | DF | ENG | Bill Watson | 37 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | DF | ENG | Fred Fisher | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | | MF | ENG | Harry Whitworth | 33 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | | DF | ENG | Wally Birch | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | | MF | SCO | Alistair Buchan | 42 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | | MF | ENG | Eric Barber | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | FW | ENG | Jimmy Whitehouse | 15 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | | FW | ENG | Bill Jennings | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | MF | ENG | Joe Lynn | 34 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | MF | ENG | Alan Steen | 14 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | | DF | ENG | Arthur Radford | 31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | | FW | ENG | Jim Hazzleton | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | | MF | SCO | Jim Drury | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | MF | ENG | Eric Hayton | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | | MF | ENG | Jackie Arthur | 29 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
  | | FW | ENG | Alan Middlebrough | 23 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | GK | ENG | Jim Nicholls | 31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | | DF | ENG | Eric Downes | 32 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | DF | ENG | Ron Rothwell | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | FW | SCO | Bobby Gilfillan | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | DF | ENG | Joe Coupe | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | MF | ENG | Eric Betts | 29 | 6 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | | FW | ENG | Walter Keeley | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | FW | ENG | Bert Foulds | 26 | 10 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | MF | ENG | Frank Tomlinson | 22 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | | FW | ENG | Alan Ball | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | FW | ENG | Norman Case | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | MF | ENG | Tom Hindle | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | MF | ENG | Don Partridge | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  
  ## Final League Table
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 19 | Chester | 46 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 55 | 0.847 | 39 | |
  | 20 | Halifax Town | 46 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 30 | 74 | 0.629 | 35 | |
  | 21 | Rochdale | 46 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 45 | 0.595 | 35 | |
  | 22 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 58 | 0.663 | 32 | |
  | 23 | Darlington | 46 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 69 | 0.621 | 31 | Re-elected |
  