1941–42 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1941–42 season saw Rochdale compete for their 3rd season in the wartime league (League North). The first 18 matches were in the 1st Championship, in which Rochdale finished 22nd out of 38 clubs. The remaining matches were in the 2nd Championship (in which Rochdale did not play enough matches to be included in the final table). These matches were also league war cup qualifiers. Matches 28 to 31 were also in the Lancashire Cup.

Rochdale

1941–42 season
Manager	Ted Goodier
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League North	22nd
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Cunliffe All: Jimmy Cunliffe

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Football League & War League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Jack Hall	4	0	4	0
	DF		Bill Gorman	8	0	8	0
	DF		Bill Byrom	4	0	4	0
	MF		Jim Treanor	30	1	30	1
	MF		Andrew Davenport	5	0	5	0
	DF		Dick Webster	7	1	7	1
	MF		Percy Taylor	15	2	15	2
	FW		Jimmy Cunliffe	24	12	24	12
	FW		Walter Horrabin	8	1	8	1
	FW		Joe Duff	26	7	26	7
	FW		Duncan Colquhoun	23	5	23	5
	FW		J. Wood	2	0	2	0
	FW		Tommy Dutton	1	0	1	0
	DF		Les Horton	4	0	4	0
	DF		Tom Sneddon	21	0	21	0
	GK		Tom Swinburne	5	0	5	0
	MF		Alec Davies	1	0	1	0
	FW		Alf Bellis	1	0	1	0
	GK		Jack Smith (b 1910?)	1	0	1	0
	MF		S. Hanna (Prev. Halifax Town)	1	0	1	0
	MF		William Whitaker (Prev. Kingstonian)	2	0	2	0
	FW		Frank Wright (Prev. Crystal Palace)	3	1	3	1
	FW		David Jones	9	7	9	7
	FW		Les Boulter	1	0	1	0
	MF		John Neary	16	0	16	0
	MF		Ernie Toser	1	0	1	0
	FW		Alf Ainsworth	2	0	2	0
	FW		Richard Haworth	1	0	1	0
	DF		J. Horton (Prev. QPR)	8	0	8	0
	MF		Tom Dooley	15	1	15	1
	FW		Verdun Jones	11	5	11	5
	FW		Fred Smith	11	1	11	1
	GK		Ernie Robson	10	0	10	0
	FW		Wally Hunt	1	0	1	0
	FW		R. Wood	2	0	2	0
	FW		Harry Whitworth	1	0	1	0
	DF		Jeff Barker	1	0	1	0
			J. Shields (Prev. Celtic)	3	0	3	0
			John Middleton (Prev. Stockport County)	1	0	1	0
	GK		Cliff Pitt	7	0	7	0
	MF		Jimmy Eastwood	3	0	3	0
			W. Mangham (Prev. Bolton W.)	2	0	2	0
			Samuel Paton	3	0	3	0
			Robert Delaney	1	0	1	0
	FW		Willie MacFadyen	2	0	2	0
	FW		Bill Walsh	3	0	3	0
	GK		Roy John	2	0	2	0
	DF		Bobby Ancell	1	1	1	1
	FW		Roland Bartholomew	6	4	6	4
	GK		Arthur Chesters	2	0	2	0
	DF		Gilbert Richmond	5	0	5	0
	DF		Stan Cutting	6	1	6	1
			James Thorpe	5	0	5	0
	DF		Norman Kirkman	1	0	1	0
			Frank France	1	0	1	0
	FW		Ossie Jones	1	0	1	0

Competitions

Football League North

30 August  1941 1	Rochdale	3 – 2	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Duff Colquhoun			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2445

6 September  1941 2	Oldham Athletic	3 – 0	Rochdale	Oldham
				Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3000

13 September  1941 3	Burnley	3 – 1	Rochdale	Burnley
			Duff	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 2000

20 September  1941 4	Rochdale	1 – 1	Burnley	Rochdale
	Cunliffe			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1995

27 September  1941 5	Halifax Town	4 – 2	Rochdale	Halifax
			Webster Duff	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 3500

4 October  1941 6	Rochdale	2 – 2	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	D. Jones Wright			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2014

11 October  1941 7	Rochdale	1 – 5	Preston North End	Rochdale
	Colquhoun			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2894

18 October  1941 8	Preston North End	6 – 0	Rochdale	Preston
				Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 3000

25 October  1941 9	Southport	4 – 1	Rochdale	Southport
			D. Jones	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1500

1 November  1941 10	Rochdale	4 – 2	Southport	Rochdale
	D. Jones Cunliffe V. Jones			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 975

8 November  1941 11	Rochdale	1 – 0	Bury	Rochdale
	V. Jones			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1700

15 November  1941 12	Bury	2 – 3	Rochdale	Bury
			V. Jones Dooley Hunt	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1474

22 November  1941 13	Bolton Wanderers	3 – 3	Rochdale	Bolton
			Cunliffe	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 2200

29 November  1941 14	Rochdale	1 – 0	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
	Cunliffe			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

6 December  1941 15	Rochdale	2 – 2	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
	Taylor Duff			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 488

13 December  1941 16	Blackburn Rovers	8 – 2	Rochdale	Blackburn
			V. Jones	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 1299

20 December  1941 17	Rochdale	0 – 5	Blackpool	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

25 December  1941 18	Blackpool	0 – 1	Rochdale	Blackpool
			Cunliffe	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11500

27 December  1941 19	Rochdale	1 – 0	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Colquhoun			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2317

3 January  1942 20	Oldham Athletic	3 – 2	Rochdale	Oldham
			Cunliffe Horrabin	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1000

10 January  1942 21	Rochdale	2 – 0	Leeds United	Rochdale
	F. Smith Taylor			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2107

17 January  1942 22	Leeds United	5 – 0	Rochdale	Leeds
				Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 3000

14 February  1942 23	Manchester City	5 – 0	Rochdale	Manchester
				Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 4000

21 February  1942 24	Southport	2 – 1	Rochdale	Southport
			Duff	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1000

14 March  1942 25	Rochdale	2 – 8	Liverpool	Rochdale
	Treanor Ancell		Balmer Done	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2373

21 March  1942 26	Rochdale	3 – 1	Manchester City	Rochdale
	Cutting Cunliffe			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2323

28 March  1942 27	Liverpool	5 – 2	Rochdale	Liverpool
	Liddell  2', 28', 89' Dorsett  15' Palk  70'	Report	Bartholomew  17', 26'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5000

11 April  1942 28	Bury	4 – 3	Rochdale	Bury
			Cunliffe Colquhoun D. Jones	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1648

18 April  1942 29	Rochdale	4 – 1	Bury	Rochdale
	D. Jones Duff Bartholomew			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2010

25 April  1942 30	Rochdale	2 – 0	Blackpool	Rochdale
	Colquhoun Bartholomew			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2736

2 May  1942 31	Blackpool	5 – 1	Rochdale	Blackpool
			D. Jones	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 6000

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References

1. Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
2. A Record of British Wartime Football by Brian McColl