1941–42 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1941–42 season
Manager	Ted Goodier
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League North	22nd
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Cunliffe; All: Jimmy Cunliffe
	← 1940–41 1942–43 →

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.

Statistics

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

Competitions

Football League North

30 August 1941 (1941 -08-30) 1	Rochdale	3 – 2	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Duff Colquhoun			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2445

6 September 1941 (1941 -09-06) 2	Oldham Athletic	3 – 0	Rochdale	Oldham
				Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3000

13 September 1941 (1941 -09-13) 3	Burnley	3 – 1	Rochdale	Burnley
			Duff	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 2000

20 September 1941 (1941 -09-20) 4	Rochdale	1 – 1	Burnley	Rochdale
	Cunliffe			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1995

27 September 1941 (1941 -09-27) 5	Halifax Town	4 – 2	Rochdale	Halifax
			Webster Duff	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 3500

4 October 1941 (1941 -10-04) 6	Rochdale	2 – 2	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	D. Jones Wright			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2014

11 October 1941 (1941 -10-11) 7	Rochdale	1 – 5	Preston North End	Rochdale
	Colquhoun			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2894

18 October 1941 (1941 -10-18) 8	Preston North End	6 – 0	Rochdale	Preston
				Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 3000

25 October 1941 (1941 -10-25) 9	Southport	4 – 1	Rochdale	Southport
			D. Jones	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1500

1 November 1941 (1941 -11-01) 10	Rochdale	4 – 2	Southport	Rochdale
	D. Jones Cunliffe V. Jones			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 975

8 November 1941 (1941 -11-08) 11	Rochdale	1 – 0	Bury	Rochdale
	V. Jones			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1700

15 November 1941 (1941 -11-15) 12	Bury	2 – 3	Rochdale	Bury
			V. Jones Dooley Hunt	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1474

22 November 1941 (1941 -11-22) 13	Bolton Wanderers	3 – 3	Rochdale	Bolton
			Cunliffe	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 2200

29 November 1941 (1941 -11-29) 14	Rochdale	1 – 0	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
	Cunliffe			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

6 December 1941 (1941 -12-06) 15	Rochdale	2 – 2	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
	Taylor Duff			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 488

13 December 1941 (1941 -12-13) 16	Blackburn Rovers	8 – 2	Rochdale	Blackburn
			V. Jones	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 1299

20 December 1941 (1941 -12-20) 17	Rochdale	0 – 5	Blackpool	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1500

25 December 1941 (1941 -12-25) 18	Blackpool	0 – 1	Rochdale	Blackpool
			Cunliffe	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11500

27 December 1941 (1941 -12-27) 19	Rochdale	1 – 0	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Colquhoun			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2317

3 January 1942 (1942 -01-03) 20	Oldham Athletic	3 – 2	Rochdale	Oldham
			Cunliffe Horrabin	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1000

10 January 1942 (1942 -01-10) 21	Rochdale	2 – 0	Leeds United	Rochdale
	F. Smith Taylor			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2107

17 January 1942 (1942 -01-17) 22	Leeds United	5 – 0	Rochdale	Leeds
				Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 3000

14 February 1942 (1942 -02-14) 23	Manchester City	5 – 0	Rochdale	Manchester
				Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 4000

21 February 1942 (1942 -02-21) 24	Southport	2 – 1	Rochdale	Southport
			Duff	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1000

14 March 1942 (1942 -03-14) 25	Rochdale	2 – 8	Liverpool	Rochdale
	Treanor 9' Ancell 19'		Balmer 2', 43', 44' Done 10', 88' (pen.), 89' Nieuwenhuys 19', 65'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2373

21 March 1942 (1942 -03-21) 26	Rochdale	3 – 1	Manchester City	Rochdale
	Cutting Cunliffe			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2323

28 March 1942 (1942 -03-28) 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 (1942 -04-11) 28	Bury	4 – 3	Rochdale	Bury
			Cunliffe Colquhoun D. Jones	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1648

18 April 1942 (1942 -04-18) 29	Rochdale	4 – 1	Bury	Rochdale
	D. Jones Duff Bartholomew			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2010

25 April 1942 (1942 -04-25) 30	Rochdale	2 – 0	Blackpool	Rochdale
	Colquhoun Bartholomew			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2736

2 May 1942 (1942 -05-02) 31	Blackpool	5 – 1	Rochdale	Blackpool
			D. Jones	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 6000

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References

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

[1] Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

[2] A Record of British Wartime Football by Brian McColl

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