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1941–42 Rochdale A.F.C. season

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Rochdale
1941–42 season
ManagerTed Goodier
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Football League North22nd
Top goalscorerLeague: Jimmy Cunliffe
All: Jimmy Cunliffe

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

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

Competitions

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Football League North

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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

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