1940–41 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale

1940–41 season
Manager	Ted Goodier
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
North Regional League	30th
League War Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Wally Sidebottom All: Wally Sidebottom

The 1940–41 season saw Rochdale compete for their second season in the wartime league. Due to the unequal number of games played by the various teams, the North Regional League was decided on goal average only. Rochdale finished 30th out of 36 clubs.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		North Regional League		League War Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	William Carey	5	0	5	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Eric Eastwood	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Duff	26	7	24	7	2	0
	FW	ENG	Arthur Warburton	7	0	7	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	John Neary	4	0	3	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	John Connor	17	0	17	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Sid Rawlings	19	4	19	4	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Cunliffe	11	6	11	6	0	0
	FW	ENG	George Hunt	5	0	5	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Graham	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Wally Sidebottom	17	11	17	11	0	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Byrom	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Eastwood	31	0	29	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Joe Taylor	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Peter Vause	6	1	6	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tommy Dutton	21	3	21	3	0	0
	DF	ENG	Tom Smith	19	0	17	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Wally Hunt	18	10	16	10	2	0
	GK	ENG	Jack Hall	28	0	26	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Sneddon	6	0	4	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Willie Harker	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Reg Mountford	4	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Sutherland	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Vincent Kershaw	5	1	5	1	0	0
	DF	ENG	Tom Jones	18	1	17	1	1	0
	FW	ENG	Alf Bellis	8	2	6	1	2	1
	MF	ENG	Eric Keen	18	0	16	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Micky Fenton	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Dennis Isherwood	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Jack Robinson	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		B. Rothwell	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Percy Taylor	13	3	11	2	2	1
	MF	ENG	James Harrison	1	1	1	1	0	0
	FW		Harry Seddon	7	1	7	1	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jack Johnson	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Alf Ainsworth	3	1	3	1	0	0
	MF		J. Wood	3	1	3	1	0	0
	DF	ENG	Maurice Reeday	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Les Turner	4	0	4	0	0	0
	FW		Walter Horrabin	9	8	9	8	0	0
	FW		A. Hughes	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK		Kenneth Heys	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Norman Kirkman	5	0	5	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Les Horton	6	0	6	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Frank Walkden	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	George Farrow	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Richard Haworth	2	1	2	1	0	0
	MF		Clarke	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	John Chew	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Duncan Colquhoun	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Wynn	2	1	0	0	2	1

Competitions

North Regional League

Rochdale v Manchester United

31 August  1940 (1940 -08-31) 1	Rochdale	1 – 3	Manchester United	Rochdale
	Cunliffe		Aston J. Carey Smith	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2827

Rochdale v Burnley

7 September  1940 (1940 -09-07) 2	Rochdale	1 – 2	Burnley	Rochdale
	Sidebottom			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2100

Crewe Alexandra v Rochdale

14 September  1940 (1940 -09-14) 3	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 1	Rochdale	Crewe
			Duff	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 1000

Stockport County v Rochdale

21 September  1940 (1940 -09-21) 4	Stockport County	4 – 0	Rochdale	Stockport
				Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 2500

Bury v Rochdale

28 September  1940 (1940 -09-28) 5	Bury	7 – 3	Rochdale	Bury
			Vause Cunliffe Dutton	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2365

Rochdale v Preston North End

5 October  1940 (1940 -10-05) 6	Rochdale	2 – 1	Preston North End	Rochdale
	Dutton Sidebottom			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1999

Rochdale v Blackburn Rovers

12 October  1940 (1940 -10-12) 7	Rochdale	1 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
	Dutton			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2246

Blackburn Rovers v Rochdale

19 October  1940 (1940 -10-19) 8	Blackburn Rovers	2 – 0	Rochdale	Blackburn
				Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 1200

Southport v Rochdale

26 October  1940 (1940 -10-26) 9	Southport	2 – 3	Rochdale	Southport
			Cunliffe Kershaw	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1500

Rochdale v Bradford Park Avenue

2 November  1940 (1940 -11-02) 10	Rochdale	1 – 1	Bradford Park Avenue	Rochdale
	Sidebottom			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 803

Preston North End v Rochdale

9 November  1940 (1940 -11-09) 11	Preston North End	5 – 0	Rochdale	Preston
				Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 300

Rochdale v Stockport County

16 November  1940 (1940 -11-16) 12	Rochdale	5 – 3	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Sidebottom Rawlings S.W. Hunt Cunliffe		Catterick	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2130

Burnley v Rochdale

23 November  1940 (1940 -11-23) 13	Burnley	0 – 1	Rochdale	Burnley
			S.W. Hunt	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 1500

Rochdale v Southport

30 November  1940 (1940 -11-30) 14	Rochdale	10 – 0	Southport	Rochdale
	Sidebottom Rawlings S.W. Hunt Bellis			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1002

Bradford Park Avenue v Rochdale

7 December  1940 (1940 -12-07) 15	Bradford Park Avenue	2 – 4	Rochdale	Bradford
			Rawlings Duff S.W. Hunt Stephen (o.g.)	Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 850

Manchester United v Rochdale

14 December  1940 (1940 -12-14) 16	Manchester United	3 – 4	Rochdale	Manchester
	Smith J. Carey		Sidebottom S.W. Hunt Cunliffe	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 1000

Rochdale v Crewe Alexandra

21 December  1940 (1940 -12-21) 17	Rochdale	1 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Duff			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1300

Rochdale v Oldham Athletic

25 December  1940 (1940 -12-25) 18	Rochdale	2 – 3	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	S.W. Hunt Rawlings			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2806

Rochdale v Bury

28 December  1940 (1940 -12-28) 19	Rochdale	0 – 3	Bury	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1700

Manchester City v Rochdale

4 January  1941 (1941 -01-04) 20	Manchester City	9 – 1	Rochdale	Manchester
	Jimmy Currie		S.W. Hunt	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 2000

Rochdale v Manchester City

11 January  1941 (1941 -01-11) 21	Rochdale	1 – 6	Manchester City	Rochdale
	Wood		Jimmy Currie	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1588

Rochdale v Crewe Alexandra

15 January  1941 (1941 -01-15) 22	Rochdale	5 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
	Duff S.W. Hunt Ainsworth Seddon			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 523

Crewe Alexandra v Rochdale

8 March  1941 (1941 -03-08) 23	Crewe Alexandra	2 – 5	Rochdale	Crewe
			Horrabin J. Eastwood	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 500

Rochdale v Bradford City

15 March  1941 (1941 -03-15) 24	Rochdale	2 – 1	Bradford City	Rochdale
	P. Taylor Horrabin			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1380

Huddersfield Town v Rochdale

22 March  1941 (1941 -03-22) 25	Huddersfield Town	11 – 0	Rochdale	Huddersfield
	Metcalfe Price Lodge McKerrell Barclay			Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 386

Rochdale v Leeds United

29 March  1941 (1941 -03-29) 26	Rochdale	2 – 3	Leeds United	Rochdale
	Horrabin Duff			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 784

Stockport County v Rochdale

5 April  1941 (1941 -04-05) 27	Stockport County	1 – 1	Rochdale	Stockport
			Horrabin	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 820

Rochdale v Stockport County

12 April  1941 (1941 -04-12) 28	Rochdale	3 – 1	Stockport County	Rochdale
	P. Taylor Jones Horrabin			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1438

Rochdale v Oldham Athletic

14 April  1941 (1941 -04-14) 29	Rochdale	0 – 4	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1733

Rochdale v Bolton Wanderers

19 April  1941 (1941 -04-19) 30	Rochdale	1 – 3	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
	P. Taylor			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 726

Bradford City v Rochdale

26 April  1941 (1941 -04-26) 31	Bradford City	3 – 3	Rochdale	Bradford
	Richard Haworth Duff Harrison			Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 500

Oldham Athletic v Rochdale

10 May  1941 (1941 -05-10) 32	Oldham Athletic	5 – 0	Rochdale	Oldham
				Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1189

League War Cup

Newcastle United v Rochdale

15 February  1941 (1941 -02-15) 33	Newcastle United	1 – 2	Rochdale	Newcastle upon Tyne
			P. Taylor Bellis	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 3000

Rochdale v Newcastle United

22 February  1941 (1941 -02-22) 34	Rochdale	1 – 3	Newcastle United	Rochdale
	Wynn		Stubbins	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3000

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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
3. "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. ^{[not specific enough to verify]}