1939–40 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1939–40 season
Manager	Ted Goodier
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Regional League - NW Division	9th
League War Cup	3rd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Arthur Richardson (14); All: Arthur Richardson (15)

The 1939–40 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 33rd in existence. They began to compete for their 19th season in the Football League Third Division North, however with the outbreak of World War 2, the league was abandoned, and a wartime league was formed. The F.A. Cup was also cancelled and replaced with the League War Cup.

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3 North		Regional League NW		War League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Peter Robertson	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Tommy Baird	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Sneddon	12	0	3	0	4	0	5	0
	MF	ENG	Dickie Rhodes	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Jim Pearce	21	1	3	0	14	0	4	1
	MF	ENG	Reg Kilsby	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Alex Ferguson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Duff	29	7	2	0	22	3	5	4
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Wynn	22	5	3	1	14	4	5	0
	FW	ENG	Tommy Dutton	16	3	1	0	12	3	3	0
	MF	ENG	Peter Vause	7	1	3	0	4	1	0	0
	DF	SCO	William Keenan	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Wally Reynolds	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Pollard	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Jack Ellis	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Gwyn Jones	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Eastwood	27	0	0	0	22	0	5	0
	DF	ENG	John Neary	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Willie Harker	9	1	0	0	8	1	1	0
	MF	ENG	Ernest Steele	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tommy Prest	5	1	0	0	4	0	1	1
	FW	WAL	Tommy Olsen	13	1	0	0	13	1	0	0
	DF	ENG	George Nevin	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Arthur Warburton	22	0	0	0	17	0	5	0
	GK	ENG	William Carey	17	0	0	0	12	0	5	0
	DF	SCO	Tommy Chester	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Alf Anderson	10	1	0	0	10	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Wally Hunt	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0
	FW	ENG	Arthur Richardson	15	15	0	0	14	14	1	1
	DF	ENG	Tommy Smith	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ernie Robson	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	John Shadwell	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		J. Taylor	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Cliff Chadwick	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Jack Hall	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Alf Ainsworth	4	2	0	0	4	2	0	0
	FW	SCO	Duncan Colquhoun	9	1	0	0	5	0	4	1
	FW	ENG	Sam Earl	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Byrom	12	0	0	0	7	0	5	0
	MF	ENG	Syd Rawlings	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0
	MF	WAL	Doug Redwood	5	2	0	0	1	0	4	2
	MF	ENG	Roland Haworth	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Archie Livingstone	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0
	MF	ENG	Alick Robinson	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Don Carter	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0
	MF		J. McGowan	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tommy Burdett	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0
	MF	ENG	Reg Halton	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Squad Statistics (Non-competitive)

Appearances and goals (Non-competitive)

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Lancashire Cup		Jubilee Fund
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Peter Robertson	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Tommy Baird	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Sneddon	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Dickie Rhodes	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	WAL	Jim Pearce	2	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Reg Kilsby	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Alex Ferguson	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Duff	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Wynn	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Tommy Dutton	2	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Peter Vause	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	William Keenan	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Wally Reynolds	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Pollard	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Jack Ellis	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Gwyn Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Eastwood	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	John Neary	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Willie Harker	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Ernest Steele	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tommy Prest	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	WAL	Tommy Olsen	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	George Nevin	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Arthur Warburton	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	William Carey	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Tommy Chester	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Alf Anderson	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Wally Hunt	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Arthur Richardson	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Tommy Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ernie Robson	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	John Shadwell	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		J. Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Cliff Chadwick	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Jack Hall	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Alf Ainsworth	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Duncan Colquhoun	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Sam Earl	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Byrom	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Syd Rawlings	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	WAL	Doug Redwood	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Roland Haworth	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Archie Livingstone	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Alick Robinson	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Don Carter	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		J. McGowan	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tommy Burdett	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Reg Halton	0	0	0	0	0	0

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

26 August 1939 (1939-08-26) 1	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Rochdale	Doncaster
	Leyfield			Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 10564

29 August 1939 (1939-08-29) 2	Rochdale	1–0	Wrexham	Rochdale
	Wynn			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6300

2 September 1939 (1939-09-02) 3	Rochdale	1–0	York City	Rochdale
	Reynolds			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6288

Regional League - North West Division

21 October 1939 (1939-10-21) 4	Rochdale	1–3	Barrow	Rochdale
	Harker		Jones (o.g.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2300

28 October 1939 (1939-10-28) 5	Southport	3–2	Rochdale	Southport
			Dutton Duff	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 2000

11 November 1939 (1939-11-11) 6	Rochdale	5–1	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Dutton Hunt Wynn			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3098

18 November 1939 (1939-11-18) 7	Bolton Wanderers	4–0	Rochdale	Bolton
				Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 2200

25 November 1939 (1939-11-25) 8	Rochdale	1–1	Preston North End	Rochdale
	Richardson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3291

2 December 1939 (1939-12-02) 9	Burnley	3–1	Rochdale	Burnley
			Wynn	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 1181

9 December 1939 (1939-12-09) 10	Rochdale	3–1	Carlisle United	Rochdale
	Wynn Richardson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1756

23 December 1939 (1939-12-23) 11	Oldham Athletic	0–3	Rochdale	Oldham
			Richardson	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1579

6 January 1940 (1940-01-06) 12	Bury	3–1	Rochdale	Bury
			Richardson	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4437

20 January 1940 (1940-01-20) 13	Rochdale	1–5	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
	Anderson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1629

10 February 1940 (1940-02-10) 14	Barrow	1–1	Rochdale	Barrow-in-Furness
			Richardson	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 2229

24 February 1940 (1940-02-24) 15	Rochdale	1–2	Southport	Rochdale
	Richardson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1300

9 March 1940 (1940-03-09) 16	Accrington Stanley	4–1	Rochdale	Accrington
			Ainsworth	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 950

16 March 1940 (1940-03-16) 17	Rochdale	2–2	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
	Vause Wynn			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2405

23 March 1940 (1940-03-23) 18	Preston North End	5–0	Rochdale	Preston
				Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 5000

30 March 1940 (1940-03-30) 19	Rochdale	1–1	Burnley	Rochdale
	Ainsworth			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500

6 April 1940 (1940-04-06) 20	Carlisle United	1–2	Rochdale	Carlisle
			Olsen Duff	Stadium: Brunton Park

24 April 1940 (1940-04-24) 21	Blackpool	7–2	Rochdale	Blackpool
	Dodds		Rawlings Richardson	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 2500

18 May 1940 (1940-05-18) 22	Rochdale	2–3	Bury	Rochdale
	Richardson Duff			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1305

25 May 1940 (1940-05-25) 23	Rochdale	3–1	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Richardson Carter Livingstone			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2003

28 May 1940 (1940-05-28) 24	Rochdale	3–3	Blackpool	Rochdale
	Richardson Livingstone			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1850

3 June 1940 (1940-06-03) 25	Blackburn Rovers	4–2	Rochdale	Blackburn
	Hargreaves		Burdett	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 353

Jubilee Fund

19 August 1939 (1939-08-19) 26	Rochdale	3–1	Halifax Town	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

War League Cup

13 April 1940 (1940-04-13) 27	Rochdale	3–0	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
	Pearce Duff Redwood			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2500

20 April 1940 (1940-04-20) 28	Rochdale	1–0	Bury	Rochdale
	Prest			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7531

27 April 1940 (1940-04-27) 29	Bury	1–1	Rochdale	Bury
			Duff	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 6885

7 May 1940 (1940-05-07) 30	Everton	5–1	Rochdale	Liverpool
	Lawton		Redwood	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 8335

11 May 1940 (1940-05-11) 31	Rochdale	4–2	Everton	Rochdale
	Colquhoun Duff Richardson			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6601

Lancashire Cup

4 November 1939 (1939-11-04) 32	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Rochdale	Blackburn
				Stadium: Ewood Park

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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
^ "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

[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.

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