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 (11); All: Wally Sidebottom (11)

The 1940–41 season was Rochdale A.F.C.'s 34th in existence and their second 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.

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		North Regional League		League War Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

League War Cup

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

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

^ 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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