1942–43 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1942–43 season saw Rochdale compete for their 4th season in the wartime league (League North). The season was split into 2 championships. In the 1st Championship, Rochdale finished in 41st position out of 48, and in the 2nd Championship, they finished 21st out of 28. Some matches in the 2nd Championship were also in the League War Cup and Lancashire Cup.

Rochdale
1942–43 season
ManagerTed Goodier
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Football League North41st & 21st
League War Cup1st Round Proper
Top goalscorerLeague: Jimmy Cunliffe
All: Jimmy Cunliffe

Statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Football League North & League War Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   ENG Jimmy Strong 28 0 28 0
GK   ENG Ed Goodall 3 0 3 0
GK    William Folds 1 0 1 0
GK   ENG Arthur Chesters 2 0 2 0
DF   ENG Lew Bradford 34 0 34 0
MF   ENG Joe Duff 15 2 15 2
DF   ENG Len Gallimore 6 0 6 0
DF   SCO Tom Sneddon 10 0 10 0
DF   ENG Gilbert Richmond 9 0 9 0
DF   ENG Jeff Barker 2 0 2 0
DF   ENG Bill Byrom 8 0 8 0
FW   WAL George Murphy 5 3 5 3
DF    F.T. Sweeney 1 0 1 0
MF   ENG Tom Wildsmith 7 0 7 0
DF   ENG Jack Blood 3 0 3 0
FW   ENG George Walton 5 0 5 0
DF   ENG Stan Cutting 7 0 7 0
MF    Arthur Garfoot 1 0 1 0
MF   ENG Tom Dooley 3 0 3 0
MF   ENG Tom Breakwell 17 0 17 0
MF   ENG Jimmy Eastwood 3 2 3 2
DF   ENG Ellis Cornwell 1 0 1 0
DF   SCO Tom Smith 9 0 9 0
DF   ENG John Neary 7 0 7 0
DF   ENG Tom Jones 12 0 12 0
MF   ENG Jim Treanor 2 0 2 0
DF   SCO Bertie Duffy[1] 13 1 13 1
MF    Schofield 1 0 1 0
MF   ENG Billy Burnikell 1 0 1 0
MF    Herbert Palfreyman 3 0 3 0
MF    Webb 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO Duncan Colquhoun 8 1 8 1
MF    A. Jones 1 1 1 1
MF    David Bebb 5 1 5 1
MF    Frank France 1 0 1 0
MF    Thompson 1 0 1 0
MF    Harry Gee 19 7 19 7
MF    Percy Taylor 1 0 1 0
MF    Albert Collinge 1 0 1 0
FW   ENG Jimmy Cunliffe 31 20 31 20
MF    Brown 2 0 2 0
MF    Norman Richmond 1 0 1 0
MF   ENG Eric Wood 29 12 29 12
FW   ENG Verdun Jones 4 0 4 0
FW    James Thorpe 1 0 1 0
FW   ENG Wally Hunt 4 0 4 0
FW    Jack Harker 13 13 13 13
FW    Shaw 1 0 1 0
FW    Walter Horrabin 3 0 3 0
DF   ENG Les Horton 3 0 3 0
FW    N. Miller 1 0 1 0
FW   ENG Frank Curran 1 0 1 0
     J. Manning 1 0 1 0
FW   WAL David LG Jones 15 3 15 3
     Whalley 1 0 1 0
FW   ENG Roland Bartholomew 5 2 5 2
MF   ENG Ron Hornby 1 0 1 0
     Harry Cload 8 4 8 4
DF   ENG Frank Marsh 1 0 1 0
     Byrne 1 0 1 0

Competitions

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Football League North & War League Cup

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29 August  1942 (1942 -08-29) 1 Southport 1 – 1 Rochdale Southport
  Bartholomew   Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 1200
5 September  1942 (1942 -09-05) 2 Rochdale 2 – 3 Southport Rochdale
Colquhoun  
Bartholomew  
    Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 800
12 September  1942 (1942 -09-12) 3 Rochdale 1 – 3 Halifax Town Rochdale
A. Jones       Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1744
19 September  1942 (1942 -09-19) 4 Halifax Town 3 – 0 Rochdale Halifax
    Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 3000
26 September  1942 (1942 -09-26) 5 Rochdale 3 – 1 Oldham Athletic Rochdale
Cunliffe   
Bebb  
  Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1441
3 October  1942 (1942 -10-03) 6 Oldham Athletic 1 – 0 Rochdale Oldham
  Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 2464
10 October  1942 (1942 -10-10) 7 Rochdale 1 – 5 Blackburn Rovers Rochdale
Cunliffe         Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1325
17 October  1942 (1942 -10-17) 8 Blackburn Rovers 6 – 0 Rochdale Blackburn
       Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 850
24 October  1942 (1942 -10-24) 9 Rochdale 3 – 4 Blackpool Rochdale
Cunliffe  
DLG. Jones  
Wood  
     Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1800
31 October  1942 (1942 -10-31) 10 Blackpool 5 – 0 Rochdale Blackpool
      Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 8000
7 November  1942 (1942 -11-07) 11 Burnley 5 – 0 Rochdale Rochdale
      Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 2018
14 November  1942 (1942 -11-14) 12 Rochdale 2 – 1 Burnley Burnley
Harker  
Gee  
  Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 903
21 November  1942 (1942 -11-21) 13 Rochdale 3 – 1 Stockport County Rochdale
Cunliffe  
Duffy  
Cload  
  Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1355
28 November  1942 (1942 -11-28) 14 Stockport County 3 – 2 Rochdale Stockport
    Wood    Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 1500
5 December  1942 (1942 -12-05) 15 Bolton Wanderers 4 – 4 Rochdale Bolton
     Cload   
Harker   
Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 1500
12 December  1942 (1942 -12-12) 16 Rochdale 3 – 1 Bolton Wanderers Rochdale
Cunliffe   
Harker  
  Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1432
19 December  1942 (1942 -12-19) 17 Rochdale 6 – 3 Bury Rochdale
Gee  
Eastwood  
Cunliffe  
Harker   
Wood  
    Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 717
25 December  1942 (1942 -12-25) 18 Bury 4 – 3 Rochdale Bury
     Cload  
Wood   
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2880
26 December  1942 (1942 -12-26) 19 Rochdale 4 – 3 Oldham Athletic Rochdale
Cunliffe   
Eastwood  
Wood  
    Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4582
2 January  1943 (1943 -01-02) 20 Oldham Athletic 2 – 3 Rochdale Oldham
Gee  
Cunliffe  
Wood  
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 1496
9 January  1943 (1943 -01-09) 21 Rochdale 4 – 0 Blackburn Rovers Rochdale
Cunliffe  
Wood  
DLG Jones  
Harker  
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1737
16 January  1943 (1943 -01-16) 22 Blackburn Rovers 2 – 2 Rochdale Blackburn
   Harker  
Cunliffe  
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 2000
23 January  1943 (1943 -01-23) 23 Stockport County 3 – 4 Rochdale Stockport
    Cunliffe  
Gee  
Harker   
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 2000
30 January  1943 (1943 -01-30) 24 Rochdale 6 – 0 Stockport County Rochdale
Wood  
Harker   
Cunliffe    
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2601
6 February  1943 (1943 -02-06) 25 Rochdale 3 – 2 Bury Rochdale
Gee   
DLG Jones  
   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4234
13 February  1943 (1943 -02-13) 26 Bury 1 – 0 Rochdale Bury
  Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4863
20 February  1943 (1943 -02-20) 27 Rochdale 4 – 2 Burnley Rochdale
Murphy    
Wood  
   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3916
27 February  1943 (1943 -02-27) 28 Burnley 1 – 1 Rochdale Burnley
  Gee   Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 2399
6 March  1943 (1943 -03-06) 29 Rochdale 1 – 2 Blackburn Rovers Rochdale
Harker      Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 7296
13 March  1943 (1943 -03-13) 30 Blackburn Rovers 3 – 1 Rochdale Blackburn
    Wood   Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 7865
20 March  1943 (1943 -03-20) 31 Rochdale 1 – 0 Oldham Athletic Rochdale
Cunliffe   Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2722
27 March  1943 (1943 -03-27) 32 Oldham Athletic 3 – 1 Rochdale Oldham
    Cunliffe   Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 2300
3 April  1943 (1943 -04-03) 33 Rochdale 4 – 0 Burnley Rochdale
Cunliffe  
Gee  
Duff   
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1783
10 April  1943 (1943 -04-10) 34 Burnley 2 – 0 Rochdale Burnley
   Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 1500

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References

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  1. ^ "Duffy, Robert – the Celtic Wiki".
  2. ^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
  3. ^ A Record of British Wartime Football by Brian McColl