1942–43 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1942–43 season
Manager	Ted Goodier
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League North	41st & 21st
League War Cup	1st Round Proper
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Cunliffe; All: Jimmy Cunliffe
	← 1941–42 1943–44 →

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.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Football League North & League War Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

Football League North & War League Cup

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

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

[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

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