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1942–43 Rochdale A.F.C. season

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

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

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