1939–40 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale 1939–40 football 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 All: Arthur Richardson
← 1938–39 1940–41 →

The 1939–40 season saw Rochdale begin 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.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 3 North		Regional League NW		War League Cup		Lancashire Cup		Jubilee Fund
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Peter Robertson	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Tommy Baird	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Sneddon	13	0	3	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Dickie Rhodes	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	WAL	Jim Pearce	23	1	3	0	14	0	4	1	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Reg Kilsby	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Alex Ferguson	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Duff	31	7	2	0	22	3	5	4	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Wynn	24	5	3	1	14	4	5	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Tommy Dutton	18	3	1	0	12	3	3	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Peter Vause	8	1	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	William Keenan	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Wally Reynolds	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Harry Pollard	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Jack Ellis	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Gwyn Jones	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Eastwood	28	0	0	0	22	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	John Neary	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Willie Harker	9	1	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Ernest Steele	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tommy Prest	5	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	WAL	Tommy Olsen	14	1	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	George Nevin	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Arthur Warburton	23	0	0	0	17	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	William Carey	18	0	0	0	12	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Tommy Chester	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Alf Anderson	11	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Wally Hunt	3	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Arthur Richardson	15	15	0	0	14	14	1	1	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Tommy Smith	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ernie Robson	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	John Shadwell	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		J. Taylor	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Cliff Chadwick	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Jack Hall	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Alf Ainsworth	4	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Duncan Colquhoun	9	1	0	0	5	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Sam Earl	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Byrom	12	0	0	0	7	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Syd Rawlings	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	WAL	Doug Redwood	5	2	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Roland Haworth	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Archie Livingstone	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Alick Robinson	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Don Carter	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		J. McGowan	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tommy Burdett	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Reg Halton	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Competitions

Football League Third Division North

Doncaster Rovers v Rochdale

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

Rochdale v Wrexham

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

Rochdale v York City

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

Regional League - North West Division

Rochdale v Barrow

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

Southport v Rochdale

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

Rochdale v Accrington Stanley

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

Bolton Wanderers v Rochdale

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

Rochdale v Preston North End

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

Burnley v Rochdale

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

Rochdale v Carlisle United

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

Oldham Athletic v Rochdale

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

Bury v Rochdale

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

Rochdale v Blackburn Rovers

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

Barrow v Rochdale

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

Rochdale v Southport

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

Accrington Stanley v Rochdale

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

Rochdale v Bolton Wanderers

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

Preston North End v Rochdale

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

Rochdale v Burnley

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

Carlisle United v Rochdale

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

Blackpool v Rochdale

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

Rochdale v Bury

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

Rochdale v Oldham Athletic

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

Rochdale v Blackpool

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

Blackburn Rovers v Rochdale

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

Jubilee Fund

Rochdale v Halifax Town

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

War League Cup

Rochdale v Accrington Stanley

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

Rochdale v Bury

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

Bury v Rochdale

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

Everton v Rochdale

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

Rochdale v Everton

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

Lancashire Cup

Blackburn Rovers v Rochdale

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

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.

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