1943–44 Rochdale A.F.C. season

Rochdale
1943–44 season
Manager	Ted Goodier
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
Football League North	13th & 24th
League War Cup	2nd round
Top goalscorer	League: Jack Harker; All: Jack Harker
	← 1942–43 1944–45 →

The 1943–44 season saw Rochdale compete for their 5th season in the wartime league (League North). The season was split into 2 championships. In the 1st Championship, Rochdale finished in 13th position out of 50, and in the 2nd Championship, they finished 24th out of 50. 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	Bill Fielding	12	0	12	0
	GK	ENG	Arthur Chesters	26	0	26	0
	DF	ENG	Lew Bradford	38	0	38	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Byrom	36	0	36	0
	MF	ENG	Tom Wildsmith	14	0	14	0
	MF	ENG	Tom Dooley	3	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Eastwood	2	0	2	0
	MF		Edward Mulligan	3	1	3	1
	MF	ENG	Tom Breakwell	3	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Joe Duff	35	5	35	5
	MF	ENG	Jim Treanor	5	0	5	0
	DF	ENG	Leslie Lievesley	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Ellis Cornwell	3	0	3	0
	FW	ENG	Arthur Warburton	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Tom Jones	21	0	21	0
	MF	ENG	John Neary	3	0	3	0
	DF	ENG	George Haigh	33	2	33	2
	MF	WAL	Bob Davies	1	0	1	0
	MF		Jimmy? Macauley	1	0	1	0
	FW	WAL	George Murphy	1	0	1	0
	MF		John McGahie?	1	0	1	0
	MF		Percy Taylor	9	2	9	2
	MF		Harry Gee	25	11	25	11
	MF		S. Connor	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Cunliffe	21	9	21	9
	DF	ENG	Les Horton	2	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Charles Windle	1	0	1	0
	MF		Michael O'Mahoney	3	0	3	0
	MF		John Banner	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Eric Wood	37	15	37	15
	FW	ENG	Jack Gallon	1	0	1	0
	FW		Jack Harker	22	26	22	26
	FW		Roy Carrick	1	0	1	0
	FW		Ernest Morris	11	4	11	4
	MF	ENG	James Harrison	17	5	17	5
	FW		Arthur Joseph	1	0	1	0
	FW		Willie Miller	7	0	7	0
	MF	ENG	Jackie Wharton	3	1	3	1
	FW		Bill Rudd (snr)	2	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Richard Maudsley	4	0	4	0
	FW	WAL	Doug Redwood	2	1	2	1
	FW	WAL	Tom Sibley	3	3	3	3
	FW		Jimmy Jones	1	0	1	0

Competitions

Football League North & War League Cup

28 August 1943 (1943 -08-28) 1	Blackpool	6 – 1	Rochdale	Blackpool
			Harker	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 8000

4 September 1943 (1943 -09-04) 2	Rochdale	2 – 6	Blackpool	Rochdale
	Cunliffe Harker			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4330

11 September 1943 (1943 -09-11) 3	Rochdale	6 – 1	Southport	Rochdale
	Harker Wood			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2032

18 September 1943 (1943 -09-18) 4	Southport	4 – 4	Rochdale	Southport
			Harker	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 2700

25 September 1943 (1943 -09-25) 5	Oldham Athletic	2 – 0	Rochdale	Oldham
				Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 2570

2 October 1943 (1943 -10-02) 6	Rochdale	2 – 1	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Harker Wood			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2023

9 October 1943 (1943 -10-09) 7	Halifax Town	2 – 2	Rochdale	Halifax
			Harker Duff	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 3160

16 October 1943 (1943 -10-16) 8	Rochdale	4 – 3	Halifax Town	Rochdale
	Mulligan Gee Cunliffe			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2343

23 October 1943 (1943 -10-23) 9	Blackburn Rovers	6 – 1	Rochdale	Blackburn
			Cunliffe	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 3822

30 October 1943 (1943 -10-30) 10	Rochdale	2 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
	Wood Cunliffe			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3161

6 November 1943 (1943 -11-06) 11	Rochdale	3 – 1	Burnley	Rochdale
	Wood Harker Gee			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3214

13 November 1943 (1943 -11-13) 12	Burnley	2 – 0	Rochdale	Burnley
				Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 2200

20 November 1943 (1943 -11-20) 13	Stockport County	1 – 3	Rochdale	Stockport
			Cunliffe Redwood	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 1800

27 November 1943 (1943 -11-27) 14	Rochdale	2 – 0	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Harker			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1122
Note: Match abandoned after 74 minutes because of fog, but the result stood.

4 December 1943 (1943 -12-04) 15	Rochdale	2 – 1	Bradford City	Rochdale
	Harker			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2290

11 December 1943 (1943 -12-11) 16	Bradford City	3 – 0	Rochdale	Bradford
				Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 2500

18 December 1943 (1943 -12-18) 17	Bury	1 – 4	Rochdale	Bury
			Harrison Harker Gee Wood	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2134

25 December 1943 (1943 -12-25) 18	Rochdale	5 – 0	Bury	Rochdale
	Gee Cunliffe Wood Harrison Harker			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3103

27 December 1943 (1943 -12-27) 19	Rochdale	5 – 0	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
	Harker Cunliffe			Stadium: Spotland Stadium

1 January 1944 (1944 -01-01) 20	Bolton Wanderers	2 – 2	Rochdale	Bolton
			Gee Harrison	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 6786

8 January 1944 (1944 -01-08) 21	Blackburn Rovers	3 – 1	Rochdale	Blackburn
			Wood	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 4530

15 January 1944 (1944 -01-15) 22	Rochdale	4 – 0	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
	Wood Gee Harrison			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4055

22 January 1944 (1944 -01-22) 23	Burnley	2 – 2	Rochdale	Burnley
			Gee	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 1825

29 January 1944 (1944 -01-29) 24	Rochdale	3 – 1	Burnley	Rochdale
	Morris Taylor			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5000

5 February 1944 (1944 -02-05) 25	Rochdale	0 – 0	Southport	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4330

12 February 1944 (1944 -02-12) 26	Southport	2 – 4	Rochdale	Southport
			Gee Harrison Harker	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 3500

19 February 1944 (1944 -02-19) 27	Blackpool	2 – 0	Rochdale	Blackpool
				Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 8000

26 February 1944 (1944 -02-26) 28	Rochdale	0 – 2	Blackpool	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9911

4 March 1944 (1944 -03-04) 29	Burnley	3 – 3	Rochdale	Burnley
	Gee Wood Sibley			Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 6166

11 March 1944 (1944 -03-11) 30	Rochdale	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Burnley	Rochdale
	Duff Sibley			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 7023
Note: Result counted as a draw in the league and a win in the League Cup.

18 March 1944 (1944 -03-18) 31	Blackpool	8 – 0	Rochdale	Blackpool
	Dix Mortensen			Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 25000

25 March 1944 (1944 -03-25) 32	Rochdale	2 – 1	Blackpool	Rochdale
	Duff			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 8706

1 April 1944 (1944 -04-01) 33	Rochdale	4 – 0	Oldham Athletic	Rochdale
	Wood Duff Haigh			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4188

8 April 1944 (1944 -04-08) 34	Oldham Athletic	0 – 2	Rochdale	Oldham
			Wood Wharton	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 7620

10 April 1944 (1944 -04-10) 35	Rochdale	1 – 4	Stockport County	Rochdale
	Wood			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5700

15 April 1944 (1944 -04-15) 36	Stockport County	3 – 2	Rochdale	Stockport
			Sibley Wood	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 3000

22 April 1944 (1944 -04-22) 37	Tranmere Rovers	1 – 0	Rochdale	Birkenhead
				Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 1500

29 April 1944 (1944 -04-29) 38	Rochdale	4 – 1	Tranmere Rovers	Rochdale
	Morris Wood Taylor			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1693

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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

[1] Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097

[2] A Record of British Wartime Football by Brian McColl

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