1941–42 Rochdale A.F.C. season
# 1941–42 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1941–42 season saw Rochdale compete for their 3rd season in the wartime league (League North). The first 18 matches were in the 1st Championship, in which Rochdale finished 22nd out of 38 clubs. The remaining matches were in the 2nd Championship (in which Rochdale did not play enough matches to be included in the final table). These matches were also league war cup qualifiers. Matches 28 to 31 were also in the Lancashire Cup.

## Statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Football League & War League Cup | Football League & War League Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ENG | Jack Hall | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | IRL | Bill Gorman | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Bill Byrom | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Jim Treanor | 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| | MF | | Andrew Davenport | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Dick Webster | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| | MF | | Percy Taylor | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 |
| | FW | ENG | Jimmy Cunliffe | 24 | 12 | 24 | 12 |
| | FW | | Walter Horrabin | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| | FW | ENG | Joe Duff | 26 | 7 | 26 | 7 |
| | FW | SCO | Duncan Colquhoun | 23 | 5 | 23 | 5 |
| | FW | | J. Wood | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Tommy Dutton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Les Horton | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Tom Sneddon | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Tom Swinburne | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alec Davies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Alf Bellis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | | Jack Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | | S. Hanna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | | William Whitaker | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | | Frank Wright | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | | David Jones | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| | FW | WAL | Les Boulter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | John Neary | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Ernie Toser | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Alf Ainsworth | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Richard Haworth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | | J. Horton | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Tom Dooley | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| | FW | ENG | Verdun Jones | 11 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
| | FW | | Fred Smith | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| | GK | ENG | Ernie Robson | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Wally Hunt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | | R. Wood | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Harry Whitworth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Jeff Barker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | | J. Shields | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | | John Middleton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Cliff Pitt | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Jimmy Eastwood | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | | W. Mangham | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | | Samuel Paton | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | | Robert Delaney | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie MacFadyen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Bill Walsh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | GK | WAL | Roy John | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Ancell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | ENG | Roland Bartholomew | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| | GK | ENG | Arthur Chesters | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Gilbert Richmond | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Stan Cutting | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| | | | James Thorpe | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Norman Kirkman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | | Frank France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | WAL | Ossie Jones | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
