# 1939–40 Rochdale A.F.C. season

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 | Total | Division 3 North | Division 3 North | Regional League NW | Regional League NW | War League Cup | War League Cup | Lancashire Cup | Lancashire Cup | Jubilee Fund | 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 |