# 1940–41 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1940–41 season saw Rochdale compete for their second season in the wartime league. Due to the unequal number of games played by the various teams, the North Regional League was decided on goal average only. Rochdale finished 30th out of 36 clubs.

## Statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | North Regional League | North Regional League | League War Cup | League War Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ENG | William Carey | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Eric Eastwood | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Joe Duff | 26 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Arthur Warburton | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | John Neary | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | John Connor | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Sid Rawlings | 19 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Jimmy Cunliffe | 11 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | George Hunt | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Billy Graham | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Wally Sidebottom | 17 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Bill Byrom | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Jimmy Eastwood | 31 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Joe Taylor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Peter Vause | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Tommy Dutton | 21 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Tom Smith | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Wally Hunt | 18 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Jack Hall | 28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Tom Sneddon | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Willie Harker | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Reg Mountford | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Harry Sutherland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | | Vincent Kershaw | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Tom Jones | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Alf Bellis | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | ENG | Eric Keen | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Micky Fenton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Dennis Isherwood | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Jack Robinson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | | B. Rothwell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | | Percy Taylor | 13 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | ENG | James Harrison | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | | Harry Seddon | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Jack Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Alf Ainsworth | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | | J. Wood | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Maurice Reeday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Les Turner | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | | Walter Horrabin | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | | A. Hughes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | | Kenneth Heys | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Norman Kirkman | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Les Horton | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Frank Walkden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | George Farrow | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Richard Haworth | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | | Clarke | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | John Chew | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Duncan Colquhoun | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Jimmy Wynn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |