on this day ('Pool score first)
Year	Comp	Opposition		Score	Scorers	Att
1913	N-E League	Jarrow	H	5-1 W	Marsh, Brewis 3, Baker (pen)	n/a
1919	Northern VL	Middlesbrough	A	2-8 L	W Hibbert 2	12,000
1924	Div 3N	Rotherham County	A	0-5 L		6,000
1930	Div 3N	Carlisle United	H	1-0 W	Thompson	4,816
1947	Div 3N	Carlisle United	H	4-1 W	Harden, Scott, Sloan, Price	4,372
1952	Div 3N	Accrington Stanley	A	0-0 D		4,755
1958	Div 3N	Wrexham	H	1-2 L	P Thompson	6,749
1969	Div 3	Bournemouth	A	0-4 L		6,246
1980	Div 4	Peterborough United	H	1-2 L	Hampton	2,887
1997	Div Three	Scunthorpe United	H	0-1 L		1,300
2003	Div Three	Darlington	A	2-2 D	Boyd (pen), Clarke	5,832

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Players born on this day
Year	Player	First	Last	Apps	Goals
1894	George Waite	1926-27		26	7
1909	Billy Brown	1946-47	1947-48	85	0
1916	Len Robertson	1945-46		2	0
1926	Billy Burnett	1948-49	1953-54	204	19
1946	Kevin McMahon	1973-74	1975-76	126	34
1957	Graeme Hedley	1984-85		38	10
1979	Stuart Irvine	1996-97	1998-99	38	2

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Other events
Year
1971	Len Ashurst becomes the 20th manager of the club.
1971	John Simpson leaves his post as manager of the football club.

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