on this day ('Pool score first)
Year	Comp	Opposition		Score	Scorers	Att
1910	F.A.Cup	Darlington	A	1-1 D	Fletcher	n/a
1913	F.A.Cup	Sunderland Rovers	A	3-1 W	Smith, Hibbert 2 (1 pen)	n/a
1921	Div 3N	Stockport County	A	0-1 L		10,000
1924	Div 3N	Southport	H	1-2 L	W Smith	3,677
1927	Div 3N	Halifax Town	H	0-1 L		4,571
1932	Div 3N	Darlington	H	2-1 W	Makepeace, Wigham	3,894
1938	Div 3N	Rochdale	H	4-2 W	Woods, Wigham 2, Self	4,446
1949	Div 3N	Doncaster Rovers	A	0-0 D		16,155
1952	Div 3N	Bradford City	A	1-1 D	Wildon	2,265
1953	Div 3N	Scunthorpe United	A	0-0 D		9,102
1955	Div 3N	Scunthorpe United	H	0-2 L		8,170
1958	Div 4	Crystal Palace	A	2-1 W	Thompson, Luke	16,596
1959	Div 4	Notts County	A	0-4 L		10,732
1960	Div 4	Carlisle United	H	0-1 L		3,259
1963	Div 4	Carlisle United	A	1-7 L	Lithgo	7,075
1966	Div 4	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-2 L	Phythian	4,394
1969	Div 4	Aldershot	A	1-4 L	Wright	5,172
1971	Div 4	Stockport County	A	1-2 L	Ashurst	2,573
1974	Div 4	Cambridge United	A	2-3 L	Shoulder, Smith	2,774
1977	Div 4	Crewe Alexandra	A	0-1 L		2,051
1983	Div 4	Tranmere Rovers	H	0-1 L		1,226
1986	Div 4	Crewe Alexandra	H	0-5 L		1,512
1994	Div Three	Exeter City	A	1-2 L	Halliday	2,390
1996	Div Three	Doncaster Rovers	A	1-2 L	Beech	1,471
2005	League 1	Bristol City	A	1-0 W	Proctor	11,365

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Players born on this day
Year	Player	First	Last	Apps	Goals
1902	Billy Fairhurst	1933-34	1934-35	65	0
1936	Ken Jones	1960-61	1961-62	35	0
1971	Tommy Widdrington	2001-02	2002-03	62	5

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Other events
Year
1976	Ken Hale leaves his post as manager of the football club.
1976	Billy Horner becomes the 22nd manager of the club.

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