on this day ('Pool score first)
Year	Comp	Opposition		Score	Scorers	Att
1913	F.A.Cup	Birtley	H	4-0 W	Lowe, Smith 2, Bryden	n/a
1919	N-E League	Sunderland Reserves	A	0-1 L		n/a
1924	Div 3N	Lincoln City	H	1-1 D	S Hardy	4,233
1930	Div 3N	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-2 L	Simmons	2,697
1947	Div 3N	Barrow	H	0-3 L		6,761
1952	Div 3N	Wrexham	A	2-3 L	Elder, McClure	9,243
1958	Div 4	Gateshead	A	0-3 L		3,927
1968	Div 3	Barrow	H	1-4 L	Blowman	3,086
1969	Div 4	Wrexham	H	1-3 L	Thompson	3,024
1975	Div 4	Huddersfield Town	A	0-2 L		4,183
1976	Div 4	Stockport County	H	1-1 D	Rowlands	1,685
1980	Div 4	Crewe Alexandra	H	6-2 W	Kerr, Houchen 2, Newton 2, Hampton	3,098
1983	Div 4	Crewe Alexandra	A	0-2 L		2,117
1986	Div 4	Northampton Town	H	3-3 D	Hogan (pen), Dixon, Wilcox (og)	1,657
1997	Div Three	Brighton & Hove Alb	H	0-0 D		2,561
2002	Div Three	York City	H	0-0 D		5,789
2003	Div Two	Notts County	A	0-1 L		5,011

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Players born on this day
Year	Player	First	Last	Apps	Goals
1953	John Honour	1972-73	1975-76	127	7
1965	Phil Malley	1983-84		1	0
2003	Div Two	Notts County	A	0-1 L		5,011
2005	League 1	Gillingham	H	3-1 W	Daly, Sweeney, Bullock	4,522

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Other events
Year
1986	Billy Horner leaves his post as manager of the football club.
1986	John Bird becomes the 26th manager of the club.

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