on this day ('Pool score first)
Year	Comp	Opposition		Score	Scorers	Att
1908	F.A.Cup	West Hartlepool	A	2-1 W	Brown, Smith	n/a
1914	N-E League	Newcastle United Reserves	H	1-2 L	Hibbert	n/a
1925	Div 3N	Grimsby Town	H	1-1 D	C Hardy	6,096
1931	Div 3N	Gateshead	A	1-3 L	Dixon	10,223
1936	Div 3N	Chester	H	0-1 L		12,220
1953	Div 3N	Halifax Town	H	2-0 W	Harden, Wildon	8,255
1959	Div 4	Exeter City	H	4-3 W	Anderson (pen), Luke, Clark 2	3,804
1960	Div 4	Rochdale	A	0-4 L		3,852
1964	Div 4	Millwall	H	1-0 W	Thompson	10,734
1967	Div 4	Newport County	A	0-2 L		2,781
1970	Div 4	Newport County	H	2-2 D	Crook, Bircumshaw	3,247
1973	Div 4	Exeter City	A	0-2 L		4,461
1981	Div 4	Hereford United	A	1-1 D	Bird	2,247
1987	Div 4	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-1 D	Baker (pen)	2,128
1995	F.L. Cup	Arsenal	A	0-5 L		27,194
1998	Div Three	Leyton Orient	A	1-1 D	Midgley (pen)	3,745

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Players born on this day
Year	Player	First	Last	Apps	Goals
1929	Charlie Weatherspoon	1952-53		3	2
1980	Michael Proctor	2005-06	2006-07	32	7

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Other events
Year
1988	John Bird leaves his post as manager of the football club.

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