on this day ('Pool score first)
Year	Comp	Opposition		Score	Scorers	Att
1911	N-E League	Carlisle United	A	1-2 L	Grierson	n/a
1922	Div 3N	Rochdale	H	0-2 L		4,774
1933	Div 3N	Barrow	A	2-2 D	Wigham 2	4,676
1944	North League	Middlesbrough	H	2-3 L	Harrison 2	4,784
1950	Div 3N	Barrow	H	6-1 W	Wildon 3, McClure 2, McGuigan	5,783
1961	F.A.Cup	Blyth Spartans	H	5-1 W	Folland 3, Johnson, Parkes	5,416
1967	Div 4	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-2 L	Bradshaw (og)	5,604
1972	Div 4	Aldershot	H	1-1 D	Waddell	3,181
1978	Div 4	Port Vale	A	0-2 L		3,195
1980	Div 4	Scunthorpe United	H	2-0 W	Sweeney, Hampton	4,400
1981	Div 4	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-2 L	Houchen	2,328
1986	Div 4	Torquay United	H	2-1 W	Dixon, Honour	1,623
1988	Div Four	Halifax Town	A	0-1 L		2,182
1989	Div Four	Wrexham	H	3-0 W	McEwan (pen), Allon, Dalton	1,724
1995	Div Three	Lincoln City	A	1-1 D	Allon	2,939
1997	Div Three	Swansea City	A	2-0 W	Cullen, Baker	2,949
2000	Div Three	Scunthorpe United	A	0-3 L		3,241
2006	League 2	Barnet	H	0-1 L		3,778

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Players born on this day
Year	Player	First	Last	Apps	Goals
1953	Mick Buckley	1983-84		8	0

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Other events
Year
1996	Keith Houchen leaves his post as manager of the football club.
1996	Mick Tait becomes the 34th manager of the club.

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