Matches on this day ('Pool score first)
Year	Comp	Opposition		Score	Scorers	Att
1913	N-E League	Sunderland Rovers	H	3-1 W	Fletcher, Baker (pen), Brewis	n/a
1919	Northern VL	Sunderland	A	2-6 L	Butler, J Hibbert (pen)	12,000
1930	Div 3N	Halifax Town	H	3-0 W	Pedwell 2, Thompson	3,022
1936	Div 3N	Crewe Alexandra	A	2-3 L	Moses, Wigham	3,808
1938	Div 3N Cup	Southport	A	0-6 L		1,000
1958	Div 3N	Carlisle United	A	2-1 W	K Johnson, Rayment	7,670
1964	Div 4	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1-4 L	Fogarty	8,664
1975	Div 4	Bradford City	H	1-2 L	Moore	3,278
1977	Div 4	Huddersfield Town	A	1-4 L	Creamer	5,493
1984	Div 4	Crewe Alexandra	H	2-1 W	Lowe, Dobson	2,059
1992	Div Three	Preston North End	H	2-0 W	Peake, Baker	2,140
1997	Div Three	Torquay United	H	1-1 D	Beech	1,548
2003	Div Three	York City	A	0-0 D		5,953
2004	Div Two	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-1 L		20,732
2005	League 1	Luton Town	H	2-3 L	Davis (og), Robson	5,542

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Players born on this day
Year	Player	First	Last	Apps	Goals
1931	Ken Johnson	1949-50	1963-64	413	106
1952	Terry Gaffney	1977-78		15	1
1954	David Harvey	1970-71		5	0

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Other events
Year
1993	Alan Murray leaves his post as manager of the football club.
1993	Viv Busby becomes the 30th manager of the club.

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