Games Played on this day ('Pool score first)
Year	Comp	Opposition		Score	Scorers	Att
1913	N-E League	Wingate Albion	A	0-1 L		n/a
1919	Northern VL (War)	South Shields	H	2-1 W	R Thompson 2	6,000
1930	Div 3N	Doncaster Rovers	H	3-0 W	Race 2, W Mordue	5,555
1939	Div 3N	New Brighton	A	2-5 L	Woods 2	1,453
1947	Div 3N	Lincoln City	A	2-5 L	McMahon 2	7,414
1958	Div 3N	Tranmere Rovers	A	2-3 L	P Thompson, Rayment	8,338
1964	Div 4	Gillingham	A	0-2 L		7,536
1969	Div 3	Rotherham United	H	0-3 L		3,677
1979	F.A.Cup	Leeds United	H	2-6 L	Newton 2 (2 pens)	16,000
1986	Div 4	Cambridge United	H	2-1 W	Honour 2	3,045
1992	Div Three	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-2 D	Olsson, Kelly(og)	6,129
1997	Div Three	Doncaster Rovers	H	2-4 L	Howard, Cooper (pen)	1,708
2003	Div Three	Oxford United	H	3-1 W	Humphreys, Richardson 2	5,049

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Players born on this day
Year	Player	First	Last	Apps	Goals
1961	Peter Beardsley	1998-99		24	2
1969	Rob Moverley	1988-89	1989-90	36	0

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Other events
Year
1999	Mick Tait leaves his post as manager of the football club.
1999	Brian Honour and Paul Baker become caretaker managers of the club.

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