Games Played on this day ('Pool score first)
Year	Comp	Opposition		Score	Scorers	Att
1908	N-E League	North Shields Athletic	A	1-3 L	F Tweddle	n/a
1914	F.A.Cup	Bishop Auckland	H	6-2 W	Strugnell, Butler 3, Hibbert, Luke	n/a
1925	Div 3N	Southport	A	1-1 D	S Hardy	3,762
1931	Div 3N	York City	A	1-3 L	Dixon	4,113
1936	Div 3N	Darlington	A	5-5 D	J Scott, Hill, English, Robertson, Wigham	4,817
1953	F.A.Cup	Mansfield Town	H	1-1 D	Willetts (pen)	11,779
1959	Div 4	Millwall	H	0-2 L		2,677
1964	Div 4	Aldershot	H	1-1 D	Harrison	5,165
1972	F.A.Cup	Rhyl	A	0-1 L		3,000
1973	F.A.Cup	Scunthorpe United	A	0-0 D		4,478
1981	F.A. Cup	Wigan Athletic	A	2-2 D	P Linacre, Newton	5,303
1987	Div 4	Tranmere Rovers	H	1-2 L	Toman	2,443
1998	Div Three	Scarborough	A	2-1 W	Midgley, Brightwell	1,775
1999	F.A. Cup	Hereford United	A	0-1 L		4,914

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Players born on this day
Year	Player	First	Last	Apps	Goals
1893	Harry Harrison	1926-27	1927-28	70	0
1950	Eric Tunstall	1968-69		1	0
1964	Phil Ray	1983-84		7	1

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Other events
Year
2002	Colin West leaves his post as caretaker manager of the football club.
2002	Mike Newell becomes the 38th manager of the club.

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