On this day ('Pool score first)
Year	Comp	Opposition		Score	Scorers	Att
1909	N-E League	Wallsend Park Villa	A	2-2 D	Brown, Fletcher	n/a
1912	N-E League	Spennymoor United	H	2-0 W	Grierson, Fletcher	n/a
1915	N-E League	Carlisle United	A	0-0 D		n/a
1920	N-E League	Spennymoor United	H	2-0 W	Hewitt, Short	n/a
1926	Div 3N	Coventry City	A	2-5 L	Wenlsey, Richardson	4,744
1937	Div 3N	Lincoln City	H	3-1 W	Robertson, Self, Proctor	5,552
1948	Div 3N	Southport	H	2-0 W	Nevins 2	5,941
1954	Div 3N	Chesterfield	H	0-1 L		6,238
1961	Div 4	Rochdale	H	2-0 W	Parkes 2	3,771
1965	Div 4	Wrexham	H	1-0 W	Thompson	3,923
1967	Div 4	Halifax Town	H	1-3 L	Parry	3,479
1969	Div 3	Tranmere Rovers	A	0-1 L		2,861
1971	Div 4	Aldershot	A	0-1 L		3,687
1972	Div 4	Darlington	A	2-1 W	Green, Waddell	8,809
1976	Div 4	Brentford	H	1-0 W	Scaife	1,276
1979	Div 4	Scunthorpe United	A	1-3 L	Houchen	1,339
1982	Div 4	Port Vale	H	3-1 W	P Linacre, Newton (pen), Staff	1,439
1987	Div 4	Tranmere Rovers	H	1-1 D	Toman	1,195
1990	Div Four	Grimsby Town	A	0-0 D		8,687
1992	Div Three	Wigan Athletic	A	1-1 D	MacPhail	2,002
1993	Div Two	Swansea City	A	0-3 L		5,301
1999	Div Three	Mansfield Town	A	0-2 L		3,337
2000	Div Three	Darlington	A	1-1 D	Miller	6,746
2004	Div Two	Rushden And Diamonds	A	2-0 W	E Williams, Boyd	4568

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Players born on this day
Year	Player	First	Last	Apps	Goals
1936	Jackie Smith	1953-54	1959-60	124	50
1944	Chris Simpkin	1976-77	1977-78	49	0
1971	Stephen Plaskett	1988-89	1989-90	22	0
1973	Ian McGuckin	1991-92	1996-97	186	9

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Other events on this day
Year
1970	Angus McLean leaves his post as manager of the football club.
1970	John Simpson becomes the 19th manager of the club.

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