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Date Opposition H/A

FT

HT Scorer Scorer Attd  Pts Pos Yellow Red
Sat
18-Aug
 Portsmouth (h) 2-1 0-0 Crowe 54
Taylor 68
Gordon 89 30,191 2      
Wed
22-Aug
 Cardiff City (a) 2-5 1-2 Davies 5,63 McSeveney 10
Nugent 40,55
Ford 66,77
35,833 2      
Sat
25-Aug
 mackems (a) 2-1 1-0 Milburn 39
Davies 87
Shackleton 53 51,032 4      
Wed
29-Aug
 Cardiff City (h) 1-0 0-0 Keeble 90+1   34,859 6      
Sat
01-Sep
 Sheffield Wednesday (a) 0-4 0-3   Finney 39
Broadbent 41
Shiner 44
Quixall 47
36,270 6      
Wed
05-Sep
 Birmingham City (a)  1-6 0-3 Keeble 56 Murphy 12,37
Govan 20,75,79
Kinsey 71
32,506 6      
Sat
08-Sep
 Manchester United (h) 1-1 0-0 Milburn 85 Whelan 67 50,133 7      
Mon
10-Sep
 Morton (a)  3-1 2-0 Davies 1-0
Milburn 2-0,3-1
Baird 2-1 6,000 - -    
Sat
15-Sep
 Arsenal (a) 1-0 0-0 Hannah 75   46,318 9      
Wed
19-Sep
 Hearts (h) 1-2 1-1 Keeble 10 Young 38
McFazdean 57
23,780        
Sat
22-Sep
 Burnley (h) 1-1 0-1 Keeble 73 Pilkington 2 36,790 10      
Sat
29-Sep
 Preston North End (a) 0-1 0-1   Thompson 5 29,189 10      
Wed
03-Oct

 Hibernian

(h) 2-1 0-1 Milburn 67
Hannah 71
Turnbull 16 16,668        
Sat
06-Oct

 Luton Town

(h) 2-2 1-1 Hannah 18
Milburn 66
Turner 44,78 36,941 11      
Wed
10-Oct

 Linfield

(a) 4-1 2-0 Milburn 2
Hannah 12,76
Mitchell 48
Weatherup 61 35,000 - -    
Sat
13-Oct

 Aston Villa   

(a) 1-3 1-3 Eastham 44 Smith 6,14
Sewell 9
35,038 11      
Wed
17-Oct

 Partick Thistle

(a) 1-4 1-3 Milburn 28 Hogan 26,39
Smith 27
Ewing 90
10,000        
Sat
20-Oct

 Manchester City 

(h) 0-3 0-2   Fagan 17
Johnstone 19
Dyson 46
34,802 11      
Mon
22-Oct

 British Olympic XI

(h) 5-0 3-0 Curry 8,18,20.47,80   8,860 - -    
Sat
27-Oct

 Charlton Athletic

(a) 1-1 1-1 Curry 12 Ayre 2 21,473 12      
Mon
29-Oct

 Reading  

(a) 3-2 1-0 Curry 1-0
Eastham 65
White 85
Dixon 2-1
Reeves 87pen
7,023 - -    
Sat
03-Nov

 Leeds United      

(h) 2-3 1-1 Keeble 36
Davies 81
McKenna 22,68
Charles 74
49,034 12      
Mon
05-Nov
 Hearts   (a) 0-0 0-0     18,000        
Sat
10-Nov
 Spurs  (a) 1-3 1-1 White 5 Smith 45,60
Robb 65
51,722 12      
Wed
14-Nov

 Partick Thistle

(h) 5-0 2-0 Milburn 1-0
Keeble 2-0,4-0
Keery 3-0
Spears 5-0
  8,880        
Sat
17-Nov

 Everton        

(h) 0-0 0-0     32,263 13      
Sat
24-Nov

 Blackpool 

(a) 3-2 2-2 Casey 15
White 28
Milburn 77
Mudie 38
Durie 41
18,258 15      
Mon
26-Nov

 Hibernian

(a) 3-1 1-0 Milburn 29,88
White 57
Fraser 84 8,000        
Sat
01-Dec

 Wolves 

(h) 2-1 1-0 Curry 31
White 59
Hooper 72 37,562 17      
Sat
08-Dec

 Bolton Wanderers    

(a) 1-3 1-2 Davies 29 Webster 40
Lofthouse 42,65
25,131 17      
Sat
15-Dec

 Portsmouth    

(a) 2-2 0-1 Davies 69,77 McClellan 32
Gordon 50
18,453 18      
Sat
22-Dec

 mackems 

(h) 6-2 3-1 White 7
Tait 21,37,56
Casey 70pen
Davies 72
Fleming 41,64 29,727 20      
Tue
25-Dec

 West Bromwich Albion

(a) 0-1 0-0   Barlow 13,730 20      
Wed
26-Dec

 West Bromwich Albion   

(h) 5-2 4-2 Davies 2,9
Casey 4pen
Scoular 40
Punton 58
Williams 15
Kevan 16
20,319 22      
Sat
29-Dec

 Sheffield Wednesday   

(h) 1-2 0-1 Curry 82 Finney 6
Froggatt 80
42,649 22      
Tue
01-Jan
 Birmingham City   (h) 3-2 1-0 Casey 1-0, 74pen
Tait 78
Brown 49
Govan 79
29,383 24      
Sat
05-Jan
FAC3

 Manchester City

(h) 1-1 0-0 White 48 Johnstone 75 57,921 - -    
Wed
09-Jan
FAC3R 

 Manchester City

(a) 5-4
aet
0-3 Casey 47pen
Tait 74
Curry 86
White 102,104
og(Stokoe) 6
Johnstone 24,97
Fagan 25
46,990 - -    
Sat
12-Jan

 Manchester United

(a) 1-6 0-3 Milburn 86 Pegg 5,42
Whelan 22,82
Viollet 60,65
44,911 24      
Sat
19-Jan

 Arsenal      

(h) 3-1 1-0 White 29,75
Curry 86
Evans 77pen 46,815 26      
Sat
26-Jan
FAC4

 Millwall

(a) 1-2 0-1 Tait 58 Anslow 33,50 45,646        
Sat
02-Feb

 Burnley

(a) 2-3 1-0 Tait 21
Milburn 82
Pilkington 50
Newlands 53
Lawson 67
26,778 26      
Sat
09-Feb

 Preston North End  

(h) 1-2 1-0 Milburn 27 Thompson 78
Taylor 85
43,086 26      
Sat
16-Feb

 Luton Town  

(a) 1-4 0-2 Milburn 81 Turner 11,58,83
Groves 34
21,003 26      
Tue
19-Feb

 Belenenses

(a) 1-2 0-2 Mitchell 65pen Tito 10
D Pace 15pen
tbc - -    
Sat
23-Feb

 Charlton Athletic

(h) 3-1 3-1 Eastham 13
Scoular 34
Casey 38
Lawrie 41 21,721 28      
Sat
02-Mar 

 Manchester City   

(a) 2-1 1-0 White 13
Mitchell 80
Barnes 75pen 25,229 30      
Sat
09-Mar
 Bolton Wanderers    (h) 4-0 2-0 Davies 16
Scoular 43
White 79
Milburn 89
  34,073 32      
Sat
16-Mar  

 Leeds United

(a) 0-0 0-0     33,000 33      
Sat
23-Mar 

 Spurs

(h) 2-2 2-2 Milburn 6
Davies 18
Medwin 23
Stokes 34
37,955 34      
Sat
30-Mar

 Everton        

(a) 1-2 0-1 OG(Donovan) 68 McNamara 13
Gauld 67
29,775 34      
Sat
06-Apr

 Blackpool     

(h) 2-1 1-0 Milburn 44
Davies 71
Smith 65 31,777 36      
Sat
13-Apr

 Wolves        

(a) 0-2 0-0   Thomson 50
Wilshaw 89
22,335 36      
Fri
19-Apr

 Chelsea

(h) 1-2 0-2 White 47 Stubbs 20
Saunders 30
30,708 36      
Sat
20-Apr

 Aston Villa

(h) 1-2 1-0 Mitchell 18 Sewell 70
McParland 72
28,453 36      
Mon
22-Apr
 Chelsea   (a) 2-6 2-2 Milburn 21
White 38
Stubbs 28
Brabrook 29,48
Tindall 50
Lewis 61,89
20,795 36 17    
Sat
27-Apr  
 Barrow (a) 8-0 4-0 Milburn 2,12,44,75
Franks 4
Hughes 46
Davies 49
Tait 53
  6,000 - -    
Wed
01-May 
 Lincoln City (a) 2-2 1-1 Hannah 5
Hale 2-2
Northcott 21,54 5,600 - -    

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