| Date |
Opposition |
H/A |
FT
|
HT |
Scorer |
Scorer |
Attd |
Pts |
Pos |
Yellow |
Red |
Wed
10-Aug
|
Racing
Paris
|
(a)
|
3-2
|
2-1
|
Stokoe 23pen
Allchurch 38
White 84
|
Brahim
29,65 |
3,000 |
-
|
-
|
|
|
Sat
20-Aug
|
Preston North End
|
(a)
|
3-2
|
1-1
|
White 39,80,87
|
Sneddon
43,64 |
17,363 |
2
|
? |
|
|
Wed
24-Aug
|
Fulham
|
(h)
|
7-2
|
5-1 |
Neale 22,29
Gilfillan 31,34
Tuohy 45,89
White 80
|
Key
16
Docherty 84 |
23,498 |
4
|
? |
|
|
Sat
27-Aug
|
Burnley
|
(h)
|
0-1
|
0-0 |
|
Robson 81 |
35,485 |
4
|
5
|
|
|
Mon
29-Aug
|
Barcelona
|
(h)
|
3-4
|
3-0 |
Tuohy 5
Allchurch 15
Woods 29
|
Tejada 56
Kocsis 58,86,88 |
31,361 |
-
|
-
|
|
|
Wed
31-Aug
|
Fulham
|
(a)
|
3-4
|
1-3 |
Hughes 31
Allchurch 66
Woods 78
|
Hayes
10,27
Key 37,72 |
21,361 |
4
|
8
|
|
|
Sat
03-Sep |
Nottingham Forest |
(a) |
2-0
|
0-0 |
OG(McDonald) 82
Gibson 88 |
|
23,806 |
6 |
8 |
|
|
Mon
05-Sep
|
West Bromwich Albion
|
(a)
|
0-6
|
0-3
|
|
Jackson 9,41,55
Burnside 34
Robson 61
Kevan 69 |
22,661 |
6
|
13
|
|
|
Sat
10-Sep
|
Manchester City
|
(h)
|
1-3
|
0-1 |
Marshall 48 |
Law 12
Hannah 58
Hayes 83 |
25,904 |
6 |
13 |
|
|
Wed
14-Sep
|
West Bromwich Albion
|
(h)
|
3-2
|
1-2 |
Tuohy 8
Hughes 57
White 68 |
Burnside 20
Smith 35 |
16,107 |
8 |
11 |
|
|
Sat
17-Sep
|
Arsenal
|
(a)
|
0-5
|
0-1 |
|
Clapton
32
Herd 46,60,75
Strong 67 |
34,885 |
8 |
12 |
|
|
Sat
24-Sep
|
Leicester City
|
(h)
|
1-3
|
0-1 |
McGuigan
70 |
Leek
1,48
Cheesebrough 50 |
21,161 |
8
|
14
|
|
|
Wed
28-Sep
|
Racing Paris
|
(h)
|
2-1
|
1-0 |
Mitchell
10
White 85 |
Guillot
pen |
9,077 |
-
|
-
|
|
|
Sat
01-Oct
|
Cardiff City
|
(h)
|
5-0
|
2-0 |
Luke
7,70
White 30,63
Mitchell 87 |
|
17,627 |
10
|
14
|
|
|
Sat
08-Oct
|
Aston Villa
|
(a)
|
0-2
|
0-1 |
|
Wylie 19
Crowe 53 |
25,336 |
10
|
15
|
|
|
Mon
10-Oct
LC1
|
Colchester United
|
(a)
|
1-4
|
0-3 |
Neale
46 |
Williams 2
King 4,85
P.Wright 44 |
9,130 |
-
|
-
|
|
|
Sat
15-Oct
|
Wolves
|
(h)
|
4-4
|
2-3 |
Hughes
28
Mitchell 41,82
White 67 |
Broadbent 7,39
Farmer 25
Murray 69 |
23,401 |
11 |
15 |
|
|
Sat
22-Oct
|
Manchester United
|
(a)
|
2-3
|
0-1 |
Hughes 56
Stokoe 87pen |
Dawson
10
Stiles 51
Setters 72 |
37,516 |
11 |
16 |
|
|
Sat
29-Oct
|
Tottenham Hotspur
|
(h)
|
3-4
|
2-1 |
White 33,36
Hughes 62
|
Norman 35
White 50
Jones 58
Smith 85 |
51,369 |
11 |
17 |
|
|
Sat
05-Nov
|
Chelsea
|
(a)
|
2-4
|
1-2 |
White
8,61 |
Tindall
26,44,88
Brabrook 70 |
30.489 |
11 |
18 |
|
|
Sat
12-Nov
|
Blackpool
|
(h)
|
4-3
|
0-1 |
White 50,83
Neale 68,81
|
Charnley 5
Parry 70
Durie 90 |
26,657 |
13
|
15
|
|
|
Sat
19-Nov
|
Everton
|
(a)
|
0-5
|
0-1 |
|
Collins 35,49,53
Vernon 46
Wignall 81 |
41,123 |
13
|
16
|
|
|
Sat
26-Nov
|
Blackburn Rovers
|
(h)
|
3-1
|
1-1
|
White 24,53
Mitchell 51
|
MacLeod
28 |
22,623 |
15
|
14
|
|
|
Sat
03-Dec
|
Bolton Wanderers
|
(a)
|
1-2
|
1-1 |
White 2
|
M.Edwards 22
Stevens 58 |
12,921 |
15
|
16
|
|
|
Sat
10-Dec
|
West Ham United
|
(h)
|
5-5
|
1-2 |
White 5,63
McGuigan 78
Bell 84
Mitchell 86
|
Musgrove 4
og(McMichael) 20
Dunmore 55
Bond 62pen
Dick 70 |
20,106 |
16
|
16
|
|
|
Sat
17-Dec
|
Preston North End
|
(h)
|
0-0
|
0-0 |
|
|
21,514 |
17
|
16
|
|
|
Sat
24-Dec
|
Birmingham City
|
(h)
|
2-2
|
0-0
|
Scanlon 46
Mitchell 68
|
Neal 57
Hellawell 75 |
20,354 |
18 |
? |
|
|
Mon
26-Dec
|
Birmingham City
|
(a)
|
1-2
|
0-1 |
Woods 63
|
Bloomfield
38
Hellawell 55 |
29,435 |
18
|
18
|
|
Thompson |
Sat
31-Dec
|
Burnley
|
(a)
|
3-5
|
2-2 |
Hughes 16,65
White 38
|
McIlroy
18
Robson 34,59
Harris 46
Miller 51 |
24,972 |
18
|
19
|
|
|
Sat
07-Jan
FAC3
|
Fulham
|
(h)
|
5-0
|
3-0 |
Neale 19,32,85
Allchurch 29
Woods 49
|
|
36,037 |
-
|
-
|
|
|
Sat
14-Jan
|
Nottingham Forest
|
(h)
|
2-2
|
2-0 |
Woods 18
White 23
|
Quigley
71
Cobb 84 |
25,845 |
19
|
20
|
|
|
Sat
21-Jan
|
Manchester City
|
(a)
|
3-3
|
1-0 |
White 6
Allchurch 77
Woods 82
|
Hayes
55
Barlow 61
Law 76 |
19,746 |
20
|
20
|
|
|
Wed
01-Feb
FAC4
|
Stockport
County
|
(h)
|
4-0
|
1-0
|
Woods 25,82
White 55
Allchurch 56
|
|
48,715 |
-
|
-
|
|
|
Sat
04-Feb
|
Arsenal
|
(h)
|
3-3
|
2-2 |
Scanlon 37
Hughes 45
White 49
|
Strong
7,10
Eastham 55 |
34,394 |
21
|
20
|
|
|
Sat
11-Feb
|
Leicester City
|
(a)
|
3-5
|
2-3 |
Allchurch 14
White 23,50
|
King
2pen,63pen
og(Dalton) 6
Cheeseborough 28
Leek 76 |
26,449 |
21
|
20
|
|
|
Sat
18-Feb
FAC5
|
Stoke
City
|
(h)
|
3-1
|
1-0 |
Scanlon 37
Allchurch 55
McKinney 72pen
|
King
87 |
46,253 |
-
|
-
|
|
|
Wed
22-Feb
|
Cardiff City
|
(a)
|
2-3
|
0-2 |
Allchurch 44
White 70
|
Moore
8,57
Walsh 15 |
22,502 |
21
|
20
|
|
|
Sat
25-Feb
|
Aston Villa
|
(h)
|
2-1
|
1-0
|
White 37,58
|
McParland
62 |
21,275 |
23
|
20
|
|
|
Sat
04-Mar
FAC6
|
Sheffield United
|
(h)
|
1-3
|
0-3 |
McGuigan 82
|
Russell
8,12,19 |
54,829 |
-
|
-
|
|
|
Wed
08-Mar
|
Wolves
|
(a)
|
1-2
|
1-0 |
Allchurch 11
|
Broadbent
68
Murray 76pen |
24,970 |
23
|
20
|
|
|
Sat
11-Mar |
Manchester
United |
(h) |
1-1
|
1-1 |
Scanlon 7 |
Charlton
4 |
28,867 |
24 |
20 |
|
|
Wed
22-Mar |
Tottenham
Hotspur |
(a) |
2-1 |
0-1 |
Allchurch 64
Scanlon 79 |
Allen
39 |
46,470 |
26 |
19 |
|
|
Sat
25-Mar |
Chelsea |
(h) |
1-6 |
0-0 |
Neale 86 |
Tindall
54,61
Greaves 57,68,75,80 |
28,975 |
26 |
20 |
|
|
Fri
31-Mar |
Sheffield Wednesday |
(h) |
0-1 |
0-0 |
|
Craig
75 |
42,181 |
26 |
20 |
|
|
Sat
01-Apr |
West Ham United |
(a) |
1-1 |
1-1 |
Scanlon 9 |
Musgrove
1 |
17,103 |
27 |
20 |
|
|
Mon
03-Apr |
Sheffield Wednesday |
(a) |
1-1 |
1-1 |
Woods 23 |
Craig
43 |
35,273 |
28 |
20 |
|
|
Sat
08-Apr |
Everton |
(h) |
0-4 |
0-2 |
|
Bingham
15,70
Wignall 32
Vernon 63 |
30,342 |
28 |
21 |
|
|
Sat
15-Apr |
Blackpool |
(a) |
1-2 |
0-1 |
Woods 56 |
Parry
42
Charnley 80 |
19,381 |
28 |
21 |
|
|
Sat
22-Apr |
Bolton Wanderers |
(h) |
4-1 |
3-0 |
Keith 21
McKinney 30pen
McGuigan 41
Tuohy 51 |
Pilkington
89 |
18,820 |
30 |
21 |
|
|
Sat
29-Apr |
Blackburn Rovers |
(a) |
4-2 |
2-2 |
Allchurch 19
McGuigan 32,77
Neale 64 |
Pickering
13
MacLeod 30 |
12,700 |
32 |
21 |
|
|
|