| Date |
Opposition |
H/A |
FT
|
HT |
Scorer |
Scorer |
Attd |
Pts |
Pos |
Yellow |
Red |
Tue
10-Aug |
Middlesbrough |
(a) |
0-2 |
0-0 |
|
Irvine
64
Horsfield 89 |
13,500 |
- |
- |
|
|
Sat
14-Aug |
Middlesbrough |
(h) |
3-2
|
3-2 |
Hockey 5
Cummings 12
og(Jones) 39 |
Holliday
8,42 |
13,534 |
- |
- |
|
|
Sat
21-Aug
|
Nottingham Forest
|
(h)
|
2-2
|
1-1 |
Suddick 43
McGarry 80
|
Wignall 36
Addison 48 |
37,230 |
1
|
8
|
|
|
Wed
25-Aug
|
West Bromwich Albion
|
(h)
|
0-1
|
0-1 |
|
Kaye 38 |
43,901 |
1
|
15
|
|
|
Sat
28-Aug
|
Sheffield Wednesday
|
(a)
|
0-1
|
0-1 |
|
Dobson 22 |
23,391 |
1
|
19
|
|
|
Wed
01-Sep
|
West Bromwich Albion
|
(a)
|
2-1
|
1-0
|
Hilley 5
McGarry 85
|
Kaye
72 |
22,043 |
3
|
16
|
|
|
Sat
04-Sep
|
Northampton Town
|
(h)
|
2-0
|
0-0
|
Suddick 47
Cummings 61
|
|
28,051 |
5
|
10
|
|
|
Wed
08-Sep
|
Manchester United
|
(h)
|
1-2
|
0-1 |
Hockey 85
|
Herd
25
Law 68 |
57,436 |
5
|
13
|
|
|
Sat
11-Sep
|
Stoke City
|
(a)
|
0-4
|
0-1
|
|
Vernon 39,46
Dobing 62
Bebington 68 |
25,702 |
5
|
17
|
|
|
Wed
15-Sep
|
Manchester United
|
(a) |
1-1
|
1-0 |
McGarry 42pen |
og(Burton) 85 |
30,401 |
6 |
17 |
|
|
Sat
18-Sep
|
Burnley
|
(h)
|
3-2
|
1-1 |
Bennett
8
Anderson 71
Hilley 76 |
Lochead 14,82 |
35,883 |
8 |
14 |
|
|
Wed
22-Sep
LC2
|
Peterborough United
|
(h)
|
3-4
|
1-3 |
Bennett
25
Iley 54
Hilley 79 |
Beesley
7
Conmy 26,69
Watson 36 |
16,132 |
- |
- |
|
|
Sat
25-Sep
|
Chelsea
|
(a)
|
1-1
|
1-1 |
Bennett 27 |
Graham
38 |
30,856 |
9
|
14
|
|
|
Sat
02-Oct
|
Arsenal
|
(h)
|
0-1
|
0-1 |
|
McLintock
39 |
42,841 |
9
|
15
|
|
|
Sat
09-Oct
|
Aston Villa
|
(h)
|
1-0
|
0-0 |
McGarry
47 |
|
31,382 |
11
|
14
|
|
|
Mon
11-Oct
|
Hearts
|
(a)
|
1-2
|
0-1 |
Moncur
77 |
J.Hamilton 32,88 |
5,683 |
-
|
-
|
|
|
Sat
16-Oct
|
Liverpool
|
(a) |
0-2
|
0-2 |
|
Hunt 26
Callaghan 41 |
47,948 |
11
|
14
|
|
|
Sat
23-Oct
|
Tottenham Hotspur
|
(h)
|
0-0
|
0-0 |
|
|
42,430 |
12
|
14
|
|
|
Sat
30-Oct
|
Fulham
|
(a)
|
0-2
|
0-0 |
|
Key 88
Leggat 89 |
19,226 |
12 |
15 |
|
|
Sat
06-Nov
|
Blackpool
|
(h)
|
2-0
|
1-0 |
Robson 44,83 |
|
33,853 |
14 |
15 |
|
|
Sat
13-Nov
|
Blackburn Rovers
|
(a)
|
2-4
|
2-1 |
og(Harrison) 38
Bennett 42
|
England 22,54
Darling 63
Byrom 76 |
12,293 |
14 |
15 |
|
|
Sat
20-Nov
|
Leicester City
|
(h)
|
1-5
|
1-2 |
Robson
21 |
Goodfellow 3
Sinclair 23,47
Dougan 76
Stringfellow 79 |
27,603 |
14 |
17 |
|
|
Mon
22-Nov
|
Dinamo
Moscow
|
(h)
|
1-4
|
1-3 |
Moncur 27 |
Vshivtsev
10
Gusarov 37,60pen Chislenko 38 |
11,130 |
- |
- |
|
|
Sat
27-Nov
|
Sheffield United
|
(a)
|
2-3
|
2-0 |
Thompson 17
Iley 40
|
Woodward 66pen
Jones 90
T.Wagstaff 90 |
13,880 |
14
|
18
|
|
|
Sat
11-Dec
|
West Ham United
|
(a)
|
3-4
|
0-3 |
Bennett 62
Iley 68
Robson 84
|
Hurst 6,18,73
Brabrook 16 |
23,758 |
14
|
20
|
|
|
Sat
18-Dec
|
Liverpool
|
(h)
|
0-0
|
0-0 |
|
|
34,153 |
15
|
19
|
|
|
Sat
01-Jan
|
Aston Villa
|
(a)
|
2-4
|
1-2 |
Bennett 27,64
|
Macleod 5
Woosnam 25,89
Hamilton 85 |
19,402 |
15
|
19
|
|
|
Mon
03-Jan
|
mackems
|
(a)
|
0-2
|
0-0 |
|
Herd 49
O'Hare 66 |
54,668 |
15
|
19
|
|
|
Sat
08-Jan
|
West Ham United
|
(h)
|
2-1
|
1-0 |
Bennett 42
Suddick 63
|
Byrne 90 |
31,754 |
17
|
19
|
|
|
Sat
15-Jan
|
Tottenham Hotspur
|
(a)
|
2-2
|
1-2 |
Bennett 40
Suddick 51
|
Knowles 12
Weller 26 |
26,683 |
18
|
19
|
|
|
Sat
22-Jan
FAC3
|
Chester City
|
(a)
|
3-1
|
1-1 |
Robson 38
McGarry 69
Craig 88
|
Morris 9 |
18,251 |
- |
- |
|
|
Sat
29-Jan
|
Nottingham Forest
|
(a)
|
2-1
|
1-1 |
Suddick 27
Hilley 65
|
Crowe
15 |
21,659 |
20
|
19
|
|
|
Sat
05-Feb
|
Sheffield Wednesday
|
(h)
|
2-0
|
1-0 |
Suddick 20,90
|
|
31,207 |
22
|
17
|
|
|
Sat
12-Feb
FAC4
|
Sheffield Wednesday
|
(h)
|
1-2
|
1-2 |
Suddick 35
|
Dobson
25
og(McGrath) 29 |
39.495 |
-
|
-
|
|
|
Sat
19-Feb
|
Northampton Town
|
(a)
|
1-3
|
0-2 |
Iley 90
|
Martin
15,54
Moore 33 |
14,541 |
22
|
18
|
|
|
Sat
26-Feb
|
Stoke City
|
(h)
|
3-1
|
2-0 |
Hilley 1
Suddick 23,52
|
Burrows
57 |
26,201 |
24
|
16
|
|
|
Sat
05-Mar
|
mackems
|
(h)
|
2-0
|
1-0 |
Suddick 33,83
|
|
52,051 |
26
|
15
|
|
|
Sat
12-Mar
|
Burnley
|
(a)
|
0-1
|
0-0 |
|
Morgan
55 |
16,257 |
26
|
16
|
|
|
Sat
19-Mar
|
Chelsea
|
(h)
|
0-1
|
0-0 |
|
Venables
63 |
35,118 |
26
|
17
|
|
|
Sat
26-Mar
|
Arsenal
|
(a)
|
3-1
|
2-0 |
Suddick 29
Robson 36,60
|
og(Noble)
65 |
13,979 |
28
|
16
|
|
|
Fri
08-Apr
|
Everton
|
(h)
|
0-0
|
0-0 |
|
|
30,731 |
29
|
19
|
|
|
Sat
09-Apr
|
Blackburn Rovers
|
(h)
|
2-1
|
0-0
|
Robson 3
Hilley 17
|
Darling
76 |
21,607 |
31
|
15
|
|
|
Mon
11-Apr
|
Everton
|
(a)
|
0-1
|
0-0 |
|
Gabriel
77pen |
32,598 |
31
|
16
|
|
|
Sat
16-Apr
|
Leicester City
|
(a)
|
2-1
|
0-1 |
Bennett 50
Robson 57pen
|
Sweenie
8 |
18,535 |
33
|
13
|
|
|
Wed
20-Apr |
Blackpool |
(a) |
1-1
|
1-0 |
Suddick 12 |
Charnley
56 |
12,446 |
34 |
14 |
|
|
Sat
23-Apr |
Sheffield United |
(h) |
0-2 |
0-1 |
|
Jones
9,68 |
25,733 |
34 |
14 |
|
|
Sat
30-Apr |
Leeds United |
(a) |
0-3 |
0-1 |
|
Storrie 41
Lorimer 71
og(McGrath) 77 |
29,531 |
34 |
19 |
|
|
Sat
07-May |
Fulham |
(h) |
1-1 |
1-1 |
McGrath 16 |
Robson
8 |
18,818 |
35 |
19 |
|
|
Mon
16-May |
Leeds United |
(h) |
2-0 |
1-0 |
Robson 7
Suddick 83 |
|
21,669 |
37 |
15 |
|
|
|