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Date Opposition H/A

FT

HT Scorer Scorer Attd  Pts Pos Yellow Red
Sun
23-Jul
 Trollhattans (a) 2-1 ?-? Kennedy
Bird
scorer tbc   - -    
Tue
25-Jul
 Tildaholms GIF (a) 2-1 0-1 McGhee
Mitchell
scorer tbc   - -    
Wed
26-Jul
 Gislaveds IS (a) 0-0 0-0       - -    
Sat
29-Jul
 Ockero IF (a) 2-0 0-0 Parkinson
McGhee
    - -    
Sun
30-Jul
 Satila SK (a) 3-2 ?-? Connolly
Kennedy
Walker
scorers tbc   - -    
Mon
07-Aug
 Hull City (a) 0-0 0-0     2,960 - -    
Thu
10-Aug
 Gateshead (a) 1-0 0-0 Callachan 76   3,000 - -    
Tue
15-Aug
 Arbroath (a) 0-0 0-0     1,736 - -    
Sat
19-Aug 
 Millwall    (a) 1-2 1-0 Barton 44 Seasman 53,59 12,105  0 16    
Wed
23-Aug
 West Ham   (h) 0-3  0-1   Devonshire 5
Cross 60
Robson 71
27,167  0 22 Blackley
Barker
 
Sat
26-Aug
 Luton Town  (h)   1-0 1-0 Pearson 21   24,112  2 18    
Tue
29-Aug
LC2R
 Watford  (a)  1-2 1-0 Pearson 15 Blissett 51,80 15,346 - - Cassidy  
Sat
02-Sep 
 Cambridge United   (a) 0-0 0-0     8,174  3 20    
Sat
09-Sep 
 Blackburn Rovers   (h)  3-1 0-1 Withe 52,80
McGhee 78
Gregory 43 23,751  5 10    
Sat
16-Sep
 Wrexham   (a) 0-0 0-0     14,091  6 12 Blackley
Hibbitt
 
Sat
23-Sep
 Orient  (h)  0-0 0-0     26,361   7 12    
Sat
30-Sep 
 Notts County    (a) 2-1 1-0 Bird 41
Connolly 82
Hooks 62 11,362 9 Scott
Blackley
 
Sat
07-Oct
 Leicester City    (h) 1-0 0-0 Walker 88   25,731  11 6    
Sat
14-Oct
 mackems    (a) 1-1 1-0 Withe 13 Greenwood 75 35,405  12 6    
Sat
21-Oct
 Charlton Athletic    (a) 1-4 1-1 Walker 21 Flannigan 31pen
Robinson 73,84
Gritt 87
11,616  12 11    
Sat
28-Oct 
 Cardiff City   (h) 3-0 1-0 Withe 9
Robinson 66
Connolly 78
  23,477  14 8    
Sat
04-Nov
 Bristol Rovers    (a) 0-2 0-1   Randall 9,89 10,582  14 11 Withe
Blackley
Bird
 
Sat
11-Nov 
 Millwall    (h) 1-0 0-0 Pearson 52   23,087  16 10    
Sat
18-Nov
 Luton Town   (a)  0-2 0-1   B.Stein 23
Turner 85
10,434  16 12 Hardwick  
Wed
22-Nov
 Cambridge United  (h)   1-0 1-0 Bird 42   20,004  18 8    
Sat
25-Nov
 Oldham Athetic   (h) 1-1 0-0 McGhee 75 Valentine 82 20,563  19 10 Mitchell  
Sat
02-Dec
 Crystal Palace   (a)  0-1 0-1   Elwiss 43 19,761  19 11 Mitchell  
Sat
09-Dec
 Stoke City  (h) 2-0 0-0 Withe 67
Connolly 75
  23,459  21  9 Withe  
Sat
16-Dec
 Fulham    (a) 3-1 2-1 Shoulder 7
Connolly 43
Withe 73
Guthrie 11 8,575  23 6    
Sat
23-Dec
 Burnley   (h) 3-1 2-0 Shoulder 25
Withe 30
Cassidy 53
Noble 86 23,639  25 5    
Tue
26-Dec
 Sheffield United    (a) 0-1 0-0   Garner 84 23,200  25 6 Connolly
Barton
Hardwick
 
Sat
30-Dec
 Brighton & Hove Albion   (a) 0-2  0-1   Poskett 18
O'Sullivan 63
25,812  25 8    
Tue
16-Jan
FAC3
 Torquay United   (h) 3-1 1-1 Robinson 5
Nattrass 65pen
Withe
69
Lawrence 13 21,366 - -    
Sat
27-Jan
FAC4
 Wolves   (h) 1-1 0-0 Withe 71 Hibbitt 84 29,561 - -    
Sat
03-Feb
 Orient    (a) 0-2 0-0   Mayo 56
Kitchen 69pen
7,251  25 10    
Sat
17-Feb
 Leicester City   (a)  1-2 0-2 Nattrass 70 Peake 11
Buchanan 36
15,106  25 12 Martin
Withe
 
Thu
22-Feb
FAC4R
 Wolves  (a)  0-1 0-1   Bell 39 19,588 - -    
Sat
24-Feb 
 mackems    (h) 1-4 1-2 Connolly 50 Rowell 6,25,60pen
Entwistle 72
34,733  25 15 Bird
Brownlie
 
Sat
03-Mar
 Charlton Athletic  (h) 5-3 3-2 Shoulder 
1pen, 46
Martin 17
Mitchell 27
Connolly 58
Gritt 14
Shipperley 41
Robinson 89
14,998  27 10 Mitchell
Withe
 
Sat
10-Mar
 Cardiff City   (a) 1-2  0-1 Connolly 70 Bishop 43
Stevens 62
11,368  27 15 Walker
Hibbitt
Nattrass
 
Sat
24-Mar
 West Ham United    (a) 0-5 0-4   Devonshire 20
Robson 22
Lampard 34
McDowell 36,51
24,651  27 16    
Sat
31-Mar
 Oldham Athletic   (a)  3-1 1-1 Nattrass 2
Shoulder 64pen
Withe 90
Heaton 19 6,329  29 14    
Wed
04-Apr
 Preston North End   (h)  4-3 2-2 Withe 31
Barton 43
Shoulder 71
Connolly 77
Robinson 8,29
Bruce 86
12,167  31 15    
Sat
07-Apr
 Crystal Palace   (h) 1-0  0-0 Shoulder 82   18,862  33 11 Withe  
Tue
10-Apr
 Burnley   (a)  0-1 0-1   Hall 11 7,851  33 12 Nattrass
Hibbitt
Withe
 
Sat
14-Apr
 Sheffield United    (h) 1-3 0-2 Shoulder 80 OG(Brownlie) 15
Rioch 26
Anderson 90
19,126  33 12 Withe  
Mon
16-Apr
 Preston North End   (a) 0-0  0-0     12,960  34 12 Mitchell
Blackley
 
Wed
18-Apr
 Notts County   (h)  1-2 0-1 Withe 82 Hooks 14
O'Brien 59pen
12,017  34 12 Mitchell  
Sat
21-Apr 
 Fulham   (h)  0-0 0-0     11,924  35 12    
Wed
25-Apr
 Blackburn Rovers    (a) 3-1 1-1 Withe 41,50, 69 McKenzie 45+2 4,902  37 12 Mitchell  
Sat
28-Apr 
 Stoke City    (a) 0-0 0-0     23,217  38 11    
Wed
02-May
 Bristol Rovers    (h) 3-0 2-0 Withe 14
Shoulder 31
Bird 47
  9,627  40 9    
Sat
05-May
 Brighton & Hove Albion    (h) 1-3 0-3 Shoulder 80 Horton 12
Ward 26
Ryan 43
28,434  40 11 Hibbitt  
Tue
08-May
 Wrexham  (h)  2-0  1-0 Shoulder 6
Pearson
51
  7,134  42 8    
Wed
09-May
Cognac (a) 2-1 1-0 Shoulder 15
Withe
56
Castellan 66  1,500 - -    

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