| Date |
Opposition |
Where |
FT |
HT |
Scorers (us) |
Scorers (them) |
Crowd |
Pts |
Pos |
Yellow |
Red |
Mon
06-Aug
|
Durham
City
|
(a) |
5-0
or 4-0 |
?-? |
Nicholson
2
scorers tbc
|
|
|
- |
- |
|
|
Tue
07-Aug
|
Middlesbrough
|
(h) |
?-? |
?-? |
Armstrong
2
|
|
BCD |
- |
- |
|
|
Wed
08-Aug
|
North
Shields
|
(a) |
2-1 |
?-? |
Nicholson
2
|
Scorer
tbc |
|
- |
- |
|
|
Mon
13-Aug
|
Whitley
Bay
|
(a) |
4-1 |
?-? |
Scorers tbc |
Scorer tbc |
|
- |
- |
|
|
Sat
18-Aug
|
Preston North End
|
(a) |
0-0 |
0-0 |
|
|
|
1 |
- |
|
|
Wed
22-Aug
|
Aston Villa
|
(h) |
1-3 |
0-2 |
Walker
80
|
Donovan
13,41,83 |
|
1 |
- |
|
|
Sat
25-Aug
|
Manchester City
|
(h) |
0-0 |
0-0 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
Sat
01-Sep
|
Huddersfield Town
|
(a) |
2-1 |
?-? |
MacFarlane
Pearson
|
Scorer
tbc |
|
4 |
|
|
|
Sat
08-Sep
|
Blackburn Rovers
|
(a) |
4-0 |
1-0 |
Walton
32,66
Pearson
85
Armstrong
89
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
Wed
19-Sep
|
Burnley
|
(h) |
0-2 |
0-1 |
|
Tate
22
Dixon 0-2 |
|
6 |
|
|
|
Sat
22-Sep
|
West Bromwich Albion
|
(a) |
0-0 |
0-0 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
Sat
29-Sep
|
Coventry City
|
(h) |
1-0 |
?-? |
Walton
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
Wed
03-Oct
|
Blackpool
|
(h) |
1-2 |
1-2 |
Walton
43
|
Jones
12,16 |
|
9 |
|
|
|
Sat
06-Oct
|
Derby County
|
(h) |
1-1 |
?-? |
Charlton
45
|
Spooner
20 |
|
10 |
|
|
|
Wed
10-Oct
|
Aston Villa
|
(a) |
1-6 |
?-? |
Connolly
|
Scorers
tbc |
|
10 |
|
|
|
Sat
13-Oct
|
Nottingham Forest
|
(a) |
1-3 |
1-0 |
Nicholson
9
|
Fraser
46
Lilley 66
Kent 74 |
|
10 |
|
|
|
Tue
16-Oct
|
Derby
County
|
(a) |
2-1 |
0-0 |
Connolly 1-0
Wharton 66
|
Bartlett
83 |
|
12 |
|
|
|
Sat
20-Oct
|
Leeds United
|
(h) |
0-2 |
0-1 |
|
Bennett
37
McGhie 85 |
|
12 |
|
Wharton |
|
Sat
27-Oct
|
Sheffield Wednesday
|
(a) |
1-0 |
0-0 |
Nicholson
70
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
Tue
30-Oct
|
Bury
|
(a) |
1-2 |
?-? |
Cassidy
|
Scorers tbc |
|
14 |
|
|
|
Sat
03-Nov
|
Preston North End |
(h) |
1-1 |
0-1 |
Connolly
49
|
Cochrane 41 |
|
15 |
|
|
|
Sat
10-Nov
|
Bolton Wanderers
|
(a) |
3-2 |
1-0 |
Ferguson 10,89
Nicholson 56pen |
Worthington
55
Carter 60 |
|
17 |
|
|
|
Sat
17-Nov
|
Liverpool
|
(h) |
0-2 |
0-0 |
|
OG(Haddock
50
Russell 60 |
|
17 |
|
|
|
Sat
24-Nov
|
Stoke City
|
(h) |
0-0 |
0-0 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
Sat
01-Dec
|
Wolves
|
(a) |
1-3 |
0-1 |
Haddock
85
|
Eves
34,65,73 |
|
18 |
|
|
|
Sat
08-Dec
|
Everton
|
(h) |
0-2 |
0-1 |
|
O'Keefe
42
Eastoe 70 |
|
18 |
|
|
|
Sat
15-Dec
|
Manchester United
|
(a) |
0-2 |
0-0 |
|
J.Greenhoff
49
Paterson 59 |
|
18 |
|
|
|
Fri
21-Dec
|
Sheffield United
|
(h) |
0-1 |
?-? |
|
Scorer
tbc |
|
18 |
|
|
|
Sat
29-Dec
|
Manchester City |
(a) |
0-1 |
0-0 |
|
Scorer
tbc |
|
18 |
|
|
|
Sat
12-Jan
|
Huddersfield Town
|
(h) |
1-0 |
1-0 |
Ferguson
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
Mon
14-Jan
|
South
Bank
|
(a) |
?-? |
?-? |
|
|
|
- |
- |
|
|
Mon
28-Jan |
Blackburn Rovers |
(h) |
2-0 |
?-? |
Robinson
Montgomerie
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
Sat
09-Feb
|
West Bromwich Albion
|
(h) |
0-2 |
?-? |
|
Mills
1
Summerfield 0-2 |
|
22 |
|
|
|
Wed
13-Feb
|
Burnley
|
(a) |
1-0 |
0-0 |
Ferguson
58
|
|
|
24 |
|
Carr |
|
Tue
19-Feb
|
Coventry City
|
(a) |
2-4 |
2-4 |
Montgomerie
3
Wharton 2-1
|
Nardiello
36 Wallace 26,62,74 |
|
24 |
|
|
|
Sat
01-Mar
|
Leeds United
|
(a) |
0-0 |
0-0 |
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
Sat
08-Mar
|
Sheffield Wednesday
|
(h) |
2-2 |
0-0 |
Ferguson
60
Suggett 82
|
Campbell
0-1
Pearson 62 |
|
26 |
|
|
|
Sat
22-Mar
|
Bolton Wanderers
|
(h) |
1-0 |
1-0 |
Rafferty
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
|
|
Wed 26-Mar
|
Blackpool
Also a claim of Wed 09-April
|
(a)
|
1-3 |
?-? |
Rafferty
|
Scorers
tbc |
|
32 |
|
|
|
Sat
05-Apr
|
Bury |
(h) |
3-2 |
2-0 |
Robinson
20
Pugh
30
Rafferty
56
|
og(Wharton) 50
Graham 84 |
|
30 |
|
|
|
Mon
07-Apr
|
Sheffield United
|
(a) |
1-0 |
?-? |
Mitchell
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
Sat
12-Apr
|
Wolves
|
(h) |
0-1 |
0-1 |
|
Kernan
11 |
|
32 |
|
|
|
Sat
19-Apr
|
Stoke City
|
(a) |
0-0 |
0-0 |
|
|
|
33 |
|
|
|
Wed
23-Apr
|
Liverpool
|
(a) |
2-1 |
?-? |
Pugh
Thompson
|
Sheedy |
|
35 |
|
|
|
Sat
26-Apr
|
Manchester United
|
(h) |
1-1 |
0-1 |
Haddock
73
|
Duxbury |
|
36 |
|
|
|
Tue
29-Apr
|
Nottingham Forest |
(h) |
1-2 |
?-? |
Montgomerie
|
Needham
Scorer tbc pen |
|
36 |
|
|
|
Thu
01-May |
Everton |
(a) |
2-1 |
0-2 |
Scorers
tbc |
Thomas |
|
38 |
16 |
|
|
|