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Date Opposition H/A

FT

HT Scorer Scorer Attd  Pts Pos Yellow Red
Sat
06-Aug
 Edinburgh Select XI (a) 1-1 0-1 Keeble 58 Ormond 6 50,000 - -    
Sat
20-Aug
 Sheffield United (h) 4-2 3-0 Davies 2
Hannah
Keeble
  42,559 2      
Wed
24-Aug
 Birmingham City (h) 2-2 1-2 Davies
Keeble
  34,473 3      
Sat
27-Aug
 Preston North End (a) 3-4 0-3 Hannah
White 2
  39,583 3      
Wed
31-Aug
 Birmingham City (a) 1-3 0-0 White   38,690 3      
Sat
03-Sep
 Burnley (h) 3-1 3-0 Davies
Mitchell
Scoular
  41,272 5      
Wed
07-Sep
 West Bromwich Albion (a) 1-1 1-0 Davies   20,555 6      
Sat
10-Sep
 Luton Town (a) 2-4 0-3 Milburn 2   25,719 6      
Wed
14-Sep
CS
 Chelsea (a) 0-3 0-0     12,802 - -    
Sat
17-Sep
 Charlton Athletic (h) 4-1 1-0 Keeble
Milburn 3
  39,040 8      
Wed
21-Sep
 Hartlepools United (a) 5-0 3-0 Mitchell 12,16pen,79
Milburn 43,69
  5,435 - -    
Sat
24-Sep
 Tottenham Hotspur (a) 1-3 0-3 Milburn   41,096 8      
Sat
01-Oct
 Everton (h) 1-2 1-2 Tait   40,493 8      
Sat
08-Oct
 Portsmouth (h) 2-1 1-0 Mitchell 2   42,320 10      
Mon
10-Oct
 Hearts (h) 2-2 0-0 Keeble
Mitchell
tbc 22,542 - -    
Sat
15-Oct
 Arsenal (a) 0-1 0-1     46,093 10      
Wed
19-Oct
 Hibernian (h) 1-2 0-1 White   17,992 - -    
Sat
22-Oct
 Wolves (h) 3-1 0-0 Davies
Keeble
Monkhouse
  34,575 12      
Sat
29-Oct
 Aston Villa (a) 0-3 0-1     26,851 12      
Sat
05-Nov
 Blackpool (h) 1-2 0-0 Milburn   54,557 12      
Mon
07-Nov
 Hearts (a) 6-4 3-1 Keeble 3
Hannah 2
Davies
  12,500        
Sat
12-Nov
 Huddersfield Town (a) 6-2 2-0 Crowe
Keeble 4
White
  18,664 14      
Wed
16-Nov
 Hibernian (a) 0-2 0-1     20,000        
Sat
19-Nov
 Cardiff City (h) 4-0 1-0 Milburn 2
Keeble
Crowe
  35,603 16      
Sat
26-Nov
 Manchester City (a) 2-1 2-1 Hannah
Keeble
  22,860 18      
Sat
03-Dec
 Bolton Wanderers (h) 3-0 1-0 Davies
Keeble 2
  36,856 20      
Sat
10-Dec
 Chelsea (a) 1-2 1-1 Milburn pen   37,327 20      
Sat
17-Dec
 Sheffield United (a) 1-2 1-2 Milburn   17,961 20      
Sat
24-Dec
 Preston North End (h) 5-0 2-0 Mitchell
Keeble 2
Milburn 2
  32,976 22      
Mon
26-Dec
 mackems (a) 6-1 4-0 Curry 2
Keeble 2
Milburn 2
  55,723 24      
Tue
27-Dec
 mackems (h) 3-1 0-1 Keeble
Milburn
White
  61,058 26      
Sat
31-Dec
 Burnley (a) 1-3 1-2 Keeble   29,032 26      
Mon
02-Jan
 West Bromwich Albiion (h) 0-3 0-1     50,768 26      
Sat
07-Jan
FAC3
 Sheffield Wednesday (a) 3-1 0-0 Curry
Keeble
Milburn
  48,198 - -    
Sat
14-Jan
 Luton Town (h) 4-0 1-0 Curry
Davies
Keeble 2
  21,464 28      
Sat
21-Jan
 Charlton Athletic (a) 2-0 0-0 Casey
Mitchell
  34,414 30      
Sat
28-Jan
FAC4
 Fulham (a) 5-4 3-1 Casey
Keeble 2
Milburn
Stokoe
  39,200 - -    
Sat
04-Feb
 Spurs (h) 1-2 0-0 Paterson   29,597 30      
Sat
11-Feb
 Everton (a) 0-0 0-0     35,653 31      
Sat
18-Feb
FAC5
 Stoke City (h) 2-1 1-0 Curry
Mitchell
  61,550 - -    
Wed
22-Feb
 Portsmouth (a) 2-0 1-0 Curry
Keeble
  15,100 33      
Sat
25-Feb
 Arsenal (h) 2-0 2-0 Curry
Milburn
  50,822 35      
Sat
03-Mar
FACQF
 mackems (h) 0-2 0-1     61,474 - -    
Wed
07-Mar
 Cardiff City (h) 1-1 1-1 Curry   31,265 36      
Sat
10-Mar
 Aston Villa (h) 2-3 1-2 Curry
OG
  34,647 36      
Mon
12-Mar
 Partick Thistle (h) 1-1   Taylor   13,735 - -    
Sat
17-Mar
 Blackpool (a) 1-5 0-1 Keeble   23,740 36      
Sat
24-Mar
 Huddersfield Town (h) 1-1 0-1 Davies   20,008 37      
Fri
30-Mar
 Manchester United (a) 2-5 1-1 Keeble
Stokoe
  58,748 37      
Sat
31-Mar
 Wolves (a) 1-2 1-0 Keeble   31,940 37      
Mon
02-Apr
 Manchester United (h) 0-0 0-0     37,395 38      
Sat
07-Apr
 Manchester City (h) 3-1 1-0 Keeble
Milburn
White
  26,181 40      
Mon
09-Apr
 Patrick Thistle (a) 1-1 1-1 Milburn   18,000 - -    
Sat
14-Apr
 Bolton Wanderers (a) 2-3 2-2 Keeble
White
  17,173 40      
Mon
16-Apr
 All Star XI (h) 5-0 1-0 White 27,81
Keeble 50
Milburn 74
Curry 80
  36,240 - -    
Thu
19-Apr
 Barrow (a) 4-3 1-1 Curry 21
White 2-3,3-3,4-3
Armstrong 30
Gordon 1-2
OG(Scoular) 1-3
7,098 - -    
Sat
21-Apr
 Chelsea (h) 1-1 0-1 Milburn pen   24,322 41 11    
Wed
25-Apr
 Hartlepools United (a) 3-6 0-5 Mitchell 1-5pen
Keeble 2-5
Cummings 85
Johnson 5,18,19,2-6
Lumley 7
Robinson 33 
7,206 - -    
Sun
29-Apr
 Atletico Madrid (a) 1-4 0-1 Curry Rafa 21
scorers tbc
60,000 - -    
Tue
03-May
 Altona & St.Pauli (a) 1-1 1-0 Keeble 10 Muench 78 18,000 - -    
Fri
06-May
 Frankfurt C XI (a) 2-1 0-0 Davies 70
Keeble
82
Pfaff 48pen 16,000 - -    
Mon
09-May
 Ausberg City XI (a) 4-2 2-1 Keeble 28
Hannah 2-1
White 63,85
Schmelzinger 25
Schlump 68
26,000 - -    

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