FIRST GAME OF EACH YEAR

This is the list of the first game we played in each calendar year over our history.
Year Date Game Opponent H/A Score
2024Sun Jan 07, 2024FA CupBlackpoolH2-2
2023Sun Jan 01, 2023League Tier 1ChelseaH1-1
2022Sun Jan 09, 2022FA CupArsenalH1-0
2021Sat Jan 02, 2021League Tier 2Preston North EndA1-0
2020Wed Jan 01, 2020League Tier 2Blackburn RoversH3-2
2019Tue Jan 01, 2019League Tier 2Leeds UnitedH4-2
2018Mon Jan 01, 2018League Tier 2Leeds UnitedA0-0
2017Mon Jan 02, 2017League Tier 2BarnsleyH0-1
2016Sat Jan 02, 2016League Tier 2Charlton AthleticA1-1
2015Sat Jan 03, 2015FA CupRochdaleA0-1
2014Wed Jan 01, 2014League Tier 2ReadingA1-1
2013Tue Jan 01, 2013League Tier 2Blackburn RoversA0-3
2012Mon Jan 02, 2012League Tier 2Ipswich TownA3-1
2011Sat Jan 01, 2011League Tier 2BarnsleyH2-2
2010Sat Jan 02, 2010FA CupBirmingham CityH0-0
2009Sat Jan 03, 2009FA CupManchester CityA3-0
2008Tue Jan 01, 2008League Tier 3Huddersfield TownH2-1
2007Mon Jan 01, 2007League Tier 3Oldham AthleticA0-5
2006Mon Jan 02, 2006League Tier 3Colchester UnitedA1-3
2005Sat Jan 01, 2005League Tier 2Stoke CityH1-0
2004Sat Jan 03, 2004FA CupWest Bromwich AlbionH1-0
2003Wed Jan 01, 2003League Tier 2WalsallH1-1
2002Tue Jan 01, 2002League Tier 2Birmingham CityA1-1
2001Mon Jan 01, 2001League Tier 2Birmingham CityA2-0
2000Mon Jan 03, 2000League Tier 2Charlton AthleticA0-3
1999Sat Jan 02, 1999FA CupPortsmouthH0-1
1998Sat Jan 03, 1998FA CupCharlton AthleticA1-4
1997Wed Jan 01, 1997League Tier 1West Ham UnitedA1-0
1996Mon Jan 01, 1996League Tier 1LiverpoolA2-4
1995Mon Jan 02, 1995League Tier 1Crystal PalaceH1-0
1994Sat Jan 01, 1994League Tier 2Charlton AthleticH1-1
1993Sun Jan 03, 1993FA CupSouthamptonH2-1
1992Wed Jan 01, 1992League Tier 1Luton TownH1-1
1991Wed Jan 02, 1991League Tier 1Norwich CityA6-2
1990Mon Jan 01, 1990League Tier 1LiverpoolH2-2
1989Mon Jan 02, 1989League Tier 1EvertonH2-0
1988Fri Jan 01, 1988League Tier 1Newcastle UnitedH0-2
1987Thu Jan 01, 1987League Tier 1LiverpoolH1-1
1986Wed Jan 01, 1986League Tier 1Coventry CityH5-2
1985Tue Jan 01, 1985League Tier 1ChelseaA0-1
1984Mon Jan 02, 1984League Tier 1Luton TownA3-2
1983Sat Jan 01, 1983League Tier 1SunderlandH0-0
1982Sat Jan 02, 1982FA CupWrexhamH1-3
1981Sat Jan 03, 1981FA CupBolton WanderersH3-3
1980Tue Jan 01, 1980League Tier 1EvertonA0-1
1979Wed Jan 10, 1979FA CupAston VillaH2-0
1978Mon Jan 02, 1978League Tier 1EvertonH1-1
1977Sat Jan 01, 1977League Tier 2Blackburn RoversA3-1
1976Thu Jan 01, 1976FA CupPeterborough UnitedH0-0
1975Sat Jan 04, 1975FA CupTottenham HotspurH1-1
1974Tue Jan 01, 1974League Tier 2Oxford UnitedH1-1
1973Sat Jan 06, 1973League Tier 2Oxford UnitedA0-1
1972Sat Jan 01, 1972League Tier 1Manchester CityA2-2
1971Sat Jan 02, 1971FA CupLuton TownH1-1
1970Sat Jan 03, 1970FA CupCarlisle UnitedH0-0
1969Sat Jan 04, 1969FA CupPreston North EndA0-3
1968Sat Jan 06, 1968League Tier 1Manchester CityH0-3
1967Sat Jan 07, 1967League Tier 1West Bromwich AlbionA2-1
1966Sat Jan 01, 1966League Tier 1West Ham UnitedA3-0
1965Sat Jan 02, 1965League Tier 1West Bromwich AlbionA2-2
1964Sat Jan 04, 1964FA CupPreston North EndH0-0
1963Tue Jan 29, 1963FA CupWolverhampton WanderersH4-3
1962Sat Jan 06, 1962FA CupWorkingtonA2-1
1961Sat Jan 07, 1961FA CupBirmingham CityH0-2
1960Sat Jan 02, 1960League Tier 1Blackburn RoversA2-1
1959Sat Jan 03, 1959League Tier 1PortsmouthA1-0
1958Sat Jan 04, 1958FA CupGillinghamH2-0
1957Tue Jan 01, 1957League Tier 2Blackburn RoversA2-2
1956Mon Jan 02, 1956League Tier 2Blackburn RoversA2-2
1955Sat Jan 01, 1955League Tier 2Hull CityA3-2
1954Sat Jan 02, 1954League Tier 2Swansea TownH2-1
1953Sat Jan 03, 1953League Tier 2Notts CountyH1-0
1952Sat Jan 05, 1952League Tier 2Leicester CityA1-3
1951Sat Jan 06, 1951League Tier 3Crystal PalaceH1-0
1950Sat Jan 14, 1950League Tier 3Swindon TownA5-0
1949Sat Jan 01, 1949League Tier 2FulhamH0-2
1948Sat Jan 03, 1948League Tier 2West Ham UnitedH2-1
1947Wed Jan 01, 1947League Tier 2Newcastle UnitedA0-3
1946Sat Jan 05, 1946FA CupWatfordH1-1
1939Wed Jan 11, 1939FA CupHuddersfield TownA0-0
1938Sat Jan 01, 1938League Tier 2Sheffield UnitedH2-1
1937Sat Jan 02, 1937League Tier 2FulhamA2-5
1936Sat Jan 04, 1936League Tier 2West Ham UnitedH0-2
1935Sat Jan 05, 1935League Tier 2West Ham UnitedH2-0
1934Sat Jan 06, 1934League Tier 2BurnleyH0-2
1933Sat Jan 07, 1933League Tier 2Oldham AthleticA2-1
1932Sat Jan 02, 1932League Tier 2Charlton AthleticH3-2
1931Sat Jan 03, 1931League Tier 2Bradford Park AvenueH1-0
1930Sat Jan 04, 1930League Tier 2Notts CountyA0-0
1929Tue Jan 01, 1929League Tier 2Oldham AthleticA0-2
1928Sat Jan 07, 1928League Tier 2South ShieldsA4-3
1927Sat Jan 01, 1927League Tier 2Grimsby TownA1-1
1926Sat Jan 02, 1926League Tier 2DarlingtonH2-0
1925Sat Jan 03, 1925League Tier 1Manchester CityH0-3
1924Sat Jan 05, 1924League Tier 1Newcastle UnitedA0-4
1923Tue Jan 02, 1923League Tier 1Bolton WanderersA2-4
1922Sat Jan 07, 1922FA CupBristol CityA0-0
1921Sat Jan 01, 1921League Tier 2BarnsleyA0-0
1919Sat Aug 30, 1919League Tier 2Rotherham CountyA0-2
1920Sat Jan 03, 1920League Tier 2BuryH1-0
1915Sat Jan 02, 1915League Tier 2Grimsby TownA0-4
1914Sat Jan 03, 1914League Tier 2Hull CityH1-2
1913Wed Jan 01, 1913League Tier 2BarnsleyA0-1
1912Sat Jan 06, 1912League Tier 2Wolverhampton WanderersH0-0
1911Mon Jan 02, 1911League Tier 1MiddlesbroughA2-2
1910Sat Jan 01, 1910League Tier 1Aston VillaH1-4
1909Sat Jan 02, 1909League Tier 1Sheffield UnitedH0-2
1908Wed Jan 01, 1908League Tier 1LiverpoolA0-0
1907Sat Jan 05, 1907League Tier 2Burslem Port ValeA2-4
1906Sat Jan 06, 1906League Tier 1Manchester CityH0-1
1905Mon Jan 02, 1905League Tier 1SunderlandA0-1
1904Fri Jan 01, 1904League Tier 1Blackburn RoversA1-3
1903Sat Jan 03, 1903League Tier 1Grimsby TownH2-1
1902Wed Jan 01, 1902League Tier 1Blackburn RoversA0-1
1901Tue Jan 01, 1901League Tier 1Bolton WanderersA2-4
1900Sat Jan 06, 1900League Tier 1Wolverhampton WanderersH0-0
1899Mon Jan 02, 1899League Tier 1EvertonA3-1
1898Sat Jan 01, 1898League Tier 1The WednesdayA6-3
1897Sat Jan 02, 1897League Tier 1West Bromwich AlbionH0-1
1896Sat Jan 11, 1896League Tier 1Bolton WanderersH0-0
1895Tue Jan 01, 1895League Tier 1Blackburn RoversA0-0
1894Mon Jan 01, 1894League Tier 1Sheffield UnitedA2-0
1893Sat Jan 07, 1893League Tier 1Accrington StanleyH3-0
1892Sat Jan 16, 1892FA CupNewcastle East EndH2-1
1891Sat Jan 17, 1891FA CupClaptonA14-0
1890Sat Jan 18, 1890FA CupDerby MidlandA0-3
1889Sat Feb 02, 1889FA CupLinfield AthleticH2-2
1887Sat Oct 15, 1887FA CupNotts SwiftsH2-1
1888Sat Jan 07, 1888FA CupThe WednesdayH2-4
1886Sat Oct 30, 1886FA CupNotts OlympicH3-0
1884Sat Nov 08, 1884FA CupRotherham TownH5-0
1885Sat Jan 03, 1885FA CupThe WednesdayA2-1
1882Sat Dec 02, 1882FA CupSheffield HeeleyH7-2
1883Sat Jan 06, 1883FA CupSheffield WednesdayH2-2
1881Sat Nov 05, 1881FA CupAston VillaA1-4
1880Sat Jan 31, 1880FA CupBlackburn RoversH6-0
1878Sat Nov 16, 1878FA CupNotts CountyA3-1
1879Tue Jan 28, 1879FA CupOld HarroviansA2-0