The City Ground

Opening Day

These are the games played on every opening day of the 118 official league seasons so far.
Note: This does not include opening games in the War-time leagues

Opening day record:

Game	P	W	D	L	F	A
Opening Day	118	46	33	39	169	162

Games on opening day since...

	Home		Away
Since	Date	Games	Date	Games
GAMES	-		-
Last win	Aug 04, 2017	2	Aug 09, 1997	10
Last draw	Aug 06, 2011	7	Aug 04, 2018	2
Last loss	Aug 03, 2019	1	Sep 12, 2020	1
Last goal scored	Aug 03, 2019	1	Aug 04, 2018	2
Clean sheet	Aug 04, 2017	2	Aug 08, 2009	5
MISC	-		-
Conceded Own Goal	Aug 16, 1975	22	Aug 20, 1949	36
Opponent Conceded Own Goal	-		-
Conceded penalty	-		-
Scored penalty	-		Aug 07, 1999	8
Missed Penalty	-		-
Saved penalty	-		-
Red card	-		Aug 08, 2009	5
Opponent red card	-		-

Full list of opponents ordered by how many times we've played them on opening day:

Games	Opponent	P	W	D	L	F	A
6	Everton	6	2	2	2	11	11
	Sheffield United	6	3	1	2	9	8
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	2	0	4	16	16
5	Liverpool	5	3	0	2	8	8
4	Burnley	4	1	1	2	4	7
	Ipswich Town	4	2	1	1	3	3
	Preston North End	4	4	0	0	8	2
3	Barnsley	3	0	1	2	3	7
	Bristol City	3	1	2	0	2	1
	Bury	3	2	1	0	9	3
	Luton Town	3	1	1	1	5	4
	Newcastle United	3	1	2	0	7	3
	Southampton	3	2	0	1	6	5
	Stoke City	3	0	1	2	4	9
	Sunderland	3	3	0	0	4	0
	West Bromwich Albion	3	1	0	2	2	3
2	Aston Villa	2	0	1	1	1	2
	Birmingham City	2	1	1	0	5	4
	Blackburn Rovers	2	0	0	2	1	3
	Blackpool	2	2	0	0	4	0
	Brighton and Hove Albion	2	0	1	1	2	3
	Charlton Athletic	2	1	0	1	3	4
	Chelsea	2	0	1	1	2	4
	Coventry City	2	2	0	0	5	0
	Grimsby Town	2	0	1	1	2	4
	Huddersfield Town	2	2	0	0	3	1
	Leicester Fosse	2	0	0	2	2	6
	Manchester City	2	0	1	1	3	4
	Port Vale	2	1	1	0	3	2
	Portsmouth	2	0	1	1	0	2
	Queens Park Rangers	2	0	1	1	1	3
	Reading	2	0	2	0	0	0
	Rotherham United	2	1	0	1	2	3
	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	1	1	1	3
1	Arsenal	1	0	0	1	0	2
	Bournemouth	1	0	1	0	0	0
	Bradford City	1	1	0	0	1	0
	Brentford	1	0	1	0	1	1
	Burton Albion	1	1	0	0	4	3
	Crystal Palace	1	0	0	1	1	4
	Darlington	1	0	1	0	0	0
	Derby County	1	0	1	0	1	1
	Fulham	1	0	1	0	2	2
	Leeds City	1	1	0	0	2	1
	Leyton Orient	1	1	0	0	4	1
	Millwall	1	1	0	0	1	0
	Newport County	1	1	0	0	2	0
	Norwich City	1	0	0	1	1	2
	Notts County	1	0	1	0	1	1
	Plymouth Argyle	1	1	0	0	2	0
	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	1	1	3
	Southend United	1	0	1	0	1	1
	West Ham United	1	1	0	0	2	1
	Wigan Athletic	1	0	1	0	1	1

Full list of games:

Season	Date	Game	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Ground
2020-21	Sat Sep 12, 2020	League Tier 2	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-2	Loss	Loftus Road
2019-20	Sat Aug 03, 2019	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-2	Loss
2018-19	Sat Aug 04, 2018	League Tier 2	Bristol City	A	1-1	Draw	Ashton Gate
2017-18	Fri Aug 04, 2017	League Tier 2	Millwall	H	1-0	Win
2016-17	Sat Aug 06, 2016	League Tier 2	Burton Albion	H	4-3	Win
2015-16	Fri Aug 07, 2015	League Tier 2	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	0-1	Loss	American Express Stadium
2014-15	Sat Aug 09, 2014	League Tier 2	Blackpool	H	2-0	Win
2013-14	Sat Aug 03, 2013	League Tier 2	Huddersfield Town	H	1-0	Win
2012-13	Sat Aug 18, 2012	League Tier 2	Bristol City	H	1-0	Win
2011-12	Sat Aug 06, 2011	League Tier 2	Barnsley	H	0-0	Draw
2010-11	Sat Aug 07, 2010	League Tier 2	Burnley	A	0-1	Loss	Turf Moor
2009-10	Sat Aug 08, 2009	League Tier 2	Reading	A	0-0	Draw	Madejski Stadium
2008-09	Sun Aug 10, 2008	League Tier 2	Reading	H	0-0	Draw
2007-08	Sat Aug 11, 2007	League Tier 3	Bournemouth	H	0-0	Draw
2006-07	Sat Aug 05, 2006	League Tier 3	Bradford City	H	1-0	Win
2005-06	Sat Aug 06, 2005	League Tier 3	Huddersfield Town	H	2-1	Win
2004-05	Sat Aug 07, 2004	League Tier 2	Wigan Athletic	A	1-1	Draw	DW Stadium
2003-04	Sat Aug 09, 2003	League Tier 2	Sunderland	H	2-0	Win
2002-03	Sat Aug 10, 2002	League Tier 2	Portsmouth	A	0-2	Loss	Fratton Park
2001-02	Sat Aug 11, 2001	League Tier 2	Sheffield United	H	1-1	Draw
2000-01	Sat Aug 12, 2000	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-0	Win
1999-00	Sat Aug 07, 1999	League Tier 2	Ipswich Town	A	1-3	Loss	Portman Road
1997-98	Sat Aug 09, 1997	League Tier 2	Port Vale	A	1-0	Win	Vale Park
1996-97	Sat Aug 17, 1996	League Tier 1	Coventry City	A	3-0	Win	Highfield Road
1995-96	Sat Aug 19, 1995	League Tier 1	Southampton	A	4-3	Win	The Dell
1994-95	Sat Aug 20, 1994	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town	A	1-0	Win	Portman Road
1993-94	Sun Aug 15, 1993	League Tier 2	Southend United	A	1-1	Draw	Roots Hall
1992-93	Sun Aug 16, 1992	League Tier 1	Liverpool	H	1-0	Win
1991-92	Sat Aug 17, 1991	League Tier 1	Everton	H	2-1	Win
1990-91	Sat Aug 25, 1990	League Tier 1	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-1	Draw
1989-90	Sat Aug 19, 1989	League Tier 1	Aston Villa	H	1-1	Draw
1988-89	Sat Aug 27, 1988	League Tier 1	Norwich City	A	1-2	Loss	Carrow Road
1987-88	Sat Aug 15, 1987	League Tier 1	Charlton Athletic	A	2-1	Win	The Valley
1986-87	Sat Aug 23, 1986	League Tier 1	Everton	A	0-2	Loss	Goodison Park
1985-86	Sat Aug 17, 1985	League Tier 1	Luton Town	A	1-1	Draw	Kenilworth Road
1984-85	Sat Aug 25, 1984	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-3	Loss	Hillsborough
1983-84	Sat Aug 27, 1983	League Tier 1	Southampton	H	0-1	Loss
1982-83	Sat Aug 28, 1982	League Tier 1	West Ham United	A	2-1	Win	Upton Park
1981-82	Sat Aug 29, 1981	League Tier 1	Southampton	H	2-1	Win
1980-81	Sat Aug 16, 1980	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-2	Loss	White Hart Lane
1979-80	Sat Aug 18, 1979	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town	A	1-0	Win	Portman Road
1978-79	Sat Aug 19, 1978	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	Draw
1977-78	Sat Aug 20, 1977	League Tier 1	Everton	A	3-1	Win	Goodison Park
1976-77	Sat Aug 21, 1976	League Tier 2	Fulham	A	2-2	Draw	Craven Cottage
1975-76	Sat Aug 16, 1975	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle	H	2-0	Win
1974-75	Sat Aug 17, 1974	League Tier 2	Bristol City	H	0-0	Draw
1973-74	Sat Aug 25, 1973	League Tier 2	Luton Town	H	4-0	Win
1972-73	Sat Aug 12, 1972	League Tier 2	Portsmouth	H	0-0	Draw
1971-72	Sat Aug 14, 1971	League Tier 1	Liverpool	A	1-3	Loss	Anfield
1970-71	Sat Aug 15, 1970	League Tier 1	Coventry City	H	2-0	Win
1969-70	Sat Aug 09, 1969	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town	A	0-0	Draw	Portman Road
1968-69	Sat Aug 10, 1968	League Tier 1	Burnley	H	2-2	Draw
1967-68	Sat Aug 19, 1967	League Tier 1	Sheffield United	A	3-1	Win	Bramall Lane
1966-67	Sat Aug 20, 1966	League Tier 1	Stoke City	H	1-2	Loss
1965-66	Sat Aug 21, 1965	League Tier 1	Newcastle United	A	2-2	Draw	St. James Park (Newcastle)
1964-65	Sat Aug 22, 1964	League Tier 1	Birmingham City	H	4-3	Win
1963-64	Sat Aug 24, 1963	League Tier 1	Aston Villa	H	0-1	Loss
1962-63	Sat Aug 18, 1962	League Tier 1	Sheffield United	H	2-1	Win
1961-62	Sat Aug 19, 1961	League Tier 1	Chelsea	A	2-2	Draw	Stamford Bridge
1960-61	Sat Aug 20, 1960	League Tier 1	Manchester City	H	2-2	Draw
1959-60	Sat Aug 22, 1959	League Tier 1	Manchester City	A	1-2	Loss	Maine Road
1958-59	Sat Aug 23, 1958	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-5	Loss	Molineux
1957-58	Sat Aug 24, 1957	League Tier 1	Preston North End	H	2-1	Win
1956-57	Sat Aug 18, 1956	League Tier 2	Leyton Orient	A	4-1	Win	Brisbane Road
1955-56	Sat Aug 20, 1955	League Tier 2	Liverpool	H	1-3	Loss
1954-55	Sat Aug 21, 1954	League Tier 2	Luton Town	A	0-3	Loss	Kenilworth Road
1953-54	Wed Aug 19, 1953	League Tier 2	Everton	H	3-3	Draw
1952-53	Sat Aug 23, 1952	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-2	Loss
1951-52	Sat Aug 18, 1951	League Tier 2	Rotherham United	A	2-1	Win	Millmoor
1950-51	Sat Aug 19, 1950	League Tier 3	Newport County	A	2-0	Win	Somerton Park
1949-50	Sat Aug 20, 1949	League Tier 3	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	2-2	Draw	Goldstone Ground
1948-49	Sat Aug 21, 1948	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-1	Loss
1947-48	Sat Aug 23, 1947	League Tier 2	Bury	H	2-1	Win
1946-47	Sat Aug 31, 1946	League Tier 2	Barnsley	A	2-3	Loss	Oakwell
1939-40	Sat Aug 26, 1939	League Tier 2	Barnsley	A	1-4	Loss	Oakwell
1938-39	Sat Aug 27, 1938	League Tier 2	Sheffield United	H	0-2	Loss
1937-38	Sat Aug 28, 1937	League Tier 2	Sheffield United	A	1-2	Loss	Bramall Lane
1936-37	Sat Aug 29, 1936	League Tier 2	Burnley	A	0-3	Loss	Turf Moor
1935-36	Sat Aug 31, 1935	League Tier 2	Bury	H	2-2	Draw
1934-35	Sat Aug 25, 1934	League Tier 2	Newcastle United	H	5-1	Win
1933-34	Sat Aug 26, 1933	League Tier 2	Brentford	H	1-1	Draw
1932-33	Sat Aug 27, 1932	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town	A	1-1	Draw	Blundell Park
1931-32	Sat Aug 29, 1931	League Tier 2	Charlton Athletic	A	1-3	Loss	The Valley
1930-31	Sat Aug 30, 1930	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-4	Loss
1929-30	Sat Aug 31, 1929	League Tier 2	Chelsea	A	0-2	Loss	Stamford Bridge
1928-29	Sat Aug 25, 1928	League Tier 2	Stoke City	H	1-5	Loss
1927-28	Sat Aug 27, 1927	League Tier 2	Port Vale	A	2-2	Draw	The Old Recreation Ground
1926-27	Sat Aug 28, 1926	League Tier 2	Blackpool	H	2-0	Win
1925-26	Sat Aug 29, 1925	League Tier 2	Darlington	A	0-0	Draw	Feethams
1924-25	Sat Aug 30, 1924	League Tier 1	Arsenal	H	0-2	Loss
1923-24	Sat Aug 25, 1923	League Tier 1	Everton	A	1-2	Loss	Goodison Park
1922-23	Sat Aug 26, 1922	League Tier 1	Sunderland	H	1-0	Win
1921-22	Sat Aug 27, 1921	League Tier 2	Crystal Palace	A	1-4	Loss	The Nest (Croydon)
1920-21	Sat Aug 28, 1920	League Tier 2	Stoke City	H	2-2	Draw
1919-20	Sat Aug 30, 1919	League Tier 2	Rotherham United	A	0-2	Loss	Millmoor
1914-15	Wed Sep 02, 1914	League Tier 2	Birmingham City	H	1-1	Draw
1913-14	Wed Sep 03, 1913	League Tier 2	Leicester Fosse	H	1-3	Loss
1912-13	Sat Sep 07, 1912	League Tier 2	Leicester Fosse	A	1-3	Loss	Filbert Street
1911-12	Sat Sep 02, 1911	League Tier 2	Leeds City	H	2-1	Win
1910-11	Thu Sep 01, 1910	League Tier 1	Preston North End	A	2-0	Win	Deepdale
1909-10	Wed Sep 01, 1909	League Tier 1	Preston North End	A	1-0	Win	Deepdale
1908-09	Sat Sep 05, 1908	League Tier 1	Sheffield United	A	2-1	Win	Bramall Lane
1907-08	Mon Sep 02, 1907	League Tier 1	Liverpool	H	3-1	Win
1906-07	Sat Sep 01, 1906	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town	A	1-3	Loss	Blundell Park
1905-06	Sat Sep 02, 1905	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-1	Win
1904-05	Sat Sep 03, 1904	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-3	Loss	Molineux
1903-04	Sat Sep 05, 1903	League Tier 1	Liverpool	H	2-1	Win
1902-03	Mon Sep 01, 1902	League Tier 1	Sunderland	A	1-0	Win	Roker Park
1901-02	Mon Sep 02, 1901	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2	Loss	Molineux
1900-01	Sat Sep 01, 1900	League Tier 1	Newcastle United	A	0-0	Draw	St. James Park (Newcastle)
1899-00	Sat Sep 02, 1899	League Tier 1	Preston North End	H	3-1	Win
1898-99	Sat Sep 03, 1898	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-1	Loss
1897-98	Sat Sep 04, 1897	League Tier 1	Notts County	H	1-1	Draw	City Ground (Town Ground)
1896-97	Sat Sep 05, 1896	League Tier 1	Derby County	A	1-1	Draw	Baseball Ground
1895-96	Thu Sep 05, 1895	League Tier 1	Bury	H	5-0	Win	Town Ground
1894-95	Sat Sep 01, 1894	League Tier 1	Burnley	H	2-1	Win	Town Ground
1893-94	Sat Sep 02, 1893	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	7-1	Win	Town Ground
1892-93	Sat Sep 03, 1892	League Tier 1	Everton	A	2-2	Draw	Goodison Park