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where available.
Opposition goalscorers in italics,
* signifies goalscorer unknown.
FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE
DATE |
OPPONENT |
H/A |
F-A |
SCORERS |
GATE |
POS |
Sat 15 Aug |
Crystal Palace |
H |
0-0 |
|
25,127 |
16 |
Tue 18 Aug |
Nottingham Forest |
A |
3-3 |
Brown 2, Astle - Lyons, Rees, Cormack |
24,423 |
10 |
Sat 22 Aug |
Blackpool |
A |
1-3 |
Astle - Brown, Pickering 2 |
22,162 |
17 |
Wed 26 Aug |
Stoke City |
H |
5-2 |
Astle 2, Brown 2, Reed - Ritchie, Conroy |
22,015 |
9 |
Sat 29 Aug |
Liverpool |
H |
1-1 |
Astle - A Evans |
31,474 |
9 |
Wed 02 Sep |
Newcastle United |
H |
1-2 |
Astle - Dyson, Wilson (og) |
25,112 |
13 |
Sat 05 Sep |
Manchester City |
A |
1-4 |
Hope - Bell 2, Lee, Summerbee |
30,549 |
16 |
Sat 12 Sep |
West Ham United |
H |
2-1 |
Suggett 2 - Howe |
24,606 |
15 |
Sat 19 Sep |
Arsenal |
A |
2-6 |
Reed, Brown - Kennedy 2, Graham 2, Cantello (og), Armstrong |
33,303 |
16 |
Sat 26 Sep |
Derby County |
H |
2-1 |
McVitie, Brown - O'Hare |
31,216 |
16 |
Sat 03 Oct |
Ipswich Town |
A |
2-2 |
Brown, Astle - Viljoen, Clarke |
17,578 |
15 |
Sat 10 Oct |
Leeds United |
H |
2-2 |
Suggett, McVitie - Clarke, Jones |
37,124 |
15 |
Sat 17 Oct |
Crystal Palace |
A |
0-3 |
Birchenall, Tambling 2 |
28,330 |
15 |
Sat 24 Oct |
Manchester United |
A |
1-2 |
Brown - Law, Kidd |
42,504 |
19 |
Sat 31 Oct |
Everton |
H |
3-0 |
Astle, Brown, McVitie |
29,628 |
14 |
Sat 07 Nov |
Wolverhampton W |
A |
1-2 |
Lovett - Wagstaffe, Dougan |
39,300 |
16 |
Sat 14 Nov |
Southampton |
H |
1-0 |
Hartford |
17,824 |
15 |
Sat 21 Nov |
Huddersfield Town |
A |
1-2 |
Brown - Hutt, Lawson |
18,209 |
17 |
Sat 28 Nov |
Chelsea |
H |
2-2 |
Suggett, Astle - Weller, Cooke |
29,374 |
18 |
Sat 05 Dec |
Burnley |
A |
1-1 |
Brown - Kindon |
12,477 |
17 |
Sat 12 Dec |
Tottenham Hotspur |
H |
3-1 |
Brown 3 (1 pen) - Chivers |
26,584 |
13 |
Sat 19 Dec |
Blackpool |
H |
1-1 |
Suggett - James |
17,909 |
14 |
Sat 26 Dec |
Coventry City |
A |
1-1 |
Brown (pen) - Martin (pen) |
27,527 |
14 |
Sat 09 Jan |
Nottingham Forest |
H |
0-1 |
Storey-Moore |
20,015 |
14 |
Sat 16 Jan |
Stoke City |
A |
0-2 |
Conroy 2 |
20,882 |
17 |
Sat 30 Jan |
Chelsea |
A |
1-4 |
Astle - Hollins 2 (1 pen), Hutchinson, Smethurst |
26,874 |
18 |
Sat 06 Feb |
Burnley |
H |
1-0 |
Brown |
16,982 |
16 |
Wed 17 Feb |
Tottenham Hotspur |
A |
2-2 |
Brown 2 - Mullery (pen), Gilzean |
22,695 |
16 |
Sat 20 Feb |
Huddersfield Town |
H |
2-1 |
Brown 2 - Worthington |
18,254 |
16 |
Sat 27 Feb |
Everton |
A |
3-3 |
Astle, Brown, Wile - Husband, Royle, Newton |
35,940 |
16 |
Sat 06 Mar |
Manchester United |
H |
4-3 |
Brown 3, Wile - Aston, Kidd, Best |
41,134 |
15 |
Sat 13 Mar |
Southampton |
A |
0-1 |
Paine |
19,008 |
15 |
Sat 20 Mar |
Wolverhampton W |
H |
2-4 |
McVitie, Brown - Curran 2, Bailey, Gould |
36,754 |
16 |
Sat 27 Mar |
Manchester City |
H |
0-0 |
|
20,363 |
16 |
Fri 02 Apr |
Liverpool |
A |
1-1 |
Brown - A Evans |
43,630 |
14 |
Fri 09 Apr |
West Ham United |
A |
1-2 |
Astle - Greaves, Robson |
34,981 |
16 |
Sat 10 Apr |
Coventry City |
H |
0-0 |
|
18,726 |
18 |
Mon 12 Apr |
Ipswich Town |
H |
0-1 |
Robertson |
12,684 |
18 |
Sat 17 Apr |
Leeds United |
A |
2-1 |
Brown, Astle - Clarke |
36,812 |
16 |
Sat 24 Apr |
Arsenal |
H |
2-2 |
Hartford, Brown - McLintock, Hartford (og) |
36,621 |
15 |
Wed 28 Apr |
Newcastle United |
A |
0-3 |
Young, Tudor, Smith |
18,444 |
16 |
Sat 01 May |
Derby County |
A |
0-2 |
Hinton, Durban |
33,661 |
17 |
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FA CUP
DATE |
OPPONENT |
H/A |
ROUND |
F-A |
SCORERS |
GATE |
Sat 02 Jan |
Scunthorpe United |
H |
3 |
0-0 |
|
22,844 |
Mon 11 Jan |
Scunthorpe United |
A |
replay |
3-1 |
Brown 2, Astle - Deere |
15,926 |
Sat 23 Jan |
Ipswich Town |
H |
4 |
1-1 |
Suggett - Clarke |
27,178 |
Tue 26 Jan |
Ipswich Town |
A |
replay |
0-3 |
Robertson, Clarke, Viljoen |
27,015 |
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LEAGUE CUP
DATE |
OPPONENT |
H/A |
ROUND |
F-A |
SCORERS |
GATE |
Tue 08 Sep |
Charlton Athletic |
H |
2 |
3-1 |
Kaye, Astle, Suggett - Masiello |
16,124 |
Tue 06 Oct |
Preston North End |
A |
3 |
1-0 |
Hartford |
18,222 |
Wed 28 Oct |
Tottenham Hotspur |
A |
4 |
0-5 |
Peters 3, Gilzean 2 |
31,598 |
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TEXACO CUP
DATE |
OPPONENT |
H/A |
ROUND |
F-A |
SCORERS |
GATE |
Mon 14 Sep |
Morton |
A |
1 1st leg |
1-2 |
Rankin (og) - * |
7,943 |
Wed 30 Sep |
Morton |
H |
1 2nd leg |
0-1 |
* |
16,168 |
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Two-legged tie, Morton won 3-1 on aggregate. |
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ANGLO-ITALIAN CUP
DATE |
OPPONENT |
H/A |
ROUND |
F-A |
SCORERS |
GATE |
Wed 26 May |
Inter Milan |
H |
Group |
1-1 |
Wile - Oriali |
17,645 |
Sat 29 May |
Cagliari |
H |
Group |
1-2 |
Astle - Mancin, Domenghini |
17,620 |
Tue 01 Jun |
Inter Milan |
A |
Group |
0-1 |
Bertini |
15,000 |
Fri 04 Jun |
Cagliari |
A |
Group |
0-1 |
Domenghini |
30,000 |
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Albion failed to qualify for the next round. |
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FRIENDLIES
DATE |
OPPONENT |
H/A |
F-A |
SCORERS |
GATE |
Mon 03 Aug |
Heart of Midlothian |
H |
2-0 |
Reed, Wilson (pen) |
8,024 |
Sat 08 Aug |
Aston Villa |
A |
1-1 |
Wright (og) - * |
20,893 |
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TESTIMONIAL / BENEFIT GAMES
DATE |
OPPONENT |
H/A |
F-A |
SCORERS |
GATE |
Wed 21 Apr |
Atlético Bilbao
(1) |
H |
4-2 |
Merrick, T Brown 2, Johnson - * |
14,198 |
Tue 04 May |
Atlético Bilbao
(2) |
A |
1-1 |
Brown - * |
26,103 |
Tue 18 May |
Swansea City (3) |
A |
2-2 |
MacLean, Astle - * |
3,950 |
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1 - Bobby Hope Testimonial Match. |
2
- José Ángel Iribar Benefit Match. |
3
- Walter Robbins Testimonial Match. |
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