Significant Days
1880
First ever game: a 1-0 home defeat to Ferryhill at Blue House Field.
  Birthdays
1943 Howard Wilkinson (manager 2002-03)
1899 Billy Death (player 1924-28)
1917 Joe Curran (player 1938)
1937 Alan O'Neill (player 1956-62)
1962 Colin West (player 1981-85)
1974 Martin Smith (player 1993-99)