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ON THIS DAY - May 8

PLAYERS
BORN DIED
Player Born Active Age Player Died Active Age
Willie WraggSat May 08, 18751896-99 ✝
Tom WoodlandMon May 08, 18821906-08 ✝
Tot LevertonSat May 08, 19261944-5477 ✝
Gary CrosbyFri May 08, 19641987-9561
Jim BrennanSun May 08, 19771999-0348
Liam BridcuttMon May 08, 19892017-2036
Jordan FaircloughWed May 08, 19912009-1034
James ClarridgeSat May 08, 20042022-2421
✝ = player has died

MANAGERS
BORN DIED
Manager Born Active Age Manager Died Active Age
✝ = manager has died

DEBUTS
Player debuts on this day:
Player Date Game Opponent H/A Result

GAMES
All competitive games played on this day:
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Date Game Opponent H/A Score Scorers
Sat May 08, 1982League Tier 1Swansea CityH0-2
Sat May 08, 1993League Tier 1Ipswich TownA1-2Clough (64' pen)
Sun May 08, 1994League Tier 2SunderlandH2-2Pearce (3' pen), Collymore (55')
Sat May 08, 1999League Tier 1Blackburn RoversA2-1Freedman (12'), Bart-Williams (56')
Sun May 08, 2005League Tier 2GillinghamH2-2Morgan (29'), Bopp (85')
Sat May 08, 2010PlayoffsBlackpoolA1-2Cohen (13')
Sat May 08, 2021League Tier 2Preston North EndH1-2Garner (17')
Mon May 08, 2023League Tier 1SouthamptonH4-3Awoniyi (18', 21'), Gibbs-White (44' pen), Danilo (73')

All non-competitive games played on this day:
Date Game Opponent H/A Score Scorers
Mon May 08, 1916FriendlyNotts CountyH1-2Sharp (20')
Tue May 08, 1928FriendlyKettering TownA1-7? (?)
Wed May 08, 1957FriendlyNorwich CityA7-2Morley (?), McKinlay (?), Imlach (?, ?, ?), Wilson (?, ?)
Mon May 08, 1961County CupNotts CountyH4-3Noone (? OG), Booth (?, ?), Vowden (?)
Tue May 08, 1962County CupNotts CountyA2-1Vowden (?), Julians (?)
Sat May 08, 1965County CupMansfield TownH5-0Hinton (?, ?), Taylor (?, ?), Storey-Moore (?)
Thu May 08, 1975County CupNotts CountyH0-1
Thu May 08, 1986County CupNotts CountyH2-1Rice (?), Carr (?)
Sun May 08, 1988FriendlyLincoln CityA2-2Parker (?), Clough (? pen)
Tue May 08, 1990County CupMansfield TownA4-0Carr (51', 57'), Parker (67'), Crosby (68')
Wed May 08, 1996TestimonialNewcastle UnitedH6-5Roy (2'), Woan (16'), Cooper (56'), Jemson (61'), Crossley (79'), Pearce (80')
Fri May 08, 1998FriendlyMiddlesbroughA5-0? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)