Preston is a very old club, formed in 1888 some 20 years before Town came into existence.
Town has a long history of games against Preston. Since the most famous were the two Cup Finals I shall deal with Cup competitions first. Read the rest of this entry »

The first 4 meetings in Division 4 all went the way of Exeter. In 1975/76 on 6th December Town lost 0-1 in front of 5,007 at Leeds Road. The return match was even worse as Town was thrashed 1-4 on 27th March when 3,925 saw Sidebottom score Town’s only goal. The next Season saw Town lose 0-2 at St. James Park on 12th November watched by 3,657 and another defeat followed at Leeds Road on 23rd April 0-1 watched by 5,057 hardy souls. Not an auspicious start, four games, four defeats 1 scored and 8 conceded. Exeter went up in second place that season. Read the rest of this entry »

There have been only ten games to date against MK Dons. The original Wimbledon’s results have now been expunged from MK Dons records. Read the rest of this entry »

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2001/02 saw the best ever home league gate and the previous season the best away gate. On the other hand 1974/75 when Town slid into the basement, despite doing well against Rovers, 0-0 and 2-1, saw the poorest gates ever both home and away. Read the rest of this entry »

While there have been 40 league meetings between Town and the Latics and one cup tie each in the FA Cup and the League Cup, the first meetings occurred in 1920-21 when Town were promoted into Division 1. The teams met for three years but then did not meet in the league again until The Great Slide caused a third division match up in 1973/74. Since then there was a block of 5 years meetings in Division 2 starting in 1983/84 when Town returned to Division 2. Since then there have been two blocks of 2 season meetings. In 1995/96 and 1996/97 on Town’s last return to the new Division 1 we lost on the opening day at Boundary park 0-3 but earned a 0-0 home draw. Next season we earned the third ‘double’. At that time Town were on the up and the Latics on the way down. The next match up was near the end of the era of Mr. X. when Town gave two disgusting displays and lost 0-1 away and then, worse yet, 0-2 at home in Round 1 of the League Cup. This pathetic effort was followed up by the last 2 season series in 2001/02 both games ended up as draws 0-0 at home and 1-1 away. The following year will be long remembered because ‘Offside Clyde’ scored twice in the 0-4 away thumping. The home fixture on the last day of the season ended up 1-1 but Town was already doomed to relegation before the match began. The sides started meeting again in Div 3 in 2004/05 when the Latics followed Town down. We have met annually since. Read the rest of this entry »

Wycombe Wanderers is an old club dating back to 1884 or 24 years Town made an appearance. Despite that there have been few games between the teams and no meetings at all in Cup competitions. Read the rest of this entry »

There have been very few games between Town and United. So here is a full list. Read the rest of this entry »