December the 18th down the ages: Now Played 16, WON 7, drew 3, lost 6.
1909: Castleford Town (a) Midland League,
WON 5-1 (
William McCreadie 3,
William Grundy,
Joe Jee)
1915: Sheffield Utd (a) Wartime League, lost 1-5 (
Billy Watson)
1920: Derby County (h) Div 1,
WON 2-0 (
William Wright,
Jack Swann)
1926: Aston Villa (a) Div 1, lost 0-3
1937: Stoke City (a) Div 1,
WON 1-0 (
Willie MacFadyen)
1943: Leeds Utd (a) Wartime League,
WON 3-0 (
Billy Price 2,
Harry Baird)
1948: Arsenal (a) Div 1, lost 0-3
1954: Blackpool (a) Div 1, drew 1-1 (
Jimmy Glazzard)
1965: Rotherham Utd (h) Div 2,
WON 4-0 (
Kevin McHale,
Allan Gilliver 2,
Tony Leighton pen)
1971: Southampton (h) Div 1, lost 0-2
1976: Crewe Alexandra (h) Div 4, lost 0-1
1982: Reading (a) Div 3, drew 1-1 (
Brian Stanton)
1993: Reading (a) Division Two (2nd tier), drew 0-0
1999: Grimsby Town (h) Division One (2nd tier),
WON 3-1 (
Clyde Wijnhard 2,
Marcus Stewart)
2004: Bradford City (h) League One (3rd tier), lost 0-1
2021: Bristol City (a) Championship,
WON 3-2 (
Duane Holmes,
Danel Sinani,
Danny Ward)
Bristol Anagrams: Two managers, a band and a slave trader still to get.
- Cowan Toddlers
- Inkwell Ash (Nahki Wells)
- Marianna Sweden (Andreas Weimann)
- Canal Kids
- Deja Snot (Jon Stead)
- Algernon Pies (Nigel Pearson)
- Testicle Revolt (Steve Cotterill)
- Mr Christian (Chris Martin)
- Johnny Argos
- Doha Priest