[Lord Snooty]

February 28:

Not a lot to report on for this date. We had the FA Cup 5th round replay against Premier League Wimbledon in 1996, but we lost it. They were homeless, playing at Selhurst Park and just a few years away from moving to Milton Keynes to become the MK Dons.

Wimbledon won this one 3-1 with Andy Booth getting our goal.

We had another replay in the last 16 round on this date in 1923. After drawing 1-1 at Leeds Road with Bolton Wanderers, our brave lads travelled to Burnden Park on the following Wednesday. We had won the Cup in the previous season and a massive crowd of 61,609 turned out to watch this.

The Trotters won it 1-0 and went on to win the Cup in the first Final to be played at the new Wembley Stadium against West Ham, the famous one with the white horse.

Not from this match, but here's a picture of Burnden Park from that era.

Now then. When Town beat Birmingham City on Saturday, we set a new club record for games unbeaten in the 2nd tier. That win was the 15th league game without defeat, beating the 14 from 1919/20. Now that run only came to an end because the season ended and we got promoted and so didn't play again at this level until 1952/53. In that season we went unbeaten for the first ten games, so the actual record of unbeaten league games at the 2nd tier level is 24. So Carlos Corberán and his boys still have some work to do.

Anyway, as I was saying. That run started on this date in 1920 with a win at Molineux against the Wolverhampton Wanderers. It was a 3-2 victory with goals from Frank Mann, Billy Smith and George Richardson.

Here's another old ground. Molineux in the 1920s.

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Now this only comes around every four years. Unlucky if you had a birthday on February 29, like my Nan did.

So obviously not many games on this particular date. Only 4, so I might as well do them all.

The first one was in 1936. It was a home game against Blackburn Rovers, we were 2nd in Division One, but the attendance was only 3,886. It wasn't a midweek match. It was a Saturday afternoon. I wonder why the crowd was so low.

Anyway, if you know the answer, please let us know. The match itself was a 1-1 draw with Frank Chivers getting our goal.

Next up was a 2-1 home win against Cardiff City in 1964. Goals from a Len White penalty and Derek Stokes.

The third one was a 0-1 defeat at Boothferry Park against Hull City in 1992.

And then finally, 2020. The last home game before the Coronavirus lockdown. It was a magnificent 4-0 home win against Charlton Athletic. Two goals from Karlan Grant, one from Steve Mounie and one from Juninho Bacuna moved us up to 17th in the Championship table, giving us high hopes of avoiding a second relegation in two years.