[Lord Snooty]

April 11:

The most recent match on this date was in 2015 when Chris Powell took his Town side to the City Ground to play Nottingham Forest. And with a goal from super Sean Scannell, our brave lads came back with all three points in a 1-0 win.

That was the only game we have played on this date in this century, until we play Luton tonight. Prior to that, we had a win at the McAlpine Stadium against Crewe Alexandra in 1998. That was a 2-0 win and Wayne Allison and Grant Johnson scored the goals. That was Easter Saturday, with another long a fruitless journey to Carrow Road looming on Easter Monday.

And then back in 1992, we beat Wigan Athletic at Leeds Road with goals from Iwan Roberts, Simon Trevitt and Phil Starbuck netting in a 3-1 win. So that's three wins in the last three fixtures on this date. Let's keep that going tonight.

If you're a pessimist and want a bad omen for this date...... Back in 1952, we had the second 7-1 defeat of the season. That was against Sunderland at Roker Park and equaled the club record league defeat (it has been beaten since) which had been set in the previous September at home to Wolves. This season ended with Town relegated for the first time ever. George Stephenson had been manager, but he had left his post in March and for seven matches the team was being selected by the Board of Directors. A rudderless ship. Andy Beattie would get the job before the season was finished, but he couldn't stop the rot.

On a brighter note, in 1925, we also played at Roker Park on this date. This time we managed a 1-1 draw, with a goal from George Brown. Town were top of the league and would stay there to the end of the season, thus completing our second successive Football League championship.