Division Three                                                     
Sat  9 Aug  ROCHDALE               W  2-1   4 173    -   Robson(pen),Redmile
Sat 16      hull city              W  3-0   7 412    1   Redmile,White,Jones
Sat 23      LINCOLN CITY           L  1-2   5 707    4   White
Sat 30      cardiff city           D  1-1   6 191    5   Finnan
Tue  2 Sep  hartlepool united      D  1-1   2 010    7   Baraclough(pen)
Sat  6      SCUNTHORPE UNITED      W  2-1   5 009    5   Redmile,Derry
Sat 13      MANSFIELD TOWN         W  1-0   6 706    3   Martindale
Sat 20      shrewsbury town        W  2-1   2 532    2   Jones,Finnan
Sat 27      scarborough            W  2-1   2 751    1   Baraclough(pen),Farrell
Sat  4 Oct  DARLINGTON             D  1-1   4 428    2   Dudley
Sat 11      MACCLESFIELD TOWN      D  1-1   4 871    3   Richardson
Sat 18      swansea city           W  2-1   3 668    3   Jones,Jackson
Tue 21      rotherham united       D  1-1   3 161    3   Farrell
Sat 25      CAMBRIDGE UNITED       W  1-0   4 279    2   Jones
Sat  1 Nov  barnet                 W  2-1   2 530    1   Baraclough,Derry
Tue  4      CHESTER CITY           L  1-2   3 104    2   Strooder
Sat  8      EXETER CITY            D  1-1   5 107    2   Strodder
Tue 18      colchester united      L  0-2   2 643    3
Sat 22      leyton orient          D  1-1   4 372    4   Farrell
Sat 29      PETERBOROUGH UTD       D  2-2   8 006    4   Jones,Robson
Wed  3 Dec  brighton & hove albion W  1-0   1 279    3   Farrell
Sat 13      DONCASTER ROVERS       W  5-2   4 024    1   Baraclough 2(1pen),Utley(og),Finnan,Farrell
Sat 20      torquay united         W  2-0   2 536    1   Farrell 2
Fri 26      scunthorpe united      W  2-1   4 781    1   Jones 2
Sun 28      HARTLEPOOL UNITED      W  2-0   6 073    1   Farrell 2
Sat 10 Jan  rochdale               W  2-1   2 387    1   Jones,Robinson
Sat 17      CARDIFF CITY           W  3-1   6 448    1   Robinson,Jones 2
Tue 20      HULL CITY              W  1-0   4 017    1   Richardson
Sat 24      lincoln city           W  5-3   5 911    1   Farrell 2,Baraclough,Strodder,Jones
Sat 31      mansfield town         W  2-0   6 786    1   Jones 2
Sat  7 Feb  SHREWSBURY TOWN        D  1-1   5 789    1   Jones
Sat 14      darlington             W  2-0   2 781    1   Jones,Finnan
Sat 21      SCARBOROUGH            W  1-0   5 645    1   Farrell
Tue 24      SWANSEA CITY           W  2-1   4 484    1   Jones 2
Sat 28      macclesfield town      L  0-2   5 122    1
Tue  3 Mar  exeter city            W  5-2   2 966    1   Robson,Farrell 2,Jones 2
Sat  7      BARNET                 W  2-0   6 180    1   Jones,Hughes
Sat 14      chester city           W  1-0   2 753    1   Jones
Sat 21      COLCHESTER UNITED      D  0-0   6 284    1
Sat 28      LEYTON ORIENT          W  1-0   8 383    1   Robson
Fri  3 Apr  peterborough united    L  0-1   6 498    1
Sat 11      BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION D  2-2   5 344    1   Hughes,Jones
Mon 13      doncaster rovers       W  2-1   2 485    1   Strodder,Finnan
Sat 18      TORQUAY UNITED         W  3-0   5 183    1   Pearce,Jones 2
Sat 25      cambridge united       D  2-2   4 009    1   Jones 2
Sat  2 May  ROTHERHAM UNITED       W  5-2  12 430    1   Jones 2,Pearce,Farrell,Robinson
F.A CUP
Sun 16 Nov  COLWYN BAY(ROUND 1)    W  2-0   3 074        Hogg,Richardson
Sat  6 Dec  preston n.e (round 2)  D  2-2   7 583        Finnan,Derry
Tue 16      PRESTON N.E (REPLAY)   L  1-2   3 052        (AET) Farrell
LEAGUE CUP
Tue 12 Aug  darlington (round 1/L1)D  1-1   2 189        White
Tue 26      DARLINGTON (R1/L2)     W  2-1   1 925        (AET) Baraclough(pen),Hendon
Tue 16 Sep  TRANMERE ROVERS (R2/L1)L  0-2   1 779
Tue 23      tranmere rovers (r2/L2)W  1-0   3 287        Dudley
Football League Trophy
Tue 27 Jan  burnley (round 2)      L  0-2   2 442

Final League Table           W   D   L   GD Pts   
 1. Notts County            29  12   5   82  99     
 2. Macclesfield Town       23  13  10   63  82
 3. Lincoln City            20  15  11   60  75
 4. Colchester United       21  11  14   72  74
 5. Torquay United          21  11  14   68  74
 6. Scarborough             19  15  12   67  72
 7. Barnet                  19  13  14   61  70
 8. Scunthorpe United       19  12  15   56  69
 9. Rotherham United        16  19  11   67  67
10. Peterborough United     18  13  15   63  67
11. Leyton Orient           19  12  15   62  66*
12. Mansfield Town          16  17  13   64  65
13. Shrewsbury Town         16  13  17   61  61
14. Chester City            17  10  19   60  61
15. Exeter City             15  15  16   68  60
16. Cambridge United        14  18  14   63  60
17. Hartlepool United       12  23  11   61  59
18. Rochdale                17   7  22   56  58
19. Darlington              14  12  20   56  54
20. Swansea City            13  11  22   49  50
21. Cardiff City             9  23  14   48  50
22. Hull City               11   8  27   56  41
23. Brighton & Hove Albion   6  17  23   38  35
24. Doncaster Rovers         4   8  34   30  20
                       *Leyton Orient deducted 3 points

Manager
Sam Allardyce
Goalkeepers           Age  League Apps.
Darren Ward            23      44              
Mike Pollitt           25       2       Left for Sunderland March 24th
Defenders
Ian Hendon             26      38
Gary Strodder          32      37 (2)
Dennis Pearce          23      37 (1)   Joined pre-season from Wolves
Matt Redmile           21      32 (2)                  
Shaun Derry            20      27 (1)   Left for Sheffield Utd January 26th
Ian Richardson         27      23
Graeme Hogg            33       4       Left for Brentford January 23rd
Midfield
Steve Finnan           21      41 (3)
Ian Baraclough         27      36 (2)   Left for QPR March 19th
Phil Robinson          30      30 (10)  Left after the end of the season
Mark Robson            28      26 (2)   Joined pre-season from Charlton Athletic
Andy Hughes            19      12 (3)   Joined initially on loan from Oldham Athletic January 29th
Alex Dyer              32      10       Joined from Huddersfield Town March 2nd
Shaun Cunnington       21       3 (6)   Left after the end of the season and joined Kidderminster H.
Adam Poric             24       3 (1)   Joined from Rotherham United in March, left at end of season
Forwards
Gary Jones             28      43 (1)
Sean Farrell           28      32 (3)
Gary Martindale        26       5 (17)  Left for Rotherham Utd March 12th
Craig Dudley           18       5 (12)
Justin Jackson         23       4 (11)  Joined from Woking on September 26th
Devon White            33       4 (2)   Left for Shrewsbury Town September 23rd
Ricky Otto (loan)      30       4       Loaned from Birmingham City September 3rd - October
Tony Lormor (loan)     27       2 (5)   Loaned from Preston NE February 20th - March
Andy Kiwomya           20       0 (2)   Joined in December with no club, left at end of season
Paul Mitchell          19       0 (1)   Released at the end of the season
Wayne Diuk             17       0 (1)   Released at the end of the season, later joined Kettering

Home colours
A new popular design for this season made by Avec -
Traditional black & white striped shirts with a white collar, Black shorts
and Black socks. The yellow was now dropped except on the badge.
Sponsored by SAPA.
Change colours
Denim blue shirts, white shorts with denim blue stripe, white socks.
 

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