| 1921/22 | 5Q | H | ALTRINCHAM | 3-0 | 7000 | Fay, Little, Rigsby |
| 1921/22 | 6Q | H | COVENTRY | 1-0 | 7250 | Glover |
| 1921/22 | 1 | A | BLACKBURN | 1-1 | 24000 | Glover |
| 1921/22 | 1R | H | BLACKBURN | 0-2 | 12448 | |
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| 1922/23 | 5Q | H | WIGAN BOROUGH | 1-1 | 9018 | Glover |
| 1922/23 | 5QR | A | WIGAN BOROUGH | 1-3 | 7327 | Glover |
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| 1923/24 | 4Q | H | NEW BRIGHTON | 1-1 | 6000 | Broadbent |
| 1923/24 | 4QR | A | NEW BRIGHTON | 1-0 | 6000 | Sinclair(T) |
| 1923/24 | 5Q | A | WORKINGTON | 2-1 | 5000 | Broadbent(2) |
| 1923/24 | 6Q | A | DARLINGTON | 0-3 | 8108 | |
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| 1924/25 | 5Q | A | TRANMERE | 1-1 | 10000 | Sambrook |
| 1924/25 | 5QR | H | TRANMERE | 1-0 | 5000 | Sambrook |
| 1924/25 | 6Q | A | DONCASTER | 0-1 | 10581 | |
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| 1925/26 | 1 | H | MOLD | 1-0 | 4143 | Sambrook |
| 1925/26 | 2 | A | DURHAM | 3-0 | 5575 | Oxley(2) Sapsford |
| 1925/26 | 3 | A | SOUTHEND | 2-5 | 10847 | Oxley, Sapsford |
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| 1926/27 | 1 | H | TRANMERE | 1-1 | 5731 | Sapsford |
| 1926/27 | 1R | A | TRANMERE | 2-1 | 7000 | Beadles, Jones |
| 1926/27 | 2 | H | CROOK TOWN | 2-0 | 6000 | Bradley(2) |
| 1926/27 | 3 | H | BLACKBURN | 2-0 | 11738 | White, Beadles |
| 1926/27 | 4 | A | LIVERPOOL | 1-3 | 51620 | White |
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| 1927/28 | 1 | A | DENABY | 3-2 | 5150 | Tait(2) Marshall |
| 1927/28 | 2 | A | BRADFORD | 2-0 | 9226 | Marshall, Tait |
| 1927/28 | 3 | H | FULHAM | 3-0 | 8000 | Horler(og) Tait(2) |
| 1927/28 | 4 | H | MIDDLESBRO | 0-3 | 11000 | |
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| 1928/29 | 1 | A | ANNFIELD PLAIN | 4-1 | 2999 | Beadles(2), Munday, Sissons |
| 1928/29 | 2 | A | STOCKPORT CO | 0-3 | 11000 | |
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| 1929/30 | 1 | H | CHESTERFIELD | 0-0 | 5000 | |
| 1929/30 | 1R | A | CHESTERFIELD | 2-3 | 6660 | Allen, Cowen |
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| 1930/31 | 1 | H | DARLINGTON | 4-2 | 5500 | McConnell(2), Waterston, Hills |
| 1930/31 | 2 | A | GAINSBORO | 4-0 | 4700 | Cowen, Waterston(2) Hills |
| 1930/31 | 3 | H | MILLWALL | 3-1 | 10125 | Hills, Cowen(2) |
| 1930/31 | 4 | H | BLACKPOOL | 2-1 | 13524 | Waterston(2) |
| 1930/31 | 5 | H | BRADFORD | 1-0 | 17508 | Cowen |
| 1930/31 | 6 | A | EVERTON | 1-9 | 45647 | Waterston |
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| 1931/32 | 3 | A | BARNSLEY | 0-0 | 14850 | |
| 1931/32 | 3R | H | BARNSLEY | 4-1 | 12000 | Dobson, Waterston(2) Bell |
| 1931/32 | 4 | A | NEWCASTLE | 1-1 | 50155 | Cowen |
| 1931/32 | 4R | H | NEWCASTLE | 1-1 | 20010 | Cowen |
| 1931/32 | 42R | N | NEWCASTLE | 0-9 | 19181 | |
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| 1932/33 | 1 | H | NELSON | 3-3 | 5600 | Appleby(2, 1pen) Dobson |
| 1932/33 | 1R | A | NELSON | 4-0 | 4000 | Bell(3) Dobson |
| 1932/33 | 2 | H | SWINDON | 1-2 | 7900 | Appleby(pen) |
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| 1933/34 | 1 | A | WORKINGTON | 0-1 | 8372 | |
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| 1934/35 | 1 | H | NEW BRIGHTON | 1-1 | 4880 | Worswick |
| 1934/35 | 1R | A | NEW BRIGHTON | 1-1 | 3757 | Pickering |
| 1934/35 | 12R | N | NEW BRIGHTON | 1-2 | 4702 | Worswick |
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| 1935/36 | 1 | A | CHESTERFIELD | 0-3 | 10207 | |
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| 1936/37 | 1 | A | FRICKLEY | 2-0 | 3447 | Patrick |
| 1936/37 | 2 | A | BRISTOL ROVERS | 1-2 | 13200 | McCarthy |
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| 1937/38 | 1 | A | HARTLEPOOLS | 1-3 | 7415 | Kitchen |
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| 1938/39 | 1 | A | SCARBOROUGH | 0-0 | 6816 | |
| 1938/39 | 1R | H | SCARBOROUGH | 5-3 | 7100 | Patrick(3), Hawkins, Scott(A) |
| 1938/39 | 2 | H | SWINDON | 2-0 | 10996 | Patrick(2) |
| 1938/39 | 3 | H | DONCASTER | 1-1 | 11669 | Patrick |
| 1938/39 | 3R | A | DONCASTER | 1-2 | 10186 | Stapleton |
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| 1945/46 | 1L | H | OLDHAM | 1-2 | 4000 | Oakes |
| 1945/46 | 2L | A | OLDHAM | 1-3 | 5000 | Oakes |
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| 1946/47 | 1 | A | STOCKPORT CO | 0-2 | 9500 | |
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| 1947/48 | 1 | A | HULL CITY | 1-1 | 20000 | Wyles |
| 1947/48 | 1R | H | HULL CITY | 2-3 | 10332 | Wyles(2) |
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| 1948/49 | 1 | H | HORDEN CW | 2-1 | 9107 | Owens, Wyles |
| 1948/49 | 2 | H | YORK | 2-2 | 9066 | Wyles, Banks |
| 1948/49 | 2R | A | YORK | 2-0 | 12837 | Marriott, Wyles |
| 1948/49 | 3 | A | DERBY | 1-4 | 28628 | Marriott |
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| 1949/50 | 1 | H | BARROW | 1-1 | 10001 | Dainty |
| 1949/50 | 1R | A | BARROW | 1-0 | 5622 | Hitchen |
| 1949/50 | 2 | H | BRADFORD | 2-1 | 11231 | Meadows(2) |
| 1949/50 | 3 | H | HULL | 0-0 | 15617 | |
| 1949/50 | 3R | A | HULL | 0-5 | 28018 | |
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| 1950/51 | 1 | A | LINCOLN | 1-1 | 9964 | Meadows |
| 1950/51 | 1R | H | LINCOLN | 3-2 | 5798 | Ross, Meadows, Nuttall |
| 1950/51 | 2 | H | CARLISLE | 1-3 | 12631 | Ross(pen) |
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| 1951/52 | 1 | A | BANGOR | 2-2 | 5944 | Billingham, Livesey(pen) |
| 1951/52 | 1R | H | BANGOR | 3-0 | 6698 | Billingham, Nuttall, Livesey |
| 1951/52 | 2 | A | READING | 1-1 | 17412 | Lindsay |
| 1951/52 | 2R | H | READING | 1-1 | 7523 | Livesey(pen) |
| 1951/52 | 22R | N | READING | 0-2 | 11850 | |
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| 1952/53 | 1 | H | BANGOR | 3-1 | 7191 | Pennington, Nuttall(2) |
| 1952/53 | 2 | A | HALIFAX | 2-4 | 10872 | Hitchen, Nuttall |
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| 1953/54 | 1 | H | CARLISLE | 1-0 | 6998 | Hitchen |
| 1953/54 | 2 | H | PORT VALE | 1-1 | 12529 | Whitworth |
| 1953/54 | 2R | A | PORT VALE | 0-2 | 13024 | |
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| 1954/55 | 1 | A | BRADFORD | 0-2 | 11117 | |
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| 1955/56 | 1 | H | ASHTON | 6-1 | 7499 | Bromilow(5) Lawrenson |
| 1955/56 | 2 | H | GRIMSBY | 0-0 | 7862 | |
| 1955/56 | 2R | A | GRIMSBY | 2-3 | 6960 | Bromilow, Holmes |
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| 1956/57 | 1 | H | YORK | 0-0 | 5560 | |
| 1956/57 | 1R | A | YORK | 1-2 | 8409 | Prescott |
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| 1957/58 | 1 | H | WIGAN | 1-2 | 14170 | Phenix |
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| 1958/59 | 1 | H | HALIFAX | 0-2 | 6331 | |
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| 1959/60 | 1 | H | WORKINGTON | 2-2 | 5657 | Harrison(2, 1pen) |
| 1959/60 | 1R | A | WORKINGTON | 0-3 | 8394 | |
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| 1960/61 | 1 | H | MACCLESFIELD | 7-2 | 7766 | Blore(3) Blain(2) Griffiths, Booth |
| 1960/61 | 2 | A | BANGOR | 1-1 | 7000 | Hannaway |
| 1960/61 | 2R | H | BANGOR | 3-1 | 5397 | Jones, Blain, Blore |
| 1960/61 | 3 | A | STOCKPORT CO | 1-3 | 9435 | Blore |
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| 1961/62 | 1 | H | NORTHWICH | 1-0 | 7010 | Blore |
| 1961/62 | 2 | H | MANSFIELD | 4-2 | 7211 | Blain(2) Blore, Fielding |
| 1961/62 | 3 | H | SHREWSBURY | 1-3 | 10810 | Jones |
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| 1962/63 | 1 | H | WREXHAM | 1-1 | 7838 | Cooper |
| 1962/63 | 1R | A | WREXHAM | 2-3 | 12398 | Blain, Fielding |
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| 1963/64 | 1 | H | WALSALL | 2-1 | 4774 | Spence, Latham |
| 1963/64 | 2 | A | LINCOLN | 0-2 | 6719 | |
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| 1964/65 | 1 | H | ANNFIELD PLAIN | 6-1 | 3679 | Taylor, ogHobson, Russell(2, 1pen) Spence, Hepton |
| 1964/65 | 2 | A | WREXHAM | 3-2 | 6222 | Russell(pen) Spence(2) |
| 1964/65 | 3 | A | LEEDS | 0-3 | 31297 | |
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| 1965/66 | 1 | H | HALIFAX | 2-0 | 4694 | Russell(2) |
| 1965/66 | 2 | H | STOCKPORT CO | 3-3 | 7194 | Smith(2) Spence |
| 1965/66 | 2R | A | STOCKPORT CO | 2-0 | 15319 | Barrattt, Spence |
| 1965/66 | 3 | H | IPSWICH | 0-0 | 9689 | |
| 1965/66 | 3R | A | IPSWICH | 3-2 | 15446 | Spence(2) Alty |
| 1965/66 | 4 | H | CARDIFF | 2-0 | 14230 | Spence, Smith |
| 1965/66 | 5 | A | HULL | 0-2 | 38811 | |
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| 1966/67 | 1 | A | BARNSLEY | 1-3 | 11560 | Fryatt |
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| 1967/68 | 1 | H | LINCOLN | 3-1 | 5105 | Redrobe(2) Andrews |
| 1967/68 | 2 | H | RUNCORN | 4-2 | 13353 | Harkin, Redrobe, Andrews(2) |
| 1967/68 | 3 | H | EVERTON | 0-1 | 18795 | |
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| 1968/69 | 1 | A | TRANMERE | 1-0 | 8611 | Spence |
| 1968/69 | 2 | A | DONCASTER | 1-2 | 9285 | Andrews |
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| 1969/70 | 1 | A | LINCOLN | 0-2 | 5846 | |
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| 1970/71 | 1 | H | BOSTON UTD | 0-2 | 3803 | |
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| 1971/72 | 1 | H | WORKINGTON | 1-3 | 4637 | Dunleavy |
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| 1972/73 | 1 | A | PORT VALE | 1-2 | 4624 | Provan |
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| 1973/74 | 1 | A | ROTHERHAM | 1-2 | 2935 | Noble(pen) |
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| 1974/75 | 1 | A | BURY | 2-4 | 5709 | Sibbald(pen) Russell |
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| 1975/76 | 1 | A | SPENNYMOOR | 1-4 | 1828 | O'Neil |
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| 1976/77 | 1 | H | PORT VALE | 1-2 | 4102 | Wilson |
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| 1977/78 | 1 | H | RUNCORN | 2-2 | 3718 | Brooks O'Neil |
| 1977/78 | 1R | A | RUNCORN | 0-1 | 5156 | |
