APRIL 29th

FIXTURES BIRTHDAYS DEBUTS FIRST GOAL LAST GOAL FINAL GAME

ALL COMPETITIVE FIXTURES PLAYED ON THIS DATE

DATE

 COMP H/A

OPPONENTS

 RESULT

SCORERS

 ATT.
1939 SL H Ipswich Town Reserves 4 - 0 J Hodge 28, Wallis 33, Astill 55, J Birch 70p -
1950 SL A Gillingham 1 - 6 V Keeble -
1954 D3S H Southend United 0 - 1 - 6,035
1957 D3S H Watford 2 - 0 B Hill, McCurley 9,226
1961 D3 H Chesterfield 4 - 3 M King (3), OG 3,141
1967 D3 H Darlington 2 - 3 J Martin, Stratton 4,578
1972 D4 A Reading 4 - 2 S Leslie 21, L Smith 42, 65, Burgess 61 3,202
1977 D4 H Barnsley 1 - 0 L Smith 83 5,802
1978 D3 H Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 1 Dowman 3 4,337
1983 D4 H Bristol City 3 - 1 Allinson 35p, Bowen 39, McDonough 87 2,196
1986 D4 A Cambridge United 3 - 1 Reeves 7, M Ferguson 14, 35 3,115
1987 D4 A Halifax Town 0 - 0 - 911
1988 D4 H Stockport County 2 - 0 Tempest 59, Wilkins 60 1,607
1989 D4 A Darlington 2 - 1 Walsh 39, R Scott 66 7126
1990 D4 A Cambridge United 0 - 4 - 4,558
1995 D3 H Carlisle United 0 - 1 - 3,333
2000 D2 H Bristol City 3 - 4 Lua Lua 12, Skelton 29p, Duguid 46 4,013
2006 L1 H Rotherham United 2 - 0 Barker (og) 29, Yeates 53 5,741

CUFC'S COMPETTIVE RECORD ON THIS DATE

Competition

 P W D L F A SR%
All matches 18 10 2 6 34 28 61%
League (inc. playoffs) 16 9 2 5 29 22 63%
Southern League 2 1 0 1 5 6 50%

BIRTHDAYS ON THIS DATE
Pat Woods
Pat Woods
1933
DEBUTS ON THIS DATE
No player has made their U's debut on this date.
FIRST GOAL SCORED ON THIS DATE
Joe Birch 
Joe Birch
1939
Ipswich Town Reserves (h) 4 - 0
LAST GOAL SCORED ON THIS DATE
Eric Burgess Bert Hill Jack Hodge 
Eric Burgess Bert Hill Jack Hodge
1972 1957 1939
Reading (a) 4 - 2 Watford (h) 2 - 0 Ipswich Town Reserves (h) 4 - 0
Roy McDonough (1st Spell)  Lindsay Smith Mark Yeates (1st Spell)
Roy McDonough Lindsay Smith Mark Yeates 
1983 1977 2006
Bristol City (h) 3 - 1 Barnsley (h) 1 - 0 Rotherham United (h) 2 - 0
FINAL GAME ON THIS DATE
Carl Asaba  Harry Bearryman Eric Burgess
Carl Asaba Harry Bearryman Eric Burgess
1995 1954 1972 
Carlisle United (h) 0 - 1 Southend United (h) 0 - 1 Reading (a) 4 - 2
David Burnside Craig Forrest Brian Gibbs
David Burnside Craig Forrest Brian Gibbs
1972 1988 1972
Reading (a) 4 - 2 Stockport County (h) 2 - 0 Reading (a) 4 - 2
Billy Gilbert Alf Marshall  Robert Scott
Billy Gilbert  Alf Marshall  Robert Scott 
1990  1961 1990
Cambridge United (a) 0 - 4 Chesterfield (h) 4 - 3 Cambridge United (a) 0 - 4
Reg Stewart Tommy Williams Mark Yeates (1st Spell)
Reg Stewart  Tommy Williams  Mark Yeates 
1957  1961 2006 
Watford (h) 2 - 0 Chesterfield (h) 4 - 3 Rotherham United (h) 2 - 0
OTHER NOTABLE EVENTS TODAY
1939 - Bert Barlow (later to join the U's) scores the first goal in the FA Cup Final for Portsmouth which they win 4-1 against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Bill Rochford is also part of the successful Pompey team
1990 - Defeat at Cambridge United condemns the U's to relegation from The Football League.
2006 - Matthias Vilhalmsson scores one of the penalties in a shoot-out to help his Icelandic side FH beat B36 Torshavn 3-1 in the Atlantic Cup (a competition played between the Champions of Iceland and the Faroe Islands). The game had finished 2-2.

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