Directors: JH Ireland (Chairman), WC Sproson (Vice-Chairman), GS Clark, JH Marshall, HJ Marshall, P Shaw (Secretary). Manager: Ronnie Allen (to 17 November), Jack Dowen & Gerry Summers (Caretakers), Bill McGarry (from 25 November). Coaches: Gerry Summers, Gordon Eddlestone, Sammy Chung. Captain: Mike Bailey. Playing Squad: Rod Arnold, Joseph Attwood, Mike Bailey, William Ball, Alan Boswell, Robert Burns, Anthony Clark, Derek Clarke, Anthony Cole, David Cooke, Peter Cooke, Phillip Cosgriff, Geoff Crudgington, Hugh Curran, Steve Daley, R Dams, Davenport, Davies, John Davis, Trevor Davis, Divers, Derek Dougan, Draycott, Peter Eastoe, Elmore, Alun Evans, Michael Evans, Gerard Farrell, John Farrington, Robert Fisher, Graham Futcher, Stephen Gale, David Galvin, Peter Ginnelly, Richard Gough, Roger Grice, Kenny Hibbitt, Peter Hill, John Holsgrove, Tony Jackson, Cyril Jackson, David Jones, Roger Jones, David Kelby, Michael Kenning, Michael Kent, Stuart King, Robert Knight, Peter Knowles, Bertie Lutton, Brian Mace, John McAlle, Thomas McAteer, Ian McDonald, Jim McVeigh, Dave Molyneux, Frank Munro, Phil Nicholls, Wayne Nicholls, Phil Parkes, Derek Parkin, I Pearson, James Pepper, Barry Powell, Norman Price, Joseph Pritchard, Reed, John Richards, Grenville Riley, Colin Rimmer, Stewart Ross, John Rutter, Jimmy Seal, David Smith, P Stephen, Alan Stephens, Alan Taylor, David Taylor, Gerry Taylor, Paul Tegg, Brian Thompson, Bobby Thomson, Kenneth Wade, Dave Wagstaffe, Paul Walker, Robert Wall, Bill Walls, Jeff Wealands, Frank Wignall, Evan Williams, Leslie Wilson, David Woodfield.

 
August

3 (H) St Mirren W 2-0 Details [Friendly]
10 (a) Ipswich Town L 0-1 Details
14 (a) Manchester City L 2-3 Details
17 (H) Queens Park Rangers W 3-1 Details
21 (H) Arsenal D 0-0 Details
24 (a) Southampton L 1-2 Details
28 (H) Leicester City W 1-0 Details
31 (H) Stoke City D 1-1 Details

September

4 (H) Southend United W 1-0 Details [FLC2]
7 (a) Leeds United L 1-2 Details
14 (H) Sunderland D 1-1 Details
21 (a) West Bromwich Albion D 0-0 Details
25 (H) Millwall W 5-1 Details [FLC3]
28 (H) Liverpool L 0-6 Details

October

5 (a) Coventry City W 1-0 Details
9 (a) Leicester City L 0-2 Details
12 (H) Chelsea D 1-1 Details
16 (a) Blackpool L 1-2 Details [FLC4]
19 (a) Sheffield Wednesday W 2-0 Details
26 (H) Everton L 1-2 Details

November

2 (a) Nottingham Forest D 0-0 Details
9 (H) West Ham United W 2-0 Details
16 (a) Burnley D 1-1 Details
23 (H) Newcastle United W 5-0 Details
30 (a) Manchester United L 0-2 Details

December

7 (H) Tottenham Hotspur W 2-0 Details
14 (a) Chelsea D 1-1 Details
21 (H) Sheffield Wednesday L 0-3 Details
26 (H) Coventry City P-P
28 (a) Everton P-P

January

11 (H) Nottingham Forest W 1-0 Details
14 (a) Hull City W 3-1 Details [FAC3]
18 (a) West Ham United P-P
25 (a) Tottenham Hotspur L 1-2 Details [FAC4]
28 (a) Everton L 0-4 Details

February

1 (H) Burnley D 1-1 Details
8 (a) Newcastle United P-P
15 (H) Manchester United D 2-2 Details
22 (a) Tottenham Hotspur D 1-1 Details

March

1 (H) Ipswich Town D 1-1 Details
8 (a) Queens Park Rangers W 1-0 Details
15 (H) Southampton D 0-0 Details
22 (a) Stoke City L 1-4 Details
24 (a) West Ham United L 1-2 Details
29 (H) Leeds United D 0-0 Details

April

5 (a) Liverpool L 0-1 Details
7 (a) Arsenal L 1-3 Details
8 (H) Manchester City W 3-1 Details
12 (H) West Bromwich Albion L 0-1 Details
15 (H) Coventry City D 1-1 Details
19 (a) Sunderland L 0-2 Details
21 (a) Newcastle United L 1-4 Details
29 (a) Ipswich Town L 0-6 Details [Friendly]

May

2 (@ Baltimore) West Ham United L 2-3 Details [Friendly]
4 (@ Kansas City) Dundee United W 4-2 Details [Friendly]
8 (@ Kansas City) West Ham United W 4-2 Details [Friendly]
11 (@ Kansas City) Kilmarnock W 3-2 Details [Friendly]
14 (@ Atlanta) Aston Villa W 2-1 Details [Friendly]
16 (@ St Louis) Kilmarnock W 3-0 Details [Friendly]
24 (@ Kansas City) Aston Villa W 5-0 Details [Friendly]
25 (a) Kansas City Spurs D 1-1 Details [Friendly]
31 (@ Dallas) Dundee United L 2-3 Details [Friendly]