I'm assuming you're looking for something a bit more exciting than a 2-1 home victory over Cambridge United in 2002.
Although, to be fair, that was the last time that we've won a game on the 26th August.
I've dug out my programme from that Cambridge match and reproduce a bit of Nick Hart's "On This Day" column that appeared in it below, if that helps. He was writing largely about the following match:
Wrexham v Southend United
Barclays League Division Four
Saturday 26th August 1990
The season had begun with a comfortable 2-0 home win over York City and our first away game in the new surroundings of the Fourth Division was the long haul up to North Wales. The previous season had seen us relegated on the last day despite a 1-0 home win over Chester, as other results conspired against us and we went down on goal difference. In the close season manager Dave Webb had sold Shane Westley to Wolves, but the remainder of the squad was relatively unchanged and we began the campaign joint favourites to win the championship.
Wrexham had nearly passed us in the other direction, as they had narrowly lost a two-legged play-off final 2-1 to Orient and had made a disappointing start to their season with a 2-1 reverse at Scarborough. However, under manager Brian Flynn, they were expected to do well, so this was bound to be a stern test for the Blues.
As it turned out this would be the only league game in the first six that we failed to win, yet we still grabbed a point in a six-goal thriller. The new-found attacking flair on the road with Gary Bennett prominent saw us create many chances, yet go in at half-time 1-1 as Spencer Prior's goal was cancelled out by ex-Liverpool star Joey Jones.
The second half ebbed and flowed and it was the home side that were denied the points after they had twice taken the lead through a Steve Buxton penalty and a further strike from Andy Thackeray. We replied, however, with goals from David Crown and Bennett, though it was a shame that only 2,011 fans witnessed such an exciting early season encounter. Following the game Wrexham's season deteriorated and they were bottom come March, but five consecutive victories saw them finish the season in 21st position.
The Blues, as they are prone to do, endured a rollercoaster season, which saw us win our next four league games scoring 10 goals and conceding none, narrowly lose to Spurs on the away goals rule in a Littlewoods Cup second round tie and then lose 1-0 at non-league Aylesbury in the first round of the FA Cup. We would beat Aldershot 5-0 home and away, help send Colchester into non-league football with a 2-0 win at Layer Road in April, lose twice to newcomers Maidstone and yet it all came down to that unforgettable last-day victory at Peterborough in the heat where Crown's two goals saw us win promotion by the skin of our teeth. We were promoted with only 75 points, edging out Stockport by one point, despite having lost 15 league games.
Report by Nick Hart.
