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Wanderers have only played three competitive games on August 10 and are yet to taste defeat.
The last time they played on this day was two years ago when Darren Pratley scored the only goal in a 1-0 home win against Reading.
The other two occasions ended in 1-1 draws – at Darlington in the League Cup in 1999 when Per Frandsen was on the scoresheet and in 1968 in a Division Two clash at Oxford United on the opening day of the season that saw Gareth Williams find the net.
Before Saturday's curtain-raiser against Derby County, the Whites had only ever played one league match on August 8.
That was a 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace in 1998 when Dean Holdsworth and Arnar Gunnlaugsson got on the scoresheet as Colin Todd's side opened up their Division One campaign at Selhurst Park.
It would be the first in an 11-game unbeaten run at the start of the campaign for Wanderers that was ended by Watford at the Macron Stadium in late October.
Last year's opener at Vicarage Road came on August 9 and saw Dougie Freedman's side humbled 3-0 by a Hornets team that would end up promoted to the Premier League behind champions Bournemouth.
This week last year – August 12 to be exact – Wanderers beat local rivals Bury 3-2 after extra time in the Capital One Cup with two goals from Neil Danns in extra-time after Craig Davies netted a last-gasp equaliser from the penalty spot.
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The last time they played on this day was two years ago when Darren Pratley scored the only goal in a 1-0 home win against Reading.
The other two occasions ended in 1-1 draws – at Darlington in the League Cup in 1999 when Per Frandsen was on the scoresheet and in 1968 in a Division Two clash at Oxford United on the opening day of the season that saw Gareth Williams find the net.
Before Saturday's curtain-raiser against Derby County, the Whites had only ever played one league match on August 8.
That was a 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace in 1998 when Dean Holdsworth and Arnar Gunnlaugsson got on the scoresheet as Colin Todd's side opened up their Division One campaign at Selhurst Park.
It would be the first in an 11-game unbeaten run at the start of the campaign for Wanderers that was ended by Watford at the Macron Stadium in late October.
Last year's opener at Vicarage Road came on August 9 and saw Dougie Freedman's side humbled 3-0 by a Hornets team that would end up promoted to the Premier League behind champions Bournemouth.
This week last year – August 12 to be exact – Wanderers beat local rivals Bury 3-2 after extra time in the Capital One Cup with two goals from Neil Danns in extra-time after Craig Davies netted a last-gasp equaliser from the penalty spot.
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