The reports from all the matches in our promotion season, well all the matches until we got to the stage of reporting on just the wins.
| Date | Comp | Opponents | Score | Report | Scorers | Att. |
| 08.08 | Div 2 | Port Vale | 1-1 | report | Thompson | 6,158 |
| 11.08 | Carling | Sheffield Wednesday | 0-3 | report | 6,696 | |
| 15.08 | Div 2 | ALDERSHOT | 1-0 | report | Kennedy | 2,465 |
| 18.08 | Div 2 | CHELTENHAM | 0-1 | report | 2,311 | |
| 23.08 | Div 2 | Rotherham | 1-2 | report | Dagnall | 3,602 |
| 29.08 | Div 2 | BURY | 3-0 | report | Thompson, Dagnall, Kennedy | 4,534 |
| 01.09 | JPT | BRADFORD | 1-2 | report | Dawson | 1,800 |
| 04.09 | Div 2 | Morecambe | 3-3 | report | Dagnall, Thompson, Stephens | 2,367 |
| 12.09 | Div 2 | TORQUAY | 2-1 | report | Dagnall 2 | 2,407 |
| 19.09 | Div 2 | Northampton | 2-1 | report | O'Grady, Buckley | 4,048 |
| 26.09 | Div 2 | HEREFORD | 4-1 | report | Dagnall, Whaley, Buckley, Dawson | 2,620 |
| 29.09 | Div 2 | Darlington | 2-0 | report | Buckley, O'Grady | 1,748 |
| 04.10 | Div 2 | Burton | 0-1 | report | 3,119 | |
| 10.10 | Div 2 | BARNET | 2-1 | report | Dagnall, Kennedy | 2,648 |
| 17.10 | Div 2 | Grimsby | 2-0 | report | Rundle, O'Grady | 3,754 |
| 24.10 | Div 2 | ACCRINGTON | 1-2 | report | Dagnall | 3,206 |
| 31.10 | Div 2 | Bournemouth | 4-0 | report | Dagnall, O'Grady 2, Whaley | 6,378 |
| 07.11 | FA 1 | Luton | 3-3 | report | Dawson, Thompson 2 | 3,167 |
| 11.11 | FA 1R | LUTON | 0-2 | report | 1,982 | |
| 14.11 | Div 2 | CHESTERFIELD | 2-3 | report | O'Grady, Dawson | 3,011 |
| 21.11 | Div 2 | Dagenham | 2-1 | report | Higginbotham, Dawson | 2,235 |
| 24.11 | Div 2 | NOTTS COUNTY | 2-1 | report | Dagnall, O'Grady | 2,779 |
| 01.12 | Div 2 | Bradford | 3-0 | report | Dagnall 2, O'Grady | 11,472 |
| 05.12 | Div 2 | MACCLESFIELD | 3-0 | report | Atkinson, Wiseman, Taylor | 3,003 |
| 12.12 | Div 2 | Lincoln | 3-1 | report | O'Grady, Dawson, Thompson | 3,293 |
| 19.12 | Div 2 | SHREWSBURY | 4-0 | report | Dawson 2, O'Grady 2 | 2,956 |
| 26.12 | Div 2 | Crewe Alex | 2-2 | report | Dawson, Higginbotham | 5,563 |
| 28.12 | Div 2 | MORECAMBE | 4-1 | report | O'Grady, Dagnall, Atkinson 2 | 4,309 |
| 19.01 | Div 2 | Aldershot | 1-1 | report | Dagnall | 2,453 |
| 23.01 | Div 2 | Cheltenham | 4-1 | report | O'Grady 3, Dagnall | 3,460 |
| 26.01 | Div 2 | PORT VALE | 0-0 | report | 3,081 | |
| 01.02 | Div 2 | Bury | 0-1 | report | 6,528 | |
| 06.02 | Div 2 | CREWE ALEX | 2-0 | report | O'Grady, o.g. | 3,164 |
| 20.02 | Div 2 | DAGENHAM | 3-1 | report | Obadeyi, Jones, O'Grady | 3,153 |
| 23.02 | Div 2 | BRADFORD | 1-3 | report | Dagnall | 3,055 |
| 27.02 | Div 2 | Macclesfield | 1-0 | report | O'Grady | 2,462 |
| 02.03 | Div 2 | ROTHERHAM | 4-0 | report | Dagnall, o.g., Dawson, O'Grady | 3,502 |
| 06.03 | Div 2 | LINCOLN | 1-1 | report | Dagnall | 3,453 |
| 13.03 | Div 2 | Shrewsbury | 1-0 | report | Thompson | 6,081 |
| 20.03 | Div 2 | Accrington | 4-2 | report | Jones 2, O'Grady, Higginbotham | 3,025 |
| 27.03 | Div 2 | GRIMSBY | 4-1 | report | Thompson, Dagnall 3 | 4,724 |
| 03.04 | Div 2 | Chesterfield | 0-2 | report | 4,471 | |
| 05.04 | Div 2 | BOURNEMOUTH | 0-0 | report | 5,027 | |
| 10.04 | Div 2 | Torquay | 0-5 | report | 3,093 | |
| 13.04 | Div 2 | DARLINGTON | 0-1 | report | 5,371 | |
| 17.04 | Div 2 | NORTHAMPTON | 1-0 | report | O'Grady | 5,025 |
| 20.04 | Div 2 | Notts County | 0-1 | report | 10,536 | |
| 24.04 | Div 2 | Hereford | 1-2 | report | Jones | 1,975 |
| 01.05 | Div 2 | BURTON | 1-2 | report | O'Grady | 3,749 |
| 08.05 | Div 2 | Barnet | 0-1 | report | 4,638 |