| Date | Opponents | Score (Scorers) | |
| Sat August 7 | Stoke City (a) | 2 - 1 (Murphy, Anthrobus) | Details |
| Tue August 10 | Southend United (a) | 2 - 0 (Murphy, Beauchamp) | Details |
| Sat August 14 | Cardiff City (h) | 2 - 3 (Murphy 2, 1 pen) | Details |
| Sat August 21 | Bristol Rovers (a) | 0 - 1 | Details |
| Tue August 24 | Southend United (h) | 1 - 0 (Murphy) | Details |
| Sat August 28 | Oldham Athletic (h) | 1 - 0 (Murphy pen) | Details |
| Mon August 30 | Blackpool (a) [12pm] | 1 - 1 (Lilley) | Details |
| Sat September 4 | Wycombe Wanderers (h) [1pm] | 0 - 0 | Details |
| Sat September 11 | Gillingham (h) | 1 - 2 (Cook) | Details |
| Tue September 14 | Everton (h) | 1 - 1 (Murphy) | Details |
| Sat September 18 | Wrexham (a) | 0 - 1 | Details |
| Wed September 22 | Everton (a) | 1 - 0 (Beauchamp) | Details |
| Sat September 25 | Luton Town (a) | 2 - 4 (Powell, Lilley) | Details |
| Sat October 2 | Bristol City (h) | 3 - 0 (Beauchamp 2, Lilley) | Details |
| Sat October 9 | Millwall (h) | 1 - 3 (Murphy pen) | Details |
| Tue October 12 | Tranmere Rovers (a) | 0 - 2 | Details |
| Sat October 16 | Brentford (a) | 0 - 2 | Details |
| Tue October 19 | Scunthorpe United (a) | 0 - 1 | Details |
| Sat October 23 | Luton Town (h) | 0 - 1 | Details |
| Sat October 30 | Morecambe (h) | 3 - 2 (Lilley, Powell, Abbey) | Details |
| Tue November 2 | Colchester United (h) | 1 - 1 (Lambert) | Details |
| Sun November 7 | Reading (a) [11am] | 2 - 1 (Folland, Murphy) | Details |
| Sat November 13 | Bury (h) [5pm] | 1 - 1 (Lambert) | Details |
| Sat November 20 | Shrewsbury Town (a) | 2 - 2 (Murphy, Folland) | Details |
| Tue November 23 | Notts County (a) | 1 - 0 (Warren o.g.) | Details |
| Sat November 27 | Chesterfield (a) | 0 - 0 | Details |
| Tue November 30 | Shrewsbury Town (h) | 2 - 1 (Murphy 2) | Details |
| Sat December 4 | Stoke City (h) | 1 - 1 (Beauchamp) | Details |
| Tue December 7 | Luton Town (h) | 2 - 0 (Powell 2 pens) | Details |
| Fri December 10 | Nottingham Forest (a) | 1 - 1 (Powell) | Details |
| Sat December 18 | AFC Bournemouth (a) | 0 - 4 | Details |
| Sun December 26 | Cambridge United (h) | 1 - 0 (Murphy) | Details |
| Tue December 28 | Burnley (a) | 2 - 3 (Anthrobus, Whelan) | Details |
| Mon January 3 | Wigan Athletic (h) | 1 - 2 (Cook) | Details |
| Sat January 8 | Nottingham Forest (h) | 1 - 3 (Powell) | Details |
| Tue January 11 | Wycombe Wanderers (h) | 1 - 1 (Powell) [5-3 pens.] | Details |
| Sat January 15 | Cardiff City (a) | 1 - 1 (Murphy) | Details |
| Sat January 22 | Bristol Rovers (h) | 0 - 5 | Details |
| Tue January 25 | Brentford (a) | 0 - 2 | Details |
| Sat January 29 | Oldham Athletic (a) | 0 - 2 | Details |
| Tue February 1 | Preston North End (h) | 0 - 4 | Details |
| Sat February 5 | Blackpool (h) | 0 - 1 | Details |
| Sat February 12 | Wycombe Wanderers (a) | 1 - 0 (Beauchamp) | Details |
| Sat February 19 | Chesterfield (h) | 2 - 1 (Fear, Lilley) | Details |
| Sat February 26 | Wrexham (h) | 1 - 4 (Edwards) | Details |
| Sat March 4 | Gillingham (a) | 0 - 1 | Details |
| Tue March 7 | Reading (h) | 1 - 3 (Powell) | Details |
| Sat March 11 | Colchester United (a) | 2 - 1 (Weatherstone S, Whelan) | Details |
| Tue March 14 | Preston North End (a) | 1 - 3 (Murphy) | Details |
| Sat March 18 | Notts County (h) | 2 - 3 (Powell 2 [1 pen]) | Details |
| Tue March 21 | Bury (a) | 2 - 1 (Lilley, Cook) | Details |
| Sat March 25 | Cambridge United (a) | 0 - 2 | Details |
| Sat April 1 | AFC Bournemouth (h) | 1 - 0 (Lilley) | Details |
| Sat April 8 | Wigan Athletic (a) | 0 - 2 | Details |
| Sat April 15 | Burnley (h) | 1 - 2 (Murphy) | Details |
| Sat April 22 | Brentford (h) | 1 - 1 (Lilley) | Details |
| Mon April 24 | Bristol City (a) | 2 -2 (Powell, Davis) | Details |
| Sat April 29 | Scunthorpe United (h) | 2 - 0 (Murphy, Powell) | Details |
| Sat May 6 | Millwall (a) | 0 - 1 | Details |