| Football League Division 3 (old) |
| FA Cup |
| Milk Cup |
| Friendly |
| Freight Rover Trophy |
| Manx Cup |
| JULY |
| 28 | Queen of the South | A | 2-1 | ||
| 30 | Kilmarnock | A | 3-2 |
| AUGUST |
| 1 | Ayr United | A | 1-3 | ||
| 8 | Chester City | A | 1-0 | ||
| 11 | Rochdale | H | 3-1 | ||
| 14 | Blackpool | A | 0-0 | ||
| 18 | Burnley | A | 2-1 | ||
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 2-1 | FINAL | |
| 25 | Bristol City | A | 2-0 | 7,840 | |
| 28 | Wrexham (R1.1) | A | 3-0 | 1,423 | Newell, Johnson S. 2 |
| SEPTEMBER |
| 1 | Bradford City | H | 1-0 | 3,538 | Johnson S. |
| 4 | Wrexham (R1.2) | H | 2-0 | 1,202 | Johnson S., Langley |
| 8 | Brentford | A | 2-0 | 3,724 | |
| 15 | Gillingham | H | 0-1 | 3,198 | |
| 18 | Lincoln City | H | 1-0 | 2,518 | Johnson S. |
| 22 | Millwall | A | 1-4 | 4,491 | Johnson S. pen |
| 25 | West Brom (R2.1) | H | 0-0 | 6,209 | |
| 29 | York City | H | 1-2 | 3,219 | Johnson S. |
| OCTOBER |
| 3 | Reading | A | 1-0 | 3,069 | Butler |
| 6 | Newport County | H | 1-1 | 2,601 | og |
| 10 | West Brom (R2.2) | A | 1-3 | 8,133 | Methven |
| 13 | Wallsall | A | 0-0 | 5,361 | |
| 19 | Cambridge United | A | 1-1 | 2,672 | Johnson S. |
| 23 | Bristol Rovers | H | 1-0 | 3,022 | Johnson S. |
| 27 | Leyton Orient | H | 4-2 | 3,007 | Knowles, Newell, Johnson S. 2 (1 pen) |
| NOVEMBER |
| 3 | Swansea City | A | 2-2 | 3,833 | Butler, Barrow |
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | A | 0-1 | 3,276 | |
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 1-0 | 3,121 | Newell |
| 17 | Wrexham | A | 2-0 | 2,527 | Langley, Newell |
| 24 | Derby County | A | 2-2 | 10,364 | Newell 2 |
| DECEMBER |
| 1 | Hull City | H | 1-1 | 3,743 | Newell |
| 8 | Northwich Victoria (R2) | H | 2-1 | 5,099 | Newell, Johnson S. |
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 1-1 | 3,278 | Barrow |
| 22 | Rotherham United | A | 3-3 | 4,462 | Barrow 2, Kelly |
| 26 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 1-0 | 8,871 | McElhinney og |
| 29 | Preston North End | H | 2-0 | 4,503 | Johnson S., Lowe |
| JANUARY |
| 1 | Burnley | A | 2-1 | 5,235 | Barrow Jewell |
| 5 | Chelsea (R3) | A | 2-2 | 16,220 | Newell, Jewell |
| 12 | Bradford City | A | 2-4 | 6,514 | Cribley, Newell |
| 19 | Brentford | H | 1-1 | 3,358 | Newell |
| 26 | Chelsea (R3 Replay) | H | 0-5 | 9,708 | |
| 29 | Wrexham (NS1.1) | A | 2-2 | 736 | Newell 2 |
| FEBRUARY |
| 2 | York City | A | 0-2 | 10,948 | |
| 5 | Wrexham (NS1.2) | H | 3-1 | 1,544 | Jewell 2, Johnson S. |
| 9 | Millwall | H | 0-1 | 3,127 | |
| 16 | Lincoln City | A | 0-1 | 2,286 |
| MARCH |
| 2 | Leyton Orient | A | 1-1 | 2,035 | Lowe |
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | A | 0-2 | 3,883 | |
| 9 | Cambridge United | H | 3-3 | 2,227 | Jewell, Bennett, Kelly pen |
| 17 | Wallsall | H | 1-2 | 2,221 | Johnson S. |
| 23 | Newport County | A | 1-1 | 1,626 | Johnson S. |
| 30 | AFC Bournemouth | H | 1-2 | 2,402 | Jewell |
| APRIL |
| 2 | Bury (NS2) | A | 1-0 | 2,141 | Kelly pen |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 0-1 | 6,067 | |
| 8 | Burnley | H | 2-0 | 3,517 | Lowe, Jewell |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers (NSQF) | H | 3-1 | 2,027 | Lowe 2, Kelly |
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 0-1 | 4,159 | |
| 20 | Derby County | H | 2-2 | 4,015 | Aspinall pen, Walsh |
| 23 | Bristol City | H | 2-2 | 2,423 | Bennett, Walsh |
| 27 | Hull City | A | 1-3 | 8,620 | Jewell |
| 30 | Swansea City | H | 2-0 | 2,406 | Lowe, Bennett |
| MAY |
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 5-2 | 2,606 | Jewell 2, Kelly 2, Lowe |
| 6 | Preston North End | A | 5-2 | 4,875 | Jewell, Butler, Barrow 2, Newell |
| 8 | Lincoln City (NSSF) | A | 3-1 | 1,782 | Lowe, Barrow, Bennett |
| 11 | Rotherham United | H | 2-1 | 3,012 | Jewell, Barrow |
| 13 | Reading | H | 1-1 | 2,382 | Newell |
| 17 | Gillingham | A | 1-5 | 2,604 | Langley |
| 20 | Mansfield Town (NSF) | A | 1-1 | 5,214 | Foster og aet, Wigan won 3-1 on pens |
| JUNE |
| 1 | Brentford (Final) | N | 3-1 | 39,897 | Newell, Kelly, Lowe. At Wembley |
