| DAT | MOTSTÅNDARE | RESULTAT | MÅLGÖRARE | pl | |
| 27 aug | H | BLACKBURN | 1-2 |
K Wilson | |
| 30 | b | Crystal Palace | 1-1 |
K Wilson | |
| 3 sep | b | Bournemouth | 0-1 |
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| 10 | H | OXFORD | 1-1 |
McAllister | |
| 17 | b | Barnsley | 1-1 |
Roberts | |
| 20 | H | MANCHESTER CITY | 1-3 |
Pates | |
| 24 | b | Leeds | 2-0 | Durie, Bumstead | |
| 1 okt | H | LEICESTER | 2-1 | Roberts, Lee | |
| 4 | H | WALSALL | 2-0 | Dorigo, Dixon | |
| 9 | b | Swindon | 1-1 |
Dixon | |
| 15 | b | Oldham | 4-1 | Wood, McAllister, Nicholas, K Wilson | |
| 22 | H | PLYMOUTH | 5-0 | Dorigo, Roberts, Dixon, Durie 2 | |
| 25 | b | Hull | 0-3 |
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| 29 | H | BRIGHTON & HOVE | 2-0 | K Wilson, Dixon | |
| 5 nov | b | Watford | 2-1 | Dixon, Durie | |
| 12 | H | SUNDERLAND | 1-1 |
K Wilson | |
| 19 | b | Bradford | 2-2 |
Lee, C Wilson | |
| 26 | H | SHREWSBURY | 2-0 | Dorigo, Dixon | |
| 3 dec | b | Stoke | 3-0 | Roberts, McAllister, C Wilson | |
| 10 | H | PORTSMOUTH | 3-3 |
K Wilson, Dixon, Durie | |
| 16 | b | Birmingham | 4-1 | Dixon 2, Durie 2 | |
| 26 | H | IPSWICH | 3-0 | Lee, Dixon, Durie | |
| 31 | H | WEST BROMWICH | 1-1 |
Roberts | |
| 1989 2 jan |
b | Oxford | Dixon 2, C Wilson | ||
| 14 | H | CRYSTAL PALACE | 1-0 | Dorigo | |
| 21 | b | Blackburn | 1-1 |
Dixon | |
| 4 feb | b | Walsall | 7-0 | Roberts, K Wilson, Durie 5 | |
| 11 | H | SWINDON | 3-2 | Durie, självmål 2 st | |
| 18 | b | Plymouth | 1-0 | Dixon | |
| 25 | H | OLDHAM | 2-2 |
Roberts 2 | |
| 29 | H | HULL | 2-1 | Dixon, K Wilson | |
| 11 mars | H | WATFORD | 2-2 |
Dorigo, Roberts | |
| 15 | b | Brighton & Hove | 1-0 | K Wilson | |
| 19 | b | Manchester City | 3-2 | Dorigo, Dixon, K Wilson | |
| 21 | b | Sunderland | 2-1 | Roberts, K Wilson | |
| 25 | h | BOURNEMOUTH | 2-0 | Roberts, Durie | |
| 28 | b | Ipswich | 1-0 | Durie | |
| 1 apr | H | BARNSLEY | 5-3 | Dixon 4, Durie | |
| 4 | H | BIRMINGHAM | 3-1 | Roberst, Dixon, K Wilson | |
| 8 | b | West Bromwich | 3-2 | Roberts, Lee, McAllister | |
| 15 | b | Leicester | 0-2 |
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| 22 | H | LEEDS | 1-0 | Bumstead | |
| 29 | b | Shrewsbury | 1-1 |
Dixon | |
| 1 maj | H | STOKE | 2-1 | Roberts, Dixon | |
| 6 | H | BRADFORD | 3-1 | Roberts, Dixon 2 | |
| 13 | b | Portsmouth | 3-2 | McAllister 2, C Wilson | 1 |