| DAT | MOTSTÅNDARE | RESULTAT | MÅLGÖRARE | pl | |
| 29 aug | H | BOLTON | 2-0 |
Lee, Droy | |
| 5 sep | b | Cardiff | 2-1 | Mayes 2 | |
| 12 | H | WATFORD | 1-3 |
Walker | |
| 19 | b | Shrewsbury | 0-1 |
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| 23 | H | CHARLTON | 2-2 |
Driver 2 | |
| 26 | H | NORWICH | 2-1 | Bumstead str, Driver | |
| 28 | b | Orient | 2-0 | Fillery, Mayes | |
| 3 okt | b | Cambridge | 0-1 |
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| 10 | H | WREXHAM | 2-0 | Fillery, Lee | |
| 16 | b | Leicester | 1-1 |
Fillery | |
| 24 | H | BARNSLEY | 1-2 |
Mayes | |
| 31 | b | Rotherham | 0-6 |
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| 7 nov | H | NEWCASTLE | 2-1 | Fillery, Less | |
| 14 | b | Oldham | 0-1 |
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| 21 | H | GRIMSBY | 1-1 |
Lee | |
| 24 | b | Charlton | 4-3 | Walker 2, Bumstead 2 | |
| 28 | b | Derby | 1-1 |
Walker | |
| 5 dec | H | SHEFFIELD W | 2-1 | Lee, Hales | |
| 19 | H | BLACKBURN | 1-1 |
Lee | |
| 26 | b | Queens Park | 2-0 | Walker, Mayes | |
| 1982 16 jan |
b | Bolton | 2-2 |
Bumstead, Mayes | |
| 30 | H | SHREWSBURY | 3-1 | Walker 3 | |
| 6 feb | b | Watford | 0-1 |
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| 17 | H | CARDIFF | 1-0 | Walker | |
| 20 | b | Norwich | 1-2 |
Walker | |
| 27 | b | Wrexham | 0-1 |
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| 9 mars | H | LEICESTER | 4-1 | Hales, Locke, Mayes 2 | |
| 12 | b | Barnsley | 1-2 |
Lee | |
| 17 | H | CRYSTAL PALACE | 1-2 |
Mayes | |
| 20 | H | ROTHERHAM | 1-4 |
Rhoades-Brown | |
| 27 | b | Newcastle | 0-1 |
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| 3 apr | H | OLDHAM | 2-2 |
Mayes 2 | |
| 7 | H | CAMBRIDGE | 4-1 | Hutchings, Lee 2, Fillery | |
| 10 | H | QUEENS PARK | 2-1 | Droy, Lee | |
| 12 | b | Crystal Palace | 1-0 | Walker | |
| 17 | b | Grimsby | 3-3 |
Walker 3 | |
| 20 | b | Luton | 2-2 |
Walker, Fillery | |
| 24 | H | DERBY | 0-2 |
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| 1 maj | b | Sheffield W | 0-0 |
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| 5 | H | ORIENT | 2-2 |
Lee, Mayes | |
| 8 | H | LUTON | 1-2 |
Walker | |
| 15 | b | Blackburn | 1-1 |
Pates | 12 |