| Date | Competition | Opponents | Venue | Score | Goalscorers | Att | Rep | Vid |
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| 30/08/1986 | Div 3 | BRISTOL CITY | H | 1-1 | Shearer | 4049 |  | |
| 03/09/1986 | FLC1 | Northampton Town | A | 2-2 | Cascarino(2) | 2724 | | |
| 06/09/1986 | Div 3 | Rotherham Utd | A | 1-0 | Shearer | 3243 | | |
| 13/09/1986 | Div 3 | MIDDLESBROUGH | H | 0-0 | | 4899 | | |
| 16/09/1986 | Div 3 | YORK CITY | H | 2-0 | Weatherly,Eves | 4115 | | |
| 24/09/1986 | FLC2 | Oxford Utd | A | 0-6 | | 5246 | | |
| 07/10/1986 | FLC2 | OXFORD UTD | H | 1-1 | Cascarino | 3033 | | |
| 15/10/1986 | Div 3 | Chester | A | 1-1 | Greenall | 2169 | | |
| 18/10/1986 | Div 3 | CARLISLE UTD | H | 1-0 | Pritchard | 4207 | | |
| 21/10/1986 | Div 3 | Darlington | A | 1-1 | Shearer | 1512 | | |
| 25/10/1986 | Div 3 | Port Vale | A | 2-1 | Shearer(p),Pritchard | 3005 | | |
| 01/11/1986 | Div 3 | CHESTERFIELD | H | 3-0 | Greenall,Shearer,Pritchard | 4373 | | |
| 04/11/1986 | Div 3 | BLACKPOOL | H | 2-1 | Shearer,Weatherly | 5951 | |  |
| 07/11/1986 | Div 3 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 0-2 | | 2691 | | |
| 15/11/1986 | FAC1 | Kettering Town | A | 3-0 | Robinson,Hinnigan,OG | 2845 | | |
| 22/11/1986 | Div 3 | NOTTS COUNTY | H | 3-1 | Shearer(2),Cascarino | 5239 | | |
| 25/11/1986 | FLT Group | Notts County | A | 5-0 | Cascarino(2),Shearer(2),Robinson | 1668 | | |
| 29/11/1986 | Div 3 | Wigan Athletic | A | 1-3 | Shearer | 2492 | | |
| 02/12/1986 | Div 3 | Bournemouth | A | 2-0 | Robinson,Pritchard | 7756 | | |
| 06/12/1986 | FAC2 | CHELMSFORD CITY | H | 2-0 | Cascarino(2) | 5843 | | |
| 13/12/1986 | Div 3 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 0-3 | | 4867 | | |
| 16/12/1986 | FLT Group | NORTHAMPTON TOWN | H | 1-0 | Pritchard | 2047 | | |
| 19/12/1986 | Div 3 | BRISTOL ROVERS | H | 4-1 | Pritchard,Robinson,Cascarino(2) | 4448 | | |
| 26/12/1986 | Div 3 | Fulham | A | 2-2 | OG,Collins | 5887 | | |
| 27/12/1986 | Div 3 | SWINDON TOWN | H | 1-3 | Greenall | 9994 | | |
| 01/01/1987 | Div 3 | WALSALL | H | 4-0 | Pritchard(3),Elsey | 6036 | | |
| 03/01/1987 | Div 3 | Notts County | A | 1-3 | Cascarino | 5792 | | |
| 03/03/1987 | Div 3 | Chesterfield | A | 0-1 | | 2626 | | |
| 07/03/1987 | Div 3 | PORT VALE | H | 0-0 | | 4001 | | |
| 10/03/1987 | FLT Area SF | Bristol City | A | 0-2 | | 10540 | | |
| 14/03/1987 | Div 3 | Carlisle Utd | A | 4-2 | Pritchard,Shearer(2),Cascarino | 2117 | | |
| 17/03/1987 | Div 3 | DARLINGTON | H | 4-1 | Cascarino(3),Shearer | 3632 | | |
| 21/03/1987 | Div 3 | BOURNEMOUTH | H | 2-1 | Weatherly,Shearer | 7304 | | |
| 28/03/1987 | Div 3 | Bury | A | 0-1 | | 2197 | | |
| 02/05/1987 | Div 3 | WIGAN ATHLETIC | H | 0-0 | | 5376 | | |
