| Date | Competition | Opponents | Venue | Score | Goalscorers | Att | Rep | Vid |
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| | Season Preview | | | | |  | |
| 12/08/1978 | FLC1 | Reading | A | 1-3 | Price | 6910 |  | |
| 15/08/1978 | FLC1 | READING | H | 1-2 | Young | 6441 | | |
| 19/08/1978 | Div 3 | ROTHERHAM UTD | H | 0-0 | | 4157 | | |
| 21/08/1978 | Div 3 | Mansfield Town | A | 1-1 | Price | 5745 | | |
| 26/08/1978 | Div 3 | Bury | A | 2-2 | Weatherly,Nicholl | 3414 | | |
| 02/09/1978 | Div 3 | WATFORD | H | 2-3 | Overton,Westwood | 8248 | |  |
| 09/09/1978 | Div 3 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 1-1 | Price | 1589 | | |
| 12/09/1978 | Div 3 | SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY | H | 0-0 | | 5385 | | |
| 16/09/1978 | Div 3 | CHESTER | H | 1-0 | Richardson | 4743 | | |
| 23/09/1978 | Div 3 | Brentford | A | 2-0 | Price,Hughes | 6970 | | |
| 26/09/1978 | Div 3 | Blackpool | A | 0-2 | | 5772 | | |
| 30/09/1978 | Div 3 | CHESTERFIELD | H | 2-1 | Westwood,Richardson | 4596 | | |
| 07/10/1978 | Div 3 | Exeter City | A | 0-0 | | 4241 | | |
| 14/10/1978 | Div 3 | HULL CITY | H | 2-0 | Crabbe(p),Jolley | 5460 | | |
| 17/10/1978 | Div 3 | LINCOLN CITY | H | 4-2 | Westwood(2),Jolley,Hughes | 5763 | | |
| 21/10/1978 | Div 3 | Peterborough Utd | A | 1-1 | Nicholl | 5001 | | |
| 28/10/1978 | Div 3 | Oxford Utd | A | 1-1 | Price | 4366 | | |
| 04/11/1978 | Div 3 | SWANSEA | H | 2-0 | Price,Crabbe(p) | 11329 | | |
| 11/11/1978 | Div 3 | Watford | A | 0-1 | | 13941 | | |
| 18/11/1978 | Div 3 | BURY | H | 3-3 | Jolley(2),Richardson | 6291 | | |
| 25/11/1978 | FAC1 | Reading | A | 0-0 | | 3246 | | |
| 28/11/1978 | FAC1R | READING | H | 1-2
(aet) | Westwood | 5184 | | |
| 02/12/1978 | Div 3 | CARLISLE UTD | H | 0-0 | | 4322 | | |
| 09/12/1978 | Div 3 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 1-1 | Westwood | 3924 | | |
| 26/12/1978 | Div 3 | SOUTHEND UTD | H | 1-0 | Jolley | 6644 | | |
| 30/12/1978 | Div 3 | PLYMOUTH ARGYLE | H | 2-0 | Nicholl,Westwood | 5951 | | |
| 13/01/1979 | Div 3 | TRANMERE ROVERS | H | 3-2 | Price,Westwood(p),Nicholl | 5480 | | |
| 27/01/1979 | Div 3 | BRENTFORD | H | 0-0 | | 6899 | | |
| 03/02/1979 | Div 3 | BLACKPOOL | H | 2-0 | Westwood(2,1p) | 6146 | | |
| 21/02/1979 | Div 3 | Chester | A | 1-1 | Barker | 2421 | | |
| 24/02/1979 | Div 3 | Hull City | A | 1-0 | Price | 4349 | | |
| 03/03/1979 | Div 3 | PETERBOROUGH UTD | H | 1-0 | Richardson | 6890 | | |
| 06/03/1979 | Div 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 1-2 | Westwood | 8205 | | |
| 10/03/1979 | Div 3 | OXFORD UTD | H | 2-1 | Overton,Weatherly | 6063 | | |
| 16/03/1979 | Div 3 | Swansea | A | 1-3 | White(p) | 10832 | | |
| 20/03/1979 | Div 3 | Walsall | A | 1-0 | Westwood | 3084 | | |
| 24/03/1979 | Div 3 | MANSFIELD TOWN | H | 0-0 | | 6935 | | |
| 27/03/1979 | Div 3 | Rotherham Utd | A | 1-1 | Westwood | 3239 | | |
| 31/03/1979 | Div 3 | SWINDON TOWN | H | 2-2 | White,Westwood | 9460 | | |
| 07/04/1979 | Div 3 | Carlisle Utd | A | 0-1 | | 5113 | | |
| 10/04/1979 | Div 3 | WALSALL | H | 3-1 | White(p),Price(2) | 7342 | | |
| 14/04/1979 | Div 3 | Southend Utd | A | 1-0 | Westwood | 7291 | | |
| 16/04/1979 | Div 3 | COLCHESTER UTD | H | 3-0 | Price,Westwood,Funnell | 12030 | | |
| 21/04/1979 | Div 3 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 1-2 | Funnell | 5868 | | |
| 25/04/1979 | Div 3 | Lincoln City | A | 4-2 | Funnell(2),Westwood,Price | 1863 | | |
| 28/04/1979 | Div 3 | SHREWSBURY TOWN | H | 2-0 | Price(2) | 14902 | | |
| 05/05/1979 | Div 3 | Swindon Town | A | 1-3 | Funnell | 15112 | | |
| 07/05/1979 | Div 3 | Colchester Utd | A | 2-2 | Armstrong,Westwood | 6317 | | |
| 14/05/1979 | Div 3 | EXETER CITY | H | 2-0 | Price,Funnell | 8788 | | |
| 19/05/1979 | Div 3 | Chesterfield | A | 2-0 | Westwood,Funnell | 2802 | | |
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