| Date | Competition | Opponents | Venue | Score | Goalscorers | Att | Rep | Vid |
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| | Pre Season Friendly Racing Club Paris | | | | | |  |
| 27/08/1988 | Div 3 | SWANSEA | H | 2-3 | Peacock,Lovell | 4437 |  | |
| 30/08/1988 | FLC1 | Cambridge Utd | A | 2-1 | Walker,Lovell | 1909 | | |
| 03/09/1988 | Div 3 | Aldershot | A | 2-0 | Shipley,Lovell | 2477 | | |
| 06/09/1988 | FLC1 | CAMBRIDGE UTD | H | 3-1 | Lovell,Lillis(2) | 3066 | | |
| 10/09/1988 | Div 3 | SHEFFIELD UTD | H | 2-1 | Lovell,Lillis | 5041 | | |
| 17/09/1988 | Div 3 | Huddersfield Town | A | 1-1 | Lovell | 4688 | | |
| 20/09/1988 | Div 3 | Mansfield Town | A | 1-2 | Lovell | 3153 | | |
| 24/09/1988 | Div 3 | READING | H | 0-1 | | 4469 | | |
| 27/09/1988 | FLC2 | Millwall | A | 0-3 | | 6590 | | |
| 01/10/1988 | Div 3 | Brentford | A | 0-1 | | 4839 | | |
| 04/10/1988 | Div 3 | BRISTOL CITY | H | 0-1 | | 3102 | | |
| 08/10/1988 | Div 3 | CHESTERFIELD | H | 0-1 | | 2901 | | |
| 11/10/1988 | FLC2 | MILLWALL | H | 1-3 | Quow(p) | 5729 | | |
| 15/10/1988 | Div 3 | Southend Utd | A | 1-2 | Lovell | 3200 | | |
| 22/10/1988 | Div 3 | BURY | H | 3-4 | Lillis,Lovell(p),Cooper | 2850 | | |
| 25/10/1988 | Div 3 | Preston North End | A | 0-5 | | 6390 | | |
| 29/10/1988 | Div 3 | WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS | H | 1-3 | Lovell | 5288 | | |
| 05/11/1988 | Div 3 | Cardiff City | A | 0-1 | | 3658 | | |
| 08/11/1988 | Div 3 | BLACKPOOL | H | 1-0 | Burley | 3541 | | |
| 12/11/1988 | Div 3 | Bristol Rovers | A | 0-2 | | 4826 | | |
| 19/11/1988 | FAC1 | PETERBOROUGH UTD | H | 3-3 | Lovell,Quow,Smith | 4509 | | |
| 23/11/1988 | FAC1R | Peterborough Utd | A | 0-1 | | 4494 | | |
| 26/11/1988 | Div 3 | Notts County | A | 2-1 | Quow,Smith | 4611 | | |
| 29/11/1988 | FLT Group | Brentford | A | 0-2 | | 3713 | | |
| 03/12/1988 | Div 3 | CHESTER | H | 0-2 | | 3329 | | |
| 10/12/1988 | FLT Group | FULHAM | H | 2-1 | Lillis,Peacock | 1970 | | |
| 18/12/1988 | Div 3 | Northampton Town | A | 2-1 | Lovell(2,1p) | 3829 | | |
| 26/12/1988 | Div 3 | FULHAM | H | 0-1 | | 5871 | | |
| 30/12/1988 | Div 3 | PORT VALE | H | 1-0 | Cooper | 4706 | | |
| 02/01/1989 | Div 3 | Wigan Athletic | A | 0-3 | | 3090 | | |
| 06/01/1989 | Div 3 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 1-2 | Peacock | 4187 | | |
| 14/01/1989 | Div 3 | ALDERSHOT | H | 1-1 | Peacock | 3781 | | |
| 17/01/1989 | FLT Group | Torquay Utd | A | 0-3 | | 1844 | | |
| 21/01/1989 | Div 3 | Sheffield Utd | A | 2-4 | West,Cooper | 9336 | | |
| 28/01/1989 | Div 3 | HUDDERSFIELD TOWN | H | 1-2 | Peacock(p) | 3530 | | |
| 04/02/1989 | Div 3 | BRENTFORD | H | 0-0 | | 4002 | | |
| 11/02/1989 | Div 3 | Bristol City | A | 0-1 | | 7319 | | |
| 18/02/1989 | Div 3 | Chesterfield | A | 1-3 | Lovell | 3432 | | |
| 25/02/1989 | Div 3 | SOUTHEND UTD | H | 1-1 | Walker | 3574 | | |
| 28/02/1989 | Div 3 | PRESTON NORTH END | H | 1-3 | Burley | 3031 | | |
| 04/03/1989 | Div 3 | Bury | A | 0-1 | | 4313 | | |
| 11/03/1989 | Div 3 | CARDIFF CITY | H | 1-2 | OG | 2927 | | |
| 14/03/1989 | Div 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 1-6 | Gavin | 12574 | | |
| 19/03/1989 | Div 3 | Swansea | A | 2-3 | Gavin,Lillis | 4252 | | |
| 24/03/1989 | Div 3 | WIGAN ATHLETIC | H | 2-1 | Gavin,Peacock | 3244 | | |
| 27/03/1989 | Div 3 | Fulham | A | 2-1 | Peacock(2) | 6476 | | |
| 01/04/1989 | Div 3 | NORTHAMPTON TOWN | H | 1-0 | Gavin | 3466 | | |
| 04/04/1989 | Div 3 | BOLTON WANDERERS | H | 0-1 | | 3096 | | |
| 08/04/1989 | Div 3 | Port Vale | A | 1-2 | Lovell | 5358 | | |
| 15/04/1989 | Div 3 | MANSFIELD TOWN | H | 3-0 | Gavin,Peacock,Joseph | 2594 | | |
| 22/04/1989 | Div 3 | Reading | A | 2-1 | Lovell,Gavin | 3511 | | |
| 28/04/1989 | Div 3 | BRISTOL ROVERS | H | 2-3 | Lovell(p),Smith | 4044 | | |
| 01/05/1989 | Div 3 | Blackpool | A | 1-4 | Peacock | 2152 | | |
| 06/05/1989 | Div 3 | Chester | A | 0-2 | | 2106 | | |
| 13/05/1989 | Div 3 | NOTTS COUNTY | H | 2-1 | Gavin,Manuel | 2877 | | |
| | Paul Taylor Sacked | | | | | | |
| | Keith Burkinshaw - New Manager | | | | | | |
| | Keith Burkinshaw Quits | | | | | | |
| | Damien Richardson - New Manager | | | | | | |
| | Tony Smith - New Owner | | | | | | |
| | Player Of The Year | | | | | | |
