Date | Opponents | Result | Goalscorers | Attendance |
19 August 1978 | Aldershot (A) | 1–1 | Bryant 11' | 3,510 |
22 August 1978 | Port Vale (H) | 1–0 | Cork 11' | 2,638 |
26 August 1978 | Northampton Town (H) | 4–1 | Cork (3) 11', 40', 43', Leslie 71' | 2,644 |
1 September 1978 | Stockport County (A) | 2–1 | Cork 65' Leslie 85' | 5,604 |
9 September 1978 | Wigan Athletic (H) | 2–1 | Denny 68', Eames 71' (pen.) | 3,217 |
12 September 1978 | Grimsby Town (A) | 2–2 | Bryant 55', Cork 60' | 6,794 |
16 September 1978 | Newport County (A) | 3–1 | Leslie (2) 78', 81', Cork 87' | 2,903 |
23 September 1978 | Reading (H) | 1–0 | Cork 72' | 5,001 |
25 September 1978 | Rochdale (A) | 0–0 | | 1,263 |
30 September 1978 | Bradford City (H) | 2–1 | Denny 57', Parsons 80' | 2,819 |
7 October 1978 | York City (A) | 4–1 | Parsons 33', Knowles 44', Leslie 49', Cork 82' | 3,329 |
14 October 1978 | Scunthorpe United (H) | 3–1 | Leslie (2) 33', 55', Cork 37' | 3,808 |
17 October 1978 | Crewe Alexandra (H) | 1–1 | Cork 80' | 3,555 |
21 October 1978 | Huddersfield Town (A) | 0–3 | | 3,374 |
28 October 1978 | Doncaster Rovers (H) | 3–2 | Leslie (2) 9', 45', Cork 36' | 3,252 |
4 November 1978 | Barnsley (A) | 1–3 | Galvin 75' | 11,761 |
11 November 1978 | Stockport County (H) | 2–0 | Denny (2) 7', 80' | 3,177 |
18 November 1978 | Northampton Town (A) | 1–1 | Leslie 10' | 3,623 |
2 December 1978 | Halifax Town (H) | 2–1 | Cork (2) 44' 55' | 2,374 |
9 December 1978 | Hartlepool United (A) | 1–1 | Denny 15' | 3,098 |
23 December 1978 | Bournemouth (A) | 2–1 | Galliers 20', Briley 32' | 3,922 |
26 December 1978 | Portsmouth (H) | 2–4 | Knowles (2) 5', 41' | 7,862 |
3 February 1979 | Rochdale (H) | 3–2 | Parsons 17', Galvin 50', Denny 70' | 3,166 |
14 February 1979 | Wigan Athletic (A) | 2–1 | Leslie (2) 9', 21' | 6,704 |
28 February 1979 | Torquay United (A) | 6–1 | Cork (4) 7', 35', 87', 88', Haverson 57', Leslie 89' | 2,739 |
3 March 1979 | Huddersfield Town (H) | 2–1 | Leslie 50', Driver 85' | 3,265 |
6 March 1979 | Newport County (H) | 0–0 | | 2,980 |
9 March 1979 | Doncaster Rovers (A) | 0–1 | | 1,927 |
20 March 1979 | Grimsby Town (H) | 0–1 | | 2,392 |
24 March 1979 | Port Vale (A) | 0–1 | | 2,906 |
27 March 1979 | Aldershot (H) | 3–1 | Haverson 8' (pen.), Knowles 54', Parsons 89' | 5,382 |
31 March 1979 | Hereford United (H) | 2–0 | Cork 36', Leslie 80' | 2,636 |
4 April 1979 | Bradford City (A) | 0–1 | | 2,701 |
7 April 1979 | Halifax Town (A) | 1–2 | Ketteridge 41' | 1,576 |
10 April 1979 | Bournemouth (H) | 4–0 | Leslie 11', Cork (2) 19', 35', Parsons 51' | 3,205 |
14 April 1979 | Portsmouth (A) | 0–0 | | 11,453 |
16 April 1979 | Torquay United (H) | 5–0 | Knowles 2', Galliers 23', Leslie 29', Cunningham 41', Parsons 51' | 4,171 |
21 April 1979 | Darlington (A) | 1–1 | Leslie 68' | 1,674 |
25 April 1979 | Crewe Alexandra (A) | 2–1 | Leslie 19', Parsons 44' | 1,254 |
28 April 1979 | Hartlepool United (H) | 3–1 | Cunningham 72', T. Smith (o.g.) 74', Galliers 86' | 3,546 |
2 May 1979 | Reading (A) | 0–1 | | 13,131 |
5 May 1979 | Hereford United (A) | 0–0 | | 3,809 |
8 May 1979 | Scunthorpe United (A) | 0–2 | | 1,777 |
11 May 1979 | York City (H) | 2–1 | Leslie 62', Cork 85' | 3,897 |
14 May 1979 | Barnsley (H) | 1–1 | Downes 12' | 5,794 |
17 May 1979 | Darlington (H) | 2–0 | Stone (o.g.) 12', Cunningham 74' | 3,638 |