SEASON 1978-1979

Football League Division Four

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Scorers	Att
19/08/1978	Hereford United	A	0 - 0		5,674
23/08/1978	Grimsby Town	H	0 - 3		9,227
26/08/1978	Reading	A	0 - 2		5,033
02/09/1978	Newport County	H	2 - 3	Hinnigan, Purdie	5,319
09/09/1978	Wimbledon	A	1 - 2	Corrigan	3,217
13/09/1978	Rochdale	H	3 - 0	J. Wright, Corrigan, Hinnigan	5,746
16/09/1978	Bradford City	H	1 - 3	Purdie	7,090
23/09/1978	York City	A	1 - 0	Gore	3,307
26/09/1978	Portsmouth	A	0 - 1		13,958
30/09/1978	Scunthorpe United	H	1 - 0	Brownbill	4,459
07/10/1978	Huddersfield Town	A	1 - 1	Brownbill	5,150
14/10/1978	Doncaster Rovers	H	1 - 0	N. Ward	5,788
18/10/1978	Halifax Town	H	1 - 0	Hinnigan	5,216
21/10/1978	Barnsley	A	0 - 0		9,841
28/10/1978	Northampton Town	H	2 - 0	Purdie (2, 1 pen)	6,264
03/11/1978	Stockport County	A	1 - 0	Hinnigan	8,357
10/11/1978	Newport County	A	1 - 2	Houghton	4,142
18/11/1978	Reading	H	3 - 0	Houghton (2), Ward	5,858
09/12/1978	Darlington	A	1 - 1	Moore	1,967
16/12/1978	Halifax Town	A	2 - 1	Moore, Purdie	2,437
26/12/1978	Crewe Alexandra	H	1 - 0	Houghton	7,586
30/12/1978	Aldershot	H	3 - 2	Moore, Houghton (2)	7,289
09/01/1979	Port Vale	A	1 - 2	J. Wright (pen)	3,746
03/02/1979	Portsmouth	H	2 - 0	Wright, Corrigan	8,289
14/02/1979	Wimbledon	H	1 - 2	Purdie (pen)	6,704
17/02/1979	Huddersfield Town	H	2 - 1	N. Ward (2)	7,420
24/02/1979	Doncaster Rovers	A	1 - 0	J. Wright	4,186
28/02/1979	York City	H	1 - 1	Houghton	5,896
03/03/1979	Barnsley	H	1 - 1	J. Wright	9,427
10/03/1979	Northampton Town	A	4 - 2	Brownbill (2), Purdie, Corrigan	2,275
14/03/1979	Torquay United	H	3 - 1	Moore (2), Hinnigan	5,722
17/03/1979	Stockport County	H	2 - 0	Wright , Smart	7,610
19/03/1979	Rochdale	A	2 - 0	Purdie, Moore	3,642
24/03/1979	Grimsby Town	A	1 - 3	Wiggington og	8,252
28/03/1979	Hereford United	H	0 - 0		4,876
31/03/1979	AFC Bournemouth	H	1 - 0	Houghton	5,527
03/04/1979	Hartlepool United	A	1 - 1	Houghton	2,080
07/04/1979	Torquay United	A	1 - 1	Houghton	3,112
13/04/1979	Port Vale	H	5 - 3	Houghton (3), Brownbill, Moore	8,452
14/04/1979	Crewe Alexandra	A	1 - 1	Purdie (pen)	4,604
16/04/1979	Hartlepool United	H	2 - 2	J. Wright, Purdie	8,217
21/04/1979	Aldershot	A	0 - 1		5,466
28/04/1979	Darlington	H	2 - 2	Moore, Brownbill	6,153
01/05/1979	Scunthorpe United	A	1 - 0	Gore	1,701
05/05/1979	AFC Bournemouth	A	1 - 2	Purdie	3,063
07/05/1979	Bradford City	A	1 - 1	Moore	3,748

Football League Cup

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Scorers	Att
12/08/1978	Tranmere Rovers (1.1)	A	1 - 1	Gore	4,402
16/08/1978	Tranmere Rovers (1.2)	H	2 - 1	Corrigan (2)	8,512
29/08/1978	Luton Town (2)	A	0 - 2		6,618

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Scorers	Att	Prog	Press
25/11/1978	Bury (1)	H	2 - 2	Gore, Houghton	10,142
29/11/1978	Bury (1R)	A	1 - 4	Moore	9,339

Friendly

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Scorers	Att
26/07/1978	Horwich RMI	A	1 - 2	Corrigan	500
29/07/1978	Birmingham City	H	0 - 0		5,019
03/08/1978	SpVgg Erkenschwick	H	2 - 0	Purdie, Seddon (pen)	1,898
05/08/1978	St. Johnstone	H	1 - 0	Gore	2,514
11/10/1978	Zambia	H	2 - 1	Moore, Purdie (pen)	2,428
06/11/1978	Dundee	H	2 - 2	Houghton, Moore	1,214

1977-1978

1979-1980

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