| Date | Competition | Opposition | Score | Att | Pos | Scorers |
| Sat Jul 14 | FRIENDLY | Aldershot (away) | 2-1 | - | Hughes, Forster | |
| Sat Jul 14 | FRIENDLY | Maidenhead United (away) | 0-0 | - | - | |
| Sat Jul 21 | FRIENDLY | Weymouth (away) | 3-1 | - | Forster(2), Harper | |
| Tue Jul 24 | FRIENDLY | Tiverton Town (away) | 3-1 | - | og, Butler, Henderson | |
| Sat Jul 28 | FRIENDLY | Dorchester Town (away) | 3-1 | - | Butler(2), Henderson | |
| Wed Aug 1 | FRIENDLY | TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (HOME) | 0-2 | 21,874 | - | |
| Sat Aug 4 | FRIENDLY | Rushden and Diamonds (away) | 0-1 | - | ||
| Sat Aug 11 | LEAGUE | Blackpool (away) | 2-0 | 5,613 | 4 | Parkinson, Forster |
| Sat Aug 18 | LEAGUE | HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (HOME) | 1-0 | 11,915 | 3 | Forster |
| Tue Aug 21 | LGE CUP 1 | LUTON TOWN (HOME) | 4-0 | 5,115 | - | Henderson(2), Parkinson, A.Smith |
| Sat Aug 25 | LEAGUE | Queens Park Rangers (away) | 0-0 | 13,829 | 4 | - |
| Tue Aug 28 | LEAGUE | WREXHAM (HOME) | P-P | |||
| Sat Sep 1 | LEAGUE | Port Vale (away) | 2-0 | 5,196 | 3 | Cureton(2) |
| Sat Sep 8 | LEAGUE | CARDIFF CITY (HOME) | 1-2 | 13,017 | 7 | A.Smith |
| Tue Sep 11 | LGE CUP 2 | WEST HAM UNITED (HOME) | 6-5* | 21,173 | - | - |
| Sat Sep 15 | LEAGUE | Stoke City (away) | 0-2 | 11,752 | 10 | - |
| Tue Sep 18 | LEAGUE | CAMBRIDGE UNITED (HOME) | 1-0 | 8,348 | 6 | Harper |
| Sat Sep 22 | LEAGUE | WYCOMBE WANDERERS (HOME) | 2-0 | 13,565 | 5 | Williams, Henderson |
| Tue Sep 25 | LEAGUE | Bournemouth (away) | 0-1 | 3,691 | 8 | - |
| Sat Sep 29 | LEAGUE | BURY (HOME) | 1-1 | 10,035 | 9 | Igoe |
| Fri Oct 5 | LEAGUE | Colchester United (away) | 0-2 | 3,691 | 11 | - |
| Wed Oct 10 | LGE CUP 3 | Aston Villa (away) | 0-1 | 23,431 | - | - |
| Sat Oct 13 | LEAGUE | SWINDON TOWN (HOME) | 1-3 | 14,389 | 14 | Henderson |
| Sat Oct 20 | LEAGUE | Notts County (away) | 4-3 | 5,604 | 11 | Hughes, Cureton(2), A.Smith |
| Tue Oct 23 | LEAGUE | Oldham Athletic (away) | 1-0 | 4,901 | 9 | Cureton |
| Sat Oct 27 | LEAGUE | BRENTFORD (HOME) | 1-2 | 14,680 | 11 | Butler |
| Tue Oct 30 | LDV 2 | COLCHESTER UNITED (HOME) | 2-1 | 2,725 | - | N.Smith, Henderson |
| Sat Nov 3 | LEAGUE | Northampton Town (away) | 2-0 | 5,162 | 8 | Cureton, Butler |
| Tue Nov 6 | LEAGUE | WREXHAM (HOME) | 2-0 | 8,081 | 4 | Forster, Henderson |
| Sat Nov 10 | LEAGUE | Bristol City (HOME) | 3-2 | 14,060 | 4 | Mackie, OG, Salako |
| Sat Nov 17 | FA CUP 1 | WELLING (HOME) | 1-0 | 5,338 | - | Cureton |
| Tue Nov 20 | LEAGUE | TRANMERE ROVERS (HOME) | 4-1 | 9,007 | 4 | N.Smith, Forster(2), Henderson |
| Sat Nov 24 | LEAGUE | Peterborough United (away) | 2-1 | 5,695 | 4 | Henderson(2) |
| Sat Dec 1 | LEAGUE | CHESTERFIELD (home) | 0-1 | 11,209 | 4 | - |
| Tue Dec 4 | LDV 3 | Barnet (away) | 1-4 | 1,171 | - | Henderson |
| Sat Dec 8 | FA CUP 2 | York City (away) | 0-2 | 3,161 | - | - |
| Fri Dec 14 | LEAGUE | Brighton and HA (away) | P-P | |||
| Sat Dec 22 | LEAGUE | WIGAN ATHLETIC (HOME) | 1-1 | 15,808 | 5 | Salako |
| Wed Dec 26 | LEAGUE | Cardiff City (away) | 2-2 | 16,708 | 5 | Forster, Salako |
| Sat Dec 29 | LEAGUE | Wrexham (away) | 2-0 | 3,885 | 5 | Forster, Salako |
| Tue Jan 1 | LEAGUE | PORT VALE (HOME) | 2-0 | 10,743 | 4 | Cureton(2) |
| Sat Jan 5 | LEAGUE | QUEENS PARK RANGERS (HOME) | 1-0 | 19,329 | 2 | Hughes |
| Sat Jan 12 | LEAGUE | Huddersfield Town (away) | 1-0 | 10,775 | 1 | Forster |
| Sat Jan 19 | LEAGUE | BLACKPOOL (HOME) | 3-0 | 13,732 | 1 | Forster(3) |
| Tue Jan 22 | LEAGUE | Wigan Athletic (away) | 2-0 | 5,546 | 1 | Hughes, Forster |
| Sat Jan 26 | LEAGUE | COLCHESTER UNITED (HOME) | 3-0 | 12,743 | 1 | Forster(2), Hughes |
| Sat Feb 2 | LEAGUE | Bury (away) | 1-1 | 3,667 | 1 | Salako |
| Sat Feb 9 | LEAGUE | NOTTS COUNTY (HOME) | 2-1 | 13,564 | 1 | OG, Cureton |
| Mon Feb 11 | LEAGUE | Brighton and HA (away) | 1-3 | 6,756 | 1 | Cureton |
| Thu Feb 14 | LEAGUE | Swindon Town (away) | 0-0 | 9,264 | 1 | - |
| Sat Feb 23 | LEAGUE | STOKE CITY (HOME) | 1-0 | 21,032 | 1 | Cureton |
| Tue Feb 26 | LEAGUE | Wycombe Wanderers (away) | 2-0 | 9,250 | 1 | Cureton, Henderson |
| Sat Mar 2 | LEAGUE | Cambridge United (away) | 2-2 | 3,841 | 1 | Viveash, OG |
| Tue Mar 5 | LEAGUE | BOURNEMOUTH (HOME) | 2-2 | 13,538 | 1 | Cureton, Hughes |
| Sat Mar 9 | LEAGUE | BRIGHTON AND HA (HOME) | 0-0 | 22,009 | 1 | - |
| Sat Mar 16 | LEAGUE | Chesterfield (away) | 2-0 | 5,154 | 1 | Forster, Cureton |
| Sat Mar 23 | LEAGUE | OLDHAM ATHLETIC (HOME) | 2-2 | 15,191 | 1 | Mackie, Parkinson |
| Sat Mar 30 | LEAGUE | Bristol City (away) | 3-3 | 15,609 | 1 | Hughes, Forster, Watson |
| Mon Apr 1 | LEAGUE | NORTHAMPTON TOWN (HOME) | 0-0 | 16,495 | 2 | - |
| Sun Apr 7 | LEAGUE | Tranmere Rovers (away) | 2-2 | 9,282 | 2 | Rougier, Salako |
| Sat Apr 13 | LEAGUE | PETERBOROUGH UNITED (HOME) | 2-2 | 22,151 | 2 | Forster(2) |
| Sat Apr 20 | LEAGUE | Brentford (away) | 1-1 | 11,303 | 2 | Cureton |
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Football League Division Two
Royals finish 2nd (PROMOTED to Division One)
