1982-83 season
Aug 28 a Wolves..........L 1-2 garner 15,605
Sep 1 h Newcastle U.....L 1-2 bell 14,021
4 h Cambridge U.....W 3-1 garner 2,bell 4,488
7 a Grimsby T.......L 0-5 7,567
11 a Crystal P.......L 0-2 7,508
18 h Leicester C.....W 3-1 garner,bell,barton 4,963
25 a Derby Co........W 2-1 garner,hamilton 9,361
Oct 2 h Sheffield W.....L 2-3 garner,stonehouse 10,362
9 a Fulham..........L 1-3 brotherston 5,698
16 h Chelsea.........W 3-0 garner 2,stonehouse 6,062
23 h Leeds U.........D 0-0 12,040
30 a Charlton A......L 0-3 5,726
Nov 6 h Carlisle U......W 3-2 garner 2,hamilton 5,204
13 a Queens Park R...D 2-2 miller,bell 9,149
20 h Bolton W........D 1-1 stonehouse 7,428
27 a Middlesbrough...W 5-1 stonehse,brotherston2,bell,randell 10,821
Dec 4 h Barnsley........D 1-1 brotherston 6,769
11 a Shrewsbury T....D 0-0 4,833
18 h Rotherham U.....W 3-0 garner,miller,randell 6,333
27 a Burnley.........W 1-0 garner 20,439
29 h Oldham A........D 2-2 garner 2 10,121
Jan 1 a Bolton W........L 0-1 11,481
3 a Cambridge U.....L 0-2 3,471
15 h Wolves..........D 2-2 branagan,keeley 7,401
22 a Leicester C.....W 1-0 lowey 8,361
Feb 5 h Grimsby T.......W 2-1 arnott,miller 4,724
15 a Sheffield W.....D 0-0 11,823
19 h Fulham..........D 0-0 6,154
26 a Chelsea.........L 0-2 6,982
Mar 5 a Leeds U.........L 1-2 lowey 12,280
13 h Charlton A......W 2-0 lowey,miller 5,493
19 a Carlisle U......L 1-3 brotherston 4,756
26 h Queens Park R...L 1-3 garner 5,317
Apr 1 a Oldham A........D 0-0 7,866
4 h Burnley.........W 2-1 garner 2 13,431
9 a Newcastle U.....L 2-3 keeley 2 17,839
16 h Crystal P.......W 3-0 garner 2,lowey 4,635
23 a Barnsley........D 2-2 garner,keeley 7,617
30 h Middlesbrough...D 1-1 lowey 4,083
May 2 h Derby Co........W 2-0 garner,brotherston 5,619
7 a Rotherham U.....L 1-3 bell 5,871
14 h Shrewsbury T....W 1-0 garner 3,797
Final League Position: 11th in Division Two
Manager: Bob Saxton
FA Cup: 3rd round
League Cup: 2nd round
League Records;
Simon Garner - 22 goals
Mick Rathbone - 42 apps
Average Gate; 7,069