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| Date | Opposition | Where | FT | HT | Scorers (us) | Scorers (them) | Crowd | Pts | Pos | Yellow | Red |  
| Fri 29-Jul
 | Hartlepool
United | (a) | 4-0 | 3-0 | Smylie
 17, 80 Walton 29
 Chopra 38
 |  | 1,712 | - | - |  |  |  
| Wed 10-Aug
 | Leeds
United | (h) | 3-2 | 1-1 | Huntington
35 Finnigan 60
 Ramage 73
 | Einarsson
44 Ricketts 58
 | 515 | 3 | 1 |  |  |  
| Tue 16-Aug
 | Wolverhampton
Wanderers | (a) | 2-1 | 2-1 | Finnigan
2 N'Zogbia 17
 | Clarke
41 | 401 | 6 | 1 |  |  |  
| Mon 22-Aug
 | Liverpool | (a) | 2-2 | 1-1 | Atkin
45 Gate 81
 | Sinama-Pongolle
15 Calliste 65
 | 456 | 7 | 1 |  |  |  
| Tue 13-Sep
 | Everton | (a) | 0-1 | 0-0 |  | Li
Tie 52 | 158 | 7 | 4 | Baxter |  |  
| Mon 19-Sep
 | Manchester
City | (a) | 0-1 | 0-1 |  | Miller
25 | 464 | 7 | 7 |  |  |  
| Mon 26-Sep
 | Manchester
United | (h) | 2-0 | 1-0 | Chopra
20, 53 (pen) |  | 1,235 | 10 | 4 |  |  |  
| Wed 05-Oct
 | Wigan
Athletic | (a) | 1-1 | 1-0 | Chopra
49 (pen) | Smith
49 | 178 | 11 | 5 | Smylie Ameobi
 Ramage
 | Smylie |  
| Mon 10-Oct
 | Blackburn
Rovers | (h) | 2-2 | 1-0 | Chopra
35 (pen) Brittain 67
 | Harkins
77 Barker 82
 | 730 | 12 | 5 |  |  |  
| Tue 18-Oct
 | Birmingham
City | (a) | 0-2 | 0-2 |  | Barrowman
17 Kilkenny 45
 | 303 | 12 | 6 |  |  |  
| Mon 31-Oct
 | West
Bromwich Albion | (h) | 5-0 | 3-0 | Chopra
2, 12, 90 Walton 22
 Elliott  67
 |  | 490 | 15 | 6 | Walton |  |  
| Tue 08-Nov
 | Middlesbrough | (a) | 3-4 | 2-3 | Chopra
35 (pen), 56 Edgar 89
 | Graham
8, 18 Owens 43
 Craddock 58
 | 200
est | 15 | 6 |  |  |  
| Mon 14-Nov
 | Aston
Villa | (h) | 5-1 | 4-1 | Ameobi
22, 23, 57 Chopra 31 (pen), 43
 | Williams
20 | 696 | 18 | 6 | Bowyer Clark
 Ameobi
 Smylie
 |  |  
| Thu Nov-17
 NSC1
 | North
Shields | (h) | 3-0 | 1-0 | Walton
27 Finnigan 50
 Troisi 83
 |  | 250 est
 | - | - |  |  |  
| Wed 23-Nov
 | mackems | (a) | 1-1 | 0-1 | Huntington
93 | Hartley
42 | 897 | 19 | 5 | Cave Gate
 Brittain
 |  |  
| Wed Dec-21
 | Leeds
United | (a) | 2-2 | 2-2 | Chopra
28 Madden og 43
 | Wright
15 Parker 33
 | 250 est
 | 20 | 7 |  |  |  
| Tue Jan-03
 | Wolves | (h) | 2-1 | 1-1 | Finnigan
22 Smylie 77
 | Cort
5 | 341 | 23 | 7 | Huntington Walton
 |  |  
| Mon Jan-09
 | Liverpool | (h) | 2-1 | 1-1 | Finnigan
32 Farman 83
 | Mellor
12 | 872 | 26 | 7 |  |  |  
| Mon Jan-16
 | Bolton
Wanderers | (a) | 0-3 | 0-0 |  | Hill
50 Smith 75,78
 | 177 | 26 | 5 | Atkin Brittain
 Finnigan
 |  |  
| Mon Jan-23
 | Everton | (h) | 2-2 | 1-2 | Pattison
40 Finnigan 89
 | Anichebe
21,38 | 626 | 27 | 4 |  |  |  
| Thu Feb-02
 | Manchester
United | (a) | 0-4 | 0-1 |  | Rossi
23 pen, 67, 84 Evans 47
 | 601 | 27 | 4 | Edgar Smylie
 |  |  
| Thu Feb-09
 NSC2
 | Ashington | (h) | 8-0 | 3-0 | Finnigan
6, 26, 85 Atkin 33, 77
 Cave 52
 Pattison 83
 Smylie 88
 |  | 254 | - | - |  |  |  
| Mon Feb-27
 | Blackburn
Rovers | (a) | 1-0 | 1-0 | Chopra
40 |  | 303 | 31 | 5 |  |  |  
| Wed
Mar-08 NSC3
 | Bedlington
Terriers | (a) | 5-0 | 1-0 | Edgar
6 Brittain 61 (pen)
 Finnigan 66, 80, 88
 |  | tbc | - | - |  |  |  
| Mon Mar-13
 | West
Bromwich Albion | (a) | 0-2 | 0-2 |  | Martinez
17 Nicholson 20
 | 314 |  |  |  |  |  
| Mon Mar-20
 | Middlesbrough | (h) | 3-0 | 2-0 | Smylie
3 Pattison 13
 Terrell 69
 |  | 460 | 34 | 5 | Smylie |  |  
| Tue Mar-28
 | Aston
Villa | (a) | 0-3 | 0-2 |  | Agbonlahor 3 Mikaelsson 7
 Gardner (74pen)
 | 274 | 34 | 5 |  |  |  
| Mon Apr-03
 | mackems | (h) | 3-2 | 2-1 | Finnigan
36 Carroll 38
 Smylie 58
 | Miller
3 Le Tallec 79
 | 992 | 37 | 5 |  |  |  
| Wed Apr-12
 | Manchester
City | (h) | 1-1 | 1-1 | Chopra
19 | Miller
34 | 625 | 38 | 5 | Chopra |  |  
| Wed Apr-19
 | Wigan
Athletic | (h) | 2-1 | 0-1 | Finnigan
54, 74 | Taylor
21 | 477 | 41 | 5 |  |  |  
| Mon Apr-24
 | Bolton
Wanderers | (h) | 1-0 | 0-0 | Finnigan
46 |  | 502 | 44 | 5 |  |  |  
| Thu Apr-27
 | Birmingham
City | (h) | 0-0 | 0-0 |  |  | 486 | 45 | 5 |  |  |  
| Wed May-03
 | Blyth
Spartans | (n) | 2-1 | 1-1 | O'Brien
40, 84 | McClen
35 | 850 | - | - |  |  |    |