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Date	Day	Opponents	Venue	Res.	Atten.
09/08	Sat	Sunderland	City Ground	2-0	23,579
12/08	Tue	Port Vale	Vale Park	0-0 (p)	4,950
16/08	Sat	Reading	Madejski Std.	0-3	16,833
23/08	Sat	Cardiff City	City Ground	1-2	23,407
27/08	Wed	Coventry City	Highfield Road	3-1	17,586
30/08	Sat	Norwich City	City Ground	2-0	21,058
13/09	Sat	Sheffield United	City Ground	3-1	25,209
16/09	Tue	Burnley	Turf Moor	3-0	12,530
20/09	Sat	Crewe Alex	Gresty Road	1-3	8,685
23/09	Tue	Tranmere Rvrs	Preston Park	0-0 (p)	4,477
27/09	Sat	Derby County	City Ground	1-1	29,059
01/10	Wed	Preston North End	City Ground	0-1	22,278
04/10	Sat	Stoke City	Brittania Stad.	1-2	13,755
14/10	Tue	Rotherham United	City Ground	2-2	20,168
18/10	Sat	Wimbledon	City Ground	6-0	23,250
22/10	Wed	West Ham United	Upton Park	1-1	29,544
25/10	Sat	Bradford City	Valley Parade	2-1	11,654
29/10	Wed	Portsmouth	City Ground	2-4	20,078
01/11	Sat	Millwall	New Den	0-1	9,635
04/11	Tue	Walsall	Bescott Stad.	1-4	7,321
08/11	Sat	Watford	City Ground	1-1	21,229
22/11	Sat	Wigan Athletic	JJB Stadium	2-2	10,403
29/11	Sat	West Brom	City Ground	0-3	27,331
03/12	Wed	Ipswich Town	City Ground	1-1	21,588
06/12	Sat	Watford	Vicarage Road	1-1	14,988
13/12	Sat	Crystal Palace	Selhurst Park	0-1	16,935
26/12	Fri	Norwich City	Carrow Road	0-1	16,429
28/12	Sun	West Ham	City Ground	0-2	27,491
03/01	Sat	West Brom	City Ground	1-0	11,843
10/01	Sat	Sunderland	Stad. of Light	0-1	26,340
17/01	Sat	Reading	City Ground	0-1	23,116
25/01	Sun	Sheffield United	City Ground	0-3	17,306
31/01	Sat	Cardiff City	Ninian Park	0-0	17,913
07/02	Sat	Coventry City	City Ground	0-1	23,075
14/02	Sat	Walsall	City Ground	3-3	25,012
21/02	Sat	Rotherham United	Millmoor	1-1	9,046
25/02	Wed	Gillingham	City Ground	0-0	26,473
28/02	Sat	Bradford City	City Ground	2-1	26,021
02/03	Tue	Wimbledon	Hockey Stad.	1-0	6,317
06/03	Sat	Gillingham	Priestfield	1-2	9,096
13/03	Sat	Crystal Palace	City Ground	3-2	28,306
17/03	Wed	Burnley	City Ground	1-1	26,885
20/03	Sat	Derby County	Pride Park	2-4	32,390
27/03	Sat	Crewe	City Ground	2-0	24,347
03/04	Sat	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	2-1	22,339
10/04	Sat	Stoke City	City Ground	0-0	28,758
12/04	Mon	Preston North End	Deepdale	2-2	15,117
17/04	Sat	Millwall	City Ground	2-2	22,263
24/04	Sat	Ipswich Town	Portman Road	2-1	27,848
01/05	Sat	Wigan Atheletic	City Ground	1-0	29,172
09/05	Sun	West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns	2-0	26,821

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