| ROUND | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 119 | 372 | 3.12 | 49 | 41.18% | 29 | 24.37% | 41 | 34.45% |
| 2008/09 | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Scunthorpe United | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 22 | WXWW | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | |
| 2 | 1 | Leicester City | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 22 | WWWW | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | Leeds United | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 20 | WLWW | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |
| 4 | 2 | Millwall | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 20 | WLWW | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | |
| 5 | 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 18 | WWLW | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | |
| 6 | 3 | Oldham Athletic | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 18 | LXXW | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | |
| 7 | 2 | Peterborough United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 17 | WWWX | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| 8 | 3 | Walsall | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 17 | LOWW | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
| 9 | 2 | Southend United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 17 | XWWW | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | |
| 10 | Stockport County | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 15 | XWXX | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Bristol Rovers | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 13 | WWOX | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |
| 12 | 1 | Carlisle United | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | +0 | 13 | LLLL | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 13 | 3 | Northampton Town | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | +0 | 13 | WWXL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| 14 | 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | -2 | 13 | LWLX | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| 15 | 2 | Huddersfield Town | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 12 | WLXW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |
| 16 | 3 | Hartlepool United | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | +0 | 11 | LXLX | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 17 | 3 | Brighton & HA | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 11 | LXXL | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |
| 18 | 3 | Cheltenham Town | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 29 | -12 | 11 | WXXL | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | |
| 19 | 1 | Swindon Town | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 9 | LXLX | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| 20 | 1 | Leyton Orient | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 9 | LXLL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 21 | 1 | Colchester United | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 8 | LLLW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | |
| 22 | 1 | Yeovil Town | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 7 | LLXX | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| 23 | 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 7 | LLOL | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| 24 | Hereford United | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 5 | OLLL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 9 | Rickie LAMBERT (Bristol Rovers, 2p) | |
| 8 | +1 | Danny GRAHAM (Carlisle United, 2p) |
| +2 | Jermaine BECKFORD (Leeds United) | |
| Matty FRYATT (Leicester City, 2p) | ||
| Craig MACKAIL-SMITH (Peterborough United, 2p) | ||
| 7 | Simon COX (Swindon Town, 2p) | |
| Gary HOOPER (Scunthorpe United) | ||
| +1 | Glenn MURRAY (Brighton & HA, 1p) | |
| 6 | Sam BALDOCK (Milton Keynes Dons) | |
| Chris TAYLOR (Oldham Athletic) | ||
| 5 | +2 | Peter LEVEN (Milton Keynes Dons, 1p) |
| +1 | Lee BARNARD (Southend United, 1p) | |
| Lloyd DYER (Leicester City) | ||
| Adebayo AKINFENWA (Northampton Town, 3p) | ||
| Lee HUGHES (Oldham Athletic) | ||
| 4 | Lewis GRABBAN (Millwall) | |
| +2 | Tresor KANDOL (Millwall) | |
| Joel PORTER (Hartlepool United, 1p) | ||
| Tom POPE (Crewe Alexandra) | ||
| +1 | Liam DICKINSON (Huddersfield Town) | |
| +1 | Lloyd OWUSU (Cheltenham Town) | |
| Andy LIDDELL (Oldham Athletic, 1p) | ||
| +1 | Paul HAYES (Scunthorpe United, 1p) | |
| Dougie FREEDMAN (Southend United) | ||
| Nicky FORSTER (Brighton & HA, 2p) |
| Friday, 10 October 2008 | |||||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 1-0 | Hartlepool United | ||
| 17 | Hawley | ||||
| Saturday, 11 October 2008 | |||||
| 10 | Leeds United | 3-1 | Brighton & HA | ||
| 44 | Becchio | 90 | Murray | ||
| 45 | Beckford | ||||
| 90 | Beckford | ||||
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 1-3 | Millwall | ||
| 90 | Savage | 8 | Kandol | ||
| 13 | Kandol | ||||
| 60 | Abdou | ||||
| 10 | Swindon Town | 1-3 | Huddersfield Town | ||
| 88 | Easton | 6 | Dickinson | ||
| 26 | Roberts | ||||
| 69 | Flynn | ||||
| 10 | Walsall | 1-2 | Peterborough United | ||
| 90 | Deeney | 2 | Batt | ||
| 43 | Whelpdale | ||||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 2-1 | Leyton Orient | ||
| 61 | Coles | 46 | Demetriou | ||
| 70 | Hinton | ||||
| 10 | Cheltenham Town | 4-3 | Colchester United | ||
| 36 | Kenton | 20 | Wordsworth | ||
| 53 | Owusu | 43 | Wordsworth | ||
| 57(p) | Fleetwood | 51 | Jackson | ||
| 90 | Hayles | ||||
| 10 | Milton Keynes Dons | 3-1 | Carlisle United | ||
| 38 | Leven | 4 | Graham | ||
| 62 | Llera | ||||
| 90(p) | Leven | ||||
| 10 | Scunthorpe United | 3-0 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| 35 | Woolford | ||||
| 67 | Hayes | ||||
| 80 | Iriekpen | ||||
| 10 | Southend United | 1-1 | Stockport County | ||
| 19 | Barnard | 64 | McSweeney | ||