| 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 | ||||
| 156 | 481 | 3.08 | 69 | 44.23% | 39 | 25.00% | 48 | 30.77% |
| 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 | Scunthorpe United | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 29 | WXWW | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Leeds United | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 26 | WWLW | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |
| 3 | 1 | Millwall | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 26 | LWWW | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | |
| 4 | 1 | Leicester City | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 25 | OXXW | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| 5 | 2 | Milton Keynes Dons | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 22 | WLXW | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |
| 6 | 2 | Peterborough United | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 22 | WOXW | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |
| 7 | 2 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 22 | LLXW | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| 8 | 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 22 | WWWL | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |
| 9 | 2 | Stockport County | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 21 | WWLX | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | |
| 10 | 4 | Southend United | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 | +0 | 21 | LXWX | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 17 | |
| 11 | 1 | Bristol Rovers | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 20 | WWXW | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | |
| 12 | 1 | Hartlepool United | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 20 | WWWL | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |
| 13 | 3 | Walsall | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | +0 | 18 | LXLL | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |
| 14 | Northampton Town | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 17 | OLWW | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||
| 15 | 3 | Swindon Town | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | -4 | 15 | WWLL | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| 16 | 3 | Colchester United | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 24 | -2 | 14 | WLWL | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |
| 17 | 2 | Carlisle United | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 26 | -6 | 14 | LLXL | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |
| 18 | 1 | Brighton & HA | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 13 | LOOL | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |
| 19 | 3 | Huddersfield Town | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 26 | -7 | 13 | LLXW | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | |
| 20 | 1 | Yeovil Town | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | -10 | 11 | OWLL | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| 21 | 1 | Cheltenham Town | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 36 | -17 | 11 | LLLW | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 | |
| 22 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 10 | OLLL | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 23 | Hereford United | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -12 | 9 | LWOL | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | ||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 31 | -14 | 8 | LLXL | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | ||
| 15 | +4 | Rickie LAMBERT (Bristol Rovers, 2p) |
| 10 | Danny GRAHAM (Carlisle United, 2p) | |
| Craig MACKAIL-SMITH (Peterborough United, 3p) | ||
| 9 | +1 | Gary HOOPER (Scunthorpe United) |
| 8 | Simon COX (Swindon Town, 2p) | |
| Jermaine BECKFORD (Leeds United) | ||
| Matty FRYATT (Leicester City, 2p) | ||
| +1 | Sam BALDOCK (Milton Keynes Dons, 1p) | |
| 7 | Glenn MURRAY (Brighton & HA, 1p) | |
| 6 | Joel PORTER (Hartlepool United, 2p) | |
| Liam DICKINSON (Huddersfield Town) | ||
| +1 | Paul HAYES (Scunthorpe United, 3p) | |
| Adebayo AKINFENWA (Northampton Town, 3p) | ||
| +1 | Luciano BECCHIO (Leeds United) | |
| Lee HUGHES (Oldham Athletic) | ||
| Chris TAYLOR (Oldham Athletic) | ||
| 5 | Lewis GRABBAN (Millwall) | |
| Peter LEVEN (Milton Keynes Dons, 1p) | ||
| Lee BARNARD (Southend United, 1p) | ||
| +2 | Mark YEATES (Colchester United) | |
| Andy LIDDELL (Oldham Athletic, 2p) | ||
| James BROWN (Hartlepool United) | ||
| Lloyd DYER (Leicester City) |
| Friday, 24 October 2008 | |||||
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 2-0 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| 51 | Jennings | ||||
| 74 | Shuker | ||||
| Saturday, 25 October 2008 | |||||
| 13 | Milton Keynes Dons | 3-1 | Cheltenham Town | ||
| 9 | Gerba | 26 | Caines | ||
| 55(p) | Baldock | ||||
| 80 | Gerba | ||||
| 14 | Yeovil Town | 0-0 | Leyton Orient | ||
| 13 | Leicester City | 0-0 | Northampton Town | ||
| 13 | Scunthorpe United | 3-2 | Millwall | ||
| 5 | Hooper | 62 | Harris | ||
| 16(p) | Hayes | 69 | Craig | ||
| 51 | Sparrow | ||||
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 1-0 | Brighton & HA | ||
| 12 | Kyle | ||||
| 13 | Leeds United | 3-0 | Walsall | ||
| 46 | Becchio | ||||
| 65 | Delph | ||||
| 86 | Delph | ||||
| 13 | Swindon Town | 2-0 | Oldham Athletic | ||
| 25 | Morrison | ||||
| 34(p) | Smith | ||||
| 13 | Colchester United | 5-0 | Carlisle United | ||
| 3 | Perkins | ||||
| 14 | Yeates | ||||
| 31 | Yeates | ||||
| 89 | Hammond | ||||
| 90 | Wasiu | ||||
| 13 | Peterborough United | 4-0 | Huddersfield Town | ||
| 12 | McLean | ||||
| 24 | Boyd | ||||
| 55 | Whelpdale | ||||
| 63 | McLean | ||||
| 13 | Hereford United | 0-1 | Stockport County | ||
| 90 | Rowe | ||||
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 4-2 | Southend United | ||
| 10 | Lambert | 70 | Clarke | ||
| 16 | Lambert | 75 | Laurent | ||
| 33 | Lambert | ||||
| 55 | Lambert | ||||