| 23 Aug 86 | r00        | BarnsleyBarnsley | 2 - 3 | Crystal PalaceCrystal Palac |
| 23 Aug 86 | r00        | BlackburnBlackburn | 2 - 1 | LeedsLeeds |
| 23 Aug 86 | r00        | BradfordBradford | 2 - 2 | PlymouthPlymouth |
| 23 Aug 86 | r00        | BrightonBrighton | 0 - 0 | PortsmouthPortsmouth |
| 23 Aug 86 | r00        | DerbyDerby | 0 - 1 | OldhamOldham |
| 23 Aug 86 | r00        | Huddersfield TownHuddersfield | 0 - 2 | SunderlandSunderland |
| 23 Aug 86 | r00        | HullHull | 2 - 0 | West BromWest Brom |
| 23 Aug 86 | r00        | IpswichIpswich | 1 - 1 | GrimsbyGrimsby |
| 23 Aug 86 | r00        | ReadingReading | 0 - 1 | MillwallMillwall |
| 23 Aug 86 | r00        | Sheffield UnitedSheffield Uni | 1 - 1 | ShrewsburyShrewsbury |
| 23 Aug 86 | r00        | StokeStoke | 0 - 2 | BirminghamBirmingham |
| 25 Aug 86 | r00        | BirminghamBirmingham | 2 - 1 | BradfordBradford |
| 25 Aug 86 | r00        | LeedsLeeds | 2 - 1 | StokeStoke |
| 25 Aug 86 | r00        | OldhamOldham | 2 - 0 | BarnsleyBarnsley |
| 25 Aug 86 | r00        | West BromWest Brom | 1 - 0 | Sheffield UnitedSheffield Uni |
| 26 Aug 86 | r00        | MillwallMillwall | 0 - 1 | HullHull |
| 30 Aug 86 | r00        | BirminghamBirmingham | 1 - 1 | DerbyDerby |
| 30 Aug 86 | r00        | Crystal PalaceCrystal Palac | 1 - 0 | StokeStoke |
| 30 Aug 86 | r00        | GrimsbyGrimsby | 0 - 0 | BradfordBradford |
| 30 Aug 86 | r00        | LeedsLeeds | 0 - 1 | Sheffield UnitedSheffield Uni |
| 30 Aug 86 | r00        | MillwallMillwall | 1 - 0 | BarnsleyBarnsley |
| 30 Aug 86 | r00        | OldhamOldham | 0 - 0 | HullHull |
| 30 Aug 86 | r00        | PlymouthPlymouth | 1 - 0 | ReadingReading |
| 30 Aug 86 | r00        | PortsmouthPortsmouth | 1 - 1 | IpswichIpswich |
| 30 Aug 86 | r00        | ShrewsburyShrewsbury | 0 - 1 | BlackburnBlackburn |
| 30 Aug 86 | r00        | SunderlandSunderland | 1 - 1 | BrightonBrighton |
| 30 Aug 86 | r00        | West BromWest Brom | 1 - 0 | Huddersfield TownHuddersfield |
| 02 Sep 86 | r00        | BarnsleyBarnsley | 0 - 1 | LeedsLeeds |
| 02 Sep 86 | r00        | HullHull | 0 - 2 | PortsmouthPortsmouth |
| 02 Sep 86 | r00        | IpswichIpswich | 0 - 1 | OldhamOldham |
| 02 Sep 86 | r00        | Sheffield UnitedSheffield Uni | 2 - 1 | MillwallMillwall |
| 02 Sep 86 | r00        | StokeStoke | 1 - 1 | West BromWest Brom |
| 03 Sep 86 | r00        | BradfordBradford | 1 - 2 | Crystal PalaceCrystal Palac |
| 03 Sep 86 | r00        | BrightonBrighton | 2 - 0 | BirminghamBirmingham |
| 06 Sep 86 | r00        | BarnsleyBarnsley | 0 - 2 | PortsmouthPortsmouth |
| 06 Sep 86 | r00        | BlackburnBlackburn | 6 - 1 | SunderlandSunderland |
| 06 Sep 86 | r00        | BradfordBradford | 0 - 3 | OldhamOldham |
| 06 Sep 86 | r00        | BrightonBrighton | 0 - 1 | GrimsbyGrimsby |
| 06 Sep 86 | r00        | DerbyDerby | 1 - 0 | Crystal PalaceCrystal Palac |
| 06 Sep 86 | r00        | Huddersfield TownHuddersfield | 1 - 1 | LeedsLeeds |
| 06 Sep 86 | r00        | HullHull | 0 - 3 | PlymouthPlymouth |
| 06 Sep 86 | r00        | IpswichIpswich | 1 - 0 | ShrewsburyShrewsbury |
| 06 Sep 86 | r00        | ReadingReading | 1 - 1 | West BromWest Brom |
| 06 Sep 86 | r00        | Sheffield UnitedSheffield Uni | 1 - 1 | BirminghamBirmingham |
| 06 Sep 86 | r00        | StokeStoke | 2 - 0 | MillwallMillwall |
| 09 Sep 86 | r00        | Crystal PalaceCrystal Palac | 1 - 0 | Huddersfield TownHuddersfield |
| 13 Sep 86 | r00        | BirminghamBirmingham | 1 - 1 | Huddersfield TownHuddersfield |
| 13 Sep 86 | r00        | Crystal PalaceCrystal Palac | 1 - 2 | Sheffield UnitedSheffield Uni |
| 13 Sep 86 | r00        | GrimsbyGrimsby | 0 - 1 | DerbyDerby |
| 13 Sep 86 | r00        | LeedsLeeds | 3 - 2 | ReadingReading |
| 13 Sep 86 | r00        | MillwallMillwall | 1 - 2 | BradfordBradford |
| 13 Sep 86 | r00        | OldhamOldham | 2 - 0 | StokeStoke |
| 13 Sep 86 | r00        | PlymouthPlymouth | 2 - 2 | BrightonBrighton |
| 13 Sep 86 | r00        | PortsmouthPortsmouth | 1 - 0 | BlackburnBlackburn |
| 13 Sep 86 | r00        | ShrewsburyShrewsbury | 1 - 0 | BarnsleyBarnsley |
| 13 Sep 86 | r00        | SunderlandSunderland | 1 - 0 | HullHull |
| 13 Sep 86 | r00        | West BromWest Brom | 3 - 4 | IpswichIpswich |
| 16 Sep 86 | r00        | ShrewsburyShrewsbury | 1 - 0 | BrightonBrighton |
| 20 Sep 86 | r00        | BarnsleyBarnsley | 1 - 1 | PlymouthPlymouth |
| 20 Sep 86 | r00        | BlackburnBlackburn | 0 - 2 | Crystal PalaceCrystal Palac |
| 20 Sep 86 | r00        | BradfordBradford | 2 - 0 | LeedsLeeds |
| 20 Sep 86 | r00        | BrightonBrighton | 2 - 0 | West BromWest Brom |
| 20 Sep 86 | r00        | DerbyDerby | 1 - 1 | MillwallMillwall |
| 20 Sep 86 | r00        | Huddersfield TownHuddersfield | 5 - 4 | OldhamOldham |
| 20 Sep 86 | r00        | HullHull | 3 - 2 | BirminghamBirmingham |
| 20 Sep 86 | r00        | IpswichIpswich | 1 - 1 | SunderlandSunderland |
| 20 Sep 86 | r00        | ReadingReading | 3 - 1 | ShrewsburyShrewsbury |
| 20 Sep 86 | r00        | Sheffield UnitedSheffield Uni | 1 - 2 | GrimsbyGrimsby |
| 20 Sep 86 | r00        | StokeStoke | 1 - 1 | PortsmouthPortsmouth |
| 27 Sep 86 | r00        | BirminghamBirmingham | 2 - 2 | IpswichIpswich |
| 27 Sep 86 | r00        | Crystal PalaceCrystal Palac | 1 - 3 | ReadingReading |
| 27 Sep 86 | r00        | GrimsbyGrimsby | 0 - 1 | BarnsleyBarnsley |
| 27 Sep 86 | r00        | LeedsLeeds | 3 - 0 | HullHull |
| 27 Sep 86 | r00        | MillwallMillwall | 2 - 2 | BlackburnBlackburn |
| 27 Sep 86 | r00        | OldhamOldham | 1 - 1 | BrightonBrighton |
| 27 Sep 86 | r00        | PortsmouthPortsmouth | 1 - 0 | Huddersfield TownHuddersfield |
| 27 Sep 86 | r00        | ShrewsburyShrewsbury | 0 - 1 | BradfordBradford |
| 27 Sep 86 | r00        | SunderlandSunderland | 2 - 0 | StokeStoke |
| 27 Sep 86 | r00        | West BromWest Brom | 2 - 0 | DerbyDerby |
| 30 Sep 86 | r00        | BlackburnBlackburn | 1 - 2 | PlymouthPlymouth |
| 01 Oct 86 | r00        | DerbyDerby | 3 - 2 | SunderlandSunderland |
| 01 Oct 86 | r00        | ReadingReading | 2 - 3 | GrimsbyGrimsby |
| 04 Oct 86 | r00        | BirminghamBirmingham | 1 - 1 | BarnsleyBarnsley |
| 04 Oct 86 | r00        | BradfordBradford | 1 - 1 | Sheffield UnitedSheffield Uni |
| 04 Oct 86 | r00        | BrightonBrighton | 1 - 0 | StokeStoke |
| 04 Oct 86 | r00        | Crystal PalaceCrystal Palac | 2 - 1 | MillwallMillwall |
| 04 Oct 86 | r00        | Huddersfield TownHuddersfield | 2 - 0 | DerbyDerby |
| 04 Oct 86 | r00        | HullHull | 2 - 1 | IpswichIpswich |
| 04 Oct 86 | r00        | PlymouthPlymouth | 1 - 1 | LeedsLeeds |
| 04 Oct 86 | r00        | ReadingReading | 4 - 0 | BlackburnBlackburn |
| 04 Oct 86 | r00        | ShrewsburyShrewsbury | 4 - 1 | GrimsbyGrimsby |
| 04 Oct 86 | r00        | SunderlandSunderland | 0 - 0 | PortsmouthPortsmouth |
| 04 Oct 86 | r00        | West BromWest Brom | 2 - 0 | OldhamOldham |
| 11 Oct 86 | r00        | BarnsleyBarnsley | 2 - 0 | BradfordBradford |
| 11 Oct 86 | r00        | BlackburnBlackburn | 0 - 1 | West BromWest Brom |
| 11 Oct 86 | r00        | DerbyDerby | 1 - 1 | HullHull |
| 11 Oct 86 | r00        | GrimsbyGrimsby | 1 - 1 | PlymouthPlymouth |
| 11 Oct 86 | r00        | IpswichIpswich | 1 - 0 | BrightonBrighton |
| 11 Oct 86 | r00        | LeedsLeeds | 3 - 0 | Crystal PalaceCrystal Palac |
| 11 Oct 86 | r00        | MillwallMillwall | 4 - 0 | ShrewsburyShrewsbury |