1956–57 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
1956–57 season
Manager Billy Lucas
Third Division South 12th
FA Cup 4th round
Welsh Cup Semi-final
Top goalscorer League: Harris/Hudson/Terry (15)
All: Harris (20)
Highest home attendance 22,450 vs Arsenal (26 Jan 1957)
Lowest home attendance 4,578 vs Aldershot (2 May 1957)
Average home attendance 9,239
Home colours
Away colours
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–57 season was Newport County's 29th season in the Football League and 10th consecutive season in the Third Division South since relegation from the Second Division at the end of the 1946–47 season.

Contents

Season review

League

Results summary

Note: Two points for a win

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA Ave Pts W D L GF GA Ave W D L GF GA Ave
46 16 13 17 65 62 1.05 45 15 6 2 51 18 2.83 1 7 15 14 44 0.32

Last updated: 4 May 1957
Source: [1]

Results by round

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
Ground H A A H H A A H H A H H A A H A H A H H A A H H A A H H A H A H H A H H A A A H H A A A H A
Result W D D W W L D D W L W D D D W L W L D W D W D L L L W D L W L D W L W L L L L W W L L D W L
Position 1 6 7 4 4 5 7 4 2 7 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 4 3 2 3 8 10 13 12 12 13 12 13 14 12 14 13 13 14 14 14 13 9 13 15 15 12 12

Last updated: 4 May 1957.
Source: [2]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Third Division South

Main article: 1956–57 Football League#Third Division South
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
18 Aug 1956 Northampton Town H 3–0 Terry 2, Harris 11,371
22 Aug 1956 Southend United A 3–3 Brown 2, Terry 10,934
25 Aug 1956 Queens Park Rangers A 1–1 Harris 7,844
30 Aug 1956 Southend United H 2–1 Hudson, Brown 12,224
1 Sep 1956 Plymouth Argyle H 4–1 Harris , Hudson, Terry 12,089
5 Sep 1956 Exeter City A 0–2 5,174
8 Sep 1956 Reading A 0–0 11,598
13 Sep 1956 Exeter City H 1–1 Terry 10,592
15 Sep 1956 Watford H 3–0 Terry, Burgess, Beech 11,547
19 Sep 1956 Crystal Palace A 1–2 Terry 14,132
22 Sep 1956 Colchester United H 1–0 Sheppeard 12,426
27 Sep 1956 Crystal Palace H 2–2 Sherwood, Beech 8,008
29 Sep 1956 Norwich City A 1–1 Terry 16,920
6 Oct 1956 Walsall A 0–0 10,894
13 Oct 1956 Ipswich Town H 1–0 Terry 12,673
20 Oct 1956 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A 1–2 Reynolds 10,337
27 Oct 1956 Torquay United H 3–0 Harris 2, Terry 12,008
3 Nov 1956 Millwall A 0–1 13,127
10 Nov 1956 Brighton & Hove Albion H 0–0 9,082
24 Nov 1956 Swindon Town H 2–1 Harris 2 9,570
1 Dec 1956 Brentford A 0–0 11,120
15 Dec 1956 Northampton Town A 3–0 Hudson, Harris, Brown 6,289
22 Dec 1956 Queens Park Rangers H 1–1 Sherwood 7,638
12 Jan 1957 Reading H 1–2 Hollyman 13,840
19 Jan 1957 Watford A 0–5 7,683
2 Feb 1957 Colchester United A 0–1 9,705
9 Feb 1957 Norwich City H 3–1 Hudson, Harris, Burgess 7,088
16 Feb 1957 Walsall H 2–2 Sherwood, Sheppeard 9,115
23 Feb 1957 Ipswich Town A 0–5 13,346
7 Mar 1957 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H 5–3 Hudson 4, Lucas 8,047
9 Mar 1957 Aldershot A 1–3 Hudson 5,123
16 Mar 1957 Millwall H 0–0 7,002
21 Mar 1957 Coventry City H 3–0 Hudson, Terry, Harris 6,332
23 Mar 1957 Brighton & Hove Albion A 0–2 12,503
30 Mar 1957 Gillingham H 4–0 Hudson 2, Sheppeard, Harris 7,017
4 Apr 1957 Southampton H 2–3 Docherty, Harris 6,982
6 Apr 1957 Swindon Town A 0–1 7,889
8 Apr 1957 Coventry City A 0–2 5,569
10 Apr 1957 Plymouth Argyle A 2–3 Hudson, Sheppeard 10,148
13 Apr 1957 Brentford H 3–0 Terry 2, Hudson 5,497
19 Apr 1957 Shrewsbury Town H 2–0 Terry, Harris 7,783
20 Apr 1957 Torquay United A 0–4 8,727
22 Apr 1957 Shrewsbury Town A 0–2 7,580
27 Apr 1957 Gillingham A 1–1 Burgess 4,237
2 May 1957 Aldershot H 3–0 Hudson, Terry, Harris 4,578
4 May 1957 Southampton A 0–3 5,721

FA Cup

Main article: 1956–57 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
1 17 Nov 1956 Walsall A 1–0 Terry 12,085
2 8 Dec 1956 Gillingham A 2–1 Terry, Brown 8,700
3 5 Jan 1957 Southampton H 3–3 Harris 2, Hudson 18,562
3r 9 Jan 1957 Southampton A 1–0 Harris 22,372
4 26 Jan 1957 Arsenal H 0–2 22,450

Welsh Cup

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Notes
5 12 Feb 1957 Merthyr Tydfil H 3–1 Burgess 2, Harris 1,579
6 21 Feb 1957 55th TR Royal Artillery H 3–1 Hudson, Terry, Harris —
SF 28 Mar 1957 Swansea Town N 1–1 Lucas 12,500 At Ninian Park
SFr 1 Apr 1957 Swansea Town N 0–3 7,000 At Ninian Park

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L F A GA Pts
1 Ipswich Town 46 25 9 12 101 54 1.870 59
2 Torquay United 46 24 11 11 89 64 1.391 59
3 Colchester United 46 22 14 10 84 56 1.500 58
4 Southampton 46 22 10 14 76 52 1.462 54
5 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 46 19 14 13 88 62 1.419 52
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 19 14 13 86 65 1.323 52
7 Southend United 46 18 12 16 73 65 1.123 48
8 Brentford 46 16 16 14 78 76 1.026 48
9 Shrewsbury Town 46 15 18 13 72 79 0.911 48
10 Queens Park Rangers 46 18 11 17 61 60 1.017 47
11 Watford 46 18 10 18 72 75 0.960 46
12 Newport County 46 16 13 17 65 62 1.048 45
13 Reading 46 18 9 19 80 81 0.988 45
14 Northampton Town 46 18 9 19 66 73 0.904 45
15 Walsall 46 16 12 18 80 74 1.081 44
16 Coventry City 46 16 12 18 74 84 0.881 44
17 Millwall 46 16 12 18 64 84 0.762 44
18 Plymouth Argyle 46 16 11 19 68 73 0.932 43
19 Aldershot 46 15 12 19 79 92 0.859 42
20 Crystal Palace 46 11 18 17 62 75 0.827 40
21 Exeter City 46 12 13 21 61 79 0.772 37
22 Gillingham 46 12 13 21 54 85 0.635 37
23 Swindon Town 46 15 6 25 66 96 0.688 36
24 Norwich City 46 8 15 23 61 94 0.649 31

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Key
Division Champions
Re-elected
Failed re-election

External links

References
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