1971–72 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
1971–72 season
Manager Billy Lucas
Fourth Division 14th
FA Cup 1st round
League Cup 1st round
Welsh Cup Semi-final
Top goalscorer League: W.Brown (14)
All: W.Brown (16)
Highest home attendance 7,664 vs Chester (27 Dec 1971)
Lowest home attendance 2,363 vs Exeter City (8 Apr 1972)
Average home attendance 3,466
Home colours
Away colours
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 season was Newport County's tenth consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 44th overall in the Football League.

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 18 8 20 60 72 0.83 44 13 5 5 34 20 1.70 5 3 15 26 52 0.50

Last updated: 3 May 1972
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 A H A H H A H A A H A H A H A H H A H A H A A H A A H A H A H H A H A A H H H A H H A A H A
Result L D L W D L L D L W W L W W L W L L W D W L L W L L L W D L L W L D L L W D W L W W W D W W
Position 16 19 22 15 17 17 22 22 23 20 19 20 19 18 19 18 18 18 18 18 16 17 18 17 17 18 19 18 19 19 19 18 19 19 21 22 21 21 21 22 21 19 17 17 15 14

Last updated: 3 May 1972.
Source: [2]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Main article: 1971–72 Football League#Fourth Division
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
14 Aug 1971 Doncaster Rovers A 2–4 Coldrick, Thomas 4,797
21 Aug 1971 Peterborough United H 1–1 R.Jones 3,963
28 Aug 1971 Lincoln City A 1–3 Brown 5,265
31 Aug 1971 Colchester United H 2–1 Sprague, Brown 4,168
4 Sep 1971 Northampton Town H 1–1 Thomas 4,300
10 Sep 1971 Southport A 2–4 Young, Brown 4,206
18 Sep 1971 Aldershot H 2–3 White, Aizlewood 3,380
25 Sep 1971 Darlington A 0–0 2,254
27 Sep 1971 Southend United A 1–3 White 7,145
2 Oct 1971 Bury H 2–1 Thomas, Young 2,995
9 Oct 1971 Hartlepool A 1–0 White 2,990
16 Oct 1971 Doncaster Rovers H 1–3 Brown 2,770
23 Oct 1971 Gillingham A 2–1 Brown, Coldrick 5,817
30 Oct 1971 Cambridge United H 3–0 Thomas 2, Williams 3,824
6 Nov 1971 Brentford A 1–3 Thomas 10,480
13 Nov 1971 Barrow H 2–1 Brown 2 3,443
27 Nov 1971 Workington H 0–1 2,918
4 Dec 1971 Reading A 2–4 D.Jones, Young 3,680
11 Dec 1971 Lincoln City H 2–0 Brown 2 2,987
18 Dec 1971 Northampton Town A 1–1 Hooper 4,151
27 Dec 1971 Chester H 1–0 Thomas 7,664
1 Jan 1972 Aldershot A 0–3 3,120
15 Jan 1972 Grimsby Town A 2–4 D.Jones 8,112
22 Jan 1972 Southend United H 2–0 Hill, Thomas 3,535
29 Jan 1972 Scunthorpe United A 0–1 4,580
5 Feb 1972 Exeter City A 0–1 3,732
12 Feb 1972 Gillingham H 1–2 D.Jones 3,143
19 Feb 1972 Cambridge United A 1–0 D.Jones 4,618
26 Feb 1972 Brentford H 0–0 3,271
4 Mar 1972 Barrow A 0–1 2,196
10 Mar 1972 Hartlepool H 0–2 3,170
13 Mar 1972 Grimsby Town H 2–1 White, R.Jones 2,870
18 Mar 1972 Peterborough United A 1–3 Hill 4,028
24 Mar 1972 Southport H 2–2 Brown, D.Jones 2,699
31 Mar 1972 Bury A 0–3 5,719
1 Apr 1972 Chester A 0–3 2,563
4 Apr 1972 Darlington H 4–0 Thomas 2, White, Young 3,196
8 Apr 1972 Exeter City H 0–0 2,363
11 Apr 1972 Stockport County H 1–0 Hill 3,359
15 Apr 1972 Workington A 0–3 1,342
18 Apr 1972 Crewe Alexandra H 2–0 Thomas, White 2,958
22 Apr 1972 Reading H 2–1 R.Jones, Hill 3,065
24 Apr 1972 Colchester United A 3–2 Brown, Hill, R.Jones 4,311
28 Apr 1972 Stockport County A 4–4 D.Jones, 2, R.Jones, OG 1,824
1 May 1972 Scunthorpe United H 1–0 Hill 3,686
3 May 1972 Crewe Alexandra A 2–1 R.Jones 1,028

FA Cup

Main article: 1971–72 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
1 20 Nov 1971 Notts County A 0–6 11,976

League Cup

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
1 17 Aug 1971 Torquay United H 1–2 R.Jones 4,316

Welsh Cup

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
5 8 Jan 1972 Ebbw Vale H 3–1 Thomas, Brown, Hooper 1,420
6 8 Feb 1972 Bangor City A 2–1 Brown, D.Jones 2,609
SF 22 Mar 1972 Wrexham A 0–2 3,869

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L F A GA Pts
1 Grimsby Town 46 28 7 11 88 56 1.571 63
2 Southend United 46 24 12 10 81 55 1.473 60
3 Brentford 46 24 11 11 76 44 1.727 59
4 Scunthorpe United 46 22 13 11 56 37 1.514 57
5 Lincoln City 46 21 14 11 77 59 1.305 56
6 Workington 46 16 19 11 50 34 1.471 51
7 Southport 46 18 14 14 66 46 1.435 50
8 Peterborough United 46 17 16 13 82 64 1.281 50
9 Bury 46 19 12 15 73 59 1.237 50
10 Cambridge United 46 17 14 15 62 60 1.033 48
11 Colchester United 46 19 10 17 70 69 1.014 48
12 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 14 16 56 63 0.889 46
13 Gillingham 46 16 13 17 61 67 0.910 45
14 Newport County 46 18 8 20 60 72 0.833 44
15 Exeter City 46 16 11 19 61 68 0.897 43
16 Reading 46 17 8 21 56 76 0.737 42
17 Aldershot 46 9 22 15 48 54 0.889 40
18 Hartlepool 46 17 6 23 58 69 0.841 40
19 Darlington 46 14 11 21 64 82 0.780 39
20 Chester 46 10 18 18 47 56 0.839 38
21 Northampton Town 46 12 13 21 66 79 0.835 37
22 Barrow 46 13 11 22 40 71 0.563 37
23 Stockport County 46 9 14 23 55 87 0.632 32
24 Crewe Alexandra 46 10 9 27 43 69 0.623 29

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
Promoted
Re-elected
Failed re-election

External links

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