1973–74 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
1973–74 season
Manager Billy Lucas
(until January 1974)
Brian Harris
(from January 1974)
Fourth Division 9th
FA Cup 1st round
League Cup 1st round
Top goalscorer League: W.Brown (9)
All: H.J.Jarman (11)
Highest home attendance 6,007 vs Swindon Town (League Cup, 4 Sep 1973)
Lowest home attendance 1,785 vs Hartlepool (6 Apr 1974)
Average home attendance 3,018
Home colours
Away colours
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 season was Newport County's 12th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 46th 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 16 14 16 56 65 0.86 45 13 6 4 39 23 1.70 3 8 12 17 42 0.40

Last updated: 27 Apr 1974
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 H A A H H A A H A A H H A H A H H A A H A A H A H A H H A H A H A H A H H A H A A H H A
Result D D L L L W W D L W D D W L L W W W W W L W D L D L L D W D D W L D L W L W L L D W D W D L
Position 9 10 21 21 24 18 16 11 19 15 15 14 12 14 14 14 12 10 9 6 7 5 5 5 6 8 10 9 9 9 9 7 10 7 9 8 9 8 15 15 14 14 13 9 9 9

Last updated: 27 Apr 1974.
Source: [2]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Main article: 1973–74 Football League#Fourth Division
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
25 Aug 1973 Reading H 0–0 4,843
1 Sep 1973 Gillingham A 1–1 Screen 3,971
8 Sep 1973 Chester H 0–2 3,660
11 Sep 1973 Northampton Town A 0–1 4,061
15 Sep 1973 Colchester United A 1–4 Hill 3,523
18 Sep 1973 Crewe Alexandra H 4–2 Aizlewood 2, Jarman 2 2,035
22 Sep 1973 Rotherham United H 1–0 R.Jones 3,138
28 Sep 1973 Stockport County A 1–1 Brown 2,780
3 Oct 1973 Crewe Alexandra A 1–4 Jarman 1,879
9 Oct 1973 Mansfield Town H 2–0 Brown, R.Jones 3,004
13 Oct 1973 Scunthorpe United A 0–0 2,607
20 Oct 1973 Barnsley A 1–1 Brown 2,057
23 Oct 1973 Northampton Town H 3–1 R.Jones, Aizelwood, Jarman 3,592
27 Oct 1973 Peterborough United H 0–1 4,327
3 Nov 1973 Lincoln City A 0–3 4,389
9 Nov 1973 Doncaster Rovers H 3–1 R.Jones, Godfrey, Summerhayes 2,852
12 Nov 1973 Hartlepool A 1–0 Aizelwood 1,641
17 Nov 1973 Darlington H 2–0 Aizelwood, Godfrey 2,910
1 Dec 1973 Bury H 1–0 Hill 2,346
8 Dec 1973 Exeter City A 1–0 Godfrey 3,476
15 Dec 1973 Torquay United A 2–3 Aizewood, Jarman 2,505
22 Dec 1973 Stockport County H 3–1 Hooper, R.Jones, Brown 2,546
26 Dec 1973 Brentford A 1–1 Hill 5,440
29 Dec 1973 Chester A 0–3 2,661
1 Jan 1974 Gillingham H 3–3 Brown, Hill, Summerhayes 5,888
5 Jan 1974 Workington A 2–3 Hooper, Brown 749
12 Jan 1974 Colchester United H 1–3 Hooper 3,304
19 Jan 1974 Reading A 1–1 R.Jones 4,311
27 Jan 1974 Exeter City H 2–1 Screen, Brown 3,812
3 Feb 1974 Torquay United H 2–2 Aizelwood, Godfrey 3,480
10 Feb 1974 Rotherham United A 1–1 OG 2.933
17 Feb 1974 Scunthorpe United H 2–1 Hooper 2 3,051
24 Feb 1974 Mansfield Town A 1–2 Jarman 3,006
2 Mar 1974 Brentford H 1–1 D.Jones 2,167
9 Mar 1974 Peterborough United A 0–2 7,354
17 Mar 1974 Barnsley H 1–0 Jenkins 1,808
22 Mar 1974 Doncaster Rovers A 0–2 1,163
25 Mar 1974 Workington H 4–0 Godfrey 3, Coldrick 1,972
30 Mar 1974 Lincoln City H 0–1 1,908
3 Apr 1974 Bradford City A 0–3 2,681
6 Apr 1974 Hartlepool H 0–0 1,785
13 Apr 1974 Darlington A 1–0 Hooper 2,322
15 Apr 1974 Swansea City A 1–1 White 2,303
16 Apr 1974 Swansea City H 2–1 Brown, Jarman 3,108
22 Apr 1974 Bradford City H 2–2 Jarman, Brown 1,890
27 Apr 1974 Bury A 0–5 6,111

FA Cup

Main article: 1973–74 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
1 24 Nov 1973 Wycombe Wanderers A 1–3 Hooper 6,888

Football League Cup

Main article: 1973–74 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
1 28 Aug 1973 Swindon Town A 3–3 Jarman, Screen, Brown 6,873
1r 4 Sep 1973 Swindon Town H 1–2 Jarman 6,007

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L F A GA Pts
1 Peterborough United 46 27 11 8 75 38 1.974 65
2 Gillingham 46 25 12 9 90 49 1.837 62
3 Colchester United 46 24 12 10 73 36 2.028 60
4 Bury 46 24 11 11 81 49 1.653 59
5 Northampton Town 46 20 13 13 63 48 1.313 53
6 Reading 46 16 19 11 58 37 1.568 51
7 Chester 46 17 15 14 54 55 0.982 49
8 Bradford City 46 17 14 15 58 52 1.115 48
9 Newport County 46 16 14 16 56 65 0.862 45†
10 Exeter City 45 18 8 19 58 55 1.055 44*
11 Hartlepool 46 16 12 18 48 47 1.021 44
12 Lincoln City 46 16 12 18 63 67 0.940 44
13 Barnsley 46 17 10 19 58 64 0.906 44
14 Swansea City 46 16 11 19 45 46 0.978 43
15 Rotherham United 46 15 13 18 56 58 0.966 43
16 Torquay United 46 13 17 16 52 57 0.912 43
17 Mansfield Town 46 13 17 16 62 69 0.899 43
18 Scunthorpe United 45 14 12 19 47 64 0.734 42*
19 Brentford 46 12 16 18 48 50 0.960 40
20 Darlington 46 13 13 20 40 62 0.645 39
21 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 10 22 43 71 0.606 38
22 Doncaster Rovers 46 12 11 23 47 80 0.588 35
23 Workington 46 11 13 22 43 74 0.581 35
24 Stockport County 46 7 20 19 44 69 0.638 34

* Scunthorpe United v. Exeter was never played; Exeter failed to turn up and Scunthorpe were awarded the points.

† Newport had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player.

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

References
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