1953–54 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

1953–54 season

Manager

Billy Lucas

Third Division South

15th

FA Cup

1st round

Welsh Cup

Semi-final

Top goalscorer

League: Graham (24)
All: Graham (28)

Highest home attendance

14,800 vs Bristol City (25 Dec 1953)

Lowest home attendance

2,836 vs Aldershot (21 Sep 1953)

Average home league attendance

8,924

Home colours

Away colours

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The 1953–54 season was Newport County's seventh consecutive season in the Third Division South since relegation from the Second Division at the end of the 1946–47 season. It was the club's 25th season in the third tier and 26th season overall in the Football League.

Season review

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	19	6	21	61	81	0.75	44	14	4	5	42	28	1.50	5	2	16	19	53	0.36

Last updated: 30 Apr 1954.
Source:

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	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L
Position	4	16	17	13	16	19	20	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	21	18	22	20	19	18	19	20	18	18	20	19	18	16	18	18	17	17	15	15	14	14	15

Last updated: 30 Apr 1954.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Third Division South

Main article: 1953–54 Football League § Third Division South

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
20 Aug 1953	Reading	H	4–1	Parker 2, Graham, Nelson	10,332
22 Aug 1953	Swindon Town	A	1–7	Parker	13,444
24 Aug 1953	Southampton	H	0–4		8,571
29 Aug 1953	Walsall	H	4–2	Parker 2, Morrey, Graham	3,770
2 Sep 1953	Southampton	A	0–4		14,454
5 Sep 1953	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–2	Graham	11,540
7 Sep 1953	Crystal Palace	H	1–3	Shergold	6,913
12 Sep 1953	Exeter City	H	0–3		6,949
16 Sep 1953	Crystal Palace	A	0–3		8,177
19 Sep 1953	Northampton Town	A	0–1		13,100
21 Sep 1953	Aldershot	H	2–2	Parker, Wharton	2,836
26 Sep 1953	Norwich City	A	0–2		23,856
30 Sep 1953	Aldershot	A	0–2		4,412
3 Oct 1953	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–1	Graham, Parker	6,817
10 Oct 1953	Watford	H	0–1		5,959
17 Oct 1953	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–4	Graham 2	15,909
24 Oct 1953	Southend United	H	3–2	Birch, Graham, Morrey	6,958
31 Oct 1953	Reading	A	1–4	Hayward	8,051
7 Nov 1953	Leyton Orient	H	1–1	Hayward	7,740
14 Nov 1953	Millwall	A	1–3	Birch	14,314
28 Nov 1953	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	1–1	Wharton	9,190
5 Dec 1953	Coventry City	H	2–1	Waite, Shergold	10,572
12 Dec 1953	Gillingham	A	1–0	Graham	10,004
19 Dec 1953	Swindon Town	H	2–0	Graham, Shergold	9,276
25 Dec 1953	Bristol City	H	3–2	Birch, Graham, Wharton	14,800
26 Dec 1953	Bristol City	A	0–3		24,375
2 Jan 1954	Walsall	A	1–0	Graham	6,187
9 Jan 1954	Colchester United	A	2–2	Graham, Haines	6,434
16 Jan 1954	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–1	Birch, Graham	10,005
23 Jan 1954	Exeter City	A	0–1		8,038
6 Feb 1954	Northampton Town	H	2–0	Graham, Saward	10,191
13 Feb 1954	Norwich City	H	4–1	Graham 3, Lucas	11,968
20 Feb 1954	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–5	Graham	9,315
27 Feb 1954	Watford	A	0–1		12,738
6 Mar 1954	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–0	Graham	11,417
13 Mar 1954	Ipswich Town	A	2–1	Graham, Hollyman	12,531
20 Mar 1954	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	4–0	Graham, Wharton, Shergold, Saward	10,421
27 Mar 1954	Leyton Orient	A	0–3		9,683
3 Apr 1954	Millwall	H	0–0		9,049
10 Apr 1954	Coventry City	A	2–1	Graham, Shergold	7,940
16 Apr 1954	Torquay United	H	2–0	Graham, Wharton	12,450
17 Apr 1954	Gillingham	H	1–0	Saward	9,409
19 Apr 1954	Torquay United	A	2–3	Wharton 2	6,501
22 Apr 1954	Colchester United	H	1–1	Graham	7,596
24 Apr 1954	Southend United	A	1–0	Graham	5,993
26 Apr 1954	Ipswich Town	H	1–2	Saward	11,258

FA Cup

Main article: 1953–54 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	21 Nov 1953	Cambridge United	A	2–2	Birch, K.Thomas	7,500
1r	26 Nov 1953	Cambridge United	H	1–2	Parker	7,434

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
5	25 Jan 1954	Swansea Town	H	6–2	Graham 2, Lucas 2, Saward 2	3,971
6	3 Mar 1954	Bangor City	A	5–1	Wharton 2, Lucas 2, Graham	5,000
SF	17 Mar 1954	Chester	N	2–2	Graham, Wharton	9,800	At Ninian Park
SFr	5 Apr 1954	Chester	N	0–2		2,927	At The Racecourse Ground

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Ipswich Town	46	27	10	9	82	51	1.608	64
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	26	9	11	86	61	1.410	61
3	Bristol City	46	25	6	15	88	66	1.333	56
4	Watford	46	21	10	15	85	69	1.232	52
5	Northampton Town	46	20	11	15	82	55	1.491	51
6	Southampton	46	22	7	17	76	63	1.206	51
7	Norwich City	46	20	11	15	73	66	1.106	51
8	Reading	46	20	9	17	86	73	1.178	49
9	Exeter City	46	20	8	18	68	58	1.172	48
10	Gillingham	46	19	10	17	61	66	0.924	48
11	Leyton Orient	46	18	11	17	79	73	1.082	47
12	Millwall	46	19	9	18	74	77	0.961	47
13	Torquay United	46	17	12	17	81	88	0.920	46
14	Coventry City	46	18	9	19	61	56	1.089	45
15	Newport County	46	19	6	21	61	81	0.753	44
16	Southend United	46	18	7	21	69	71	0.972	43
17	Aldershot	46	17	9	20	74	86	0.860	43
18	Queens Park Rangers	46	16	10	20	60	68	0.882	42
19	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	16	8	22	67	70	0.957	40
20	Swindon Town	46	15	10	21	67	70	0.957	40
21	Shrewsbury Town	46	14	12	20	65	76	0.855	40
22	Crystal Palace	46	14	12	20	60	86	0.698	40
23	Colchester United	46	10	10	26	50	78	0.641	30
24	Walsall	46	9	8	29	40	87	0.460	26

Key
	Division Champions
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

External links

References

Amber in the Blood: A History of Newport County. ISBN 978-1-874427-40-7

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North	Accrington Stanley Barnsley Barrow Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Gateshead Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepools United Mansfield Town Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Workington Wrexham York City

South	Aldershot Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Reading Shrewsbury Town Southampton Southend United Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Watford