1959–60 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

1959–60 season

Manager

Billy Lucas

Third Division

13th

FA Cup

3rd round

Welsh Cup

6th round

Top goalscorer

League: McSeveney (17)
All: McSeveney (21)

Highest home attendance

24,000 vs Tottenham Hotspur (9 Jan 1960)

Lowest home attendance

3,314 vs Accrington Stanley (15 Apr 1960)

Average home league attendance

6,528

Home colours

Away colours

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The 1959–60 season was Newport County's second consecutive season in the Football League Third Division. It was their 31st season in the third tier and 32nd 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	20	6	20	80	79	1.01	46	15	2	6	59	36	1.64	5	4	14	21	43	0.49

Last updated: 30 Apr 1960.
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	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	W
Position	10	5	13	11	14	10	10	5	10	11	9	7	10	13	10	10	11	11	11	13	9	8	10	13	9	13	15	14	14	14	15	16	12	14	12	13	14	14	11	12	15	16	13	15	11	12

Last updated: 30 Apr 1960.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Third Division

Main article: 1959–60 Football League § Third Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
22 Aug 1959	Wrexham	A	0–0		13,251
24 Aug 1959	Reading	H	3–2	Jones 3	8,005
29 Aug 1959	Grimsby Town	H	0–2		8,965
2 Sep 1959	Reading	A	1–0	Jones	14,332
5 Sep 1959	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–3		10,700
7 Sep 1959	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–1	Jones, McPherson	7,826
12 Sep 1959	Bradford City	H	2–0	Riggs, McSeveney	7,634
14 Sep 1959	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–2	Sherwood, Jones	13,924
19 Sep 1959	Coventry City	A	1–1	McSeveney	18,251
23 Sep 1959	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	1–4	W.Herrity	9,322
26 Sep 1959	York City	H	3–2	McSeveney, Meyer, Sherwood	8,067
28 Sep 1959	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	5–2	Sherwood, Riggs, Jones, McPherson, Herrity	9,623
3 Oct 1959	Swindon Town	A	0–1		14,685
10 Oct 1959	Shrewsbury Town	A	2–6	W.Herrity, Meyer	9,062
12 Oct 1959	Chesterfield	H	3–1	W.Herrity 2, McPherson	8,217
19 Oct 1959	Port Vale	H	4–3	McPherson 2, Meyer, McSeveney	8,996
24 Oct 1959	Norwich City	A	0–1		24,140
31 Oct 1959	Barnsley	H	4–0	McSeveney 2, Morgan 2	8,430
7 Nov 1959	Colchester United	A	1–2	McSeveney	6,620
21 Nov 1959	Mansfield Town	A	1–3	Sherwood	6,996
28 Nov 1959	Halifax Town	H	5–1	McSeveney 4, Meyer	7,558
12 Dec 1959	Brentford	H	4–2	Meyer 2, Dixon, McSeveney	8,401
26 Dec 1959	Southampton	A	0–2		19,167
1 Jan 1960	Chesterfield	A	0–2		5,900
2 Jan 1960	Grimsby Town	A	1–0	McSeveney	9,188
16 Jan 1960	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–3	Dixon, McSeveney	5,180
23 Jan 1960	Bradford City	A	2–6	Singer 2	10,838
30 Jan 1960	Bury	A	1–0	Singer	6,545
12 Feb 1960	York City	A	0–2		7,758
15 Feb 1960	Coventry City	H	2–0	Dixon, McPherson	4,764
20 Feb 1960	Swindon Town	H	1–3	Hollyman	4,979
27 Feb 1960	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–3	Sherwood	4,738
29 Feb 1960	Wrexham	H	4–1	McPherson 2, Sherwood, McSeveney	4,206
5 Mar 1960	Port Vale	A	1–2	McSeveney	9,073
7 Mar 1960	Southampton	H	5–1	McPherson 3, Morgan, Meyer	6,429
12 Mar 1960	Norwich City	H	1–1	McPherson	6,106
19 Mar 1960	Halifax Town	A	1–2	McSeveney	4,409
21 Mar 1960	Southend United	H	1–1	Singer	5,652
26 Mar 1960	Colchester United	H	3–2	McPherson 2, Singer	4,322
2 Apr 1960	Southend United	A	2–3	McPherson, Sherwood	8,513
9 Apr 1960	Mansfield Town	H	0–1		4,473
15 Apr 1960	Accrington Stanley	H	1–3	McPherson	3,314
16 Apr 1960	Barnsley	A	2–0	Dixon, Meyer	5,597
18 Apr 1960	Accrington Stanley	A	0–0		2,202
23 Apr 1960	Bury	H	3–1	Dixon, Singer, Meyer	4,264
30 Apr 1960	Brentford	A	2–1	Dixon, Burton	7,900

FA Cup

Main article: 1959–60 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	14 Nov 1959	Hereford United	H	4–2	Dixon, McPherson, McSeveney, Meyer	10,391
2	5 Dec 1959	Salisbury City	A	1–0	Meyer	6,600
3	9 Jan 1960	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–4		24,000

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5	3 Feb 1960	Caerau Athletic	A	5–3	McSeveney 3, Dixon, Jones
6	24 Feb 1960	Wrexham	A	0–3

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Southampton	46	26	9	11	106	75	1.413	61
2	Norwich City	46	24	11	11	82	54	1.519	59
3	Shrewsbury Town	46	18	16	12	97	75	1.293	52
4	Grimsby Town	46	18	16	12	87	70	1.243	52
5	Coventry City	46	21	10	15	78	63	1.238	52
6	Brentford	46	21	9	16	78	61	1.279	51
7	Bury	46	21	9	16	64	51	1.255	51
8	Queens Park Rangers	46	18	13	15	73	54	1.352	49
9	Colchester United	46	18	11	17	83	74	1.122	47
10	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	17	13	16	72	72	1.000	47
11	Reading	46	18	10	18	84	77	1.091	46
12	Southend United	46	19	8	19	76	74	1.027	46
13	Newport County	46	20	6	20	80	79	1.013	46
14	Port Vale	46	19	8	19	80	79	1.013	46
15	Halifax Town	46	18	10	18	70	72	0.972	46
16	Swindon Town	46	19	8	19	69	78	0.885	46
17	Barnsley	46	15	14	17	65	66	0.985	44
18	Chesterfield	46	18	7	21	71	84	0.845	43
19	Bradford City	46	15	12	19	66	74	0.892	42
20	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	13	19	72	75	0.960	41
21	York City	46	13	12	21	57	73	0.781	38
22	Mansfield Town	46	15	6	25	81	112	0.723	36
23	Wrexham	46	14	8	24	68	101	0.673	36
24	Accrington Stanley	46	11	5	30	57	123	0.463	27

Key
	Division Champions
	Promoted
	Welsh Cup winners, relegated
	Relegated

External links

References

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

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First Division	Arsenal Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Aston Villa Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City Liverpool Middlesbrough Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Stoke City Sunderland Swansea Town

Third Division	Accrington Stanley Barnsley Bradford City Brentford Bury Chesterfield Colchester United Coventry City Grimsby Town Halifax Town Mansfield Town Newport County Norwich City Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Southampton Stockport County Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Wrexham York City

Fourth Division	Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth Bradford Park Avenue Carlisle United Chester Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gateshead Gillingham Hartlepools United Millwall Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southport Torquay United Walsall Watford Workington