1962–63 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

1962–63 season

Manager

Billy Lucas

20th

1st round

3rd round

Runners up

Top goalscorer

League: Hunt (27)
All: Hunt (32)

Highest home attendance

10,488 vs Oldham Athletic (20 Aug 1962)

Lowest home attendance

2,242 vs Doncaster Rovers (27 Apr 1963)

Average home league attendance

4,523

Home colours

Away colours

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The 1962–63 season was Newport County's first ever season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation from the Third Division the previous season. It was their 35th competitive 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	14	11	21	76	90	0.84	39	11	6	6	44	29	1.52	3	5	15	32	61	0.52

Last updated: 23 May 1963.
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	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H
Result	W	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	W
Position	8	5	9	15	18	12	11	15	15	7	14	12	12	11	12	12	17	14	11	12	10	11	9	12	16	18	19	16	17	19	16	17	16	20	19	17	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20

Last updated: 23 May 1963.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Main article: 1962–63 Football League § Fourth Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
18 Aug 1962	Hartlepool United	A	3–2	Hunt 2, Herrity	5,234
20 Aug 1962	Oldham Athletic	H	0–0		10,488
25 Aug 1962	Darlington	H	2–2	Hunt 2	7,786
29 Aug 1962	Oldham Athletic	A	2–3	Hunt, Gordon	18,082
1 Sep 1962	Southport	A	1–2	Bonson	3,885
3 Sep 1962	Lincoln City	H	2–1	Hudson, Smith	6,864
8 Sep 1962	Aldershot	H	2–2	Bonson, Sheffield	6,002
12 Sep 1962	Lincoln City	A	3–6	Hunt 2, Bonson	5,006
15 Sep 1962	Stockport County	A	1–1	Hunt	3,704
17 Sep 1962	Barrow	H	6–0	Hunt 3, Bonson 2, Thomas	5,733
22 Sep 1962	Oxford United	A	1–5	Bonson	9,131
29 Sep 1962	Bradford City	H	2–0	Bonson, OG	4,700
1 Oct 1962	Chesterfield	H	2–3	Bonson, Hunt	6,029
6 Oct 1962	Crewe Alexandra	H	5–1	Hunt 3, Herrity, Bird	4,737
13 Oct 1962	Chester	A	2–2	Herrity, Bonson	8,034
18 Oct 1962	York City	H	1–3	Hunt	5,406
27 Oct 1962	Brentford	A	1–3	Bonson	11,300
10 Nov 1962	Chesterfield	A	2–1	Hunt 2	6,425
17 Nov 1962	Exeter City	H	4–0	Bonson 3, Hunt	3,221
1 Dec 1962	Mansfield Town	H	1–1	Bonson	5,399
8 Dec 1962	Doncaster Rovers	A	2–2	Herrity, Bonson	3,875
10 Dec 1962	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–2	Rowland	4,536
15 Dec 1962	Hartlepools United	H	2–1	Bonson, Hunt	2,830
22 Dec 1962	Darlington	A	2–4	Bonson 2	3,701
27 Feb 1963	Torquay United	A	1–3	Smith	4,027
4 Mar 1963	Chester	H	0–1		3,721
8 Mar 1963	York City	A	0–2		4,081
11 Mar 1963	Southport	H	1–0	Hill	2,522
13 Mar 1963	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–4	Sheffield	6,293
16 Mar 1963	Brentford	H	1–4	Smith	2,891
18 Mar 1963	Torquay United	H	1–0	Hunt	3,654
23 Mar 1963	Rochdale	A	3–3	Hudson, Hunt, Smith	3,029
1 Apr 1963	Workington	H	2–2	Bowman, Bonson	4,065
6 Apr 1963	Exeter City	A	0–1		5,258
12 Apr 1963	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–0		10,738
13 Apr 1963	Gillingham	H	2–0	Hunt, Sheffield	2,821
20 Apr 1963	Mansfield Town	A	1–2	Rathbone	6,038
24 Apr 1963	Gillingham	A	1–3	Sheffield	5,867
27 Apr 1963	Doncaster Rovers	H	2–4	Hunt 2	2,242
1 May 1963	Bradford City	A	4–3	Bonson 2, Smith 2	1,983
4 May 1963	Stockport County	H	3–1	Rowland, Sheffield, Hunt	2,573
11 May 1963	Workington	A	0–4		3,128
13 May 1963	Barrow	A	0–3		3,640
18 May 1963	Aldershot	A	1–2	Smith	3,003
20 May 1963	Rochdale	H	1–1	Bonson	2,387
23 May 1963	Oxford United	H	1–0	Hunt	3,442

FA Cup

Main article: 1962–63 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	3 Nov 1962	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–3	Herrity, Bonson	12,240

Football League Cup

Main article: 1962–63 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	5 Sep 1962	Gillingham	H	2–1	Hudson, Hunt	3,864
2	26 Sep 1962	Aldershot	A	3–0	Bonson 3	5,328
3	24 Oct 1962	Manchester City	H	1–2	Herrity	9,869

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5	21 Mar 1963	Merthyr Tydfil	A	4–0	Herrity, Bonson, Sheffield, OG
6	17 Apr 1963	Holywell	A	6–2	Hunt 3, Hudson, Sheffield, Webster
SF	9 May 1963	Swansea Town	A	1–0	Sheffield	5,300
F-1	27 May 1963	Borough United	A	1–2	Hunt	3,000
F-2	30 May 1963	Borough United	H	0–0		5,605

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Brentford	46	27	8	11	98	64	1.531	62
2	Oldham Athletic	46	24	11	11	95	60	1.583	59
3	Crewe Alexandra	46	24	11	11	86	58	1.483	59
4	Mansfield Town	46	24	9	13	108	69	1.565	57
5	Gillingham	46	22	13	11	71	49	1.449	57
6	Torquay United	46	20	16	10	75	56	1.339	56
7	Rochdale	46	20	11	15	67	59	1.136	51
8	Tranmere Rovers	46	20	10	16	81	67	1.209	50
9	Barrow	46	19	12	15	82	80	1.025	50
10	Workington	46	17	13	16	76	68	1.118	47
11	Aldershot	46	15	17	14	73	69	1.058	47
12	Darlington	46	19	6	21	72	87	0.828	44
13	Southport	46	15	14	17	72	106	0.679	44
14	York City	46	16	11	19	67	62	1.081	43
15	Chesterfield	46	13	16	17	70	64	1.094	42
16	Doncaster Rovers	46	14	14	18	64	77	0.831	42
17	Exeter City	46	16	10	20	57	77	0.740	42
18	Oxford United	46	13	15	18	70	71	0.986	41
19	Stockport County	46	15	11	20	56	70	0.800	41
20	Newport County	46	14	11	21	76	90	0.844	39
21	Chester	46	15	9	22	51	66	0.773	39
22	Lincoln City	46	13	9	24	68	89	0.764	35
23	Bradford City	46	11	10	25	64	93	0.688	32
24	Hartlepools United	46	7	11	28	56	104	0.538	25

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 (none)

External links

References

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

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FA competitions

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Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Alf Ramsey
Home Championship
1964 European Nations' Cup (qualification)

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Everton Fulham Ipswich Town Leicester City Leyton Orient Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Bury Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Chelsea Derby County Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leeds United Luton Town Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea Town Walsall

Third Division	Barnsley Bradford Park Avenue Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Halifax Town Hull City Millwall Northampton Town Notts County Port Vale Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Stockport County Swindon Town Wrexham York City

Fourth Division	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepools United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Newport County Oldham Athletic Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Watford Workington