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 league attendance

3,466

Home colours

Away colours

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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.

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	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:

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:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; 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

Main article: 1971–72 Football 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

References

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

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