1990–91 Newport A.F.C. season

Newport

1990–91 season

Manager

John Relish

Southern League Midland

7th

FA Trophy

2nd round

Southern League Cup

1st round

Welsh Cup

4th round

Top goalscorer

League: C.Lilygreen (16)
All: C.Lilygreen (22)

Highest home attendance

2,271 vs Redditch United (22 Aug 1990)

Lowest home attendance

502 vs Alvechurch (15 Dec 1990)

Average home league attendance

935

Home colours

Away colours

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The 1990–91 season was the first season played in the Southern League since Newport County had last competed in the 1931–32 season. Newport returned to their traditional Somerton Park home after the previous season's groundshare at Moreton-in-Marsh.

Season review

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	19	6	17	54	46	+8	63	10	3	8	28	24	+4	9	3	9	26	22	+4

Last updated: 5 May 1991.
Source: []

Fixtures and results

Southern League Midland

Main article: 1990–91 Southern Football League

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
18 Aug 1990	Leicester United	A	2–0	S.Doughty 2	548
22 Aug 1990	Redditch United	H	0–1		2,271
25 Aug 1990	King's Lynn	H	1–3	C.Lilygreen	1,573
27 Aug 1990	Racing Club Warwick	A	3–1	S.Doughty, C.Lilygreen 2	353
8 Sep 1990	Spalding United	A	0–0		343
12 Sep 1990	Stroud	H	0–1		1,646
15 Sep 1990	Dudley Town	A	0–1		382
29 Sep 1990	Racing Club Warwick	H	1–2	D.Jarvis	745
13 Oct 1990	Willenhall Town	A	1–1	M.Price	268
27 Oct 1990	Bilston Town	H	1–0	S.Doughty	706
10 Nov 1990	Nuneaton Borough	A	1–2	C.Lilygreen	958
24 Nov 1990	Hinckley Town	H	0–3		650
1 Dec 1990	Hednesford Town	A	1–3	M.Price	410
4 Dec 1990	Redditch United	A	0–1		312
15 Dec 1990	Alvechurch	H	1–1	M.Price	502
22 Dec 1990	Bedworth United	A	2–4	N.Parselle, D.Jarvis	302
29 Dec 1990	Dudley Town	H	0–1		608
5 Jan 1991	Grantham Town	A	2–0	J.Hawkins 2	174
12 Jan 1991	Leicester United	H	2–1	J.Hawkins, C.Lilygreen	851
26 Jan 1991	Willenhall Town	H	3–2	C.Lilygreen 2, W.Foley	607
2 Feb 1991	Alvechurch	A	0–0		297
16 Feb 1991	Sutton Coldfield Town	H	2–1	D.Jarvis, A.Ellis	542
20 Feb 1991	Corby Town	H	1–2	C.Lilygreen	664
23 Feb 1991	Grantham Town	H	1–3	C.Lilygreen	736
26 Feb 1991	Stroud	A	1–0	W.Foley	240
2 Mar 1991	Nuneaton Borough	H	4–1	C.Lilygreen, D.Jarvis, J.Prew, W.Foley	619
9 Mar 1991	Tamworth	H	1–1	C.Lilygreen	1,045
13 Mar 1991	Barry Town	H	1–0	M.Price	1,410
16 Mar 1991	Hinckley Town	A	1–0	D.Jarvis	220
23 Mar 1991	Hednesford Town	H	0–0		980
30 Mar 1991	Stourbridge	A	0–2		557
23 Mar 1991	Barry Town	A	0–1		933
1 Apr 1991	Bridgnorth Town	H	4–1	M.Price 2, S.Doughty, P.Green	705
6 Apr 1991	Stourbridge	H	1–0	P.Green	710
10 Apr 1991	Spalding United	H	2–0	M.Price, S.Sherlock	1,024
13 Apr 1991	Sutton Coldfield Town	A	2–0	C.Lilygreen, S.Doughty	314
16 Apr 1991	Tamworth	A	4–1	M.Price, C.Lilygreen 2, P.Green	1,079
23 Apr 1991	Bilston Town	A	2–1	P.Green, J.Prew	207
27 Apr 1991	Corby Town	A	1–2	C.Lilygreen	484
28 Apr 1991	King's Lynn	A	1–2	S.Doughty	399
30 Apr 1991	Bridgnorth Town	A	2–0	N.Parselle, P.Green	275
4 May 1991	Bedworth United	H	2–0	C.Lilygreen, P.Green	1,044

FA Trophy

Main article: 1990–91 FA Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	22 Sep 1990	Weston-super-Mare	A	0–0		494
1r	26 Sep 1990	Weston-super-Mare	H	3–1	C.Lilygreen 2, D.Jarvis	1,011
2	20 Oct 1990	Stroud	H	0–3		886

Southern League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	15 Oct 1990	Worcester City	H	0–0		690
1r	29 Oct 1990	Worcester City	A	3–4	P.Collicutt, N.Parselle, M.Price	1,378

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	1 Sep 1990	Pontlottyn Blast Furnace	A	9–0	S.Doughty, C.Lilygreen 2, A.Ellis, J.Hawkins 2, S.Rowberry, R.Smith, B. Preece	420
2	6 Oct 1990	Pembroke Borough	H	3–0	C.Lilygreen, K.Stroud 2	514
3	6 Nov 1990	Cardiff Corinthians	A	3–0	M.Price, C.Lilygreen 2	701
4	19 Jan 1991	Colwyn Bay	H	0–1		813

Hellenic League Cup

The previous season's Hellenic League Cup final in May ended in a 1–1 draw. The replay wasn't played until August, after the next season had already begun and Newport had been promoted to the Southern League.

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
Fr	30 Aug 1990	Abingdon United	N	1–0	R.Painter	521	Played at Hounslow

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Stourbridge	42	28	6	8	80	48	+32	90	Champions, not promoted
2	Corby Town	42	27	4	11	99	48	+51	85	Promoted to Premier Division
3	Hednesford Town	42	25	7	10	79	47	+32	82
4	Tamworth	42	25	5	12	84	45	+39	80
5	Nuneaton Borough	42	21	11	10	74	51	+23	70	Four points deducted^*
6	Barry Town	42	20	7	15	61	48	+13	67
7	Newport	42	19	6	17	54	46	+8	63
8	King's Lynn	42	17	9	16	53	62	−9	60
9	Grantham Town	42	17	7	18	62	56	+6	58
10	Redditch United	42	16	10	16	66	75	−9	58
11	Hinckley Town	42	16	9	17	72	68	+4	57
12	Sutton Coldfield Town	42	15	11	16	56	65	−9	56
13	Bedworth United	42	15	9	18	57	73	−16	54
14	Bilston Town	42	14	9	19	69	79	−10	51
15	Leicester United	42	14	10	18	65	77	−12	51	One point deducted^†
16	Racing Club Warwick	42	12	13	17	56	65	−9	49
17	Bridgnorth Town	42	13	9	20	62	74	−12	48
18	Stroud	42	11	14	17	51	64	−13	47
19	Dudley Town	42	11	13	18	48	73	−25	46
20	Alvechurch	42	10	8	24	54	92	−38	38
21	Willenhall Town	42	10	10	22	58	69	−11	37	Three points deducted, relegated^‡
22	Spalding United	42	8	9	25	35	70	−35	33	Relegated

^*Nuneaton Borough had four points deducted for fielding an ineligible player
^†Leicester United had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player
^‡Willenhall Town had three points deducted for fielding an ineligible player

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	19	6	17	54	46	+8	63	10	3	8	28	24	+4	9	3	9	26	22	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	19	6	17	54	46	+8	63	10	3	8	28	24	+4	9	3	9	26	22	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	19	6	17	54	46	+8	63	10	3	8	28	24	+4	9	3	9	26	22	+4