1995–96 Newport A.F.C. season

Newport

1995–96 season

Manager

Graham Rogers

Southern League Premier

14th

FA Cup

3rd qualifying round

FA Trophy

2nd round

Southern League Cup

4th round

Top goalscorer

League: D.Webley (17)
All: D.Webley (18)

Highest home attendance

1,816 vs Merthyr Tydfil (FA Cup, 24 Sep 1995)

Lowest home attendance

504 vs Atherstone United (3 Apr 1996)

Average home league attendance

878

Home colours

Away colours

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The 1995–96 season was Newport's first season in the Southern League Premier Division. They finished the season in 14th position.

Season review

League

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	13	13	16	53	59	−6	52	5	7	9	30	29	+1	8	6	7	23	30	−7

Last updated: 4 May 1996.
Source:

Fixtures and results

Southern League Premier

Main article: 1995–96 Southern Football League

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
19 Aug 1995	VS Rugby	A	3–1	W.Foley 2, D.Webley	648
23 Aug 1995	Gloucester City	H	1–0	N.Vaughan	1,524
26 Aug 1995	Stafford Rangers	H	2–1	S.Lowndes, D.Webley	1,279
28 Aug 1995	Dorchester Town	A	3–0	M.Tucker, M.Spencer, D.Webley	944
2 Sep 1995	Cambridge City	A	1–0	D.Webley	495
6 Sep 1995	Worcester City	H	1–1	M.Tucker	1,407
16 Sep 1995	Sudbury Town	A	1–3	M.Tucker	454
19 Sep 1995	Gloucester City	A	1–1	J.Donovan	1,412
30 Sep 1995	Gresley Rovers	A	3–1	M.Tucker 3	788
14 Oct 1995	Halesowen Town	A	1–3	L.Jones	855
21 Oct 1995	VS Rugby	H	5–2	M.Spencer, C.Williams 2, K.Rogers, D.Webley	921
25 Oct 1995	Dorchester Town	H	3–2	S.Lowndes, D.Webley, C.Williams	1,077
28 Oct 1995	Crawley Town	A	0–0		853
11 Nov 1995	Cheltenham Town	A	0–2		1,092
13 Nov 1995	Worcester City	A	0–2		1,501
18 Nov 1995	Chelmsford City	H	1–2	S.Williams	896
2 Dec 1995	Burton Albion	H	0–1		817
9 Dec 1995	Ilkeston Town	A	1–1	L.Jones	564
16 Dec 1995	Gresley Rovers	H	0–1		655
6 Jan 1996	Stafford Rangers	A	1–6	D.Webley	634
13 Jan 1996	Crawley Town	H	1–1	D.Webley	827
17 Feb 1996	Sudbury Town	H	5–1	M.Tucker 3, D.Webley, R.Nicholls	576
24 Feb 1996	Rushden & Diamonds	H	1–1	D.Webley	1,170
28 Feb 1996	Salisbury City	A	3–1	D.Webley 2, D.Porretta	340
2 Mar 1996	Atherstone United	A	0–0		328
9 Mar 1996	Cambridge City	H	1–2	M.Tucker	828
16 Mar 1996	Baldock Town	A	2–1	S.Lowndes, D.Webley	307
18 Mar 1996	Cheltenham Town	H	2–3	D.Webley, S.Lowndes	646
23 Mar 1996	Gravesend & Northfleet	H	0–1		777
27 Mar 1996	Ilkeston Town	H	2–3	R.Nicholls, L.Brown	542
30 Mar 1996	Hastings Town	A	1–1	D.Webley	463
31 Mar 1996	Chelmsford City	A	0–0		804
3 Apr 1996	Atherstone United	H	1–2	D.Porretta	504
6 Apr 1996	Salisbury City	H	1–1	R.Nicholls	648
8 Apr 1996	Merthyr Tydfil	A	1–0	M.Tucker	735
13 Apr 1996	Rushden & Diamonds	A	0–3		2,914
16 Apr 1996	Gravesend & Northfleet	A	0–4		449
20 Apr 1996	Baldock Town	H	1–1	D.Webley	724
24 Apr 1996	Merthyr Tydfil	H	0–0		839
27 Apr 1996	Burton Albion	A	1–0	D.Webley	599
28 Apr 1996	Hastings Town	H	1–1	L.Brown	611
4 May 1996	Halesowen Town	H	1–2	L.Brown	1,182

FA Cup

Main article: 1995–96 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1Q	9 Sep 1995	Brockenhurst	H	5–0	S.Lowndes, M.Tucker 2, N.Vaughan, R.John	1,011
2Q	24 Sep 1995	Merthyr Tydfil	H	3–3	M.Tucker, L.Jones, C.Williams	1,816
2Qr	26 Sep 1995	Merthyr Tydfil	A	2–1	M.Tucker, L.Jones	887
3Q	7 Oct 1995	Trowbridge Town	A	0–2		623

FA Trophy

Main article: 1995–96 FA Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
2Q	4 Nov 1995	Fleet Town	H	2–1	C.Evans 2	679
3Q	26 Nov 1995	Grays Athletic	H	1–0	L.Jones	679
1	20 Jan 1996	Chelmsford City	A	1–0	C.Evans	1,121
2	10 Feb 1996	Carshalton Athletic	A	1–2	M.Tucker	682

Southern League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1–1	22 Nov 1995	Merthyr Tydfil	H	2–1	B.Dowd, L.Hall	572
1–2	28 Nov 1995	Merthyr Tydfil	A	1–1	L.Jones (P)	347
2	6 Dec 1995	Forest Green Rovers	A	4–2	M.Price, L.Jones (P), C.Williams 2	185
3	10 Jan 1996	Waterlooville	H	1–0	S.Lowndes	418
4	26 Feb 1996	Salisbury City	H	1–2	D.Webley	541

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Rushden & Diamonds	42	29	7	6	99	41	+58	94	Promoted to Football Conference
2	Halesowen Town	42	27	11	4	70	36	+34	92
3	Cheltenham Town	42	21	11	10	76	57	+19	74
4	Gloucester City	42	21	8	13	65	47	+18	71
5	Gresley Rovers	42	20	10	12	70	58	+12	70
6	Worcester City	42	19	12	11	61	43	+18	69
7	Merthyr Tydfil	42	19	6	17	67	59	+8	63
8	Hastings Town	42	16	13	13	68	56	+12	61
9	Crawley Town	42	15	13	14	57	56	+1	58
10	Sudbury Town	42	15	10	17	69	71	−2	55
11	Gravesend & Northfleet	42	15	10	17	60	62	−2	55
12	Chelmsford City	42	13	16	13	46	53	−7	55
13	Dorchester Town	42	15	8	19	62	57	+5	53
14	Newport	42	13	13	16	53	59	−6	52
15	Salisbury City	42	14	10	18	57	69	−12	52
16	Burton Albion	42	13	12	17	55	56	−1	51
17	Atherstone United	42	12	12	18	58	75	−17	48
18	Baldock Town	42	11	14	17	51	56	−5	47
19	Cambridge City	42	12	10	20	56	68	−12	46
20	Ilkeston Town	42	11	10	21	53	87	−34	43	Relegated
21	Stafford Rangers	42	11	4	27	58	90	−32	37	Relegated
22	VS Rugby	42	5	10	27	37	92	−55	25	Relegated

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