1996–97 Newport A.F.C. season

Newport

1996–97 season

Manager

Chris Price

Southern League Premier

21st (relegated)

FA Cup

2nd qualifying round

FA Trophy

1st round

Top goalscorer

League: Burton (9)
All: Burton (13)

Highest home attendance

944 vs Merthyr Tydfil (31 Mar 1997)

Lowest home attendance

432 vs Gravesend & Northfleet (26 Feb 1997)

Average home league attendance

669

Home colours

Away colours

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The 1996–97 season was Newport's second consecutive season in the Southern League Premier Division. They finished the season in 21st position and were relegated to the Southern Division.

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	9	13	20	40	60	−20	40	6	5	10	26	33	−7	3	8	10	14	27	−13

Last updated: 3 May 1997.
Source:

Fixtures and results

Southern League Premier

Main article: 1996–97 Southern Football League

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
17 Aug 1996	Chelmsford City	H	2–2	A.Evans, R.Nicholls	742
20 Aug 1996	Nuneaton Borough	A	0–1		1,203
24 Aug 1996	Ashford Town	A	1–1	P.Burton	643
26 Aug 1996	Dorchester Town	H	3–0	A.Evans 3	729
31 Aug 1996	Atherstone United	A	0–1		448
4 Sep 1996	Gloucester City	H	0–4		932
7 Sep 1996	Gravesend & Northfleet	A	0–3		575
21 Sep 1996	Sittingbourne	A	0–3		656
25 Sep 1996	Nuneaton Borough	H	0–0		635
5 Oct 1996	Halesowen Town	A	0–2		916
12 Oct 1996	Baldock Town	H	2–2	P.Burton, S.Misbah	617
15 Oct 1996	Dorchester Town	A	3–1	R.John, P.Burton 2	486
26 Oct 1996	Worcester City	H	1–1	N.Parselle	788
2 Nov 1996	Crawley Town	A	3–1	P.Burton 2, S.Misbah	922
9 Nov 1996	Burton Albion	H	0–3		769
16 Nov 1996	King's Lynn	A	1–0	A.Evans	792
23 Nov 1996	Sudbury Town	H	3–1	L.Brown 3	674
26 Nov 1996	Gloucester City	A	1–2	M.Tucker	816
7 Dec 1996	Halesowen Town	H	0–1		775
14 Dec 1996	Hastings Town	A	2–2	L.Brown, P.Burton	362
18 Dec 1996	Cheltenham Town	H	1–5	M.Tucker	511
26 Dec 1996	Merthyr Tydfil	A	0–2		1,109
28 Dec 1996	Worcester City	A	1–1	L.Brown	963
1 Jan 1997	Salisbury City	H	3–1	A.Evans, N.Parselle, L. Brown	563
25 Jan 1997	Baldock Town	A	0–1		341
1 Feb 1997	Sittingbourne	H	2–3	M.Tucker, R.John	504
15 Feb 1997	Cambridge City	H	0–0		560
22 Feb 1997	Burton Albion	A	0–3		714
26 Feb 1997	Gravesend & Northfleet	H	1–3	A.Evans	432
1 Mar 1997	Crawley Town	H	0–1		601
8 Mar 1997	Gresley Rovers	A	0–1		788
12 Mar 1997	Ashford Town	H	3–0	A.Evans, OG, P.Burton	504
15 Mar 1997	King's Lynn	H	0–2		562
22 Mar 1997	Sudbury Town	A	1–1	OG	420
29 Mar 1997	Salisbury City	A	0–0		472
31 Mar 1997	Merthyr Tydfil	H	3–1	P.Burton, P.Thorpe, M.Tucker	944
9 Apr 1997	Atherstone United	H	2–0	D.Porretta, OG	626
12 Apr 1997	Cambridge City	A	0–0		454
14 Apr 1997	Chelmsford City	A	1–1	D.Brazil	760
19 Apr 1997	Gresley Rovers	H	0–1		781
26 Apr 1997	Cheltenham Town	A	0–0		1,595
3 May 1997	Hastings Town	H	0–2		805

FA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Q1	14 Sep 1996	Mangotsfield United	H	5–2	S.Lowndes, R.John, R.Nicholls, L.Brown 2	542
Q2	28 Sep 1996	Bath City	A	2–5	D.Brazil, P.Burton	728

FA Trophy

Main article: 1996–97 FA Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Q3	30 Nov 1996	Cambridge City	A	1–1	S.Misbah	346
Q3r	4 Dec 1996	Cambridge City	H	4–1	N.Parselle 2, M.Tucker, P.Burton	414
1	18 Jan 1997	St Leonards Stamcroft	A	0–1		501

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Gresley Rovers	42	25	10	7	75	40	+35	85	Champions, not promoted due to ground issues
2	Cheltenham Town	42	21	11	10	76	44	+32	74	Promoted to Football Conference
3	Gloucester City	42	21	10	11	81	56	+25	73
4	Halesowen Town	42	21	10	11	77	54	+23	73
5	King's Lynn	42	20	8	14	65	61	+4	68
6	Burton Albion	42	18	12	12	70	53	+17	66
7	Nuneaton Borough	42	19	9	14	61	52	+8	66
8	Sittingbourne	42	19	7	16	76	65	+11	64
9	Merthyr Tydfil	42	17	9	16	69	61	+8	60
10	Worcester City	42	15	14	13	52	50	+2	59
11	Atherstone United	42	15	13	14	46	47	−1	58
12	Salisbury City	42	15	13	14	57	66	−9	58
13	Sudbury Town	42	16	7	19	72	72	0	55	Resigned
14	Gravesend & Northfleet	42	16	7	19	63	73	−10	55
15	Dorchester Town	42	14	9	19	62	66	−4	51
16	Hastings Town	42	12	15	15	49	60	−11	51
17	Crawley Town	42	13	8	21	49	67	−18	47
18	Cambridge City	42	11	13	18	57	65	−18	46
19	Ashford Town	42	9	18	15	53	79	−24	45
20	Baldock Town	42	11	8	23	52	90	−38	41	Relegated
21	Newport	42	9	13	20	40	60	−20	40	Relegated
22	Chelmsford City	42	6	14	22	49	70	−21	32	Relegated

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