2008–09 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County
2008–09 season
Chairman Chris Blight
Manager Dean Holdsworth
Conference South 10th
FA Cup 2nd qualifying round
FA Trophy 1st round
Top goalscorer League: Reid (16)
All: Reid (21)
Highest home attendance 2,546 vs AFC Wimbledon (9 August 2008)
Lowest home attendance 540 vs Eastleigh (25 February 2009)
Average home league attendance 852
Home colours
Away colours

The 2008–09 season was Newport County's fifth consecutive season in the Conference South and they had been ever-present since the introduction of the Conference North & South in 2004.

After the sacking of Peter Beadle following the team's failure to make the play-offs for two consecutive seasons, Dean Holdsworth was announced as manager on 18 May 2008.[1] After a poor first half to the season where County only achieved four wins, the second half was a big improvement, with 12 wins and the beginning an unbeaten streak that would last a third of the way into the next season.

Season review

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
42 16 11 15 50 51 −1 59 10 3 8 31 29 +2 6 8 7 19 22 −3

Last updated: 25 Apr 2009.
Source:

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundHAAHAHHAHHAAHAHAAHAAHHAAHHAHHAHAAHHAAHAHHA
Result L L D D L W L D L W L D D D L D W L D L W W W D W W L W L L L L W W L D W W W W D W
Position 20 20 19 17 18 17 17 18 20 17 17 17 16 18 19 19 17 17 18 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 14 10 11 12 14 15 14 12 15 15 14 12 12 10 10 10

Last updated: 25 Apr 2009.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Squad statistics

(Substitute appearances in brackets)
Pos. Name League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FWWales Scott Armitage4 (10)01 (2)15 (12)1
DFEngland Paul Bignot23 (0)15 (1)028 (1)1
GKWales Keiron Blackburn1 (0)01 (0)02 (0)0
FWWales Josh Brown0 (0)01 (0)01 (0)0
FWEngland Steve Butterworth3 (1)10 (0)03 (1)1
MFEngland Anthony Church6 (1)01 (0)07 (1)0
GKWales Nicky Church0 (1)01 (0)01 (1)0
DFWales Paul Cochlin28 (0)53 (0)031 (0)5
DFWales Gary Colborne0 (0)02 (0)02 (0)0
DFRepublic of Ireland Dave Collins9 (0)11 (0)010 (0)1
DFWales Aaron Cook22 (2)21 (0)023 (2)2
MFEngland Kevin Cooper19 (9)16 (2)225 (11)3
MFWales Nathan Davies22 (4)00 (2)022 (6)0
FWWales Robert Duffy12 (9)14 (2)216 (11)3
FWWales Jamal Easter1 (4)10 (0)01 (4)1
DFWales Ben Evans0 (1)00 (0)00 (1)0
MFWales Richard Evans1 (0)01 (0)02 (0)0
MFRepublic of Ireland Sam Foley14 (0)40 (0)014 (0)4
DFWales Martyn Giles31 (3)25 (1)036 (4)2
FWJamaica Paul Hall11 (2)01 (2)112 (4)1
FWWales Jamie Harries0 (0)00 (1)00 (1)0
MFWales Adie Harris13 (4)27 (0)120 (4)3
DFWales Dan Harrison0 (0)01 (0)01 (0)0
MFWales Callum Hart0 (0)01 (0)01 (0)0
FWWales Chris Hartland0 (0)03 (0)03 (0)0
FWWales Danny Hill0 (0)01 (0)01 (0)0
DFWales Ian Hillier4 (0)00 (0)04 (0)0
DFWales Andrew Hughes0 (0)02 (0)02 (0)0
MFWales Craig Hughes16 (1)34 (1)120 (2)4
GKWales Scott James0 (0)01 (0)01 (0)0
MFWales Lee Jenkins0 (0)01 (0)01 (0)0
DFWales Steve Jenkins20 (2)04 (0)024 (2)0
FWEngland Josh Klein-Davies0 (3)01 (1)01 (4)0
MFWales Kris Leek15 (10)04 (1)019 (11)0
FWEngland Tommy Lyons0 (2)01 (0)01 (2)0
MFWales Ricky Manship0 (3)02 (0)02 (3)0
FWWales Kaid Mohamed5 (0)00 (0)05 (0)0
FWEngland Leon Osei3 (3)00 (1)03 (4)0
MFWales Luke Prosser0 (0)01 (0)01 (0)0
MFEngland Craig Reid25 (2)166 (0)531 (2)21
DFEngland Justyn Roberts4 (0)12 (0)06 (0)1
MFEngland Scott Rogers6 (0)00 (0)06 (0)0
MFEngland Danny Rose40 (1)86 (1)346 (2)11
GKPoland Erwin Sak1 (0)00 (0)01 (0)0
DFEngland Nick Skelton2 (1)00 (0)02 (1)0
DFWales Matt Smith2 (5)01 (0)03 (5)0
DFEngland Kevin Stephens13 (5)01 (0)014 (5)0
MFPoland Safian Suplinski0 (0)01 (0)01 (0)0
GKEngland Glyn Thompson39 (0)06 (0)045 (0)0
GKEngland Tony Tucker1 (0)00 (0)01 (0)0
DFEngland Wayne Turk25 (0)12 (0)027 (0)1
DFEngland Ashley Vickers17 (4)06 (0)123 (4)1
FWEngland Phil Walsh4 (4)00 (1)14 (5)1

Fixtures and results

Pre-season friendlies

Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
Thu 10 Jul 2008Cinderford TownA0–0
Sat 19 Jul 2008LeamingtonA1–1D.Collins
Tue 22 Jul 2008Carmarthen TownH0–1
Thu 14 Jul 2008Caldicot TownA4–1C.Hughes 2, P.Walsh, R.Duffy
Sat 26 Jul 2008Merthyr TydfilA1–1D.Rose
Wed 30 Jul 2008Exeter CityH2–1D.Collins (P), P.Hall
Sat 8 Aug 2008Leeds United XIH0–1

Conference South

Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
Sat 9 Aug 2008AFC WimbledonH1–4D.Collins2,546
Tue 12 Aug 2008EastleighA2–3K.Cooper, D.Rose787
Sat 16 Aug 2008Chelmsford CityA0–01,093
Sat 23 Aug 2008Dorchester TownH4–4D.Rose, A.Harris, J.Easter, C.Hughes852
Mon 25 Aug 2008Team BathA0–2563
Sat 30 Aug 2008Hampton & Richmond BoroughH1–0C.Hughes931
Wed 3 Sep 2008Havant & WaterloovilleH0–2859
Sat 13 Sep 2008Bishop's StortfordA1–1R.Duffy (P)414
Sat 20 Sep 2008St Albans CityH0–1886
Sat 4 Oct 2008BromleyH3–0P.Bignot, C.Reid (P), C.Hughes746
Sat 18 Oct 2008Braintree TownA2–3J.Roberts, C.Reid626
Mon 20 Oct 2008Weston-super-MareA1–1D.Rose528
Sat 25 Oct 2008Welling UnitedH0–0772
Sat 1 Nov 2008Basingstoke TownA0–0419
Sat 8 Nov 2008Hayes & YeadingH1–5C.Reid679
Sat 15 Nov 2008Havant & WaterloovilleA1–1P.Cochlin601
Tue 18 Nov 2008Maidenhead UnitedA1–0C.Reid315
Sat 29 Nov 2008Bishop's StortfordH0–1654
Sat 6 Dec 2008ThurrockA0–0309
Sat 20 Dec 2008AFC WimbledonA0–32,945
Fri 26 Dec 2008Worcester CityH1–0A.Harris822
Sat 3 Jan 2009Chelmsford CityH3–1C.Reid 3902
Sat 17 Jan 2009Fisher AthleticA3–1S.Butterworth, C.Reid (P), M.Giles249
Mon 19 Jan 2009Worcester CityA0–0759
Sat 24 Jan 2009Basingstoke TownH3–0A.Cook, D.Rose, C.Reid841
Wed 28 Jan 2009Weston-super-MareH1–0A.Cook913
Sat 31 Jan 2009Bath CityA1–2C.Reid1,137
Wed 11 Feb 2009Bognor Regis TownH2–1D.Rose, P.Cochlin618
Sat 14 Feb 2009Maidenhead UnitedH0–1672
Sat 21 Feb 2009BromleyA1–2D.Rose (P)561
Wed 25 Feb 2009EastleighH0–1540
Sat 28 Feb 2009Hayes & YeadingA0–2311
Tue 3 Mar 2009Hampton & Richmond BoroughA1–0P.Cochlin409
Sat 7 Mar 2009Braintree TownH2–1C.Reid (P), P.Cochlin712
Wed 18 Mar 2009Bath CityH0–4734
Sat 21 Mar 2009St Albans CityA1–1S.Foley494
Sat 28 Mar 2009Bognor Regis TownA1–0C.Reid362
Sat 4 Apr 2009Fisher AthleticH4–0M.Giles, C.Reid, S.Foley, D.Rose641
Sat 11 Apr 2009Dorchester TownA1–0C.Reid519
Mon 13 Apr 2009Team BathH4–2C.Reid, W.Turk, P.Cochlin, D.Rose758
Sat 18 Apr 2009ThurrockH1–1C.Reid809
Sat 25 Apr 2009Welling UnitedA2–0S.Foley 2724

FA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance
2Q24 Sep 2008Dorchester TownA2–2R.Duffy (P), D.Rose396
2Qr1 Oct 2008Dorchester TownH0–1C.Reid653

FA Trophy

Main article: 2008–09 FA Trophy
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Notes
3Q22 Nov 2008AndoverA3–0D.Rose, C.Reid, C.Hughes264
113 Dec 2008Rushden & DiamondsH1–1C.Reid603
1r13 Dec 2008Rushden & DiamondsH1–1 a.e.t.C.Reid421Lost 3–5 on penalties

Gwent Senior Cup

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Notes
R110 Dec 2008Cwmbran TownA4–1A Harris, K Cooper, S Armitage, A Vickers200
SF7 Apr 2009Newport Civil Service A0–1250

League table

PosTeamPldWDLFAGDPtsNotes
1AFC Wimbledon42261068636+5088Champions, promoted
2Hampton & Richmond Borough42251077437+3785Play-offs
3Eastleigh4225896949+2083Play-offs
4Hayes & Yeading United4224997443+3181Play-off winners, promoted
5Chelmsford City42238117252+2077Play-offs
6Maidenhead United42218135746+1171
7Bath City42208145645+1168
8Welling United421911126144+1768
9Bishop's Stortford42178176060059
10Newport County421611155051−159
11Team Bath42167196264−255Resigned ¹
12St Albans City421412165650+654
13Bromley42159186064−454
14Braintree Town421410185754+352
15Havant & Waterlooville421115165958+148
16Worcester City421211193853−1547
17Weston-super-Mare421211194368−2547
18Basingstoke Town421016163655−1946
19Dorchester Town421012203961−2242
20Thurrock42913205460−640
21Bognor Regis Town42712233368−35267 points deducted, relegated ²
22Fisher Athletic42533422100−7818Relegated

¹ Team Bath resigned from the league[2]

² Bognor Regis Town deducted 7 points[3]

Key
Division Champions
Promoted
Into play-offs
Relegated

References

  1. "Holdsworth takes on Newport job". BBC Sport. 18 May 2008.
  2. "Team Bath resign from Conference". BBC Sport. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
  3. "Bognor hit with seven point deduction". The Argus. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2009.

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