1920–21 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

1920–21 season

Manager

Harry Parkes

Third Division

15th

FA Cup

4th qualifying round

Welsh Cup

4th round

Top goalscorer

League: Devlin (12)
All: Devlin (12)

Highest home attendance

14,500 vs Reading (28 Aug 1920)

Lowest home attendance

4,000 vs Norwich City (13 Jan 1921)

Average home league attendance

8,576

Home colours

Away colours

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The 1920–21 season was Newport County's first season in the Football League. They were founder members of the new Football League Third Division.

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
42	14	9	19	43	64	0.67	37	8	5	8	20	23	0.87	6	4	11	23	41	0.56

Last updated: 7 May 1921.
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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	D
Position	17	19	22	22	22	22	22	21	17	21	21	18	15	13	11	13	18	18	17	16	18	16	13	15	15	15	15	17	17	19	18	17	18	19	18	19	18	18	19	16	16	15

Last updated: 7 May 1921.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Third Division

Main article: 1920–21 Football League § Third Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
28 Aug 1920	Reading	H	0–1		14,500
1 Sep 1920	Bristol Rovers	A	2–3	Walker, Wolstenholme	10,000
4 Sep 1920	Reading	A	0–4		10,000
9 Sep 1920	Bristol Rovers	H	0–2		8,000
11 Sep 1920	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–5	Wolstenholme	12,000
18 Sep 1920	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–0		8,000
25 Sep 1920	Exeter City	A	1–0	Wolstenholme	8,000
2 Oct 1920	Exeter City	H	2–0	Wolstenholme 2	8,000
9 Oct 1920	Millwall	H	3–1	Devlin 2, Walker	14,000
16 Oct 1920	Millwall	A	0–1		20,000
21 Oct 1920	Swindon Town	H	0–1		10,000
23 Oct 1920	Portsmouth	H	1–0	Devlin	9,000
30 Oct 1920	Portsmouth	A	2–0	Devlin, Dobson	13,679
6 Nov 1920	Gillingham	H	1–0	Wolstenholme	7,000
13 Nov 1920	Gillingham	A	4–1	Dobson, Wolstenholme, Blott, Devlin	8,000
27 Nov 1920	Swindon Town	A	0–5		7,000
4 Dec 1920	Watford	H	0–2		6,000
11 Dec 1920	Watford	A	1–5	Wright	7,000
18 Dec 1920	Brentford	A	2–2	Wright, Thompson	6,000
25 Dec 1920	Southend United	H	1–1	Dobson	9,000
27 Dec 1920	Southend United	A	1–2	Walker	10,000
1 Jan 1921	Brentford	H	3–1	Dobson, Walker, Cox	7,500
13 Jan 1921	Norwich City	H	2–0	Wright, Cox	4,000
22 Jan 1921	Norwich City	A	0–3		5,000
29 Jan 1921	Northampton Town	H	1–1	Dobson	8,000
5 Feb 1921	Northampton Town	A	2–0	Groves, Wright	8,000
12 Feb 1921	Crystal Palace	H	0–1		12,000
19 Feb 1921	Crystal Palace	A	0–2		7,000
26 Feb 1921	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0–4		8,000
5 Mar 1921	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–1		8,000
12 Mar 1921	Grimsby Town	H	2–1	Devlin, Kelson	8,000
19 Mar 1921	Grimsby Town	A	1–1	Devlin	9,000
25 Mar 1921	Merthyr Town	H	0–3		12,600
26 Mar 1921	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–2		10,000
28 Mar 1921	Merthyr Town	A	2–1	Gaughan, Devlin	6,000
2 Apr 1921	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–3	Devlin	7,500
9 Apr 1921	Swansea Town	H	1–1	Walker	6,000
16 Apr 1921	Swansea Town	A	2–1	Dobson, Wolstenholme	14,000
23 Apr 1921	Luton Town	A	2–2	Walker, Devlin	9,000
30 Apr 1921	Luton Town	H	2–0	Devlin 2	5,000
2 May 1921	Southampton	A	0–0		6,000
7 May 1921	Southampton	H	0–0		8,000

FA Cup

Main article: 1920–21 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
4Q	20 Nov 1920	Merthyr Town	Somerton Park	0–0		15,000
4Qr	25 Nov 1920	Merthyr Town	Penydarren Park	0–4		15,000

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
3	15 Jan 1921	Ebbw Vale	Somerton Park	4–0	Dobson 2, Walker, Wright	5,000
4	15 Jan 1921	Merthyr Town	Somerton Park	0–1		5,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Crystal Palace	42	24	11	7	70	34	2.059	+36	59
2	Southampton	42	19	16	7	64	28	2.286	+36	54
3	Queens Park Rangers	42	22	9	11	61	32	1.906	+29	53
4	Swindon Town	42	21	10	11	73	49	1.490	+24	52
5	Swansea Town	42	18	15	9	56	45	1.244	+11	51
6	Watford	42	20	8	14	59	44	1.341	+15	48
7	Millwall	42	18	11	13	42	30	1.400	+12	47
8	Merthyr Town	42	15	15	12	60	49	1.224	+11	45
9	Luton Town	42	16	12	14	61	56	1.089	+5	44
10	Bristol Rovers	42	18	7	17	68	57	1.193	+11	43
11	Plymouth Argyle	42	11	21	10	35	34	1.029	+1	43
12	Portsmouth	42	12	15	15	46	48	0.958	–2	39
13	Grimsby Town	42	15	9	18	49	59	0.831	–10	39
14	Northampton Town	42	15	8	19	59	75	0.787	–16	38
15	Newport County	42	14	9	19	43	64	0.672	–21	37
16	Norwich City	42	10	16	16	44	53	0.830	–9	36
17	Southend United	42	14	8	20	44	61	0.721	–17	36
18	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	14	8	20	42	61	0.689	–19	36
19	Exeter City	42	10	15	17	39	54	0.722	–15	35
20	Reading	42	12	7	23	42	59	0.712	–17	31
21	Brentford	42	9	12	21	42	67	0.627	–25	30
22	Gillingham	42	8	12	22	34	74	0.459	–40	28

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

External links

References

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

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