1949–50 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

1949–50 season

Manager

Tom Bromilow

Third Division South

21st (re-elected)

FA Cup

3rd round

Welsh Cup

5th round

Top goalscorer

League: Comley (19)
All: Comley (21)

Highest home attendance

21,543 vs Notts County (8 Oct 1949)

Lowest home attendance

6,414 vs Exeter City (18 Mar 1950)

Average home league attendance

11,536

Home colours

Away colours

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The 1949–50 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Third Division South since relegation from the Second Division at the end of the 1946–47 season. The club finished in a re-election place, but since the division was being expanded by two clubs they were re-elected without a vote.

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	13	8	21	67	98	0.68	23	11	5	5	50	34	1.47	2	3	16	17	64	0.27

Last updated: 1 May 1951.
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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	W
Position	8	8	16	20	22	22	22	21	22	20	20	21	22	21	20	14	17	17	14	16	15	17	16	17	15	16	17	18	18	21	21	21	21	21	20	18	18	17	18	18	22	17

Last updated: 1 May 1951.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Third Division South

Main article: 1949–50 Football League § Third Division South

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
20 Aug 1949	Norwich City	H	3–2	Hayward, Comley, Parker	16,238
25 Aug 1949	Northampton Town	A	3–4	Parker 2, Comley	12,718
27 Aug 1949	Southend United	A	0–6		11,577
1 Sep 1949	Northampton Town	H	1–4	Carr	12,536
3 Sep 1949	Bristol City	A	0–6		20,007
7 Sep 1949	Torquay United	A	3–5	Comley, Parker, Carr	9,414
10 Sep 1949	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0–1		11,157
15 Sep 1949	Torquay United	H	1–0	Harper	10,462
17 Sep 1949	Walsall	A	0–2		10,846
24 Sep 1949	Millwall	H	4–3	Parker 2, Gardner 2	12,773
1 Oct 1949	Swindon Town	A	1–1	Roffi	15,284
8 Oct 1949	Notts County	H	1–1	Newall	21,543
15 Oct 1949	Port Vale	A	0–1		12,599
22 Oct 1949	Ipswich Town	H	1–0	Comley	11,419
29 Oct 1949	Exeter City	A	3–3	Comley, Parker, Griffiths	8,095
5 Nov 1949	Leyton Orient	H	3–2	Roffi 2, Griffiths	11,792
12 Nov 1949	Reading	A	1–4	Payne	15,300
19 Nov 1949	Watford	H	3–3	Comley 2, Harper	11,884
3 Dec 1949	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	5–0	Comley 2, Parker, Harper, Roffi,	10,560
17 Dec 1949	Norwich City	A	0–4		17,895
26 Dec 1949	Aldershot	H	6–0	Harper 2, Griffiths 2, Comley, Parker	13,860
27 Dec 1949	Aldershot	A	1–4	Griffiths	7,318
31 Dec 1949	Bristol City	H	6–4	Bowen 3, Parker 2, Comley	13,208
14 Jan 1950	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–5		11,502
21 Jan 1950	Walsall	H	2–1	Comley 2	8,840
28 Jan 1950	Crystal Palace	A	0–1		9,895
18 Feb 1950	Swindon Town	H	1–2	Roffi	10,622
25 Feb 1950	Notts County	A	0–7		28,427
4 Mar 1950	Port Vale	H	1–1	Griffiths	8,762
11 Mar 1950	Ipswich Town	A	0–1		12,678
18 Mar 1950	Exeter City	H	1–2	Comley	6,414
25 Mar 1950	Leyton Orient	A	1–2	Parker	8,819
30 Mar 1950	Southend United	H	2–1	Comley, Parker	7,297
1 Apr 1950	Reading	H	1–1	Roffi	9,923
7 Apr 1950	Nottingham Forest	H	4–1	Roffi 2, Comley, Parker	13,337
8 Apr 1950	Watford	A	1–0	Roffi	11,729
10 Apr 1950	Nottingham Forest	A	0–3		15,799
15 Apr 1950	Crystal Palace	H	2–2	Comley, Parker	11,459
22 Apr 1950	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	1–1	Comley	10,842
24 Apr 1950	Bristol Rovers	A	0–3		10,657
29 Apr 1950	Bristol Rovers	H	2–3	Comley, Roffi	8,173
1 May 1950	Millwall	A	2–1	Hayward, Bowen	15,472

FA Cup

Main article: 1949–50 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	26 Nov 1949	Crystal Palace	A	3–0	Comley, Payne, Griffiths	12,719
2	10 Dec 1949	Gateshead	H	1–1	Harper	15,184
2r	15 Dec 1949	Gateshead	A	2–1 a.e.t.	Parker, Harper	14,000
3	7 Jan 1950	Port Vale	H	1–2	Comley	17,781

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5	12 Jan 1950	Merthyr Tydfil	A	0–3

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Notts County	42	25	8	9	95	50	1.900	58
2	Northampton Town	42	20	11	11	72	50	1.440	51
3	Southend United	42	19	13	10	66	48	1.375	51
4	Nottingham Forest	42	20	9	13	67	39	1.718	49
5	Torquay United	42	19	10	13	66	63	1.048	48
6	Watford	42	16	13	13	45	35	1.286	45
7	Crystal Palace	42	15	14	13	55	54	1.019	44
8	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	16	12	14	57	69	0.826	44
9	Bristol Rovers	42	19	5	18	51	51	1.000	43
10	Reading	42	17	8	17	70	64	1.094	42
11	Norwich City	42	16	10	16	65	63	1.032	42
12	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	16	10	16	57	56	1.018	42
13	Port Vale	42	15	11	16	47	42	1.119	41
14	Swindon Town	42	15	11	16	59	62	0.952	41
15	Bristol City	42	15	10	17	60	61	0.984	40
16	Exeter City	42	14	11	17	63	75	0.840	39
17	Ipswich Town	42	12	11	19	57	86	0.663	35
18	Leyton Orient	42	12	11	19	53	85	0.624	35
19	Walsall	42	9	16	17	61	62	0.984	34
20	Aldershot	42	13	8	21	48	60	0.800	34
21	Newport County	42	13	8	21	67	98	0.684	34
22	Millwall	42	14	4	24	55	63	0.873	32

Note: As the division was being expanded by two clubs, Newport County and Millwall were re-elected without a vote.

Key
	Division Champions
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

External links

References

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

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