1965–66 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

1965–66 season

Manager

Billy Lucas

9th

1st round

1st round

6th round

Top goalscorer

League: Hale (21)
All: Hale (24)

Highest home attendance

3,985 vs Notts County (25 Oct 1965)

Lowest home attendance

1,700 vs Chester (23 May 1966)

Average home league attendance

2,611

Home colours

Away colours

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The 1965–66 season was Newport County's fourth consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 38th overall in the Football League.

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
46	18	12	16	75	75	1.00	48	14	6	3	46	24	1.92	4	6	13	29	51	0.57

Last updated: 28 May 1966.
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	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H
Result	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	W
Position	9	8	10	14	11	8	13	11	13	15	15	16	17	18	16	14	13	14	15	16	15	14	14	16	17	20	18	15	15	18	16	14	16	17	17	14	15	14	15	14	12	12	13	12	12	9

Last updated: 28 May 1966.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Main article: 1965–66 Football League § Fourth Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
21 Aug 1965	Chesterfield	A	2–1	Morgan 2	5,958
25 Aug 1965	Torquay United	A	0–1		7,489
28 Aug 1965	Rochdale	H	1–1	Reynolds	3,673
4 Sep 1965	Luton Town	A	1–2	Morgan	4,899
11 Sep 1965	Barrow	H	3–2	Morgan, Pugh, Reynolds	2,741
13 Sep 1965	Torquay United	H	3–2	Morgan 2, Pugh	3,814
18 Sep 1965	Hartlepools United	A	2–5	Hill, Jones	4,939
25 Sep 1965	Doncaster Rovers	H	4–0	Pugh, Hill, Bird, Williams	2,970
2 Oct 1965	Southport	A	0–2		3,537
6 Oct 1965	Aldershot	A	1–2	Morgan	5,037
9 Oct 1965	Halifax Town	H	3–1	Morgan, Pugh, Jones	2,800
16 Oct 1965	Chester	A	1–6	Morgan	8,027
25 Oct 1965	Notts County	H	1–2	Hill	3,985
30 Oct 1965	Lincoln City	A	1–1	Jones	5,590
8 Nov 1965	Darlington	H	3–0	Rathbone, Pugh, Hale	2,911
19 Nov 1965	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–0		2,516
22 Nov 1965	Aldershot	H	3–1	Bird, Smith, Hale	2,180
27 Nov 1965	Colchester United	A	2–3	Jones, Hale	3,593
11 Dec 1965	Bradford City	A	2–3	Hill, Hale	3,717
31 Dec 1965	Halifax Town	A	4–4	Walters, Smith, Wookey, OG	2,570
8 Jan 1966	Stockport County	H	1–0	Wookey	2,760
15 Jan 1966	Notts County	A	1–1	Hall	4,605
31 Jan 1966	Chesterfield	H	3–4	Reynolds 2, Hale	2,866
5 Feb 1966	Rochdale	A	1–2	Smith	2,167
12 Feb 1966	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1–6	Hale	4,358
26 Feb 1966	Barrow	A	2–2	Morgan, Smith	3,532
2 Mar 1966	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–2	Hale 2	2,751
7 Mar 1966	Bradford Park Avenue	H	3–1	Morgan 2, Tapscott	2,817
12 Mar 1966	Hartlepools United	H	3–0	Morgan, Pugh, Hale	2,250
19 Mar 1966	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–1		12,365
21 Mar 1966	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0	Hall	2,502
25 Mar 1966	Southport	H	1–1	Morgan	1,997
9 Apr 1966	Barnsley	H	1–0	Reynolds	2,328
11 Apr 1966	Port Vale	H	0–1		2,257
12 Apr 1966	Port Vale	A	0–3		4,496
15 Apr 1966	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–0	Wookey	3,766
25 Apr 1966	Wrexham	A	1–0	Hall	3,106
29 Apr 1966	Barnsley	A	2–2	Jones, Hale	1,697
2 May 1966	Lincoln City	H	0–0		2,176
7 May 1966	Bradford City	H	2–2	Morgan, Hale	1,855
9 May 1966	Darlington	A	1–0	Hale	10,923
16 May 1966	Wrexham	H	2–2	Hale, Pugh	1,884
20 May 1966	Stockport County	A	1–2	Jones	3,586
23 May 1966	Chester	H	3–2	Hale 2, Morgan	1,700
25 May 1966	Luton Town	H	3–1	Hale 2, Morgan	2,173
28 May 1966	Colchester United	H	2–1	Morgan, Hale	2,905

FA Cup

Main article: 1965–66 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	13 Nov 1965	Bath City	A	0–2		7,330

League Cup

Main article: 1965–66 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	1 Sep 1965	Southend United	H	2–2	Morgan, Reynolds	2,925
1r	6 Sep 1965	Southend United	A	1–3	Hill	8,644

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5	5 Jan 1966	Hereford United	A	2–1	Bird, Hale	6,000
6	7 Feb 1966	Chester	H	2–2	Hale 2	1,776
6r	16 Feb 1966	Chester	A	0–2		5,296

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Doncaster Rovers	46	24	11	11	85	54	1.574	59
2	Darlington	46	25	9	12	72	53	1.358	59
3	Torquay United	46	24	10	12	72	49	1.469	58
4	Colchester United	46	23	10	13	70	47	1.489	56
5	Tranmere Rovers	46	24	8	14	93	66	1.409	56
6	Luton Town	46	24	8	14	90	70	1.286	56
7	Chester	46	20	12	14	79	70	1.129	52
8	Notts County	46	19	12	15	61	53	1.151	50
9	Newport County	46	18	12	16	75	75	1.000	48
10	Southport	46	18	12	16	68	69	0.986	48
11	Bradford Park Avenue	46	21	5	20	102	92	1.109	47
12	Barrow	46	16	15	15	72	76	0.947	47
13	Stockport County	46	18	6	22	71	70	1.014	42
14	Crewe Alexandra	46	16	9	21	61	63	0.968	41
15	Halifax Town	46	15	11	20	67	75	0.893	41
16	Barnsley	46	15	10	21	74	78	0.949	40
17	Aldershot	46	15	10	21	75	84	0.893	40
18	Hartlepools United	46	16	8	22	63	75	0.840	40
19	Port Vale	46	15	9	22	48	59	0.814	39
20	Chesterfield	46	13	13	20	62	78	0.795	39
21	Rochdale	46	16	5	25	71	87	0.816	37
22	Lincoln City	46	13	11	22	57	82	0.695	37
23	Bradford City	46	12	13	21	63	94	0.670	37
24	Wrexham	46	13	9	24	72	104	0.692	35

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

Key
	Division Champions
	Promoted
	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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First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Northampton Town Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Bolton Wanderers Bury Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Southampton Swindon Town Swansea Town

Third Division	Barnsley Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Colchester United Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hull City Luton Town Mansfield Town Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Reading Scunthorpe United Southend United Stockport County Walsall Workington York City

Fourth Division	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Brighton & Hove Albion Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Millwall Newport County Notts County Port Vale Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Watford Wrexham

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