1973–74 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

1973–74 season

Manager

Billy Lucas
(until January 1974)
Brian Harris
(from January 1974)

Fourth Division

9th

FA Cup

1st round

League Cup

1st round

Top goalscorer

League: W.Brown (9)
All: H.J.Jarman (11)

Highest home attendance

6,007 vs Swindon Town (League Cup, 4 Sep 1973)

Lowest home attendance

1,785 vs Hartlepool (6 Apr 1974)

Average home league attendance

3,018

Home colours

Away colours

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The 1973–74 season was Newport County's 12th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 46th 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	16	14	16	56	65	0.86	45	13	6	4	39	23	1.70	3	8	12	17	42	0.40

Last updated: 27 Apr 1974.
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	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	L
Position	9	10	21	21	24	18	16	11	19	15	15	14	12	14	14	14	12	10	9	6	7	5	5	5	6	8	10	9	9	9	9	7	10	7	9	8	9	8	15	15	14	14	13	9	9	9

Last updated: 27 Apr 1974.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Main article: 1973–74 Football League § Fourth Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
25 Aug 1973	Reading	H	0–0		4,843
1 Sep 1973	Gillingham	A	1–1	Screen	3,971
8 Sep 1973	Chester	H	0–2		3,660
11 Sep 1973	Northampton Town	A	0–1		4,061
15 Sep 1973	Colchester United	A	1–4	Hill	3,523
18 Sep 1973	Crewe Alexandra	H	4–2	Aizlewood 2, Jarman 2	2,035
22 Sep 1973	Rotherham United	H	1–0	R.Jones	3,138
28 Sep 1973	Stockport County	A	1–1	Brown	2,780
3 Oct 1973	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–4	Jarman	1,879
9 Oct 1973	Mansfield Town	H	2–0	Brown, R.Jones	3,004
13 Oct 1973	Scunthorpe United	A	0–0		2,607
20 Oct 1973	Barnsley	A	1–1	Brown	2,057
23 Oct 1973	Northampton Town	H	3–1	R.Jones, Aizelwood, Jarman	3,592
27 Oct 1973	Peterborough United	H	0–1		4,327
3 Nov 1973	Lincoln City	A	0–3		4,389
9 Nov 1973	Doncaster Rovers	H	3–1	R.Jones, Godfrey, Summerhayes	2,852
12 Nov 1973	Hartlepool	A	1–0	Aizelwood	1,641
17 Nov 1973	Darlington	H	2–0	Aizelwood, Godfrey	2,910
1 Dec 1973	Bury	H	1–0	Hill	2,346
8 Dec 1973	Exeter City	A	1–0	Godfrey	3,476
15 Dec 1973	Torquay United	A	2–3	Aizewood, Jarman	2,505
22 Dec 1973	Stockport County	H	3–1	Hooper, R.Jones, Brown	2,546
26 Dec 1973	Brentford	A	1–1	Hill	5,440
29 Dec 1973	Chester	A	0–3		2,661
1 Jan 1974	Gillingham	H	3–3	Brown, Hill, Summerhayes	5,888
5 Jan 1974	Workington	A	2–3	Hooper, Brown	749
12 Jan 1974	Colchester United	H	1–3	Hooper	3,304
19 Jan 1974	Reading	A	1–1	R.Jones	4,311
27 Jan 1974	Exeter City	H	2–1	Screen, Brown	3,812
3 Feb 1974	Torquay United	H	2–2	Aizelwood, Godfrey	3,480
10 Feb 1974	Rotherham United	A	1–1	OG	2.933
17 Feb 1974	Scunthorpe United	H	2–1	Hooper 2	3,051
24 Feb 1974	Mansfield Town	A	1–2	Jarman	3,006
2 Mar 1974	Brentford	H	1–1	D.Jones	2,167
9 Mar 1974	Peterborough United	A	0–2		7,354
17 Mar 1974	Barnsley	H	1–0	Jenkins	1,808
22 Mar 1974	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–2		1,163
25 Mar 1974	Workington	H	4–0	Godfrey 3, Coldrick	1,972
30 Mar 1974	Lincoln City	H	0–1		1,908
3 Apr 1974	Bradford City	A	0–3		2,681
6 Apr 1974	Hartlepool	H	0–0		1,785
13 Apr 1974	Darlington	A	1–0	Hooper	2,322
15 Apr 1974	Swansea City	A	1–1	White	2,303
16 Apr 1974	Swansea City	H	2–1	Brown, Jarman	3,108
22 Apr 1974	Bradford City	H	2–2	Jarman, Brown	1,890
27 Apr 1974	Bury	A	0–5		6,111

FA Cup

Main article: 1973–74 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	24 Nov 1973	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–3	Hooper	6,888

Football League Cup

Main article: 1973–74 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	28 Aug 1973	Swindon Town	A	3–3	Jarman, Screen, Brown	6,873
1r	4 Sep 1973	Swindon Town	H	1–2	Jarman	6,007

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Peterborough United	46	27	11	8	75	38	1.974	65
2	Gillingham	46	25	12	9	90	49	1.837	62
3	Colchester United	46	24	12	10	73	36	2.028	60
4	Bury	46	24	11	11	81	49	1.653	59
5	Northampton Town	46	20	13	13	63	48	1.313	53
6	Reading	46	16	19	11	58	37	1.568	51
7	Chester	46	17	15	14	54	55	0.982	49
8	Bradford City	46	17	14	15	58	52	1.115	48
9	Newport County	46	16	14	16	56	65	0.862	45†
10	Exeter City	45	18	8	19	58	55	1.055	44*
11	Hartlepool	46	16	12	18	48	47	1.021	44
12	Lincoln City	46	16	12	18	63	67	0.940	44
13	Barnsley	46	17	10	19	58	64	0.906	44
14	Swansea City	46	16	11	19	45	46	0.978	43
15	Rotherham United	46	15	13	18	56	58	0.966	43
16	Torquay United	46	13	17	16	52	57	0.912	43
17	Mansfield Town	46	13	17	16	62	69	0.899	43
18	Scunthorpe United	45	14	12	19	47	64	0.734	42*
19	Brentford	46	12	16	18	48	50	0.960	40
20	Darlington	46	13	13	20	40	62	0.645	39
21	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	10	22	43	71	0.606	38
22	Doncaster Rovers	46	12	11	23	47	80	0.588	35
23	Workington	46	11	13	22	43	74	0.581	35
24	Stockport County	46	7	20	19	44	69	0.638	34

* Scunthorpe United v. Exeter was never played; Exeter failed to turn up and Scunthorpe were awarded the points.

† Newport had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player.

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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FA competitions

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Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Birmingham City Burnley Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Aston Villa Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Cardiff City Carlisle United Crystal Palace Fulham Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Nottingham Forest Notts County Oxford United Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland Swindon Town West Bromwich Albion

Third Division	Aldershot Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hereford United Huddersfield Town Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southend United Southport Tranmere Rovers Walsall Watford Wrexham York City

Fourth Division	Barnsley Bradford City Brentford Bury Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepool United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Workington

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