1926–27 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

1926–27 season

Manager

Jimmy Hindmarsh

Third Division South

9th

FA Cup

1st round

Welsh Cup

6th round

Top goalscorer

League: James (9)
All: James (9)

Highest home attendance

9,262 vs Plymouth Argyle (28 Aug 1926)

Lowest home attendance

1,721 vs Brentford (25 Apr 1927)

Average home league attendance

5,193

Home colours

Away colours

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The 1926–27 season was Newport County's seventh season in the Football League, sixth season in the Third Division South and seventh season overall in the third tier.

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	GA	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave
42	19	6	17	57	71	0.80	44	15	4	2	40	20	2.00	4	2	15	17	51	0.33

Last updated: 7 May 1927.
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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	D
Position	7	13	8	9	6	5	8	4	2	4	3	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	7	8	9

Last updated: 7 May 1927.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Third Division South

Main article: 1926–27 Football League § Third Division South

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
28 Aug 1926	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–1	Nairn, Holland	9,262
1 Sep 1926	Bristol City	A	1–4	Carney	13,478
4 Sep 1926	Merthyr Town	A	2–1	Forward, OG	5,259
9 Sep 1926	Bristol City	H	0–0		7,888
11 Sep 1926	Aberdare Athletic	A	1–0	Johnson	2,741
18 Sep 1926	Gillingham	H	1–0	Price	7,141
25 Sep 1926	Watford	A	0–0		7,720
30 Sep 1926	Charlton Athletic	H	2–1	Nairn, Price	4,687
2 Oct 1926	Crystal Palace	H	2–1	Price, Gittins	6,985
9 Oct 1926	Coventry City	A	1–3	James	7,931
16 Oct 1926	Luton Town	H	3–2	Johnson, James, Gittins	6,821
23 Oct 1926	Southend United	A	0–5		6,481
30 Oct 1926	Exeter City	H	2–0	James, Gittins	6,454
6 Nov 1926	Swindon Town	A	1–3	Gittins	4,870
13 Nov 1926	Bristol Rovers	H	1–0	Nairn	3,927
20 Nov 1926	Millwall	A	1–4	Holland	7,004
4 Dec 1926	Northampton Town	A	2–1	Price 2	5,508
11 Dec 1926	Millwall	H	1–1	Nairn	5,345
18 Dec 1926	Norwich City	A	0–1		6,667
25 Dec 1926	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	2–1	Nairn, Forward	6,359
27 Dec 1926	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	1–2	Nairn	8,916
1 Jan 1927	Northampton Town	H	1–0	Johnson	5,006
8 Jan 1927	Gillingham	A	1–0	Price	4,611
15 Jan 1927	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–4	Price	8,943
22 Jan 1927	Merthyr Town	H	4–3	Johnson, Price, Nairn, Forward	5,083
29 Jan 1927	Aberdare Athletic	H	5–2	Johnson 2, Drinnan, Forward, Gittins	3,436
12 Feb 1927	Watford	H	2–1	Gittins, Hiles	4,291
19 Feb 1927	Crystal Palace	A	2–6	Johnson, Weaver	10,328
26 Feb 1927	Coventry City	H	4–1	James 2, Bowsher, Gittins	3,856
5 Mar 1927	Luton Town	A	1–4	Johnson	5,240
12 Mar 1927	Southend United	H	3–0	Gittins, Hiles, Weaver	4,725
19 Mar 1927	Exeter City	A	1–2	James	6,509
26 Mar 1927	Swindon Town	H	5–3	James 2, Weaver 2, Hiles	4,751
31 Mar 1927	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0–1		2,956
2 Apr 1927	Bristol Rovers	A	0–4		5,544
15 Apr 1927	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–2		5,938
16 Apr 1927	Brentford	A	1–1	Walker	7,801
18 Apr 1927	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–2		9,057
25 Apr 1927	Brentford	H	0–0		1,721
28 Apr 1927	Charlton Athletic	A	0–3		4,010
30 Apr 1927	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–1		6,045
7 May 1927	Norwich City	H	0–0		2,425

FA Cup

Main article: 1926–27 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	27 Nov 1926	Poole Athletic	A	0–1		2,666

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
6	10 Mar 1927	Lovells Athletic	A	0–1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Bristol City	42	27	8	7	104	54	1.926	62
2	Plymouth Argyle	42	25	10	7	95	61	1.557	60
3	Millwall	42	23	10	9	89	51	1.745	56
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	21	11	10	79	50	1.580	53
5	Swindon Town	42	21	9	12	100	85	1.176	51
6	Crystal Palace	42	18	9	15	84	81	1.037	45
7	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	18	8	16	78	66	1.182	44
8	Luton Town	42	15	14	13	68	66	1.030	44
9	Newport County	42	19	6	17	57	71	0.803	44
10	Bristol Rovers	42	16	9	17	78	80	0.975	41
11	Brentford	42	13	14	15	70	61	1.148	40
12	Exeter City	42	15	10	17	76	73	1.041	40
13	Charlton Athletic	42	16	8	18	60	61	0.984	40
14	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	9	18	65	71	0.915	39
15	Coventry City	42	15	7	20	71	86	0.826	37
16	Norwich City	42	12	11	19	59	71	0.831	35
17	Merthyr Town	42	13	9	20	63	80	0.787	35
18	Northampton Town	42	15	5	22	59	87	0.678	35
19	Southend United	42	14	6	22	64	77	0.831	34
20	Gillingham	42	11	10	21	54	72	0.750	32
21	Watford	42	12	8	22	57	87	0.655	32
22	Aberdare Athletic	42	9	7	26	62	101	0.614	25

Key
	Division Champions
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

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

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