1963–64 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

1963–64 season

Manager

Billy Lucas

15th

4th round

1st round

Semi-final

Top goalscorer

League: Bonson (25)
All: Bonson (32)

Highest home attendance

8,928 vs Sheffield Wednesday (FA Cup, 4 Jan 1964)

Lowest home attendance

1,800 vs Tranmere Rovers (25 Apr 1964)

Average home league attendance

3,746

Home colours

Away colours

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The 1963–64 season was Newport County's second consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 36th 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	17	8	21	64	73	0.88	42	12	3	8	35	24	1.46	5	5	13	29	49	0.59

Last updated: 30 Apr 1964.
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	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	L
Position	10	3	2	8	2	5	1	2	2	3	9	3	7	10	14	13	12	11	15	18	18	16	15	15	14	16	17	17	15	16	16	17	15	18	19	20	20	19	18	19	18	16	17	17	15	15

Last updated: 30 Apr 1964.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Main article: 1963–64 Football League § Fourth Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
24 Aug 1963	Doncaster Rovers	A	1–1	Smith	6,040
26 Aug 1963	Bradford Park Avenue	A	5–2	Sheffield 3, Bonson, Hunt	6,312
31 Aug 1963	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2–0	Smith, Pring	6,200
7 Sep 1963	Chester	A	0–3		5,372
9 Sep 1963	Bradford Park Avenue	H	4–0	Sheffield 2, Bonson, Pring	4,537
14 Sep 1963	York City	H	0–0		5,200
16 Sep 1963	Chesterfield	A	1–0	Hunt	7,474
21 Sep 1963	Barrow	A	1–1	Pring	4,137
28 Sep 1963	Rochdale	H	1–1	Smith	4,878
30 Sep 1963	Chesterfield	H	0–1		5,866
5 Oct 1963	Oxford United	A	1–2	Hunt	6,144
7 Oct 1963	Bradford City	H	3–1	Bonson 2, Hunt	4,972
12 Oct 1963	Carlisle United	H	1–4	Bonson	5,489
16 Oct 1963	Bradford City	A	1–2	Bonson	3,371
19 Oct 1963	Torquay United	A	3–8	Bonson 2, Hunt	4,274
21 Oct 1963	Workington	H	0–0		3,381
26 Oct 1963	Halifax Town	H	4–2	Smith, Bonson, Hunt, Webster	3,182
2 Nov 1963	Tranmere Rovers	A	3–2	Bonson, Hunt, Webster	5,090
9 Nov 1963	Darlington	H	1–2	Bonson	3,388
23 Nov 1963	Exeter City	H	0–1		3,339
30 Nov 1963	Southport	A	2–4	Bonson, Hunt	2,830
14 Dec 1963	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–0	Sheffield	2,344
21 Dec 1963	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–1	Bonson 2	7,752
26 Dec 1963	Aldershot	A	0–2		5,763
28 Dec 1963	Aldershot	H	2–1	Hunt, Webster	3,666
11 Jan 1964	Chester	H	0–1		3,983
18 Jan 1964	York City	A	0–3		2,114
3 Feb 1964	Barrow	H	3–0	Bonson 2, Smith	3,274
8 Feb 1964	Rochdale	A	1–0	Bonson	2,444
22 Feb 1964	Carlisle United	A	3–3	Sheffield 2, Bonson	7,528
24 Feb 1964	Workington	A	0–2		3,800
29 Feb 1964	Torquay United	H	0–3		4,018
2 Mar 1964	Oxford United	H	1–0	Sheffield	3,142
7 Mar 1964	Halifax Town	A	0–2		2,790
14 Mar 1964	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–2		1,800
23 Mar 1964	Darlington	A	1–3	Sheffield	2,836
27 Mar 1964	Stockport County	A	0–1		2,890
28 Mar 1964	Lincoln City	H	4–2	Rowland, Sheffield, Hunt, Hill	2,300
30 Mar 1964	Stockport County	H	3–1	Reynolds 2, Smith	2,966
4 Apr 1964	Exeter City	A	1–3	Reynolds	6,077
6 Apr 1964	Hartlepools United	A	1–1	Bonson	3,844
11 Apr 1964	Southport	H	3–0	Bonson 3	2,492
18 Apr 1964	Gillingham	A	1–1	Sheffield	9,854
22 Apr 1964	Lincoln City	A	1–2	Bonson	2,803
25 Apr 1964	Hartlepools United	H	2–1	Bonson 2	2,521
30 Apr 1964	Gillingham	H	0–1		3,229

FA Cup

Main article: 1963–64 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	16 Nov 1963	Hereford United	A	1–1	Hunt	7,000
1r	18 Nov 1963	Hereford United	H	4–0	Hunt 3, Webster	3,457
2	7 Dec 1963	Watford	H	2–0	Smith	5,353
3	4 Jan 1964	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–2	Bonson 2, Hunt	8,928
4	25 Jan 1964	Burnley	A	1–2	Sheffield	23,019

Football League Cup

Main article: 1963–64 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	4 Sep 1963	Millwall	H	3–4	Bonson, Hunt, OG	3,168

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
5	30 Jan 1964	Haverfordwest County	H	5–2	Bonson 3, Bird, Sheffield	1,773
6	20 Feb 1964	Swansea Town	H	1–0	Sheffield	5,950
SF	11 Mar 1964	Cardiff City	N	2–2	Sheffield, Bonson	5,200	At Swansea
SFr	25 Mar 1964	Cardiff City	A	0–1		8,400

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Gillingham	46	23	14	9	59	30	1.967	60
2	Carlisle United	46	25	10	11	113	58	1.948	60
3	Workington	46	24	11	11	76	52	1.462	59
4	Exeter City	46	20	18	8	62	37	1.676	58
5	Bradford City	46	25	6	15	76	62	1.226	56
6	Torquay United	46	20	11	15	80	54	1.481	51
7	Tranmere Rovers	46	20	11	15	85	73	1.164	51
8	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	19	12	15	71	52	1.365	50
9	Aldershot	46	19	10	17	83	78	1.064	48
10	Halifax Town	46	17	14	15	77	77	1.000	48
11	Lincoln City	46	19	9	18	67	75	0.893	47
12	Chester	46	19	8	19	65	60	1.083	46
13	Bradford Park Avenue	46	18	9	19	75	81	0.926	45
14	Doncaster Rovers	46	15	12	19	70	75	0.933	42
15	Newport County	46	17	8	21	64	73	0.877	42
16	Chesterfield	46	15	12	19	57	71	0.803	42
17	Stockport County	46	15	12	19	50	68	0.735	42
18	Oxford United	46	14	13	19	59	63	0.937	41
19	Darlington	46	14	12	20	66	93	0.710	40
20	Rochdale	46	12	15	19	56	59	0.949	39
21	Southport	46	15	9	22	63	88	0.716	39
22	York City	46	14	7	25	52	66	0.788	35
23	Hartlepools United	46	12	9	25	54	93	0.581	33
24	Barrow	46	6	18	22	51	93	0.548	30

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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Club seasons

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

Second Division	Bury Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leeds United Leyton Orient Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Southampton Sunderland Swindon Town Swansea Town

Third Division	Barnsley Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Colchester United Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Hull City Luton Town Mansfield Town Millwall Notts County Oldham Athletic Port Vale Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Stockport County Walsall Wrexham York City

Fourth Division	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Brighton & Hove Albion Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Newport County Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Watford Workington

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