1970–71 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

1970–71 season

Manager

Bobby Ferguson
(until 21 Nov 1970)
Billy Lucas
(after 21 Nov 1970)

Fourth Division

22nd (re-elected)

FA Cup

1st round

League Cup

2nd round

Welsh Cup

5th round

Top goalscorer

League: Brown (14)
All: Brown (16)

Highest home attendance

4,515 vs Northampton Town (15 Aug 1970)

Lowest home attendance

1,479 vs Stockport County (2 Mar 1971)

Average home league attendance

2,564

Home colours

Away colours

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The 1970–71 season was Newport County's ninth consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 43rd overall in the Football League. The season saw the worst set of results in County's history, with the club failing to win any of the first 25 league matches, setting a Football League record.

The season started with a home and away loss, but County were still two places from the foot of the table. However their abysmal record of only three wins and five draws from the next 31 games left them rooted to the bottom. Results improved in the latter stages of the season, with County picking up seven wins and three draws in the remaining 13 games. The club still had to apply for re-election for the third successive season, but having held on to their League status they could take heart from the fact that, even with their worst-ever results, there were still two worse teams!

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	10	8	28	55	85	0.65	28	8	3	12	32	36	0.89	2	5	16	23	49	0.47

Last updated: 1 May 1971.
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	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	L
Position	22	22	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22

Last updated: 1 May 1971.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Main article: 1970–71 Football League § Fourth Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
15 Aug 1970	Northampton Town	H	0–1		4,515
21 Aug 1970	Southport	A	1–6	Brown	2,905
29 Aug 1970	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	0–2		3,079
1 Sep 1970	Grimsby Town	H	0–1		2,569
5 Sep 1970	Peterborough United	A	1–2	Jones	4,647
12 Sep 1970	Oldham Athletic	H	1–4	Thomas	1,849
19 Sep 1970	Darlington	A	1–2	Jones	3,309
23 Sep 1970	Notts County	A	0–2		8,445
26 Sep 1970	Chester	H	0–1		1,827
29 Sep 1970	Exeter City	H	0–1		2,169
3 Oct 1970	Hartlepool	A	2–2	Hooper 2	3,238
10 Oct 1970	Scunthorpe United	H	2–3	Brown 2	3,539
17 Oct 1970	Northampton Town	A	0–1		6,171
21 Oct 1970	Southend United	A	0–3		4,349
24 Oct 1970	Workington	H	2–2	D.H.Harris, Brown	2,559
30 Oct 1970	York City	A	0–1		3,120
7 Nov 1970	Brentford	H	0–1		2,407
10 Nov 1970	Colchester United	H	1–3	Jones	1,973
14 Nov 1970	Cambridge United	A	2–3	Jones, Radford	3,608
27 Nov 1970	Stockport County	A	2–3	Radford	3,752
5 Dec 1970	Aldershot	H	1–2	Brown	2,629
12 Dec 1970	Oldham Athletic	A	0–4		7,845
19 Dec 1970	Southport	H	2–2	Hooper, D.H.Harris	2,805
26 Dec 1970	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–2		3,058
9 Jan 1971	Exeter City	A	1–1	Jones	4,142
15 Jan 1971	Southend United	H	3–0	Jones, Brown, White	2,308
23 Jan 1971	Barrow	A	1–3	White	2,075
6 Feb 1971	Aldershot	A	1–1	Wood	5,686
12 Feb 1971	Barrow	H	3–2	Jones, Coldrick, White	1,542
20 Feb 1971	Colchester United	A	2–4	Young, Brown	6,444
26 Feb 1971	York City	H	0–3		1,753
2 Mar 1971	Stockport County	H	3–1	Jones 2, Thomas	1,479
6 Mar 1971	Workington	A	1–2	Thomas	1,748
9 Mar 1971	Notts County	H	2–1	Smith, Brown	2,129
12 Mar 1971	Cambridge United	H	2–0	Smith 2	2,587
17 Mar 1971	Lincoln City	A	1–1	Thomas	4,407
20 Mar 1971	Brentford	A	3–0	Thomas 2, OG (Nelmes)	8,402
27 Mar 1971	Peterborough United	H	2–0	Hooper, Brown	2,588
3 Apr 1971	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	2–2	Thomas, Hooper	8,295
10 Apr 1971	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–3	Thomas	3,353
13 Apr 1971	Hartlepool	H	2–0	Radford, Thomas	3,173
17 Apr 1971	Scunthorpe United	A	1–0	Brown	3,075
20 Apr 1971	Lincoln City	H	2–2	Brown, Coldrick	3,397
24 Apr 1971	Darlington	H	3–1	Brown 3	2,756
27 Apr 1971	Grimsby Town	A	0–2		4,710
1 May 1971	Chester	A	1–2	Aizlewood	2,645

FA Cup

Main article: 1970–71 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	21 Nov 1970	Barnet	A	1–6	Jones	2,994

League Cup

Main article: 1970–71 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	19 Aug 1970	Reading	H	2–1	Brown, Young	3,624
2	9 Sep 1970	Blackpool	A	1–4	Brown	9,828

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5	2 Mar 1971	Cardiff City	H	1–1	Thomas	6,162
5r	10 Mar 1971	Cardiff City	A	0–4		10,385

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Notts County	46	30	9	7	89	36	2.472	69
2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	24	12	10	81	46	1.761	60
3	Oldham Athletic	46	24	11	11	88	63	1.397	59
4	York City	46	23	10	13	78	54	1.444	56
5	Chester	46	24	7	15	69	55	1.255	55
6	Colchester United	46	21	12	13	70	54	1.296	54
7	Northampton Town	46	19	13	14	63	59	1.068	51
8	Southport	46	21	6	19	63	57	1.105	48
9	Exeter City	46	17	14	15	67	68	0.985	48
10	Workington	46	18	12	16	48	49	0.980	48
11	Stockport County	46	16	14	16	49	65	0.754	46
12	Darlington	46	17	11	18	58	57	1.018	45
13	Aldershot	46	14	17	15	66	71	0.930	45
14	Brentford	46	18	8	20	66	62	1.065	44
15	Crewe Alexandra	46	18	8	20	75	76	0.987	44
16	Peterborough United	46	18	7	21	70	71	0.986	43
17	Scunthorpe United	46	15	13	18	56	61	0.918	43
18	Southend United	46	14	15	17	53	66	0.803	43
19	Grimsby Town	46	18	7	21	57	71	0.803	43
20	Cambridge United	46	15	13	18	51	66	0.773	43
21	Lincoln City	46	13	13	20	70	71	0.986	39
22	Newport County	46	10	8	28	55	85	0.647	28
23	Hartlepool	46	8	12	26	34	74	0.459	28
24	Barrow	46	7	8	31	51	90	0.567	22

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

Election

Votes	Club	Fate
47	Lincoln City	Re-elected to the League
38	Barrow	Re-elected to the League
33	Hartlepool	Re-elected to the League
33	Newport County	Re-elected to the League
22	Hereford United	Not elected to the League
14	Wigan Athletic	Not elected to the League
2	Cambridge City	Not elected to the League
2	Telford United	Not elected to the League
2	Yeovil Town	Not elected to the League
1	Boston United	Not elected to the League
1	Bradford Park Avenue	Not elected to the League
1	Romford	Not elected to the League
0	Bedford Town	Not elected to the League
0	Chelmsford City	Not elected to the League
0	Gateshead	Not elected to the League
0	Hillingdon Borough	Not elected to the League
0	Kettering Town	Not elected to the League

External links

References

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

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Second Division	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Hull City Leicester City Leyton Orient Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford United Portsmouth Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield United Sunderland Swindon Town Watford

Third Division	Aston Villa Barnsley Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Bury Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Fulham Gillingham Halifax Town Mansfield Town Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Port Vale Reading Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham

Fourth Division	Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth Brentford Cambridge United Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Workington York City

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