1974–75 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

1974–75 season

Manager

Brian Harris
(until 15 Mar 1975)
Billy Lucas
(from 15 Mar 1975)

Fourth Division

12th

FA Cup

2nd round

League Cup

2nd round

Top goalscorer

League: Woods (21)
All: Woods (21)

Highest home attendance

4,765 vs Walsall (FA Cup, 14 Dec 1974)

Lowest home attendance

1,535 vs Hartlepool (17 Mar 1975)

Average home league attendance

2,713

Home colours

Away colours

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The 1974–75 season was Newport County's 13th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961–62 season and their 47th 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	19	9	18	68	75	0.91	47	13	5	5	43	30	1.43	6	4	13	25	45	0.56

Last updated: 25 Apr 1975.
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	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A
Result	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	L
Position	20	16	9	4	7	12	9	6	3	5	11	8	9	4	5	7	8	8	9	7	6	9	5	9	5	5	3	6	7	8	10	9	10	12	10	11	10	10	9	8	8	9	9	9	10	11

Last updated: 25 Apr 1975.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

Main article: 1974–75 Football League § Fourth Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
17 Aug 1974	Hartlepool	A	0–2		2,559
24 Aug 1974	Darlington	H	2–1	Godfrey, Hancock	2,707
31 Aug 1974	Doncaster Rovers	A	2–0	Jones 2	2,156
3 Sep 1974	Swansea City	H	3–0	Jones, Woods, Aizlewood	3,485
7 Sep 1974	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–4	Jones, Hooper	2,754
14 Sep 1974	Reading	A	0–3		6,360
18 Sep 1974	Bradford City	A	1–0	Jones	3,829
21 Sep 1974	Brentford	H	1–0	Godfrey	3,022
24 Sep 1974	Workington	H	3–1	Jones, Bell, Woods	3,250
28 Sep 1974	Barnsley	A	1–2	Woods	4,553
5 Oct 1974	Exeter City	H	1–2	Bell	3,130
12 Oct 1974	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–1	Jones, Woods	2,861
15 Oct 1974	Swansea City	A	0–2		3,372
18 Oct 1974	Northampton Town	H	2–1	Woods, Passey	2,155
26 Oct 1974	Rochdale	A	4–2	Jones 2, Godfrey, Woods	1,208
2 Nov 1974	Rotherham United	A	1–1	Woods	4,642
9 Nov 1974	Stockport County	H	3–3	Jones, Godfrey, Woods	2,634
16 Nov 1974	Cambridge United	A	1–1	Hooper	2,829
30 Nov 1974	Southport	A	3–1	Woods 2, Jones	1,314
7 Dec 1974	Scunthorpe United	H	2–0	Woodruff, Woods	3,139
21 Dec 1974	Torquay United	A	1–0	White	2,259
28 Dec 1974	Mansfield Town	A	0–3		7,920
4 Jan 1975	Bradford City	H	2–1	Woods, Woodruff	3,251
11 Jan 1975	Scunthorpe United	A	1–4	Woods	1,529
17 Jan 1975	Southport	H	1–0	Hooper	2,857
25 Jan 1975	Chester	H	3–0	Woods 2, Jones	4,144
31 Jan 1975	Stockport County	A	1–1	Jones	1,975
8 Feb 1975	Rotherham United	H	1–1	Woods	4,161
15 Feb 1975	Chester	A	1–4	Jones	5,427
22 Feb 1975	Cambridge United	H	1–2	Jones	3,219
28 Feb 1975	Doncaster Rovers	H	0–2		2,252
3 Mar 1975	Lincoln City	H	1–1	Godfrey	2,064
8 Mar 1975	Workington	A	1–3	Woods	1,248
15 Mar 1975	Barnsley	H	3–4	Woods, Parsons, OG	1,773
17 Mar 1975	Hartlepool	H	2–0	Woods, Woodruff	1,535
22 Mar 1975	Shrewsbury Town	A	0–1		3,465
29 Mar 1975	Torquay United	H	2–1	Woodruff, OG	2,139
31 Mar 1975	Mansfield Town	H	2–1	Woods, White	3,663
1 Apr 1975	Brentford	A	0–0		5,560
5 Apr 1975	Rochdale	H	3–2	Hooper 3	1,801
9 Apr 1975	Lincoln City	A	2–5	Parsons 2	5,613
12 Apr 1975	Exeter City	A	1–3	Woodruff	2,755
15 Apr 1975	Reading	H	2–2	Woodruff, Parsons	1,536
19 Apr 1975	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–1	Hancock	1,739
21 Apr 1975	Darlington	A	0–3		1,959
25 Apr 1975	Northampton Town	A	2–3	Parsons, Woods	2,482

FA Cup

Main article: 1974–75 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	23 Nov 1974	Exeter City	A	2–1	Hooper, White	4,202
2	14 Dec 1974	Walsall	H	1–3	Jones	4,765

Football League Cup

Main article: 1974–75 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	20 Aug 1974	Torquay United	H	1–0	Woodruff	3,022
2	11 Sep 1974	Chelsea	A	2–4	Woodruff, Brown	13,322

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Mansfield Town	46	28	12	6	90	40	2.250	68
2	Shrewsbury Town	46	26	10	10	80	43	1.860	62
3	Rotherham United	46	22	15	9	71	41	1.732	59
4	Chester	46	23	11	12	64	38	1.684	57
5	Lincoln City	46	21	15	10	79	48	1.646	57
6	Cambridge United	46	20	14	12	62	44	1.409	54
7	Reading	46	21	10	15	63	47	1.340	52
8	Brentford	46	18	13	15	53	45	1.178	49
9	Exeter City	46	19	11	16	60	63	0.952	49
10	Bradford City	46	17	13	16	56	51	1.098	47
11	Southport	46	15	17	14	56	56	1.000	47
12	Newport County	46	19	9	18	68	75	0.907	47
13	Hartlepool	46	16	11	19	52	62	0.839	43
14	Torquay United	46	14	14	18	46	61	0.754	42
15	Barnsley	46	15	11	20	62	65	0.954	41
16	Northampton Town	46	15	11	20	67	73	0.918	41
17	Doncaster Rovers	46	14	12	20	65	79	0.823	40
18	Crewe Alexandra	46	11	18	17	34	47	0.723	40
19	Rochdale	46	13	13	20	59	75	0.787	39
20	Stockport County	46	12	14	20	43	70	0.614	38
21	Darlington	46	13	10	23	54	67	0.806	36
22	Swansea City	46	15	6	25	46	73	0.630	36
23	Workington	46	10	11	25	36	66	0.545	31
24	Scunthorpe United	46	7	15	24	41	78	0.526	29

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 Birmingham City Burnley Carlisle United Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Aston Villa Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Fulham Hull City Leyton Orient Manchester United Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United Portsmouth Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Sunderland West Bromwich Albion West Ham United York City

Third Division	Aldershot Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Bury Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Colchester United Crystal Palace Gillingham Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hereford United Huddersfield Town Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Preston North End Southend United Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Watford Wrexham

Fourth Division	Barnsley Bradford City Brentford Cambridge United Chester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Hartlepool United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Reading Rochdale Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Workington

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