1988–89 Newport County A.F.C. season

Newport County

1988–89 season

Chairman

Jerry Sherman

Manager

Eddie May
(until August 1988)
John Mahoney
(after August 1988)

Football Conference

did not finish

FA Cup

1st round

FA Trophy

1st round

Conference League Cup

3rd round

Welsh Cup

5th round

Top goalscorer

Sanderson (5)

Highest home attendance

2,148 vs Maidstone United (FA Cup, 19 Nov 1988)

Lowest home attendance

943 vs Maidstone United (1 Oct 1988)

Average home league attendance

1,340

Home colours

Away colours

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The 1988–89 season was the first season played in the Football Conference by Newport County since their relegation from the Football League at the end of the 1987–88 season. The club failed to fulfil their fixtures and were expelled from the Conference mid-way through the season.

Season review

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
29	4	7	18	31	62	−31	19	3	3	7	18	26	−8	1	4	11	13	36	−23

Last updated: 11 Feb 1989.
Source: []

Fixtures and results

Football Conference

Main article: 1988–89 Football Conference

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
20 Aug 1988	Stafford Rangers	A	0–3		1,654
23 Aug 1988	Kettering Town	H	1–2	Millett	1,871
27 Aug 1988	Telford United	A	1–3	Withers	1,443
29 Aug 1988	Macclesfield Town	A	0–3		1,172
3 Sep 1988	Aylesbury United	H	2–2	Ford, Withers	1,175
5 Sep 1988	Fisher Athletic	A	2–3	Evans, Sanderson	843
10 Sep 1988	Barnet	H	1–7	Evans	1,397
13 Sep 1988	Yeovil Town	H	1–1	Williams	1,262
17 Sep 1988	Welling United	H	0–1		1,092
24 Sep 1988	Kidderminster Harriers	A	1–1	Sanderson	1,419
27 Sep 1988	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0–5		1,672
1 Oct 1988	Maidstone United	H	2–1	Andrews, Williams	943
8 Oct 1988	Boston United	H	1–1	Marustik	1,131
15 Oct 1988	Altrincham	A	0–1		1,359
22 Oct 1988	Chorley	H	2–0	Brignull, Withers	1,149
5 Nov 1988	Enfield	A	0–3		692
8 Nov 1988	Sutton United	A	1–1	Sugrue	924
12 Nov 1988	Weymouth	H	4–0	Withers, Sanderson, Foley, Ford	1,238
26 Nov 1988	Runcorn	A	0–0		821
3 Dec 1988	Kidderminster Harriers	H	1–2	Marustik	1,560
10 Dec 1988	Chorley	A	2–0	Sanderson, Marustik	610
17 Dec 1988	Telford United	H	0–3		1,536
26 Dec 1988	Cheltenham Town	A	2–3	Banks, Sanderson	2,288
31 Dec 1988	Northwich Victoria	A	1–3	Nuttell	830
2 Jan 1989	Cheltenham Town	H	0–1		1,686
7 Jan 1989	Boston United	A	1–1	Richards	1,810
28 Jan 1989	Wycombe Wanderers	H	3–5	Sugrue (P), Giles 2	1,382
4 Feb 1989	Barnet	A	1–4	I Thompson	2,526
11 Feb 1989	Maidstone United	A	1–2	Richards	857

These results were expunged from the records and the league table was amended as if they had never taken place.

FA Cup

Main article: 1988–89 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
4Q	29 Oct 1988	Weymouth	H	2–1	Sanderson, Brignull	1,641
1	19 Nov 1988	Maidstone United	H	1–2	Sugrue	2,148

FA Trophy

Main article: 1988–89 FA Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	14 Jan 1989	Weymouth	A	1–2	Marustik	1,119

Conference League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	5 Oct 1988	Yeovil Town	A	5–4	Banks 2, Sanderson 2, Abbruzzese	1,838
2	24 Jan 1989	Buxton	A	4–3	Sugrue 3, Sanderson	429
3	21 Feb 1989	Kidderminster Harriers	A	5–6 a.e.t.	Sugrue 2, Thomson 2, Sanderson	895

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
3	15 Nov 1988	Bridgend Town	H	6–0	Sugrue 3, Foley, Marustik, Richards	817
4	21 Jan 1989	Caernarfon Town	H	3–0	Sugrue 3	763
5	7 Feb 1989	Hereford United	H	0–1		1,666

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