The 1953–54 season was Newport County's seventh consecutive season in the Third Division South since relegation from the Second Division at the end of the 1946–47 season . It was the club's 25th season in the third tier and 26th season overall in the Football League .
Overall
Home
Away
Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts W D L GF GA Pts W D L GF GA Pts
46
19
6
21
61
81
0.753
44
14
4
5
42
28
32
5
2
16
19
53
12
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 A H H A A H A A H H A H A H A A H A H H A A A H A H H A A H A H A H A H H A H A H Result W L L W L L L L L L D L L W L L W L D L D W W W W L W D W L W W L L W W W L D W W W L D W L Position 4 16 17 13 16 19 20 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 23 22 21 18 22 20 19 18 19 20 18 18 20 19 18 16 18 18 17 17 15 15 14 14 15
Updated to match(es) played on 30 Apr 1954. Source:
statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss Fixtures and results
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Third Division South
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Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
20 Aug 1953
Reading H
4–1
Parker 2, Graham, Nelson
10,332
22 Aug 1953
Swindon Town A
1–7
Parker
13,444
24 Aug 1953
Southampton H
0–4
8,571
29 Aug 1953
Walsall H
4–2
Parker 2, Morrey, Graham
3,770
2 Sep 1953
Southampton A
0–4
14,454
5 Sep 1953
Shrewsbury Town A
1–2
Graham
11,540
7 Sep 1953
Crystal Palace H
1–3
Shergold
6,913
12 Sep 1953
Exeter City H
0–3
6,949
16 Sep 1953
Crystal Palace A
0–3
8,177
19 Sep 1953
Northampton Town A
0–1
13,100
21 Sep 1953
Aldershot H
2–2
Parker, Wharton
2,836
26 Sep 1953
Norwich City A
0–2
23,856
30 Sep 1953
Aldershot A
0–2
4,412
3 Oct 1953
Queens Park Rangers H
2–1
Graham, Parker
6,817
10 Oct 1953
Watford H
0–1
5,959
17 Oct 1953
Brighton & Hove Albion A
2–4
Graham 2
15,909
24 Oct 1953
Southend United H
3–2
Birch, Graham, Morrey
6,958
31 Oct 1953
Reading A
1–4
Hayward
8,051
7 Nov 1953
Leyton Orient H
1–1
Hayward
7,740
14 Nov 1953
Millwall A
1–3
Birch
14,314
28 Nov 1953
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A
1–1
Wharton
9,190
5 Dec 1953
Coventry City H
2–1
Waite, Shergold
10,572
12 Dec 1953
Gillingham A
1–0
Graham
10,004
19 Dec 1953
Swindon Town H
2–0
Graham, Shergold
9,276
25 Dec 1953
Bristol City H
3–2
Birch, Graham, Wharton
14,800
26 Dec 1953
Bristol City A
0–3
24,375
2 Jan 1954
Walsall A
1–0
Graham
6,187
9 Jan 1954
Colchester United A
2–2
Graham, Haines
6,434
16 Jan 1954
Shrewsbury Town H
2–1
Birch, Graham
10,005
23 Jan 1954
Exeter City A
0–1
8,038
6 Feb 1954
Northampton Town H
2–0
Graham, Saward
10,191
13 Feb 1954
Norwich City H
4–1
Graham 3, Lucas
11,968
20 Feb 1954
Queens Park Rangers A
1–5
Graham
9,315
27 Feb 1954
Watford A
0–1
12,738
6 Mar 1954
Brighton & Hove Albion H
1–0
Graham
11,417
13 Mar 1954
Ipswich Town A
2–1
Graham, Hollyman
12,531
20 Mar 1954
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H
4–0
Graham, Wharton, Shergold, Saward
10,421
27 Mar 1954
Leyton Orient A
0–3
9,683
3 Apr 1954
Millwall H
0–0
9,049
10 Apr 1954
Coventry City A
2–1
Graham, Shergold
7,940
16 Apr 1954
Torquay United H
2–0
Graham, Wharton
12,450
17 Apr 1954
Gillingham H
1–0
Saward
9,409
19 Apr 1954
Torquay United A
2–3
Wharton 2
6,501
22 Apr 1954
Colchester United H
1–1
Graham
7,596
24 Apr 1954
Southend United A
1–0
Graham
5,993
26 Apr 1954
Ipswich Town H
1–2
Saward
11,258
Round
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
1
21 Nov 1953
Cambridge United A
2–2
Birch, K.Thomas
7,500
1r
26 Nov 1953
Cambridge United H
1–2
Parker
7,434
Key
Division Champions
Re-elected
Failed re-election
